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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1936
Page
6
The Indians credit Steve ONeill’s reappointment as manager with igniting a late pennant drive. They have won 11 of 14 since the move, rising from fifth to second and trimming the Yankees’ lead to eight games.
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Walter Greiner, 18, Baltimore, faces Claude Rippy, Washington salesman, in a semifinal upper bracket showdown at Bethpage Park for the national public links title. Rippy has been the week’s standout, seven over par for 97 holes, while Greiner won his quarterfinal and parried his semifinal foe Kammy Lau 2 and 1. Abbott from Pasadena meets Bruno Pardee in the lower bracket as the event continues at Farmingdale.
AP and Charles H. Miller present season leaders for the Southern League. Key figures include Sington of Nashville with 143 hits and 384 total bases, Dwyer of Nash with 154 hits, Mauldin of Knox with 127, and Richards of Atlanta with 14 home runs. Pitching leaders show L. Thomas of Atlanta with 31 games, Williams of Atlanta with 19 wins, while Taft of Nashville drives 85 RBIs and Wright of Chattanooga 84. Stolen bases highlight Marquardt of Memphis with 20, Nonnenkamp of Little Rock with 13. Nashville and Atlanta lead in double plays with 101 and one hundred one respectively. Opponent runs show Atlanta at 423 and Chattanooga at 453.
J. G. Finley owner of Finleys Island on the Tennessee river near Decatur appealed the condemnation award after the commissioners approved 38357 instead of 39905. The hearing stretched nearly two weeks with Harris and Harris of Decatur and Major Frank Dixon of Birmingham representing Finley.
Scores across multiple leagues. Southern League Atlanta beat Birmingham 4 to 3. New Orleans 9 Knoxville 4. Nashville 9 Memphis 5. Chattanooga 5 Little Rock 3. National League St Louis 4 New York 2. Brooklyn 6 Chicago 5. Pittsburgh 10 Philadelphia 1. Boston 4 Cincinnati 0. American League New York 15 St Louis 3. Chicago 7 Washington 6. Boston 9 Cleveland 8. Detroit 2 Philadelphia 0. Alabama Florida League Troy 2 Andalusia 1. Union Springs 5 Abbeville 0. Panama City 6 Ozark 3. Dothan 10 Enterprise 5. International Newark 5 Montreal 1. Buffalo Syracuse rain. Baltimore 7 Toronto 4. Rochester 5 Albany 4. American Association Minneapolis 9 Louisville 5. Kansas City Toledo rain. Milwaukee Columbus rain. Texas League Dallas 3 Tulsa 2. San Antonio 8 Galveston 1. Beaumont Houston rain.
In the Southern League Birmingham faces Atlanta, Little Rock visits Chattanooga, Memphis plays Nashville, and New Orleans meets Knoxville. The National League offers Chicago at Brooklyn, St. Louis at New York, Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, Cincinnati at Boston, Philadelphia at Cleveland, Boston at Detroit, and Washington at St. Louis. Other listed games include Union Springs at Abbeville, Panama City at Andalusia, Ozark at Troy, and Enterprise at Dotan.
A jumble of sports notes and anecdotes from New York and beyond. Mike Jacov flirting with Garden leadership and DiMaggio batting slump amid Yankees wobble. Boxing mentions include Jimmy Braddock, Vernon Kennedy and other managers. Golf at Elmwood with a grandmothers foursome.
Widespread regret in railroad circles here followed the death of John Nelson in Pulaski Tennessee. He served 30 years as station agent at Pulaski and 42 years with the Louisville and Nashville. Services were to be held at four o'clock in Pulaski.
A committee led by Dr. Joseph Raycroft upheld the decision to bar Eleanor Holm Jarrett from the American Olympic swimming squad for violating training rules. Jarrett, who had sought a hearing, was ordered to turn in her uniform and return to America on the Bremen as her 100 meters backstroke bid was withdrawn.
Coburn Haskell of Cleveland popularized the two piece rubber core ball which transformed golf along with TEEL shafts and other American inventions that standardized clubs, reduced costs, and improved handling. Ellis Knowles cites these changes as essential to the sport’s growth and future rule considerations.
Batting leaders include Medwick of the Cardinals hitting .369 with 135 hits and 88 RBIs. Ott of the Giants leads home runs with 19. Gehrig and Foxx pace RBIs with 92. Gehrig also tops runs with 110 and 28 homers. Pitching leaders feature French of the Cubs at 10-1 and Hadley of the Yankees 8-1. Kennedy of the White Sox 13-4.
Yesterday Joe DiMaggio and Monte Pears sparked a Yankees offense with two home runs and Pears adding six hit pitching while the Browns were routed 15 to 3. Bob Smith led Bees past Reds with five hits and Joe Stripp delivered a ninth inning double for the Dodgers in a win over the Cubs. Cy Blanton restricted Phil to six hits as the Pirates won 10 to 1. Johnny Mize drove in runs for the Cardinals in a separate win.
Chris Jordan, wrestling promoter for the American Legion, thanks Decatur residents for supporting the cancellation of wrestling programs during the infantile paralysis epidemic. He credits the city and The Decatur Daily for preventing gatherings and expresses hope to resume events when the danger passes.
Robert Deneway, a machinist, started an axe grind that sparked smoldering waste in a basket. Sparks ignited a fire that reduced his house in Wheeling, West Virginia, to ruins.
In three runs, a player hit a homer and a double in a 4-2 Tigers win over the Giants. Schoolboy Rowe pitched six hits for the Tigers in a 2-0 win over the Athletics. Vernon and Kennedy delivered late two baggers for the White Sox in a win over the Senators. Johnny Kroner drove in four with a double and a single as the Red Sox beat the Indians 9-8.
Southern Association fans watched Nashville as the Vols added Walter Hilcher and Lee Grissom from Cincinnati to bolster a weak pitching corps. Hilcher won his second start in a 9-5 win over Memphis, while Grissom was slated to face Birmingham’s Chicks as Atlanta clung to first place. Chattanooga topped Little Rock 5-3 as Ed Linke faced Poindexter. Beattie Feathers boosted Knoxville with two homers and four RBIs in a 4-9 and 7-8 road doubleheader setback.
Baseball recap notes Carl Hubbell outpitched Dean to hold the Cardinals to five hits as the Giants won 4 to 2 and widened their National League lead to 11 2 games. It also recalls three and five years of past baseball and Davis Cup moments.
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