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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1932
Page
8
Athens golfers defeated Jackson Country Club 35 to 15 in a Thursday afternoon meet. T. N. Hoover led Athens with a high score while Channell was Jackson’s low man with 81 for 18 holes.
Gallipolis reports American Legion won 11 to 2 over the K of P in a league recreation game. Legion connected for hits by all but Brumfield, with scoring in most innings and the series set to conclude next week unless a playoff changes plans.
In Los Angeles the Olympic pageant nears its close with rowing and swimming preliminaries. California leads in the eight oared race while Japan dominates several men's swimming events. Chicago Cubs fight a dropped gambling probe as Veeck defends the team and Hornsby era.
Dayt on wrestling card last night featured Cowboy Chick from Texas taking two of three falls over John Kin rois. Gable of Cincinnati defeated Vic Snyder of Flint Michigan, and Turp Grimes of Dayton toppled Bob Miller of Chicago.
Bud Parmalee delivered a superb outing Thursday night allowing five singles as the Red Birds defeated Kansas City by a wide margin. Paul Dean and Bil Lee were set to start today in Columbus for a doubleheader against Kansas City Blues to close the gap on the Minneapolis Millers. The Birds moved within one game of the lead after trouncing the Kansas City club while Louisville fell to Louisville Colonels.
In a tense eleven inning game Battery E and Beckley tied 4 to 4 as darkness halted play. Beckley opened scoring in the second, Battery E answered in the third on a Wolfe bases loaded triple, Beckley surged ahead in the seventh, Battery E tied on an unearned run in the eighth, and Hayes struck out fifteen for Beckley while Lawheads faces the All Stars tonight.
Ralston Hemsley of Syracuse headed from Pomeroy to Columbus to catch a flight to Chicago. He said he plans to join the Chicago Cubs at St Louis after departing. Hemsley, a catcher, had been suspended temporarily by the Chicago team.
The article explains that shanking results from an elbow that drifts away from the body during impact. It attributes this to over bending the left arm or making the stroke too right handed and suggests brushing the left trouser leg with the left hand while swinging to keep the elbow in.
Readable fragments show a sequence of intercity games including Boston at Philadelphia Brooklyn at New York Chicago at St Leu Cincinnati at Pittsburgh St Louis at Chicago Detroit at Cleveland Philadelphia at Boston New York at Washington Milwaukee at Columbus Kansas City at Toledo St Paul at Louisville Minneapolis at Indianapolis.
Partial box score shows teams Milwaukee and Toledo with inning by inning runs. Names like Polli Young Lawson Wine earner Henline VanAtta Adkina Snyder Bolen Riddle appear, but many items are garbled.
Benny Leonard former lightweight champion defeated Pauline Walker Tren ton welterweight in a ten round decision ten thousand fans attended Leonard won six rounds to four Walker weighed 149 pounds Leonard 151 pounds Leonard began with outboxing then finished with aggression suggesting a bout with Jackie Fields Lou Brouillard or Jimmy McLarnin next.
In Dayton on Aug 12 Fort Wayne lost 6 to 2 as Erie and Youngstown played exhibitions against New York Yankees and Washington Nationals. The defeat leaves Fort Wayne further back in the Central League standings behind Erie.
In the Athens Twilight League final the Ohio Electrics beat Recreation Bil lards 2 to 0. Maddox allowed five hits, fanned one, and issued two bases on balls. Taylor pitched well for Recreation, allowing three hits, five walks, and 12 strikeouts. The Electrics scored in the third on a walk, a Smith sacrifice, and Haddox’s RBI. A second run came in the fifth on Smith’s walk, a passed ball, and P Theisen’s hit. Recreation had runners on second and third in the first but did not score. in the fourth they loaded the bases before Garner was thrown out trying to steal home.
The American Association standings narrowed with Columbus beating Kansas City 6 to 0 and Indianapolis winning 7 to 2 over St. Paul. Minneapolis fell 9 to 1 to Louisville while Toledo defeated Milwaukee 2 to 1 in a tight race with only a half game separating top teams.
Registering their sixth straight victory with no defeats in the second half of the Pomeroy Recreation League, the B and B nine beat the Clerks 7 to 2. With one game left, B and B nearly seals the title and faces Bethany first-half winners. Odd Fellows can tie for first by beating B and B next week and winning two more games.
Chicago Cubs climb to first in the National League after a 3-2 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Charley Grimm’s batting revival uplifts the Cubs while Lonnie Warnecke struggles and Guy Bush earns the win. Moore delivers the decisive hit in the 10th to score Kiki Cuyler.
William Dye known as Tip Dye won the Pomeroy town tennis title by defeating Charles Graber in straight sets 6 2 6 2 6 4 in the finals. Semi finalists McQuigg and Clifton withdrew from the consolation. prizes donated by Hartley and Bennett stores and others. No girls tournament was held due to lack of entries.
Henry McLemore reports Gene Sarazen refused automatic PGA Open qualification and faces possible withdrawal or late entry. His absence would hurt gate receipts as Sarazen remains golf’s brightest star. Charley Lacey is named as a potential substitute if a trip proves too costly.
Middleport undefeated champions face an All-Star Columbus squad Saturday night at 10 15 after a string of night games here. Several Columbus players are former Middleport boys, with business leaders set to attend.
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