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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1927
Page
7
Louise Fordyce of Youngstown posted an 86 to lead the first day of the Ohio Women’s Tournament at Mayfield Country Club in Cleveland. Half the field were Clevelanders as match play opened, with Mrs Julian Tyler of Mayfield and Mrs Curtis Soh of Columbus tying for second at 88.
Cincinnati hosts the twenty-seventh Tri-State tennis tournament as George M. Lott of Chicago arrives. Emmett Pare and Clifford Sutter eliminate local and visiting rivals while Gustave Feuer ousts Fred Dexman and Horace Bulen defeats Reginald Barnard. Freddy Brad appears in his first event this year. Brace defeats Bob Flynn Evanston.
June 28 report says pitcher Joe Bush, released by the Pittsburgh Pirates after arm trouble, has joined the New York Giants on a tryout. Giants manager John McGraw, needing pitching depth, called up Bush following waivers by all Major League clubs.
Johnny Goodman, a caddie who won the recent trans Mississippi tournament at Denver, will receive an educational fund from Omaha sportsmen. A drive began yesterday to collect subscriptions for the fund.
Summary of yesterday's results across the majors. In the American League Chicago beat Cleveland 7 to 4 while Cleveland lost 12 to 2 to an opponent. New York defeated Philadelphia 6 to 2 and Washington Boston and Detroit all posted 4 to 2 wins. In the National League Philadelphia beat New York 9 to 6, Chicago topped Cincinnati 11 to 4, and St. Louis won 7 to 5 against Pittsburgh. The American Association saw Kansas City 3 St. Paul 1 and Milwaukee 15 Minneapolis 2.
At Haverford Pennsylvania on June 28 the National Intercollegiate Tennis championships saw seed woes as Lehigh’s Neil Sullivan fell 6-4 6-3 to Gordon of Harvard in the first round. Ted Eggman of Cornell, seeded No. 8, dropped to Evans of Princeton 8-6 2-6 6-3. Barr of SMU, unseeded, lost to J F W Whitebeck of Harvard 6-1 6-3.
Char ley Paddock, sprinting champion, announced he will compete in the annual A A U meet at Lincoln Neb July 1 2 and 4. He has taken leave from his movie work to participate in the meet.
In Seattle the army cable ship crew fixing the line between Seattle and Alaska found a twenty ton killer whale entangled in the heavy wires. The whale had severed the core in eight places with its teeth.
A cen tral or tri state baseball league may be formed here soon, announced by Mike Sexton of Rock Island Illinois, president of the National Association of Minor Baseball Leagues. He names Youngstown Erie Canton Arron Dayton Springfield and possibly Richmond Fort Wayne as hopeful members. The league would not operate until next season with representatives from probable entries to meet.
Chicago June 28 Blue Blood captured the opener at Homewood racecourse for a record price in Illinois racing. The victory set a new high in local betting markets.
A warning against unscrupulous dealers who switch Orange Crush for imitation drinks. The piece urges mothers to teach children to demand Orange Crush in the Krinkly Bottle and to report any deceit to local bottlers.
Veteran Tris Speaker singled in the eighth to score two runs and lift Washington to a 9-8 victory over Boston, sweeping their wins over the Red Sox. Flint Rhem pitched for St Louis as they beat the Pirates, cutting the NL lead, while Cubs, White Sox, Giants, and Yankees posted multiple wins in other matchups. Yesterday's hero highlighted Speaker.
New York June 28 P Aul LBerlenbach eyes his light heavyweight crown after a one round KO of Austrian heavyweight Charles Rammell. The former champion impressed a 5 000 strong crowd with a display of his old form despite Rammell's clear weakness.
Chicago and Cleveland split a doubleheader with the White Sox winning 7 to 2 in game one and the Indians taking game two 12 to 4. May pitched for Chicago and Grant earned the win for Cleveland as the nightcap saw heavy hits and scattered runs.
United Press reports semi-finalists to be decided today at Wimbledon. American stars Helen Wills Elizabeth Ryan and Francis Hunter face tough opponents while Henri Cochet joins Henri Cochet? and William Tilden advanced by defeating Jacques Brugnon Ketty Nuthall meets Joan Fry as the draw narrows.
Johnny Roberts of Huntington West Virginia defeated Farmer Joe Cooper of Terre Haute Indiana in a close ten round match in Cincinnati. Roberts had Cooper near knockdown in the ninth round.
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