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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1955
Page
5
A meeting is set for Thursday at 7 PM at the American Legion Home to discuss a county baseball tournament to be held at Legion Field with dates to be announced. About 10 teams are said to be interested and Cecil Quillen is the contact. The American Legion sponsors the event aiming for annual status.
City Softball League opens tonight with two best two of three first round games at Delano Park. At 7 30 Chemstrand hosts Wolverine while 8 30 Elks meet V F W with finals set for best three of five. Chemstrand topped the regular season. League officials announced postponed games
Civitans beat Rotary 12 9 while Jaycees edged Kiwanis 5 4 to stay level for first place. Wells limited Rotary to 15 hits as Pete Henderson led Jaycees in extra innings with a late rally. A playoff will decide the league champion after a tied record.
A look at major college football coaches reaching 25 years in the profession with long tenures. Among them are Low Lite of Columbia 31 years 25 at his post Edward Anderson Holy Cross 29 Harvey Harman Rutgers 29 Lynn Waldorf California 28 Jess Neely Rice 28 Don Faurot Missouri 26 Warren Woodson Arizona 25 and Charlie Caldwell Princeton 25. Woodson holds the most victories at 167.
Town Creek starts its football season Friday at Central in the opening game under coach Elmer Dill. West Limestone seeks a second win as Rogersville hosts. Ardmore hosts Gurley. Elkmont travels to Lexington. Last week West Limestone edged Ardmore 7 6 and Elkmont won 13 0 at Tanner for its first points in three years.
Baseball notes list no games on Monday and a Tuesday schedule featuring Washington at Boston and New York in the American League. National League entry references a lost pet unrelated to games.
Milwaukee report shows the Cardinals 46 60 with 48 games remaining as bullpen woes and weak hitting bite. Harry Walker cites relief pitching as the core problem after a closed door meeting. Stan Musial struggles, St. Louis offense limited to 9 of 19 runs in five games.
Waldorf 165 appears in the NCAA foot ball record book which summarizes team totals. The eight programs have an all time record of 1055 wins 586 losses and 91 ties as presented in the new publication.
The Cubs edge the Dodgers 1-0 on a Gene Baker home run as Don Newcombe suffers his second loss this season. Lee Sam Jones earns the win on a four hitter to complete a three game sweep at Wrigley, first since 1947.
New York hosts Boston in a three game set with the Red Sox riding a 43 win in 59 stretch and within 1 1/2 games of first in the AL. The Yankees have lost 12 of 34 as Casey Stengel eyes Don Larsen start after Willard Nixon faces Whitey Ford.
Browns coach Paul Brown says the NFL champions will meet an all star squad unlike any before. He notes the collegians are coached by pro veterans Curly Lambeau Steve Owen Hamp Pool and Hank Anderson with free substitutions.
Player manager Marcus Davis pitched a no hit no run game as Graceville defeated Dothan 40 in seven innings in the Class D Alabama Florida League. Graceville backed Davis with six hits including a timely triple by Jim Maples. the second game was washed out by rain. Graceville has no major league affiliation.
An Orlando Negro boys baseball team from Pensacola is set to debut in Florida Little League, with three white teams prepared to play. Orlando officials let Little League decide, while one Orlando manager resigned. Miami and St Petersburg officials debate fielding against the Negro team in the semifinal and final games, amid conflicting statements from St Petersburg leaders.
In New York at St Nicholas Arena Isaac Logart's manager protested a split decision loss to Akins in 10 rounds. Logart's camp demanded scorecards from the New York State Athletic Commission as Akins eyed a September bout with Vince Martinez before about 1,300 fans.
Wrestling card at the Coliseum features Davy Crockett and bear in a tag match with Frank Thompson against Charley Keene and Frank Hewitt. Crockett plans to wrestle the bear, with two one fall contests preceding the main event. Gulas promotes a musical show as part of the program.
Atlanta manager Clyde King reshapes the team with player talks and stricter play, shipping Jim Solt to Beaumont. Birmingham leads the standings after a 6-4 win by Country Brown and Buddy Carter, while Hamilton is fined and suspended for an incident involving tobacco juice. Nashville’s Charlie Williams and Frank Baldwin homered but Nashville still lost.
VFW meets the Jaycees tonight at West Town in a postponed Junior League game set for 7 p.m. Warren 20 starts for the Vets. VFW rallied to beat Austinville 6-3 as McElroy lasted 3 2/3 innings, Miller finished with seven strikeouts and a 4-0 record, while Mitchell matched three Ks for Austinville.
In a close match promoted by Tex Sullivan, Logart edged Akins in a 146 to 144% pound contest at Newark ballpark with no knockdowns. The bout aired on DuMont and promoter Sullivan guaranteed a 100000 dollar gate for a possible Akins vs Martinez showdown.
Brooksville played five games over the weekend, losing the first three then winning two in a row. They defeated Belle Mina 16-3 at Belle Mina behind Fred Betterton, and beat Oak Grove 9-6 at Austinville with White the winning pitcher. They also beat Allen Cross Roads and lost to Antioch and Wiley in earlier games. The team was without John Thompson and Gene Winton. This weekend they host Union in a double header and travel to Jones Cross Roads for a single game.
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