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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1945
Page
8
Junior league prospects in Wiregrass region stir play as Pamelo prep peers and coachs plan summer conditioning. Jacksonville boxing fans await Greco Taylor bout, while Rickey faces race questions over Negro tryouts at West Point amid public scrutiny and press leaks.
Bruce Sloan of the New York Giants was scheduled to depart for Oklahoma City today to undergo a pre induction physical examination as part of military draft procedures.
AP report says Louis Newsome won approval from Connie Mack to start the opening game for the Philadelphia Athletics against the Washington Senators at Shibe Park. Emil Leonard will pitch for the Senators. Also noted is a statistic that twenty thousand orphans leave homes yearly seeking work as they age out of community support.
Major and minor leagues began a wartime 1945 season with about 150000 fans expected at opening games. Cardinals visit Chicago while Browns host Detroit. Pirates face Reds in Cincinnati. Yankees meet Red Sox as war drafts shape rosters.spring weather and late openings push back games. several stars out for service or war jobs.
With ten days before the season, the Southern Association trimmed rosters. Little Rock sent five players to Martinsville of the North Carolina State League and released five others. Also noted were New Orleans losing 2-1 in an exhibition, Mobile winning 5-3, Hector Arago being sent to Williamsport, and Birmingham considering Hletki and Sciarra as starters. Atlanta prepared for a four game road trip to Ft. Benning.
An AP report describes a Harvard ATG trainer aiding British forces near the Irrawaddy river west of Mandalay Burma by creating a loud diversion. An RAF pilot dive rolled and roared, fooling Japanese gunners into ceasing fire for two hours before Hurricane fighters relieved him.
Washington owner Clark Griffith extols his 1545 Senators and the sport’s wartime contribution. He notes 24 players in active service with three killed, 38 serving, and about 6,000 pre Pearl Harbor pros, 5,500 now in service. He urges finishing last in the league to spur a strong campaign, praising players like Harland Chiti, Torre, Myatt, Kuhel, Case, Binks, Cripple Binns, and the pitching corps.
Louise Suggs of Georgia shoots 71 to lead medal honors in Pinehurst qualifying. Estelle Lawson Page of North Carolina seeks a seventh Pinehurst championship as Suggs faces Patricia Warrington in early match play after Page qualifies with 73 and Jane Crum Covington posts 73.
New York AP reports how last year’s major league finishers are rated to finish again this year by baseball writers. The poll shows projections with figures in parentheses indicating expected positions.
The text lists American League games with times for Detroit at St Louis Boston at New York Chicago at Cleveland and Washington at Philadelphia. It also notes Nations League matchups Philadelphia at Brooklyn New York at Boston and Pittsburg at Cincinnati with start times. It adds New York City rising as a leading center for diamond cutting.
Local listings reveal a busy slate of film and stage shows with numerous stars including Radly Macdowall Preston Foater Esmund O Boen Virginia Craig Allen Jane Peggy Stewart and more. The schedule features Winged Victory Thunderhead Stateweec to Monterrey Thoroegh and Hengevar Square plus Kumet in The Houng and a later Midnight show.
The Cooper brothers Murtom and Walker traded to the St Louis Cardinals for the season opener with the Chicago Cubs. They rejoin the club after wage disputes, seeking a $13 000 a year ceiling, while Leahe OConnor chairs baseball’s advisory committee and the move aims to please loyal fans. In Utah, soldiers in a German prison camp express willingness to work for Geneva Steel. A rattlesnake near Midland City measured 3-2 feet long with sixteen rattles is killed by W S Cogburn.
Fragmentary report notes Peter of Neweg reprinting a tale about Moattewure Ceniie the Yast, dwelling in central Aczar, said to be inherited about two hundred years ago. The readable text is uncertain.
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