Try 7 days of FREE access to billions of articles

Start Free Trial

Decatur Daily in Decatur, Alabama

We have 1,623,049 pages in Alabama

View this page and access billions of articles with a 7-day free trial.

Start Free Trial

This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!

Start Free Trial

Cancel anytime, risk free

Not what you were looking for? Search our billions of articles

Advanced Search

Articles on This Page

This newspaper page contains 5 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.

Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 18, 1966

Page

11

Ward Raiders Edge Huntsville to Reach TVC Final

Decatur High's Red Raiders lose a 3-2 semi to Cullman as Billy Teague limits the Raiders with two hits and strong defense. Ward also earns a win in eight innings against Huntsville, but Decatur advances to the title after a dramatic eighth inning sacrifice fly.

Ron Tate Huntsville Decatur High Red Raider Tennessee Valley Conference TVC Cullman Bearcats Hartselle Decatur Billy Teague Teague Raymond Ward Ward Crimson Panthers Ronnie Dukes Panthers DEMON Joe Britz Red Raiders Huntsville High

Dodgers edge Giants in 13th to pull even in NL overjoyed by comeback

Dodgers finally won in the 13th inning as Wes Parker and Maury Wills sparked a late rally against San Francisco star Juan Marichal who tied at 1 1 after nine innings. The rest of the NL slate saw Cincinnati blank New York 4 0 and Pittsburgh beat Atlanta 5 2 while Philadelphia shaded St Louis 5 3.

Murray Chass Associated Press Los Angeles Dodgers Juan Marichal Dodgers San Francisco Giants Marichal Cincinnati New York Pittsburgh Atlanta Philadelphia St. Louis Houston Chicago Wes Parker Frank Linzy Wills Ollie Brown Los

Night Baseball Schedule And Matchups For Today

Today's games feature California against Kansas City, Chicago at Minnesota, New York at Detroit, Washington at Cleveland, Boston at Baltimore, Cincinnati at New York, St. Louis at Philadelphia, Atlanta at Pittsburgh, Houston at Chicago, and San Francisco at Los Angeles. Thursday night races include Cincinnati at New York, St. Louis at Philadelphia, Houston at Chicago, and San Francisco at Los Angeles.

California Chance Lopez Kansas City Hunter Dobson Chicago Peters Minnesota Grant New York Stottlemyre Detroit Lolich Washington Duckworth Cleveland Giant Boston Wilson Baltimore Palmer Cincinnati Jay Ellis Hamilton St. Louis Gibson Philadelphia Bunning Atlanta Johnson Pittsburgh Law Houston Giusti Roberts Broglio Hands Faul San Francisco Sadecki Los Angeles Osteen Associated Press Sta A

Tigers, Cards In II Triumphs

Keith West drove in all his team s runs in the Tigers 3-0 shutout over the Red Sox behind Mark McClanahan s two hit shutout pitching at Walter Jackson Field. In the National League game the Cardinals broke a 3 3 tie in the eighth to beat the Braves 5 3. McClanahan struck out six in his second win. West had two singles. Rogers doubled. Massey and Singletary singled. Standridge allowed all three Tiger runs on five hits in the loss.

Raider Decatur Tom Syers Ricky Quillen Roger Fat Estur Mathis Allen Elkins Jim Are AB R- H Rbimy Cantrell Stephenson Syers Tuett Cullman Ae Ee Ike Otals SS Teague Shan R Hrbi Houser Huntsville Mathis Thejsadier Ph Peet Tolmorris Dukes Warner Ward Noel Doug Johnny Johnson Teague Cullman Hartselle Dodgerso Marichal Los Angeles Keith West Tigers Red Sox Mark McClanahan Walter Jackson Field Cardinals Braves McClanahan Tiger West Steve Rogers Jimmy Massey Sonny Singletary Kerry Standridge Sox Byron Penn Butch Watterson Jeff Dukes

Oliva Hits Two Homers as Twins Beat White Sox 8 3

Dick Coach reports Tony Oliva slugged two lengthy homers raising his batting average to .407 as the Minnesota Twins defeated the Chicago White Sox 8 3. Jim Kaat pitched a complete game for his fourth win aiding Minnesota’s drive into the AL first division. Elsewhere Detroit crushed the Yankees 7 2 and Cleveland edged Washington 3 2 while Baltimore defeated Boston 8 6.

Associated Press Tony Oliva Eddie Stanky Chicago White Sox Oliva Minnesota White Sox Stanky Twins Japan Jim Kaat

Also Mentioned on This Page

Catur Jerry Rice Don Richards RBI Quillen Lamon O Ward O Syers Elkins Hester Ph Hammond Epeerer Ne Harris E Johnson Hutcheson Ib Hancock Weeks Ct Davis If Teague C Morton Richards Hammond Syres S—Morton So Teague Balk Decatur High School Danny Wake Field Jimmy Cantrell Steve Isom Jimmy Hester Roger Mathis Johnny Stephenson Steve Hammond Larry Lamon Bobby Robinson Bill Bethune Daily Sports George Evans Maury Wills Jim Gilliam Willie Davis Willie Mays Hank Aaron Phillies Nelson Briles Dick Groat Joe Hoerner John Callison Maury Jim Garner Orioles New York Yankees Dennis McLain Max Alvis Baltiere McLain Camilo Pascual Yankees Roger Maris Roger Repez Diego Segui Indians Sam McDowell McDowell Senators Don McMahon Tom Kelley Bob Allen Luis Aparicio Goodyear Service Pet Milk Co Lee and Line Sts
Search Courier

Search the Decatur Daily Today with a Free Trial

We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.

Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The Decatur Daily?

People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!

Looking Courier

Browse Newspapers

You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!

By Location

By Location

Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.

Browse by Location
By Date

By Date

Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.

Browse by Date
By Publication

By Publication

Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.

Browse by Publication