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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1946
Page
10
Former teammate 38 year old Si Johnson of the Boston Braves shut out the St. Louis Cardinals 4-3, delaying a Cards surge atop the NL as Brooklyn Dodgers maintain pace after spanking the Pirates 8-2. Ferriss wins again as Red Sox crush Browns 12-9 and chase Yankee hitters in a busy day.
A brief report notes that roughly one in ten falls result in death or injury, highlighting household kitchens as a common risk area. The article emphasizes caution and safety measures to prevent incidents in domestic settings.
Aubrey Free and Barney Burks advanced to the finals of the Boys Doubles in the Morgan County clay courts tourney by beating Phillip Kyle and J P Vaughn 7 5 6 3. They had earlier eliminated Allan Hamilton and Blackwell for the championship as qualifying concluded with 10 teams in the bracket.
More than 1,000 fans packed Benson Field to see light heavyweights Mike Chacoma and Garza Lazana defeat Don Keene and Hubert Wright in a three fall tag match. Lazana beat Wright in 15 minutes in the opener, Chacoma and Lazana won the first and third falls while Keene and Wright took the second, Keene’s flying kangaroo kick tied the match briefly before the final fall.
Atlanta leads the Southern Association with 83 wins and 50 losses. Memphis 87 50? Chattanooga 71 60 New Orleans 68 67 Washington 8? Birmingham 58 73 Little Rock 47 86. New Orleans and Little Rock split series as Atlanta beats Chattanooga, Memphis, Mobile, and Birmingham with varied results.
In extra innings Jacksonville edged Macon 4 to 3 after 15 innings. Augusta and Greenville tied 1 to 1 after 15 innings due to rain. Charleston lost 4 to 9 to Columbia, while Columbus defeated Savannah 10 to 3.
In Waycross Georgia beat Florida 8 to 4 while Moultrie routed Thomasville 25 to 0. Tallahassee and Cordele played 5 to 3, and Americus at Valdosta double header was postponed due to rain.
Farmers from seven North Alabama counties gathered at the Belle Mina Tennessee Valley substation for another unit test demonstration. More than 125 men attended from Lauderdale Colbert Lawrence Limestone Madison Jackson and Morgan counties, meeting at 10 a m and expected to stay throughout the day.
Herman Barron faces a demanding second half of the National PGA championship as he plays Byron Nelson in a 36 hole third round at the Portland Golf Club. Barron defeated Ed Vines and Fay Coleman to reach the stage, while Nelson eliminated Frank Rodia and Larry Lamberger to advance. Dutch Harrison and Jug McSpaden won their matches, with McSpaden beating Joe Mozel and Barber Hamilton and Schneiter dispatching Sam Snead.
James E. Kennedy longtime Dallas county sheriff since 1938 died in a Selma hospital after a brief illness. He was renominated for a third term in the recent Democratic primary and had worked with the county health department. Survived by widow Maude, two sons J. Davidson Kennedy and Eugene D. Kennedy, a sister Mrs. Edmund Lacy, Orrville, and two granddaughters.
National League top players include Musial St Louis 369 batting Hopp Boston 364 runs Musial 88 runs batted in Slaughter St Louis 92. American League leaders show Vernon Washington 345 batting Williams Boston 122 runs Williams 109 RBI and Williams 33 home runs.
Mrs. O G Dunlap returning from work in a cotton mill found her eight and a half months old son Victor strangled to death in a bed with his sleeping father. The child had slipped between footrails and his neck was caught. Coroner Clyde Blakely ruled the death accidental.
Denver's undefeated M and O Cigarmen beat the 1945 champions Enid's EniDairs 5-3 in Wichita Kansas. Unger's two run homer sparked a three inning outburst as Denver seized an early lead they held. Other results: Waco Dons 7 Franklin Franklin 1. Camp Lee 14 Springwoods 6. Kovacs Perth Amboy 8 Frankfort All-Stars 0. Miners Hurley 2 Prestonburg 0. Gilberts Portland 5 Barksdale Field 2 with Barksdale Field eliminated after its second loss.
In a feature by Hugh S. Fullerton Jr from New York, Peru Illinois touts its 1939 boys league as a pipeline to the majors with five alumni in minor league ball this year and two more signed for 1947. The piece notes Rus Myer as a Cubs optioned pitcher and discusses Dodgers owner Branch Rickey’s rumored prize for first place. It also surveys football chatter and recruiting moves across several schools and figures, including Army Notre Dame and Ole Miss, plus minor league club plans for Bob Feller.
Atlanta earns a 6 to 2 win over Chattanooga on the strength of Earl McGowan four hits allowed as the Crackers seize a two to one lead in the series. Memphis Chicks beat Mobile 3 to 1 and Nashville rallied to edge Birmingham 3 2. New Orleans swept Little Rock 4 3 and 4 1. Next: Chattanooga at Atlanta.
Yesterday's Stars DEL ENNIS homered in the ninth to lift the Philadelphia Phillies past the Chicago Cubs 1-0. SI JOHNSON notes Braves stranded 13 runners but beat the Cardinals 4-3.
The term Shenandoah derives from an Iroquois word translated as land of big mountains. It reflects the river valley region's geographic grandeur and long Native American linguistic history.
Ingalls Shipbuilders hosts Continental Gin of Birmingham on the Ingalls diamond while Decatur Blue Devils travel to Cullman for a doubleheader with Graf Hart Bearcats. After three games, both Decatur teams begin best four out of five city championship series on August 1.
The text notes a burial set in Forest Hills cemetery beside the university, highlighting an expansion program guided personally by the deceased.
A historical note reports the bullion department of the Bank of England flooded nightly by several feet of water, affecting operations and security considerations.
Pensacola widened the South eastern League lead to seven games by routing Vicksburg 12 to 2 behind Rogovin's six hit performance and a big sixth inning. Rebels beat Anniston 9 to 1 as Phillips limited Ram hits. Montgomery edged Anniston with 11 safeties and five errors. Meridian split with Jackson, winning 3 to 2 but losing 11 to 7 in the follow up. Gadsden shut out Selma Cloverleafs 10 to 0 as Johnson and McClure tossed the complete game.
In Atlanta 13 men were arrested for disorderly conduct and alleged gambling at the Atlanta-Chattanooga baseball game. Solicitor General E. E. Andrews vowed state court prosecutions and hinted 15 to 20 more names would be presented to the grand jury. Bonds set at 1000 dollars each for arraignment September 28.
The body of Fielding Harris Yost known as the university’s grand old man of football lay in state at his Stratford Road home in Ann Arbor. Yost, 75, died Tuesday of a gall bladder attack ending a half century at Michigan as coach, athletic director and emeritus. The feature of his career saw Wolverine teams dating from 1900 whose point a minute style boosted the school’s athletic program into prominence.
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