Baseball Standings for Georgia Florida League
Thomasville 6-6 Albany 1-4 Americus 3-2 Waycross 2-6 in latest league standings with results table.
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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1948
Page
3
Thomasville 6-6 Albany 1-4 Americus 3-2 Waycross 2-6 in latest league standings with results table.
Maurie Rose of South Bend won the 500 at Indianapolis with a 419.813 mph average, the fastest since 1911. Bill Holland, Duke Nalon, and Ted Horn chased in speeds above 117 mph, beating the previous record. One crash by Duane Carter caused the only major delay, while 160,000 to 200,000 fans watched a near perfect race.
Thomasville's Tigers split a doubleheader with Albany's Cardinals, winning 5-1 in game one behind Curtis four hit pitching and losing 14-6 in game two as Cardinals collect 18 hits. The split pulls the Tigers to third, five percentage points behind Valdosta.
The Waycross Bears drop to third after a doubleheader loss to Americus 5-2 with a 2-2 tie in the first game. Thomasville loses 14-6 to Albany, while Valdosta and Moultrie split with strong showings. Americus, Cordele, and Tallahassee also posted wins as league play continues.
Six Americans join 32 survivors in the third round of the British Women's Amateur Golf Championship at St. Anne's on the Sea. Louise Suggs leads the group from Atlanta with others from Merion, Newington, Chapel Hill and Los Angeles as match play narrows toward quarterfinals.
Mississippi State won the Southeastern Conference baseball championship with a 6-5 victory over Auburn in Opelika Alabama. Lefty Phil Brandon pitched all nine innings and had three hits driving in four runs helping State win the title.
Memorial Day crowds set a major league record but the St Louis Cardinals lost twice in Cincinnati, 4-3 and 7-0, dropping from first in the NL as the New York Giants moved into a half game ahead. Ken Raffensberger and Howard Fox shut out the Cards on five and one hit respectively. The Philadelphia Athletics split a doubleheader with the Boston Red Sox to stay atop the AL.
The Times Enterprise defeated Colonial Stores 13 3 as Jack Kelly earned his second win allowing six hits. Tut Carter and Dix led the offense with two hits each, Washington belted a grand slam and Carter tripled. Colonial chipped in two runs in the first and one in the last.
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