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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1931
Page
9
Walter Hagen defeats Percy Alliss in a grueling 36 hole playoff at Mississauga for the Canadian Open golf championship. Hagen overcome early deficits to win by one stroke, final tally 141 to 142, after a 69 in the last 18 holes.
National matchups list teams with cities such as Basten at Cimeinnat Brook at Be Lous New York at Chicago Phiagriphia at Pittebarg and others. Association contests feature Columbus at Milwaukee Toledo at Kansas City and Minnesota rivals.
In early innings, multiple games show varied scoring across leagues with lineups featuring Batterios, Vance, Lopez, Humes, Gindary, Mancuso, and McCurdy. Philadelphia and Pittsburgh battles generate notable totals as New York and Chicago games unfold with mixed reliability in the OCR text.
A reader letter argues about radio sport announcing quality, praising and criticizing figures such as Graham McNamee Ted Husing and Jim Corbett. it stresses listeners want clear fight narration over ornate commentary and notes McNamee may lack authenticity. A box score snippet from a Red Sox game appears amid the discussion, and a Grange meeting is announced for Athens with Rome Grange in charge.
Chevroletts maintained top City Twilight League stand with a 4-3 win over Recreation Tuesday night at City Playground. Pitchers Vern Woltz and Lefty Webb locked in a tight seven inning battle, though errors aided both sides. McFarland delivered the decisive run in the tenth after Wise walked and Meger and Potter singled.
Berlin reports Schmeling cannot defend the world heavyweight title until next year after an eye injury from a bout with Young Stribling. He was slated to meet Carrara in the United States around September, but a directive orders him to refrain from fighting for two to three months, complicating the Carrara contract.
In Marietta, Athens golfers dominated the Southeastern Golf tournament at Marietta Country Club. OT Grover, Athena amateur, won the individual title with 1860 for the four rounds. runner-up was Jack Preston with 184, Bildre Chubb tied for third with 165. Athens Country Club won the team prize with a strong total. Grover also won the putting contest and, with Art Smith, placed third in the amateur event.
The Spot team edged the Battery club 14 to 8 at the city playgrounds Tuesday evening. Spot led 8 runs in the first three innings and added ten more by the sixth and eighth. Battery replied with eight runs in the final three frames. the game featured notable defensive plays.
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