VOLS AGAIN LEAD LEAGUE IN CLOSE RACE
Nashville Vols extend lead in Southern Association after split doubleheader with Little Rock 3-2 and 6-3. New Orleans tops Atlanta 3-0 in opener. Memphis blanks Mobile 6-0. Pete Elko keys the first win with an 11th inning RBI. Elko and Brewster homer for Nashville in game two. Chattanooga beats Birmingham 6-4 and 1-0 to stay near Birmingham in the standings.
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Alabama League survey aids jobs for returning servicemen
The Alabama League of Municipalities is conducting a survey to help towns plan employment for returning veterans and establish a program of permanent improvements across the state.
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National Grid League Faces Coast Rival In Pro Football Tussle
The American League's new Pacific Coast group draws players from 148 names, including Vic Carroll Bill Fisk Bronco Smilanich and Dean Hillmack. If they play on the West Coast this fall they face five year NL suspensions and a potential rift over player control amid a boom in new leagues across the country.
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Beware The Yanks Rally Pushes AL Race To October Push
Joe McCarthy’s Yankees surged from 9 1 2 games back on August 13 to within a half game of St Louis with 21 to play. The upstart Bombers, boosted by rookies Walt Dubiel and Mel Queen, shut out Philadelphia 10 0 and 14 0 to lift their bid for a fourth straight pennant.
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Stadium Race Remains Loose in League Title Chase
A lighthearted roundup notes the American League race among Browns Yankees Tigers and Red Sox resembles four drunks wobbling along. It also recalls Army athletic publicity and a Fresco Thompson anecdote with umpire Uncle Charlie Moran at Centre College.
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Final of Cherry Point softball tourney ends in 13 inning tie
The station softball final at Cherry Point Marine air station ended in a 13 inning tie with no runs hits or errors for either side. Corp. William O Rourke of Waterford New York pitched for aircraft engineering squadron 41 against Ph M 3 C George Guyer of Rossville Georgia for squadron 44. These engineers really engineered.
National scores and standings from latest games
National games recap shows New York 78 over Philadelphia 0 14. Brooklyn 4 6 Boston 1 4. Chicago 6 3 Pittsburgh 3 4 with second game ended in the sixth due to darkness. St Louis 3 Cincinnati 0 second game on wet grounds. Southern Chattanooga 6 1 Birmingham 4 0 Atlanta 5 3 New Orleans 3 4 Memphis 6 2 Mobile 0 3 second game went 10 innings. Nashville 3 6 Little Rock 2 4.
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Alabama Halfback Brothers Ship Overseas Trio in War Service
Lt. Herky Mosley has just returned from England after completing thirty missions as a Fortress pilot. His brother Russ Mosley, also a Fortress pilot, is preparing to go overseas. Norman Mosley, the third left halfback, is stationed on Bougainville.
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Byron Nelson Wins Nashville Invitational in Record Fashion
Byron Nelson captured first at the Nashville Invitational at Richland Club with a 15 under par 269, beating Harold McSpaden by one stroke. P G A Tournament Manager Fred Corcoran predicted golf would draw half a million spectators and pursue about 300000 in purses this year as Nelson’s war bond winnings climbed to 86667 in maturity value. Bob Hamilton earned third with 273 after an appendicitis scare while Gene Kunes finished fourth at 274.
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Maxwell to Lead All Command Team in 1944 Football
Montgomery report says Maxwell Field will enter the 1944 collegiate football season with an all command team drawn from former gridiron stars now in service at EPTC station. Maj. Jesse H. Yarbrough is named head coach and Capt. Jim Purvis backfield coach. Schedule will be announced next week.
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Miami
Fla
Jim Purvis
EFTC
Purdue
DAILY CROSSWORD PUZZLE AND CRYPTOQUOTE ANSWERS
A reader puzzle page lists a set of across and down clues for a daily crossword with entries like cap again to cap again and lassoed. It also includes a cryptogram quotation with the solution TRUE VALOUR LIES HALF WAY BETWEEN COWARDICE AND RASHNESS CARLYLE.
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Connie Mack Heads East to 6-0 All American Game Victory
Bench-Eye view at Polo Grounds shows 81-year-old Connie Mack guiding young stars in Esquire All-American boys game. Mack, starting his 51st season as manager, watches pregame drills, offers fatherly advice, and praises Winter and Pierce as the standout performers among players from Philadelphia to New Orleans.
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Airways And Disco Meet In Delano Park Playoff
Southern Airways and Disco clash tonight at eight in Delano park to decide the pennant after each team won a half. Disco earned the second-half edge after managers ratified a schedule rule based on percentages. Independents finished second with nine wins and one loss, giving Disco the tiebreaking edge. Further details will be in Wednesday’s Daily.
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All-America Football Conference Sets Coast to Coast Start
Chicago Sept 5 The All-America Football Conference announces plans to start operations next year with seven city franchises New York Chicago Cleveland Baltimore Los Angeles San Francisco and Buffalo and up to ten cities with Detroit Philadelphia and Boston under consideration Arch Ward Chicago Tribune promoter says owners are men of vast incomes expecting losses for two to three years and vows to avoid raiding National League ranks while recruiting graduates in military service.
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Arsenal accident claims captain and injures workers
Captain John C. Marzoli, 24, died from an accident at the Huntsville chemical warfare arsenal where he was a plant superintendent. Civilian superintendent L. W. Hindes was injured, two others lightly hurt, with Hindes in hospital today. Next of kin listed as mother Mrs Rosalind Marzolf.
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Guntersville Advertiser Sold to Porter Harvey
The Guntersville Advertiser, merged with the Democrat two decades ago, was purchased last week by Porter Harvey, publisher of Guntersville Gleam. The Democrat began in 1880 and The Advertiser in 1914. Yancey Burke ran the publication until his death May 31.
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Ivy Hurt In Crackers Game As Fans Donate 815
Ivy a popular catcher born in Marior and former Hopkinsville manager, broke his left arm at the plate during a game with New Orleans. Fans raised 815 in collection plates last night. P Mel Parnell of the Red Sox blanked Shaw Field Ark 5 to 0 on two hits to win the Army Eastern flying training command tournament. George Turberville, ex-Philadelphia Athletic, contributed to Shaw Field’s defeat.
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Independents Win Thrilling Game In Delano Park
The Independents defeated Courtland 3 to 2 at Delano Park. McMurtrie slammed a safety in the seventh to score two runners and give the Independents the margin after trailing 2 to 1.
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