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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1945
Page
3
Branch Rickey warned college football may be outpaced by professional leagues as fans pivot to the pros. He urged keeping player pay nonsecret and wholesome, without professionalizing the sport. The piece also notes ships named for sports figures sustaining minimal war losses, plus various sports queries and anecdotes.
Storms from the west brought temporary relief from a Southeast heat wave. Winds to 40 mph hit Selma and Birmingham while Atlanta recorded 72 degrees by midnight. Forecasters expect temperatures to rise again into the 50s later, with other Southeast areas still hot. A separate note mentions a 25 inning softball game between Moonglow Club and Guadalupe Center.
Fragmentary OCR mentions the “getaway gallop of Melatts 1945 Giants” with a bold claim about standing on that statement. No clear event date or organization is fully readable.
The Lookouts climb back into the Southern Association race after a 14-2 win over New Orleans in the series opener. Chattanooga gained a tie for second place behind the Crackers, with six games left. Nashville split a doubleheader with Birmingham, and Memphis beat Little Rock 9-5 as Robert Mavis homered. No games are on schedule today. Big Billy Tilden and Welby Van Worn meet in NP T semis with Skeen and Nogrady in the other
Byron Nelson trails leaders Harold McSpaden and Ky Laffoon by one stroke after a 69 in the Chicago Victory National Open. McSpaden and Laffoon shot 68s to grab the early 18 hole lead at Calumet Country Club as Nelson aims to extend his hot streak following Montreal and Philadelphia victories.
Ben Chapman faces a cellar Phillies in a season on track to set the NL record for losses after Fat Freddie Fitzsimmons resigned following Philadelphia's 9-1 defeat to St. Louis. Del Rice led the Cards with a triple and two doubles. Frank Hayes set a fielding record for 218 straight games behind the plate as Cleveland beat Philadelphia. Detroit and Brooklyn also saw losses while Boston and New York won.
Arcadia California June 30 AP It's Louis B. Mayers Thumbs Up against the field in today's eighth running of the 100000 Santa Anita handicap with top jockey Johnny Longden aboard Philadelphia apparently won't surrender his title without a scrap He stroked consistently yesterday for a pair of 34s bagging five birdies and 12 pars Laffoon long a top notch player also posted a brace of 34s and like McSpaden and Laffoon to douse the Nelson threat there were at least a dozen other sharp shooters still to be considered seven were tied for fourth with 70s Sam Byrd of Detroit Johnny Bulla Atlanta Air lines pilot long driving Jimmy Thomson of New York Claude Harmon another Detroiter Bill Kaiser Louisville George Schneiter Colorado Springs Ga and Jack Grout Chicago And only three strokes off the pace with 71s were five lads among them Wilford Wehrle Racine leading amateur who opened with a 33 Sgt E J Dutch Harrison Wright Field Jim Foulis LaGrange and Jim Gauntt Ardmore rounded out this group
The Piney Woods Championship golf tournament expects a record entry for qualification starting Monday. Notable players include Cpl J C Presa and Lt Truman with six men, plus several from Jacksonville and Valdosta. Open House tonight. matches run Tuesday to Wednesday with a replica Howard M Hanna cup awarded to the winner.
Pitcher Ben Chapman selected to replace Fred Fitzsimmons as manager of the Philadelphia Phillies, who drop deeper into the National League cellar. General Manager Herb Pennock notes Fitzsimmons quit voluntarily after two years, Chapman 36, informs wife in Montgomery clinic where she has been ill for seven weeks.
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