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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1945
Page
10
The Browns press their pace in the American League exhibition games as Luke Sewell’s club shows resilience against the Cardinals. Stephens and Metro stories frame a season shaped by injuries and friendships, while Derby hopes ride on a delayed V E Day return to form.
Golfers from Dothan and nearby towns head to Dothan Country Club for a three day invitational start tomorrow. Entries across Alabama Georgia and north Florida expected near 100 players with 50 clubs invited. Notable entrants include Gardener Dickinson of Maron Ga as 1945 race for the Faulkner trophy looms with defending champ Stranahan absent.
Today's baseball results show New York defeating Brooklyn nine to seven while St. Louis A beat St. Louis N ten to three, with other scores including Cleveland fifteen Indianapolis three and Philadelphia fifteen Toronto one. Schedule lists Brooklyn vs New York at New York, Boston vs Boston at Boston, Washington at Philadelphia Fort Meade Maryland, Cleveland at Pittsburgh Muncie Indiana, Chicago vs Chicago at Chicago, St Louis N vs St Louis A at St Louis. Also note a cooking tip about lining a pan with heavy paper and a human interest blurb about Mordecai Brown nicknamed Three Fingers and the writer using a typewriter.
The St Louis Browns lead the exhibition season with 10 wins, 2 losses, sweeping home rivals in a 10-3 win over the Cardinals as George McQuinn and Don Gutteridge power the offense. The day also features the Giants beating the Dodgers 9-7 in a Red Cross benefit game and a White Sox opener at Comiskey Park.
Byron Nelson and Jag McSpaden, after a Montgomery course romp, travel to Birmingham Country Club to face Doyle Smith and Bill Davis. Nelson shot a 65 to tie Beauvoir course record. McSpaden shot 80 as the duo beat Johnny Morris and Curdy Byrd 1 and 2. Also, four Border Conference schools will field football teams this fall: Arizona State Teachers College Flagstaff, Texas Technological College, New Mexico University, and West Texas State Teachers College.
Two Lions and Exchange Club softball teams renew their rivalry at Wiregrass Memorial Stadium in their second game of the season. Lions lead the series after winning the first contest as managers Gamble and O'Brien report players ready for first pitch. O'Brien weathered a last minute lineup shift when Dan Morgan injured a thumb in practice, while Lions field a strong lineup led by Warren, Lowe, Floyd, James, Byrd and Gamble with Lokey and Hovey in the outfield.
Louisville Kentucky Derby entry blanks mailed yesterday include an if and when provision tied to lifting the government ban on racing.
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