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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1933
Page
9
Reports describe early season chatter and interclub trade talk as Philadelphia and New York swing for a push, while Cincinnati and St Louis assess lineups. Cards tighten around infield shifts with Burgess returning, and Columbus watches prospects as the season nears.
Boston Red Sox surge from AL cellar with an 8 to 5 win over the New York Yankees marking their fourth consecutive victory in the series to end a long skid. St Louis Browns drop to last place. In the NL, Brooklyn collects 21 hits in a 9 to 3 win over Philadelphia.
At Belmont Park the two year old Watch Her owned by Bernard M. Baruch bolted before a four and a half furlong Coy Maid Purse. After a lengthy chase she was brought back and then won at 0 52 3 5 in good time as the favorite faded to 15 to 1.
Two Sunday baseball games in Pomeroy Bend will draw local fans. In Syracuse Chester meets Jackson County All Stars at 2:30 to open Syracuse Beach. Middleport faces Jacksonville at Pythian Park with a strong Middleport lineup led by Van Meter McCann Parfitt Pukins Rawlings Allensworth Demoskey Thompson and Demoskey.
Burgess Whitehead, top A A second baseman in 1932, returned to the Columbus baseball club from the St Louis Cardinals. He was sent to the Cardinals earlier this season and rejoined Columbus under an optional agreement clause. The move followed an American Association ban on four Columbus players over alleged excessive salaries.
UNITED PRESS reports the Cubs blanked the Pirates four hits led by Frank Demaree with a two run homer and Roy Johnson added a homer with two aboard for the Red Sox.
Warm weather brings swarms of mosquitoes and black flies that irritate fishermen. Articles describe home made repellents using olive oil, sassafras oil, camphor, eucalyptus, citronella, and pine tar, plus mixtures with castor oil and pennyroyal. Other remedies include lavender with borated lanolin.
Harvard and Yale crews prepare for their long running Thames race in New London Connecticut. The Crimson bring a power heavy shell with an average near 187 pounds per man while Yale fields the lighter favored boat as they vie over the four mile course starting at Barnetts Cove and finishing under the railroad bridge. Yale leads this season with faster trials but Harvard aims to overturn the trend with a drive to the stake boats.
Ray Arnold a 20 year old jockey from Keosauqua Iowa was fatally injured when Flowery Lady stumbled and threw him during the fifth race at Bainbridge Park He sustained a fractured skull and internal injuries and died two hours after reaching a hospital Arnold had been riding for two years and was under contract to W A Mike of Kansas City
Johnny Risko and Patsy Perroni will headline a John Carroll Alumni fight program in Cleveland if weather allows. Risko, Cleveland’s top heavyweight, weighed 199 pounds, while Perroni weighed 185 pounds.
The Gallipolis Golf Club defeated the Jackson County Club in match play on the Gallipolis course with a score of 48 1 2 to 1 1 2. Gallipolis players posted the three low cards for the par 68 course led by H. O'Brien 73, O A Vornholdt 77, and Ted Tanner 7. A banquet for the Jackson team followed the match hosted by Galipolis members.
In Columbus on Thursday the Red Birds beat Kansas City 3 to 1 to extend their lead to five games as Lindsey earned the win. Minneapolis toppled Louisville 9 to 5 after six runs in the eighth inning while collecting 11 hits to Louisville’s 8. Tonight’s slate features Toledo at Louisville and Columbus at Indianapolis in a night game.
Dillon Mack led the field to win the 2:13 trot feature at the Ohio Short Ship Harness Racing meeting in Marion on Thursday night. In the second head, Dillon Mack clocked 2:10, with Peter-At-Law driven by Brinkerhoff taking the 2:14 pace in two heats and a best time of 2:08. Johnny Walker and Sunny Boy split honors after three heats in the 22 pace event.
The player should assume a comfortable stance with a slight bend, avoiding reaching for the ball. A too distant stance places hands away from the body and creates tension in the arms and torso, hindering a relaxed and free swing.
Bob Vallery of Urbana, driving Comet's Star, was thrown from his sulky when the horse stumbled and fell in the stretch on the final lap of the first heat of the 2:22 pace. It was the second spill in two nights.
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