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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1939
Page
6
Anniston-Arthur Rebel, An niston right fielder, plans tonsil removal during the team’s road trip starting July 29 to boost his conditioning. He leads the Rebels in RBIs with 28 and triples with six despite a 217 team batting average this season.
The Associated Press lists the top AL leaders: batting McQuinn and Mazzera of St. Louis tied near 400. Wright of Washington 26 RBIs. Dickey and Hoag among 24. hits McQuinn 47 with Walker and McCosky at 40. doubles Greenberg 12 and MecCocky 11. Wright leads triples for Washington.
At Indianapolis on May 22 sixteen drivers qualified for the 500 mile speedway race as speeds ranged from 130.138 to 120.985 mph. Babe Stapp of Los Angeles posted 125 mph in a ten mile test as rain and slick curves limited other attempts. Kelly Petillo, also of Los Angeles, failed to complete a lap but plans two more tries aiming for a new speed record. Wednesday entrants include Petillo Swan son Rex Mays Joel Thorne Zeke Meyer and Ita Hall.
National League batting leader Arnovich of Philadelphia sits at 405. Ott of New York leads runs with 25, tied by Weber and Bonira. Goodman of Cincinnati leads RBI with 28, while Arnovich and McCormick share hits at 45.
Atlantic South results show Atlanta 3 and New Orleans tied 2 2 after 6 innings due to darkness. Little Rock blanked Knoxville 3-0. Birmingham edged Chattanooga 3-2 after rain cut to seven innings. Memphis defeated Nashville 9-1 in a weather affected game.
National League results Pittsburgh 4 New York 1 St Louis 2 Philadelphia 7 Brooklyn 2 Chicago 4 Boston 0. American League Philadelphia 12 St Louis 4 Boston 8 Detroit 3 New York 12 Cleveland 6 Chicago 3 Washington 2. Southeastern League Mobile 12 Anniston 11 in 10 innings Pensacola Gadsden 1 Selma 10 Jackson 2 Montgomery 6 Meridian 1.
Chattanooga visits Birmingham and Knoxville plays Little Rock as Nashville travels to Memphis and Atlanta faces New Orleans in night games. The slate features regional matchups across four arenas with league implications lurking.
Lounging matchups include Boston at Chicago and Brooklyn at Cincinnati with New York visiting Pittsburgh. Philadelphia hosts St. Louis while Chicago travels to Washington. St. Louis hosts Philadelphia. Detroit travels to Boston and Cleveland visits New York.
Gadsden faces Jackson while Anniston meets Meridian Montgomery plays Mobile and Selma travels to Pensacola for competitive fixtures across four state lines.
Pitching: Wyatt of Brooklyn 4 0, McGee of St. Louis 2 0. Chicago players Hack and Herman lead with multiple hits, Bartell 12 for doubles, Rizzo of Pittsburgh 11, Mize of St. Louis 17 home runs, four players tied with 6. Handley Pittsburgh and Kay Lavagetto Brooklyn top in stolen bases with 6. Cincinnati Goodman and Garms of Boston also noted.
Atlanta Crackers seize the lead with a 3-2 win over New Orleans as Birmingham tops Chattanooga 3-1. The shift keeps the top at half a game behind Little Rock Knoxville doubleheader results and day light issues halted night caps.
Hillsboro fell 11 to 9 in the opener as the Blue Devils piled hits led by Briscoe Sheats and Grant. Manahan tosses for Cullman while St Bernard managed only three hits in the nightcap, with Floyd Mitchell homering early and Kimbrell scoring twice.
New York reports big leagues likely to adopt night baseball within a year. Larry MacPhail is seen laughing at the idea. Joe Louis heads to Pompton Lakes for training ahead of El Galento. Ladislav Hecht defeats Bunny Austin in two practice matches. Izzy Dizzy? Denton sings in Cincinnati Times-Star.
Rebels fans revel in a new acceptance while taunts target the Yankees and team names, highlighting growing tension across venues from St Louis to Boston as the rival label sticks.
Detroit Free Press columnist Charlie Ward notes that rain altered the outcome of yesterday's game, claiming the Tigers did not lose but were affected by weather. Ward emphasizes the unusual conditions and preserves the Tigers as resilient despite the rain.
In Lawrenceburg Tennessee on a Sunday afternoon rain halted play with Alabama Hosiery Mills trailing 4 to 2. Lawrenceburg had two runs in the first and two in the second inning including a homer by first baseman Casteel.
Mills and Gray each collected three base hits while Sheats Grant and Briscoe hit homers. Double plays featured Johnson to Kimbrell to Sheats and W Kimbrell to W Terry. Looney and Hudson umpired. St Bernard and Blue Devils left on base four and two.
Bill Francis of Decatur Alabama will graduate from Union University with a Bachelor of Science in Education. He starred in football and basketball for three years each and led the Union Bulldogs last year despite injuries. He served as student body president and assistant sports editor of the Cardinal and Cream, among other duties. He plans to teach and coach in high school.
Fort Stephen Decatur hosted ten amateur boxing bouts on Friday night. Highlights include a draw between Gerald Fields and Carson at 92 and 90 pounds, Tuffy Worley defeating G R Sharp, Doyle Roberts defeating Ralph Genes, and Abner Dob over Louis Goslin. Other results feature Marion Ward, Albert Nave, Wiley Free, Charles Lindsay, and matches ending in draws or incomplete reports.
Sid Markus the Boston Jewish star challenges Joe Gunther for the Southern junior heavyweight championship in a return match at the Armory Tuesday night. Gunther must avoid the neck hold or risk a ban by the Alabama State Athletic Commission. The match is best two falls out of three with a two hour limit. Billy Fox meets Bill Hall in the semifinal.
Veterans stay in majors as Dizzy Dean Ted Lyons Lefty Grove and others star in spring action. Dean fires a 3‑hit 4‑0 win for the Cubs over the Bees. Grove homers in a Red Sox win as Detroit drops fifth straight. Hubbell loses for the Giants. Cardinals and Reds win to stay tied in the NL race. Athletics top Browns 12‑4 to rise to sixth in the AL.
The league standings final is a best two of three with one hour limit and the first bout at 8 30. Gunther’s neck hold is slated for challenge before the National Wrestling Association as a campaign to ban it grows, despite past NRA rulings deeming it legal. Col Harry L Landry, NRA president, had ruled it legal since it does not constitute a strangle. The campaign aims to bar the hold for all time due to growing perceived terror and concerns about its use.
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