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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1932
Page
9
Cleveland tops New York 2-1 and 12-10 to cut the lead and bolster pennant hopes as the city celebrates its new stadium opening. Oral Hildebrand outpitched Donnie MacFayden in game one. Foxx drives in four in the second as Cleveland crews up.
Miteki's Musiligs reports optimism for the Pirates as Bill notes their NL race depends on pitching. He praises Burt Shotton's club and the young keystone pair Piet and Vayphan as future stars. Other letters discuss veteran pitchers fading while youngsters shape the pennant race.
UNITED 1.5 reports Jimmy Foxx hit a homer and a single in seven at bats for four runs. Babe Ruth pinch hit. Lou Gehrig had three singles driving in two runs. Simmons slugged a homer and two singles in 19 at bats for one run. Bill Terry contributed a homer and a single in eight at bats for two runs.
ParisJuly 28 Jean Borotra of France and Ellsworth Vines of the United States will meet in the first Davies Cup singles Friday as the draw is announced. Henri Cochet and Wilmer Allison also clash Friday with Allison paired with John van Ryn in the doubles against Cochet and Bruguer on Saturday. Sunday features Allison versus Borotra and Cochet versus Vines in singles.
Gallipolis reports the Business Men defeated Addison 10 to 2 to solidify their hold on the second half title. Diggin pitched two spotless innings and allowed eight Addison hits with no walks as Brothers led the offense with four runs in the win.
Zaleski lost 9 7 on the lat terts field as Union Furnace scored four in the first inning and added three in the final frame. Hayes Moore and Martin led Zaleski hitters while Leadbetter Johnson and Murray starred for Union Furnace. Batteries: Union Furnace Walker Murray eLedbetter Zaleski Martin Chubb Moore. Umpires Weise.
Larry Benton held Philadelphia to four hits over eight innings as the Reds edged the Phillies 4-3 in the second game. Babe Herman saved the day with a sharp double play in the ninth after a late rally, preserving Cincinnati’s victory.
A slate of games features St Louis at Brooklyn and Chicago at Boston. Other pairings include Cincinnati at Philadelphia and Pittsburgh at New York with additional AMERICAN and ASSOCIATION contests such as Washington at St Louis Boston at Chicago New York at Cleveland Columbus at Louisville Toledo at Indianapolis Milwaukee at Minneapolis and St Paul at Kansas City.
A nine foot statue of Christopher Columbus in the Josephinum College court yard since 1890s is up for sale. Cast in Salem and given by Rt Rev Joseph Jessing seven years before his death it cost 800.
In Columbus on July 2 the Taians protected second place by winning the final game of the series against the Red Birds. Tom Angley belted a home run as a pinch hitter driving in three runs in the seventh inning and helped seal the 4 run victory increasing their edge to one and a half games.
In a semi final at Athens Country Club, Jack Preston defeated Grover five up with four to play. Preston built and protected a lead with steady play despite one bad hole the seventh. He will face the winner of Morton versus O Rienens for the title.
Birds-eye recap of a baseball game detailing pitching by Van Guder and Dean, hits off Consey and Parmelee, strikeouts by Ash and Pat, and a 2:18 game time. The account references Van Guder as winning pitcher with support from Johnston, and notes innings pitched with sparse, disjointed phrases.
Fort Wayne edged Prie 4 to 3 in ten innings to snap a losing streak and extend a string of wins in the second half. Evie has imat six of its 24 games.
The third place Youngstown squad defeated Dayton decisively, opening an 18 to 3 lead and cruising to the win.
In High Point North Carolina guards protected four hosiery mills as 3 000 striking workers paraded at night singing God Will Take Care of Me and rejected wage offers. Operators planned to open today under guard as strikers warned against any mill opening without workers.
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