Bill Colgan Wings Over Europe A Tiger Star
After a war career from Eagle Pass to the Normandy invasion, Bill Colgan earns the Silver Star and Croix de Guerre for gallantry. He flies Thunderbolts with the 9th and 12th Air Forces, surviving wounds and totaling dozens of enemy aircraft. Off the field he is a steady left fielder for the Moultrie team with a .283 average and 22 RBIs.
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Thomasville Beats Cordele In Low-Scoring Baseball Clash
Thomasville 004 022 020 over Cordele 910 012 041 in a 10 11 11 score line. Players Edwards Burk witt Dove McBride Mullen Jobe Colgan Hurd Pautzhan Nix contributed. Leary earned the win for Thomasville while Willingham took the loss. Time 2 35. Umpires McKay Baolo.
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Red Sox Eye Triple Season Records As pennant race tightens
The Boston Red Sox, facing a challenging stretch, hold an outside chance to set multiple season records including most wins and pennant by this date. The AP reports the pursuit continues amid a tight race and potential late surge.
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Red Sox Reach for Record Margin After Weekend Sweep
The Red Sox pushed toward the 1906 Cubs record with an 18 of 106 games remaining target after sweeping Detroit in a doubleheader. Boston built an eight game lead as Mickey Harris and Ko Ferriss logged their 9th and 10th wins while the Yankees split with Cleveland. The Cubs, Cardinals, Dodgers, and Reds also won and lost, keeping the pennant chase tight.
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Veteran golfer faces newcomer in playoff for first at Philadelphia
In Philadelphia on June 10 AP reports Herman Barron a 36 year old former Western Open champion, the veteran, meets Lew Worsham, a Navy veteran seeking his first major victory, in an 18-hole playoff at Llanerch Country Club for the $15,600 Philadelphia inquirer tournament.
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Yesterday's Scores Across Leagues and Associations
In the American League Cleveland beat New York 9 to 4, Boston 7 11, Detroit 1 6, Washington 7 1, Chicago 1 8. National League Pittsburgh 2 5 over Leadow, New York 1 1, Chicago 7 over Brooklyn 6 in 10 innings. St Louis 9 1 over Philadelphia 1 3. Boston 14 0 over Cincinnati 4 1. Southern Association results include Atlanta 7 4 over Little Rock 5 8, Memphis 5 2 over Birmingham 4 0, Mobile 8 5 over Chattanooga 0 10, Nashville 15 7 over New Orleans 5 8. Georgia Florida League shows Americus 13 over Albany 2, Moultrie 11 over Tallahassee 9 in 10 innings, Waycross 4 over Valdosta 1, Cordele 1 over Thomasville 0, Thomasville 10 over Albany. Detroit at New York and other league games scheduled. Brooklyn at St. Louis, Boston at Pittsburgh, New York at Cincinnati, Philadelphia at Chicago. Southern Association: Little Rock at Atlanta, Memphis at Birmingham, Mobile at Chattanooga, New Orleans at Nashville. Georgia Florida League: Americus at Albany, Cordele at Thomasville, Moultrie at Tallahassee, Waycross at Valdosta.
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Tigers Rally, Defeat Cordele in Late Innings Thriller
In Cordele Georgia the Tigers visit and win as Thomasville leads by four in the eighth. Earl Moore started for Cordele and Tow Smith relieved. Tigers crush fourteen hits including two triples and three doubles. Cordele slips to thirteen defeats against one win in fourteen games. next game decides team ticket.
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Dixie Persons Signs Path to Major League Return
Waycross Georgia reports Dixie Persons, once with the Detroit Tigers in 1940, signed with the Gebbia Morlon League after tryouts with the Atlanta Crackers. Parsons, troubled by an arm injury from a 1940 collision while catching for Detroit, was hitting .376 upon release.
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