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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1943
Page
5
A compact sports round up notes changing views on informal football practice and scouting. It quotes Lavelle and other figures on coaches, players, and evolving game speeds while mentioning Capt. Johnny Fingel transfer and Camp Livingston stall applications.
Phillies win two from the Giants in a home twin bill as the team surges early, winning seven of 15 games. A crowd of 24,934 witnessed the early season victory and the club shows strong close-game performance.
A rowdy day across major leagues saw managers and players ejected for arguing calls. Boston’s Rate Pinell and Philadelphia’s Frank Ole were fined or bounced. Art Fletcher and others faced suspensions. Amid the turmoil, the revitalized ballpark crowds celebrated a doubleheader day with surprising offense and tight defense. Spud Chandler earned his third win as the Yankees overwhelmed the Athletics 13-1 at Shibe Park.
The Count Fleet saga unfolds from Belmont to Pimlico as the late 1940s star Clem Cameron praises the colt’s early trials and pace, noting his temper and speed. Reports recount a dramatic morning workout, Count Fleet’s record dash, and speculation of a Belmont Stakes bid, with rival talk and upcoming events clearly framed.
Yesterday Philadelphia 23 New York 31 Boston 3 Brooklyn 1 Chicago 14 Cincinnati ES at St Louis Pittsburgh 1-3 in second game. No games scheduled today. Southern League results show Nashville 7 Atlanta 4 with several matchups listed for today including Atlanta at Chattanooga and New Orleans at Memphis.
Private First Class Willie Carter pitched the Napier Field Gruffies to a 4 to 2 victory over Bainbridge Air Base at Bainbridge Georgia. Carter limited the opposition to six hits as Napier’s sixth inning three run burst turned the game. Buckholz Sparks and Henry produced key hits, while Napier added an eighth inning tally. The camp played fast after a rain delay, and the game lasted one hour and twenty minutes.
Six Southern Association baseball clubs race for first as the league enters its fourth week of wartime play. Six Sunday games scrambled the standings with New Orleans two games back of Birmingham, while Chattanooga and Nashville won key tilts. Birmingham visits Little Rock for a five game set as Birmingham seeks to regain a cushion.
Auburn Alabama rural and urban households will receive 85 opportunities to learn canning drying and brining under the Wartime Food Reserve program. Alabama Extension Service and home agents will lead demonstrations in neighborhoods with more than 10 000 residents, held over several days each week for about six weeks in May through the peak of the food preservation season.
Five hundred Alabama non farm high school boys join the U S Crop Corps to aid Baldwin County farmers in washing grading packing and shipping 5000 bags of Irish potatoes over about six weeks. They come from Birmingham Montgomery Mobile and many other cities to work in Fairhope Foley Yoxley Robertsdale and Summerdale.
AUBURN, ALABAMA. To secure good cotton yields this fall, follow Alabama Experiment Station spacing guidance. J. T Belue notes ten years of station trials show best yields with 16 inch drill spacing and one to three plants per hill. Row widths for standard fertilizer applications range from 21 2 to 41 2 feet, and should not exceed 3 1/2 feet where fertility is low or fertilizer is moderate.
Private first class John E Fuller, son of Mr and Mrs A Fuller of 1809 Arlington Ave, has graduated from the Chanute Field School of the Army Air Forces Technical Training Command Chanute Field, according to the public relations office announced today.
Nashville Vols beat Clackers 3 2 behind Glenn Gardner who struck out three and allowed nine hits. Babe Benning led Knoxville Smokies with eight hits across two games, including three doubles, while Johnny Frye hit two homers and a double in the Knoxville doubleheader. Eleven pitchers used in the two games.
Farm agent C I Ling outlines culling to maintain profitable egg production amid high feed and egg prices. Focus on removing non producers, annual flock tests, and best practices like tested stocks, feeding, and proper housing. Details distinguish laying from non laying hens by comb, vent, skin, pubic bones, and pigment changes, with molt timing and seasonal management.
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