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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1940
Page
6
Results list Friday tennis scores from a net tournament with finals postponed to Sunday to reduce player strain. Men's Singles shows Terry over Parks 6-4 3-6 8-1 and Billions over Harvey 5-17 6-2 6-3, plus Williams defeated 6-1 6-2.
Star slugger Jimmy Foxx boosts his career total to 495 home runs with two in a 7-6 ten-inning win over the Washington Senators. The Boston Red Sox climb in the American League standings as Foxx moves to second all time, trailing Babe Ruth.
Basil Case 32 year old farmer from Russellville Ala won the southern checker title for the second year in a row defeating Alex Cameron of St. Petersburg Fla in the final one game to none. Case earned 100 dollars and a trophy while Cameron received 50 dollars. Cameron once Ohio champion finished fifth in the 1937 national tourney.
In Courtland Alabama on Thursday, Moulton beat Courtland 6 5 after a tight game that went to the 9th inning. Key moments included a wild pitch by FE Sherrill and a late winning run scoring on Free’s double tied at 5 5.
The Falkville Chapter of the Future Farmers of America met at the high school Home Economics building with Roy Brown presiding. They planned a camping trip to Guntersville lake, leaving Thursday by automobile and returning Saturday. Each boy supplies food from home and Mr. Shelton the new principal spoke briefly.
Decatur hosts a city championship series with Alabama Mills and Cooper Wells in softball and a tennis tournament at Delano Park drawing over 100 entrants. Robert Draper shines with versatile groundstrokes while Walter Harvey upset top seed David White. Lost Hank Crisp returns to campus without his athletic director title.
Tonight at 7 managers from about 12 northern Alabama teams will meet at Alabama Park to draw the schedule for the district championship. The tourney runs August 22 with finals Labor Day at the park, double elimination means two games daily. The trophy on display at a Second Avenue store awaits the district champion.
Coach Kenneth L. Qurnell arrives in Trinity after study at Peabody College and a Bill Schwartz coaching school. Six man football practice begins September 9, with Trinity competing in the North Alabama league. The school offers four sports including boxing basketball and baseball to provide broad student participation.
The net tournament heads to three finals today with four more tomorrow. Gloria Carlyle and Billie McFerrin won girls doubles against Muriel Thomas and Earl Joyce, while Earl Joyce leads Lee in today’s girls championship. Draper Club Trophy play begins next week with weekly eliminations to challenge Robert Draper.
The Nashville Vols extended their pennant race lead with nine consecutive victories finishing 4 3 and 7 1 against the Chattanooga Lookouts. Atlanta Crackers won a doubleheader over the Knoxville Smokies 3 0 and 4 2. Memphis Chicks swept New Orleans 11 1 and 8 5, while Little Rock Travelers beat Birmingham 8 4 and 11 6 to climb from last.
Blue Devils set two 3 PM games at Alabama Park in Decatur with Florence visiting for revenge after last Saturday’s one run loss. The T V A Juniors of Sheffield invade Sunday as Knoblock pitches Lefty Briscoe Saturday and John Manahan Sunday. Large crowds expected for back to back contests at the Tri City diamond.
National League games included New York 5 Philadelphia 3 and Boston 2 Brooklyn 1. Cincinnati 9 Chicago 4. Pittsburgh 6 St. Louis 5 and St. Louis 8. American League results had Boston 7 Washington 6 and Chicago 18 Detroit 4. Cleveland 8 St. Louis 3.
New Orleans beat Memphis 8 to 1 while Atlanta fell 3 to 4 at Knoxville. Nashville won 4 to 7 against Chattanooga and Little Rock lost 4 to 11 to Birmingham 3 to 6.
Justin R. Whiting, new president of Commonwealth and Southern, met Alabama Power officials. Alabama Power directors declared regular quarterly dividends on $6 and $7 preferred stock payable Oct 1 to record holders Sept 13 and on $6 preferred payable Nov 1 to record Oct 18.
Alabama routed Cooper-Wells with a powerful rally sequence three fifths of the way through. Prince went 4 for 4 while Black Flynn Sandusky Lewter posted multi hit games. Cooper-Wells scorers Mitchell Landers Campbell and Manahan also went 2 for 4.
President Roosevelt's message opened the two week national semi pro tournament as 32 teams from Los Angeles to Wilmington compete for a $5,000 purse and a right to join the semipro world series in Puerto Rico. Millionaire Bill Hayes umpired the first game for the Wichita Stearmans who beat Coors 7 to 2. he is chief umpire and a former pro scout.
Briez notes Ferrell abandoning golf pro plans to wed next month and chase a baseball comeback with a stronger arm. He predicts Tampa U football doubleheaders and Harvard rehearsals for Friday Sept 13. The column lampoons sports management and historical trends with colorful names and quirky quotes.
The card lists games: Philadelphia at New York, Pittsburgh at Chicago, Cincinnati at St Louis, New York at Philadelphia, Washington at Boston, Chicago at Detroit, St Louis at Cleveland, Knoxville at Atlanta, Nashville at Chattanooga, Birmingham at Little Rock night, and New Orleans at Memphis. The doubleheader note indicates two games in New Orleans at Memphis.
Montgomery Alabama August 17 Among the indirect beneficiaries of the war are rats according to Dr A J Perolio assistant state director of typhus fever control Blockades and other conditions have so cut down the supply of the variety of imported poison used in anti typhus campaigns Dr Perolio said that prices have more than doubled As a result other poisons may have to be used in combatting rats to rid premises of typhus carriers.
Birmingham August 17 the Democratic executive committee designated Holt Mc Dowell to direct the Roosevelt Wallace campaign in Jefferson county. Mc Dowell's aides will be Walling Keith and J Fred Olive.
A Boston Bees player trains through the tournament at a salary of one dollar daily plus expenses, highlighting tight budget constraints and dedication amid competitive play.
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