Top Teams of Cotton Loop Have No Trouble
A brief sports item notes leading squads in the Cotton Loop show easy wins. Teams and venues are listed in concise lines, highlighting clean performances and steady offense for the period.
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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1947
Page
18
A brief sports item notes leading squads in the Cotton Loop show easy wins. Teams and venues are listed in concise lines, highlighting clean performances and steady offense for the period.
The American League beat the National League 2 to 1 at Wrigley Field, growing its All star win streak to six. Frank Shea pitched three innings for the Yanks in relief for the victory, while Johnny Sain allowed Doerr to score the decisive run in the seventh. Bobby Doerr drove in the run that sealed the win as the AL claimed the crown before 44,123 fans and a record pension fund contribution of 105,314.90.
The Association’s second division games showed Atlanta Crackers, Mobile Bears, and Birmingham win against higher seeds. Atlanta defeated Mobile 110, Birmingham beat New Orleans 6-4, Chattanooga edged Little Rock 9-8 in Nashville. Memphis finished seventh with a 3-run margin.
Printing of the eight volume annotated edition of Arkansas statutes will start in November. Dr. Robert E. B. Leslar, dean of the University of Arkansas law school and chair of the state revision committee, announced that the regular unannotated digest will not be released until next year.
Mrs HH Akin, 27, died in a Texarkana hospital from burns after a blaze wiped out the Akin home five miles northwest of Texarkana. Her children Joe, 4, and Janice perished in the ruins. Phillip, 3, and Judy, 8, escaped with minor burns. The husband, a 33 year veteran, had just left the farm before the fire. Triple funeral services were scheduled for the victims on Thursday.
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