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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1935
Page
9
A veteran manager who once led the Newark Bears and Cleveland teams has exited his post and is linked with minor league duties. The season sees figures from the Senators and Indians era reenter leadership roles amid rapid trades and ownership cash offers.
The record lists games across major associations with matches including New York facing Brooklyn and Philadelphia, Boston, Cincinnati, Chicago, and St Louis. It notes postponed games and rain affected results with Cleveland beating New York and other outcomes like Minneapolis defeating Louisville and Columbus over Kansas City.
Western women's match play opens at Westwood Country Club Cleveland with 32 qualifiers ready to challenge for the 35 year old Western Championship won last year by Mrs. L D Cheney. Dorothy Traung heads first round in a field featuring Miss Mary K Browne and Cleveland ace Miss Shirley Ann Johnson among others.
Secretay Hull expresses regret over a Vanity Fair caricature of the Japanese emperor and says the drawing was misunderstood in Japan. The report notes German women spend twice as much on cosmetics than English women, costing about 1.4 cents per person per 200 days per official figures.
Baseball leaders include Medwick and Ott with high batting averages and runs. Greenberg tops hits and RBIs for the Tigers, with Vosmik and Gehringer noted for multiple categories. Shields and Parker win a New York doubles match at the Eastern Grass Court Championships. Camp Athens defeats Gloucester Merchants 10-1 in softball as Gerhart shines on the mound.
The CCC groups Zaleski and Athens meet at Rufus Putnam Playgrounds under lights for nine bouts. Top local pair Red Perry and Steve Gyurko face Sammy Charia in a key 180 pound clash as eliminations proceed through districts Jackson Marietta Zanesville and Meigs under Amateur Athletic Union rules.
Progressive’s Chauncey notes rising diving talent Richard Osborn son of Dane Osborn has trained under lifeguard Bill Coury at Crystal Pool. He now performs running front header jackknife twist swan and multiple somersaults from three metre springboard and several back dives from a standing start including gainer variants.
Ray Blades, manager of the Columbus Club of the American Association, was indefinitely suspended by President Hickey today for attempting to delay the final game of a double header in Minneapolis last Sunday.
Cyril Walker triumphed in the 1924 U S Open at Oakland Hills Birmingham despite fierce wind. Mick Walker reached the ninth hole of the final round needing a three for a 35 front nine while the wind battered the 240 yard par four.
The article advises handling strong winds by relaxing, not fighting the breeze. It highlights Sam Walker’s 18 inch putt after a low, winded approach and suggests shortening the backswing to reduce distance loss. It notes players tighten muscles to offset wind but encourages calm execution.
Consistent Mickey Haslin the Philadelphia National shortstop hit safely Monday to run his string of successive games with a safe hit to 19.
Dexter defeated the Vinton County All-Stars 12 to 7 at Radcliff Sunday to even the series at one game each. The third game is scheduled for Radcliff Sunday.
Mike Heaney of Athens Country Club shot a three under par 69 at Parkersburg Country Club, pairing with B T Grover to beat Jules Blanton and Freddy Thomas 1 down. Heaney had four birdies and 13 pars, with three consecutive birdies from the fourth to sixth holes and one over on the seventh.
About 100 members of the Union Printers International Golf Association continued classification play in Cleveland ahead of the medal tournament. G Inman of Pontiac and G Wred Stringer of Washington led after day one with Angelo Vecchio of Cleveland as the day's hero scoring an ace on the 12th hole before finishing the round with a high final segment.
At Chicago Joe Grinouley 133 St. Louis outpointed Bus Breese 135 1 2 York Scotty Scotten 122 1 4 Indianapolis outpointed Jimmy Eliopoulos 124 Chicago Jackie Sherman 148 1 2 Detroit outpointed Tommy Habel 146 1 4 Chicago At New York Joe Rossi 147 New York outpointed Mickey Sermon 148 1 2 Scranton Pa At Pittsburgh AI Quail 166 inshared outpointed Ralph Wong 125 New York Mickey Duria Johnstown Pa outpointed Paolo Ville 137 New York At Miami Beach Fla Joe Knight 160 1 2 Cairo Pa outpointed Fock Everett 181 Gary Ind At Washington Bobby Tow 200 Alexandria Va outpointed Terry Mitchell 183 New York At Louisville Paul Lee 124 Indianapolis outpointed Ross Fields 127 1 2 East Liverpool C At San Francisco Small Manila 111 Manila outpointed Antol Kocsis 116 Hungary 8 Tony Marino 121 Pittsburgh outpointed General Padilla 121 Manila 8 At Philadelphia Harry Serody 16 Philadelphia outpointed Joey Allen 131 Camden N J Frankie Caria 156 1 2 Philadelphia outpointed Joe Duca 155 Paulsboro HN
The New York club drew a bye as eleven teams remained alive for the Union Printer's National Base ball championship. In the Mid-Atlantic scores Huntington beat Zanesville 5 to 6 while Portsmouth lost to Dayton 4 to 7. Akron routed Charleston 1 to 17 and Johnstown edged Heckley 2 to 1.
In a tense baseball stretch, Chicago Cubs surge to second place behind the Giants as outfielder Demarec, a 25 year old slugger for the Bears, delivers power hitting. He sits as the club’s top hitter with a .324 average.
Bradbury's baseball team defeated the Gallipilie 44 to 0 on Saturday and Stiversville 13 to 3 on Sunday extending a strong season run. The club plans to host Racine on Sunday August 18 at home in Bradbury.
Chicago fans anticipate a potential gate near 200000 for the Louis versus Levinsky fight at Comiskey Park. Promoter Foley reports 110000 in the till already and predicts another large sum before the bout begins. Louis, 2 years into stardom, aims for his 24th straight victory, while King Levinsky trains in Round Lake and bets on victory with support from sister Lena Levy. One thousand police will guard the event with a unique ringside telephone narration for veterans at a nearby hospital.
AP reports Hank Liprer drove in three runs and Dick Bar TELL contributed two with a homer as the Dodgers fell 6 4. Between them they held Chicago to one run on eight hits. Cleveland’s Steve Winegarner debuts as manager with Averill homering and delivering two runs. Senators topple Athletics for tenth win of the season while Phillies blank Reaves and Yankees beat Red Sox to end a four game skid.
The United Kipedom company produces about two-fifths of the global supply of marine engines, confirming its leading role in the ship machinery industry and underscoring its manufacturing capacity and market share.
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