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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1945
Page
13
The fragment mentions an umbrella inventor named Jocas Haowsy and an English raft story about children inheriting traits from their parents. It also contains a stray note about a giraffe’s height and a garbled statement about parentage and a bee or giraffe. The text is highly distorted and different ideas appear without coherent structure.
Hoop Jr. wins the Kentucky Derby by six lengths over Dy Mel in a dominant stretch run. The race on a muddy track drew wide interest as Hoops Jr. trainer and jockey team delivered a decisive finish.
Jockey Eddie Arcaro guided Hoop Jr. to a front running victory on a rain soaked track at Churchill Downs. The Hooper colt, trained by Ivan Parke, beat Pot O’Luck and Darby Dieppe by a neck in a 65,000 crowd showdown, with a winning time of 2.07 as the Derby endured its slowest mile since 1930.
DETROIT AP Tigers overcome Chicago White Sox with a four run rally in the seventh and ninth innings to edge the Sox 7 6. Les Mueller allowed seven runs 13 hits in seven innings while Zeb Baue and others contributed key hits in the late surge. The White Sox fought back but fell short as Detroit clinched the late win. Cleveland Indians beat St Louis Browns 2 1 on Myrit Hong single in the ninth. Yankees beat Red Sox 13 7 with Stainback homering in a five run fifth. Senators edged Athletics 3 2 with Newsom pitching and out hitting Philadelphia 11 to 8.
Dothan Glass Company tops Dothan Ice Cream 17 to 9 at Wiregrass Memorial Stadium. Rainer Studio idle. Dr Pepper idle. Glass moves to five wins three losses. Hubert Weeks named team manager. Upcoming games include Dothan Ice Cream vs Dr Pepper and Dothan Glass vs Rainer. League standings show Rainer Studio leading, Dothan Glass midpack, Dr Pepper and Dothan Ice Cream at lower spots.
The top three Derby finishers will race in next Saturday's Preakness at Pimlico. Hoop Jr and Darby Dieppe will ship within days, Pot Of Luck heads to Baltimore in a day or two, and Judell Ruoff may join after a New York trip to decide on a Preakness start. Alexis is also expected to start.
President Truman left Saturday afternoon for an overnight river cruise aboard the yacht Potomac and will return to the White House today. Army Air Forces also use photography for reconnaissance films and training pictures, showing enemy equipment and fire control views for maps and charts.
Boston veteran Bob Logan returned to the majors and pitched five and two-thirds innings of shutout ball as the Braves defeated the New York Giants 4-0 before 5,082 paying patrons. George Hausmann accounted for New York's lone hit with a bunt single to third.
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