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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1937
Page
6
The scramble for the league lead tightened as Nashville tied Atlanta for third and Little Rock and Memphis traded pace. New Orleans beat Atlanta 7 5 while Birmingham ran past Chattanooga 10 5 and Knoxville edged Memphis 5 4 6.
Mobile triumphed 9 to 4 in the afternoon foxed by a late home run, despite committing five errors. Davis and Wallace pitched for Mobile while Wallen Lifthe and Schremser worked for Montgomery. Pensacola won 9 to 4 in the afternoon at Jackson, then lost the nightcap 3 to 5. Selma beat Meridian 10 to 8 in the other game.
Sam Perry announced that entry blanks for the sectional trials of the National Open Golf Championship are available to any not yet contacted by the U S G A. Trials set for June 1 at the Birmingham Country Club, 35 holes, with entries due in New York by May 18.
Sellers Stough secretary of the Alabama Athletic Association today named officials for the state high school track meet to be held here Friday and Saturday. C. W. Streit Jr will be referee and L. Ervin starter of the meet. Preliminary events begin at 3 30 p m Friday and finals at 2 p m Saturday.
A vintage tip from a seller recounts a puppy given to a lady who found fleas after a bath. The writer notes fleas reappear quickly in country living and on dogs that roam fields, stressing continual vigilance and de flea efforts to limit infestations.
Today a year ago British amateurs beat U S Golden Glove boxers 7 4 at Wembley Stine shut out Giants 1 0 in 26 innings with Hubbell yielding one run Three years ago Tommy Lough lost a 10 round decision to Walter Neusel of Germany Five years ago Bob Kiesel who ran 100 in 9 5 said he would probably skip the Olympics as he does not like to run
Auburn closes its season with a Southeast Conference race finish as it meets Oglethorpe in Atlanta on Friday and Saturday, then faces the Petrels in Auburn May 13-14 to end the campaign.
Mighty Mike Mazarian the Armenian giant killer returns to Martin Arena after upsetting 625-pound Martin Levy in Birmingham. He faces Verne Clark in a two falls out of three match with two hour time limit. Semi final pits Chief War Eagle against Ned Taylor, with the opening boat at 8:30 PM.
Southern League features Chattanooga at Birmingham Little Rock at Inville Atlanta at New Orleans Memphis at Knoxville National League matchups Cincinnati at New York Chicago at Philadelphia St Louis at Boston Pittsburgh at Brooklyn American League games New York at Detroit Philadelphia at Chicago Boston at St Louis Washington at Cleveland Southeastern League Meridian at Jackson Montgomery at Selma Mobile at Pensacola Alabama Florida League Troy at Banama City Dothan at Union Springs Andalusia at Ozark
The University of Alabama track team closes its conference tests with a dual meet against Mississippi State in Starkville on Saturday. Alabama’s Crimson Tide earlier beat Tulane for the third straight time and aims to contend in the Southeastern Conference meet in Birmingham on May 1.
The Decatur Rookies travel to Town Creek on Saturday to face Hazelwood High School, whom they beat 10 to 1 at home on Thursday. The Rookies have two wins to start the season and aim for another victory against Town Creek.
Max Schmeling eyes another heavyweight title shot after four Atlantic trips totaling about 15000 for travel and incidents. The column notes media frenzies, Jimmy Braddock’s lawsuit handler earning 1000 a day, Joe McCarthy hospital rumor, Mike Jacobs injury, and Paul Junokr debut. It also mentions Ken Haycraft's mayoral run, Orioles slump, and Ambers England tour with Armstrong and Venturi bouts in Europe.
Henry Dana starred as Knoxville beat Memphis 6-5 with Haley's 400 foot drive in the eighth and Howell nearly reaching third on the catch. John Humphries relieved New Orleans to a 7-5 win over Atlanta, fanning seven in nine innings. Hugh Casey debuted for Birmingham in relief, six innings of four hit no run ball as Barons beat Chattanooga 10-5. Byron Speece pitched six hit six inning six hitter and Nashville edged Little Rock 5-3.
Hank Greenberg launched a three RBI homer as Detroit overcame Chicago 12-9 with three on base. Weir’s six hit, Cuccinello and DiMaggio aided Bees 3-1 over Giants, while Martin and Arnovich led Phillies to a 14-8 rout of the Dodgers with four singles.
About 100 prep school golfers from Tennessee Georgia Kentucky Alabama and South Carolina will compete in Chattanooga Tennessee for the Southern Interscholastic 54 Hole Medal Play Tournament. The event starts Thursday with 18 holes and continues Friday for 36 more holes in its second annual renewal.
Rossville Iowa residents finish their errands in one trip as 25 mail boxes sit beside the general store near the town well. Housewives collect mail buy groceries and fetch fresh water in a single outing.
Eight teams including Cooper-Wells Alabama Hosiery A T and T Co Business Men Decatur Creamery Kiwanis Club and The Daily joined a new league at a Johnston Street city hall meeting. Night games will be played at Benson Field under school system officials with uniforms required and a proposed schedule of three evenings per week.
Birmingham 10 defeated Chattanooga 5 while Knoxville 6 edged Memphis 5 Nashville 5 and Little Rock 3 New Orleans 7 beat Atlanta 5.
Ozark defeated Dothan 3 to 1 while Union Springs beat Troy 5 to 1. Panama City won 5 to 2 over Andalusia in a series of league games.
Boston defeats New York 3 to 1 while Philadelphia wins 14 to 8 against Brooklyn. Pittsburgh at Cincinnati was postponed due to rain.
Detroit beat Chicago 12 to 9 in a game noting weather issues with rain causing postponement of a Cleveland-St Louis matchup and games scheduled later.
Newark defeats Toronto 5 to 2 and Buffalo beats Jersey City 9 to 4 while Montreal tops Syracuse 8 to 3. Rochester wins 10 to 7 against Baltimore.
Scores show Milwaukee beating Louisville 7 to 6 while St Paul wins 6 Minneapolis 4 and no further games listed.
Fragmentary OCR item lists players and teams such as Johnson Walker Tigers Ott Giants Greenberg Mize Manush Dodgers and Whitehead with appears to reference National and American leagues and general totals.
A year ago today Maul din led with a .447 average for Knoxville. Home runs went to Dana Knoxville Grace Hutcheson Atlanta Taitt Memphis Miles Chattanooga Art Graham Little Rock Richards Atlanta Warren Knoxville Wright Chattanooga Richards Atlanta with two each. Taitt Memphis Wright Chattanooga had 15 RBIs each. Bush Memphis Miles Chattanooga led steals with seven and five respectively. Chattanooga posted 24 double plays, Little Rock 19. Memphis and Knoxville tied with 88 runs scored. Nashville allowed the fewest runs with 49, Little Rock 52.
New York May 4 The National Professional Golfers Association championship at Pittsburgh May 24 30 looks set to repeat last year’s winners. Top players and veterans competed in state qualifying with Billy Burke posting a 67 at Springfield Ohio and Tommy Armour leading Chicago tests among headliners.
The data lists leaders by team and stat: G Walker of the Tigers top batting with 564, R Ferrell of the Red Sox at .500, G Walker 12 runs, Rosenthal 11, Bonura 14 RBI with G Walker 12, Hise 22, Gehrig 14 tied with F Walker. Doubles led by Hays 6, Lary 5, Rogels 5, Bell 5, Cronin 5. Rosenthal 3 triples with Selkirk 3 and Hayes 3. Johnson 4 HRs, Walker 3, Lawson 3 0, Williams 0 2 0 split among Athletics and others.
The garbled list shows leaders in batting runs batted in and hits with names such as Brack Demaree Medwick Mize Ott Handley and J Martin across Dodgers Cubs Giants Cardinals Pirates and Reds. It notes several players tied for titles in various categories and scattered 2 to 12 game statistics with pitching wins.
Sam Snead of White Sulphur Springs West Virginia led a tight field in winter qualifiers as Ralph Guldahl and Harry Cooper finished 1 2 in the low scoring Radix Cup race.
Detroit Tigers beat the Chicago White Sox 12 to 9 on a home stand opener. Hank Greenberg drove in four runs with a bases loaded homer and a second four bagger while Gerald Walker added two hits as Detroit collected 19 hits. Pat McLaughlin lasted three innings in his first start for the Tigers.
Auburn to host Georgia Tech in final home dual meet of the season on May 14 and 15. Captain Wilton Kilgore, Auburn’s conference 440 champ, has not lost the race at home since his sophomore year, facing rival Charley Belcher in a key event.
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