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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1936
Page
9
A reader question set from Golfing magazine tests golf knowledge with 27 multiple choice items. Topics cover par definitions, equipment, rules, Open champions, and notable players, aiming to gauge familiarity with historical golf facts.
Jesse Owens returns to Cleveland amid parades and a noon city hall reception. He is to receive a watch inscribed by Cleveland citizens and may decide soon on turning professional, with Eddie Cantor offering a $40,000 ten week deal. Larry Snyder will oversee final contract decisions.
Radcliff baseballers beat Bradbury 3 to 2 as Collins allowed only three hits. Bradbury scored two in the third on errors and J Russell double. Radcliff took two in the first when Hudwell doubled with the bases loaded and won in the third on D Pauley double scoring RB. Next Sunday Capital City Monarchs visit Radcliff for 2:30 pm game.
The Pirates defeated the Cardinals 17 to 5 in a decisive win. The bladderwort, a fully aquatic plant found in U.S. and Canadian waters, feeds on fish.
In match play if your opponent objects to you driving from in front of the tee plates you must re-tee with one stroke. The options suggest penalties of re-tee with one stroke or two strokes or losing the hole.
Detroit the world champion allows Chicago White Sox to pull within half a game of third place after an 8 4 loss. Ted Lyons earned his eighth win as the Sox swept the Tigers in Chicago, while Pittsburgh defeated St Louis 17 5 to tie New York at 72 46. Cubs beat Reds 2 1 in 10 innings with Warneke outdueling Schott after two costly 19th inning errors.
Albert Nuckles and Farl Armstrong pleaded guilty to intoxication in municipal court Monday and were fined $10 and costs each by Judge A. J. Stormont. Robert Harrison was fined $25 and costs for driving while intoxicated under city ordinance. William Mullins, arrested Saturday for intoxication, was held on an old fine, and his son Roy Mullins was fined 19 dollars for intoxication.
University of Dayton athletic director and head football coach Harry R Baujan, nicknamed the Fivers, contemplates a live seal sent from Alaska as a potential mascot. If used this fall, the seal could become a feature of Dayton's Buckeye Conference era and spark jokes about the team’s animal act.
Milwaukee beat Kansas City 4 to 3 in the final inning as three Blue pitchers were hit ten times and four KC errors aided the Brewers. Minneapolis snapped a seven-game skid by beating St Paul 9 to 3. Columbus Red Birds defeated Toledo 9 to 5 with late relief from Freitas. Indy and Louisville idle. Antarctic whale catch tops 10 000.
The Grand American tournament at Vandalia saw 376 of America's top gunners fail to go straight on 200 targets amid extremely tough targets and poor visibility. Hale Jones won the champion of champions after a shoot-off, while Charles sparrow Young claimed the veterans title and Rudy Etchen led sub juniors. Captain J B R Grier topped the professional North America championship with 199 targets.
Boston news reports Ferrell, the Red Sox ace, asks for reinstatement after an indefinite suspension for deserting the mound last Friday in New York. Manager Cronin will meet with him today to decide his future and potential return against Detroit.
Henry McLemore recounts a wild Prague taxi ride in a relentless car that rode down streets with no heed for trolley cars or pedestrians. A violinist narrowly avoided harm as the driver barreled through traffic, leaving the author to retire to a cafe with his beer after counting the accidents.
Gallipolis mission workers and the Widows' Home are raising 200 for lumber for remodeling and aim to keep overhead under 30 per month. Workers are unsalaried with support from Bush Company ice Condee Coal fuel Bur dette Meat Market meat and City Waterworks free water.
Alabama Kid from Columbus earned an 11 round decision over Tiger Roy Williams of Chicago here Monday night. Kid weighed 154 pounds to Williams 179.
Rio Grande social column lists visits and travel by residents including Mr and Mrs Robert Singer, Richmond, Mrs Frank Kelly and daughter of LaGrange, summer college activities, birthday gatherings for Marie and Maxie Fowler, a chicken roast at Finley Richards home, Mrs E G Boster visiting in Columbus, property upgrades by L F Allien, Dr and Mrs FE Lowery and Jack Lowery from Raleigh visiting Rose Hagle, Miss Florence Chubbuck Bess Geotting Marie Fowler motor trip to New England, Tom Rainer Logan visiting for regatta and air show, Helen Dittman from Hamilton visiting Wanda Clark, Lucille Carter returning to work, Jerry Kirkendall and Max Tawney in Chicago, Rev Fred Weber preaching, Rio Grande Association meeting set, Lady Club and prayer meeting notices, Pastor's Council and visits by Carrie North and Mrs Hutchison, and moves by Harry Anderson family.
Amateur golfers from 30 cities compete today to win one of 180 spots in the National Amateur at Garden City New York September 14 to 19. A field of 1110 entries is the largest ever with 206 entrants in New York vying for 31 places while Ohio qualifiers will be held in Cleveland and Cincinnati for five places each. Some British Walker Cup members and former amateur champions are exempt from qualifying.
Joe Castillo of the Shellbourne rancher claims cattle will eat Russian thistles, grow fat on them, and sleep on them contradicting old beliefs. He says cattle prefer the thistles to other food. Lake Baikal in Siberia is noted as the deepest freshwater lake in the world.
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