Crax Top Barons in 4-2 Victory Amid Slugger Watch
Nashville pitcher Bob Schultz earned his 24th win as the Nashville club beat Chattanooga 3-2, keeping alive a bid for the first 25 win season since 1940. Memphis slugger Bill Wilson seeks the season home run mark near 38 as the Barons fade in the Southern Association race.
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New Orleans
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Hugh Casey
B Thorpe
Gene Verble
Verble
Darlington hosts Southern Five Hundred stock car race
In Darlington South Carolina the Southern Five Hundred opened with 75 drivers racing on a new 114 mile track for a $25 500 purse. Wally Campbell set the fastest qualifying lap and Curtis Turner earned the pole position as crowds could reach 40000. Cars face strict checks for tampering with a ban on modifications beyond safety upgrades.
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Trenton
N. J
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Roanoke
Career golfers chase Curtis Cup glory in Buffalo matches
The Curtis Cup matches pit top US and British Isles women golfers in a 36 hole format with six singles after two four ball sets. American stars Mrs Mark A Porter and Beverly Hanson face British captains and pairings as the event tests endurance after recent rains slowed the Buffalo course tempo.
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Westmont
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Fargo
N. D
George Valentine
Jean Donald
Scotland
Ohio
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Eire
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England
Dorothy Kirlty
Los Angeles
Dorothy Kirby
Atlanta
Grid Ducat Sale Opens Sept. 12
Football fans may buy one year season tickets in sections D and F starting Tuesday morning Sept. 12 at 8.00. Sales run weekdays 8 A.M. to 4 P.M. until Sept. 22 with a six ticket set priced at 6 dollars taxes included. Ten year season tickets also available with taxes 22 cents per ticket or 1.32 per set.
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Major League Baseball Scores and Rainouts Report
In the American League Washington at New York was postponed by rain. Boston at Philadelphia postponed. Detroit beat Chicago 4 to 2. Cleveland defeated St. Louis 8 to 1. In the National League New York at Brooklyn postponed. Philadelphia at Boston postponed. Pittsburgh beat St. Louis 12 to 11 in 10 innings. Cincinnati defeated Chicago 7 to 5 in 11 innings.
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Schedule of games across leagues and cities
Brooklyn at Boston New York at Philadelphia Chicago at Pittsburgh St Louis at Cincinnati Philadelphia at New York Boston at Washington Cleveland at Chicago St Louis at Detroit Southern Association Atlanta at Birmingham Nashville at Chattanooga Memphis at Little Rock New Orleans at Mobile Scheduled matchups across major teams and regional associations with pairings.
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Baseball Leaders Highlight 1950s Stats
Comprehensive list of season leaders across batting pitching and fielding. Notable names include DiMaggio Kell and Rosen leading runs and homers, Musial Kiner and Schoendienst topping multiple hitting categories, and Spahn Maglie and Wynn dominating pitching stats.
Kiner Slashes 41st And 42nd Home Runs Of Season
Ralph Kiner hit two homers to reach 41 and 42 for the season in Pittsburgh's 12-11 win over St. Louis as the Pirates draw over a million fans for the fifth straight year. Gus Bell added two triples and a double while Kiner neared Babe Ruth's 60 homer pace. Rain halted many other games as Detroit and Cleveland closed in on the Yankees in the pennant race.
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Hack Wilson
Chicago Cubs
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Harry Brecheen
Bell
Civitan Faces Rotary In Final Civic Softball Tilt
Civic Softball ends at Delano Park tonight at 7 30 p m Civitan meets Rotary to settle second place after the league title was decided by power outage on July 31 Rotary and Lions contend for runner up with the outcome of this game.
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Ala
Bob Thorpe
Atlanta
Thorpe
Gene Verble
Red Mathis
Verble
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Civitan
Rotary
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