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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1928
Page
6
Burleigh Grimes pitched well as Pittsburgh bats exploded for ten runs in the first two innings to topple Cincinnati 11-1. Pat Malone started for the Cubs in another game, while Sherdel also yielded multiple hits in a rough outing.
Watts Gunn of Atlanta and Ossie Carlton of Texas reach the 86 hole final in Dallas for the Southern Stear golf championship after a tight semi final that went to extra holes. Dallas veteran Louis edged Carlton en route to the final.
Maynard Layman director of activities at Camp Ki Ya e announces the coming week leadership with assistant camp leads Fred Hunt Jr Charles Ma Jr and Raymond Lee rk in Tr city. They will oversee daily programs and activities for campers.
Nashville faces Atlanta while Mobile meets Little Rock and New Orleans plays Memphis in two games. Chattanooga travels to Birmingham for a broadcasted matchup.
The card lists planned games in both leagues including Cleveland at St Louis Chicago at Detroit Philadelphia at Washington Boston at New York Pittsburgh at Chicago Cincinnati at Pittsburgh Brooklyn at Boston New York at Philadelphia. The lineup shows intercity clashes amid the season calendar with multiple city duels.
The colt Owen's life, described as a wonderful blue blooded horse, is featured at Epsom Downs after the Derby. A photographer captured him leaving the paddock amid excitement around Felsted and Sir de Cynthda's dream, highlighting Unig-2c Owen.
Chicago 7 4 notes and St Louis 8 12 as New York Philadelphia rain affect games with no clear scores. Readable fragments show regional matchups and weather impact on schedule.
Rain halted several games as Pittsburgh defeated Cincinnati 11 to 1 in six innings while St Louis beat Chicago 4 to 1. Other games were postponed.
Burke defeats Ruffing 1-0 as Washington hurls keep Boston to seven hits. Bluege drives in Goslin with the decisive single. Cleveland sinks in 7-4 as White Sox bats score early against Blankenhip. Browns top Tigers 8-3 then lose 12-6. Odgen and Bills/Van Gilder earn wins in split doubleheader.
The final group of boys from Decatur Kiwanis underprivileged child program will depart Monday morning for Ki-Y camp at Vinemont. Twenty five campers minimum for the week. They will meet at the Decatur YMCA and travel to the site with transport by Kiwanis members. Supervisors are J Randolph and Maynard Layman.
In Olympia Chicago on June 3 Bobbie Jones held the lead in the national open golf championship entering the final stretch. He shot 73 to reach 217 total, one behind the national amateur champion Strain who remained two strokes ahead of Jones.
Victor defeated Franke Shields in a tense three set final to capture the Pennsylvania and Middle States singles championship in Philadelphia. John Van Ryn, a Princeton star and sixth ranked player in the United States, won his final with scores of 10 8 7 5 6 1.
W. W. Benson, superintendent of the Decatur school system, spoke at the Ki-Y camp on Friday about his European tour. The boys listened closely as he described European peoples and customs and narrated events from his travels.
Jake Oswald, formerly with the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company here, has accepted a position with the Quality Model laundry.
The report records a scoring moment with Bill Leach of Philadelphia and Henry Ciuei of Stratford tied with Bobbie, while Giuci gained a stroke by scoring 72.
Members of Troop 16, Boy Scouts of America, decided last night to attend Camp Ki-Y for summer camping. They will depart Monday week for the Vinemont site with Scout Master Bob Clark Rev E. N. Hart and Maynard Layman in charge. The trip followed a year of planning and preparation.
Under Miss Clio Levin, a group of girls will camp at the Vinemont Ki Y site during the week of July 9. Plans for the outing are not yet concluded.
The list of boys to attend the Ki Y Camp at C Ki Y next week includes Sam Irwin Bar asco Ballas Ned Frazier Ned Orr Bobby Banks Ander son Bruen Nance George Nunn Berryhitt John White James Wheeler William Southard Ira Childs and others. They will proceed to the camp at M. C. A. at 9 o clock Monday morning.
Atlanta holders trimmed the Vols 7 4 as Moon Fuhr Pipgras Frey faltered. Cullop homered for the Vols, scoring his 13th of the season, while Morton outpitched Woolfolk 3 2 for Mobile.
A weather bureau report shows a 24 hour temperature dip with a high of 85 and a low of 66 end ing at 7 am today. The report notes the period's notable cool spell for the area.
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