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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1935
Page
5
Fragmented notes discuss betting, boxing and college football figures, mentioning Max Baer, Ohio State, Iowa State, and Sam Willaman. The garbled text references games, with scattered names like Preston, Putnam, and Cleveland, and hints at a critique of coaching and performance.
Detroit's Schoolboy Rowe tossed a three hitter to Whitewash the Yankees 3 0 in the second game of a key series, after a 10 inning win Saturday. Hank Leiber sparked the Giants with four extra base hits in a 8 4 victory over the Reds as Carl Hubbell earned his 17th win. Brooklyn Dodgers swept the Pirates in doubleheader 3 0 and 9 3. Detroit widened its advantage to eight games with six weeks left.
American aquatic stars trailed Japanese champions by two points as final events approached in the three day international struggle for world speed swimming supremacy. The score stood 22 to 20 with the U S team closing the gap. Four Meigs County marksmen were bound for Vandalia to compete in shooting matches this week: Father E F Dunn E P Duerr Dr L G Gribble and John Beecher. Dunn departed Sunday and the others left today as Birds Drop Pair.
Ed Dudley of Philadelphia edged to victory in the 83 500 open at Acacia Country Club with a 30 foot curling birdie on the final hole. He finished 72 holes at 285, one stroke ahead of Clarence Clark and Ted Johnson tied for second.
Minneapolis leads with 11. Louisville and Minneapolis 3. Louisville 1. St Paul races Indianapolis in rain. Pittsburgh visits Brooklyn. Cincinnati at New York. Chicago at Philadelphia. St Louis at Boston. Philadelphia at Chicago. New York at Detroit. Washington at Cleveland. Milwaukee at Columbus. Kansas City at Toledo. St Paul at Indianapolis. Minneapolis at Louisville.
Sam Willaman died in a Cleveland hospital on Sunday following an emergency operation. The article also reports results from Athena Country Club's Sunday medal play handicap tournament with ties for first in both divisions and finals outcomes across multiple flights.
Germany places the first of new submarines the WU and U7 in service at Kiel as per the official Verordnung sablatt.
Sam Willaman, 45, respected coach at Western Reserve University and former OSU and Iowa State mentor, died in Cleveland after two emergency operations for a chronic intestinal ailment. Born in Salem, he led Ohio State to power in the Western Conference before moving to Western Reserve where his team won the Big Four title. OSU had handed WRU a 76 0 defeat in a noted rivalry.
Charles L. Woodworth captured the Eastern Ohio Rifle title at New Philadelphia. He shot 397 of 400 in the Dewar Course, 386 of 400 in the 530 meter, and 195 of 200 in the long range 2 yard, totaling 678 of 1000. Claude Westfall from Athens placed third in the M meter and seventh in the grand aggregate.
The Thirty-Sixth Grand American began in Vandalia with competitors from all states the Canal Zone and Canada. About 1,000 entries expected this week compete for national close championship and state team title in 100 and 200 target events. FE N Alley Gidritt Mitchell Eldred tied for Vandalia Open handicap. Beaver led in the 200 third 14 yard event with Miller Heistand Bogart close behind.
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