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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jul 18, 1929

Page

7

Potential Leaders in Reflective Leagues Uncovered Last Night

In Central City games, the Hocking Valley Railroad squad upset Athens Messenger 17 to 7, while Spot Restaurant overwhelmed Baltimore and Ohio 29 to 3. The Hocking Valley dazzled with strong defense and timely hitting led by standout pitching, while Spot’s battery Farber and Millner powered a steady win.

Charles Etsinger Weller I Industrial League Central City Hocking Valley Railroad Aggregation Athens Messenger Spot Baltimore and Ohio Hocking Valley Messeners Messenger Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Seers Farber Millner Ohio Graham Plaige McBee Athens Lumber Company Robnson Brothers Service Station Secord McRee Bindery Banka Hudson-Essex Graham Paige Messen Pyle Dupler Littler Smiley Etsinger Davia Rss Chadwick R. Williams la Baw Chandler Benton Wood Williams Cooke Gaston Russell Rubudu James Gates

How They Stang How They Stang AMERICAN ASSOCIATION

Fragmented OCR yields a standings snippet with team names and records. Likely a league table row shows W L Pct and home city indicators for St Paul Minneapolis Indianapolis Columbus Milwaukee and others.

Baseball Scores From Regional Games Report

Scores from multiple American League and league games show Columbus and Milwaukee in 11 innings, Kansas City winning over Toledo in 10 innings, and other results including St Paul beating Indianapolis, Brooklyn over Cincinnati, Pittsburgh defeating Boston, St Louis beating New York, and Chicago and Philadelphia common results. Cleveland upended Philadelphia 6 2 while Detroit defeated New York 9 to 6.

Baseball Matchups Across Regions Highlight Busy Schedule

The card lists cross league and intercity games including American Association duels Toledo at Kansas City, Columbus at Milwaukee, Louisville at Minneapolis, and Indianapolis at St Paul. National League features St Louis at Boston and Chicago at Brooklyn followed by Pittsburgh at New York. Cincinnati visits Philadelphia and Boston hosts Chicago while New York meets Cleveland and Philadelphia plays Detroit with Washington facing St Louis.

American Association Toledo Kansas City Columbus Milwaukee Louuisville Minneapolis Indianapolis St. Paul St. Louis Boston Hicago Brooklyn Pittsburgh New York Cincinnati Philadelphia Chicago Cleveland Detroit Washington St. Lois

Junior League Meet Set for Athens Saturday

Three Athens Marietta and Middleport teams compete in the third district elimination at the City Playground Athens with games at 10 a m and 2 30 p m The winner advances to the southeast district meet in Zanesville then the state meet.

Athens Marietta Middleport Hocking Perry Meigs Washington Giants Feeney-Bennett Licking County Lawrence County Washington County Jackson County BR. T. “Butch” Grover Ohio University Edward Sharpe Grover

Sid Kiesel Hornt’s wind aided 220 yard hurdle mark rejected

A recent 220 yard low hurdles time of 23.3 seconds by Sidney Kiesel Hornt was disallowed due to a strong tail wind. The reference record from 1898 by Kraeinzlein of Penn with a tailwind of 2.5 feet per second remains the authorized figure.

Sidney Kieselhornt Kraeinzlein Penn

Jonesy Sama Plays Eagle As Athens Golf Spirit Soars

Athens National Bank teller known as Jonesy Sama, a Civil War Veterans class alum, carded an eagle at No 4 on Sunday, finishing with two on the hole. The feat surpasses even Walter Hagen in an exhibition, and word spreads among local golfers.

Jonesy” Sama Athens National Bank Hagen Jonesy Casdies Athens Walter Hagen

Gil Backs Sports Support From Mexico President

President Emilio Portes Gil is an enthusiastic follower of all forms of sport, showing strong public backing for athletic activities across the nation.

Emilio Portes Gil Mexico

Baseball batting champions span decades

For twelve years Ty Cobb was the batting champion of the American League. Horace Wagner led the National League eight years and Rogers Hornsby seven.

Ty Cobb Horus Wagner Rogers Hornsby

Loughran Braddock Title Fight Odds Stir New York Crowd

The July 18 New York write up previews a 15 round title bout between Tommy Loughran and James Braddock at Madison Square Garden. Braddock appears favored by late money as Loughran struggles with weight but vows to carry on. Gate receipts aim for $125,000 with an overall show cost near $985,060.

New York New Jersey Teishman Tommy Loughran Phantom of James J. Braddock Vonsey Boxer Loughran Craddock Pion Braddock Lovehran Raddtork Willam I Carey Madison Square Garden

Bryson Lumber team unable to appear for Athens game

The Bryson Lumber Company team explains they were prepared to play in Athens on Tuesday evening but a letter from Edward A. Sharpe stating the Athens Junior League team would be in a district tournament caused the Glouster boys to fail to appear.

Athens Edward A. Sharpe Glouster

Braddock Seeks Victory Over Loughran In Title Bout

James Braddock declares confidence for tonight's title fight against Tommy Loughran as both boxers speak of decisive rounds. Braddock predicts a fifth to ninth round KO while Loughran vows no fear and emphasizes weight and strength for the contest.

Davis Cup Sparks Ahead as Players Ready to Go

The United States Davis Cup team prepares for the matches starting tomorrow. Players like Van Ryn Hunter Vag and John Vag are noted, with expectations of strong racquet play and veteran leadership guiding the squad.

John Vag van Ryn

Inpolite sports report on umpiring controversy in America

A terse note from POLY ce sports describes an umpire call that sparked debate in American amateur baseball. The item mentions officials and public reaction, with minimal detail due to damaged text.

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