Key and Besselink Lead In Southern Amateur Qualifying
At the Capital City course in Atlanta heavy rain and drizzles disrupted play as 21 players failed to post cards. Billy Key of Columbus and Al Besselink of Miami led after the first 18 holes with even par 71s while Jim Wann Gordon Bulloch and Gene Dahlbender Jr. followed close at 72.
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Atlanta
Columbus
Key
Bessélink
Capital City
Bills
Drs
Billy Key
al Besselink
Miami
Fla
Jim Wann
Lookout Mountain
Tenn
Gordon ‘Bulloch
Ponte Vedra
Gene Dahlbender Jr
Morton Bright
Bob Seyler
University of Miami
Gummy Harrison Jr
Augusta
Robert Tyre Jones
Bobby Jones
Georgia
Dan Yates
Georgs Hemer
University of Alabama
Walter Wood
Knot Hole Ob Getting Taller and Brighter at Ball Park
Community rally builds Knot Hole bleachers at Municipal Ball Park to keep children off the streets with wholesome Sunday School driven fun. Veterans groups and churches sponsor the project with Thomasville Tigers aiding. Admission requires a 10 cent Knot Hole card for kids under thirteen at the gate.
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Veterans of
Thomas County
Spence Legion Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Harvery Clark
Thomas Count
Municipal Stadium
Harvey
Thomasville Tigers
Americas Phillies
Golf bracket sets three divisions for round 96 scores
Players with low scores form three divisions and eighteen holes of match play determine flights tomorrow. First division winners and losers create the championship and second flight. A 36 hole final round Saturday will decide the overall winner.
Phillies snap Waycross win streak in nine game run
The Americus Phyllis, in last place, stopped Waycross Bears nine game Georgia Florida League win streak with a 12-3 victory. Wingo pitched five hits as Waycross scored twice in the third. Phils added six in the seventh and totaled 18 hits. Other games: Thomasville beat Albany 7-6. Valdosta defeated Cordele 11-4. Tallahassee at Moultrie rained out.
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Americus Phillis
Waycross Bears
Phils
Wingo
Bears
Thomasville
Albany
Valdosta
Cordelo
Tallahassee
Moultrie
Tigers
Tessier
Cyrus
Cards
Cater
Indians
Wilder
Indiana
Georgia-Florida League plans All-Star North-South games
meeting at Daphne Lodge set July 11 for All-Star and August 10 for North-South in the Georgia-Florida League. Thomasville bids were rejected due to Sunday ball rules. Tallahassee and Moultrie land the events. Sports writers will choose All-Star picks led by Howard Henkle and Jimmy Nelson among others.
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Daphne Lodge
Cordele and
Americus
Thomasville
City of Roses
Tallahassee
Moultrie
Tigers
Howard Henkle
Jay Stasko
Bucs
Yesterday's results across Georgia Florida league and others
Baseball scores from yesterday show Georgia Florida League games with Albany G and Tally teams, plus Columbus Savannah Macon and multiple postponed or rain affected games, plus National and American League results including Brooklyn Cincinnati Pittsburgh New York Chicago St Louis Philadelphia and Boston. American League Chicago edged New York while St Louis weathered a rain delay. Southern League Memphis beat Atlanta and Mobile topped Nashville with New Orleans winning over Chattanooga. Jacksonville Augusta and Little Rock games affected by rain.
Regional and League Matchups Across South and East Coast
In a slate of intercity games the South Atlantic and National Leagues feature varied pairings. Valdosta visits Americus while Albany plays Tallahassee and Cordele faces Thomasville with Moultrie traveling to Waycross. In the National League Pittsburgh heads to New York and Chicago visits Boston. Cincinnati plays Brooklyn and St Louis meets Philadelphia as New York travels to Chicago. Philadelphia hosts Detroit and Boston meets Cleveland with Washington at St Louis. Memphis faces Atlanta and Chattanooga visits Birmingham. Nashville goes to Mobile and New Orleans hosts Chattanooga. Savannah plays Greenville and Macon hosts Columbia while Columbus meets Charleston and Jacksonville visits Augusta.
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Georgia-Florida
Cad
Ola Tallahassee Bd
Oor Valdosta
Thomasvil
Albany
Waycross
Moultrie
Cordele
Americus
Waycrosa Shbaveeon Ono
Giix
Seidel Ash Cook
Gross Wingo
Comolli Valdosta
Corde
Cater
Stammmen
Wilder
Reeves Thomasville
Tessier
Cruze
Nelson
Cyrunnel Attaway Tallahinse
al Moultrie
Southern Association
Nashville
Mobile
Memphis
Hirmingham
Atlanta
Chattanooga
Little Rock
Orleans
Cleveland
Philadelphia
York
Detroit
Boston
Washington
St. Louis
Chicago
New York
Pittsburgh
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
South Atlantic
Jacksonville Setae
Qloomutsvills
G. Aldosta
1Americus
Tallahassee
Whohlutton
Columbus
Charleston
Savannah
Greenville
Macon
Jacksonville
Augusta
New Orleans
Birmingham
Valdosta
Cordelo
Thomasville
St. Touts
Hrittle Rock
Cheattanooga
Columbia
Yale Meets Lafayette as Carolina Plays Illinois in Tourney
Yale faces Lafayette and North Carolina meets Illinois in the NCAA Eastern Baseball Tournament second round in Winston Salem. Last night Yale beat North Carolina 6 to 1 and Lafayette defeated Illinois 9 to 6. Tonight Tarheels of the Southern Conference clash with Illinois at 6 p.m. EST.
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YALE
Lafayette
Carolina
Illinois
Winston, Salem
N. C
University of North Carolina
Iinois
North Carolina
Tarheels
Yale-Lafayette
Night baseball thrills as Detroit tops Athletics 4 1
Hal Newhouser pitched Detroit to a 4 1 win over Philadelphia in the first night game in Detroit history. The Tigers extended their win streak to seven, while Newhouser improved to eight and four. Yankees and White Sox played a thriller, and Sain led Boston to the NL lead with a 6 3 win over Chicago.
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Joe Reichler
Associated Press
Detroit
Hal Newhouser
Tiger
Philadelphia Athletics
Newhouser
Tigers
New York Yankees
Yankees
White Sox
Chicago
Boston Red Sox
Cleveland
Indians
A's
Johnny Sain
Boston Braves
Chicago Cubs
Boston
Sain
Pittsburgh
Giants
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Braves
Polo Grounders
St. Louis Cardinals
Phillies
Philadelphia
Dodgers
Cincinnati Reds
Brooklyn
Andy Seminick
Stan Musial
Cardinals
Phils
Enos Slaughter
Seminick
Musial
Reds
Washington
St. Louis
Mobile Bears Move Within Three Games of Vols Lead
The runnerup Mobile Bears beat the Nashville Vols 6-1 to extend their winning streak to five and trim the gap to three games. Little Rock rainout in Birmingham, Memphis beat Atlanta 6-2, New Orleans 7-5 over Chattanooga. John Boles allowed nine hits as Nashville's pitchers struggled. four runs in the sixth inning broke the game open. Sill Hart hit a two run homer in the third to put Mobile ahead 2-0.
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Associated Press
Mobile Bears
Southern Association
Nashville
Vol
Nashvill
Bears
Little Rock
Birmingham
Memphis
Atlanta
New Orleans
Chattanooga
John Boles
Vols
Pete Mallory
Sill Hart
Bob Schultz
Chicks
Albany Tigers Rally To Take 7-6 Victory Over Cards
Albany Ga June 15 The Tigers came from behind to beat the Cards 7-6 in a tense opener then held a 1-1 series split. Larry Tessier earned his fourth win with Bob Cruze finishing. Dave Cyrus took the loss as Albany rapped 12 hits led by Hassler and Shaw.
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Bill McGrotha
Albany
The
Tigers
Larry Tessier
Bob Cruze
Dave Cyrus
Bengals
Hassler
Straigt
Henkle
Tiger
Tessier
Long
Goeser
Adameewicz
Attaway
Marclewski
Loeser
Adamcewicz
Wnelson
Turtzo
Marie
Little
Shaw
McLean
Louis
Nelson
Cruze
Baseball cleaner than ever before says Trautman
Dallas June 16 AP George M Trautman president of the minor leagues says baseball is cleaner from gambling influences than ever before He cites an isolated case in Winston Salem where two men were banned for life for bribery and game throwing He notes the large size of the minor leagues with 433 towns in 58 leagues and about 15000 players while on a goodwill tour.
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Dallas
George M. Trautman
Winston-Salem
N. C
Trautman
National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues
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Paul Turtzo
Sal Arduini
Arduini
Ernie Funk
Curt Curtis
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Bob Engle
Bill Cann
Cordele Club
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Coca-Cola Company
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