Washington Street Ball Club Edges Giants 5 4
The Washington Street Baseball club defeated the West End Giants 5 to 4 at the Carpenter farm on the Canaanville pike. Kenney pitched well for Wash ington Street. Aston Wolfe and Willard Mariner showed up for the winners while Frankrickland and Hastings Thompson played for the Giants. Wolfe allowed only three hits and is regarded as a top junior league pitcher in Southern Ohio.
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Washington Street
West End Giants
Carpenter Farm
Canaanville Pike
Kenney
Aston Wolfe
Willard Mariner
Frankrickland
Hastings Thompson
Giants
Wolfe
Ohio
Baseball Scores and Highlights From Yesterday
United Press recaps multiple games. Willie Kamm delivered a 15th inning triple as the White Sox beat the Yankees 5 to 4 with Falk on base. Combs had three hits for New York. Detroit beat Philadelphia 5 to 1 as Heilmann homered and Earnshaw struggled. Browns topped Red Sox 9 to 4 in Boston. Cubs split with Phillies in a doubleheader 7 to 5 and 1 to 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie Kamm
Chicago White Sox
Falk
White Sox
New York Yanks
Yankees
Hunnefield
Metzler
Kamm
Hoyt
Moore
Chicago
Yanks
Faber
Grady Adkins
Adkins
Combs
New York
Philadelphia Athletics
Detroit Tigers
Athletics
Heilmann
Tigers
Earnshaw
Rommel
Quinn
Manush
Kress
St. Louis Browns
Boston Red Sox
Browns
Red Sox
Chicago Cubs
Phillies
Hack Wilson
Charley Grim
Whit
Lancaster tennis star wins first round at parks tournament
Ted Drews of St. Louis, four time singles champion, defeated Richard Rose 6-2 6-2 4-6 6-3 in the first round. Lester Stoefen, 17, from Los Angeles, crushed Lester Atoff 6-0 6-0 6-1 and advances to face Barcalow Stevens. Bern Silbaugh of Colorado beat Alex Keiles of Baltimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockefeller Park
Cleveland
U.R
National Public Parks
Ted Drews
St. Louis
Drews
Richard Rose
Scranton
Lester Stoefen
Los Angeles
Lester Atoff
Fred Tracy
Stoefen
Barcalow Stevens
Bern Silbaugh
Lancaster
Alex Keiles
Baltimore
Dempsey Signs To Meet The Tourney Winner
New York Daily News reports Jack Dempsey signed with Tex Rickard to meet the winner of a heavyweight elimination tournament seeking Gene Tunney's successor. Dempsey would train after a current engagement, with the bout likely next summer. The paper predicts his denial would be incorrect.
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New York
New York Daily News
Jack Dempsey
Tex Rickard
Gene Tunney
Dempsey
Home Run Club Leaders Across Leagues
Ruth and Gehrig of the Yankees lead the American League with 43 home runs and 19 in a different tally. Hauser and Simmons pace the Athletics, Blue the Browns, while Wilson and Grimm star for the Cubs and Barnes for the Senators in the National and American Leagues. Totals show 485 National League and 369 American League homers.
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Ruth
Yankees
Gehrig
Hauser
Athletics - Simmons
Athletics
Blue
Browns
Oliver Hartley Receives Bend News for Messenger
Oliver Hartley reports from Pomeroy Bend for the Messenger newscast. Call him at 161-X or 236-L to share tips or updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver Hartley
Pomeroy Bend
Messenger
Pomeroy Bend Classified Ad in Messenger Columns
A classified ad note for Pomeroy Bend runs in the Messenger newspaper columns. The notice directs readers to contact via Telephone 249 X at Middleport for listings or inquiries.
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Messenger Telephone 249-X
Middleport
Pomeroy Installs New Fire Alarm System
On August 7 the village begins installing a citified fire alarm system. Headquarters will be in the Third ward city building. The system should be ready in about two weeks, nearly a year after the August 20 1927 fire prompted the purchase of a new fire truck and alarm system.
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City Building
Pomeroy
Hicks
Boston
Third Ward
Tuppers reunion features 12 by 16 inch display portrait
Mercy Aug 7 display honors late Professor Harris Bond and wife, with a photo from a relative. Morton Webster sent the portrait from Columbus by air mail to arrive in time at Tuppers Plas. Jed Webster and Jo Webster drove it Friday night to the reunion. Professor Bowers previously taught at the same school and was a leading seducer in Meigs county in the 1880s. he died years ago.
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Mercy
Harris Bond
Bowers
Morton Webster
Pomolis
Lumbus
Icture
Meigs County
Gas Strike Near Harrisonville Hints At Oil Hope
Aug 7 report of gas being struck Friday on the Brooks farm in Harrison now owned by a man named Hugh. The find promises light and heat for Harrisonville with crews moving to locate the main flow or potential oil strike.
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Rbisonville
Harrison
Ugh
Harrisonville
Baldwin visitor suffers shoulder dislocation
J. L. Baldwin visiting sisters Mrs. Bar d and Mrs. B. E. Talbott fell at home on a porch swing while reaching for a high object and dislocated her shoulder. She narrowly avoided falling over the porch railing as the swing moved.
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Ddleport
J. L. Baldwin
Bard
B. E. Talbott
Hes
Stansbury Family Planned Two Week Motor Trip
Mr and Mrs Stansbury with son Will and daughter Jane left by motor on August 7 for a two week trip. They planned to start in Winona Indiana with Mrs Stansbury remaining there while the others go to Battle Michigan for several days. They will spend time at Point and return via Winona Lake to join Stansbury and daughter.
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and _H. Stansbury
Will
Aghes Jane
Winona Ind
Loughran to Meet Sharkey for Heavyweight Title Fight
Ty Loughran of Philadelphia the light heavyweight champion signs to fight Jack Sharkey in a 15 round heavyweight title bout under Tex Rickard's promotion scheduled for York August 17.
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York
U.P
Ty Loughran
Philadelphia
Jack Sharkey
Tex Rickard
Wives of Veterans Noted for Long Lives in Middleport
In Middleport on August 7, several elderly wives of Union soldiers are profiled. Mrs. Brooks 87 Mrs. Wilson 78 and Mrs. Dawson 81 live nearby and share cheerful temperaments. Mrs. Hulbert 84 is longtime widow of Ezra Hulbert. her family includes sons Clyde in the Spanish American war and Captain Carl Hulbert a World War officer. A Bible linked to the family traveled Civil War to Spanish American to World War eras and is now exhibited in Columbus relic room.
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Middleport
Brooks
T. J. Wilson
Mary Dawson
Dawson
John A. Dawson
Co. A
Louis
N. Second Avenue
Wilson
Snon
L. A. Hulbert
South Pearl Street
Ezra Hulbert
Co. F
23Rd Regiment
Hulbert
Joel
Clyde
Carl Hulbert
Texas
C. O. Hawk
Carl
Columbus
State House
Calvin
Byron Newell
Detroit
Sam
Tobacco grows on three acres near Syracuse
T. Rutherford Sellers of the Bridgeman farm near Syracuse has turned to growing tobacco this year on a three acre field, promising a liberal return. Tobacco, once a staple in pioneer days, largely disappeared from the area in the last fifty years.
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Syracuse
Aug
T.rutherford Sellers
Bridgeman
Suits Filed Over Dower Interest and Church Material
Mrs Melvina Stalnaker of Alive township sues J A Stalnaker and Jerusha Stalnaker for her dower in real estate claimed transferred without her signature. She married Grant Stalnaker in Upshur County W V in 1856 and he died in 1927 leaving dower property. The deed was dated February 12 1927. R A Miller Lumber Co sues Mote Yauger and trustees of Ohio Union Methodist Church Hobson for 443483 for materials and labor on church construction.
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R. A. Miller Lumber Company
Middleport
Mote Yauger
Ohio Union Methodist Church
Hobson
Local Social News From Middleport and Nearby
Mrs. Jessie Johnston spent the weekend with her daughter Betty and parents Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Boice. James Russelves visited in Columbus Sunday. Miss Kathryn Starkey ends a ten day visit with her uncle and aunt Mr. and Mrs. C A Poin dexter and returns to Toledo Sunday. Miss Etta Gaskill and her brother Harry attended Mrs. Sylvester Ashley’s funeral in Letart Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie Johnston
Betty
Arthur Boice
James Russelves
Columbus
Kathryn Starkey
Etta Gaskill
Harry
Letart
Sylvester Ashley
Funeral for Peter Betzing in Chester Largest Seen in Years
Aug. 7 in Pomeroy Chester mourns Peter Betzing a Chester township resident and trustee named to Meigs County Children's Home who died prompting county commissioners to appoint a replacement trustee for the board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Peter Betzing
Chester
Betsing
Chester Township
Meigs County Children's Home
Mrs Libbie Hoppess Dies at 75 in Rutland Township
POMEROY Aug 7 Mrs Libbie Hoppess 75 longtime Rutland resident died Friday evening at the County Farm. Burial was at Bradford cemetery. She left no near relatives.
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Pomeroy
Libbie Hoppess
Rutland Township
Bradford Cemetery
Marietta Men Drill In Well In Meigs County
Four Marietta men C E Sloan H B Goddard Frank J McCauley and F L Christy drilled a gas well on a Meigs county farm near Racine. Found gas at 1880 feet with potential of 1 500 000 feet. Well No 1 on the T C Brewer farm near Sutton township shows heavy rock pressure and oil spray.
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Pomeroy
Marietta
C. E. Sloan
H. B. Goddard
Frank J. McCauley
F. L. Christy
Pomeroy Bend
Berea
T. C. Brewer
Sutton Township
Meigs County
Racine
Cleveland Indians Win First Game of Doubleheader
The Cleveland Indians defeated the Washington Senators 7 to 2 in the first game as Peckinpaugh rode Miljus in the second game and it backfired. Bayne and Harder followed, with Grant closing the mound as Washington poured in runs. Miller earned the win in game one while Hudlin aided late rally defense. The series ends with a final game today and open dates afterward.
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Cleveland
U.P
Peckinpaugh
Indians
Washington Senators
Peck
John Miljus
Pittsburgh
Redskins
Miljus
Bill Bayne
Bayne
Mel Harder
George Grant
Senators
Walter Miller
Washingtonians
Willis Hudlin
Miller
Washington
Baseball Yesterday Stars and Sluggers Summary
Babe Ruth doubled four times at bat in the first game with a single in four. Lou Gehrig and Hack Wilson starred in limited at bats with two homers and four appearances respectively. Heilmann hit a homer and a double in three trips. Frisch Hornsby Cobb and Waner did not play.
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Babe Ruth
Lou Gehrig
Hack Wilson
Harry Heilmann
Frisch, Hornsby
Cobb
P. Waner
La Coste Declines Defense of Forest Hills Title
Rene La Coste will not defend his American championship at Forest Hills in September as his father confirmed last night. The French star will skip the tournament.
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Paris
Rene la Coste
Forest Hills
Absentee voting deadline eyed for Friday night
Pomeroy July 7 Clerk Frank Fugate of the county election board urges Friday night as the final deadline for casting absentee ballots. On Saturday, presiding judges will collect supplies and ballots, and all ballots must be in to be counted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Frank Fugate
County Election Board
Glouster A C Loses to Beverly Nine 7 3
Glouster A C traveled to Beverly on Sunday and lost 7 to 3. Dalton pitched well for Glouster but received poor support. Doctor Walker's Old Timers will play a twilight game here Thursday at 5 o'clock against Glouster A C.
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Ter A. C
Beverly
Dalton
Glouster
Doctor Walker's
Leibold Delivers Payoff as Senators Sweep Blues
Columbus Senator Nemo Leibold delivered a ninth inning single driving in the winning run as the Senators beat Kansas City 7 5 in game one and 10 4 in game two. Dick Wykoff excelled on the mound for Columbus with strong support from Christenson and Miller and Nelson pitched for Kansas City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Nemo Leibold
Columbus Senators
Kansas City Blues
Bucks
Senators
Blues
Dick Wykoff
Wykoff
George Murray
Long Tom Sheehan
Seibold
Christy Christenson
Frank Miller
Coshocton
Lynn Nelson
Miller
Eustace to Meet Steinke in Columbus Showdown
In Columbus August 7, Alan Eustace and Hans Steinke, two top heavyweights, prepare for a major bout tomorrow night at Haft's Acre.
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Columbus
U.P
Alan Eustace
Hans Steinke
Haft's Acre
Monday Results From American Association Games
Columbus beat Kansas City 6 to 5 and 10 to 5. Milwaukee defeated Toledo 3 to 2 and 4 to 1. Louisville edged St Paul 3 to 2. Minneapolis fell to Indianapolis 12 to 19.
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American Association
Columbus
Kansas City
Toledo
Milwaukee
Louisville
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Indianapolis
Philadelphia and Chicago Playoff-Lavored Matchups
Sports brief notes several series on wet grounds with games listed Philadelphia 8 Chicago 7 and Philadelphia 6 Chicago 1. Cincinnati Boston St Louis New York all reported with wet field conditions affecting play.
Cleveland Clocks Washington In Fourteen Inning Marathon
In a lengthy 14 inning game Cleveland edged Washington 7 to 4 while Detroit faced SA, Philadelphia won 5 to 2 at St. Louis 9, Boston fell to Chicago 5 and New York defeated St. Louis 4 in extra innings.
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New York
Philadelphia No
St. Louis Re
Cleveland Eee
iChicago
Washington A. Te
Detroit
Boston
Cleveland
Washington
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Chicago
American Association Tuesday Games Schedule
Kansas City travels to Columbus while Milwaukee visits Toledo. St. Paul plays Louisville and Minneapolis meets Indianapolis in Tuesday action.
Pittsburgh at Brooklyn and three other NBA matchups
The schedule lists Pittsburgh at Brooklyn Cincinnati at Boston Buene at Philadelphia and St Louis at New York for a day's basketball games.
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Pittsburgh
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Boston
Buueene
Philadelphia
St. Louis
New York
New York Woman Sets New Record in 409 Meters
Martha Novelius of New York broke the 400 meter world record with 3 minutes 42.8 seconds and also posted a 200 meter record as Olympic swimming events begin. George Kojac of the Boys' Club, NYC, set a world mark in the 100 yard backstroke heat with 1 minute 9.2 seconds.
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New York
Amsterdam
United States
Martha Novelius
Arne Borg
Sloton Canal
California
Germany
Canada
Spike Webb
Italy
Sweden
England
Webb
George Kojac
Boys’ Club
New York City
Roush in Critical Condition at University Hospital
H H Roush of Middleport is reported seriously ill in University Hospital Columbus after a major operation. He later suffered a stroke and his death has been momentarily expected. The Roush family, originally from Rascine, long resided in Middleport and owned local property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
H. H. Roush
University Hospital
Columbus
Brooks Family Plans Extended Vacation Abroad
C L Brooks of the Brooks Ebersbach company travels with his wife and son Charles for a vacation starting in Columbus visiting Mr and Mrs A Williamson through Tuesday before touring Niagara Falls Cleveland and Canada for an extended trip.
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Middleport
C. L. Brooks
Brooks-Ebersbach Company
Charles
Columbus
A. Williamson
Niagara Falls
Cleveland
Canada
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Perkins
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Wolfe Eeeree
Kelley
Kinney
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United Press
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Loughran
Rutherford Sellers
Cleveland Indians
LA Coste
Glouster A. C
Beverly Nine
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Paul Rraae
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