War and Baseball Echoes in Coast League History
A reflective column recalls conflicts in the Coast League, referencing leaders, salaries, and past disputes. It contrasts old turbulent eras with a current quiet, noting Cincinnati Reds' Puerto Rico visit and fan enthusiasm, plus San Diego's trial of rubber covered baseballs and historic bat innovations.
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Cincinnati Reds
Puerto Rico
Jack Ryder
Cincinnati Aquirer
Ryder
West Indies
Reds
San Juan
Ord
San Diego
H. W
Tom Shibe
Billy Steppe
Ortland
Spider Baum
Many New Men In Red Bird Lineup This Season
Columbus club of the American Association begins spring training as 1936 opens April 12. New president Donald E. Beach and secretary Clifford Crawford lead a reshaped front office with Jane Ann Jones as treasurer. The lineup blends veterans Hal Anderson and Nick Cullop with promising rookies Paul Chervinko Arnold Owen and Mickey Weintraub, aiming for strong pitching and power in AA competition.
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Columbus
Red Bird Stadium
Columbus Club
American Association
Red Bird
Donald E. Beach
George M. Trautman
Clifford R
Pat) Crawford
Birds
Jane Ann Jones
Ray Blades
Rochester
Burt Shotton
Phillies
Blades
Hal Anderson
Nick Cullop
Chick Fallis
Jack Winsett
Mays Copeland
Bob Klinger
Eddie Delker
The
Allyn Stout
New York Giant
Paul Chervinko
University of Illinois
Bloomington
Mike Martynik
Huntington
W. Va
Rhode Island State Univrsity
Tom Sears
Springfield
Phillip
Mickey) Weintraub
Chicago
Bill Terry
Giants
Weintraub
Nashville
Dodgers offer Stripp to Cards and mixed spring notes
AP reports multiple spring standings and player moves with Joe Stripp linked to the Cardinals as Dodgers seek younger Red Bird players. Bill Terry shows form for the Giants, Si Johnson slated to pitch for Reds, Cubs plan lefty pair against the Cardinals, Hudlin warming for the Giants, and Mule Haas excelling for the White Sox at first base.
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Associated Press
Clearwater
Dodgers
Joe Stripp
Red Bird
Bradenton
Charley Grimm
Cubs
Roy Henshaw
Wesley Flowers
Austin
Tex
Mule Haas
White Sox
Zeke Bonura
Ira Hutchinson
Red Evans
Jimmy Dykes
Pirates
Child Leaves Hospital After Major Operation
Mrs. Dale Warner of Lancaster recently had major surgery at a Lancaster hospital. Daughter Chauncey is now in the care of her parents Mr and Mrs Hart at 18 Lexington Ave. Friends are invited to visit at home while she recovers for a few weeks.
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Chauncey
Dale Warner
Isy Hashman
Lancaster
Lancaster Hospital
Hart
Lexington Ave
Legal notice on Marshfield State Bank liquidation in Ohio
The Superintendent of Banks in Ohio has filed in the Court of Common Pleas of Athens County an application for liquidation of The Marshfield State Bank at New Marshfield Ohio. Interested parties may appear April 10 1936 at the court to be heard regarding the sixth and final dividend.
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New Marsh- Ohio
Athens County
Squire
Banne*e
Marshfield
New Marshfield
Ohio
Kelley Makes First Hole in One Of Local Golf Season
Dick Kelley scored the season’s first hole in one at the Cleveland course. He sank a six iron on the 12th hole, a 145 yard par three. All holes on the course are par three.
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Cleveland
Dick Kelley
Dunlap Begins Title Defense at Pinehurst
George T. Dunlap Jr. of New York, a four time winner, started defense of the North and South amateur title at Pinehurst N C with about 175 golfers including ex-champion Francis Ouimer. After an 18 hole round qualifiers move to 18 hole match play through Friday and a 36 hole final Saturday.
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Pinehurst
George T. Dunlap, Jr
New York
Francis D. Ouimer
Ohioans Buckley Schultz Take Second In Bowling Tourney
Two Ohio natives Johnny Buckley and Herman Schultz of St Bernard finished second in the Knights of Columbus national bowling tournament in Detroit Sunday night with a 1244 series, fourty four pins behind leaders Louis Cheney and Fred Schmitt of Indianapolis.
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Detroit
Johnny Buckley
Herman Schultz
St. Bernard
Knights of Columbus
Louis Cheney
Fred Schmitt
Indianapolis
Wright Paces Orioles in Exhibition Win Over Former Teammates
Ab Wright, traded from Minneapolis after 1934, led Baltimore to a 7 6 victory over the Millers with a home run and two triples driving in four runs. Other IL and IA teams posted results as Buffalo, Toronto, Columbus and Newark also played, with Milwaukee, Kansas City and Indianapolis among notable line scores.
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Chicago
Minneapolis Millers
Ab Wright
Wright
Cleveland
Baltimore
Orioles
Minneapolis
Phil Weinert
Glenn Spencer
St. Paul
Saints
Buffalo
Indianapolis
Toronto
Newark
International
Columbus
Red Bird
Louisville
Washington Senators
Milwaukee
Albany
Kansas City
New Orleans
Southern Association
Owens Aims for 27 Foot Broad Jump Record This Season
Jesse Owens, Ohio State track star, says he may surpass his outdoor broad jump record of 26 feet 8 1 2 inches this season after a yard dash loss to Temple's Eulace Peacock. He also predicts reaching 27 feet in the broad jump. In another note, the Cleveland Indians soccer team beat the Detroit Chevrolets 2 1 to advance toward the National Amateur Cup semi final.
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Cleveland
Jesse Owens
Ohio
Cleveland Indians
Detroit Chevrolets
Wilsons of
Chicago
Local residents engage in visits and travels across towns
Carl W. Hayes investigated a Farm Machinery factory in Louisville by the Ohio Farm Bureau. Dan Pearcy Harve Cunningham and Floyd Starkey bought corn in Baltimore. Several visits and gatherings occurred including Miss Nora Christy with Mrs Rachel Cunningham in New England and others in Athens Stewart Pome High School Frolic. Gaul Bros shipped stock to Eastern markets.
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Carl W. Hayes
Louisville
Ohio Farm Bureau
Dan Pearcy
Harve Cunningham
Floyd Starkey
Baltimore
Bertha Bean
Orville
Aubrey
Bruce
Imogene Nickison
Clarence Hatfield
Kate Snodgrass
Nora Christy
Rachel Cunningham
New England
Whit Bean
Lawson Little to Seek Open Golf Campaign in 1950
William Lawson Little Jr plans to skip defense of the British Amateur to play the American Open at Baltusrol in June. He also eyes a possible British Open bid and a belated England honeymoon with his bride. Little, coming off two amateur titles, aims to prove himself in Open competition as he tunes for Augusta and Baltusrol.
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Augusta
William Lawson Little
Baltusrol
N. J
England
Little
Bob Jones
Lawson
Tommy Armour
Bluffton Merchants Fund Spring Sports At Bluffton College
Bluffton College will run a spring sports program despite a tight athletic budget. Bluffton merchants split into two teams to raise funds among about 2,000 residents by soliciting contributions advertising and hat passes. Captains will toss a fire ball in baseball games and then return to honor seats adorned with ribbons silks and laces. A C Burkey, Bluffton coach, ...
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Bluffton
Bluffton College
A. C. Bureky
Mansfield High Hosts State Scholastic Relay Carnival
Mansfield High School prepared to host about 1400 track competitors for the state’s oldest scholastic relay event on April 18. Director Harry Mehock said invitations went to 500 schools across Ohio Michigan Indiana Kentucky West Virginia and Pennsylvania and he expected 1400 boys to respond. Toledo Scott High School has won the relay championship the last two years.
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Mansfield
Mansfield High School
Harry Mehock
Ohio
Michigan
Indiana
Kentucky
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Toledo Scott
Maple syrup season ends with fair district production
Maple syrup making in the district is finished for the year with camp owners reporting fair yields. Frank Poling, living across the Perry County line, gathered 27 gallons while Amos Huber processed the sap to produce 45 gallons of syrup.
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Logan
Frank Poling
Perry County
Amos Huber
Gas Content in Trees Reveals Hidden Air in Wood
A study notes that twenty to forty percent of a tree's mass consists of gases trapped within the minute cells of the wood. The finding highlights the porous nature of xylem and the role of cellular gases in tree physiology.
Ohio University 1929 team stars Brown and Hastings
The 1929 Ohio University squad, hailed as perhaps the school’s best, featured center George Brown a noted worrier and tackler George Hastings a supremely confident player. Brown’s steady, flawless execution under pressure drove the offense while Hastings never doubted the team’s capability, famously urging readiness before the Indiana game.
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Ohio University
Ohio
George Brown
George—Hastings
Don Peden
Brown
Hastings
Onio
George
Indiana
Prediction of 3199 team record at 1936 bowling classic
Rail birds predict the all time team score of 3199 will fall before the April 14 finish of the American Bowling Congress tournament in Indianapolis. Teammates Telix Geilhausen and Frank Seaton of Elizabeth New Jersey moved up in the doubles, Pat Dalia tied for ninth in singles, Pulaski Coal of Chicago posted the best team total for the day with 2901.
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Indianapolis
Railbirds
Tea Shops
Milwaukee
Telix Geilhausen
Frank Seaton
Elizabeth
N. J
Pat Dalia
Pulaski Coal
Chicago
Logan High Seeks Dry Field for Spring Football Practice
Logan High athletes must find a dry field as the usual athletic ground remains unusable due to lingering wet conditions. Work on the grading project will resume once weather favors, with roughly a third of the gridiron yet to be covered by the new earth layer.
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Logan
Logan High
Smoke From Furnace Triggers Fire Scare at Red Anchor
Smoke poured from the basement of the Red Anchor Department Store on Sunday as workers tried to start the furnace. Fire crews were called but the incident proved less serious after investigators found the furnace could not draw due to a high water level, causing smoke to fill the basement.
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Am Crawford
Sam
Babe Ruth
Wa- Sam
Ruth
Harry Heilmann
Hague
Babe
Mann
Pomeroy
Red Anchor Department
Logan farmer John Daubenmier Recovers From Fall
Marion Township farmer and school board member John Daubenmier is recovering from two fractured ribs after a fall two weeks ago. He was in Logan Saturday.
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Logan
John Daubenmier
Marion Township
Remarkable Ireland Operation Recovered 115 Nails From Stomach
A Dublin patient underwent surgery during which doctors removed 115 nails from his stomach. The case drew attention for the unusual foreign body retention and the successful end result.
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Dublin
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