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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1939
Page
13
Ohio University beat Wesleyan 6 to 5 in a dramatic ninth inning comeback. Ernie Kish stole third and scored as Bobcats rallied from a 5 4 deficit to claim the close victory on the road.
National Boston defeated Philadelphia 5 to 4. Cincinnati beat Chicago 11 to 3. St. Louis downed Pittsburgh 6 to 5. Brooklyn played New York on wet grounds. American Washington beat Philadelphia 6 to 3. Chicago edged Detroit 2 to 1. St. Louis won 4 to 2 against Cleveland. New York played Boston in cold weather. Association Columbus defeated St. Paul 4 to 2. Kansas City beat Louisville 8 to 3. Milwaukee edged Indianapolis 3 to 2 in 10 innings. Minneapolis routed Toledo 11 to 1. Saturday schedule lists matchups including St. Louis at Chicago and New York at Boston.
Frank Buck disputes Gene Tunney's claim that any top fighter could beat Garagantua. Buck offers $5,000 that Tunney cannot walk in a cage with a gorilla. Buck praises a black panther as the toughest animal fighter, while calling the seladang the jungle’s meanest foe.
Wisconsin's Walter Mehl and Notre Dame's Greg Rice lead the two mile in the Drake Relays opening program, aiming to break the 9 10.4 record. Contenders include Don Lash, Jim Whitaker, Gilbert Doodds, and Bill Feiler as 2,000 entrants from 77 colleges race for top honors.
The Reds crushed the Cubs 11 3 in Cincinnati as Cincinnati stays within a half game of first place. Goodman homered tripled and drove in five as eight runs came in the eighth inning. The Reds, led by Der ringer on eight hits, threaten to move into first place today.
Minneapolis Millers manager Mike Kelley leverages Nicollet Park quirks as team reloads. In two Nicollet Park games they scored 18 runs on 20 hits while limiting Toledo to two. Hub Walker Lin Storti homered along with rookie Bill Butland holding the Mud Hens to seven safeties. The Millers sit 1/2 game up on Kansas City as Louisville and Milwaukee also win in tense clashes.
Jan Shock of Ohio women’s golf again earns No. 4 position on Denison University’s varsity squad in Granville. After a protest by the women’s physical education department she keeps her spot with a 3 and 2 victory over Detroit’s Fred Gagnier on 18 holes.
White Sulphur Springs W Va The Greenbrier open tennis tourney heads to semi finals after quarter final upsets. Herman Peterson beats Joe Whalen while Frank Bericha defeats Vincent Richards. Barnes faces Sheen as doubles Petersons play Barnes Bell with Richards Sheen.
The text presents poker odds for a Royal Flush in Draw Poker and notes a 26 inning MLB game between Brooklyn and Boston in 1920 ending 1-1. It advertises sending questions to The Athens Messenger Sports Service Bureau for a reply.
Ohio University opens the 1939 home dual meet schedule against West Virginia University with WVU heavy in weight events and hurdles led by Rapaswick who holds the WVU discus record. Ohio counters with Kasputis in weight and hurdles, Reed and Stemple in jumps, and a strong middle distance group led by Anderson Powell Rodgers in the half mile and mile events.
Cincinnati manager Bill McKechnie plans Johnny Vander Meer to start against the Chicago Cubs in a bid to move to first in the NL pennant race. Clay Bryant to oppose. Paul Derringer held the Cubs to eight hits in a 11 3 Reds win. A 9 652 Ladies Day crowd saw 15 Reds hits, Ivan Goodman driving in five runs in a big eighth inning rally. The Reds depart tonight for a road trip to Pittsburgh New York Philadelphia Boston and Brooklyn through May 12, opening with the Pirates.
Cleveland Indians managed only seven hits as Johnny Marcum of the St. Louis Browns shut them down for seven innings. A ninth inning two-run homer by Jeff Heath with Earl Averill aboard averted a shutout before falling 4 to 2. Oscar Vitt started Johnny Humphries against the Browns hoping for a spark.
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