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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1935
Page
6
Detroit and New York traded narrow advantages as the pennant chase tightens. The Giants beat Brooklyn twice to narrow St Louis lead, while Chicago and Cleveland posted wins as White Sox and Pirates faltered in a busy major league slate.
Lenore Eight of Homestead and Katherine Rawls of Miami Beach led the national championships at Manhattan Beach with five of nine individual titles. Rawls defended the 300 freestyle medley and led in multiple events while Miss Kight and others set new marks, aiding Miami Beach Swimming Club to a close unofficial team win.
Charley Root and Billy Herman led the Giants opener, with Root blanking them and Herman driving in four on four hits. Wes Ferrell homered with two on to beat the Tigers. Bill Swift shut out the Braves with four hits and two runs. Pepper Martin and Joe Medwick sparked the Dodgers, Medwick four straight hits. Trosky drove in runs for the Indians in a win over the Athletics. Curt Davis and Joe Bowman shut out the Reds in a doubleheader, Bowman five hits. Bronca and Solters linked three runs in St. Louis, with Bronca valued for the opener victory and Solters contributing in both games.
A quartet of ranking grapplers is booked for the weekly American Legion wrestling card at Martin arena tomorrow night. Main event features Joe Gunther versus Frank Clemons in a best two falls out of three with a 90 minute limit. Clemons returns from New York to meet the Nashville standout, while Freddie Knichel faces Tommy Tassos in the semi final.
ST PAUL Minn July 22 Ap Harry Cooper won the St Paul open championship with a 271 total over 72 holes on Keller course. The Chicago star led by four strokes over Horton Smith and broke par by 17 and the tournament record by seven. Cooper’s five starts produced two wins and three top finishes earning about 6933 dollars.
Today a year ago Erik Ny defeated Luigi Becalli in the 1500 meter race at Stockholm with a time of 3 50.8. A triple play on Ath remains noted in brief.
Charlie Yates of Atlanta finally captured the Western Amateur golf championship at Colorado Springs after three years of trying. He defeated Rodney Bliss of Omaha 5 and 3 in a 36 hole final, securing the silver western cup and avenging a 1933 quarterfinal loss to Bliss.
Rain delays at Knoxville postpone further play as three state tennis divisions crown champions. Women's, boys, and junior titles had already decided Saturday while Ramsay Potts Jr of Memphis NC, a UNC student, reaches the men’s singles final pending today’s result between Archie Henderson and Bruce Baxter. Semifinals for men’s doubles and mixed doubles final also on the card.
The Daily defeated the Daily Quads 13 to 2 on Saturday in softball to avenge an earlier loss. H Bailey and A Safley pitched for their teams with Bailey’s defense failing late for the Quads.
Decatur two crack amateur clubs met at Park Saturday with Goodyear Wingfoots pulling a 4 to 2 victory over the Hosierymen. Newt Hardy pitched strong for Goodyear, Johnson led Hosierymen with nine strikeouts but walked batters. Charlie Smith starred for Goodyear with two RBIs and a homerless four plate appearances.
In Mobile Bay Alabama the sixth annual deep sea rodeo began at dawn with over 100 entrants seeking top spots. Prizes total 1500 in fishing tackle and other awards as tarpon and king mackerel catches spur excitement and Governor Bibb Graves leads an official party offshore.
Southern League results include Birmingham 4 Birmingham 3 and Memphis 13-0 while rain affected Chattanooga Nashville and Knoxville Atlanta. American League features Chicago 4 Washington 2 and Boston 7 Detroit 6. National League shows Pittsburgh 7 Boston 0 and St. Louis 13 Brooklyn 5. Dixie Amateur Abbeville 4 Dothan 3. American Association games note St Paul 9 13 and Toledo 7 13 with a nine inning second game tie.
Today’s card lists Knoxville at Atlanta and Chattanooga at Nashville among scheduled games. Other matches include Chicago at Philadelphia St Louis at Boston Detroit at New York Cleveland at Washington Pittsburgh at Boston Cincinnati at Boston Brooklyn at Chicago New York at St Louis and Dixie Amateur League Ozark at Abbeville two games on tap.
Umpires John Burle Gon and Spencer Burleson called off the game at Columbia as a cloud burst left the diamond too wet to play. It was the Hosierymen’s first traveling washout in two years.
The voting for an All-America college squad to face the Chicago Bears at Soldier Field on August 29 is near completion. Leaders by position include Hutson, Monahan, Lee, Robinson, Warburton, Purvis, and Kostka with tallies shown for ends, tackles, guards, centers, quarterbacks, halfbacks, and fullbacks.
Curtis shot a new course record of 33 at Valley Country Club during a Sunday foursome with A. C. Bailey Tom Lebby and William Wyker. He scored four birdies on holes one five seven and nine and beat the prior 34 mark held jointly by Curtis George Curtis and Bailey.
The New Orleans Pelicans defeated Little Rock 5 to 4 in the first game of a Sunday doubleheader but darkness ended the nightcap in a 4 4 tie. Little Rock rallied with three in the sixth to take a lead before New Orleans tied it in the seventh. Memphis won the opener 13 to 4 against Birmingham, but lost the nightcap 3 to 0. Knoxville Atlanta and Chattanooga Nashville games were rained out.
Batting leaders show Browne and Reese among top hitters with 122 and 115 hits. Pitching leaders include Milnar, Touchstone, and Chaplin with strong win totals. Home run leaders Taitt and Autrey top the power list. Duke and Gleeson lead RBIs. Stolen bases feature Nonnenkamp Boss Browne. Team totals cite Memphis and New Orleans with most runs.
The Daily softball team faces the Business Men this afternoon while the Daily Quads meet Cooper Wells.
The latest figures list Vosmik of the Indians leading batting at .349 with Cramer of the Athletics at .345. Gehringer and Greenberg pace runs for Detroit, while Greenberg also tops RBIs with 110. Cramer and Gehringer lead hits, and Greenberg and Johnson share home run counts. Pitching leader Lyons stands at 14-3. In the National League Medwick leads batting at .396, with Ott and Ott tied for RBIs at 78. Medwick also leads hits with 125, while Martin, Herman, and Allen head doubles. Goodman tops triples, Ott leads home runs with 22, and Martin and Goodman share stolen bases at 11.
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