Legion baseball to be organized in Wiregrass area
Officials of the Alabama State League seek to uncover Wiregrass rookies for a new Ameri can Legion club in Dothan. The junior teams act as a disciplined farm system for minors, offering supervised summer play that builds character while matching the league’s support from Baseball Commissioner A B Happy Chandler and other diamond officials.
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Wiregrass Stadium
Browns
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the Legion
A. B
Happy) Chandler
Ashford-Columbia clash eyes runner-up in junior league
In Wiregrass Basketball League play Abbeville holds senior leadership while Columbia and Ashford vie for the upper division runner-up spot. Ashford seeks revenge after a Tuesday upset, both teams at five wins and one defeat. Friday’s junior games include Abbeville vs Hartford and Headland vs Slocomb as leaders shift amid wins and losses. In other news, Soviet designed trains rapidly rebuild the Odessa Kishinev line, each train crew of 39 replaces 5,000 workers.
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Headland
Midland City
Columbia
Ashford
Bill Lewis
Yellow Jackets
Columbians
Rehobeth
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Slocomb
Midland City Fliers
Rehobeth Panthers
Rehoboth
Cottonwood
Vicksburg
London
Odessa-Kishinev
Tass
Charley Trippi Drew Notice From Pro Scouts
Georgia star Charley Trippi drew interest from Birmingham Barons as scouts praised his talent and work ethic. Whitworth praised Trippi as a dream teammate and a player who shows responsible character, with late practice laps turning into strong on-field leadership.
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Dothan
Bob Clarke
Crawford Moseley
Persimmons
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Triphammer Trippi
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Yarkee Stadium
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Red Sox
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Birmingham
Whitworth
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Earl) Whitworth
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Sanford Field
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Yankee
Army Navy and Others Basketball Scores Recap
The Associated Press reports college basketball results across teams including Army 56 over Williams 50, Navy 71 over Gettysburg 39, Colgate 59 over Rochester 45, Columbia 50 over Yale 39, Cornell 39 over Canisius 36, Penn State 52 over Bucknell 45, Fordham 41 over Villanova 39, Cincinnati 53 over Miami Ohio 46, Chicago 59 over Illinois Tech 32, Duke 65 over Wake Forest 32, South Carolina 62 over The Citadel 35, North Carolina State 69 over Clemson 21, Georgia Tech 55 over Auburn 42, Mississippi State 52 over Mississippi 31, Johns Hopkins 63 over Washington Missouri 57, Eastern Kentucky 74 over Morehead 1, Western Kentucky 83 over Havana 55, Texas 56 over Southern Methodist 36, Arkansas 63 over Texas Christian 53, Baylor 59 over Texas A&M 51, New Mexico 68 over Texas Mines 56.
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the Citadel
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Washington
E. Kentucky
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Yanks and Cardinals in bid for Charley Trippi
The New York Yankees and Chicago Cardinals of the NFL faced a bidding war for Charley Trippi. Trippi met for hours with Yankees officials and Bidwill of the Cardinals, both sides seeking to land the college star in a move emphasized as a key draw against the Giants.
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Charley Trippi
New York
Georgia
Footbas
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Chicago Cardinals
National Football League
Trippi
Mig Vanes
Diamond
Yankees
Pittston, Pa
Larry MacPhail
Bucky Harris
Dan Topping
Ray Flaherty
Football Yankees
New York Giants
Bidwill
Trippin
Ernie Nevers
State Guard Five Versus Cottonwood Tonight at Armory Court
The State Guard Five plays Cottonwood Dothan at the armory court at 7 30 PM. The Dothan five has four defeats but is improving and might upset one of the Wiregrass top independents. Friday they travel to the high school for a doubleheader with the Tigers and Cubs.
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Dothan
Armory
Cottonwood
Sandy Rhea
Guards
Tigers
Cubs
Scientist Links Sleep Window to Midnight Rest
A scientist cites the natural sleeping hour as 8 p m to midnight and advises sleepless individuals to retire early to maximize rest before midnight. The U S Department of Agriculture seal with a corn shock accompanies reports on sports contracts for Trippin. Bidwill offers $60 000 over four years to play with the Cardinals plus an undisclosed signing fat sum and a baseball contract option.
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Trippin
Bidwill
Cardinals
Trippi
Germans Rebuilding Homes From Rubble
FRANKFURT reports Germans in Wuerttem berg Baden rebuild homes using salvaged rubble. A military briefing notes rubble crushed and mixed with cement to form concrete bricks tiles ceiling blocks and stones. A Stuttgart plant produces thousands of roofing tiles bricks hollow blocks and ceiling beams monthly from rubble.
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Frankfurt
Wuerttemberg - Baden
Stuttgart
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