Young Junior High Tigers Open Season Here Saturday
The Young Junior High Baby Tigers host Montgomery in Wiregrass Stadium to start the football season on an uphill grade. Eight minute quarters, junior cheerleaders and band, 25 cent student and 50 cent adult admission, and a roster including 12 year old Randy Church and 100 pound backs Harry Bedsole and Pat Rice.
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Baby Tigers
Wiregrass Stadium
Montgomery
Agnis
Crawford Moseley
Ince
Younsters
Moseley
Roseley
Randy Church
Harry Bedsole
Pat Rice
Cardinals Take Game One To Spark World Series Push
Howie Pollet pitched strongly as the St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers 4 2 in the opening game at St Louis. Joe Garagiola drove in half the runs, Terry Moore and Slaughter added key hits, and Slaughter's peg saved a run as Dodgers rallied but could not overtake the lead. Dyer praised Pollet while Branca struggled before Higbe, Lombardo, Gregg and Melton finished for Brooklyn.
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Brooklyn
Howie Fpollet
St. Louis Cardinals
Dodgers
Ebbets Field
Red Birds
St. Louis
Enos Slaughter
Bruce Edwards
Howie Schultz
Eddie Dyer
Joe Garagiola
Terry Moore
Red Schoendienst
Slaughter
Pollet
Brooks
Cubs
Durocher
Ralph Branca
Birds
Kirby Higbe
Dodger
Highe
Hal Gregg
Vic Lombard
Rube Melton
Attacks May Be By Air In Rebels Tigers Tilt
Injury lists dwindle as SEC teams drill on defense ahead of weekend games. Georgia linesman Earl Whitworth sidelined. LSU misses Tittle with a cold. Mississippi State in good shape. Vanderbilt focuses on pass defense. Tulane's Henry Franka works passing. Alabama notes limited QB McWhorter Corbitt and Gellerstedt. Auburn injury updates including Cornelius and Snell.
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Bengals
Y. A. Tittle
Mississippi State
Tittle
Willard Landry
LSU
Rice
Allyn McKeen
Oxford
Mississippi
Red Drew
Rebels
Vanderbilt
Memphis
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Gaca Henry Franka
Tulane
Greenies
Florida
Alabama
Frank Thomas
South Carolina
Jim McWhorter
Corky Corbitt
Eric Gellerstedt
Auburn
Tigers
Jack Cornelius
Bernard Snell
Dahl bender and Barnes lead in Four-Ball finals at East Lake
In Atlanta the Southern Amateur Four-Ball Tourney advances to quarter finals with defending Georgia champions Dahl bender and Barnes facing Florida duo Snarp and Bullock. Wehrle and Cisco of Kentucky meet Nall and Ford of South Carolina in the upper bracket, while bottom bracket pairs include Lee Harper of Florida versus Doll Stein of Kentucky and Blum Yates of Georgia versus Mansted Salmon of Louisiana.
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Atlanta
Gene Dahlbender
Tommy Barnes
Georgia
Florida
W. D. Snarp
Gordon Bullock
Wilford Wehrle
Walter Cisco
Kentucky
Harold Nall
Frank Ford
South Carolina
Jimmy Lee
Charlie Harper
Pete Doll
Jimmy Stein
Arnold Blum
Dan Yates
Robert Mansted
Raymond Salmon
Louisiana
Dahlbender
Barnes
Alabama
Harry Pritchett
Gordon Smith
Wehrle
Bobby Jones Doll
Stein
Tom Nichol
John Thames
East Lake Countty Club
Montgomery to Defend Title Against Mouzon
Lightweight champion Bob Montgomery will defend his title October 18 at Convention Hall against Wesley Mouzon who stopped Montgomery in their August 19 non title bout here.
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Philadelphia
Bob Montgomery
Ny-Pa
Convention Hall
Wesley Mouzon
Montgomery
Giants blank Boston Yanks 17 0 in NFL opener at Braves Field
The Boston Yanks were outclassed by the New York Giants 17 to 0 before 16 500 fans at Braves Field. Ken Strong scored five points including two extra points and a 36 yard field goal in the second period.
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Boston
New York Giants
Boston Yankees
Braves Field
Ken Strong
Alabama Colleges Double War Housing For Students
Twenty two Alabama colleges have doubled pre war student housing but cannot meet demand. A Governor’s Committee survey shows 981 temporary housing units approved by the FHA, including 823 apartments for veterans and families and 158 barracks style dormitories for about 4,000 students. Permanent residences total 53 for 3,533 men and 54 for 6,580 women, with 15 more dormitories planned for 2,441 students at eight institutions.
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Montgomery
Alabama
Committee On Higher Education
Ralph B. Craughon
Federal Public Housing Administration
Dallas Club Slams Dixie Series Opener Over Atlanta
Dallas from the Texas League beat the Atlanta Crackers 13 to 3 in the Dixie series opener. Dallas leads the best of seven. game two set for 8 15 p m EST with H K Perry for Dallas and Earl McGowan for Atlanta. Attendance was 7087 as the series moves to Atlanta and Dallas for later games.
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Atlanta
Dallas
Atlanta Crackers
H. K. Perry
Earl McGowan
Qoans
Riebe
Kinney
Thomason W
Adkins
Mistos
Mathis
Movie lineup details for a bustling cinema week
Saturday features Gene Autry in Blue Montana Skies and Personality Sid with a late show. Alan Ladd stars in O. S. 8 with Geraldine Fitzpatrick and Patrick Knowles. Sunday brings Lee Bowman and Marguerite Chapman in Walls Come Tumbling Down. Wednesday and Thursday include Ruth Hussey and John Carroll in Bedside Manner and Jinx Falkenberg in Talk About A Lady.
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Gene Autry
Montana
Sid
Alan Ladd
Geraldine Fitzpatrick
Patrick Knowles
O. S
Lee Bowman
Marguerite Chapman
Ruth Hussy
John Carroll
Jinx Falkenberg
Soa Beowr
Burnz Rally Falls Short as Cardinals Tie Late
Joe Hatten looms as likely starter for tomorrow's second game. The Burnz hit the ball hard but right at Cardinals players, with Howie Schultz delivering a left field home run to knot the score in the third, leaving the outcome in doubt.
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Joe Hatten
Emma Sansom Battles Dothan Tigers in Gadsden Clash
The Dothan Tigers travel to Gadsden to face the Emma Sansom Rebels in a game seen as a passing duel. Dothan works on pass defense and offense with Burkett and Dennis possibly leading the air attack while Emma Sansom relies on its strong defense and balanced attack to counter. The Tigers plan a fire-with-fire approach, with final workouts set and a special bus to depart for the road game.
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Dothan Tigers
Emma Sansom
Gadsden
Bengals
Tigers
Wiregrass Stadium
Dothan
Erwin
Pillatary
Bowen
Cornett
Patrick
Reds
Hewes
the Ripper
McKechnie Rehired by Indians to Boost 1947 Club
Cleveland signs gray haired Bill McKechnie to a two year contract as manager of the coaching staff to lift the Indians from the second division. President Bill Veeck announced the deal after a sixth place finish and hinted at broad reorganization for 1947.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Indians
Bill McKechnie
Cincinnati Reds
Tribe
McKechnie
Bill Veeck
Veeck
Bob Feller
Lou Boudreau
Cage Champs Say Modern Football Is Slave Mart
American University officials denounce football as a 19th century slave market saying players are sold to the highest bidder and that funds should go to arts instead. President Paul Douglass cites costs of $50 000 to field a team and notes the university will drop football in favor of continuing basketball as the main intercollegiate sport. P S American won the Mason-Dixon Conference basketball title for the last two seasons.
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Reds
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Bal Cooper
Washington
American University
Paul ¥. Douglass
Robert Y. Fletcher
Board of Trustees
Atlantic
Pacific
Canada
Alabama
Douglass
Veterans Administration
American U
P. S
American
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