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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1948
Page
7
Monte Wells reports 20,000,000 players and 75,000,000 observers in softball. Industrial firms sponsor up to 100 teams. community leagues, largely office workers, proliferate around the Baker lot. Browns get early fielding lead, with four good pitchers and six .300 hitters hinting at a postwar All Star season for Dothan.
Rock Island police arrested a man on vagrancy charges for dozing in the city hall lobby and sentenced him to six months in a state prison.
Dothan's Tigers face Lanier nine of Montgomery here today at 3 30 in a move to avoid Friday conflicts in the high school season. They lost to Newton 8 5 in their only home game this week, Newton also beat Dothan earlier 50. The Poets and Newton had beaten Dothan before. Dothan went to Montgomery last month and were defeated 14 8. The Tiger record stands at one tie, three wins and six losses.
Johnny Dominey survived a ninth inning barrage as the Browns defeated the Geneva Redbirds 15-11 in Dothan. Browns collected 17 hits with Harrell, Coates, and Brown each driving in two. Geneva’s Hope and Bonetti produced key hits, but Dothan committed just one error in the past two home games and prepares to visit Geneva then Brewton Friday.
Dothan Browns and Troy Tigers top the Alabama State League after the first week of play. Browns lead team fielding with .271 while Tigers manager Bob Benish bags most top honors with 12 runs batted in and two home runs. Crawley of Greenville tops batting with .636 from 7 hits in 11 at bats. Godwin of Ozark trails at .524 with 11 hits in 21. Pitchers Moore Horton and Cankle win two games each. Coates leads Browns with 18 hits. RBI leaders Clark and Howell each have 11. Troy’s Lathrum has four triples. Odenheimer five doubles. Allen and Carlisle with 11 runs. Marcus Davis leads strikeouts with 33. Notes: stats through April 29, Dothan and Troy figures complete to that date.
A brief note records a baseball result with a 1 to 0 final in a game involving Tarr Te Xe. The report highlights the outcome and the teams or players, noting a close score and probable local or school level competition. Further details are not provided in the fragment.
Boston carries momentum with a 4 3 win over Detroit behind Vern Stephens s 81st inning homer and Ellis Kinder s first Red Sox victory in relief. Stephens batted .244 with 13 hits in 54 at bats, but delivered the decisive blast in the ninth.
The Browns added pitcher Andre Sar Slidelle and infielder Cecil Hubbard via Earl Pitman, citing Hubbard as a Clarksdale product who also played in Dothan and Georgia Alabama leagues. The moves fill slots left by rookie Jim Coa and pitcher Ferman Mack released, with Slidelle described as a twenty year old hurier from the Cotton States League.
The Brooklyn Bushwicks resumed major pitching duties and earned a victory. Rainouts affected Brooklyn at St Louis National, Cleveland at Philadelphia, and St Louis at York, with delays impacting the schedule.
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