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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1944
Page
9
St Louis built a 14 inning tie into a 16 to 0 blowout over Pittsburgh as Mort Cooper dominated with a one hitter through seven, finally winning his tenth. Babe Dahlgren and Frank Zak collected late singles for Pittsburgh.
Tom Lindler, Georgia agricultural commissioner, testified before a platform subcommittee as an anti FDR Democrat urging Republicans to pledge abolition of AAA crop control. He said the current national administration plan is unAmerican and economically harmful to American agriculture and will increase reliance on foreign imports.
Chicago defeated Cleveland 2 to 1 while St Louis beat Detroit 7 to 1. New York at Philadelphia and Washington at Boston were postponed due to rain and inclement weather.
National League games included Boston defeating New York 7 2. Brooklyn 8 over Philadelphia 3. St. Louis 16 to Pittsburgh 0. Cincinnati 1 over Chicago 0. American Association had no games. International League saw Toronto 8 Jersey City 4. Baltimore at Buffalo with rain postponements and two night games.
Baseball card style schedule lists two games for each team with matchups including Boston at New York Barrett and Tobin against Feldman and Voiselle, Philadelphia at Brooklyn Sch anz and Lee or Barrett against Davis and Gregg, Chicago TM at Cincinnati Fleming and Passeau versus Walters and Gumbert, St. Louis at Pittsburgh Munger or Jurisich against Sewell and Strincevich.
The card lists games with New York at Philadelphia Borony 9-3 and Donald 3-6 or Bonham 2-3 versus Flores 3-3 and Newsom 6-5. Washington at Boston Wolff 3-4 and Candini 3-4 or Niggeling 5-2 against Hughson 9-3 and Hausmann 4-3. Cleveland at Chicago Harder 6-2 and Klieman 4-3 versus Dietrich 8-4 and Lopat 2-4. Detroit at St Louis Trout 8-7 and Newhouser 10-4 versus Potter 7-4 and Hollingsworth 3-2.
The Southern Airways Red Sox meet Merrimic Millers of Huntsville at the Flyers home field in a day game set for 3 00. Cadet John Shierloh will start on the mound with Bill Elbert returning as relief pitcher. Free admission.
St. Louis Browns shake off Detroit with strong hitting and Bob Muncrief on the mound for a 7 to 1 victory. Muncrief earns his sixth straight win, lowering Detroit to a distant second in the American League standings.
June 24 1939 Chicago White Sox beat Cleveland 2 to 1 to move into sole third place. Pitcher Orval Grove earned his seventh win with eight hitless innings. Reynolds Heving and Rosar faced Grove and Tresh in the decisive game.
Associated Press summary lists top players in each league with home run and batting leader mentions. Players including Musial of the Cardinals and Weintraub of the Giants cited among notable performers with varying counts.
Captain Vernon Junie Burns a former Auburn football guard of the 1937 38 teams was seriously wounded on the first day of the invasion of France and is hospitalized in England. His wife was informed by letter. He had his legs broken and other injuries while serving with the Army after coaching high school football in Gadsden and Bessemer.
Local records show multiple marriage licenses between residents of Decatur and nearby towns, including Galloway with Cunningham and Barlow with Morton. The list also itemizes numerous deeds transferring real estate and several cash transactions, detailing names, spouses, and amounts ranging from 2250 to 18500 dollars.
A list of marriage licenses issued in Lawrence County includes Jack Borden and Erlene Jackson both of Mt. Hope, plus multiple couples from Courtland, Florence, Moulton, Hillsboro, and Danville. Transfers and property deals show Weatherwax, McCullough, and others with sums up to $15,000 in dealings with the Federal Land Bank and local spouses.
An attractive catalogue published by Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation highlights the Decatur Alabama yard as America s most modern inland waterways shipyard. It notes expansion during war and cites proximity to steel mills in Birmingham, and explains benefits to commercial operators from the TVA inland waterways system and postwar freight and passenger growth.
Babe Didrikson Zaharias captures her second Western Open in four years with a 7 and 5 victory over Dorothy Germain. She led 27 holes, posted a 35 on day one, and used superb recovery play and a great short game to seal the win despite rough conditions and 20 putts in the final round.
Results show Disco 2 versus Southern Airways 7 in Monday games. Ingalls 2 lost to Courtland 5. Tuesday saw Instructors 4 over Maintenance 10 and Goodyear 6 over Independents 17. Thursday Maintenance 0, Disco 7 Courtland 7, Southern Airways 8. Week schedule lists Ingalls versus Goodyear and Instructors versus Independents on Monday, Southern Airways against Maintenance and Courtland versus Goodyear on Tuesday, Cisco against Independents and Instructors against Ingalls on Thursday.
Constance Clifton of Rollins College upset second seed Betty Smith to reach the singles final of the Eastern Intercollegiate tournament in Elizabeth New Jersey. She will face Doris Hart of Barry College who defeated Lillian Lopaus to advance. Hart is ranked No 1 and Lopaus No 3, with final set for tomorrow.
Auburn head coach Carl Voyles led about 65 football prospects in the first summer scrimmage. The session focused on blocking and tackling as coaches urge fundamentals and faster defense.
Sun Again a five year old son of Sun Teddy racing for Calumet Farms stable of Warren Wright Chicago won the $10,000 added Equipoise mile at Arlington Park finishing three quarters of a length ahead of Georgie Drum and Anticlima. Sun Again paid 3.40 2.20 and 2.20. Georgie Drum was 3.40.
The race saw Bounding Home, winner of the Belmont Stakes, finish sixth, 20 lengths behind the winner. The tiring favorite raced second early but faded, trailing Lucky Draw by six lengths in the stretch.
Sun Again claimed the winner’s purse of 9350, raising its year earnings to 72245 as the field finished under a 1 36 1-5 time. Anticlimax paid 380 to show.
Strong winds during a heavy rainstorm in Talladega uprooted several century-old oak trees lining the streets and heavily damaged at least one residence. The afternoon weather blitz disrupted the city with downed limbs and power concerns.
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