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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1939
Page
8
Fragment describes sumo wrestling as largely ceremonial with actual bouts lasting about a minute. It notes a long ring purification and seven minutes of spiritual atonement between matches, contrasting simple scores with ritual practice.
Russellville with a strong hitting lineup meets Alabama Hosiery Mills at Alabama Park in a 3 PM Saturday clash. Payne, the new right hander from the Atlanta City League, is expected to baff le Franklin County bats while Sleepy Swallows is out with a cut thumb. Local lineup includes Graham at third and Johnson in right field among others.
Batting Frey Cincinnati 382 Medwick St Louis 379 Runs Bonura Ott New York 11 RBIs Goodman Cincinnati 19 McCormick Cincinnati 18 Hits Arnovich Philadelphia 20 Hack Chicago 28 Doubles Mueller Philadelphia Rizzo Pittsburgh Bartell Chicago 7 Triples Herman Chicago 4 four tied with 3 Home runs Camilli Brooklyn S Burns and McCormick Cincinnati 4 Stolen bases Lavagelto Brooklyn 5 Miller Boston 4 Pitching Wy at t Brooklyn Derringer Cincinnati 30 American League Batting Mazzera St Louis 475 Weatherly Cleveland 467 Runs Rolfe New York 18 three tied with 17 RBIs Walker Chicago 19 four tied with 18 Pitching Ratting New York Bridges Detroit 31 Walker St Louis and Greenbers Detroit 10 Travis Washington Beieres York and Keltner Home runs Foxx Boston 5 four tied with 4 Washington Sree Cora Chicago and Hoag 81 Pitching Ratting New York Bridges Detroit
In Spooner Wisconsin on May 12 Leroy Zaksaska speared a sucker in the Yellow River and found a pocketbook containing eight dollars. The incident shows a fisherman more focused on the catch than on the prize.
Johns town and five or six rivals set to run in Pimlico’s Preakness Stakes for three year olds. The expected purse nears 71 000 with 17 000 to runners beyond the winner, and a potential 53 000 net to the victor. Main challengers include Challedon, Valitant, Giant Challenge, Little Ciencia and Impound among others.
Decatur fans will see two former mask stars duel at the Armory Tuesday night. Charley Keene the Red Shadow faces the Black Dragon, whose real name is not confirmed. The Dragon has appeared here before winning a match against Pete Tripodes and was disqualified last week from a bout with Bill Collins. The semi final features Art O Mahoney of Ireland versus Benny Bolt, an Indian warrior. American Legion officials doubt Bolt is the Ben Bolt of Sweet Alice memory but concede he is a wrestler.
Today’s games include Southern League matchups Birmingham at Knoxville Chattanooga at Memphis Atlanta at Little Rock New Orleans at Nashville National League games Brooklyn at Boston St Louis at Cincinnati Philadelphia at New York American League Cleveland at Chicago Detroit at St Louis Southeastern League contests Gadsden at Pensacola Anniston at Mobile Montgomery at Meridian Selma at Jackson.
Scores show C G Hardwick Jr 22 hits and J W Sandlin 21 lead the opening event at Wheeler Lake Trap and Skeet Club. John E Sandlin Ed Sandlin each 20, others: S N Propst 18 Dr A G Rogers 18 Gus Burt 18 Jim Lipscomb 17 H T Brown 14 John Wilson 13 James Crow 10.
A compact classified line urging readers to use Classified Advertising for buying and selling with a contact phone number 46, indicating a local newspaper ad slot.
Eddie Brieitz notes the long hitting stars Babe Ruth and Jimmy Thonson touring Long Island courses. Doctors clear Joe DiMaggio to start hitting soon. Joe Louis to sign for Galento bout. Al Watrous primes for the national open. Pittsburgh sends fan train to Billy Connolly Kriger bout at the Garden.
Football ran a deficit at the University of Oregon while basketball posted a 17000 net profit. Miami’s 10000 open should occur earlier this year giving Ryder Cup visitors a chance to shoot. Lew Riggs heads to the Polo Grounds to replace Mel Ott amid grounder woes. Narragansett oat burners judged below par. Canvoneri fights Camarata in New Orleans on May 15 likely sold out. Pirates praised by New York scribes as best at the Polo Grounds. Red Sox interest hinted. Lou Finney, new Athletics recruit, shows handy fielding for any challengers.
Larry MacPhail has been named president of the Brooklyn club. The post may be secure unless he fires himself, a move seen as a typical Dodger trick, notes L. C. Davis of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Major league inventories wrap up with interleague play. Cardinals seize sole NL lead as Reds drop. Pirates post best senior circuit record. Yankees top AL after 10-8 win. Indians surge to third with five wins, Milnar blanking Athletics. Tigers suffer eight losses in the stretch.
Lauderdale and Colbert waters show clear conditions with strong bass crappie and bream activity. Creeks such as Second, Bluff, Cypress, Shoals and Anderson report clear water and good to fair bites on live or artificial bait. Weekend outlook highlights Pine Spring Mallard Cotaco and Limestone areas with bass and crappie patterns improving.
Baseball results list scores with New York Pittsburgh Cincinnati Chicago Boston Washington Detroit Cleveland Philadelphia Atlanta Memphis Nashville Birmingham Chattanooga New Orleans Knoxville Pensacola Gadsden Jackson Selma Meridian Montgomery Mobile Anniston. Also asks readers to use Want Ads and phone 46 to buy or sell.
Joe Engel’s Chattanooga Lookouts add Elmer Riddle as a new pitcher from Indianapolis to join the pennant race. The Lookouts blanked New Orleans 6-0 to sweep a three game set as Nashville routed Birmingham 14-7 and Atlanta won 7-1 at Memphis.
Delano Park defeated Disco 4 to 2 in nine innings on Thursday afternoon. J Newlin and R Smith homered for Delano Park while Hargrove hit a solo shot for Disco. The teams schedule a rematch Friday at 4 30.
Promoters project a brisk twelve round bout tonight at Madison Square Garden between Billy Conn and Solly Krieger. Conn weighs about 172 pounds and is favored on recent Garden victories, while Krieger seeks revenge in their third meeting after a knockout win and a prior score.
Red Bank high school outfielder Bill Geroni hit what the umpire called the longest ball ever seen by a scholastic player and completed a circuit of the bases against Long Branch high. The dramatic homer left Geroni the saddest scholastic baseball player in the nation.
A league standing item notes a player was penalized for batting out of turn. The incident impacts game results and standings as teams adjust scores and records accordingly.
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