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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1933
Page
5
Outdoor workouts at Ohio University leave players muddy as squad members work through fielding and batting drills. Peden directs straight pitches while newcomers vie for spots. weather delays join the hunt for dry fields and better accuracy, with scouts eyeing potential order in camp.
Rejuvenated Red Sox on menu today after the Reds fell 16 to 3 to the Yankees in Florida. Rays Kolp and Frey slated for Reds with Rixey Johnson Ogden lambasted by Yanks as Harv Devens and Lefty Gomez held Reds to little offense. Cubs Stars spring opener at Wrigley field follows.
The Athens Futures face Nelsonville Independent in the Athens Armory on Wednesday at 7. The Futures keep their Amesville tournament lineup and plan a doubleheader on April 4 against Hollister and Albany or New Marshfield. They seek April games and recreation baseball matchups in the district with inquiries to Harry Hudson.
Japanese and Australian Davis Cup squads choose to compete in Europe this season and will not appear in North American zone play.
The passage notes the Giants lack depth in pitching as Terry tests players at several positions. Philadelphia and Brooklyn face similar pitching shortages while Louis leads with arms but other clubs like Cincinnati lack enough ball players to meet major league standards.
A Boston Red Sox rookie with Irish roots, Walter Brown, secured by trade from Montreal after good showings last year. Montreal catcher Benny Tate, pitcher Michaels, and infielder Pickering were included, with promise of two more players and cash if Brown proves successful. Brown, who studied at Fordham Prep and Brown University, previously played for the Giants and Hartford before Montreal.
A United Press poll of 16 MLB clubs names 17 top rookies for 1933, with the New York Yankees split between Don Brennan and Fred Walter as their standout rookies. Brennan, the top pitcher in the International League last season, appears headed for a regular berth. The list highlights six pitchers and three outfielders for the American League, while the National League features four hurlers, three infielders and one outfielder among the leaders.
Ohio bowlers again bid for national ABC honors with Bodnar Undertakers leading at 2936 in the five man event. No Leak Roofing is eighth with 2890 while Pure Oil Quintet sits tenth at 2877. John Bannick of Elyria is third with 687 in the individual, and Bart Cook of Cincinnati ranks tenth in all events at 1877.
Representatives from United Brethren Presbyterian Catholic Lutheran Methodist Episco pal and Episcopalian churches met the American Legion baseball committee in Logan to outline plans for the season. Teams will carry 15 players with Junior League eligibility rules limiting players born after June 30 1933. Season open in May with two rounds of 10 games, games on Monday Wednesday and Friday, pennant winner to go to the district meet, next meeting in two weeks to check progress.
Drawings for the Athens County grade school basketball tournament to be held at I-T high school gym this weekend will be made at the county superintendent's office tonight at 7 30. Eligibility lists for all teams must be turned in at this time.
The report highlights Ralph Birkofer of Pittsburgh as a standout southpaw, with John Ryan of the New York Giants, Albert Wright of the Boston Braves, and Otty Bluege of the Cincinnati Reds earning infield honors. Joe Medwick emerges as the top outfielder among St. Louis Cardinals prospects.
Editor’s note surveys the Cincinnati Reds roster and aims to predict a bleak season. Donie Bush returns to the National League with four players from Minneapolis and a lineup heavy on aging or uncertain talents, including Hafey Lombardi and Morrissey, with limited pitching depth and a questioned catching corps.
Stanley Poreda of Jersey City defeated Tom Heeney of New Zealand by technical knockout in the tenth round at 81 Nicholas Rink. Referee Jack Dorman stopped the bout. Poreda weighed 208 pounds while Heeney weighed 211 pounds.
Duke University will host the Southern Conference track and field meet on May 10 and May 20 this year.
Henry McLemore reports a telephone tip from Sammy Taub about Ancil Hoffman and Max Baer racing to New York ahead of Schmeling. The California duo plan a training tour stopping in Salt Lake City Cheyenne and Chicago before a June 1 showdown.
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