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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1941
Page
6
Dolph Camilli may not win the pennant alone for the Dodgers but his recent power surge is drawing citywide praise. Mel Ott, once thought finished, has delivered solid performances this season as well.
Local boxing card at the Armory ends with Decatur Boys Club defeating Oneonta 4 to 1. Dease Hudson 127 pounds earns a knockout over Tom Ashford 135, while Decatur’s Gillam 127 defeats Montieth 124, and Summers 118 beats Mann 120 in various bouts.
The Southeastern Conference drills begin with light practices as 12 schools report for pre season camps. Tennessee opens with 48 players, Alabama also 48, while Vanderbilt and Georgia tech and Florida start with mid forties. Rain pauses in New Orleans doubleheader. Birmingham wins one, loses another. Memphis routs Knoxville 15 0 in cellar series.
Cincinnati travels to Chicago and Boston visits Brooklyn as the National League lists two key games. In the Southern League Chattanooga plays Birmingham while Nashville at Little Rock and Atlanta at New Orleans are also on the slate, with no American League games scheduled.
Coast guard and highway patrol joined army authorities in a Mobile search for Cadet Malcolm D. Holt of Lynchburg Va and pilot Albert Horsfall of Exeter NY after their plane separated from a returning formation. Holt was recovered clinging to a log in the Mobile River. Horsfall remained missing.
Baseball results show New York beating Philadelphia 7-4 and again 13-1 over Philadelphia in doubleheader style. Other scores include Brooklyn 6-2 Boston 6-2 and St. Louis 5-6 Pittsburgh 3-3 with Cleveland 5-3 over Chicago 7-4. Rail lines report Atlanta at New Orleans postponed by rain.
National Tennis championships reach the fourth session at Forest Hills with no clear winner in men or women. Top seeds underperform, while unexpected stars such as Bryan Grant Jr and Pancho Segura entertain the crowd. Bobby Riggs dominates Prakken as matches proceed and Pauline Betz and Sarah Palfrey Cooke struggle for advancement.
The Circle M Ranch's 11 year old bay horse Big Pebble scored a half length victory in the Washington Park Handicap over Bushwhacker with Haltal third. The win pushed his 1940 season earnings to $157,675, strengthening his claim to the national division title.
The Enid Oklahoma Champlins defeated the Waco Texas Dons 9 to 3 to claim the National Semi pro Baseball championship for the second straight year in Wichita Kansas. Alabama State School of Trades in Gadsden opens fall term with 72 Vocational students plus 76 in day defense classes and 250 in engineering defense classes meeting three evenings weekly.
New York World Telegram reports Frank Leahy as Notre Dame head coach must exhibit many roles. He is described as a salesman with vision, ambition, endurance, public speaker, promoter, and a range of personal traits.
Tomorrow night the Eastern All-Stars meet the New York Giants at the Polo Grounds in a showcase game. Giants coach Steve Owen hails this as perhaps the best squad since his arrival, with rookies and hopefuls expected to fill box scores and shape the fall tryouts.
Fred Apostoli says service gave him a new grip on life and expects to be back fighting top middleweights by mid winter. The report also notes Harry Franck, brother of Minnesota’s George Franck, will face Northwestern this fall.
The entry by Uan Stewart recounts a Chicago taxi driver claiming the All-Star game could fit in one cab, a humorous fabrication about the hacks being full.
Mobile Alabama reports Gordon Smith Jr, a hometown favorite, captured the 1941 Labor Day invitational trophy at Mobile Country Club with a 2 and 1 victory over Warren Smith of Gadsden. Smith eliminated Charney Johnson of Montgomery in the morning, and Horner of Montgomery fell 4 and 3 to Smith in earlier rounds.
Hayneville Alabama September 2 Peter Cantrell former Auburn halfback is hired as Hayneville High School coach replacing John A Thomas Practice set to start September 16 for a light inexperienced squad Hayneville 1940 team suffered heavy graduation losses.
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Dothan Alabama September 2 The Browns defeated Andalusia 12 4 and the Indians beat Brewton 12 6 in the State Loop play-off. Forest Austin Malvern Morgan Lindsey each homered as Dothan hitters exploded for power while Jones held Andalusia to eight hits. Teams swap cities with Dothan visiting Andalusia and Tallassee visiting Brewton.
Washington reports daylight saving clocks return to standard time on September 28 in most areas, except Southeast where power needs may keep fast time. Leland Olds said no fall winter extension unless a genuine power emergency. Southeastern review to decide through December. Roosevelt seeks authority to blanket regions with daylight saving for defense energy needs.
Sam Adams reports University of Alabama plans to offer a new contract to coach Thomas as his present deal expires. Since taking over in 1931 he has a 76 13 5 record with three SEC titles two Rose Bowls and 10 All-Americans. Also notes resignations as teachers move to defense jobs in Marshall County.
The Cardinals swept a doubleheader from Pittsburgh 5-3 and 6-3 to extend a seven game win streak and pull within a half game of the NL lead. In Brooklyn, the Dodgers endured a 15 inning marathon loss to the Braves 6-5 and then a 2-2 tie, while Dolph Camilli powered St Louis with five hits and late game runs.
The piece notes that many cities and towns, especially in the industrial East, advance clocks by one hour in summer and revert to standard time on the last Sunday in September.
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