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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1935
Page
9
Fragmentary report mixes remarks on Malone and American topics with scattered sports notes. References include Pat, Bob John, Cherokee, Gal, and Notre Dame, plus golf gear chatter and coaching mentions. Names and specifics are garbled, making coherent facts scarce.
Dodgers slug their way to a 12 5 victory over Philadelphia as Frey Cuccinello and Leads contribute homers. Stengel guides 30 000 crowd to first place in a high scoring game. Cardinals Giants and Pirates win to rise in standings. Red Sox and Indians win. Tigers rally for 7 2 win. Washington beats Philadelphia.
The standings list J Moore of Philadelphia with a .500 average leader and Vaughan of Pittsburgh at .480. Frey of the Dodgers has 10 runs, with Chiozza and J Moore of Philadelphia and Bartell of the Giants each at 9. Camilli leads with 15 RBIs. Frey, Hartnett, and J Moore with 10 or 6 HRs for Camilli 6. Stolen bases show Myers with 3 and 410 tied with one. Pitching leaders include Clark, Dorringer, Warneke and P Dean at 20 wins. Foxx hits .400 and Batting West 429. Bonura and West lead runs with 9 and 8 respectively.
Wooster college defeated Ashland 16 to 0 in a baseball game here Tuesday to conclude a lopsided contest with the Scots dominating both pitching and hitting throughout the game.
Toledo defeats Bluffton 13 to 2 behind Pat Gibbons strong pitching, the Rockets' third straight win as Bluffton manages only five hits in the loss.
Bowling Green State College defeated Defiance College 3 to 2 in a hard fought tennis home contest. Defiance carried the match early with strong serving but BG rallied to win the doubles and clinch the victory on a decisive late point.
More than three thousand riflemen will travel to Camp Perry Ohio for the National Rifle and Pistol Matches this summer. Dates likely start around September 1 and span three weeks with millions of rounds fired and over five dozen trophies awarded. The event, revived after 1931 with new funding, includes junior instruction to long-range thousand yard shooting and the famed President's Match.
Athletes from 11 schools will challenge 16 records at the Athens County High School track meet set for Friday at Ohio University Stadium. The oldest marks include Taylor of Glouster 1922 100 yards in 10.2 and Mondee Nanna 1923 50 yards in 6.3.
Indianapolis and Columbus clash as Sharp and Ryba lead scoring in a 7 to 6 contest. Hassett drives in four with a home run, while Riddle and Padgett notch key hits. Umpires Johnston and Kober officiate a 2:28 game.
AP reports from Cleveland show Paul Pirrone defeating Benny Levine by knockout, Henry Pamieri stopping Billy Treeste, and Hiall Fann outpointing Joe Spiegel. Carmen Barth edged Chuck Heffner, while in Seattle Freddie Steel stopped Sammy O'Dell in a bout featuring Akron and Denver fighters.
Ohio State sprinter Jesse Owens, nicknamed the ebony antelope, ran 100 yards in 8.4 seconds, reportedly under the world mark for such a run. Coach Larry Snyder said Owens may be two tenths faster and predicted he will be the standout at the Drake Relays in Iowa.
Pittsburgh and Cincinnati played a high scoring game with Pittsburgh scoring four in the ninth. The Reds tallied eight runs on decisive at bats including a Byrd home run and Thevenow two base hits. Weaver earned the win while Prestes took the loss in a 2:42 affair.
About fifty contestants answer the call as an elimination tournament titled international championship begins at the Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles. The event runs three shows per week for a month and a half with thirty five thousand dollars in prizes including fifteen thousand to the winner. Joe Savoldi of Notre Dame football fame appears for Italy against Vincent Lopez of Mexico in the Friday opener. Two losses eliminate a contestant from the tourney.
National league results list Chicago at St. Louis and Pittsburgh at Cincinnati. Boston at New York and Philadelphia at Brooklyn. Detroit at Chicago and St Louis at Cleveland. Washington at Philadelphia. New York at Boston. Association matches Columbus at Louisville and Toledo at Indianapolis. St Paul at Minneapolis.
Walsh, son of Ed Walsh, left Indianapolis early after a collision with Epps of Columbus fractured his right hand. The Indians rallied to beat Columbus 7 6 in the home opener as Sharp earned the win. Louisville dropped a 5 4 opener to Toledo, with four Colonels errors brightening the misplay. Rain postponed two games and left a four team logjam among Columbus St Paul Minneapolis and Indianapolis.
Ronnie Peters of Lawrenceville scattered eight hits as Ohio State defeated Illinois 12 to 6. It marked Illinois first loss of the season.
Babe Ruth returns to the Polo Grounds with 50000 cheering fans as a Boston Brave but fails to hit safely, drawing four straight balls from pitchers Fred Fitzsimmons and Al Stout. Ruth cites illness and a leg injury, while Giants celebrate a home opener. Mayor La Guardia and Gov Hoff man attend the ceremony.
Gallia Academy High School notes its athletic debt of 1681.28 has been paid and reports improvements, including bleachers and field equipment funded from the athletic fund. The next season schedule lists games at Cheshire Mercerville Jackson Middleport Nelsonville Pomeroy Athens Wellaton Pt. Pleasant W Va.
Mel Ott drove in the winning run with a single in the 1th inning against the Braves. Bill Webber crushed Yankee pitching with a double and two singles. Linus Frey hit a bases loaded homer to help Dodgers beat the Phillies. Bill Swift worked relief to stop the Reds. Heine Manush collected three singles and a double against the Athletics. Paul Dean allowed seven hits in a Cardinals victory over the Cubs. Clint Brown had three hits as the Indians shut out the Browns. Rip Radcliffe delivered four straight singles for the White Sox against the Tigers.
In Indianapolis Jim Londos of St. Louis weighing 203 defeated Chief Chew ecki of Ardmore Oklahoma weighing 241 by straight falls. In Albany Chief Little Wolf of Colorado weighing 220 defeated Rube Wright of Texas weighing 220 by straight falls.
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