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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1938
Page
6
Chicago Tribune house organ notes high interest in newspaper activity with statistics from telephone inquiries and mail on various subjects. A standout detail is the continued popularity of baseball reflected in recent call listings.
A Q and A on baseball rules explores outs. It clarifies that three outs complete an inning for a side and that a standard nine to bat per side yields 18 outs in a full game. The article notes the historical plural usage of innings and how it evolved from single club at bats.
Chicago Cubs defeat New York Giants 4 to 2 as Big Bill Lee dominates with 35 straight scoreless innings and a seventh inning rally backed by Billy Herman and Joe Marty. Dodgers beat Cardinals 7 to 6 and other AL results include White Sox over Yankees, Cleveland over Boston, and Detroit past Philadelphia.
A messy box score from a St. Louis vs Washington baseball game shows runs, hits and errors, with Bonura winning pitcher and Weaver losing. Key players include Bell Clift Mills Stone Travis Heath Case Bluege McQuinn and Leonard, with attendance listed as 700.
Cleveland defeats Boston 7 to 5 in a baseball game. Babe Foxx hit a home run for Boston while Hal Averill and Joe Cronin drove in runs. Humpries earned the win for Cleveland with Bagby taking the loss. Attendance 7,000.
Kansas City reasserted its hold on the American Association top spot by defeating Columbus 9 to 4. In other games, Indianapolis fell 11 to 3 to Minneapolis as Roy Parmelee notched his eighth win for the Millers. Joe Gallagher powered KC with a homer, a double and a single driving in six runs.
Detroit defeated Philadelphia 5 to 4 as York hit a homer and Christman drove in key runs. Gill earned the win while a Coates took the loss after a late rally, with bases on balls and strikeouts noted and tenacity shown by both squads.
Dizzy Dean pitched three balls in the Cubs bullpen then six more four innings later and sat down again. He quips about Charlie Grimm and relief duties for Bill Lee. Lee won his sixth straight win, 4 to 2.
Cleveland pitcher Johnny Allen drew a $250 fine after refusing to change a sleeved shirt deemed illegal by Umpire Bill McGowan in a Boston game with the Red Sox. Manager Oscar Vitt supported the ruling, warning Allen’s continued defiance could hurt Cleveland’s pennant hopes.
The Ohio University alumni golf tournament at Athens Country Club was won by Prof. Roy H. Paynter with a low net 68. Gaige B. Paulsen and William F. Smiley tied for second with 70, Floyd Wolfe 71, and B. T. Grover had the low gross of 83. An 18 inch silver loving cup will be presented to Paynter with balls for the other winners.
Chicago offense erupts for eight runs led by Radcliff and Gillienek with key two base hits and stolen bases. New York struggles with seven hits and six left on base as Owen and Geh take the losses.
County Engineer E N Leonard spent two days in Athens presenting an expanded WPA road program for Gallia County. If approved by the Athens district office the plan would employ nearly 1 000 workers from July 1 1938 to July 1 1939 with about 300 000 in expenditures matching the current project. Secondary roads are continued with 915 men already employed and 50 more to be added as mine sealing ends.
James Truesdell, 71, visits Crown City to reconnect with son Harry and old friends after 49 years away. He left as a newborns father later married in Indiana, fathering 16 children, 12 living and married. Harry learned of his father through correspondence and invited him back to his boyhood scenes.
Miss Dora Hickerson of Columbus has returned to Vinton to take a post at the Vinton Bank. She fills a position once held several years ago as James McCarley, a banking staffer, is ill and relinquished his post. Miss Hickerson will reside in Vinton with her parents Mr and Mrs Steve Hickerson.
Local officers still hope to arrest Alva Sewards and Millard Davis wanted for the armed robbery of Centerville merchant G. W. Cooper on May 26. It is believed the suspects have left the area.
Everett B. Webb of Jackson County selected as principal for Rio Grande High School for next year. Webb moves from Gallipolis this summer and is a long time Sunday School teacher, Mason and Granger, Ohio University graduate, native of Vinton County, living near Harden.
Rev. J. S. Brinkman of Hamilton First Baptist Church will deliver the baccalaureate address at Rio Grande College on Sunday morning June 12 at 10 30 o clock Rev. E W Bloomquist of Lima First Baptist Church will speak at the college graduation Monday June 13 at 10 o'clock
Providence Church near Leaper hosts the Gallia Baptist Association convention on June 11 and 12 with Raymond Cremeens as president. The program includes devotionals, sermons, and afternoon/Northup and Guyandotte school presentations, plus special music during Sunday sessions.
Gallipolis reports Raymond Denney was fined $10 and costs after agreeing to pay $25 damages to the owner of a car he struck. He admitted ownership but said he was not driving, claiming to be a passenger.
Announcement notes the Centenary Sewing Club will gather Thursday afternoon with Mrs. Harry Hulshorst hosting.
L. M. Musgrave of Lawrence County, formerly with Albany schools, has been elected vocational agriculture teacher in Cheshire schools. Revival meetings begin at Cross Roads Tabernacle near Cadmus on Sunday June 12, per Miss Blanche Akers pastor.
Bulaville in Addison Township hosts closing exercises Friday evening at the Bulaville Townhouse. The program marks several weeks of study with an enrollment of 50 participants led by teachers Rev. Charles Lusher Rev. and Mrs. E. W. Ellis and Miss Esta George.
In Gallia County the historic Ralph farm near Vinton was sold by the heirs of the late Mrs. Sarah Ralph to Mann Parsons and family from Charleston West Virginia. The buyers have possession. The property was once a station on the Underground Railroad aiding fugitive enslaved people to escape toward Canada. A pivoting stone step once led to a hidden sub cellar used to shelter fugitives.
Mrs. Ida Walden widow of Edward Walden and daughter of Mr and Mrs George Jolley died in Columbus. She and her family formerly lived in Middleport where her father worked on the ferryboat Little Ben.
Mary L. Spires announces a week long gathering at Ewington Christian Union Church beginning Sunday evening June 12 and continuing through the week. An all day service is set for Sunday June 19 with Rev. J. H. Berridge of Marion as speaker and a different speaker each week night.
Gallia County Democrat Club members will meet at White Throne School on Racoon Island Friday night June 17. Secretary W Phil Kling announces the gathering.
Virgil Smith a WPA clerical worker who suffered a fractured hip in November has returned to Holzer Hospital for final treatment. He has been recovering at his Peniel home in the county since January.
Denver reports the 42nd National Open at Cherry Hills with 170 players in final rounds. Favorites split between long hitters and straight shooters as Ralph Guldahl leads at 6-1, Snead at 7-1, with Sarazen and Cruickshank among contenders amid vast practice crowds and potential 10,000 on final day.
In Moline Iowa thirty Angora goats along with 28 adults and two kids are kept on a 27 acre lumber storage lot at the John Deere Wagon works to reduce fire hazards. The animals replace the need for multiple workers who formerly cut grass and weeds between piles to prevent fires.
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