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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1950
Page
12
Huntsville era repeats old tricks as the Boosters miss Thursday night game at Legion field against The Legion. Decatur clubs and Roosters history cited as disruptive, rain checks honored for the rescheduled showdown with Shyer.
Arnold McClure known as Mac visits Decatur to check on postwar sports growth. He once led local coverage at The Daily and notes Decatur Red Raiders had no undefeated seasons during his two years, while Ogle and the Raiders began a 31 game streak the year he left.
Freeman starred for the East in the East West high school baseball doubleheader at Rickwood Field Birmingham earning one of three outstanding player honors and a Sugar Bowl trip. Horton and Belk also shined for the East while Anderson hurled a three hitter for the West in game two. Junior Legion action notes Decatur loss to Moulton and upcoming test at Courtland.
The American Legion schedule shows Cullman Red Sox Tuesday at home and Athens semi pros Saturday. Sunday features a Legion game with Thursday night added if possible. Next week the locals host Russellville Tuesday then Decatur visits Reynolds Wednesday and Lawrenceburg Thursday with Decatur at Waynesboro Friday.
The Decatur Country Club hosts two golf tournaments over the next two weeks. The Ladies meet begins qualifying Monday and the Men's meet starts June 22 with finals on July 4. Defender is John Babis, and Ladies finals occur Friday.
The AP lists top players by batting averages runs batted in and home runs across leagues. Kell, Dropo, Musial, Evers, Doby, Inson, Slaughter and others show strong seasons with high hit totals and timely RBIs.
In Mobile Alabama on June 17 hopes for settlement revived as a negotiations conference is set for 10 A M Monday. Director R R Wade of the Alabama State Department of Labor arranged the hearing between the company and union officials. Spokesmen for both sides will attend.
The U S Department of Agriculture reports experiments with snow catchers using planted trees or fences to hold irrigation water in mountain areas until midsummer. The piece also lists several baseball players including Ennie Phillis Kiner Slaughter Cavagnes Stephens Wertz and Dropo associated with the Pirates Cardinals Red Sox and Tigers.
Detroit nipped Boston 2 1 as Teddy Gray pitched eight hits and earned his seventh win. Kell drove in the go ahead run in the fifth after Lipon started the inning with a single. The Tigers extended their AL lead to two and a half games as New York fell to St. Louis 7 3.
Brookyln Dodgers catcher Don Newcombe pitched a five hitter to beat St. Louis 10-2. Newcombe struck out eight and walked one for his seventh win as Jim Russell Roy Campanella and Duke Snider hit homers. Red Schoendienst Eddie Kazak homered for the Cardinals.
Stubby Overmire won his second game of the season for the St. Louis Browns in a 7-3 victory over the New York Yankees. He carried a five hit shutout into the ninth before yielding three runs with bases loaded and two outs. Don Lenhardt starred, driving in four runs with his ninth homer, a double and a fly ball as the Browns surge to 11 wins in 17. Duane Pillette earned the save after relieving with the bases loaded and two outs.
Philadelphia defeats Cincinnati 5 to 2 as Robin Roberts improves to eight wins in ten decisions. Ewell Blackwell is relieved in the eighth after a hit driven inning, with Cincinnati scoring two runs on Johnny Wyrostek's homer in the first. Eddie Waitkus triples and scores for the Phils in the third before two more runs in the fourth.
Lefty Bob Kuzava held Chicago to three runs as the Washington Senators beat the White Sox 6-3 at Chicago. The win stopped Chicago’s six game run dating to August 1947 after a five run first inning. Sam Mele cleared the bases with a double as Cass Michaels and Sam Dente added run support. Eddie Robinson and Chico Carrasquel sparked Chicago’s two runs in the home half before an injury to a Sox catcher.
Boston overwhelms Pittsburgh 15-6 as Tommy Holmes and Sam Jethroe homer in a 10-run eighth. Jethroe collects his 13th game of consecutive hits with his 8th homer in Boston. Ernie Johnson starts, struggles, leaves after fourth as Pirates tie 6-6, Borowy exits in eighth. Werle allows two runs in relief but Holmes hits a decisive homer.
The Cubs knocked in five runs in the first on an error and walks, added three more in the third with Hank Sauer and Roy Smalley homers, and finished with a ninth inning homer from Rube Walker to beat the Giants 9-7. Wes Westrum and Hank Thompson hit for the Giants in the seventh to cut the margin. The Giants squandered bases loaded, one out in the eighth as the rally stalled. Johnny Schmitz started for Chicago and left after one inning.
Cleveland's Indians rallied to beat the Philadelphia Athletics 8 7 in a dramatic ninth inning. Kermit Wahl misplayed a bases loaded double error on the same play with one out, aiding the Tribe's comeback. Manager Lou Boudreau pinch hit for Bob Kennedy.
West team defeats East 11-8 in game one and 5-2 in game two before 5511 fans in Birmingham. Jerry Belk of Tuscaloosa, Bob Freeman of Decatur, and John Paul Anderson of Ensley earned top honors and each received expense-paid Sugar Bowl trips. Proceeds benefited the Alabama Light Conservation Association.
Athens set to host Fayetteville Tenn. in a 3 p.m. game as Clyde Presswell or Wal lace Bullington takes the mound. The Athens club, missing 10 infield errors in a 12-4 loss to Hartselle, sits at 2–2 after beating Pulaski 8–1 and Ardmore 5–0 and losing to Anderson 9–7.
Chicago hosts Washington while New York meets St. Louis and Boston faces Detroit in a slate of regional matchups. Philadelphia travels to Cleveland and Pittsburgh visits Boston as ongoing league play continues. Southern Association action features Atlanta at Chattanooga Mobile at Little Rock and New Orleans at Memphis with Birmingham at Nashville.
In a three hour 28 minute game the Athletics fall behind but rally to take a 7-6 lead in the eighth. Wahl fumbles allowing Ray Boone to score from third and Thurman Tucker scores on a wild ball mishandled by Eddie Joost, sealing the win for the winner.
The University of Alabama will begin alumni ticket sales for the 1950 football season on July 1. Priority goes to students, faculty, former major sports letterers, alumni, then the public. Order blanks reach alumni around June 20 with a lottery system for late or pre July 1 requests.
A Chattanooga Tennessee couple Oliver May Minor 55 and Florence Minor 63 were killed in a collision with an REA truck near Selma Alabama The truck driver Herman Herring of Opelika was unconscious with serious injuries at Vaughan Memorial hospital.
Mobile plans a thorough housecleaning of the Bankhead Tunnel in a few weeks. Mayor Charles Baumhauer said the project will include cleaning and painting plus minor repairs, at an estimated cost of 35 000 to 45 000 dollars. Sealed bids are due by June 27. The half mile tunnel runs beneath Mobile river linking Blakely Island with Mobile.
Two Alabama cities Tuscaloosa and Evergreen posted 98 degree highs as heat gripped the state. Other maximums included Muscle Shoals Dothan 97 Montgomery 96 and Birmingham Anniston Mobile 95 Huntsville 94. Forecasters warned hotter conditions may continue in the south with only a slight relief possible in North Alabama.
Decatur American Legion again had a ball game called off at Legion field as Shyer Jewelry of Nashville failed to show for Saturdays’ game due to a recent manager change that caused their schedule to be misplaced. The Sunday 3 00 PM game was also canceled. Next up is a Tuesday night tilt with the Cullman Red Sox at Legion.
Mobile county grand jury returns 11 indictments four for grand larceny seven for perjury following probes into voter registration irregularities and poor farm conditions. One named defendant is J R Gurganus. others remain secret.
At Wimbledon on June 17 the United States tennis team retained the Wightman Cup for the 14th straight year, sweeping all seven matches on British soil. The American lineup of Margaret Osborne DuPont, Louise Brough, Doris Hart, and Pat Todd dominated from the start, while Great Britain won only one of 15 sets. The victory mirrors last year’s strength in Philadelphia with the U S squad maintaining its edge in postwar meetings.
Mobile city population climbs to 127 010 from 78 720 in 1940, according to Mobile district census supervisor L. D. Loreman. County totals rise to 227 408 with Mobile County noted for gains amid industrial activity and wartime expansion.
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