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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1935
Page
11
A garbled OCR text from a St Paul scene mentions a movie star, a Bowie, and vague actions toward Chicago. The readable parts reference blame, smiles, and a journey from St Paul toward Chicago with uncertain details.
In a tense pennant chase, the Tigers swept the Red Sox 8 0 to cut the Yankees lead as New York lost 4 1 in 11 innings to the Browns. The Giants beat Cincinnati 5 3 after 12 frames to extend their edge, while the Cardinals won 13 3 to push their streak to 14.
Cleveland officials explained a slide to fifth place in the American League amid a rash of injuries. Key players like Brown may be permanently sidelined by eye injuries from a July 4 firecracker incident, while Earl Averill and others suffered finger and head wounds or illnesses.
Delbert Hayes of Beckley tossed a no hit no run game in the City Softball League, guiding Beckley to a 3 0 win over Company L. Hayes allowed only one baserunner, issued a walk to Davis in the seventh, and struck out 11. Box scores follow.
The AP tally lists American and National leaders by batting and pitching. Notables include Greenberg and Gehringer of Detroit leading runs and RBIs, Medwick of St Louis high in hits, Ott and Collins among home runs and RBIs, with paras of pitchers Parmelee and Schumacher leading the mound figures.
The Columbus Red Birds defeated the Indianapolis Indians 5 to 1 behind Mike Ryba four hit pitching. Indianapolis won 5 to 4 over Milwaukee as Minneapolis leads the division. Ryba earned his 12th win. Umpire George Johnston suffered a fractured ear bone after a foul tip, with Steve Sandra and Walter Tauscher filling in.
Loulaville launched a 12 hit attack against two of three Kansas City hurlers for an 8 to 2 victory. St Paul won 8 to 7 at Toledo after scoring in the ninth. Saints beat Lawson Weaver and Bowler for 15 hits, while Toledo’s pitchers Rigney Hunter Grimes and Stine allowed 10.
The main bout for Monday night at Silver Bridge Arena features Jack Ackers of Newark versus Maxie Brown of Charleston West Virginia. Brown holds the West Virginia and Pennsylvania 175 pound amateur title. Preliminary fights include Kid Dixon of Newark vs Man Tenney of Huntington and Speedy Stevens of Newark vs Battling Johnson of Bidwell. Charles Sayre CCC boy from Pomeroy and Young Hill of Newark may fight if another bout is added. Sayre recently lost his first match after a string of wins and a CCC camp champion title.
The standings show Detroit 8 Boston 0 St Louis 4 New York 1 in 11 innings and Washington 6 Chicago 4 Philadelphia 7 Cleveland 5 Columbus 5 Minneapolis 1 Indianapolis 5 Milwaukee 4 Louisville 8 Kansas City 2 St Paul 8 Toledo 7. Saturday games include Boston at Pittsburgh Philadelphia at Cincinnati New York at Chicago two Brooklyn at St Louis Chicago at Washington St Louis at New York Detroit at Boston Cleveland at Philadelphia Minneapolis at Columbus Kansas City at Ullville St Paul at Toledo Milwaukee at Indianapolis.
Mary Hoerger of Miami Beach won the women 3 meter springboard title at age 11 in the four day national championships in New York City. Lenore Kight of Homestead, Pa, defended her mile swim title with a 24 minute 20.4 second effort. Olve McKean of Seattle opened with a win in the 100 meter freestyle.
Russ Brown pitched a no hit no run game for Akron as they defeated Beckley 6 to 0 in a Mid Atlantic matchup. Brown, a Rochester youth from sand lots, starred on the mound.
Athletica melted two home runs with runners aboard and a single over the Indians while Paul Chan and Pepper Martin shone. Doan and Martin connected for the Cardinals as West and Lynwood Rowe produced key hits. Tigers, Browns, Dodgers and others delivered offense with notable hits and RBIs.
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