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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1935
Page
9
Fragmentary text discusses player conduct, salaries, discipline, and club pressures in professional sports. Mentions fines boos and release, ownership actions, and a looming inquiry into league operations with references to May and districts.
Tigers suffer a 6 to 5 defeat as Cleveland Indians rally with six runs in the sixth off Alvin Crowder. Joe Vosmik drives in the deciding run with a triple after a clutch sequence and the Tigers’ late ninth inning rally is stymied by Thornton Lee. White Sox beat Browns 7 to 2. Pirates topple Cardinals 3 to 2 in NL action.
Davenport Iowa golfer Nordstrom shot 71 to take a three stroke lead in the medal competition at the Charlies E Coffin course in Indianapolis. Seven players were tied at 74 behind him including Boyer Cyr Rippy Walker Gordon Balega and Doll as teams vie for the 36 hole team championship with Louisville leading at 305 after day one.
AP columns note White Sox held Browns to three hits in a 7 to 2 win. Pirates stopper Red Lucas scattered four hits against the Cardinals as Will Hudlin and Thorn Ton Lee split Indians duties in a 6 to 5 ninth inning comeback. Also mention lighting wood balance and Casey Stengel antics with Dodgers, Otto Miller, and a g mans chase.
National league scores show Pittsburgh 3 St Louis 2 and Philadelphia at Boston postponed by rain. American Association results include Cleveland 6 Detroit 5 and Chicago 7 St Louis 2. Other matchups feature Columbus 2 St Paul 1 Minneapolis 10 Louisville 3 Milwaukee 14 Indianapolis 9 8 Kansas City 6 3. Wednesday has Chicago at Pittsburgh St Louis at Cincinnati Brooklyn at Boston Philadelphia at New York Cleveland at Chicago Louisville at Detroit Boston at Washington New York at Philadelphia open date.
In a 15 inning game, Murray City Eagles fell 2-1 to Marietta Junior Commerce. Taylor struck out 16, Luise fanned six.
At New York Al Roth 133 3 4 outpointed Davey Day 138 Chicago John Anderson 171 1 4 outpointed Ed Mick ey Walker 168 1 2 Sweden Tommy Loughran 187 Philadelphia outpointed Eddie Simms 195 Cleveland Thurston McKinney 150 Detroit outpointed Puggy Weinert 149 1 2 Chicago Jimmy Leto 142 Hartford outpointed Benny Bass 147 Philadelphia Frankie Wolfram 120 Winnipeg defeated Henry Hook 122 Indianapolis Joe Temes 123 Tampa defeated Roger Bernard 127 Flint Nathan Mann 174 New York scored technical knockout over Eddie Carr 172 Waterbury
Brandon T. Grover the Athens Country Club club champion fired a 70 to break the amateur course mark previously 71 held jointly by Jack Preston and Johnny Fischer. Grover relied on a hot putting display with 25 putts over 18 holes and a pair of 15-footers to seal the record as about 30 golfers from Marietta travel to Athens for an inter-city match.
Athens Tennis Club hosts Pomeroy at Ohio University courts on Wednesday. On Saturday Athens travels to Columbus to face East Side Tennis Club. Dayton beats Akron 3 1, then 6 5. Portsmouth defeats Charleston 5 1. Zanesville wins 7 8 in ten innings, while Huntington defeats Beckley.
Minneapolis Millers host the American Association all star squad as Donie Bush pins hopes on Ray Kolp Archie McKain and Bill Perrin to halt a star lineup stronger than last year. Mike Powers joins the All Stars after an injured wrist scare with 7,000 fans expected to watch at 2:30 PM Central.
The British Lion moved to seal the Davis Cup against the United States as England led 5-0. In a five set win, George Hughes and Raymond Tuckey defeated Wilmer Allison and John Van Ryn 6-2 1-6 6-8 6-3 6-3, ending the Americans’ bid to win the doubles title.
The chart lists top performers: Medwick of the Cardinals leads runs and hits with 140 and 14, while Ott of the Giants hits 23 homers and 78 runs. Von Vaughan and several players top batting averages, with notable pitchers Castleman and Lyons posting strong records.
Claude Westfall of Athens Rifle and Pistol Club placed high among 145 entrants in Akron’s Zeppelin Small Bore Open. He finished fourth in the Dewar match with 306 of 400 and, paired with J. J. Scholler, earned a place on the International Dewar team after a strong showing in the 8 meter event. Crokey set a possible world record at 200 yards with a 199 in metallic sights.
Chicago AP notes Johnny Gill's home run power as the Minneapolis Millers lead the American Association race with four homers by Gill in recent days. The Millers beat Toledo 10 7 in a four game set as Gartark and Parker each posted two doubles. Coluabus edged St Paul 2 1 behind Neb Kileger. Milwaukee routed Louisville 4 3 and Indianapolis swept Kansas City 9 6 and 3 3 in a doubleheader.
In the Mead Club invitation tennis tournament many seeds advanced. John Mc Diarmid of Fort Worth seeded seventh beat Henry Culley of Santa Barbara 24 4. Robert Bryon of Chattanooga defeated Ralph Minnich of Lorsin 1 7 6 2 in singles.
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