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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1943
Page
11
Dodgers face leadership turmoil as Leo Durocher seems set to leave amid a players revolt over being second guessed. Newsom suspension sparks dissent while Cardinals and Yankees widen leads. Arky Vaughan defends Newsom and Dodgers win nightcap behind solid hitting.
Mr and Mrs Sam Scott spent Sunday with her parents Mr and Mrs S G Nichols of The Plains. Mr and Mrs Walter Overbeck Audra Knowlton of Columbus were weekend guests at the Nichols home. Alonzo Bobo Hamilton is spending several days with his sister Mrs Wilbur Baughman and others.
Birds TeiALIVES, Clair C. Dinsmoor, grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey G. Saylor, was inducted into the Navy. Miss Sadie Luckett visits Lucasville relatives in Chicago ties. Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Davis and daughter Judy spent the weekend in Columbus with George and Mrs. Davis. A picnic on the Ayler lawn brought together Mr. and Mrs. Harry F. Jones, Erlanger Ky., and other local residents. Baseball box scores include Kansas City vs Columbus with Antonelli, Young, Bergamo and Wieczorek contributing. Community notices name Parkersburg nurse G. Meagle, Parkersburg visitors, and Baptist Missionary Band plans for July 14.
The record lists various train services and times for Time Card routes including East Bound and West Bound Diplomat Daily and National Limited services. It notes daily schedules with exceptions on Sundays and Mondays, several rail lines, and arrival and departure times for South and Northbound trains, with specific times such as 12:25 p.m and 6:38 a.m mentioned.
Vaughan and Herman of Brooklyn lead in runs and hits with 99. Ott of New York tops home runs with 14. Vaughan also leads stolen bases with 10. Stephens of St. Louis and Vernon of Washington pace batting and runs with 336 and 49 respectively. Etten drives in 54, Wakefield has 102 hits, Case 24 steals, Grove 70 earned runs?
Washington reports the annual Army-Navy football game faces strong opposition and may be canceled. A District of Columbia figure cites decisive official resistance. the Navy favors playing, while the War Department advocates cancellation.
Fullerton notes a thought for tomorrow about a team of players born on the 13th. It lists pitchers Wild Bill Donovan Rube Waddell Eddie Rommel and others with historic college and league coaching figures like Emil Von Elling Bill McCarthy Howard Cann and Shay Shaughnessy. Giants silence on Les Scarsella deal amid Oakland success.
Toledo beat Milwaukee 4-3 and 5-0 to strengthen fourth place in the American Association standings. Indianapolis split with Minneapolis but clung to a half game behind the leaders as Kansas City Blues slipped. Louisville Saint Joe Vitter returned to the St Paul lineup delivering a triple and a homer in an 8-4 win after the opener loss. Columbus defeated Kansas City 4-2 and 9-1 to boost its position.
The second session of union church services drew a fair crowd at Glouster stadium Sunday evening. Music featured a piano solo, a trio, chalk sketching by Miss Tigner, and a book pass by three Boy Scouts. Rev. C. B. Tigner spoke on The Only Hope for Mankind, arguing salvation lies in Christianity rather than autocracy or democracy. Next services will feature Rev. A G Winkle and Rev. Freeman in upcoming Sundays.
Mrs. Fred Brown returns from Elyria with her husband who works in a defense factory. Mr Brown stays at home then returns to Elyria. Mrs. Williams and child from Athens visit her mother Mrs. Jonas and sister Miss Jonas. Gail Wallace of Pt Pleasant and his father C F Wallace fish at a Muskingum cottage. Donna Jo Dennison from Columbus visits grandmothers and father Leo Dennison. Mrs Edward McCune and son Jerry, now in Pittsburgh, visit her mother Mrs Robinson and sister Mrs Willis and plan to return Sunday. Mrs Corrigan will depart for California to see her husband in service. Miss Mary Isabel Bryson goes to Columbus to visit Betty and Mary Helen Keith with possible Columbus work until September school opens.
Funeral services for Mrs. Lewis G. Duncan were held at Wrightstown Christian Church. She died at the family home near Joy at age 66. Survived by husband, seven children and 22 grandchildren, with three great grandchildren. Burial in Joy cemetery. Sister Mrs. Cora Lenigar died five weeks earlier.
The Daughters of St. George will hold their annual picnic Tuesday evening at Jacksonville park. They will leave Glouster on the 4:45 p.m. bus. It is potluck and each guest should bring her table service. If rain, the gathering moves to Kate Vaughan's home on Front Street in Glouster.
Regular monthly chest clinic will be held at noon Tuesday in the courthouse basement office of the Gallia County Department of Public Health. Typhoid inoculations will be given Wednesday morning.
Cleveland Indians win 5 to 1 at Washington behind Al Smith who improves to 8 2 with five hits allowed. Milo Candini takes loss. In the nightcap Allie Reynolds allows one hit for six innings before trouble ends his outing. Indians head east for All Star Classic and later an exhibition with a military team in St. Louis.
Sgt. Cloyd Clemens, newly transferred to Long Beach, reports a civilian run Douglas Aircraft Co. school for C 47 crew chief training. Lieut. Roger Kittle heads to Fort Riley. Emmerson Brunton is hospitalized at Fort Benjamin Harrison. Pvt. Lawrence Masterson visits Columbus. his daughters live nearby.
Rev and Mrs A G Winkle and Dr and Mrs C A Pride travel to Lancaster camp grounds for the Methodist Youth Fellowship Institute from July 12 to 18. Glouster youths Dora Harry Eileen Saulers Ei leen Cherrington Mildred Winkle Genevieve Dunlevy Wendal Dunlevy Elton Swart and Jack Anderson attend the week long religious education program.
The Ladies Aid Society of Trimble Methodist Church meets Wednesday at 7 30 pm at Miss Merle Danford's home with Mrs S S Underwood assisting hostess Miss Pauline Fierce of Athens to be guest speaker In Glouster Sgt James Kerns of Camp Robinson Ark arrived Sunday to visit his wife and will return Friday potluck supper planned by Willing Workers Class at 6 pm Wednesday with each guest bringing a dish and table service
Cincinnati Reds beat Philadelphia 7 4 and 14 2 to finish their eastern trip above .500. Bucky Walters returns to wining form, while Ray Starr struggled yet again though Reds batted in runs, including a home run by Starr or Mesner. This included weather interruptions and Sunday law halting the second game after eight innings.
Dixie Walker is celebrated by Dodger fans as Brooklyn’s No. 1 citizen. The celebrated outfielder also serves as athletic director at a defense plant, president of a defense baseball league, and runs a package establishment.
National NY 4 Chicago 3 in 10 innings. Chicago 4 NY 3. Brooklyn 5 Pittsburgh 4. St Louis 9 Boston 6 in 11. Cincinnati 14 Philadelphia 2 in 8. American Philadelphia 4 Detroit 3. Detroit 9 Philadelphia 0. Washington 6 Cleveland 4 in 10. St Louis 8 Boston 7. NY 9 Chicago 0. Columbus 9 Kansas City 1. Toledo 5 Milwaukee 0. Minneapolis 7 Indianapolis 1. Louisville 11 St Paul 0. St Paul 8 Louisville 4.
High handicap men dominated play in the match play against par tournament at Athens Country Club. Russ Hall with a 30-stroke handicap finished four up to win first. Paul Tribe four holes back in second, deadlocked with George Schwartz for a share of second. Opening matches completed. first round slated with a Sunday deadline.
Philadelphia hosts the All Star tilt with Nationals and Americans expected to draw full stands at Shibe Park. betting odds favor the American League 5 to 6, with decisions on starters involving Mort Cooper Howie Pollet and Spud Chandler for the Americans.
Athletic leaders from seven Ohio Wesleyan coordinated V-12 Navy training colleges Buckeye group Baldwin Wallace Bowling Green Case Denison Miami Oberlin and Wooster agreed to preserve athletics during wartime. They plan to schedule within group football games this fall while cautioning no league or championships will be recognized.
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