Angling Feats and Baseball Irritations Headline Week
A feature on a 235 pound tarpon estimate from Harold Lemaster after an 18 hour fight and a note on Eddie Stanky temper management with Cardinals fallout. Also covers minor league star Ron Necelai traversing mishaps with luggage mixups and Tomcats RBI chase amid poor Thomasville stretch led by Roy McLemore.
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Joe Carolan
RBI
Tomcats
St. Louis Brownie
Ned Garver
Thomasville
Roy McLemore
Georgia baseball standings and recent results
Georgia standings show Valdosta, Albany, Brunswick, Moultrie leading. Yesterday results include Moultrie 6 Brunswick 4 and Valdosta 4 Thomasville 1. Today Cordele 6 Tifton 5 in 15 innings. Nashville 10 Atlanta 8. Memphis 5 Mobile 2. Columbia Charleston and Montgomery atop Southern division. rain postponed Columbia Charleston game.
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Valdosta
Albany
Ederse Nes
Moultrie
Brunswick
Thomasville
Aycross
Cordele
Tifton
Chattanooga
Atlante Vo
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Nashville
Birmingham
Little Rock
Memphis
Mobile
Atlanta
New Orleans
South Atenes DE Asur
Columbia
Charleston
Montgomery
Macon
Columbus
Jacksonville
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Savanna
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Aubusee
Savannah
Augusta
Columbia-Charleston
Roddenberg Nips W and B in Cairo Softball Action
Roddenberg Hardware grabbed early control in Cairo League play by beating Wight and Browne 5 to 3 after trailing. Wight Hardware then routed Holsum Bread 6 to 5, erasing a 3 to 1 deficit in the sixth inning as Sawyer Powell Waldrop and Cox produced multi hit nights for the victors.
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Roddenberg Hardware
Wight
Browne
Holsum Bread
Wight Hardware
Roddenbery
Hardwaremen
Roddenberg
Wight & Brown
Bakers
Cox
Waldrop
Sawyer
Powell
Wight H'ware
Red Sox Top Tigers in wild 9 8 victory
Boston beats Detroit 9 8 as Walt Dropo Don Lenhardt homerun against former mates but Johnny Pesky misplayed a ball allowing the winning run. Sox move a full game ahead of the Yankees in the American League while charley Grimm era Braves beat Pirates 3 2 in NL. Jim Wilson pitched for Atlanta with two hits by Sam Jethroe.
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Walt Dropo
Don Lenhardt
Boston
Pirates
Braves
Charley Grimm
Jim Wilson
Sam Jethroe
Bob del Greco
Pirate
All Star Fielding Records Surface For Ballot Checks
Fielding averages released by The Associated Press show a tight race for defensive honors in both leagues ahead of the All-Star game at Philadelphia's Shibe Park on July 8. Mickey Vernon leads first basemen by a point over Walt Dropo with .995, while Gil Mc Dougald edges Hector Rodriguez at third base with .980 to .987 for Rodriguez. Marty Marion holds a seven point margin over Phil Rizzuto at shortstop, and Brooklyn’s Gil Hodges battles Ted Kluszewski for the NL lead at first base as no errors yet by Hodges.
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New York
Philadelphia
Shibe Park
Associated Press
Mickey Vernon
Detroit
Walt Dropo
Dropo
Tigers
New York Yankees
Gil McDougald
Hector Rodrigue
Gil
Rodrigue
Marty Marion
Phil Riuto
Yankees
Cardinals
Riuto
Brooklyn
Gil Hodges
Ted Klusewski
Cincinnati
Dodgers
Tomcats Kept Bats Quiet in 4 1 Defeat by Valdosta
Thomasville, after a scoring surge, stranded 12 runners in a 4 1 loss to Valdosta. Clifford took the loss, Ray Willett and Ken Robinett led Thomasville with two hits apiece, while Angelone and Rellihan drove in key runs for Valdosta.
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Tomcats
Valdosta
Moultrie Giants
Thomasville Tomcats
Clifford
Ernie Clifford
Cats
Thomasville
Ken Robinett
Zangarl Peross
Ray Willett
Robinett
Hollenkamp
Lucchesi
Eames
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Lineberger
McLemore
T'Ville
RBI
Angelone
Rellihan
Sh—Fountain
Alberts
Angelonee
Thomanville
Valdost
Leonard
Ganakas
Home Improvement and Financing Inquiries
A reader asks about fixing up a home or property enlargement and modernization. The note seeks options to buy or build a new home and to obtain financing that can be retired gradually without burden.
Dublin Still Leads Georgia State League
Dublin still leads the Georgia State League with Eastman in second. The Green Sox defeated Vidalia 16 to 5 while the Dodgers edged the Douglas Trojans to stay within reach of the top.
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Dublin
Georgia State
Eastman
Associated Press
Green Sox
Vidalia
Dodgers
Douglas Trojans
Meigs School Installs New Suspension Type Basket
Meigs School installs a new suspension type basket ball goal in the combination gymnasium auditorium. Principal I W MacAfee says the pulley and crank allow easy raising and lowering, replacing the old bulky roller mounted goal that wasted time and effort when the stage was needed.
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Mee
I.W. MacAfee
Valdosta Seizes Lead in Georgia-Florida League Race
Valdosta moved to first place after a 4-1 win over Thomasville as Albany fell to second and Waycross beat the Cards 6-1. Cordele edged Tifton 6-5 in 16 innings. Moultrie won 5-4 at Brunswick with late scoring. Other results include Dublin, Hastman, and Vidalia jockeying for position in standings.
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Vawncl Utaly Cvcluol
Thomasville
Valdosta
Tomorow
Cordele
Athletics
Associated Press
Albany
Dodgers
Waycross
Tifton
Moultrie
Brunswick
Taylor Phillips
Bears
Ron Chaplin
Joe Galen
Bill Young
Giants
Charles Kott
Pirates
Bucky Walters
Cy Schypinski
Glenwood Falls to Fletchersville in Senior Softball Opener
In opening games last night Glenwood fell 8 to 6 to Fletchersville in the senior boys league for ages 14 to 16. Carter was Greenwood’s only two hit batter while Thornhill Murphy and Ed contributed for the winners.
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Fletchersville
Cherokee
Park
Fletcherville
Thornhill
Murphy
Greenwood
Carter
Holland
Strobe
Smith
Gleason
Glenwoopp
Fle Sville
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Harry Brecheen
Stanky
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Necelai
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Klusewski
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Davey Williams
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Faulk Chevrolet
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Sound Properties
Thomas County
Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n
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Konek
Boyce
Kott
Schuck
Gibbons
Pfiefer
Clapham
Cellardo
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Gronsky
Wilson
Fitgerald Pioneers
Pilots
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