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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1937
Page
9
Reis held Erskine to seven hits as Ohio defeated the visitors. Ohio gathered eight safeties off Smith, but the hits produced runs. The Bobcats planned to travel to Clemson for the second game of their trip.
Greendale society notes Glendon Jewell and Freda Starr plan a Logan ceremony. Local visits include the Dixons with Emery Biggs in Gore and the Draytons with William in Athens. Church events feature sunrise services in Carbon Hill and baptisms in Nelsonville, with leaders Leland Goodman and Miss Viola Bond prominent.
Bobby Jones listed at 24-1 in a golf tourney at Augusta with Harry Cooper of Chicago favored at 10-1 and Horton Smith at 11-1. Jimmy Hines also mentioned among contenders as the field shapes up.
Heavyweight champion James Braddock will join five pinsters for the American Bowling Congress meet in New York. He takes on the Dempsey outfit led by Mort Lindsay as Braddock’s ABC teammate Al Lattin and others pursue high scores amid Monday night results from teams like Lins Weiners Milwaukee and McMahon of Altoona with top games near 1 000.
Ohio University’s No. 1 rifle team finished third of 23 teams in the National ROTC Rifle Matches for the William Randolph Hearst trophy. Cincinnati member James W. Foster won a medal for high individual score. Team members: Main, Foster, Gayley, Bros, and Jones Jr.
Joe J Nelson former starter at Alamo Downs was ordered held by U S Commissioner Paul Lockhart on bond 25000 after narcotics agents secured a New York state warrant Nelson was arrested Saturday on drug conspiracy charges connected to Harrison Narcotics Act enforcement in New York.
Henry McLemore recalls witnessing heavyweight champion James J. Braddock served with a subpoena by U.S. marshal and deputies after Madison Square Garden arrangements for a planned prize fight with Max Schmeling on June 3, 1987. Braddock vows training at Stillman’s gym as the press event unfolds. Gunboat Williams sparring partner is also pictured in the aftermath.
Illinois lawmakers dropped plans for a ten dollar top price on the Joe Louis Jim Brad dock heavyweight title fight in Chicago. The Senate approved a sixteen dollar limit after reports of attempts to shake down promoters for tickets. The House voted seven to twenty four to table the measure. A mother of Mrs. Carr is hospitalized in Columbus for observation following a visit by Mr. and Mrs. Carr.
Roy Hughes earns position at third base after a month of testing as Cleveland aims to boost pennant chances. ONeil cites Hughes’s strong arm and solid fielding in exhibition play as proof he can handle the long throw across the diamond.
In Coral Gables Florida jockeys Joe Renick on Bertillon and Joe Rosen on Blazing Memory were injured in the third race at Tropical Park. Renick suffered a broken collarbone a cut eye and facial bruises. Blazing Memory ran into the rail and cut its shin. Rosen fell when Blazing Memory stumbled.
The Logan Ewing Juvenile Grange met Friday night in the Grange Hall at Ilesboro for an Easter program directed by Mrs A G Sellers. Lucy Edna Schorr retold the resurrection story and Gordon presented Symbols of Easter. Annie Brimner read Easter poems and games followed. Afterward the juvenile group joined the subordinate grange for lunch.
The Electrolux gas refrigerator is promoted as a sound long term investment for families with tight budgets. The copy argues that gas models offer efficiency and savings, appealing to households seeking value and urging readers to consult their gas company for easy payment plans.
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