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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1946
Page
7
Dan Morgan invites local sports fans to a Wagon Wheel gathering Monday at 7 30 p m for a talk by Grant, a famed Auburn back, as the Wiregrass Quarback Club forms. More than 50 members have signed up. prospective members should mail checks to T T Skeen or contact Morgan for a membership card.
Skee Riegel of Upper Darby Pa failed to reach match play in the National Amateur Golf Championship in Springfield N J The field continues to crown medalists who do not win the title since 1895 Smiley L Quick of Inglewood Calif denied Riegel in the second round Alpheus Winter Jr faced Cary Middiecoff while Marvin Bud Ward the defending titlist from Spokane Wa played in the third round lower bracket against Charles Babe Lind of Edgewater Colo Lind upset Intercollegiate Champion George Hamer of Columbus Ga 6 and 4
FOR THE RECORD MT. WASHINGTON NH UP Forbidding Frankenstein Cliff which juts out from Mt. Washington was named after a Cincinnati artist rather than the German monster.
Ed Danforth, sports editor of the Atlanta Journal and renowned Southern sports writer, will guest speak at the first Eagle gridiron banquet in the Wiregrass arena. The event on Thursday Sept 19 gathers high school principals coaches and team captains from about 25 schools to promote sportsmanship and unity ahead of the season and explain the selection method for the Eagle Sportsmanship Award.
Ends today with Marjorie Reynolds and Chas. Ruggles in Three Is A Family and Rosemary La Planche in Devil Bat's Daughter. Friday features Chas Starrett in Law of The North Sweat and East Side Kids in Fast Company. Monday and Tuesday present Walter O Keefe and Cheryl Walker in Brownstern Millions and Michael Shayne Detective in Larceny In Her Heart. Wednesday and Thursday show Gene Tierney and Vincent Price in Dragonwyck and Kane Richmond and Barbare Reed in Behind The Mask.
Danforth urged SEC colleges to end the present system of scholarships loans jobs and cash for players saying it is a dreamy attempt at honesty He warned the SEC cannot sell the idea to other conferences and warned the NCAA will oppose such efforts The sports editor backs clean athletics and regional officials coaches and captains from five Wiregrass counties and parts of North Florida will be invited to the banquet and compete for The Eagle award.
National and American League standings with recent results and upcoming games. Brooklyn, St Louis, Chicago, Cincinnati, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, New York, Boston, Detroit, Cleveland, Washington, and other clubs listed with records. Also notes on Langhorne stock car race entry by Red Byron of Anniston Alabama and a Nacogdoches Texas ad claiming children’s snow suits amid a heat wave.
Milwaukee city council approved a new ordinance banning smoking in beds within hotels and rooming houses. Violations carry a fine of 1 to 60 dollars or up to 15 days in jail for careless acts that cause fires to bedding or furnishings.
Prince Tewfik A Toussoun of Egypt and Miss Hortensia Luna of Peru visited Alabama farms under the Extension Service to study farming methods and rural living. Toussoun, a Cornell student, worked in Talladega County and across the state. Luna explored income use and extension teaching to improve country life.
Lynwood W. Fowler of Lanesboro, a former sailor, was fined $5 after paddling into a restricted area of Onota Lake near Pittsfield. He told the court that in Navy practice a white buoy simply signals caution, while the Navy and city disagree on buoy markings.
Midland City High coach Roy Knapp returns to football after four years in the Navy. With only 20 players, he must rebuild the line while relying on veteran backs and linemen Phillip Kennedy and Lamar Henderson. The squad aims to recapture 1941-42 form despite manpower shortages, opening Oct. 4 at Donalsonville.
Geologists report a fossilized deep sea turtle in a sandstone near Kemmerer suggests a sea once existed in the Kemmerer district about a million and a half years ago, signaling ancient marine conditions in the area.
News from New York reports Barney Ross, famed boxing champion and Guadalcanal hero, surrendered to federal authorities for treatment at Lexington Kentucky’s Public Health Hospital to cure his morphine habit. The sensational story sparked astonishment on 4th Street and at Stillman’s Gym as fans recalled his wars and later Marine service.
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