Wolverine Defeats VFW 9-3 In Softball Playoffs
Avery Roberts leads Legion batting with a .410 average for the season while Chick Sparkman tops in home runs with 13 and RBI 65. Sparkman also leads in doubles seven triples, and the Legion finishes 25-25 after a playoff win over VFW 9-3. Burns and Halbrooks post several pitching wins as team stats finalize.
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Chick Sparkman
Sparkman
Stockton
Red
Jimmy Caudill
Clark
Freeman
Todd
RBI
Red Caudill
The
Legion
Burns
Halbrooks
Florence
White Way Rallies to Beat Moose in Slow Ball Clash
White Way defeats Moose 16 to 11 after trailing 7 runs in the second inning. Hewitt and pitchers from White Way walk many batters but hold off Moose late. Carl Farish and Curtis Johns lead hitters as White Way wins game one of the best of five series at White Way Field with 2:30 PM next game listed.
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Carl Farish
Curtis Johns
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Alfred
Laser - Sherrow
Decatur Tennis Finals Set After Rain Delay
The Decatur tennis tournament advances to finals Tuesday night after rain delays. In girls singles Jane Long faces Gerry Sivley after Long defeated Helen Howell and Sivley beat Kay Dement. Boys singles crown features Perkins Nebrig with Nebrig beating Chandler and Perkins advancing to finals.
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Decatur
Jane Long
Gerry Livley
Jane
Tommy Johns
Charles Lindsey
Johns
Jack Perkitts
Tommy Nebrig
Helen Howell
Gerry Sivley
Kay Dement
Long
Sivley
Don Dublin
Bobby Bibb
Jack Perkins
Charles Ogle
Julian Jervis
Bob Stone
Wayne Vaughn
Bob McCracken
Jerry Garnett
Billy Berrett
George Davis
Rupert Billions
Billy Chandler
Hoyt Powell
Jimmy Gasaway
Bobby Milam
Carl West
Edmund West
Margaret Biles
Gerry Siviey
Duncan
Packman
Muriel Cox
Mary Hicks
Dens
Billie Kimbrell
Bill Biles
Hunter
Nebrig
Dublin
Bibb
Derick
Garnett
Ogle
Vaughn
Perkins
Smith
Berrett
McCracken
Galaway
Murphy
Chandler
Billions
Davis
Cox
Powell
Jervis
Gasaway
Edwards
Eddens
Thompson
Lonnie Petty
Sittason
Bob Petty
Lindsey
Buster
Shady Terry
Werner
Kenton
Wise
Furman Terry
Biles
Decatur Youth Appointed to Naval Academy Class of 1951
Pfc. Candler Crim Jr., former Decatur high school quarterback and National Guard member, has been appointed to the U S Naval Academy Annapolis for the class of 1951. He reports October 1 to the Naval Preparatory School at Newport Rhode Island after ten days with the Alabama National Guard unit.
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U. S. Naval Academy
Candler Crim, Jr
Ft. Campbell
United States Naval Academy
Robert Jones
Crim
T Memphis
Pfc
Candler Crim Jr
Alabama National Guard
Annapolis
U. S. Naval Preparatory School
Newport
Rhode Island
Candler Crim
East Moulton Street
Decatur
University of Alabama
Army
National Guard
Decatur High School
H. L
Shorty) Ogle
Red Drew
Memphis
Tigers Yankees Draw Big Crowds In New York Stadium
The Detroit Tigers and New York Yankees drew 468,368 paid admissions over 11 games at Yankee Stadium this season. Six games topped 40,000 fans, with a July night attracting 59,760.
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New York
Detroit Tigers
New York Yankees
Yankee Stadium
Hamilton Cardinals Win 1-0 as Vanderwier Weds
Don Vanderwier celebrated his afternoon wedding with a 1 0 victory for the Hamilton Cardinals over Bradford. The Hamilton infield turned six double plays tying a Pony League record. Pitcher Sherrow earned the win after a 1 55 time in a game with notable RBI by Farish Teal and Sherrow and multiple players contributing in offense.
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Hamilton
Practice Starts For Green Wave
Tulane opens its 57th football season with initial workouts at Tulane Stadium under Coach Henry Frnka. The Wave must replace star players including Eddie Price and Bill Svoboda while adjusting to a tough schedule and missing key offensive and defensive personnel.
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Green Wave
Tulane Stadium
Henry Frnka
Funka
Eddie Price
Bill Svoboda
Chicago
Euel Davis
Dick Sheffield
Rex Partridge
Hank Watkins
Max Druen
Bob Frank
Jimmy Glisson
Johnnie
Hickman
Bill Bonar
Joe Ernst
Green
George Kinek
Price
Svoboda
Lea
Dan Rogas
Dick Fugler
Clemon Bounds
Jerome Hellum
Don Joyce
Joyce
George Maddox
Homer Dedeaux
Harold Brinson
Alabama
Louisiana College
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Ole Miss
Auburn
Navy
Baltimore
Virginia
Vanderbilt
L.S.A
Page Still Hopes To Help Yanks From Injury
Yankee reliever Joe Page, once a fastball ace, battles a lingering left hip problem that sidelined him for three months. At 35, he aims to regain form, aided by whirlpool, diathermy, and patience from Casey Stengel, as coach Ralph Houk says his fastball is returning.
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Yanks
New York
Joe Page
Yankees
Philadelphia
Joe
Allie Reynolds
Ben
Tom Ferrick
Pages Page
Yankee Stadium
Mack Drops Cochrane and the 1950 Athletics shakeup
The Philadelphia Athletics fire General Manager Mickey Cochrane as Roy and Earle Mack take over ownership with Connie Mack remaining as manager. Rumors point to Arthur Ehlers rising in the new regime while Jimmy Dykes returns as a coach. The club sits in last place as changes unfold.
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Mickey Cochrane
Connie Mack
Detroit Tigers
Roy Mack
Roy
Earle Mack
Connie
Athletics
Shibe Park
Cochrane
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Ehlers
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Chicago White Sox
Navy Has Some Stars Debuts New Coach Ed Delatz
Annapolis Md Ed Die Erdelatz begins as Navy football coach with a strong returning core led by captain Tom Bakke at end quarterback Bob Zastrow and backs Franke Hauff and Dave Bannerman.
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Eddie Erdelatz
Navy
Tom Bakke
Bob Zastrow
Paul Tetreault
Frankie Hauff
Dave Bannerman
Willows Cardinals crush Pittsburg in seven-inning opener
Willows California saw the local Cardin als double A farm club St. Louis crush Pittsburg 32 to 8 in seven innings. The seven home runs highlighted the high scoring opener of the doubleheader.
Wolverine power surge sinks VFW in playoff game three
Wolverine exploded for seven runs in the seventh inning to beat VFW 9 to 3 and trim the series to 2-1 in favor of VFW. Nolen Sanders misplayed a third inning ball and later let the winning run score in the seventh as Wolverine struck late to pull ahead. Bud Lovelace and Tommy Todd sat, while Hoyt Alvis held VFW to four hits until Wolverine’s decisive seventh.
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VFW
Nolen Sanders
Hoyt Alvis
Jimmy Adams
Buddy Lovelace
Tommy Todd
Leonard Love
Bob Freeman
Jerry Mitchell
Tubers
Buddy Copeland
Clarence Hess
L. Love
Pettus Menefee
Hugh Battles
Jimmy Broadway
Laurie Garner
Gerald Fields
Sanders
Menefee
Mitchell
Battles
Etune
Garner
Alvis
High school football results from Friday night
Moulton defeated Rogersville 24 to 0. Stevenson beat Hayden 24 to 0. Winfield won 44 to 6 against Hackleburg. Phil Campbell edged Addison 19 to 6 while Sandrock surpassed Susan Moore 7 to 6.
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Rogersville
Stevenson
Hayden
Winfield
Hackleburg
Phil Campbell
Addison
Sandrock
Susan Moore
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