Bears Shut Out Reds and Trojans Win in Georgia Florida League
In a set of one run margin games, Waycross beat Cordele 6-0 as Morris failed to repeat a no hit bid. Albany's nine run seventh powered a 14-3 win over Thomasville Lookouts while Leon Sulerbrun used four pitchers. Caps tied Moultrie 5-5 in ninth and won 6-5 in 11th. Valdosta defeated Americus 6-5.
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Associated Press
Waycross
Cordele
Morris
Jack Hartz
Thomasville
Reds
Albany
Kip Sulerbrun
Tallahassee
Moultrie Packers
Valdosta
Americus
Baseball results from yesterday across leagues
American League results show Chicago S and New York 7 Boston 14 5 Detroit 6 8 St Louis Washington postponed by rain Cleveland a Philadelphia 2 National League Brooklyn 7 Chicago 6 ten innings New York 6 Pittsburgh 3 Cincinnati 6 Boston 6 St Louis 5 Philadelphia 3 Southern Association Little Rock 4 Atlanta 1 Memphis 8 Nashville 2 New Orleans 2 Knoxville 4 Birmingham 1 Georgia Florida Albany Thomasville 8 Valdosta 6 Americus 5 Tallahassee 6 Moultrie 6 Waycross 6 Cordele
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Waycruss
Albany
Valdosta
Frith Thomasville
Tallahassen
Americus
Cordele
Philadelphia Terre
St. Louis
Washington
St Louis
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Ron Ag
New York
Chicago
Chattanooga
New Orleans
Knoxville
Memphis
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Boston
Detroit
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Philadelphia
Mittsburgh
Southern Association
Little Rock
Atlanta
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Nashville
Birmingham I
Georgia
Florida
Thomasville
Tallahassee
Mouttlrie
Waycross
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
Timbered Sports Slate Mixes City Matchups and Odd Notes
A scattered schedule lists Chicago at New York and Detroit at Boston among ten early games plus city pairings such as Brooklyn at Chicago and Philadelphia at St Louis. Minor notes mention age facts about halibut and a stray line about a Georgia Florida Albany-Moultrie-Cordele Americus Waycross Thomasville sequence.
Watkins Delivers Game Winning Homer in Ninth Inning
Thomasville American Legion Juniors edge Valdosta 12 11 in a see saw contest. Steve Watkins unleashed a two run homer in the sixth and sparked a late rally as Thomasville piled up 16 hits to Valdosta's 10. Sindersine worked five for Thomasville before Taylor struggled on relief.
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Thomasville Juniors
Valdosta
Thomasville
American Legion
Legion
Steve Watkins
Smith
Baker
Watkins
Sindersine
Taylor
Wilson
Valdostans
Sullivan
HPO
Dove
Armatrong
Roede
Anderson
Sauerbrun
Gassawsy
I Wiley
Buffington
Bevil
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Sc Secsveson
Albany
PO Bakay
Sretee
Burns
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Safice le Blanc
Leach
Kaz Teach
Doveton Anson
Bang
Renk
Uck
Enko
Wiley
Winstar
Beiining
Balk
Day
Mie
Time of Fame
Louis Conn World Heavyweight Championship Fight
Joe Louis defends against Billy Conn at Polo Grounds New York City in a 15 round decision bout. bout starts 7 30 p m preliminaries with main event at 9 p m betting Louis 6 to 16 odds Conn 6 to 8 to knockout approx weights Louis 200 Conn 177 crowd about 40000 gate 400000 promoter Twentieth Century Sporting Club Mike Jacobs officials N Y State Athletic Commission referee and judges TBA weather cloudy warmer rain possible broadcast Mutal Broadcasting System WOR 9 p m E S T
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Twentieth Century Sporting Club
Mike Jacobs
N. Y. State Athletic Commission
Mutual Broadcasting System
WOR
New York
Louis-Schmeling
Polo Grounds
Joe Louis
Pittsburgh
Treasury
Max Schmeling
Conn
Broadway
Boston
Joe
Billy
Brown Man
BE. S
Arthur Donovan
Billy Cavanagh
West Point
State Athletic Commission
Slayton Ties Everett For Lead In Qualifying
Jack Slayton of Columbus Ga tied Alvin Everett of Rome Ga for the first round lead with a one over par 72 in the 1941 Southern Amateur qualifying at Birmingham Country Club. Contenders play 18 more holes to reach match play for the championship flight. leaders faced a tough 6600 yard course, with many scoring in the 70s.
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Romney Wheeler
Birmingham
Ala
Jack Slayton
Clayton
Everett
Dallas Deaver
Cedartown
Frank Litz, Jr
Gadsden
Crawford Rainwater
Pensacola
Fla
Beverly Nabers
Baton Rouge la
Sonny Elliis
Columbus
Carl Dinkler, Jr
Atlanta
Walter Cisco
Louisville
Birmingham Country Club
Tommy Barnes
Jack Oliver
Valdosta
Sam Perry
Ashby Taylor
Augusta
Jennings Gordon
Rome
Georgia
Chastain Harris
Memphis
John Cummings
Southern Golf Association
Audubon Country Club
Prsident C. V. Rainwater
R. G. Bush
New Orleans
Jimmy Tupper
Nashville
Willis Hudlin Beats Crackers for 4-1 Victory
Willis Hudlin, ace of Little Rock's last-place club, shut down the Atlanta Crackers to win 4-1 in the twilight opener. Ray Volpi pitched well but allowed a home run by Lester Burge as the Crackers split the twin bill.
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Associated Press
Willis Hudlin
Little Rock
The
Bee
Atlanta Crackers
Travelers
Ray Volpi
Ore
Lester Burge
Crackers
Ed Bahr
Ed Mizereck
Rebels
Roundup of boxing notes and sports chatter from New York
A roundup covers referee bets on Donovan and others, Stengel’s deals for Rays Montgomery, Ruth vs Cobb rumor, Oregon coach Hobson egged by Washington backers, Iowa open moved to South Dakota for golf, Durocher party woes and a presumed bout hype. Also mentions Lou Costello backing Fontaine, Northwestern grads joining armed forces, and Billy Conn Louis banter.
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New York
Special News
Arthur Donovan
Cagey
Stengel
Braves
Ray Montgomery
Tulsa
Babe Ruth
Ty Cobb
North Hills
U. of Oregon
Washington
Howard Hobson
Oregon
South Dakota
Leo Durocher
Wise Guy
Bud Abbott
Lou Costello
Ritchie
Fontaine
Missoula
Mont
Sioux City Golf Club
Iowa
Long Beach
Toronto
Maxie Berger
Max
Dave Castilloux
Bobby Harmon
Jennifer
Lido Beach
Long Island
Northwestern
Owen Tudor Wins 261st Derby at New Market
Owen Tudor defeated 19 rivals in the 261st Derby at New Market England. The three year old led the mile and a half by a length and a half, paying 25 to 1. Morogoro finished second at 11 to 2 with Firoze Din, at 100 to 1, third, two lengths back.
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New Market
Eng
Owen Tudor
Morogoro
Firoze Din
Mobile extends lead in Southeastern League race
Mobile's lead stood at two games in the Southeast League as the Shippers beat Gadsden 71 to 60 while Selma lost to Jackson 3-2. Norman Russell pitched effectively, collecting three hits, and Phillips led Mobile with three singles. Red Sharpe won his seventh, outpitching Frank Papish for Pensacola in a 2-1 win.
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Montgomery
Ala
Mobile
Shippers
Gadsden
Selma
Jackson
Norman Russell
Jake Levy
Phillips
Ado Severi
Red Sharpe
Frank Papish
Anniston
Pensacola
Flinger
Papish
Bill McGhee
Louis and Conn Meet Tonight in New York Fight
Joe Louis defends his heavyweight title against Billy Conn at the Polo Grounds in New York. An expected 40,000 plus fans, with heavy betting and trains from Pittsburgh, will attend a 15 round bout likely ending with Louis pressing the pace and Conn attempting to counter.
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Louis
Conn
New York
Peaches Drop Back To Third In Sally League
Augusta Georgia June 18 The Pennant minded Peaches slip to third after a 5 4 loss to the Columbus Redbirds as Greenville Spinners rise with a 9 5 8 5 win over Savannah The Columbia slate widens as they beat Jacksonville 6 4 Handling details include Danaher sold to Reading and a doubleheader split with Charleston.
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Augusta
Macon
Peaches
Columbus’ Redbirds
Greenville Spinners
Savannah
Indians
Columbia
Jacksonville Tars
Charleston
Rebels
Dave Danaher
Reading
Columbus
Peach
John Streza
Fiock
Morem
Miller
Guerra
Brittain
Livington
Tribe Gains Full Game As Yanks Streak Ends
The Indians beat the Athletics 3 2 to gain a full game on the New York Yankees whose eight game win streak ended. Phil Marchildon wild pitched the winning run home in the eighth as Cleveland avoided a slump and Hal Rosky homered in support. Joe DiMaggio extended his hit streak to 30 games. Chicago White Sox beat the Yankees 8 7 in a separate game. The Red Sox and Tigers split a doubleheader with Boston winning 14 6 in game one and Detroit 8 5 in the nightcap. Marty Cooper and Carl Hubbell starred for the Cardinals and Giants while the Reds beat the Braves 5 3 on Paul Derringer’s pitching.
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Judson Bailey
Associated Press
Indians
Athletics
Yankees
Peckinpaugh
A's
Joe Heving
Bob Johnson
Phil Marchildon
Ha“‘rosky
Cleveland
Chicago White Sox
Johnny Rigney
Army
Yanks
Jack Hallett
Charley Keller
Joe DiMaggio
Boston Red Sox
Detroit Tigers
Red Sox
Detroit
Rudy York
Marty Cooper
St. Louis Cardinals
Phillies
Redbirds
Brooklyn Dodgers
Chicago Cubs
Carl Hubbell
Pittsburgh ‘Pirates
Ripp Sewell
New York Giants
Cincinnati Reds
Art. Johnson
Paul Derringer
Boston Braves
Billy Conn’s Mother Too Ill To Listen To Fight Broadcast
In Pittsburgh, June 18, Mrs Margaret Conn, mother of heavyweight contender Billy Conn, is gravely ill and cannot hear the radio broadcast of his title fight with Joe Louis. She has endured an incurable disease for two years but insists on remaining unaware of the result to avoid worrying Billy. Mary Jane Conn, 20, runs the household and says her mother has always managed a smile for her son.
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Billy Conn
Johnny Ray
Conn
Pompton Lakes
N. J
Joe Louis
New York City
Louis
Loui Nova
Greenwood Lake
N. Y
Joe
Lou
Pittsburgh
Billy-boy
Margaret Conn
Fifth’ Avenue
Billy
Mary Jane
the Conn
Billy Conn vs Joe Louis Clash Prompts Confident Forecast
In this sports column the writer predicts Joe Louis will defeat Billy Conn tonight despite Conn's youth and ability. The piece notes Louis's consistent activity and fitness, while weighing Conn's punch power and the lighter foe's chances. Also mentioned are Mike Ulisney's return from Daytona Beach after jaw injury and baseball notes on Dick Massey and Kip Sauerbrun in Thomasville.
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Mike Ulisney
Daytona Beach
Doc
Chattanooga
Mike
Paul Gassaway
Thomasville
Dick Massey
Barwick
Massey
Kip Sauerbrun
Mel Gaillard
Lookouts Seek To Pull Out Of Tailspin
Lookouts aim to end a five game losing streak and climb from second place as they face Valdosta Trojans in the two game series opener after suffering a 14 3 loss to the Cardinals in Albany. Leroy Webb may start tonight.
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Asville
Lookouts
Valdost
Trojans
Albany
Cardinals
Redbirds
Wiley
Buffiton
Bevil
Sauerbrun
Kip Sauerb
Leroy ‘Webb -Will
Valdosta
More Persons Have Heard Of Than Seen Them
A note explains that most owls are active at night, so people may hear them more often than they see them.
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Beca
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Caps Trojans
Georgia-Florida
Conn-Louis
Legion Juniors
Southfas
Giopgia
Moultrie Cordele
Thhahassee
Wilson and McCrary
Sindersine, Taylor, Smith and Haddock
Jerry Mitchell
New York Post
Omigosh
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Tony Galento
Kingfish Levinsky
Southeastern
Tribe
Billy Conns
Tae
Ramblin
Billy Corin
Cortier
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Hart Schaffner & “Marx
Allwood
Hart Schaffner & Mark
Hart Schiaffner & Marx
Dixie
N. Broad
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