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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1931
Page
8
Lou Fonseca hit a decisive homer in the final frame as the Chicago White Sox edged the Philadelphia Athletics 7 to 5 in a four game series finale. He extended the late inning rally that produced the winning run.
Results listed for yesterday include Boston 4 Pittsburgh 0 and Cincinnati 9 New York 7 among NL games. NL standings show St Louis and New York leading with Brooklyn and Philadelphia mid pack. Today’s NL matchups feature Boston at Cincinnati and Brooklyn at St Louis. In the AL, Cleveland split with Boston 3 4 while St Louis beat New York 7 0 and Detroit edged Washington 1 0 in extra innings. A detailed writeup notes Sad Sam Jones’s 11th inning blowup for Washington and George Uhle’s tenacity for Detroit, ending a eight game drought.
Tom Zachary of Boston pitched a 4 to 0 shutout in Pittsburgh, taking advantage of a seventh inning error by the home defense. Berger homered in the eighth to add the final run as Boston capitalized on miscues and strong fielding to secure the victory.
One year ago Jim Londos defeated Dick Shikat for a recognized world heavyweight title in Philadelphia by pinning him in one hour and 23 minutes in a one fall match recognized in New York and Pennsylvania. Five years ago James A. Farley threatened resignation if Dempsey did not give Harry Wills a title shot. Ten years ago Benny Leonard defended the lightweight title against Rocky Kansas in Buffalo, winning in nine rounds.
Brooklyn Robins win 3 to 1 as Root allows nine hits and Phelps and Quinn hold Cubs to six. Cardinals rally to beat Giants 8 to 7 in 10 innings. Collins drives in winning run after Frisch sacrifice and steal. Grimes earns win. Heving takes loss in St Louis vs New York.
Cincinnati ection pounded Philadelphia for nine runs as Wally Roettger led with two triples and two singles in five at bats. St Johnson pitched steadily as Cincinnati built early leads and held off the Phillies.
Department of Justice in Dallas announces seizure of a 1929 Chevrolet Coach Motor No 401085 for violation of Internal Revenue laws. Claim must be filed at the deputy administrator's office by June 30 1931 with bond for transfer of forfeiture to the U S District Court. without claim or bond by then the vehicle will be sold under the statute.
About 20 women golfers, members of the Amarillo Country Club, will tee off Monday for an 18 hole qualifying round in the renewal of the club women s handicap play for the Mrs Avery Turner trophy. Following qualifying scores Monday, handicap play will begin Tuesday, with final play coming on Thursday. Handicaps will be based on score cards turned in by entrants in rounds played before the qualifying rounds open.
The West Amarillo Christians and Polk Street Methodists finished the first half of the Sunday School Baseball League tied for first. They led the league most of the season and now contest a two out of three series to determine the first-half champion. The second half opened yesterday with Polk Street facing the First Christians.
Lew Fonseca of the Cleveland Indians has been hitting well in spring training and is approaching .400 for the season. Once modest about his form, he now appears to be as good as in 1929 when he led the American League in batting.
Tallahassee Florida June 5 With the legislature overriding the governor veto the state legalizes county optional horse and dog racing and mutuel betting. Counties voting by referendum must approve racing and wagering with three percent tax on gross through machines and fifteen percent of admission charges.
The assault and battery trial of Ralph Sonneland, charged by his wife Connie Sonneland, a Texas heiress, was continued until Monday by Justice A. T. Orahood at the request of Sonneland's lawyers.
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