Cardinals Trimmed as Dodgers Rally in Tight Race
The St. Louis Cardinals lost 7-2 to the Chicago Cubs and slipped half a game back with six games left. Brooklyn swept the nightcap, beating the Braves. Dodger pitchers rallied after an earlier 4-2 loss. In the American League, Hal Newhouser and Bob Feller dominated in Cleveland while Detroit and interleague results kept the race tight. Bill McKechnie resigned as Reds manager after a doubleheader split.
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Famous Sparks Circus Returns to Road This Fall
The Sparks Circus, back on tour, promises full prewar style shows with new equipment and an all-new performance. It will perform at the Fairgrounds on Friday in September, featuring trained-animal acts and top entertainment as in the days of old.
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Independents Reach Tri County Finals With Louisville
The Dothan Independents defeated Eufaula 3 to 1 to advance to the Tri County League playoff final against Louisville. Snell held Eufaula to three hits while Weeks, Acree, and Kelley produced key runs and Dothan played errorless defense. The final is a best two of three set, with game one in Louisville scheduled Thursday.
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Anniston Captures Southeastern Title Night Scene
Anniston Rams defeated Vicksburg 3 to 2 in 10 innings to win the Southeastern League Shaughnessy playoff final. Holderlein delivered a 10th inning triple driving in the winning run after Vicksburg tied the game in the seventh and eighth. Rams out hit the Billies 10-9 before about 4,000 spectators.
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Ford Sets Record at Langhorne 100 Mile Stock Car Race
James Cunningham, 28, an ex-GI from Trenton New Jersey, drove a 1939 Ford to win the Langhorne Speedway 100 mile National Championship. He set a world record for the event with a time of 1 hour 20 minutes 10.4 seconds averaging 74.83 mph, beating the 1941 record by Henry Banks.
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Davis Cup hopes hinge as Pacific Southwest opens in LA
The United States top players began first round singles and doubles at the 20th Pacific Southwest Tournament held at the Los Angeles Tennis Club as final Davis Cup selections are at stake.
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Opp Game Draws Record Gate At Wiregrass Stadium
Dothan Opp football drew 3 961 paid admissions Friday night at Wiregrass Stadium, the largest gate for a 1945 high school game. Coach Rip Hewes noted Tiger quarterback G L Wynn suffered a knee injury and may miss Friday's Talladega rematch.
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Expert Forecasters Miss Single Game In Football Test
Ralph C. Keel of Dothan won the first football selection contest by 85 points with a total of 138, narrowly missing the correct total by two. Thirteen other forecasters tied for honors, all but one correctly picking game winners except the Texas Christian University vs Kansas 0-0 tie.
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Witch hazel soda paste offers ivy relief
A home remedy uses a paste made from witch hazel and bicarbonate of soda applied two or three times daily to ease poison ivy irritation.
Notre Dame Illinois Battle Tops Week Gridiron Fare
The coming weekend features top intersectional showdowns led by Notre Dame and Illinois in Champaign. Army faces Oklahoma in the East while Michigan visits Indiana and Purdue travels to Iowa as part of a crowded early schedule across major conferences.
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Suggs The Babe Lead National Women Amateur Field
Louise Suggs of Atlanta and Babe Didrickson Zaharias of Denver were named the favorites as 60 golfers began qualifying for the revived National Women’s Amateur at Southern Hills. Former champ Estelle Lawson Page returns. Betty Hicks Newell has turned pro. Suggs posted practice rounds of 72 and 74 to lead.
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Late AP Football Scores Roundup Across Teams
The Associated Press reports multiple college football scores. Kentucky beat Mississippi 20 to 6 while Texas Christian and Kansas both posted zeros. Baylor and Hardin-Simmons won their games, with several other schools posting wins and losses in a rapid, scattered schedule.
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Baseball Standings and Schedules From Today's Leagues
National and American League standings show St Louis Brooklyn Chicago Boston Philadelphia Cincinnati Pittsburgh New York and others led by margins. Today's EDT schedule lists St Louis at Chicago Philadelphia at Brooklyn and Philadelphia at New York with yesterday results across all matchups.
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Action This Week in SEC As12 Teams Face Test
Alabama and Tulane duel in New Orleans while Georgia Tech faces Tennessee at Knoxville in two of Saturday’s top games. Kentucky travels to Cincinnati after a 20-6 win, and Mississippi meets Florida in Jacksonville as six SEC teams face tests and six others are heavy favorites.
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Georgia Hosts Clemson as Friday Night Doubleheader Opens
Clemson defeats Presbyterian 99 to 0 in a standout result. Georgia opens at home against Clemson while Auburn meets Mississippi Southern in Montgomery. L. U. faces Rice in Houston, Mississippi State hosts Chattanooga and Vanderbilt entertains T. P. I. in two Saturday showdowns.
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Buck White Wins Memphis Open Prize
Buck White of Greenwood Mississippi won the Memphis Open with an 11 under par 277 at the Chickasaw Course earning $2 000 first prize It marked his first major tourney victory and his first prize in a year The win came as golf’s touring circuit moved toward Dallas and a new round of big money events.
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Local Golf Circuit Ends Close in Final Round
A tight finish in the final round left veteran Pating edging out Herman Keiser of Akron Ohio by a single stroke. Keiser finished at 278 with Tiny Junie Buxbaum of Pine Bluff Arkansas third at 279.
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Sauer sparkles in Fort Benning 38 6 win over Rockets
Johnny Sauer, a West Point cadet and member of an unbeaten Army team last year, led the Fort Benning Doughboys to a 38-6 victory against the Air Transport Command Rockets. He helped score three touchdowns as the Doughboys displayed full strength and quality play.
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