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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1933
Page
9
Italian heavyweight Primo Carnera will defend his title against Jack Dempsey in a June bout moved from Madison Square Garden to Yankee Stadium. New York State Athletic Commission approved the date after Garden withdrew citing a clash with a Baer bout.
The Pirates defeated the Reds 4 1 as Bill Swift locked down the mound in Pittsburgh. Lindstrom and Suhr fueled the Buc offense with key hits while Grace and Lloyd added later runs. Reds power was notably absent in the opener.
Attendance totals from April 17 major league openers show 25,000 at Philadelphia versus Washington, 19,000 at Cleveland over Detroit, 6,000 at Chicago over St. Louis, 25,000 at St. Louis against Chicago, and 25,000 at Pittsburgh versus Cincinnati, with overall attendance about 100,000.
In a game where the Browns led 2 0 after Hafey and Lom bardy produced key hits, the White Sox tied it with a fourth inning rally. Piet misplayed Hafey s grounder allowing Sunny Jim to score as Vaughan redeemed himself later with a double play that ended the game on Lombardi s grounder to Vaughan.
St Paul faces Toledo Columbus hosts Siena in critical games Milwaukee meets Indiana Kansas City plays Louisville as early season action continues with key conference pairings.
Gate receipts rose in three cities as opening games counted on stronger attendance. An average 600 more fans per game than 1932 marked a boost, with about 20 000 fans per game already recorded and expect further gains as delayed teams played in Boston New York Philadelphia and Boston again.
In Cannes on April 15 former New York Mayor James J. Walker and actress Betty Compton announced plans to marry during faster week.
Dill Lee pitched the Red Birds to a 2 0 win over the champion Minneapolis Millers in Columbus. Bill Naressys sharp second inning single drove in two runs as Riggs and Delancey scored. Karry Holsclaw, new Miller atInternateague, pitched well but Lee surged in the late innings to seal victory.
Warneke pitches eight strong innings for St. Louis allowing two runs as Chicago edges St. Louis 2 to 0. Jurges Grimm Frisch Collins score for Chicago while Warneke Kees 6, Dean 3 strikeouts. Hartnett and English contribute on offense. Left on base counts show St. Louis with six and Chicago ten. Umpires Rigler and Magerkurth. Time 1:39.
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