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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1936
Page
9
In a day of upsets, the Philadelphia Athletics beat the New York Yankees 12 11 and the St Louis Browns toppled the Detroit Tigers 9 6. Pirates finally beat Roy Henshaw in a 9 8 win over the Cubs while Dizzy Dean earned his first season victory for the Cardinals.
The piece discusses how early season conditions due to Florida weather affect hitters and pitchers. It notes cold air in early games limits batting, while pitchers gain ease as conditions warm. It mentions stars like Tom Bridges and Dizzy Lonwarneke, and hints at Cincinnati Reds night games and floodlight showings at Jey Field.
The United States will send five amateurs and five newcomers to play England September 2 3 in Newport New Jersey. Captain Egan is from Brookline and has played in every Walker Cup match. The team includes George Dunlap Jr New York and Orge Voigt New York among others with winners from the national opens and amateur finals.
The standings snapshot shows Pittsburgh visiting Chicago St Louis at Cincinnati Philadelphia at New York Boston hosting Brooklyn Detroit at St Louis New York at Philadelphia Chicago at Cleveland Washington at Boston Milwaukee at Columbus Kansas City at Toledo Minneapolis at Louisville and St Paul at Indianapolis.
Billy Evans head of Boston Red Sox farm system signed a contract with Canton officials in the Mid Atlantic Baseball League agreeing to furnish players and financial aid to Canton.
Billy Doyle of the Detroit Tigers said on Monday that the Tigers would assign a manager to the Tiffin Ohio State League club soon. He stated the Tigers would sponsor the Tiffin team.
The 1937 Inter City Bowling Association tournament will be held in Tiffin. Sandusky re elected A A Wintersteller as president and W T Thompson of Delaware as secretary treasurer on Monday.
Ohio University athletes under coach William Herbert practiced in Athens amid warm springlike conditions ahead of the Buckeye Conference clash with Miami. Toppell slowed by flu in the Wesleyan meet will miss Saturday’s meet, while Abel Oxley and Raysor show improved form. Halleck eyes a discus record if weather holds.
Max Schmeling arrives in America for a big bout with Joe Louis in June. Promoter Mike Jacobs projects $1.5 million gross, with Schmeling and Louis splitting 30 percent of net profits. Schmeling’s U S earnings reach about $1.2036 million over eight years, aboxing career record unmatched by many.
Gallia High School tennis returns after flood and snow break with two spring games in which they have even honors. John Janes, last year's Southeastern Ohio high school singles champion, leads expectations for another strong season. The team, coached by Harold Brown, features Heber Russell John Jones Robert Wolfe and John Houck with Tom Bachus Alva Shoemaker as substitutes. They beat Athens 5 to 1 in a recent match at Athens. Pomeroy clashes with the squad at home May 1 after visiting them. The Gallia team hosts Portsmouth April 25 at 3 30 in Mound Park and travels for a May 16 rematch, while Athens visits May 2.
In Philadelphia Dean Det fon 207 of Salt Lake City defeated Chief Little Wolf 220 of Colorado in one fall. New York saw Chief Sanooke 340 of Oklahoma defeat Ernest von Heffner 228 of Germany in one fall. Camden N J Maurice Lachappelle 175 of France beat Vic Weper 174 of Germany two falls to one. Montreal Yvon Robert 220 of Montreal defeated Gina Gari baldi 216 of Italy in straight falls. Omaha King Kong Cox 235 of Lodi California and Bull Martin 240 of Boston drew. Lacrosse Daria On topovitch 238 of Kansas City pinned Lou Plummer 265 of Baltimore 385 minutes.
The American Association exploded with nine home runs eight triples and 15 doubles across four Monday games. Milwaukee Indianapolis and Minneapolis Columbus led the charge with eight homers in those tilts. Minneapolis beat Columbus 71 to 45 as Spencer Harris and Fabian Gaffke homered twice. Milwaukee defeated Indianapolis 4 2 with Laabs Storti and Berger going deep. Bocek of Kansas City homered and fueled a 10 5 win over Louisville. Danny Boone pitched Toledo to a 13 1 win over St Paul in a series tied 1 1.
Boston promoter Joe Alvarez filed federal charges against world heavyweight title claimant Dick Shikat and manager Al Hart of Columbus. A temporary restraining order barred Shikat from appearing at matches while the contract dispute, signed February 13 1934, is aired in court.
Monday's baseball roundup highlights Wally Berger with three hits including a double and two RBIs for Brooklyn. Joe Bowman hits three singles for Philadelphia while Gianta collects 10 hits in the game. Frank Fris, George Puccinelli, and Frank Higgins contribute for their clubs as A's surge past the Yankees with four hits and four runs. Cards beat Red Sox aided by a ninth inning double by Fox. Appleton impresses in two games as Senators split, while Browns men Lary and Carey each collect three hits. Pirates slug a ninth inning homer to edge Cubs as Kennedy and Suhr spark White Sox offense against the Indians.
Mount Union College defeated Kenyon 15 to 1 in an Ohio Conference golf match. Evan Schiltz shot a 79 for Mount Union to lead the low round.
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