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Newspaper
Panama City Pilot
Location
Panama City, Florida, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1941
Page
1
Ecuador May 2. A humorous journeyman handicapper proclaims his Kentucky Derby winner choices with boastful rhetoric, old Hoople tales, and a hard push for readers to wager. He touts his “indisputable figures” while recalling a grandfather’s ice business and a quirky past.
New York May 2. Johnny Allen spitter controversy swirls around the White Sox. Porter's Cap is favored for tomorrow despite weather. A long shot Swain at 40 to 1 headlines the last call-over. Bernie Bierman fears Minnesota's opener after a short fall practice with Washington Huskies looming. John Faunce joins Fred Perry to coach Washington and Lee netters.
Big league hitters say their jitters stem from Allen's spitball pitches. The line echoes in baseball circles as concerns over grip, grip changes, and pitching legality surface amid the season's early games.
Leo Durocher buys the first U S defense bond sold in Brooklyn. Mike Jacobs tries to talk Lew Jenkins out of a motorcycle issue but fails to reach first base. Uncle Sam grants Ed Oliver permission to play in the National Open. Tonight's boxing winners include Fritzie Zivic over Tony Marteliano in New York Sammy Angott over Dave Castilloux in Louisville and George Martin over Honey Melody in Boston. Mike Gonzales praises St. Louis fans and hopes to return often.
Official report states Max Baer suffered a fracture of an ossicle on the ventral surface anterior border of the sixth cervical vertebra with a traumatic arthritic detachment. The note mentions the term pain in the neck and adds no dig sites. The column also covers Larry MacPhail Jr becoming Brooklyn reading farm manager and Dempsey potential goodwill tour for FDR.
Lynn C Doyle reports the Phillies sit in the National League cellar with no reward for returns. In a recent Auburn Indiana game Knight batted for Day while the umpire Weeks presided.
Yesterday's Stars by the Associated Press highlights Charlie Keller of the Yankees lifting with a homer and a triple driving in seven runs against the Browns. Frank Pytlak and Dom DiMaggio of the Red Sox each had four hits in a surge on the Tigers. Dutch Leonard and Cecil Travis of the Senators delivered eight-hit shutout ball and a late homer with two doubles. Russ Baners of the Pirates allowed five hits vs the Phillies. Bucky Walters of the Reds halted the Dodgers with seven hit pitching over 11 innings and doubled to spark the winning rally. Lon Warneke of the Cardinals scattered nine hits to shut out the Giants.
THOMASVILLE GA May 2 Those Americus Pioneers who jumped from the second division into the top half of the Georgia Florida league swept into third place by taking both ends of a doubleheader from Moultrie 9 to 7 and 10 to 8. Waycross won a doubleheader 18 to 3 and 13 to 2 to close on first place Valdosta which lost to Tallahassee 4 to 2. Albany defeated Cordele 9 to 6 yesterday to keep fourth.
The article notes that a well-constructed windmill will pump ten times as much water in a ten mile wind as in a five mile wind, highlighting wind distance as a key efficiency factor.
Eleven aristocrats of the tuft rdled away the time in their closely guarded stalls today as politicians society folk business men movie actors and actresses and just plain Mr and Mrs turned Louisville into a bedlam for tomorrow's renewal of the 75000 Kentucky Derby.
Louisville May 2 cAPI lists the Renoresy Derby entrants with jockeys and odds. Hare Jockey Proh and Our Boots Conn McCreary lead at 8-5, Whirlaway Fiddie Arenro 2-1, Market Wise Irving Anderson 2-1, and others including Sturetor George Woolf 40-1 and Swain Johnny Adium 10-1.
Dawn speed tests set the stage for the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs with post time near 5 45 p m EST. Trainers entered their contenders as crowds pour in from across the nation while Matt Winn forecasts a Derby day crowd of 100000 and mutuel handle swelling toward 2000000 dollars. Read more on favorites Our Boots Porter s Cap and the mystery Whirlaway as they vie for the roses in this year’s marquee race.
The Atlanta Crackers lead the Southern Association with 18 wins and 3 defeats fueled by strong pitching and bat. Nashville, New Orleans, Birmingham, and Little Rock trail as Chicago or other teams drop games. Atlanta beat Memphis 8 6 to extend its ahead position while Chattanooga climbed to fifth with an 11 to 5 win over Little Rock.
Boxing results from Atlantic City Burlington Fall River and Framingham show Freddy Fidu cia defeating Le roy Hanes in Newark Philadelphia Eddie Ellis outpoints Felix Garcia in Burlington and Abe Den ner stops Indian Zankie Watson in Fall River.
Jackson 2 Pensacola 3. Montgomery 16 Gadsden 0. Selma 8 Anniston 2. Mobile 5 Meridian 3. New York 14 St. Louis 5. Boston 15 Detroit 9. Philadelphia 8 Cleveland 13. Washington 7 Chicago 0.
St Louis defeated New York five to nothing. Cincinnati beat Brooklyn two to one in eleven innings. Chicago versus Boston postponed due to rain. Pittsburgh came from a large margin to beat Philadelphia fifteen to two.
Little Rock defeated by Chattanooga 11 to 5 in a Southern Association game. Atlanta beat Memphis 8 to 6. New Orleans led Knoxville 6 to 4. Birmingham won over Nashville 6 to 4.
The United States annually consumes 69 percent of the world s crude petroleum production.
Lefty Buck Walters of the Cincinnati Reds out pitched the Brooklyn Dodgers ace in a tense 11 inning affair. He struck out Pete Coscarart with the bases loaded in the ninth and drove a decisive hit in the 11th, scoring on Eddie Joosts single as Walters helped Cincinnati end Brooklyn s nine game win streak.
In Chattanooga on May 2, 14-year-old Bobby Jones III son of the golf legend struggled in the southern prep and high school tournament posting 95 98 for 193 total 53 over par. He blamed numerous penalties including out of bounds and opponent ball contacts while his father predicted rough scores for each 18 hole round.
National League leaders include Jurges with a .420 average for New York and Lavagetto hitting .397 for Brooklyn. Camilli leads with 6 home runs for Brooklyn, Nicholson with 16 RBIs for Chicago, and Lavagetto again top in runs at 18. Pitching leader Casey of Brooklyn is 4 0.
Batting highlights show DiMaggio of Boston leading with a .403 average and 5 home runs for New York. DiMaggio and Gordon share 25 hits led by DiMaggio. DiMaggio also posts six doubles tied with Keltner, while DiMaggio and Rizutto pace for triples. Pitching notes name Bonham and Harder with 3-0 and 2-0 records.
In Ray County Florida the court orders Peter Fuller to appear in a chancery divorce action filed by Patre Fuller. The sworn bill of complaint and affidavit allege grounds for divorce and require publication in Panhandle City News Herald weekly for four weeks. Court clerk H. A. Pledger signs, with deputy Marjorie McQuaige.
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