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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Aug 26, 1936

Page

9

Baseball Trades and Rumors From a Bygone Era

Bill Walker left Sportsman's Park as the last Cardinal to depart the 1933 trade with the Giants. Other notes mention Gus Mancuso and Ray Starr as targets, Connie Mack’s unchased dugout tenure, and Bob Grove’s retirement talk. Reports touch on college and Olympic intrigue, coaching credits, and various player movements across teams, with colorful quirks about jinxes and rewards systems.

Bill Walker Toronto Cardinals Giants Sportsman's Park Ethan Allen Bob O'Farrell Jim Mooney Bill Terry Gus Mancuso Ray Starr Connie Mack Athletics Bob Grove Burgess Whitehead The Gianta Tarzan Parmelee Cardinal

Beating Bees and Falcons: Cardinals Stumble as Giants Rise

The St Louis Cardinals face a critical stretch as Dizzy Dean strains to pitch through illness and Paul Frisch retires from the season. Boston Bees rout the Cards 20 to 8, 5 to 4 in a double setback that threatens the Gas House Gang’s pennant bid. Giants surge with an 18th straight win to 20 wins in 21 starts, while the Dodgers and Cubs win their respective games.

New York St. Louis Cardinal Dizzy Dean Frankie Frisch Diz Paul Boston Bees Bill Terry Giants Chicago Cubs Cards Bees Boston Cubs Washington Senators Si Johnson Frisch Heusser Dean Dizzy Johnson Cincinnati Reds Brooklyn Dodgers Pittsburgh Pirates Philadelphia Chicago Schoolboy Rowe Detroit Tigers Boston Red Sox New York Yankees St. Louis Browns Cleveland Indians Chicago White Sox Philadelphia Athletics

M. & M. Motor Express seeks intrastate route amendment

Valla Mowrey DBA M and M Motor Express Co of Chillicothe Ohio files with the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio to amend certificate 3089 to operate intrastate motor transportation between Chillicothe and Relpre Ohio via US 50 and SR 507 with daily round trip. Fleet includes one 4 ton truck two 1 2 ton tractors and one 2 ton tractor with three trailers. Public hearing details available from PUCO Columbus Ohio.

Valla Mowrey DBA M. & M. Motor Express Co Chillicothe Ohio Public Utilities Commission of Ohio Intrastate Relpre McArthur Columbus

Baseball Chat Sparks Talks of Pennant Chase and Stars

Branch Rickey surveys the Pacific Coast League field while Dizzy Dean dazzles with Pepper Martin near the Gas House Gang. Moose Earnshaw questions if this is real as the Reds discuss the NL pennant with ten games left against the Cubs Cardinals and Giants. Ripper Collins taunts Charley Grimm after the Cubs stumble in Detroit. Billy Herman is noted as aggressive on two bases after a home run.

Branch Rickey Dizzy Dean Pepper Martin Moose Earnshaw Gas House Gang Gowanis Reds Cubs Cardinals Giants Charley Grimm Ripper Collins Detroit Tigers Yankees Collins Billy Herman Bruins

YANK BOXERS ON TRAIN TELL OF BERLIN GAMES AND JUDGING

A correspondent aboard a Prague to Budapest train complains of crowded conditions and tearful delays. He relays San Francisco boxer manager Stevenson's charges about alleged Nazi biased judging at the Berlin Olympic boxing events and the rough German fighting style.

Mr. Stevenson Berlin Stevenson le Boxe San Franciscan

Champions of Trapshooting Retain Titles

At the Grand American tournament in Vandalia champions from 1935 repeat as veterans and junior champions. Joe Hiestand and Mrs Lila Hall defend North American clay target titles with remarkable shooting, Hiestand tying 199 of 200 and Hall breaking 196 to win by four over 1927 record.

U.R Charley Young Springfield Homer Clark, Jr Alton Ill Joe Hiestand Hillsboro Lila Hall Strasburg Hiestand Walter Beaver Berwyn Hale C. Johns East Alton C. C. Plummer Flinflow Manitoba Canada Beaver Plummer Jones Mhiestand Hall Marie W. Kautzky Grant Ft. Dodge Iowa Harry Harrison Rochester N. Y

Racine Social Notes Show Wide Ties to Columbus and Cleveland

Mrs. Charles Mallory returns from a Columbus visit with Robert Cross and attended the Great Lakes Exposition in Cleveland. Numerous Racine residents host or visit relatives in Columbus Akron Philadelphia Pittsburg and other locations. A German scientist H von Bohn dorf contends that certain metals change under the influence of radium.

Charles Mallory Robert Cross Columbus Cleveland Joe Cross Bob Cros Racine Carl Cross Fred Smith Ralph Parker Weed Easterday Gerald Violet Chester A. C Smith Wm. Durst Fredde Smith Sumner Carnahan Carl Fasterday George Simpson H. H. Harrow Springfield Robert Crew Paul Hite Pittsburgh J. B. French Rena Goralin Diana Gorslin Harvey Gorslin Akron Rena Gorslin Karl Shain Delaware Anna Curtis H. L. Montgomery Clarence Frank Eaton Huntington Eaton J. M. Spencer Landrum Chillicothe Racine High School Gomer Lewis Stanley Wolfe Pedre Lewis Adena T T Shelton Hillsboro H von Bohndorf

Boxers Win at Logan During County Fair Fight Night

Three youths slated for the county fair fight program wrestle at Logan Tuesday with two victories and a draw. Nelsonville welter Joe Stanley loses to Steve Gyurko Glouster who headlines the Friday curtain raiser. Eddie Banik Murray City draws with Crawford Tillman Cleveland in six rounds. Friday headliners are Matt Shorts Columbus and Tommy Jackson Akron in a 10 round main event.

Logan Joe Stanley Nelsonville Crawford Tillman Cleveland The Fairgrounds Matt Shorts Columbus Tommy Jackson Akron

Bolivia Tops World Tin Production Ranking

Cards Drop Two Bolivia ranks second in world pro duction of tin, producing about one fifth of the total supply.

Bolivia

Divorce petition filed in Athens County Common Pleas Court

Lucille Good has filed for divorce and custody of a minor child against Ralph Good in Case No. 16530. The hearing is set for on or after September 17, 1936, in Athens County Ohio. Attorney for Plaintiff is listed.

Ralph Good Hampden Court Chicago Illinois Lucille Good Caild Commonsease Court Athens County Ohio H 68F JR

Fischer Tops Qualifiers for Amateur Meet

Johnny Fischer, the Cincinnati Walker Cupist, shot 67 and 70 at Brookline to lead 164 golfers qualifying for the National Amateur Championship at Garden City New York September 14 to 19. Franklin Strafaci tied the competitive course record with 69s at Winged Foot to rank second in the Metropolitan district. Twenty four players, including eight former champions and visiting Brits, qualified automatically. All US Walker Cup members qualified except Harry Givan who missed by five strokes at Winged Foot.

Garden City N. Y Fischer Brookline Frankin Strafaci Naka Brooklyn Winged Foot Mamaroneck N.Y Strafaci Weet Bobby Jones Chicago

Standings map for National and American Association games

The standings list pairings show National games Philadelphia at Chicago Boston at St Louis New York at Cincinnati Brooklyn at Pittsburgh and American Association matchups Detroit at Boston St Louis at New York Cleveland at Washington Chicago at one Louisville at Toledo Minneapolis at St Paul.

National Philadelphia Chicago Boston St. Louis New York Cincinnati Brooklyn Pittsburgh Detroit Cleveland Washington One Louisville Toledo Minneapolis St. Paul Cluangee ASSOC ATI Milwaukee Kansas City Indianapolis Minneapolis Columbus Toledo Ano American Detroit St. Louise Oston

Yanks 13 Browns 1 Child Injured in Spillway Fall

Two year old Yvonne Pomeroy daughter of Mr and Mrs Kerns Roush suffered a facial cut when she fell from the spillway of the lower lake at the Forest Run home of her grandparents Mr and Mrs Harry Roush. Local medical aid treated her injuries.

Pomeroy Yvonne Kerns Roush Harry Roush Forest Run

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