Page Sizzles as Yankees Top Red Sox 5-2 in Derby
Smoky Joe Page starred for New York with a four strikeout relief performance to beat Boston 5-2. Doerr tripled with tying run aboard in the eighth before Page, Casey Stengel lifting him, retired Zarilla and fanned DiMaggio to seal the win. Rain halted other games. St. Louis edged Chicago 3-2 to lead. Braves Dodgers fight halted by a melee. Eddie Mikis delivered a two run homer as Cincinnati beat Pittsburgh 5-2. Giants-Phillies not on schedule.
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Motion Pictures Made of Raider Grid Practice
Walter Jackson filmed Raiders practice on Wednesday as Coach Shorty Ogle explained. The footage will be replayed to show mistakes and plays. Tomorrow marks the final early workout before a single daily session continues. Contacts with Anniston remain unclear, while Billy Woods heals from a bruised hip and no new injuries are reported.
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Legion Hosts New Market in playoff opener at Legion Field
The American Legion baseball team begins a three game post season series tonight at 8:00 against New Market at Legion Field. Friday and Saturday pits the locals against Tarrant City. Proceeds go to pay players. manager Bob McNelly sends Robert Hudson, 12-3, to the hill. Starting lineup includes Charley Jones, Red Caudill, Jimmy Caudill, Bill Freeman, Claude McMurtrie, Chick Sparkman, Doc Bates, Jimmy Johns, and Hudson.
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White Sox Buy New Outfielder Higdon From Farm Team
Chicago White Sox announce the purchase of Bill Higdon a 24 year old left batting right throwing outfielder from the Muskegon farm club in the Class A central league Higdon a native of Auburn Alabama leads the Central League with a .330 average in 115 games and will join the club for Saturday's game versus Detroit in Chicago
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SEC coaches predict stronger conference for 1949 season
Atlanta Sept 8 coach es predict the Southeastern Conference will be stronger in 1949 with several saying it may surpass prewar levels. Notable optimism comes from Kentucky’s Bear Bryant and Mississippi State’s Slick Morton, who expect a more balanced, deeper league and better overall quality than 1948.
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Georgia
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National League Scores From Sunday Games
St Louis beat Chicago 3 to 2 while Brooklyn defeated Boston 5 to 4 and Cincinnati won 5 to 2 over Pittsburgh. Only games on schedule.
Baseball schedule to note National League matchups
The Associated Press lists the National League night games pitting New York at Brooklyn Philadelphia at Boston Cincinnati at Pittsburgh and Chicago at St Louis with all four matchups scheduled for the evening.
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Baseball Matchups Across the League Night Card
American League schedule lists Boston at New York, St Louis at Chicago, Cleveland at Detroit, and Washington at Philadelphia for tonight's games. Nine inning action expected with varied pitching matchups and potential standings implications.
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Southern Association Schedule Notes and 1898 Troop Figure
New Orleans at Mobile and Little Rock at Birmingham were the only games scheduled. The entry notes fewer than 300000 American troops were engaged in the war with Spain in 1898.
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SMU Favored To Threepeat In Southwest Conference
AP News analysis notes SMU defends title with strong backfield led by Kyle Rote and Doak Walker, 21 lettermen, eight home games, and a schedule that could draw about 400000 fans. Rice, TCU, Texas, Baylor, Arkansas, and Texas A&M are listed as challengers with SMU facing a tough intersectional slate including Notre Dame and Clemson.
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Valley high school games schedule for Friday night
Fayetteville at Rogersville at 8 00 Tanner at Town Creek at 8 00 Moulton at Double Springs at 7 30 Susan Moore at Arab at 8 00 Ardmore at West Limestone at 1 00 Cleveland at Hanceville at 7 30
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Guard Edges VFW In Seventh In City League Final
National Guard rallied in the seventh to beat VFW 6 to 5 in the City softball league playoff opener. Chalmers Riley walked, Pat Aday singled, and Charles Riley’s grounder through Sandlin Sams sent both runners home for the winning pair. Osborne earned the win for Guard over Lovelace as Guard and VFW combined for eleven hits. Play resumes at Delano Park at 7 30 with a nine inning format.
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Yankees Streak Beats Red Sox to Strengthen Lead
New York Yankees boosted their American League lead to 21 2 games by defeating the Boston Red Sox 5 2. Other items note Major league owners vote to retain the controversial bonus rule restricting disposition of players paid over 6000 to sign, plus Fort Wayne Indiana General Electric wins the National Semi Pro baseball championship 5 4 over Golden Colp Coors, and Hill Prince wins the Babylon Handicap at Jamaica in 1 12 3 5 with Miss Degree second and Navy Chief third.
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Moulton Faces Double Springs Friday Night
Moulton Red Devils travel to Double Springs to meet the Yellow Jackets at 7 30. Quarterback Corky Richards returns after illness as both teams rely on a light returning lettermen group following defeats by Tanner and Hackleburg respectively.
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Vols Defeat Bears Win and Pennant
The Nashville Vols clinched the 1949 Southern Association pennant with a 2-1 victory over the Bears in Mobile after Little Rock’s 4-0 win over Birmingham. Birmingham had dropped two games, allowing Nashville to seal the title four days before the regular season end. Memphis topped Atlanta 7-0, and New Orleans beat Chattanooga 4-3 to reach the playoffs.
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Memphis and New Orleans win in varied scores
Baseball scores show Memphis 7 Atlanta 0 and New Orleans 4 Chattanooga 3. Texas League games include Fort Worth 14 Dallas 1 and Shreveport 3 Houston 2. Tulsa 4 Oklahoma City 2 and San Antonio 8 Beaumont 2. Little Rock sits 4-2 and Birmingham 0-3.
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Vicksburg Takes Game One In 9-6 Win Over Meridian
In a tight opening round clash, Vicksburg defeated Meridian 9-6 to take a 1-0 lead in the best of seven series after a 3-3 deadlock through the first round. The teams are set for Game Two with strong offense from Vicksburg.
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Boy fires two holes in one at Meridian course
Seventeen year old Eddie Merrins, Meridian high school student, shot two holes in one on the same round yesterday at the Northwood Country Club. He totaled 65 for 18 holes, two under the course record, boosting his collection of aces.
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Baseball Leaders and Standings of the Season
Robinson of Brooklyn shines with 182 hits and 113 RBIs leading the league. Kiner of Pittsburgh hits 43 homers while Newcombe and Spahn top strikeout marks. Reese and Hatton hold notable stolen base totals in a stacked season summary.
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Williams Dominates Batting and Power in Major Leagues
Williams of Boston leads in batting average .354 and runs 134 with 177 hits and 37 doubles and home runs, while Kell of Detroit posts 341 and 35 doubles. Stephens Boston drives 145 RBIs, Kinder of Boston goes 18 5 with strong pitching, Trucks and Newhouser top strikeouts in Detroit.
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Mississippi youth wins junior chamber title for third year
Merrins, a 5 foot 6 inch, 145 pound youth, claimed first place on July 15, 1948, winning the Mississippi Junior Chamber of Commerce tournament for the past two years, extending his consecutive title run.
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