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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1931
Page
6
An oddball column venting at sports writers and their betting instincts. It notes critics repeatedly miss on boxing and boxing legends while praising or predicting the wrong outcomes, and ends with a brief box score reference to Brooklyn and Chicago in the National League.
In Orangeburg on July 21 Mickey Walker talk and betting odds stirred local fans as Hemsley delivered a decisive run for the Cubs in a 1-0 victory over the Robins. The report contrasts Walker’s odds with Sharkey and notes outcomes from the national leagues and minor circuits, including New York and Chicago games.
Scattered box score fragments list batteries and lineups for multiple league games. Teams include Detroit, Chicago, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Boston, Indianapolis, St. Paul, Louisville, Minneapolis and others with players such as Thames Moore Cara way Wehde Grube MacDonald Mahaffey Cochrane Brown Sewell Angley Munns Bream Fenner Fingard Kian Gearin Manion Weinart Tincup Wile Harms Shea Dumont Brilineart Hensick Hargrave.
The article discusses confidence when facing a dubbed brassie shot from the fairway. It notes brassie shots off the fairway are as easy as tee shots and attributes lost confidence to a dipping right shoulder or lifting with the hands. Mae Smith advises to swing through for consistency.
Athens hosts a five bout Elks fight card at the Athens County Fairgrounds on Thursday night. Top stars Bobby Mason and Chet French renew their rivalry in a six rounder while Midge Hartman faces Johnny Devlin in a six round clash. Denny Rowland seeks revenge against Joe Cain in a four round curtain raiser.
Thomas Fork stays atop the Ohio Valley League by beating Zaterid. Howe kins pitcher Fork struck out three in the ninth with bases loaded. Stobart and Wolfe each had three hits for the winners as they scored in the first and second frames. Zaleski drove in three runs in the fourth. Also noted were rising interest in cricket in Australia and a blurb about captain William Olson to lead Chicago's 1922 baseball team.
The Dorade, a 53 foot yawl, left Newport July 4 bound for Plymouth, nearing the southern tip of England after 17 days at sea. Skipper J Stephens and navigator Oakl J Stephens commanded the vessel with Rodarick Stephens owner. a Hamburg-American steamer rescued two crew members as provisions ran low.
Dyesville edged Harrisonville 3 to 2 in a 12 inning game. Dyesville scored in the second and third for a 2 0 lead, Harrisonville tied it in the later innings, and Dyesville won with a late rally powered by Hartwnnvlln's homer. Roth Werlers pitched the full distance for Harrisonville as Dyeaville capitalized on a late run.
Scattered notices describe a featherweight fighter Freddy Miter challenging a champion worded in a speculative tone for a Thursday night bout at Redbird Field. Other items list American League and National League matchups and a Palm Beach bullfighting ban proposal with various city notes.
A garbled report details an English actor Dusty Al Bb Vermond Jean involved in a printing scheme and an incident where he was carried out after a dispute in a New York event. Jack Phoenix is mentioned amid confusion with a group clashing in a crowded venue.
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