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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1936
Page
6
Little Rock clings to second as Atlanta leads the parade. Hank Greenberg misses time for Detroit while Boston’s Greenberg, Foxx and Grove pace a 2-0 Sox win. DiMaggio and Crosetti spark Yankees, Bees, Reds, Pirates, Cubs also win. Athletics top White Sox. Indians defeat Senators.
Akron arrives for two games in Alabama on Thursday and Friday as the Goodyearites play a ninth straight game. The lineup includes Alabama alumni Homer Tankersley Roy Connaster Shorty Doster Mal Rush and others with four pitchers and strong outfielders. Manager Sammie Whitt plans Wingfoots in daily workouts and expects a large crowd for the 2 30 p m Saturday tilt.
Bayonne pioneered municipal baseball instructors under Commissioner Daly who hired Arthur Devlin. Newark New Haven and Meriden followed, with Jersey City and Hoboken ready to join. The aim is to give youths expert coaching, deterrence from crime, and a path to professional baseball even without college.
Southern League matchups include Birmingham at Atlanta New Orleans at Knoxville Memphis at Nashville and Little Rock at Chattanooga. National League games feature Boston at Chicago Philadelphia at St Louis New York at Pittsburgh and Brooklyn at Cincinnati.
Baseball scores show several results with teams such as Atlanta, Birmingham, New Orleans, Knoxville, Memphis, Nashville, Little Rock, Chattanooga, Boston, St. Louis, Cincinnati, New York, Pittsburgh, Brooklyn, Chicago, Philadelphia posting wins and losses. Notable scores include Atlanta 6 Birmingham 1 and New York 8 St Louis 2.
Toronto beats Baltimore 4 3, Rochester outguns Albany 7 4, Montreal defeats Syracuse 9 8. Buffalo loses 0 1 to Newark. American Association results include Milwaukee 7 over Toledo 6 and Minneapolis 13 over Columbus 6.
Gene Schott of the Reds held the Giants to five hits and drove in two of his team’s five runs. Bud Hafey and Paul Waner drove in the runs that defeated the Dodgers, Waner homering with one on and scoring twice. Bill Lee earned a Cubs win by limiting the Phillies to five hits. Danny MacFayden of the Bees limited the Cards to three hits in a shutout duel with Paul Dean. Lou Gehrig led the Yankees’ attack with two doubles and two singles. Bob Grove of the Red Sox shut out the Tigers with two hits for his team’s fiftyth win. Wally Moses belted a homer with two on in the tenth to defeat the White Sox. Billy Sullivan connected for a triple, double and single against the Senators.
Today marks a year since the White Sox repelled Cleveland to hold first in the American League as the Red Sox beat the Indians 21 to 1. Three years ago Broker's Tip won the 9th Kentucky Derby by a nose from Headplay. Five years ago Babe Ruth hit his fourth homer of the season against the Senators and led major leaguers with a .492 average.
Johnny Marrs, the Wyoming Wildcat mat artist, defeated Jack Bloomfield after a fast 24 minute 30 second match at Martin arena. Preliminary saw Dale Hanson overpower Jack Tipton in two falls, with Hanson winning the overall bout in five minutes 10 seconds.
Gleneagles Scotland May 6 United States and Great Britain finished their Curtis Cup foursomes all square with one win apiece and one match tied. Mrs Maureen Orroutt and partner’s result noted alongside rivals Mrs Glenna Collett Ware and Patty Berg and others from Philadelphia and Minneapolis.
Sewanee Tennessee regents ended a lengthy debate by affirming the Tigers will remain in the Southern Conference and grant 32 full scholarships. The move aims to rebuild the football program to compete on even terms with conference peers. The decision was disclosed after hours of discussion. details were entrusted to school leadership.
Official league statistics list batting leaders Mauldin Knox Nonnenkamp Dwyer Nash Fiorito Knox Benning Memphis in a season update. Pitching leaders include Schmidt Poa Sharpe and Durham with multiple wins. Home runs chase features Tyler Chatham Duke and Duke Memphis as top sluggers. Stolen bases highlight Weatherly Nonnenkamp and Nashville. Team marks show runs batted in and runs allowed with Chattanooga and New Orleans noted for fewest opponent runs.
Crews of Coral Gables and Mrs Leona Cheney of Santa Monica defeated Pam Barton and Mrs J S Walker two and one. Jessie Anderson and Mrs Helen Holm edged Opal Hill and Charlotte Glutting three and two, leaving six singles matches to finish this afternoon with Ware versus Morgan Berg versus Holm Glutting versus Banton Crews versus Walker Cheney versus Anderson Hill versus Geron
A roundup of managers, players and headlines across the majors. McKechnie praised for pitcher changes as Crosetti rides a hitting streak while hitting eighth. Yankee markers and dubious digs mix with Schme ling Louis bidding and other odds and ends from the sports world.
Indians Sullivan tops American batting with 517, Gehrig and Gehringer lead in runs, Gehrig also hits leader with 30, Foxx and Trosky lead homers, and Grove dominates pitching for the Red Sox. In the National League, Leiber leads in wins, Klein and Ott tied for homers, and multiple players top hits and triples across several teams.
The Decatur Rookies vs Decatur Dodgers open the season tomorrow at Delano Park at 3 30. Ace Tom King faces P H Sandlin in a spirited showdown as Vernon Tucker catches for the Rookies and Manager Smith suits up for the Dodgers. A large crowd is expected.
A witness recalls Dick Welsh, cited as one of Jim McLarnin's stooges, knocking the Irishman halfway across the ring during yesterday's training session.
Atlanta widened its five game edge at the top as Birmingham fell 6-1. Little Rock held second after a 8-7 New Orleans win over Knoxville while Memphis outslugged Nashville 10-9 and Chattanooga beat Lookouts 4-3. Bobby Durham earned his fourth win for Atlanta as the Crackers tallied 13 safeties.
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