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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1934
Page
7
The Giants beat the Cubs 3 to 1 in Chicago as Leroy Parmelee sparked New York with a homer and a mound duel win. Detroit rainouts kept their 41 2 game East lead as Schoolboy Rowe vied to break the AL pitching consecutive wins record.
A fragmented 1930s style recap mentions nine games in a barn with the Giants and Indians, plus notes on Dizzy Dean, Paul Whiteman, Hornsby, and DiMaggio. It references Walker, Schumacher, and a new religious cult headquarters in Los Angeles while touching on Japan tour plans and Coast League topics.
Disjointed notes show baseball scores with teams such as Yankees Red Sox Tigers and Cardinals. Fragmentary box details include pitcher and batter mentions like Gehringer and Gehr. No clear game result can be conclusively derived from the garbled OCR text.
Cincinnati August 20 AP The Coney Island racing plant prepares to open Friday for a four day fall meet after ponies betting became legal in Ohio. Stables from Whitney Dixiana Parkview Crump Trobler Lettellier expected. 800 stalls, 1100 horses possible, 300-400 housed already east of Cincinnati.
Ath ens High School coach Pete McKinley called for all Bulldog candidates to report Thursday at 1 PM as practices begin. The team returns to Rufus Putnam Field after repairs, facing a demanding slate and rebuilding after losing ten players.
Yankee the Boston defender of the America's Cup suffered a rigging accident in yesterday's trial race with Harold Vanderbilt Rainbow. The jumper strut splintered forcing the delay and the race was declared no contest. Crewmembers worked through the night to repair and were optimistic about resuming today.
From Chicago to Los Angeles results show Patrick Henry outpointing Tommy Corbett in Chicago at 142 pounds and Frankie Knauer drawing with Steve Pabon at 143. At Portland Young Firpo outpointed Tiger Jack Fox, Fort Worth saw a draw between Johnny Farrell and Dick O’Ce, and Los Angeles featured Ramage outpointing Cancela with Hankinson stopping Limas.
Walter Tauscher, ace pitcher for Minneapolis, became the first Association hurler to reach 20 victories by beating Louisville 6 to 4. His five straight wins and best season record solidified Miller’s seven and a half game lead in the western division as Milwaukee trails with tied positions in the east.
In Rye New York Wilmer Hines of Columbia South Carolina upset second seed Vernon Kirby of South Africa 6 3 8 6 at the Eastern Grass Court championships advancing toward the quarterfinals. The day saw rain leave only this match completed with several others on hold.
Yesterday's Associated Press recap highlights Max Bishop of the Red Sox scoring three runs on a single and two walks, Paul Dean of the Cardinals throwing eight hits in a shutout duel with Ray Benge, Chick Hafey of the Reds driving in three on four hits in a doubleheader, Buck Newsom of the Browns collecting three singles in a 5 3 win over the Senators, Bud Parmelee of the Giants limiting the Cubs to seven hits while fanning seven and homering, and Ed Brandt of the Braves scattering 12 Pirate hits in a 5 to 3 victory.
Columbus entrant Walter Wirthwein advanced to the finals by defeating Dayton’s Paul Jams 6-2, 6-2. The reigning champion Walter Chambers from Cincinnati defeated Harvey Ford of Columbus 6-0, 6-0.
At Columbus the Ohio State Fair harness meeting claimed a world record in two year old trots with Morley Frisco clocked in 2 05 1 4, 2 05, 2 04 1 2 for three heats. Lord Jim driven by Dr Hugh M Parshall of Urbana starred in yesterday's fast outing. Sonny Boy won two races in pace and dash events under Jack Stone.
Radcliff was beaten by Wellston 7 to 2 as the Wellston Gray Eagles pulled ahead after a scoreless first inning. Next Sunday Stewart meets Radcliff at Radcliff with Welling likely to pitch for Athens Eagles in a 2:30 call.
Trapshooters moved toward Grand American Handicap week as class titles are decided. Mark Arie of Champaign Illinois won the Champion of Champions with 197 of 200, while Ohio’s William Eldred led state title effort with 189, and John John of Spirit Lake tied for North American professional title with 196 of 200 before a shoot-off.
Colubmus 5 over Milwaukee 4 and Indianapolis 12 over St. Paul 10 highlight yesterday results. Cincinnati 8 Philadelphia 6 and New York 3 over Chicago 1 appear among open games with several rain and no grounds notes. Tomorrow Detroit at Cleveland and Detroit at Philadelphia are listed alongside Columbus at Milwaukee and Louisville at Minneapolis matchups.
Fa Strangler Lewis of Glendale California defeated George Jenkins of New York in straight falls at Three Rivers. J Q Harley Fischer of Columbus defeated Maurice Lachappelle of Canada by decision 90 00 with Fischer winning only one fall. Jack Brows of Shreveport Louisiana beat Letty Pacer of Columbus Ohio two falls to one in Chicago.
Universal's Let's Be Ritzy stars Lew Ayres and Patricia Ellis in a financially tangled farce about extravagant living and social deception. The Ohio Theater opens the comedy, with laughs from Frank McHugh and others as the couple dives into high society and a surprising ending.
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