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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1936
Page
6
Mel Ott again powered the Giants with four homers in two days, lifting New York over Boston and driving a surge toward the pennant. The Dodgers beat the Phillies 7 3 as Ed Brandt held seven hits, while the Yankees extended their league lead with a 7 2 win paced by Joe DiMaggio.
Southern League games ended after darkness with Little Rock defeating Birmingham 6 5, Atlanta 4 3, Memphis 3 1, Nashville 12 12 against Chattanooga. National League scores saw St Louis 4 Chicago 1, New York 8 Boston 4, Brooklyn 7 Philadelphia 3, Cincinnati 6 Pittsburgh 4.
In American League action New York defeated Boston 7 to 2 while Cleveland beat Detroit 6 to 4 in ten innings. St Louis led Chicago in a rain shortened or nine instance with scores 16 to 9 and 4 to 9. Florida League games saw Troy over ama City 5 to 1 and Enterprise 5 to 11. Union Springs edged Ozark 5 to 3 in ten innings. American Association results had Indianapolis 5 to 8 over Minneapolis 4 to 6. International League play featured Rochester 4 to 3 over Baltimore and Syracuse 2 to 1 beating Toronto 1 to 9. Buffalo 7 to 6 over Albany, Newark 8 to 6 defeating Montreal.
Dallas defeated Beaumont 4 to 1 while Tulsa was blanked by Houston 4 to 0. San Antonio beat Fort Worth 6 to 0 and Galveston topped Oklahoma City 4 to 2.
Reports from leading farmers in Moulton Alabama indicate the army worm has appeared in the county and farmers are rushing to purchase control measures to combat the pest threatening crops.
The report lists leading players by major league category including batting medwick and Gehrig with top averages and runs batted in Ott and Gehrig among home run leaders. It covers hits doubles triples and stolen bases with players from Cardinals Yankees Giants Phillies Reds Indians Tigers and Red Sox. Pitching leaders Hadley and Malone with win loss records are noted.
A compiled baseball stat list shows Nash leaders in runs with 694 and Atlanta in fewest runs allowed at 470. Notable figures include Dwyer Nash with 179 hits and Richards Atlanta with 14 home runs, plus pitching leaders Speece Nash and Thomas Atlanta with strong records.
A mixed list of crossword like clues with both horizontal and vertical entries. The items include references to public figures, objects, animals, numbers, and common vocabulary categories typical of a printed puzzle page.
Yesterday's box score highlights Roy Parmelee limiting Cubs to five hits in a 4.1 inning win. Joe DiMaggio powered the Yankees with a homer and double driving in two against the Red Sox. Ed Brandt held Phil lies to nine hits in a 7-3 Dodgers win. Billy Sullivan delivered a three run double in the Indians tenth to beat the Tigers. Bob Johnson fueled the Athletics with a triple and two singles in a 9-6 win over the Senators. Sam West drove in five with a bat in the Browns victory over the White Sox.
In Chicago on August 6, McMillin of Indiana topped the coaches poll for selecting four mentors to lead college all stars against the Detroit Lions at Sipe Field. Bierman Layden and Little trailed with substantial vote totals as Indiana fans flooded ballots.
The Kiwanis softball squad travels to Tuscumbia for a game against a combined Tuscumbia Sheffield team to raise funds for crippled children's relief. Arthur Jones of the local club serves as an umpire.
In Moulton Alabama on August 6 the city announces that the mayor and aldermen election will be held on September 1 no candidates have yet entered the race at the time of report.
Southpaw pitcher Al Simmons of the Tigers is praised for his plate crowds and inside pitches, while the baseball world records a flurry of notes on players like Gehrig, Weintraub, McCarthy, Hoag, Malone, Lombardi, and Chubby Dean. The column blends game analysis with anecdotes and trivia from the era.
Today marks a year since Eulace Pea tied the world 100 meter record at 10.3 seconds in Switzerland. Dizzy Dean earned his 18th win of the season as a relief hurler by hitting a homer in the 10th to beat the Reds. Three years back Jack Lovelock set a Scottish mile record of 4 minutes 13.6 seconds. Five years ago Babe Ruth hit his 30th homer to lift the Yankees over the Athletics.
Gotthardt Handrick, an Oberleutnant in the German air force, won the modern pentathlon at the 11th Olympic Games. American contestants finished seventh and ninth.
Arthur Jarrett, husband of swimmer Eleanor Jarrett, says he will pursue legal steps after failure to meet with Avery Brundage about his wife’s removal from the American team for drinking and training violations. He plans to gather facts and seek redress for damages to Eleanor's reputation, after Brundage announced no chance of reinstatement.
Today’s games include Memphis at Birmingham and Nashville at Knoxville in the Southern League along with Chattanooga at Atlanta Chicago at St Louis and other matchups. In the Alabama Florida League Abbeville visits Andalusia Dothan plays Union Springs Ozark hosts Enterprise and Panama City travels to Troy.
Harry Grayson notes slugging and long hits push fans to packed games in Cleveland. A 16 inning Yankees Indians tie at Cleveland Stadium drew 4 hours 15 minutes with record-long rallying and sharp fielding highlighted by Averill’s running catch.
Montgomery Alabama August 6 The Southeastern PGA tournament will proceed despite health fears as infantile paralysis cases lead to barred spectators and officials. Danny Goss Birmingham president praised Dr J N Baker for keeping the county disease free and the event was deemed official. Pro am matches today precede 72 hole medal play Saturday to decide the Southeastern PGA champion and five professionals who will qualify for the national PGA in November.
Ernest Lee Jahncke, a New Orleans sportsman and former assistant secretary of the Navy, claims his removal from the International Olympic Committee was because he opposed American participation in the Berlin games. He notes a private letter to IOC president Latour was never published while Latour's critical letter was made public.
The Lawrence county farm committee is visiting every farm in the county to measure the 1936 crop under the U S farm program. Farmers will receive rental payments from the government this fall based on measurements.
Atlanta fans hailed a 4 3 win over Knoxville as Bud Thomas returned from a strained arm to pitch a nine hitter and back the Cracker lead. Nashville tied with Chattanooga as early edges and errors shaped several games with Memphis, Little Rock, and Birmingham also impacted.
The Twain Meet in East Hampton N Y Aug 6 two western and two eastern stars vie for a place in the Maids Club annual invitation tournament singles final. Theodosia Smith Los Angeles faces Cracyn Wheeler Santa Monica while Mrs John Van Ryn Philadelphia meets Helen Pedersen Stamford Conn both top contenders. Mary Greer Harris Kansas City and Dorothy Andrus New York were eliminated in quarterfinals with Pedersen and Smith advancing.
Two University of Tennessee tennis players stood today as threats to seeded stars in the state tournament. Floyd Marshall of Morristown barred the path of Joe Lucia of Houston while Barney Smith faced Robert Lake of Birmingham and Frank Guernsey faced Stanley Harold of Chattanooga as top seeds were expected to advance.
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