Greenville Lions win seventh game clincher in ASL finals
Accounts of the Alabama State League finals show Greenville Lions winning the seventh and deciding game at Brewton to clinch the title over the Brewton Millers. Scoring details reveal a tight series with 41 runs to 36 and notable early leads and late rallies across multiple games.
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Hosiery Mill Wins Fast Loop Title From Supreme Ten
Hosiery Millers win the Fast League crown by beating Supreme Dreamers 7-5 in game three. Bynum held the Creamers to five hits while Supreme’s pitcher allowed four. Hosiery eliminated three leading teams in sudden-death playoff to reach the finals.
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Pro Bird Dogs Draw College Ire
Detroit CPO Major league teams face criticism over bid dog operators who sign college players while they have eligibility. Ridler urges Baseball Commissioner Guppy Chandler to impose a closed season on hinting of college athletes. Harold De Voll and Joe De Grass cited as signings by Yankees and White Sox amid college eligibility concerns. De Voll joined Yankee farm team in Newark on July 1 and was released August 1 after arm injury. Ridler accuses poor handling and pressure from Newark management worsening his pitching arm and ending his career potential.
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Dixie Series Opens with Houston and Mobile Clash in Texas League Title Game
Houston, winner of the Texas League, faces Mobile, Southern Association champion, in the Dixie Series opener in Houston. Beers pitched a 1-0 shutout to seal the Texas League title for Houston last night. Series schedule has two here then five in Mobile. if needed two more in Houston. Al Papai expected to start for Houston against John Hall.
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Wiregrass Grid Season Opens With Busy Week of Races
Wiregrass teams launch the season with Hartford facing Geneva County in a Friday night clash after Andalusia defeated Eufaula 13 0. Ashford and Hartford, top Wiregrass contenders, clash in the stadium tonight. Several other matchups involve Vicksburg, Abbeville, Elba, Opp, Enterprise, Mathews, Milton, Graceville, and Dothan area clubs as the circuit begins.
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Sungs Faces Battle In Amateur Finals
Detroit AP report on the National Women’s Amateur Golf Championship with Laurie Sugis of Georgia advancing in the finals after a win over Mary McMillan of Wisconsin, plus mentions of Grace Lenczyk, Dorothy Kielty, and Sally Sessiane as contenders in the event at Franklin Hills Counters Club.
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Automatic shutoff gasoline nozzle for mobile tanks
A new gasoline hose nozzle automatically stops flow when connected to a mobile gasoline tank. Alfalfa, native to southwestern Asia, was cultivated long before the Christian era. The clubs meet for the third game in Gainesville tonight.
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Dothan Elevens Scrimmage Hard Before This Week Contests
Dothan High Tigers, Bees, and Youngs Junior High Baty Tiers held a final scrimmage before three weeknight clashes. Hewes led a fast defensive showing against Pensacola defenses while Hopper, Mor ris, Purvis and Payne starred on offense. Mosley’s junior squad prepared to face Pensacola as well with Creel and Wilkes among the backs expected to produce.
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Durocher Appeals For Reinstatement Amid Dodgers Saga
The Leo Durocher reinstatement bid is reported to have reached Baseball Commissioner A B Chandler after Durocher appealed from California. Burt Shotton fills Durocher’s 1947 duties as attendance hits a league record while Durocher and Laraine Day travel toward the Dodger Yankee World Series.
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Elimination Night Nears at Softball Congress Finalists
In Phoenix four teams face elimination as Mount Dennis Athletic Association of Toronto and White Center Athletic Club of Washington collide earlier, Farm Fresh Markets of Phoenix routed Mount Dennis 13 to ?. The winner advances to a 6:30 p.m. MST match to decide who joins four teams already knocked out.
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Series Bullpens Quiet As Dodgers and Yankees Prep
Dodgers pitcher Joe Hatten and Hal Gregg showed strong form in tuneups for the World Series. Gregg shut out the Giants over five innings as Hatten and Willard Ramsdell rotated on the mound in recent exhibitions. Branca and Lombardi were slated for final dress rehearsals before the opener while other pennant races closed with Reds, Cardinals, Indians, and Tigers shaping their post season standings.
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Dolly Lambert Appointed Ozark Recreation Director
Ozark city schools appoint Dolly Lambert recreation director to lead a new program for grades four to six focusing on football volleyball and softball. Lambert, a former pro baseball and basketball player trained at Fried Hardeman College and Union University, will work with Boys. Alto Matthews named school band director as enrollment hits a record 637 students.
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Weathersfield Row Named for River Ox-Bow Bends
Weathersfield Row Vermont derives its name from the ox-bow bends of the Connecticut River where merino sheep were first bred in the United States.
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