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Newspaper

Dothan Eagle

Location

Dothan, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jul 15, 1947

Page

3

Lively Shatters Dodgers With One-Hitter For Reds

Bud Lively, 22, Alabama, pitched a one hitter in Cincinnati's 9-1 win at Ebbets Field, breaking Brooklyn's seven-game streak. He breezed through five, walked Pee Wee Reese, then Johnny Jorgensen’s double ruined the no hitter. Dodgers held to one run as Lively earns spotlight behind Blackwell on Reds.

Jack Hand Cincinnati Ewell Blackwell Everett Bud) Lively Alabama Johnny Neun Brooklyn Mr. Lively Ebbets Field Lively Dodgers Pee Wee Reese Johnny Jorgensen Reese Teventy Jack Boston Chicago Tommy Hughes Phillies

Vicksburg Billies Fall to All-Stars in Six to Three Loss

Southeastern League All-Stars, featuring four top pitchers and late support, defeated the Vicksburg Billies 6 to 3. Poole pitched well for the Billies, allowing 10 hits while the Billies offense collected eight off Davis Muerer Rich and Errante across three to four innings.

Vicksburg Billies All-Stars Billies Muerer Rich Errante Vicksburg Davin

Baseball Results and Standings From Alabama State League

Last night Dothan defeated Enterprise 9 to 6 Troy beat Brewton 3 to 2 Ozark won 8 to 2 over Andalusia Greenville 4 to 2 over Geneva Upcoming games include Troy at Dothan Andalusia at Geneva Brewton at Gree nville Ozark at Dothan The standings show Greenville with 62 wins and 27 losses Brewton 95 games? Ozark 44 45 Enterprise 42 46 Andalusia 41 47 Dothan 40 48 Troy 0 0 Geneva 0 0 Also other leagues list results from the National and Southern associations with various city matchups and upcoming games.

Dothan Enterprise Troy Brewton Ozark Andalusia Greenville Geneva Finterprica Greenville .c Ecseeee Icceeevenevens AGE Enterprise

Warsaw Marseilles Airline Planned Service

Warsaw reports Polsa Airlines LOT plans new service to Marseilles with connections to Prague and North Africa by a stop in Marseilles. Source notes it as a semiofficial preview in a newspaper bulletin.

Warsaw APH Polsa Airlines Marseilles Voila Prague Zatrica Rzeccpuspolita Africa

Browns Triumph Over Enterprise in 9-6 Victory

Dothan's Browne sparked a 9-6 win against Enterprise Boll Weevils, extending the Browns’ streak to five. Dominey earned the win, with key hits including a Clarence Harkins homer and triple by Clark. Quinby and Littell drove in three runs each as Enterprise used three pitchers. Tonight, Dothan hosts the Troy Tigers at 7:30 p.m. and then faces Geneva Friday. The Greenville Lions edged Geneva 4-2 to stay atop the Alabama State League standings. Ozark beat Andalusia 8-2 while Troy defeated Brewton 3-2 in 10 innings.

Dothan Browne Enterprise Turner Clark Lyons Rawlinson Littell Quinby Browns Finterprise Wiregrass Stadium Troy Tigers Geneva Hrewton Mallers Greenvill Lions Geneva Redbirds Lions Carlisle Ankenbrandt Adams Geneva Fort Greenville Peterson Necker Ozark-Andalusia

Bud Ward Leads Western Amateur in Des Moines

Des Moines ta UP Bud Ward of Wakonda Club shot 68 to lead the Western Amateur after 36 holes in tough par 72 layout. Trailing Ward, Bob Cardinal and Gus Moreland tied for second at 70 while several players, including Frank Stranahan and Smiley Quick, posted 73s.

Des Moines Wakonda Marvin Bud" Ward Ward Spokane Wash Bob Cardinal San Francisco Gus Moreland Peoria John Jacobs Cedar Rapids Max Shelton Bode, Ja I'S Ken Young Hopkins Minn Fred Dold Wichita Kas Frank Stranahan Toledo Smiley Quick Inglewood Calif

Batter Up He Has 300 Pitchers Ready

BLOOMINGTON, TWh AP John Vanrcena has a collection of most 300 pitchers, but none of the type which could help othe White Sox, Pirates, et al. Van cena's pitchers are made of ehingos, sea shells, brace, pranite, tin, wood, pottery and okies, Peterson po.

Bloomington John Vanrcena White Sox Pirates Aol Vancena

League Leaders by the Associated Press

Major league leaders listed include Batting Walker of Philadelphia and Kiner of Pittsburgh with 318. Mize of New York leads runs with 74, Rob inson of Brooklyn 68. Cooper of New York leads RBI with 69, Mize and Marshall of New York 67. Wits Baumholtz of Cincinnati 103, Walker 96. Doubles Slaughter of St Louis, Jorgensen of Brooklyn, Baumholtz 19. Triples Walker, Schoendienst and Mussel fi. Home Run Mize 26, Kiner 22. Pitching Blackwell of Cincinnati 102, Brareca of Brooklyn 88. Spahn Boston 123, 800. American League Batting Boudreau Cleveland 2. DiMaggio New York .338. Runs Williams Boston 61, Henrich New York 57. RBI DiMaggio New York 55, Henrich New York ye ah. Hits DiMaggio New York 97, Appling Chicago and Kell Detroit 93. Doubles Mullin Detroit 23, Boudreau Cleveland 21. Triples Philley Chicago 3.

Associated Press Walker Philadelphia Ats Kiner Pittsburgh Mize New York Robinson Brooklyn Cooper Marshall Wits—Baumholtz Cincinnati Slaughter St. Louls Jorgensen Baumhaltz Cincinnaati Boudreau Cleveland DiMaglio Williams Boston Henrich DiMaggio

Loop Clears $1000 On All-Star Classic

The Alabama State League netted $1016.31 from the loop All-Star game in Greenville where the Greenville Lions shut out the Stars 16 to 0. Paid admissions reached 2701 with an estimated 3500 Wiregrass fans in attendance. Henry Delay, Brewton pitcher injured in the game, is recovering and expected to rejoin Millers this week. Robert Mann of North Carolina was added to the league umpire roster.

Greenville Greenville Lions Stars Jack Howater Wiregrass Lions Howater Brewton Henry Delay

Mobile Bears Pound Crackers In 10-2 Victory

After a Sunday sweep, Mobile Bears crushed the Crackers 10-2 in Atlanta. Elsewhere in the league, New Orleans Pelicans hit three Baron hurlers for 18 hits in a 7-2 win at Birmingham. Travelers piled up 10-3 at Little Rock over the Lookouts, and the Chicks topped the Vols 5-3 in Memphis.

Mobile Atlanta New Orleans Birmingham Chattanooga Little Rock Nashville Memphis Associated Press Mobile Bears New Orleans Pelicans Travelers Chattanooga Lookout Chicks Nashville Vols

Finney Awarded Auburn Letter for 1947 Baseball Team

Charlie Finney outfielder for the Dothan Browns joined the Alabama State League late in the season and is among 16 Auburn baseball players awarded varsity letters for 1947. Also named were Ed Oates Headland pitcher, Jimmy Martin Elba centerfielder, Hubert Finlayson Union Springs pitcher, and Captain-Catcher Joe Grant Andalusia.

Charlie Finney Dothan Browns Alabama State Sjeague Auburn Tigers Finney Dine Browns Ed Oates Headland Jimmy Martin Elba Hubert Finlayson Union Springs Joe Grant Andalusia

Williams and Gordon Lead Home Run and Pitching Feats

Wenrich New York reports standout season highlights with Williams of Boston and Gordon of Cleveland tied to home runs and a lasting batting presence. Dillinger of St Louis and Philley of Chicago show up for stolen bases while Newhouser and Feller headline strikeouts with notable pitching totals. Shea and Harder top pitching and win benchmarks for New York and Cleveland.

Wenrich New York Williams Boston Gordon Cleveland Dillinger St. Louis Philley Chicago Newhouser Detroit Feller Shea Harder

Mat Show Tonight Features Tag Team Match

Garza Lozano and Ed Raminez, two rough-wrestling grapplers from the south of the border, team against Wiregrass favorite Carley Keene and newcomer Gene Reardon. Charley Keene and Garza Lozano meet in the preliminary one fall bout. Main event is two falls out of three. first bout starts at 8 30.

Garza Lozano Ed Raminez Carley Keene Wiregrass Gene Reardon Dothan Charley Keene

Native Buffalo sportsman receives monograms in three sports

A Buffalo New York native earns monograms in football basketball and track, highlighting multi sport achievement and collegiate recognition across the three major athletic programs.

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Tale Expects Win Within Six Rounds

CHICAGO AP Tony Zale the 33 year old middleweight champion vows to defeat Rocky Graziano within six rounds in their 15 round title clash at Chicago Stadium tomorrow night. Zale says he is in superb condition and stronger than before after five tuneups and that his healing damaged right hand is fully recovered. Graziano weighs about 160 pounds at the weigh in with an expected 20,000 crowd and a gate near 400000 for the indoor bout.

Rocky Graziano Brooklyn Chicago Stadium Zale Graziano New York Yankee Stadium Mads

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