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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1931
Page
9
An editorial argues for a single uniform ball for both major and minor leagues. It notes differences between National and American League balls due to covers and stitches and urges leagues to finalize a standard ball after the season.
Cincinnati faces a doomed season as finances limit talent. Sidney Weil bought control in 1926, paying $690000 for half the stock amid debt and a market slump. With Weil’s stock tied to a failed bank, funds for players are scarce and injuries cripple key stars.
Jerome “Dizzy” Dean recounts growing up in Texas, selling papers and cotton, signing into the Army at 16 after a recruiting officer misjudged his age, and chasing a big league dream while finding ways to attract attention to his pitching talents.
New York Giants beat Cincinnati 3 1 and pull within a game of Chicago, while Chicago falls to Brooklyn 4 1. Hubbell out pitched Benton and Quinn sealed the Chicago win. Yankees top St Louis 7 3 with Ruth homering bases loaded.
Former Notre Dame fullback Joe Savoldi wed Daisy De Witt aged 23 of Santa Monica and departed for Milwaukee to appear in a wrestling bout tonight following the ceremony.
Jim Lendos real name Chris Theopolis has 15 years in wrestling and has become one of the sport’s wealthiest figures. Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis earns 50000 dollars annually as baseball commissioner.
Jim McLarnin defeated Billy Petrolle in a bright 10 round welterweight bout at Yankee Stadium. The crowd of about 12 000 paid an estimated 35000 for the show as McLarnin dominated with a mix of boxing and punching to distance himself from Petrolle and reaffirm his claim as a top welterweight.
A garbled recap lists National League scoring by innings with teams such as Boston New York Cleveland and Philadelphia. Players named include Gisborne Phillips Brandt Hemsley Quinn and Sherdel with references to Meine Pitt and Crow. The text mixes game results, innings tallies, and player mentions in a fragmented update.
Mike Buddo catches for the Mohawk twilight baseball team at Calumet Michigan. His son Arthur Buddo is part of the team's pitching staff in the same organization.
Forest Mills New York August 2. U.PD third place in the 1001 rankings may determine the class of American women’s tennis. Miss Weisel faces Moody to defend her No. 8 berth while Paylite Muford and others from Great Britain vie for top spots. Jacobs meets Eileen Bennett Whittingstall, and Betty Nuthall challenges Mrs. D C Shepherd-Barron, captain of 1981 British Wimbledon team.
The Thursday night fight card at the Fairgrounds was postponed due to inclement weather. No new date was announced, delaying the Athens County boxing event that had attracted local attention.
At Vandalia Ohio the final warmup for the Grand American Handicap Open Championship moves to today with a 100 target handicap event and a 200 target Open Championship tomorrow. Notable scores include R C Jenkins Orteana and Joe Meterand Hillsboro each 66 from 18 yards and B P Kreimendahl Celting 19 yards. multiple winners listed from Ohio Illinois Montana Texas and more across 21 to 23 yard events.
Tommy Loughras, then eight tents in the Bante Pobie, served as secretary and planned to write a book. He also tentatively mapped a tour as a referee and radio speaker.
Veteran Illinois football coach Bob Zuppke never excelled as a player though he was a speedy runner a fine water poloist and a strong hammer thrower in his youth.
Miss Virginia Van Wie lauds Edwin H. Varese Jr former Miss Glenna Collett as the women’s golf equivalent to Bobby Jones in the men’s game, reflecting high regard from a championship flight player.
Corner supplied the heaviest and lightest oarsmen in the Poughkeepsie regatta. Clark at varsity No. 6 weighed 915 pounds, Biinsberg frogh coxswain scaled 06 pounds.
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