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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1934
Page
6
A brisk crowd hears quick quips on class luck and nerve, with punchlines about patent medicines and a kiss count. An English orator, a Scots aside, and a stork arrival gag pepper the backstage chatter in a lighthearted interlude.
Political advertising authorized by James B Worten Athens Ohio endorses B Horton for Circuit Eighth Judicial District. Vote June 13 1934.
Clay Touchstone formerly of Baron and now with Memphis pitched a strong duel but lost 1 to 0 to Bill Schmidt of the Atlanta Crackers. Touchstone gave up only two hits in the mound duel yesterday.
Manager Charlie Grimm brought in Floyd Babe Herman for Guy Bush in the seventh and he tripled. Phelps pinch hit for Joiner in the ninth and doubled. Despite the two key hits the Cubs fell to the Giants 5 to 2 marking Guy Bush’s first loss of the season.
A collection of humorous Decatur vignettes. A amiable visitor seeks a kiss for a dime from a child, a judge questions theft and appetite, and a running gag about mustaches, lemons, and canning. Brief scenes reveal social quirks and small town foibles.
The East eyes its first IC4A title since 1920 as Yale Cornell and NYU vie for dominance while Coast programs like Stanford and California send skeleton teams. Harvard and others also factor in a three way battle with strong Coast absence shaping the outcome.
Crack golfers from across Alabama travel to Montgomery to qualify for the 23rd annual Montgomery Country Club invitation tournament. Sam Perry of Birmingham is pegged as a favorite to dethrone defending champ Otey Crisman of Selma after Perry’s strong season including a 72-74 two up victory over Files Crenshaw Jr. of Montgomery.
Perry was far down the middle off the tees and would have scored even par or better if his putter had been working on the strange greens.
Birmingham plays Knoxville and Little Rock meets Atlanta as Memphis visits Nashville and New Orleans clashes with Chattanooga. In the American League Philadelphia visits Detroit and New York travels to Chicago with Washington at St. Louis and Boston at Cleveland in action.
Miss Mildred Green of Montgomery is visiting as a guest with her parents at their home.
Ray Pepper of Decatur powered the St. Louis Browns to a 6 to 2 win against the Washington Senators. Pepper drove in three runs in the first inning and added another later, totaling four RBIs on the day. His performance helped lift the Browns from last to third in the American League pennant race as they climb toward the top.
Pete West of Decatur will play for the Troy Trojans in the Dixie Amateur League this summer. He will catch and play the outfield on occasion and had a brief try-out with the Birmingham Barons this spring.
J. H. Highsmith of Moulton was a business visitor in Decatur on Thursday.
Leo Moon, a former Minneapolis Miller rookie now attempting a Southern League comeback, blanked the New Orleans Pelicans 8 to 0 and added two hits to help Smoky. Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Green.
Results span multiple leagues with city matchups and scores. Chattanooga edges Birmingham 5 1 while Knoxville dominates New Orleans 8 0. American League games feature Chicago 14 New York 2 and Philadelphia 11 Detroit 5. International League Rochester 9 Toronto 8 and Buffalo 8 Montreal 7.
Perry seeks a strong showing in qualifying with two practice rounds and a Sunday run. Crenshaw, a four time winner since 1929, looms as a top contender. Birmingham’s Thames and Blackford pose threats, with McClintock a dark horse after a 68 effort. Other notable players include Morris, Crisman, Sage, Friedman, Dr. Blue Harris and Ball as medalist score expectations center on sub 70 rounds.
A profitable statewide educators meet yielded ideas to be compiled and submitted to the state department of education for consideration.
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