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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1933
Page
5
The piece discusses weather affecting opening dates for major league schedules, notes on rain and travel, and a shift in dates to favor sunny conditions. It recounts league leaders and players clashing on the field, including incidents between Yankees and Senators and a Chapman Myer altercation, plus Hornsby eyeing a brawl with Cubs.
Major leagues adopt a rowdy mood as the Yankees and Senators clash in Washington with a 16 0 score, a 15 minute melee erupts after Ben Chapman and Buddy Myer collide. Cleveland moves into third with a 4 1 win over St Louis while Boston beats Philadelphia 6 4.
The article explains golf shots with wooden clubs as sweeps and irons as blows. Rhythm governs timing as the club moves with body muscles, producing a smack at impact. Downswings start slow and accelerate, with the club head gaining momentum toward a maximum speed at impact.
Frank Pytlak homered with two aboard as Cleveland won in his season debut. Dick Bartell collected four doubles in four trips for Philadelphia. Earl Combs had a triple a double and three singles for a perfect day for New York. Russell Van Atta began his Yankee career by holding Washington to five hits while collecting four of his own.
Yesterday's results show New York routing Brooklyn 8 to 2 and Philadelphia defeating Boston 7 to 1 in the National League. Cincinnati topped Chicago 5 to 3 while St Louis beat Pittsburgh 10 to 6. In the American League New York's 16 to 1 win over Washington was listed with Cleveland 4 over Louis 1 and Boston 6 over Philadelphia 4. Detroit and Chicago faced rain with snow mentioned. Minneapolis and Louisville had a game called at end of the fourth due to rain.
In Cleveland on April 26, lawyers for Willie Gorilla Jones and Ben Jeby announced lawsuits to recover the $2,700 purses from a fight last Wednesday at Public Hall. The bout led to a one year suspension for both fighters by the Cleveland Boxing Commission amid findings of stalling. The court action aims to compel payment of the fighters' shares as observers note Ohio lacks a state boxing law. Caplin and Welch, managers of Jeby and Jones, were suspended for a year, while Eddie Meade and Al Paige were reinstated after being cleared. Paige's $5,000 share was released. Caplin also filed an $80,000 defamation suit against The Scripps Publishing Co over an article in the Cleveland Press alleging manipulation surrounding the bout.
The musky dominates fresh water fishing across North America. It thrives in weeds and along stumps as a solitary hunter, reaching large sizes in Minnesota Wisconsin Michigan and parts of New York Ohio and Canada. A 30 pound musky from Lake of the Woods held seven frog species perch minnows bass and a plug in its stomach.
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