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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1939
Page
7
Rochester report notes Lou Gehrig returns to Mayo Clinic to assess his par alysis battle. He reports injections twice weekly and a pound-a-week gain since retirement to the beach, while still in uniform for games.
Cincinnati rests in second place after a double loss to St Louis, 7 1 and 7 5, as Pepper Martin and Johnny Mize lead the Cardinals with strong hitting and two Mize home runs. The Reds prepare for three games against Philadelphia with John Niggeling likely starting today.
Youngstown Moyer Pants won the Ohio State Girls Softball Association title, defeating Ridgeville Bittner Funeral Home 6-2 in the final. Pitcher Ann Miskovitch allowed three hits as the champions scored all runs in the first two innings. In the semifinals Meyer Pants edged Elyria Franks Bakery 7-6 in 11 innings, while Ridgeville beat LaGrange Recreation 7-2.
A fragment notes clever Roman cooks could prepare a whole pig by roasting on one side and boiling on the other, showcasing culinary ingenuity of ancient kitchens.
The First Annual Athens Invitational Amateur golf tournament at the Country Club draws 27 to 30 out-of-town players, including Curtis Reed of Chillicothe and Dan Cauley of Marietta. Notables from Columbus to Cambridge join the field for a three day event with 18-hole qualifying, match play semifinals, and a Sunday finale.
The piece invites readers to send sports queries to The Athens Messenger while detailing a 1927 question about Dempsey Tunney ticket prices and a 1938 Miss Patty Berg accolade. It also notes Carl Hubbell’s 1984 All Star strikeout line and a Spokane wheat parity proposal backed by 7 000 Pacific Northwest farmers.
The 40th Grand American trapshoot opens in Vandalia with top marksmen slated for five days of action ending in a $10,000 handicap. Open champion P O Harbage won the 200 target event. H S Shellito took the 100 target Open Handicap in a shootoff over Art Stifal. E E Bush defends senior title. Buddy Etchen and Ray Fienup seek junior and sub junior crowns. John Sanders headlines a husband and wife defense as Mark Hootman loses Ohio crown to Joe Heistand.
Minneapolis Millers swept Columbus Red Birds 10 2 and 4 2 to tighten the standings as they improved to 18 wins in 20 games against Columbus and closed within 1 1/2 games of the first place Kansas City Blues who split with Indianapolis. Herb Hash and Bill Butland earned victories, while St Paul poured on Toledo in a twin bill and Louisville took two from Milwaukee.
Spokane police disrupted a juvenile theft gang aged 11 to 15 that used code letters and numbers for its eight members with a clubhouse as headquarters. Detectives recovered a leader’s records and an itemized stolen-article list.
Deputy Sheriff B C Day recalls playing with Mordecai Brown on the Rosedale team in Indiana around 1901 and 1902. Brown, a miner who lost two fingers in an accident, became a famed Cubs pitcher known for his drop curve. Brown later managed several teams including Columbus for two seasons.
National league scores show St Louis and New York leading but Cincinnati and Chicago split results. American association pitchers dominate while Brooklyn and Boston face rain delays. Tuesday games list Chicago at New York and Philadelphia at Detroit among others.
Coates and Dillard won the best ball event with a net 63 1 2. Noble Tribe Selby Wilson led runners up at 65 1 2, Littler Gardner fourth at 6 1 2. Grover Fulton Merchant Bailey and Dean Rutkoskie Gardner each claimed President's Cup wins. Beckley eagled No 4 with a second shot using a fire iron. Platinum usage across eight thousand grams yearly in the steel industry noted.
Henry Armstrong opens as 7-5 favorite to defend the lightweight crown against Lou Ambers in tomorrow night’s bout set for New York. The 15 round clash is expected to draw about 35,000 fans and $150,000 in gate. Armstrong also holds the welterweight title, with no defense threatened due to New York rules and a contract tying an additional title bout if Ambers wins.
Cleveland Indians return home with slim hopes of finishing third in the American League after a 6 to 5 extra inning loss to the Chicago White Sox. Eric McNair drove in the decisive run in the 10th as McNair and Cleveland were blamed for the White Sox seventh straight win. The Indians tied it in the ninth at four, but allowed the walk-off in the 10th while Mel Harder took the loss after 8 innings.
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