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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1946
Page
10
Tonight at 8 o'clock Dot's and Decatur Transit meet at Delano Park to decide third place in the city championship playoff. The winner gains a strong edge in the best of five series, needing only one more win to secure the crown while the loser must win two straight to stay alive.
The city softball playoffs at Delano Park will award a 13 inch team trophy to the champion, presented by T. J. Briscoe of Office Supply and Equipment Co. The trophy marks an annual award and each winning team member will receive a silver soft ball funded by fan donations.
Managers C E Howell and Pat Aday along with fans Lee tchens and Tom Ratliff will vote an All-Star team from league players. Selections are due to Arnold McClure at the Daily by noon. The All-Star team will play the city champions in a single game on a date to be named.
Morgan County residents face a Friday noon deadline to enter the Ennis tournament staged at Delano courts. The event, postponed to allow Rotary Club to improve lighting, will feature men and women in both singles and doubles, with eligibility limited to county residents.
The Anniston Rams beat the Jackson Senators 5 to 2 to gain a full game on the Southeastern League leaders Pensacola Fliers, as the Fliers lost 3 to 1 to the Montgomery Rebels. Gadsden edged Vicksburg 7 to 6 while Meridian defeated Selma 8 to 4 behind seven hits and a shaky Cloverleaf defense.
TEX HUGHSON of the Red Sox limited Philadelphia to four hits as Boston won 3-1. PETE REISER and JOE MEDWICK of the Dodgers stole home to spark an 8-4 day victory over the Giants, with Medwick's pinch single delivering the go ahead run in a 2-1 night win. MARTY MARION doubled and drove in two in the Cardinals 6-4 win over the Cubs.
Dumb Dan Morgan, a veteran fight manager, predicts that Jersey Joe Walcott has the edge though Gomez can win if he pressures and punches to the body then head. The bout at Madison Square Garden is seen as a test for two rising heavyweights who could challenge Joe Louis next year. Both fighters finished training the day before the fight.
Nat Rogers marks seventh year as matchmaker at Madison Square Garden while Nebraska U pushes a housing campaign for ex GI prospects. Ivy teams Columbia and Yale offer hot football hope. Ike Williams defends lightweight title in Wales with expected 50 000 crowd. Pasquel brothers plan $1 000 000 airplane purchase for fall delivery.
George identifies PLSsent Blea as a favorable location for a fort in a historical planning note. The document outlines strategic advantages and early recommendations for defense, highlighting the site's suitability and potential infrastructure.
Brooklyn's bullpen dominates the pennant race as relief pitchers reap 25 wins, with Hugh Casey collecting 10 relief wins behind Vic Lombardi. The Dodgers hold a 1.5 game edge over the Cardinals after an 8-4 and 2-1 sweep of the Giants, in front of a record Ebbets Field crowd.
Don Keene and Olaf Erickson defeated Garza Lazana and Red Byrd in a rough tag team bout at Benson Field. Erickson pinned Lazana in the first fall and Byrd beat Keene in the second before Keene and Erickson finished with a late win. Mike Chacoma billed as world light heavyweight champion arrives for next Wednesday card teaming with Lazana in tag action against Don Keene and Hubert Wright. Lazana vs Wright prelim also listed.
Night and day games with multiple pennants and scores across several leagues. New York, Brooklyn, St. Louis, Chicago, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Boston, Washington, Detroit, Cleveland and other teams posted varied results with pitchers Budnick Voiselle Kennedy and Mallory among others. Individual performances include Cooper Hatten Edwards Gustavあり
The record lists two games between New Orleans and Little Rock with partial innings or periods. First game shows Little Rock trailing 2 to 0 in two columns, Johnson Doyle and Bremer noted. Second game ends New Orleans seven Little Rock three with Danna Carrola Javery and Flow mentioned.
Postwar spending drives advance sales from 25 to 800 percent over last year as colleges from Michigan to California report ticket bonanzas. Major programs expect sellouts at Georgia Tech Navy clash in Atlanta and Southern California Ohio State showdown in Los Angeles, with big bowls at Tulane LSU Duke and Carolina setting attendance records.
In long score reports teams from the Southern Association and related leagues posted varied results across games in Nashville Birmingham and Atlanta. Notable scores include Little Rock 3 New Orleans 3 3 3 innings. Memphis 5 Mobile 4 in a 12 inning tilt. Columbia 5 Greenville 4 and Jacksonville 5 Savannah 4 in the South Atlantic. Augusta 8 Charleston 5 Macon 8. Georgia Florida Americas 4 12 Cordele 2 3. Waycross 4 Moultrie 2 Thomasville 9 10 Valdosta 8 4. Tallahassee 3 Albany 112 innings.
Birmingham, Nashville, Atlanta, Chattanooga, Mobile and Memphis battled in a sequence of baseball scores. Gaddis, Crompton, Hausmann and Meers powered Birmingham, while Nashville featured Crompton and Tamulis. The ledger shows multiple innings with tight pitching and late runs shaping the outcomes for each matchup.
Superintendent John Bryan said the Jefferson County Board of Education plans a $600,000 senior high school building in Lane Park between Homewood and Mountain Brook. The project aims to expand facilities for the district.
Louise Suggs of Georgia and Babe Zaharias of Colorado face strong odds as the 46th Women’s Western Amateur enters the quarterfinals at Cleveland’s Country Club. Suggs two-time Western Open champion, meets Rosann Shaffer while Zaharias plays Mildred Bush as top contenders dominate an eight-girl field. Suggs advanced 4 and 3 over Dorothy Germain. Zaharias edged Margaret Gunther one up on the 18th.
National League batting leader Musial of St Louis is listed with 374. Hopp of Boston leads by 364. Runs rely on Musial with 83, Stanky of Brooklyn with 72. Slaughter and Louis drive RBIs at 88. Hops include Walker 144 hits for Brooklyn.
Chattanooga Lookouts beat Atlanta's SA leaders 4 to 2 as Andy Bush spun a neat four hitter. Memphis won 5 to 4 over Mobile in 12 innings. New Orleans split a doubleheader with Little Rock, winning 7 to 3 after a 3 to 1 loss. Tonight's schedule features Atlanta at Chattanooga and Birmingham at Nashville.
Col E R Bradley, famed horseman whose string won four Kentucky Derbies, died early today at his Idle Hour Farm in Lexington Kentucky. His business associate C B Shannon announced the death saying Bradley remained conscious to the end. He was 86.
Greenberg of Detroit is credited with 24 stolen bases in the season. Stirnweiss of New York has 16. Ferriss of Boston shows 20 wins and 4 losses, Caldwell of Chicago is at 9 wins and 2 losses.
Cincinnati dispatch reports Mickey Owen faces a five year suspension extending the end of his ten year career after leaving Brooklyn contracts for Mexican League jobs. Commissioner Chandler upheld the ban citing violations of his contractual obligations as Owen plans to work on a Missouri farm while he seeks a possible return.
Dr. E. M. Wilder, president of the South Atlantic Baseball League since 1935, will retire at year end. He said he would quit all business activity to spend time at his country home near Augusta and cited health strain. Sports editor Scoop Latimer had reported the retirement yesterday.
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