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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1934
Page
9
Fragmented OCR text mentions jersey teams and individuals like Sharkey and Red Ruffing, with scattered references to baseball and boxing figures. It hints at tournaments, universities, and cities such as Boston New York and Philadelphia but lacks coherent details or dates.
Wilbert Robinson known as Uncle Robby, 70, president of the Atlanta Baseball Club, died from a brain hemorrhage after a fall and broken arm. A former catcher and captain of the Baltimore Orioles, he later guided Brooklyn to two pennants and served as Giants coach, then Brooklyn manager before returning to Atlanta as president. Funeral plans were to be announced.
Mike Heaney of Athens Country Club announced semi final pairings across four flights for the club championship. Matches include Eldridge Whipple vs H E Miller and J H Caskey vs B T Grover in flight one, with other flights listing Cox vs O Bieness, Ong vs Fought, Roberts vs Lantz, Whaley vs Musgrave, McDaniel vs Carpenter, and Sanders vs Nelson. All matches must be completed by Sunday as qualifying for the President's Cup runs through the weekend. A flag tournament is also scheduled Sunday at the club.
Rochester rochester tournament standings after 36 holes show George Von Elm with 71 67 138 leading a tight field. Laffoon Diegel MacFarlane Hulbert Taylor Creavy and others chase with scores from 141 to 143 as par remains reachable at Oak Hill Golf Club.
Standings show Chicago and Pittsburgh games with scores 7 to 4 and 14 to 3. Other results include Boston 8 Philadelphia 2 St Louis 10 Cincinnati 4 and Brooklyn 2 New York 0. American League totals list Cleveland 11 Chicago 4 Boston 11 Philadelphia 9 Washington 9 New York 2 Detroit 7 St Louis 6. Association results Milwaukee 5 Columbus 4 St Paul 6 Indianapolis 5. Friday games feature Cincinnati at Pittsburgh Chicago at St Louis Boston at New York Brooklyn at Philadelphia New York at Boston Cleveland at Dewok Milwaukee at Columbus Kansas City at Toledo Minneapolis at Louisville St Paul at Indianapolis.
Moon Mullins of Vincennes outpointed Johnny Alba of Cincinnati in a 125 pound bout. Carl Knowles stopped Smokey Maggard. In Winona Jack Gibbons outpointed Mel Coleman while Frankie Kouba and Pat Chilifone fought to a points tie. Babe Herman stopped Lou Gans.
Detroit’s Mickey Cochrane propels the Tigers to the AL lead with a seventh inning blow that beat the Browns 7 to 6 in a tight tight game. Joe Cronin and Washington upset the Yankees 9 to 2 as several AL stars delivered key hits and homers.
Joe Chonin reports Senators batter two triples and a single driving in two and scoring twice. Bob Grove shines with relief for the Red Sox limiting the Athletics. Hal Trosky hits two homers and four RBIs for the Indians. Mickel Cochrane drives in the winning run for the Tigers. Babe Herman drives in five with two triples and a single in a Cubs doubleheader game. Jerome Dean delivers effective relief to gain his twenty first win.
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