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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1929
Page
9
Chicago Cubs entering spring training with high hopes as pitching staff tops the league and Hornsby boosts the lineup. Manager Joe McCarthy stresses pitching as decisive while stars like Hornsby and Cuyler express confidence in a strong season.
Four teams emerged as early favorites in the University of Chicago eleventh annual National Interscholastic Basketball tournament third round. Ashland Kentucky Athens Texas Vienna Georgia Wheeling West Virginia shown strong. Heath Kentucky labeled dark horse with fast passing play. Remaining contenders Naugtatuck Conn College Grove Tenn pokatello Idaho Jackson Mich Yankton SD Joes Colo Warren Ark Raton New Mexico Wheeler Miss Jena La Classen Okla City Okla also advanced. Heath faces Jen Louisiana at noon Wheeling meets College Grove Tennessee at 3 p m Ashland plays Classen Oklahoma City at 9 p m
In Louisville on April 4 the two maiden colts Jean Valjean and Battleship Grey are rated strong chances for the Preakness or Kentucky Derby this season. Maiden winners have not taken either classic since 1919. Both are listed at 40-1 in winter books. Jean Valjean is by Stephan the Great and Battleship Grey is a Man o War colt.
Four players advanced to the semi finals in the Women’s North and South golf championship at Pinehurst North Carolina. Glenna Collett of Providence and Marion were among the Eastern contenders still alive as the field narrowed to two matches.
Lawrence Kans April 4 Special Athletes from universities colleges and high schools across the middle west far west and southwest prepare for the seventh annual Kansas Relays at Memorial Stadium Kansas April 20. More than a thousand entries from over a hundred institutions are expected as Illinois Iowa State Notre Dame Wisconsin Oklahoma and others bring strong relay and distance teams.
Southern champion Turple of New Orleans faced an opponent in one match while Virginia Van Wie of Chicago played Edith Quier of Reading in the other.
Heavy hitting by Harry Heilmann and solid pitching by Barnes and Phudhomme helped the Detroit Tigers defeat the Chicago Cubs 6 to 3 in the final game of a 10 game series. Heilmann homered and added two singles, accounting for half of Detroit's 12 safeties. The Cubs took eight of the ten games in the series.
The Philadelphia Athletics travel north in weak spring form with pitching injuries and illness depleting key hurlers Lefty Grove Howard Ehmke George Brnshaw. Connie Mack scrambles to fill gaps as Joe Boley and Max Bishop anchor infield play while a veteran writer pins them for as low as fifth place.
Chicago April 4. Smith, a grand olf man, led a bowling event at the American Bowling Congress venue. He opened with 211, then 169, finishing 190, a solid score amid strong fields. The Illinois Merchants Trust Co. posted 2901 for the top five-man total, while H Melgaard and E Landman led individual scoring with 1276 in the two-game set.
Bucky Harris says the 1929 Chicago Cubs form the greatest team he ever saw while recounting Tigers losses. Dempsey weighs 210 pounds now, Heinie Sand to move Rochester to St Louis, Gelbert may fill Cards short, Glenn Wright trains lefty throws, Babe Ruth reportedly shattered cane bags sent by Durocher to the Yankees.
The Race land Kentucky track appraised at 400000 dollars will be offered for sale Monday by Commissioner A I Pollock to the highest bidder. A recent sale of the Kentucky plant was set aside Lingre allowed only two hits in five innings Gelbert flashed base running and Delker delivered strong hitting Cards won 2 to 0.
In Wilmington Delaware April 4 three state lines crossed in the first 100 miles of C C Pyle runners long trek toward Havre De Grace Maryland. Paul Simpson M BG 17 hours 41 minutes 48 seconds leads lapsed time while John Salo and Peter Garuzzti tied for yesterday's win putting Salo to second in lapsed time at 17 43 33. Today's 40 mile leg aims to trim field from under 60 entrants from New York origin start.
Ohio State baseball began the 1929 Western Conference schedule at the Stadium, fielding seven veterans led by right hander Sill and star Jimmy Smith behind the plate as they faced Indiana, aiming to lift their conference hopes after a down year.
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