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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1933
Page
6
Memphis fell 6 to 5 to New Orleans while Chattanooga routed Knoxville 4 to 0 and Nashville defeated Atlanta 6 to 3 in two late games in the Birmingham Little Rock circuit.
New York defeated Cincinnati 6 to 4 while Pittsburgh shutout Brooklyn 3 to 0. Philadelphia won 9 to 5 over Chicago and Boston edged St. Louis 3 to 1 with several late-inning runs.
International League games saw Albany beat Baltimore 6 5 while Toronto defeated Rochester 4 3 Newark routed Jersey City 7 0. Buffalo Montreal game noted as rain. Louisville and St Paul posted narrow losses and Minneapolis, Milwaukee both suffered large defeats with no further details.
The Florence Dammers lost 7 to 4 to the Athenians in Athens yesterday. The game featured heavy hitting and spirited play from both sides.
Curtis Gover reports a wrestling match where Stanley Buersch of Melbourne Australia defeats Alex Reeves of Montgomery Florida in three falls. Reeves shows flashes of greatness with flying toeholds and wristlocks but Buersch’s speed and experience win two falls to one in 18 10, 11 20, and 6 20 timed rounds amid crowd cheers and roughhouse tactics.
Decatur led early and held off Huntsville 5-3 at Martin Park as Gann and the Trojans’ defense starred. Williams, Bronaugh, Mittwede, and Long sparked the scoring with timely hits while Huntsville miscues hurt their defense. Next the Trojans meet Athens at Alabama Park at 3:30 this afternoon.
The Lambda Pi Sigma Fraternity will conduct a prayer meeting at Central Methodist Church tonight inviting public attendance. Grand Master Billy Nelson will preside. program includes songs, prayers, and talks by Harold Weigand J L Harris and Richard Watkins.
Mrs. Charles S. Ledbetter of Birmingham will lead the mid week prayer service at Ninth Street Methodist tonight. She previously gave a talk on Andrew the timid disciple during a visit here. Rev and Mrs Ledbetter are visiting with Rev and Mrs C M Tyndal and belong to Twenty First Avenue Methodist in Birmingham.
The schedule lists Birmingham at Memphis, Chattanooga at Atlanta, Nashville at Knoxville, New Orleans at Little Rock. In the American League Cleveland at New York, Chicago at Boston, St. Louis at Philadelphia, Detroit at Washington, Brooklyn at Pittsburgh, New York at Cincinnati, Philadelphia at Chicago, and Boston at St. Louis.
A Liberty event will include preaching at 11 a.m. and singing in the afternoon as part of the day's decoration activities.
Rehearsals for the church play Go Slow Mary proceed with nightly sessions next Tuesday. Directed by Mrs. Ben Gilbert and assisted by Mrs. E. E. Beard, the Young Peoples department lists ten cast members including Marvin Yarbrough Flora Howell Alma Pepper John Butler Ernest Beard Hubert Sanduskey Evelyn Beard Frances Hardy Otto Reeder and Willie Cloud. A rehearsal follows the prayer service tonight.
The American Legion post hosts Anniversary Night at Martin Arena next Tuesday marking a year of weekly wrestling in Decatur. Headliner Tarzan the Ape Man vs Stanley Buersch, Buck Lawson vs Bulldog Mallory in a busy lineup expected to draw a record crowd.
Mr and Mrs Oscar Burkett and their family relocate today to Huntsville to establish a new home. Mr Burkett has accepted a position in a garage in Huntsville the Madison county capital.
Dick Dobbins a former star at Tuscaloosa hospital undergoes shoulder surgery and remains questionable for varsity play this fall Buck Hughes and Joyce also had operations this week at Tuscaloosa leaving the Alabama squad thinner as it plans for the season.
A decoration program will be rendered at Sivley cemetery on Sunday with preaching at 11 o clock and a singing in the afternoon.
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