Joe Baksi Favored To Beat Woodcock In London Bout
Joe Baksi the Kulpmont Pa. heavyweight is the heavy favorite to defeat Bruce Woodcock in a 10 round bout at Harringay Arena. Ticket sales hit 10 700 with gate receipts near 200 000 set to be a British ring record. Nat Rogers and Eddie Fagan are among officials attending. a Joe Louis title shot could follow for Baksi.
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Woodcock
London
Kulpmont
Bruce Woodcock
Joe Louis
New York
Nat Rogers
Twentieth Century Sporting Club
Eddie Fagan
Jack Solomons
Harringay Arena
Women golfers eye Pinehurst for British Wom en’s championship
England bound field includes defending star Mrs Zaharias favored to win the Pinehurst No 1 course in North Carolina. Estelle Lawson Page of Chapel Hill and Louise Suggs of Lithia Springs compete for rising status with Page noting her familiarity with the 6145 yard layout and Suggs the defending champion from last year. Qualifying Monday sets 16 players for Tuesday start.
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Zaharias
Estelle Lawson Page
Chapel Hill
N. C
Louise Suggs
Lithia Springs
Browns St Joseph Returns For Final Game This Afternoon
The Dothan Browns beat Salis bury 2 to 1 in a recent exhibition, improving defense with Hyde at short and Eskew driving in runs. Today at 2 30 the Browns face St Joseph Cardinals in a return game before resting Monday and opening Alabama State League play Tuesday versus Geneva Red Birds.
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Salisbury
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St. Louis Cardinal
Cognain Waren
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Brownies
Geneva Redbirds
Carter
Dominy
Dothan
Hyde
Eskew
Glenn Clark
Dornan
Salsbury
Shaw
Jefferies
Boxer Baksi Ready for London Challenge
In his 31st bout, the fighter finished training yesterday weighing 190 pounds. He plans to reach London on Monday while Baksi, who briefly worked out in the ring today, expects to register about two and not arrive until noon Tuesday.
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London
Baksi
Baseball Season For Legion Teams Opens Next Month
Do than entry in the American Legion junior baseball league in the Wiregrass area will likely start after the high school season ends. Dothan’s opener is expected late next month, enabling current Dothan Tigers players to remain eligible all season. A league directors meeting set for April 27 will finalize the schedule and plans. Dothan High players Sullivan Purvis Jennnett and other Rehobeth candidates are slated for the Legion squad. Over twenty rookies have joined workouts at Highland School with Crawford Moseley directing two sessions weekly and Clarke controlling Saturdays. Officials anticipate use of Wiregrass Stadium for several twilight sessions and possibly some night games. Clarke praised early workouts and expects stronger pitching to help reach the district tournament.
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American Legion
Bob Clarke
Clarke
Dothan Tigers
Dothan High School
Legion
Sullivan
Purvis
Jennnett
Rehobeth
Highland School
City
Crawford Moseley
Van Horn Upsets Charlie Harper In Panama City Tourney
In Panama City the 17th Panama City Invitational saw Jimmie Van Horn, the lone local in championship play, defeat defending champ Charlie Harper of Jacksonville 3 and 1 in the quarterfinals. Van Horn advances to face Walter Wood of Tuscaloosa in the semifinals as three medalists remain.
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Charlie Harper
Panama City
Jimmie van Horn
Jacksonville
Walter Wood
Tuscaloosa
Wood
S. T. Till
Montgomery
Williams Qualifies For National Open
Harold Williams of Meadowbrook Golf Club in Tuscaloosa becomes the first entrant in sectional trials at Birmingham Country Club on June 2 for the National Open. Entries in Birmingham will determine the local qualifiers as 36 holes are played with about 40 players expected. The Open runs June 12 to 14 at St. Louis, with similar trials in 25 other cities including New Orleans and Jacksonville.
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Harold Williams
Tuscaloosa
Meadowbrook
Birmingham Country Club
Bob Phillips
Alabama Golf Association
Memphis
New Orleans
Jacksonville
Fla
Winston Salem
N. C
St. Louis
Babe Didrikson Aims for 15th Straight Golf Win
Babe Didrikson Zaharias, Mrs George Zaharias of Denver, seeks her 15th straight tournament victory in the 45th North and South women's golf championship at Pinehurst North Carolina. She has won every event since taking the National Women's title in Tulsa last summer and recently captured the Augusta titleholders.
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Pinehurst
N. C
Babe Didrikson Zaharias
George Zaharias
Denver
Tulsa
Augusta
Veteran Performers In Ring Wednesday
Veteran wrestlers Don Keene Kilroy Kali Pasha and Red Roberts appear on the Dothan City Auditorium mat for a Wednesday night show at 8 30. The opener features Don Keene and Kilroy in a 60 minute two fall bout with a fatal finish. Kali Pasha faces Red Roberts in the finale in a two fall one hour match.
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Kilroy
Kall Pasha
Red Roberts
Wiregrass
Dothan
City Auditorium
Kali Pasha
BASEBALL SCORES AND GOLF RESULTS FROM SUNDAY
Scores show major league exhibition games with Boston and Philadelphia hammering opponents, New York routing Brooklyn, Chicago and Cleveland posting wins, and a 20 run Washington triumph. TIDE golfers upset Alabama in Tuscaloosa. Ole Miss, Auburn win in Mississippi events. Auburn beats Ft Benning 98 to 28 in dual meet opening on A Day.
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Brooklyn
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Philadelphia
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Auburn Track and Field Tigers
Ft. Benning Blues
Dothan Bombers Renamed Midland City Fliers
Manager Dave Edgar announced the Dothan Bombers have become the Midland City Fliers to please local fans as the Tri County League team hosts Newville for their 3 PM game Earl Snejl will start for Dothan The Fliers lost 8 3 to Headland in their opener and other games today include Abbeville at Headland Louisville at Clayton and Baker Hill at Eufaula
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Dothan
Midland
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Newville
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Fliers
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Abbeville
Louisville
Clayton
Baker Hill
Eufaula
Tennessee Wesleyan Names Football Captains
Alabama native Harry Gowens and Tennessee tailback Wes Barker were chosen as football captains for Tennessee Wesleyan College by Coach C Q Smith. Both veterans, Gowens previously played last season with two bullet slugs in his legs.
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Harry Gowens
Gadsden
Ala
Wes Barker
Etowah
Tenn
Tennessee Wesleyan College
C. Q. Smith
Gowens
Auburn Tigers Volley Past Soldiers at Maxwell Field
Auburn hammered three Field hurlers for a 14 to 4 victory at Maxwell Field. Lowe Knowles led the victors with a hit in the third inning, while Jim Tennyson contributed three of Auburn’s hits. Chandler, Jackowski, Bolt, Noland, Johnson, Finlayson, Green, Watson, and Grant appeared for Auburn.
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Lowe Knowles
Jim Tennyson
Maxwell
Chandler
Jackowski
Bolt
Noland
Johnson
Finlayson
Green
Watson
Grant
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