Alabama Girls Basketball Sparks Loud Debate and Game Report
The report details a high school girls basketball game between Ashford and Columbiana area teams with Ashford winning 33-14 and a later 44-20 tally. It notes players like Brownfield Edwards Montgomery and Sandoz, mentions fouls and guard performance, and comments on broader issues of girls’ basketball in Alabama. It also references a Boston councilman criticizing Negro player participation in major league clubs and discusses local summer baseball activity in the Wiregrass region.
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Ashford Lions
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Montgomery
Cailumtua
Fury
Christmas
Sruner
Sandoz
Rivenbark
Colulia
Boston
Mass
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Councilmanie
Theatre Amusements Busy Week Screen Lineup Ends Today
Local theater features a string of film entertainments with multiple titles. Martin ends today while San Antonio Kid and Falcon in Holly headline, plus Watsloo Birds and Maria MacDonald in previews. Week continues with Garland in Matt Me In St Louis and Vigilantes Ride.
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Falcon
Holly
Snow Baturdas
Hogan Dudley Ahead Cochrane To Defend Crown
Hogan and Dudley won their four ball match 8 and 7 in Miami. Hogan, now with the Army Air Force, teamed with Ed Dudley to defeat Laffoon and Jack Grout and setup a quarterfinal duel with Ayren Nelson and Jag McSpaden. Cochrane defends welterweight title in Chicago against Sugar Robinson in June after a May 12 non title bout.
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Chicago
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Red) Cochrane
Ray
Sugar) Robinson
Jack Hurley
Jack Kearns
New York
Jake Lamotta
George Costner
Dothan High Considers Summer Clubs and Fall Tigers
Dothan High may launch independent clubs after school ends for summer. A Dothan High baseball team seems unlikely due to equipment and staffing shortages. Coach Jack Hwater has managed sports alone since September and will take a rest after spring football concludes. Football players report Monday, with plans for a tough fall schedule and possible additions of teams of similar size and experience.
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Dothan High
Jack Howater
Dothan
Oldtime Hurlers May Have To Work Longer
Washington is told oldtime pitchers like John Niggeling, 40, must endure longer hours in 1945 drills under cramped manpower. The knuckleballer from the Washington Senators seeks fitness to compete with younger players as he begins workouts.
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Washington
John Niggeling
Pitchers Skyward in Camp As Stock of Hurting Blues Grows
Side, long troubled by stomach ailment, has limited mound appearances to about one weekly. Niggeling pitched in only 24 games last season. This year he may need to work more than W Washington’s other knuckleballers Dutch Leonard and Roger Wolff, who are in similar shape, leaving them as the only hurlers in camp during the second-day drill yesterday.
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Washington
Dutch Leonard
Roger Wolff
All American Game Set For August 28
Chicago AP reports the 1944 All American baseball game sponsored by Exquire Magazine will be held at the Polo Grounds in New York on August 23. James W. Crossett, director, announced the matchup of 16 players under 18 from the Mississippi cities against 16 from west of the river.
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Mississippi
Yankees to Launch Spring Drills Sunday
New York Yankees prepare for spring training at Atlantic City with indoor work limited by weather. Army forces occupy 12th Field Artillery Armory, forcing possible shared indoor space with the Boston Red Sox as Col. Larry MacPhail seeks alternatives. Philadelphia’s Herb Pennock says he will return to the mound only for occasional batting practice with 16 Phillies hitters.
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Philadelphia
Herb Pennock
Phillies
New York Yankees
Texan Leads Service Men's Meet In Rome
AP wire report describes amateur athletes from Texas and Portland advancing in service men’s track and field events in Rome with Bolr and Butler among notable competitors amid a disrupted, unclear scoring roundup.
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Rome
Priddy Hospitalized After Sudden Health Issue
Fragmentary text reports Priddy hospitalized for a sudden health issue. Further details are unclear due to illegible OCR. No dates, locations, or affiliations clearly readable.
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