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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1937
Page
6
Prothro and the Little Rock Travelers ride a nine game win streak to move within a half game of Memphis. They swept Nashville 10 4 and 6 1 while Memphis narrowly beat Oxville 6 to 5. New Orleans climbed into third with a 5 4 win over Atlanta. Chattanooga snapped a seven game skid with a 3 1 victory.
Yesterday's stars include George Caster and Wally from Athletics-Farmer who halted the White Sox with four hits as Moses belted a two-run homer in a 4 to 3 win. Davis fueled a Reds comeback with a pinch single in the eighth for a 6 5 victory over the Phillies. Hank Greenberg homered with a man aboard as the Tigers beat the Dodgers 11 to 2, while Johnny Heath slashed two triples and drove in two in a 7 5 Indians win over the Senators. Stan Hack led a 12-hit Cubs attack with three hits and two runs. Danny McFayden of the Bees silenced the Pirates in a 6 3 win. Gehrig and Dickey helped the Yankees edge the Browns 4 3 with Gehrig collecting a homer, a double and a single and Dickey driving in the winning run.
Andy Reese extended his hitting streak to 11 games by going two for four as Memphis edged Knoxville 6 to 5. Dick Minkiff tossed a four hitter to power Little Rock past Nashville 6 to 1 in the nightcap. Bud Tinning hurled a four hitter as Lookouts halted Chattanooga’s seven game skid with a 3 to 1 victory over Birmingham. Nig Lipscomb delivered a seventh inning homer to lift the Pels from a second division slide into a 5 to 4 win over Atlanta and pull into a third place tie with New Orleans.
This passage explores dog feeding debates between table scraps bread and milk versus scientifically balanced diets. The author notes personal experience feeding hundreds of dogs for decades with simple fare and questions whether vitamin-focused plans truly benefit dogs more than traditional meals.
Estelle Page of Greensboro and Dorothy Kirby of Georgia met in the Southern women's golf championship with Page carding a four-under-par 33 on the outgoing nine in yesterday's semi finals and Kirby defeating Dan Chandler 3 and 2. Page beat Frank Goldthwaite 7 and 6 to reach the final, while Kirby earned medalist honors and faces Page in a final likely to defend her Carolinas title.
A compact dispatch lists top figures across batting and pitching. Names include Cronin and Bell leading in various categories for the Red Sox and Browns, with Gehringer and Walker pacing runs for the Tigers, and further highlights for Medwick and Hubbell among Cardinals and Giants.
Trip Lett Nashville 473 home runs Dana Little Rock 6 oe Chattanooga Webb Knox ville Warren Knoxville Alexander Nashville 4 each Runs batted in Wright Chattanooga 28 Carson New Orleans 26 Stolen Bases Bush Memphis 11 Miles Chattanooga Nonnenkamp Little Rock 6 each Double ae Rock 36 Chattanooga 34 Runs Memphis 187 New Orleans 178 118 Little Rock 118
Ben Newton brings Huntsville Lincoln Mills to face the Alabama Hosierymen Sunday at 2 30 p m. star righthander Lev Gentles leads the Lincoln lineup with strong pitching while Joe Flynn plans to start Newt Hardy or Molly Hare for the Hosierymen in the 2 30 p m game.
Little Rock led in a multi city tally with 10.4, Nashville 6.1, Memphis 6, Knoxville 5, New Orleans 5, Atlanta 4, Chattanooga 3, and Birmingham 1 as the compact standings unfold.
Hurlers recover form as Tex Carleton Roy Parmelee Bill Lee help Cubs rise from mid pack. Bees gain against Pirates with Danny MacFayden backing rookies Lou Fette and Jim Turner. Dodgers and Giants slip while Yankees Browns and Tigers post key wins.
Boy wonder Archie Templeton, an 18 year old southpaw from Winston-Salem, draws comparisons to Babe Ruth as the St. Louis Cardinals circle him with a $5000 contract. scouts predict he could become a first baseman or outfielder, with major league bids high and Branch Rickey praising his talent. templeton, orphaned and raised at Children’s Home, displays Ruthian power, speed, and pitching touch, while legend surrounding his future grows.
A remark notes that nearly every race worldwide has developed its own form of smoking-pipe, highlighting cultural variety in tobacco implements and ritual use across regions.
Athens pitcher Slick Coffman struck out Lefty Grove and Boston in 11 innings as Detroit edged the Red Sox 4 2. He also contributed a single in the 11th that fueled the winning rally. Whalebone note appears as a separate item on the page.
In New York May 22 in spite of Joe Cronin's return to the top of the American League and Ducky Medwick's clout in the National, the weekly high hitters are Cleveland's Lyn Lary and Brooklyn's Buddy Hassett. Cronin led the AL with seven hits in 17 at bats for a .443 season mark, while Medwick slipped to .443. Hassett hit .571 for the week in 14 at bats, tied for third with Gil Brack at .376, and Lary collected 12 hits in 24 at bats for a .500 weekly average.
Selma leads Southeastern League with 22–10. Mobile 22–13. Meridian 8–23. Pensacola, in third, fell 5–4 to Meridian in eleven innings as Jackson beat Montgomery 3–2 in ten, impacting standings.
In American League action Cleveland beat Washington 7 5 and Detroit topped Boston 4 2 in 11 innings. National League results include Boston over Pittsburgh 6 3 and St Louis 11 2, with other games rained out or postponed in Tampa area leagues. Minor leagues show Louisville 11 Milwaukee 4 and Southeastern League games Jackson 3 Montgomery 2 and Meridian 5 Pensacola 4 with Mobile at Selma rained out.
Deputy Sheriff Oscar Cummings paid his annual dog tax with a bulldog beside him. The dog seized a $1 bill from City Clerk James F. Clough and carried it back to Cummings. The animal repeated the act until the money returned to the safe.
Today's games include Birmingham at Chattanooga New Orleans at Atlanta Knoxville at Memphis New York at Chicago Brooklyn at St Louis Boston at Pittsburgh Philadelphia at Cincinnati St Louis at New York Detroit at Boston Chicago at Philadelphia Cleveland at Washington Jackson at Meridian Selma at Montgomery Pensacola at Mobile Union Springs at Troy Panama City at Andalusia Ozark at Dothan ALABAMA FLORIDA LEAGUE Union Springs at Troy Panama City at Andalusia Ozark at Dothan
A retrospective notes past sports milestones including a British A A A Olympic boycott vote rejection a year ago and Johnny Fischer defeating Gus Moreland 3 and 2 in a British amateur golf event. It also recalls a five year span when 51 321 fans watched the Braves and Phillies split a doubleheader at Boston.
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