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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1934
Page
9
Los Angeles golfers advance to the quarter finals in the Public Links championship. Bruce McCor prickson Ross and Art Arm e defeat rivals as Johnny Banks and Charley Ferrera win decisive early rounds. Field of 16 cut to 8 tomorrow for 36 hole play.
Jumbo Jim Elliott a six foot three 235 pound pitcher has won four straight decisions since joining the Columbus Red Birds in the American Association. His latest win came yesterday a 2 to 1 victory over St Paul marking his fourth consecutive victory in Columbus.
Columbus, Aug. 2, Cincinnati and Louisville won places in the Ohio American Legion Junior Baseball Tournament finals. Cincinnati blanked Sandusky 8 to 0 while Louisville beat Lima 10 to 8.
Steubenville notes Miss Fritz Stifel of Wheeling wins the Harfet Liberal trophy after taking three straight victories to establish her supremacy over women golfers of Ohio Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
A fragmented sequence lists multiple city names and scores or placeholders with several unreadable or garbled entries. The readable items show matches or standings involving New York Boston Cincinnati Detroit Cleveland Philadelphia Columbus St Louis Louisville Kansas City Indianapolis Milwaukee Minneapolis and others with varying numbers.
A listing of scheduled games includes Cincinnati at Chicago and Pittsburgh at St. Louis. Also New York at Philadelphia, Boston at Brooklyn, Philadelphia at New York, Chicago at Detroit, St. Louis at Cleveland, St. Paul at Columbus, Kansas City at Louisville, asepels at Toledo, Milwaukee at Indianapolis.
The New York Giants, long accused of hitless wonders, unleash their offense this season in a double win over the Braves. Mel Ott leads the attack as the club answers critics with timely hitting and strong bullpen work.
New York and Detroit battle for the American League lead while Boston's hopes hinge on Robert Moses Grove whose $100,000 sore arm has cost wins. Bucky Harris notes Grove may be unavailable until mid August as Boston stays about nine games back. Mel Ott powers the Giants with two homers to beat Boston 11-2 and 10-3, widening New York's NL lead.
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