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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1927
Page
6
The Vols edged the Barons 3-2 in a tense game as Mig Fuhr stopped the Barons with five hits from Morrell and Mell while Black’s late homer helped Vols. The Barons’ slump kept piling losses as Little Rock, New Orleans, Memphis and others posted results across a long day of baseball.
The notice urges readers to use the Decatur advertising columns to obtain real values and maximize returns for their business. It emphasizes placing ads in the columns as the primary channel for effective outreach.
A collage of humorous snippets and captions including campaign slogans for Carroll and Ferguson, jokes about preachers, bath towels, cats, and a punchy quip about government power. Notes on social mores and light satire appear throughout with playful wordplay and short dialogues.
Minneapolis edges Kansas City 9 to 8 in a late innings comeback. Key moments include Malone winning pitcher honors and Schaack charged with the loss as Oldham held the final frame.
Three major league baseball games are scheduled. Southern League matchups include Nardyville at Birmingham, Memphis at New Orleans, Chattanooga at Atlanta, and Little Rock at Mobile. American League games feature Philadelphia at New York, Detroit at Cleveland, and Chicago at St. Louis.
Yesterday's baseball results include Nashville 8 Birmingham 2 and Memphis 3 New Orleans 4 in 13 innings. Mobile edged Little Rock 6 5 while Chattanooga defeated Atlanta 25 12.
Washington beat New York 3 2 Chicago defeated St. Louis 8 0 Cleveland won 9 5 against Detroit 4 7 Pittsburgh 8 Cincinnati 5 Philadelphia 7 Brooklyn 1 New York Boston Iain American Association Louisville 9 at Columbus 13 Milwaukee 2 at St. Paul 0 Kansas City 8 at Minneapolis 9 Toledo at Indianapolis postponed due to rain
The report lists several score line fragments with teams Columbus Pensacola Selma and opponents St Augustine Jacksonville and Savatinah, showing varied results such as Columbus 8 at St Augustine 5 and Pensacola 16 Jacksonville 9.
In the Piedmont League Raleigh defeated Durham 6 to 8 while Rocky Mount beat Winston Salem Salisbury 5 to 4 and High Point edged Salisbury 4 to 5. Three-Eye League Peoria won 4 to 3 over Evansville. many games postponed by rain. International League New York 4 71R9, Newark 15 Baltimore 2. Buffalo Rochester games washed out. Florida State League Sanford 1 Miami 0. St Petersburg 6 Sarasota 7. Tampa 7 Orlando 1. Texas League Dallas 15 San Antonio 2. Shreveport 5 Beaumont 6. Fort Worth B beat Waco 6. Wichita Falls 1 Houston 5.
Baseball scores show Charlotte 7 losing to Spartanburgh 9 while Columbia falls 0 at Greenville 7 Knoxville loses 5 at Augusta 6 and Asheville drops 2 at Macon 3. Southeastern League notes a Montgomery Albany transfer.
Gene Tunney weighs in on the heavyweight scene predicting Sharkey will challenge Jack Dempsey in August. Tunney cites Sharkey’s ring generalship and punching power as factors while noting Dempsey’s conditioning may prevent another bout.
Banks and Knigh were named to manage the Junior Chamber of Commerce baseball club at the board meeting held Monday evening. C. W. King was chosen as captain. Both men play for the Jay team. A proposal to form a semi professional unit was voted down.
The player hit his 11th home run of the season in the first inning with no runners on base and later doubled. A separate line promotes Mr. Farmer to patronize Decatur markets for the best possible return on your product.
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