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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1934
Page
8
A garbled collection of quips and sketches set in Decatur and Brushville features a mix of working-class banter. The material includes jokes about family, cars, taxes, and dating, with lines from a Sergeant, a doughboy, and various local residents. The sketches foreground lighthearted social humor and rural-urban contrasts.
A jokey dialogue features a son blamed by his stern father for wasteful living. The father chides the youth for extravagant habits while the boy jokes about stopping too abruptly and crashing into a club. A quip about a tom boy suggests ancestry overly masculine.
A lyric praise of the Optimist contrasts with a Decatur couple at the cinema. A widow’s fire insurance premium joke closes the fragment about everyday life and humor.
Southern League matchups include Nashville at Birmingham, Atlanta at New Orleans, Little Rock at Chattanooga, and Memphis at Knoxville. American League games feature Philadelphia at New York, Chicago at Detroit, St. Louis at Cleveland, and Washington at Boston. National League actions see Cincinnati at Chicago, Pittsburgh at St. Louis, New York at Philadelphia, and Boston at Brooklyn with Dixie Amateur League games in Alabama.
Lou Gehrig moved into first place in the major league home run race, drawing one ahead of Jimmy Foxx. Babe Ruth had inspired pace with his 96th homer on August 5.
A string of wry maxims and social quips on money debt engagements and life. It jokes about bank balances house fires engagements and creditors with wry humor and sharp lines. The speaker notes lessons learned in finance and romance through clipped exchanges and pointed aphorisms.
The Birmingham Barons and Nashville Volunteers did not play due to a burned railroad trestle in Arkansas delaying the Barons after a long road trip. The game was postponed because the teams could not reach Birmingham on time.
The Dixie Amateur League in Central Alabama posts a successful season with seven teams contributing to baseball reconstruction. Players, many still eligible for college, gain experience while departments consider an iron clad clause to keep players in college. One franchise transfer noted. overall league remains intact.
New York Giants add Phil Weintraub a gifted minor league outfielder with Jewish heritage to boost fan appeal. Weintraub starred for Nashville leading the Southern Association in batting hits runs and RBIs midseason and has logged pro action from 1926 to 1933 with clubs in Rock Island Danville Waco Indianapolis Terre Haute Jersey City Dayton Dubuque Birmingham and Nashville.
If Weintraub provides the Yankees with added batting and defense, New York could threaten the Chicago Cubs for the National League pennant, though current odds favor a second-place finish for the Yanks.
In the 1933 campaign the Selma franchise moved to Eufala Alabama and has remained there. Other charter towns include Abbeville Dotian Troy Union Springs and Montgomery with Ozark added in 1934. Dethen led the first half with LeGrant Scott Lee Rogers and a strong amateur defense. The Wiregrass backers lead the second half as a possible sweep. The league will not crown a champion if a team wins both halves. A short playoff will determine the runner up audience for a seven game series.
New York defeated Philadelphia 5 to 1 while Detroit routed Chicago 14 to 0 and Cleveland beat St. Louis 6 to 4. Newark edged Toronto 4 to 2 in the International League with Columbus routing St Paul 14 to 3 in the American Association and Milwaukee winning 1 game.
Detroit Tigers ride Henry Greenberg to solid standing in the American League race as the Bronx born slugger helps keep New York from pulling ahead. The choice to acquire him sparked talk of replacing Babe Ruth, but the deal never materialized and Greenberg strengthens Detroit instead.
The article recalls past Jewish prospects for the Giants and notes Weintraub’s potential to stick after training camp. It contrasts earlier failures by McGraw era players with a cautious view on fielding faults and grows skeptical about eradicating them. It also mentions the Yankees seeking Jewish players and a Lou Gehrig contract anecdote involving Colonel Ruppert and German roots.
A five inning exhibition game used donkeys as bases and players aboard them. The Picked nine led by Briscoe with ten assists faced Goodyear’s crew led by Teague. Donkey chaos produced spills but no injuries as Alabama Hosiery Mill and local players fielded the goofy match.
The Alabama Hosierymen scatter to North Alabama homes for a 10 day break and will return for the August 16 season opener. Players listed head to Mt Hope Moulton Huntsville Pratt City Birmingham Sheffield and Decatur with Jimmy Huston not returning as he reenters Deshler High School football.
Athens Alabama August 4 Special Mrs P W Hendricks Sr is recovering at home from serious injuries after a truck reportedly forced the Hendricks car into a ditch. Several occupants fell on her during the crash.
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