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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Aug 09, 1964

Page

14

Last Year’s Women Golf Champion Heads The List

The 1954 U S women's amateur entry includes three recent champions led by defending titleholder Anne Quast Wells. The Prairie Dunes course at Hutchinson hosts August 17 to 22 with 101 entrants, stroke play qualifying, and 32 match play qualifiers. Wells is exempt from qualifying and will miss Curtis Cup and world team events due to childbirth.

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Mets Trade Frank Lary

The New York Mets sent veteran pitcher Frank Lary to the Milwaukee Braves in exchange for right handed Denny Ribant plus a cash payment of about 25000 dollars. Lary was 33 and had joined the Mets May 30 on a waiver deal amid a pitching slump.

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Detroit Tigers Rally Past Kansas City in 13th Inning

Jake Wood delivered a pinch hit single in the 13th off Ken Sanders to score Bill Freehan and give Detroit a 4-3 victory over the Kansas City Athletics. Freehan reached on a single, McAuliffe bunt, and an intentional walk set up Wood’s game winner as Gladding earned his fifth win.

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Tribe Bombs Twins 16-8 in slugfest at Cleveland

Fred Whitfield drove in five runs with a homer and two singles as the Cleveland Indians crushed the Minnesota Twins 16-8. The Tribe batted around twice, with 10 men in the plate in both the second and sixth innings, reaching 16 runs on 16 hits. Gary Bell relieved and halted a six-run Twins uprising after five.

Cleveland Fred Whitfield Gary Bell Cleveland Indians Minnesota Twins Tribe Inlans Minnesota Bell Dick Donovan Twins Tony Oliva Jimmie Hall Bob Allison

Dodgers Rally Past Braves 5-4 Behind Fairly Three

Ron Fairly's bases loaded triple sparks a four run fifth inning as the Dodgers beat the Braves 5-4. Sandy Koufax wins to move to 17-5 with a NL season high 200 strikeouts. Tom Cloninger takes the loss.

Milwaukee Ron Fairly Sandy Koufax Los Angeles Dodgers Milwaukee Braves Koufax Tony Cloninger Dodgers Tommy Davis Willie Mays San Francisco Ed Bressoud Boston Braves Los Angeles Roseboro Cloninger Sadowski Blasingame Torre W-Koufax L-Cloninger Menke

Crabgrass Latin name and fingerlike racemes

The Latin name Digitaria refers to the plant’s long narrow flower and seed bearing racemes that radiate from the top stem in a fingerlike manner.

Deep Sea Rodeo Kicks Off Amid Rainy Conditions

Officials expect about 2000 anglers to compete in the Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo, spanning three days with awards totaling over 17000 dollars for top catches in 21 categories. A 25 pound king mackerel by Bryan Jackson and a 5 pound 15 ounce flounder by Mrs. June Sullivan Turner stood out amid poor weather near Dauphin Island.

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