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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1931
Page
6
Birmingham Barons cling to lead as Pebs drop Chicks in a close round of Southern Amateur action. The week shows Birmingham top overall averages with strong defense and low opponent scoring, while Chattanooga and New Orleans vie for upper standings in a tight league pack.
Trinity defeated East Decatur 13 to 11 in a Saturday clash. East Decatur has played 15 games with eight wins six losses and one tie, including a win over an undefeated Huntsville team. The Emtsville squad will face the locals again next Saturday at Connecticut Mills diamond.
The Vaughn quartet of Lawrenceburg will perform at the community sing tonight at the Ninth Methodist church. They will be accompanied by Dwight Brock, formerly with the Stamps quartet, for the program.
Carunsti Scotland June 1 Great Britain’s Open Championship opens amid rain and gales. Over 200 entrants endure wild North Sea winds as 6 30 a m tee time begins. The field is wide open with Britons Americans and Argentines as potential champions and no clear favorite. Recent British wins by Cotton Compston Vogt Whitcombe Arliss are noted as context for the international field.
Lawrence County Citizens Visitors Co. O Jaggers and Hector Lane, Lawrence county, visited here today. Jaggers heads the company sinking an oil well in the county and expressed strong optimism about a great producing find.
Atlanta visits Nashville in a night game while Mobile plays New Orleans and Birmingham meets Chattanooga. Detroit travels to Philadelphia for the only American League contest. Boston goes to Pittsburgh in the National League matchup.
Wet grounds affect games with Birmingham losing 2 to 4 at Chattanooga while Little Rock edges Memphis 8 to 7 and Mobile beats New Orleans 5 to 1 with New Orleans 2 to 7.
Cleveland defeated Detroit 6 to 4 while Philadelphia won 7 to 3 against Boston. New York beat Washington 4 to 2 and St. Louis topped Chicago 6 to 2.
Chicago beat Pittsburgh 5 to 2 and Philadelphia defeated New York 10 to 5. Brooklyn improved to 9 and 3 with a 9 to 2 win while Boston fell to 2 and 3. St Louis won 7 to 2 while Cincinnati lost 5 to 7.
Tennis Sparkman praised the Bonanza quartet and local citizens for the fifth Sunday sing in Decatur. He commended the quartet for promoting the successful event and urged appreciation from the community.
Billy Arnold of Chicago faces about two months in hospital after a crash in the 500 mile race. Louie Schneider won as Arnold’s car slid after a wheel broke and collided with Luther Johnson’s machine, with Arnold sustaining pelvic fractures, a severe leg cut and hip burns.
Akron sensation K. O. Terry defeated Johnny Flynn of Chattanooga by decision in Huntsville after a hard fought bout. The event featured Jimmy McGinnis stopping Slick Henderson of New York in the sixth round of the semifinal.
Lloyd Brown pitched well but costly errors by the Nationals aided the Yankees to a 4 2 win in a seven inning game Babe Ruth homered and Byrd doubled in the seventh leg rally for New York The Red Sox and Athletics split with Boston winning 7 3 after losing 7 4 Pickering homered in the first Al Thomas allowed 12 hits and six runs as Cleveland defeated St Louis 6 2 The Indians beat the Tigers 6 4 in a lively contest Wes Ferrell argued a ball call and was ejected
Several hundred visitors are expected at Florence Alabama for the ninth annual encampment of the Alabama department United Spanish War Veterans on June 19 and 20. A heavy business program is planned with side trips to Muscle Shoals and the State Teachers College.
Twenty five Boy Scouts from Tennessee Valley council troops join 900 scouts and assist veterans in Montgomery as part of a reunion. Huntsville sent 16 scouts, Athens five, and Decatur four. local boys include A. M. Smith Jr., Chas. Lawrence, Ned Frazier, and Reneay Carroll.
Bob Smith pitched shutout baseball allowing two hits as the Cubs defeated the Pirates 5 to 0. The Cubs extended their hot stretch to eight wins in nine games while pounding Heine Mein for 10 hits including three doubles. Giants beat Phils as Shanty Hogan drove in a key homer with two aboard in the fourth. Buzz Arlett went 3 for 5 as the league’s top hitter. Robins took the opener 9 to 2 over the Braves in a doubleheader, the second game ending 3 to 3. Reds won in St Louis their first since 1929, 7 to 2 in the nightcap after dropping the opener 7 to 5, Ogden pacing the win with the Cards limited to seven hits.
Mrs J B Harmon's garden supplied vegetables for dinner tables year round in 1930. She said gardening at home brought health and pleasure and helped cut food costs while noting the experience helped her win a state gardening contest.
Huntsville Alabama June 1 dedication of the Huntsville airport has been postponed to allow a more elaborate ceremony. The junior chamber of commerce announced potential dates include July 4 with a barbecue and fireworks as part of the events.
Athens pitcher Dick Coffman joined the St. Louis Browns and earned a win after pitching one and one third innings versus the White Sox. He allowed only one hit before Gray finished the rally and Iman secured the victory.
Elliott Bigelow led Noogans with four hits and four RBIs including a homer as Clyde Barfoot allowed seven hits in a 4 2 victory over the Barons. Ray Caldwell took the loss for the Barons while Memphis and Rocks game ended 8 7 after a ninth inning rally. The Marines split a twin bill with New Orleans Mobile won 9 7 then lost 7 1 Bean limiting the Marines. Rain canceled the Vols Crackers game after a train charter.
In Birmingham on June 1 a local zoo elephant named Miss Fancy suffers a hangover not from illness but from a cure. Caretaker John Todd notes the elephant’s head carries a valuation of 5,000 dollars after an aggravated indigestion episode and failed home remedies led to a quart dose being ordered.
Sam Perry of Birmingham, a former holder of multiple golf titles, plans to reenter the Southern Amateur at Chattanooga in June after a year away. He previously won in 1929 at Belle Meade Nashville and last year chose the National Intercollegiate at Pittsburgh as Alabama and Southern Conference representative. Perry, noted for strong match play, started at Birmingham Country Club and starred at the University of Alabama, capturing the Southern Conference crown. He has dominated regional titles and, since marrying, runs a real estate business while keeping his game in the mid 70s.
A brief note states that whiskey used medicinally, with certain ingredients added, achieved the desired effect in the cited historical case.
A brief item notes crowded opportunities in the Decatur Daily Cl Section with mention of sardines packed into four cans, hinting at a humorous or odd local observation.
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