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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1936
Page
6
The Giants lead the pennant chase by four games as Chicago and St. Louis battle for second. Carl Hubbell and Mel Ott sparked a doubleheader sweep, Cubs suffer another setback, and the Yankees strengthened their lead with two decisive wins. The Pirates, Dodgers, and Cardinals also moved in the standings amid a weekend of big results.
In 1940 Olympic power fights center on A A U and colleges. Dr. Joseph E Raycroft and Yale coach Robert H Kiphutt urge cooperation, while Avery Brundage nears retirement and Major Patrick J Walsh is seen as Brundage’s likely successor. Harvard’s William J Bingham eyed as unifying leader amid calls for coaching reforms and broader team funding.
National League features New York at Chicago as the only game. American League Chicago at New York. Southern League Birmingham at Chattanooga and Little Rock at Atlanta with Memphis at Knoxville and New Orleans at Nashville. Alabama Florida League Union Springs at Panama City and Enterprise at Ozark also scheduled.
E W Hunt of Verdery South Carolina visited Kannapolis North Carolina and attended his first motion picture show after waiting seventy years.
Wilmer Allison and Johnny Van Ryn, a premier doubles team, aim to defend the national championship in Longwood against Don Budge and Gene Mako. Budge and Mako seek an 11th straight victory over the champions, who last beat them in the 1930s.
The Tenn. Coal and Iron Co. team led by Julius Tubbs edged the Alabama Hosierymen 6 to 5 after five errors by the Hosierymen and a strong effort by Fred House. Tubbs struck out 10, House allowed eight hits and earned eight saves, while Dorsey and Hargrove led the Hosierymen with key hits in a tense late run.
Atlanta reports football coaches issue early praise for Auburn and Louisiana State as near top contenders in the Southeastern Conference. Georgia Tech and others like Kentucky, Vanderbilt, Alabama, Mississippi, and Mississippi State receive strong but varied assessments with no flawless title favorite.
At Atlanta's Southern Association park the Cracker team offered free admission to men for the evening game against Little Rock while women paid. The novelty, called men’s night, was suggested by Miss Maud Stenhouse and described by officials as a unique experiment in baseball history.
Birmingham tops Little Rock in a week end note, while the Steeltown Barons push toward a playoff berth with 1-0 and 7-5 wins over Chattanooga. Knoxville sweeps the Travelers 8-3 and 9-1, moving within a game of third place behind New Orleans and Nashville. Atlanta’s 4-2 and 5-2 victories widen the league lead.
Baseball results list multiple city matchups with scores including Birmingham 1-7 Chattanooga 0-5 Knoxville 8-9 Little Rock 3-1 Atlanta 4-5 Memphis 2-3 Nashville 7-6 New Orleans 0-8 New York 6-8 Chicago 1-6 Pittsburgh 4-3 Boston 2-1 Cincinnati 6-4 Philadelphia 3-3 St. Louis 6-2 Brooklyn 3-3 New York 8-4 Chicago 1-1 Washington 5-7 St. Louis 4-4 Philadelphia 5-2 Detroit 4-3 Boston 3-5 Cleveland 2-1 Texas League Galveston 4-2 Oklahoma City 1-3 San Antonio 7 Fort Worth 2 Tulsa 15-2 Houston 7-4.
International League results show Rochester 6 Buffalo 3 and Baltimore 6 Newark 4 with Montreal 4 5 and Toronto 2 2. Syracuse 3 1, Albany 0 2. Regional games list Dothan 2 Troy 0 and Andalusia 6 4 Union Springs 2 7 Panama City 4 4 Ozark 1 5.
Louisville 8 3 leads the table with Indianapolis 14 3 close behind. Toledo 7 5, St. Paul 7 7, Minneapolis 7 1, Milwaukee 5 6, Kansas City 3 2, Columbus 5 0 fill the rest.
A roundup of sports notes features Connie Mack’s sandlotters selling well at the gates while Phillies consider star sales. Schmeling turns down 300000 for Louis rematch but plans November exhibition tour.
Richmond Va August 31 The Southern Conference of 1935 faces heavy graduation losses across six new members and a strong sophomores group. Duke and North Carolina remain favored but faces tougher field, with teams like Clemson and others preparing for practices as fifteen squads begin workouts tomorrow.
In Atlanta on August 31 a frog distracted Dr. Julius Hughes during the city amateur golf final. He struck at a ball resting on the frog, killed the creature and hit poorly, costing him the hole. Four holes later Tommy Barnes won the title.
The Decature Rookies finished 26 wins 11 defeats by sweeping Wales Tennessee in a Sunday doubleheader 12–6 and 13–2. Hudson earned his seventh win as Brazelton and Morris led offense in game one, while McCluskey solid on mound in game two with three for four Grant and McKisskey also pacing the bats.
In Lynchburg Virginia on August 31 the case of O H C Chambers versus seed merchant Charles T Light concerned pole versus bush butter beans. Chambers sought 384.50 claiming a clerk erred in supplying pole beans. The municipal court awarded 50 dollars and Light considered appeal.
80 000 fans expected as 1935 college stars square off with NFL champion Detroit Lions at Soldier Field. Bierman-led team, led by Riley Smith and Jay Berwanger, prepares to counter ten pound per man advantage with aggressive blocking.
Yesterday's stars Carl Hubbell and Mel Ott powered the Giants in a doubleheader sweep with Ott delivering a ninth inning homer to clinch the nightcap. Herman Fink and Tommy Bridges each twirled eight hit games in a sharp twin bill opener, with Latter yielding six in the nightcap. Ben Chapman sparked the Senators with a run in the opener and a bases loaded triple in the nightcap. Dizzy Dean and Van Mungo split a doubleheader with seven hits in the first game and a 13 inning second game for the Dodgers. Bump Hadley and Monte Pearson shut down the White Sox twice for the Yankees with a seven hitter and a three hit nightcap. Babe Herman fueled the Reds with four singles and three RBIs in a double win over the Pirates. Eric McNair and Rube Walberg paced the Red Sox in a win over the Indians in the opener, Walberg tossing three hits in the nightcap. Bill Swift and Bill Brubaker limited the Bees, Swift eight hits in the opener and Brubaker homering with runners on in the nightcap.
The item recalls Glenna Collett Ware winning a national women's golf title a year ago. It notes Red Rain caps and references Babe Ruth retirement plans from three and five years prior, and Jack Westland leading U.S. amateur qualifiers with 72 at Beverly Chicago.
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