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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1938
Page
6
Eddie Brietz surveys boxing and baseball intrigues as Schmeling and Louis loom for a heavyweight clash. Odds swing from six to five, with Yorkville and AP figures weighing in on star bets, fans, and hotel scrambles.
Ralph McGill was named executive editor of the Atlanta Constitution succeeding Francis W. Clarke. Ralph T. Jones becomes associate editor in charge of the editorial page and Jeck Oy takes over as sports editor. McGill just returned to Atlanta from Europe on a Rosenwald foundation scholarship.
The Blue Devils and Alabama Hosierymen played at Alabama Park in a dull bid for health week pride. Alabama Hosierymen won 6 to 4 after a four-run seventh inning. Briscoe pitched well for the Hosierymen, while Hudson struggled with control.
Lenore Eight Wingard argues beginners should master the American crawl while preserving the breast stroke for competition. She describes a fast breast stroke form with a flat body, angled palms, vertical arm path, bent elbows, chest-toward hands, and a forceful leg whip. The aim is multi stroke proficiency for endurance and speed.
Instructional notes describe a breast stroke routine focusing on head submersion during arm extension, exhalation, and timing to lift the head for a breath. Emphasis on synchronized arm recovery with backward kick and keeping the head underwater during the start of each cycle. The passage links breast stroke practice to chest development and references a cost estimate of 50 geet for exercise.
Glenn Gardner son of Warren and Mrs Gardner a former Decatur resident is a member of the New Orleans Junior Davis Cup team and will compete in the Memphis tournament. After Memphis he will travel to Washington and then play in events in Pennsylvania New Jersey and Delaware.
In the National Open at Cherry Hills drivers were sidelined as players faced narrow fairways and deep rough. Alex Morrison notes the advantage for straighter faced woods and fewer distance gains from drivers, citing nine tenths of drives misfit the line. Bruins practice rounds at Denver used brassies and spoons, Ralph Guidahl leaning toward lofted clubs.
Ralph Guldahl captured the Western Open title with a six under par 65 final round to finish 279 for four rounds. Sam Snead tied at 214 after three rounds but finished two over par for second place at 286, while Ray Mangrum and Horton Smith tied for tenth. Guldahl’s share of the $3,000 purse was $750 and he headed to Chicago for exhibitions and the summer circuit.
Tonight features Memphis at Birmingham Atlanta at Knoxville Chattanooga at Nashville Little Rock at New Orleans New York at St Louis Washington at Detroit Philadelphia at Cleveland Boston at Chicago St Louis at New York Chicago at Boston Cincinnati at Brooklyn Pittsburgh at Philadelphia.
Birmingham beat Memphis 38 to 2 and New Orleans won 7 to 2 against Little Rock. Chattanooga downed Nashville 8 to 6 while Atlanta lost 5 to 10 to Knoxville. Pittsburgh edged New York 10 to 2 and Philadelphia 3 over St. Louis 2. Cleveland beat Washington 4 to 1 and New York defeated Chicago 5 to 1. Detroit routed Philadelphia 12 to 3 and Boston defeated St. Louis 12 to 8.
In Elkhart Indiana on June 17 Sam and Max Silk failed to buy a 5 cent headlight bulb. Officers stopped their car after a dark headlight alerted them. Police found 328 quarts of liquor in the machine and took the brothers to court for possessing more than four quarts without a permit. They were fined 110 dollars each. Their car valued at 500 dollars and the liquor value 700 dollars were confiscated.
In Montgomery Alabama Marcus Beddingfield pitched the Southeastern league 1 0 win for the third place Senators over Gadsden. Beddingfield tops the circuit with 12 victories as Johnny Burrows of Selma trails with 11 3. Pilots Clemensen and Beddingfield dueled to a scoreless ninth before a decisive run. Pensacola Fliers beat Montgomery 12 6 as Selma edged Mobile 5 3.
Giants set attendance records on a western road swing with 41,306 in Boston 42,320 in Chicago and 29,141 in St. Louis as New York drew 200,596 fans and $45,134.10 in gate receipts. The piece also notes pitchers Mace Brown and Johnny Murphy, references Lefty Gomez, and various scuttlebutt about other players and outcomes.
June 17 New York. Bald Jack Blackburn has dropped the pressure on Joe Louis and told him to fight his own best style against Max Schmeling next Wednesday. Louis aims to stay aggressive from the bell, while managers differ on expected duration and outcome.
Pittsburgh on June 17 saw both Sun Telegraph and Press suspended after typographical workers refused to pass through picket lines, halting publication of the two afternoon papers.
Route and Meridian blanked the Anniston Rams 0 behind a complete game four hit performance by Rollins.
The Southern Association standings remained unchanged as the Atlanta Crackers strengthened their second place with a double win over the Knoxville Smokies 5 to 1 and 10 to 7. New Orleans defeated Little Rock 7 to 2, Chattanooga beat Nashville 8 to 6, and Birmingham edged Memphis 3 to 2 with a late rally.
June 17 Atlanta reports 19 professional golfers from the Southeast entered in the 36 hole sectional qualifying rounds for the P G A tournament at Shawnee on Delaware. Doyle Smith of Mountain Brook Club shot a 71 in practice. Entry list includes Hyatt of Charlotte Miller of Gadsden Budd of Tallahassee Glazner of Birmingham Norris of Macon Goss of Fort Benning Picard of Charleston Ham of Charlotte Crews of Thomasville Mears of Savannah White of Sedgefield.
The Cincinnati Reds and Pittsburgh Pirates close in on third place, three games behind the Cubs as the Pirates beat the Giants 10-2. Bob Klinger starred with five hits in his third straight win while Carl Hubbell dropped to 9-2 with the loss. In the AL, the Yankees and Indians stay neck and neck as Bob Feller and Monte Pearson star.
Riverside built a nine run lead in the first three innings and defeated Goodyear 14 to 10 at Benson Field. Alabama Hosierymen topped Parks Grocery 7 to 6 in the nightcap amid other late rallying by Goodyear.
In the second game Parks Grocery builds early lead 2 1 1 1010 6 but Hosierymen rally to lead 6 6 by sixth. Parks ties in sixth and Hosierymen win 7 6 in seventh. Batteries Wilson Smith Johnston Landers. Also notes the Hundred Years War lasted 116 years from 1337 to 1453.
A list of individuals including Henry Johnson of New Smyrna Florida Dan Goss of Birmingham John Cochran of Jasper Alabama Gene Cook of Anniston Alabama Charleston Hall of Birmingham Clyde De Fischer of Savannah and Howard Beckett of Atlanta appears in a regional business notices section.
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