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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1935
Page
9
Grover and Littler contest a tense final at Athens Country Club with Grover battling back to force extra holes. The match features birdies and clutch putts as Grover edges Littler to win the championship after a morning round of steady play and late heroics.
AP roundup highlights Bucky Walters and George Watkins guiding the Phillies past the Giants with six hits allowed and two runs driven in. Arky Vaughan delivers a decisive triple for the Pirates, Babe Herman Homer helps the Reds. Charley Root tosses seven hits to halt the Cardinals' streak. Buddy Myer drives in two for Washington, Wes Ferrell wins his 19th for Boston. Elden Auker holds Chicago to four hits as Detroit extends its win streak to nine. Knickerbocker and Carey spark Indians and Browns with multiple hits. Foxx and Cramer pace the Athletics in two wins over the Yankees. Berger and Bordagaray power the Braves and Dodgers in opener.
The Millers swept their home stand winning 10 of 11 to extend their league lead to four and a half games over Columbus as Donie Bushs team heads to Indianapolis Louisville Toledo and Columbus. Pinky Hargrave broke a finger in the Minneapolis win over Wade Killifers Indians who concluded a West trip with an 11 to 10 loss. Kansas City Blues closed within a half game of third place by sweeping Toledo in a doubleheader 6 to 1 and 13 to 8. St Paul outslugged Louisville 18 to 12 in game one before a 12 to 2 Louisville win in game two halted at the end of six. Columbus took the second game of a doubleheader 9 to 3 over Milwaukee as Jim Winford hurled the Red Birds to victory.
Midwestern stars started first rounds in the Ohio Valley Championships here as Robbie Riggs and Joe Hunt of California led out-of-town entries fresh from the national tourney. In Sharon Pennsylvania Charles Ingle of Dayton won the 25 mile feature race at the Sharon Speedway in 22 05.8 with Gail Lanker of Carey second and Reb Abraham of Akron unhurt after a spill. Cubs defeat Cardinals three to two.
Joe Louis forced his team to vow six months of sobriety if he knocked Levinsky out in one round. He fulfilled the bet leaving Louis camp with mixed gloom and joy over the quick victory.
Bitsy Grant of Atlanta defeated Frank Shields of New York in a tight five set final to win the Eastern Grass Courts Singles Championship. The doubles title went to Wilmer Allison and John Van Ryn after a lengthy match against William Hines and Heur Culley with a five set score.
Detroit won 4-1 over Chicago as Elden Auker allowed four walks but held runners, lifting the Tigers to a nine-game win streak and a six-game edge on the Yankees. The crowd at Navin Field reached 35,000 for the Han. Yankees swept by Athletics in a doubleheader while Foxx and Higgins homered for Philadelphia.
The Lions have arranged to send young player Melt to Lowinville for development in the American Football League. This move aims to accelerate growth and sharpen skills with a focused program.
A high scoring 2OT game set a new consecutive games streak milestone surpassing the prior National League standard. The updated sequence reached just over 1.0 percent, eclipsing the previous 1.59 percent benchmark by a Dodgers figure and a rival Yankees opponent.
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