Barons Rally to Split Doubleheader with Travelers
Birmingham Barons win both games in Little Rock 95 and 64 as they start the season with hitting spree. Scott homers in nightcap as Sharpe rebounds for the loss in first game. Look for two late runs by Travelers in seventh but Birmingham holds on.
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Tuesday Results And Wednesday Schedule In Baseball Standings
Tuesday results show Birmingham 9 6 Little Rock 5 4 Memphis 5 New Orleans 1 Atlanta 2 Chattanooga 0 Nashville 12 Knoxville 3. Wednesday games include Birmingham at Little Rock New Orleans at Memphis and Knoxville at Nashville with others listed.
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Powell the Yankees Bad Boy Who Knows Not Out
Baseball outfielder Alvin Powell, nicknamed Old Powder River, stars in trouble and controversy as a fearless yet controversial player. The piece recalls his clashes with Joe Kuhel and Hank Greenberg, missed trains, a ship charter for travel expenses charged to Clark Griffith, arrest-era warnings, and a lifestyle mixing speed, cars, horses, and golf while pursuing base stealing and personal bravado.
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Giants Edge Reds In Extra Innings 4-3
New York Giants beat Cincinnati Reds 4-3 in ten innings behind Cliff Melton who improved to 10-5. George Davis drove in the winning run in the bottom of the tenth after Chick Hafey's ninth inning homer tied the game. Reds' manager Chuck Dressen was ejected in the ninth. Gus Mancuso out three weeks with a broken finger and Dick Bartell sidelined ten days with a groin pull.
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Farr Confident to Fight Louis in Heavyweight Title
Tommy Farr arrived from London in New York with bold resolve to take on Joe Louis. He declared he has never been knocked out and fears no man but God, projecting a fearless, hardnosed approach to the title bout.
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Notable Car Incident Reveals Silver Springs Resident
A driver crashed into his Silver Springs Maryland home garage on the outskirts of Washington. He obtained $9000 from Colonel Ruppert. An appendectomy sidelined him for weeks this spring. Powell, described as quirky, drew comparison to Ben Chapman in a controversial Yankees trade.
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Scarred fighter taunts rival and boasts boxing wins
The excerpt quotes Louis as a boastful fighter predicting victory over an opponent described as a Jol. He claims to have fought nine black men in his time, saying none lasted more than four rounds. The piece also notes a 25 percent rise in aircraft production in early 1937, totaling 571 aircraft.
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Dean's Pitching Makes Rivals Sick
Cincinnati Reds general manager Warren Giles voices NL sentiment on Dizzy Dean the cantankerous St Louis Cardinal. He jokes about Dean's off field talk while rivals fear facing him on the mound as Diesel engines run on milk.
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Zulu Cannibals Baseball Team Tourney Tale
DETROIT reports the Zulu Cannibal Giants, a semi pro baseball squad formed from players at negro colleges, touring the middle west in grass skirts instead of uniforms. A professional driver recently logged over 170 miles without blowing his horn.
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Ne Waukees Take Double-Header From Browns In Oyler Line
In St Louis the Ne Waukees extended their Ameritas lead to six and a half games by sweeping both ends of a doubleheader against the Browns. They won 5-4 in the opener and 9-6 in the nightcap. Joe DiMaggio extended his hitting streak to 21 games with a homer and two on base in the second game.
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Kansas Race Track Not Be Opened
Reported doubts over a 32 day meeting at Riverside track after officials say no race schedule this year. Sentiment points to substantial losses and uncertain betting pools, with speculative estimates of wagers ranging from five to twenty thousand dollars.
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