McLemore Tosses 7th Win as Tomcats Beat Athletics
McLemore and Carolan powered a 5-2 Tomcats victory over Cordele to pull them back into fifth in the league standings. Carolan hit a tenth homer as McLemore earned his seventh win, with Robinett and Lineberger keying the offense and Luccheisi making a glove stop in the late innings.
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Cordele
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Thomasville
Tifton
Athletics
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DeMont
Lineberger
Eames
Don Day
Robinett
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Mill
Brissie
Mac
Hogarth
Betcher
Cats
Lucchesi
Piney Woods
Mehamore
Tétyr
Cordelo
Tomcats battle headlines from Thomasville to Albany
The article follows Tomcats players including Peedles Eames and James with memories of the 1950 pennant run and playoff tensions in Albany. It notes fan pressure, manager Frank Lucchesi considering infield changes and Carpenter plus Lineberger’s improving form. Pepper DeMont drives Cordele game drama with gritty defense and a ninth inning hit.
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Frank Lucchesi
Lucchesi
Jim Carpenter
Carpenter
Tifton
Don Lineberger
Lineberger
Valdosta
Bull Weil
Pepper
Demont
Cordele
McLemore
Mac
Rer
RBI
Robinett
Carolan
Betcher
Willett
de Mont
Hogarth
SB — Lineberger
Willett Zangari
Cordeley Thomasville
Mill
So— Mill
Mills
Eames
Mils
Wheeler
Hanley
Faulk Chevrolet routs Times Enterprise 12-0 in YMCA game
Ted Drew tossed a two hit shutout as Faulk Chevrolet overwhelmed Times Enterprise 12 to 0. Al Stringer led Mechanic with four hits in five at bats and Sellami four for four in a 15 hit attack.
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Enterprise
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vEhe Lions Club
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Olice
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Sid
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Chastain
Washington
Sellami
Clark
Wise
Powfelt
Ted
Heat and Hogan Threaten to Complicate US Open
Two intruders heat and Ben Hogan threatened to complicate matters as golf stars began their annual bid for the United States Open championship in Dallas.
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Ben Hogan
National
Dallas
Regional Baseball Standings and Results Highlight
Regional standings show Brunswick Waycross Cordele Thomasville Moultrie Valdosta and Albany in mixed rows with dozens of games. Yesterday Albany beat Moultrie while Waycross defeated Tifton and Brunswick beat Valdosta. Today Cordele meets Thomasville and Waycross faces Tifton.
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Legion Seeks More Players for Junior Baseball Tryouts
The American Legion Junior Baseball program holds a second 4 p.m. Friday tryout at the W. A. Domichary field. Bob Crownover again invites all boys 17 and under to report, aiming to form two summer teams for competition.
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American Legion
W. A. Domichary Field
Bob Crownover
Mills and Letchas Named All-Star Game Coaches
Georgia Lighthouse High School All-Star game will pits Mills of Milton High and Letchas of Thomasville against each other as North and South coaches. Whit Wyatt and Cecil Travis will be the managers. The June 19 game at Ponce de Leon Park benefits Lighthouse for the Blind. Mills brings Bulldog success and two players Jimmy Harper and Tommy Moore.
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Wyatt
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Alpharetta
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Newberry College
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Navy
Milton
Jimmy Harper
Tommy Moore
Moore
Dawson Splits Softball Tilts
Park edged Dawson 6 4 in a YMCA Boys Senior softball tilt as Park posted ten hits. Carter led Dawson with three singles in four chances while Monk and Braswell went 2-for-2 for Park. Dawson’s mound oper Webb earned the win with solid support as Fletcherville defense faltered in an abbreviated fourth inning.
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Monk
Braswell
Fletcherville
Webb
Jake LaMotta vows to fight anyone after Murphy decision
Detroit reports that Jake LaMotta the hard hitting veteran will take on any challenger when there is money involved. He names Joe Maxim Sugar Ray Robinson and Randy Turpin as possible opponents.
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Murphy
Detroit
Joe ‘Maxim
Sugar Ray Robinson
Randy Turpin
Cairo Stars to Face Albany Pest-Cola in Friday Night Game
Cairo will host Pest-Cola of Albany in a Friday night softball clash at 8 30 p m. Former Cairo pitcher Smoky Joe Simmon and catcher Spell are expected to start for Albany, having played in Cairo last year for Simmons Construction and the Cairo all stars that went to the state tournament. Cairo will name its battery just before game time. In their previous road game Pepsi-Cola lost 4 1 to Havana Wrappers in extra innings.
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Pest-Cola
Albany
Cairo Battery
Smoky Joe Simmon
Spell
Simmons
Simmons Construction Company
la Grange
Pepsi- Cola
Havana
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