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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jun 02, 1931

Page

18

Mitch's Musings on Golf Shorts and Baseball Frolics

A lively column riffs on Bobby Jones golf films and a fan's desire for tips plus scattered baseball notes. It recalls late night games, crowd sizes, and quirky bits about players like Clyde Day and Bob Meusel while praising teams such as Cleveland and Brooklyn as pennant contenders.

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Jacobs Demands Ring Official Change for Schmeling Stribling Title Show

Joe Jacobs, manager of Max Schmeling, attacks Cleveland Boxing Commission rules requiring two ringside judges. He wants only the referee to decide bouts and questions the need for multiple officials. Tickets for the July 3 title defense were selling briskly as advance sales surpassed prior Demar-Tunney levels.

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Reds Bow to Cards in 12 Inning Fray

St Louis edge Cincinnati 5 1/2 hours after 12 innings as Harvey Hendrick key for cellar Reds. Hendrick six straight plate appearances with five hits before being walked, Henderson and Bottomley drive runs, Hallahan wins in relief over Benton. Time 2 37. umpires Donnelly Klem Stark.

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An unreadable OCR snippet mentions names Halles Thomas Swift and Peters with a price tag and city references, but the readable facts are limited to scattered terms. The text lacks a coherent event, date, or location to form a complete summary.

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Ohio Bobcats dominance spans football to baseball

Ohio University’s teams posted an era of success across football basketball and track, with football going undefeated in 1929, a 19 game win streak, Buckeye Conference titles, a 13 of 17 basketball wins, and a top spring track record. The Bearcats and Buckeye rivals faced heavy defeats while tennis also shone.

Ohio University Bobcats Ohio West Virginia Ohioans Dog C. Peden Buckeye Grover Cornell DePauw Ohio Wesleyan Denison Cats Cincinnati Muskingum Marietta Miami Marshall Bliss Broaddus Bill Herbert Bobcat Northwestern Wabash University of Cincinnati Bearcats Miami University Indians O. C. Bird

Ohio University awards spring letters to 25 athletes

Athletic Director O C Bird announced 25 Ohio University spring sport letters and two manager letters. Track players Harold Brown and Albert Morgan led scoring, baseball honorees included Jerry Warshower and Rex Burke, tennis letters went to Howard Doll and Alfred Gardner.

Ohio University Athletic Department O. C. Bird Harold Brown Fred Deutsch Richard Goos Elsworth Holden Russell Kepler Don Maurer Albert Morgan Clyde Newell Joseph Reilly Irvin Smolowitz Edwin Siemen William Jerry Warshower Vern Wolfe Frank Moody Karl Pfleger Stephen Lewis George Brown Alexander Tost TY

Birds Defeat New York 3-2 in Exhibition at Columbus

Columbus Red Birds beat the New York Giants 3-2 in an hour and two minutes. Paul Dean pitched well for the Red Birds, allowing five hits while Giants threats were limited to a third inning rally by Marshall, Desautels, Purdy and Dean.

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