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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1946
Page
10
Eports Editor gu 08ST reports the first annual gridiron banquet as the start of this year’s Good Sportsmanship Award season. Ed Danforth, hailed as a national sports authority, delivered an extemporaneous speech filled with vivid anecdotes and precise details. The piece highlights Danforth’s memory and insight into sports events and credits him with inspiring attendees.
Wiregrass farmers and beagle owners are invited as the Alabama Beagle Club meets in Wiregrass on Sept 28. Entry is open to any beagle hound, with pack races and demonstration runs planned. The event also features a Good Sportsmanship Award judged by coaches, principals, and fans, with a final selection from season reports and an end of season banquet.
Tallassee Indians beat Geneva Redbirds 5-2 to claim their fourth straight win in the inter-league series and the State Class D championship. Hall limited Geneva to four hits. Wellman and Sutherland drove in two runs each. Medlin pitched four innings with one hit allowed. Garman and Atkins aided on the mound for Geneva.
Tickets go on sale tomorrow at eight for the international classic between the University of Alabama B team and the Caribes from Havana Cuba at Wiregrass Stadium on November 9. Proceeds aid the Dothan Lions Club fund for the blind. Reserve seats available. mail orders incur 25 cents extra for postage. Admission is 2.44 including tax.
Hartford coach Lou Wise leads the Geneva County High Bulldogs with 20 lettermen in a 35-man squad. Experienced backs Taylor Holland Moore Herring Homan Johnson Duncan and linemen Ward Hughes Donnell Lee Hatcher Dorrity Kelly Shirley Whitehead Harrison Hall Lee Johnson provide depth. The team plans a nine game schedule with a strong backfield and veteran fronts, opening next Friday in Andalusia.
Five veterans Don Keene Olaf Erickson Kali Pasha Prince Badu and Chingo Mingo enter a battle royal at the Dothan Fairgrounds arena on Tuesday 8 30 p m The opening bell referee Jake Guercio The final two meet in a two out of three falls main event with a 30 minute consolation match and a two fall final.
Elba overpower's Brantley 27-0 as La mar Foley opens scoring with a 25 yard rush. Marshall Ringsdorf and Lamar McDowell add touchdowns in the third, Charles Martin seals with a 30 yard run. Opening game for both, large crowd plus Brantley fight till halftime. Elba to face Ozark next Friday.
The custom of a best man at weddings is argued to be a survival from primitive marriages by capture, where a man seized a woman and carried her away by force.
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