Yanks Top Tigers 7 5 in Opening three game set
Yankees DiMaggio and Mize powered homers to lift New York to a 7-5 win over Detroit in the first game of a crucial three game series. Raschi struggled early as Detroit took the lead before the veterans sparked a comeback to move ahead in the American League pennant race.
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Southern Series On Again Tonite
Baseball fans in Memphis and Nashville look to first round playoff games with Atlanta and Birmingham leading the league. Memphis seeks revenge in Atlanta after two losses. Nashville tied the series with a win as the rest day rest aids.
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Jim Atkins
Eleven lettermen Return to Utah State Football Squad
Eleven lettermen have returned to the 1950 Utah State football team with six of them listed as linemen.
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Campbell Impresses As Georgia Lineman Prospect
Francis Marion Campbell, a 220 pound junior at Georgia, draws praise from Railbirds and coaches as a potential top defensive tackle in the Southeastern Conference. Scout and players rate him among the conference’s best linemen, with coaches noting his size, strength, and impact on Wally Butts’s squad.
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Porter Payne
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Pike’s Peak
Raiders-Bulldogs Open 50 Grid Season Tonight
Decatur Red Raiders head to Anniston for a 7 30 kickoff at Municipal Stadium to face the Bulldogs in the season opener. Coach Shorty Ogle leads the 18th season as director with a veteran Anniston squad and a crowd of 5 000 to 6 000 expected.
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Jack Scott
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College Grid Season Opens With Two Dozen Games This Weekend
Major colleges kick off the 1950 grid season with nearly two dozen games including Denver vs Drake in Des Moines and Kentucky facing North Texas State in Lexington. Cincinnati hosts Texas Western while Tulsa Wyoming and others begin post season hopefuls as weather risks threaten Friday night play.
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baseball standings fragment shows league leaders and team records
The text lists American League and National League positions with team wins and losses including Philadelphia Brooklyn St. Louis Cincinnati Chicago Pittsburgh Kansas City and others. It notes Kansas City as historically known as the gateway to the West during frontier days.
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Athens Opens With Bradley Gamecocks in season kickoff
Athens high under coach J F Elmore hosts the Joe Bradley Gamecocks at the Athens high stadium in the season opener. A crowd over 4000 expected despite rain and ragged blocking as Athens fields 49 players with 13 returning monogram winners. The schedule follows with Lincoln, Decatur, Sheffield, Rogersville, Florence, Cullman, Moulton, Tuscumbia and Huntsville turning up in coming weeks.
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Junior League Banquet to Honor Decatur Players
The Decatur Junior Baseball League holds a banquet tonight at 7:00 at the Elks Home. Trophies and pennants will be presented to winning teams as Mayor Summers and local business leaders attend to mark the league's first year in Decatur.
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Schedule of 4 NBA games by city matchups
Philadelphia plays Chicago at 1 30 P M Boston faces St Louis at 2 30 P M New York travels to Detroit at 3 P M Washington visits Cleveland at 7 30 P M
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Bobby Marlow Emerges as Tide Prize Sophomore Back
Alabama prepares for its 1950 season opener against Chattanooga as Bobby Marlow, a 195 pound sophomore halfback, is tested in a varsity role after switching from fullback. Coach Red Drew plans to use Marlow mainly on defense with potential offensive duties as split-T develops. Marlow and fellow sophomores Larry Chiodetti Clell Hobson Bobbie Wilson Mike Minette eye varsity debuts in the Chattanooga game.
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Tide Tickets Still On Sale 1950 Alabama Games
Tickets for all of Alabama's 1950 games remain available to the public. The 111 game schedule includes seven in state and four out of state contests with venues in Tuscaloosa Birmingham and Mobile. Ticket requests go to the University of Alabama ticket office box 516 University Alabama.
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Utah to Meet Three New Football Opponents in 1950 Schedule
The Utes will face Idaho Kansas and Hawaii in the 1950 football season, teams not on the 1949 slate. The schedule adds three new opponents to broaden regional matchups and fan interest.
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