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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 16, 1932

Page

2

Buckeye Baseball Race Hinges On Wesleyan Showdown

Ohio faces Ohio Wesleyan in a pivotal Buckeye Conference baseball clash. A win boosts Ohio toward a share of the title, while a loss jeopardizes its chances as Wesleyan eyes the all around trophy amid football and basketball standings. Prospects hinge on performances by Bill Herbert and Ohio athletes.

Ohio Ohio Wesleyan Buckeye Bobcats Wesleyan Cincinnati Bearcats Athens DePauw Wabash Bill Herbert Ohio Field

Merchants Split Twin Bill In Athens Debut

About 500 fans watched Athens Merchants open with a 12 6 loss to Chauncey and a 6 5 win over Carbondale. Haddox homered for Chauncey. Seigle hit for Athens. Tomaselli shut down Carbondale in relief. Umpires Williams and Charlies.

Athens Athens Merchants Carbondale Hartman Frisby Tomasell Murad Williams Charlies

Sharkey Faces Silence As Madison Square Garden Hums No Cheers

A sparsely cheering crowd greeted Jack Sharkey at Madison Square Garden as he prepared to support Ernie Schaat. The famed heavyweight appeared in the ring amid an unusual roar of silence, the audience’s lack of boos signaling an unexpected shift in public interest and mood toward the challenger.

Jack Sharkey Ernie Schaat Madison Square Garden Ring Sharkey Land of the Brave Home of the Free Sahara Desert Times Square Boston

Burgoo King Arrives at Belmont for Withers Mile

Colonel E R Bradley's Burgoo King, a three year old colt with over 100000 earnings in 1982, reached Belmont Park to prepare for the Withers Mile. The chestnut son of Bubbling Over may face Tick On as he seeks sprint glory after winning Kentucky Derby and Preakness.

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Scores Across Baseball and Baseball Style League Summary

National League action shows Philadelphia routing Chicago 8 to 6 with strong offense from Collins and Hartnett. St Louis defeated by 7 to 3 as Cunningham and Hargrave contributed. American League highlights Cleveland beating New York 4 to 1 with Ferrell and Myatt strong on the mound. Detroit outpaced by Washington 1 to 0 as Stewart pitched in. Association play notes Manses City and Milwaukee split with 8 to 5. second game Kansas City edged Milwaukee 7 to 15 in a high scoring affair. additional standings show St. Paul versus Minneapolis and Indianapolis versus Louisville with various pitchers handling duties.

Cleveland New York Ferrell and Myatt Ruffling Dickey Chicago Boston Frazier Berry Moore Lisenbee Michaels Stroll Connolly Philadelphia Columbus U.P Indianapolis American Association Louisville Campbell Indians Burwell Kansas City Milwaukee Blues Toledo Riggs St. Paul Minneapolia

Big Five By United Prep

Babe Ruth went three times at bat with two at bats recorded. Lou Gehrig singled twice in four at bats. Al Simmons doubled once driving in a run in four at bats. Hack Wilson batted for Shaute without a hit. Bill Terry doubled to drive in two runs and scored once in five at bats.

Babe Ruth Lou Gehrig AL Simmons Hack ‘Wilson Shaute Bill Terry

Birds Split Doubleheader With Toledo In Columbus

The Red Birds split the twin bill with the Toledo Mudhens at Columbus. Game one ended 4-3 in favor of Columbus while game two went to Toledo 10-8 in 13 innings. Bil Lee and Elam Van Gilder pitched well in the opener as Columbus' leadoff hitters contributed key hits. Lebourveau and Riggs homered for Columbus. Swanson stole four bases in the two games.

Merchants Chauncey Carbondale Haddox Seigle Lassman Tomaselli Athens Zipperman Murad Theisen Columbus Red Birds Toledo Mudhens Bil Lee Elam van Gilder Crawford Lee Lebourveau Culop Riggs Sweeney Vurgeon Haie Swanson Hale Turgeon Toledo van Gilder Clayton and Snyder Tole Ldo Knickerbocker U Powers Ae van Gilder Columba Poa Clarke Craw Lebourvean Nate Olek Olas Eeepte Fowter Dean Fennel One Clarke Knickerhoecke Ward Cullop Hinkle Whitehead O'Neill West Figgas Riges Fowler Blake Craighead Grabowski Bo Lee Snyder Clayton

Golf Lesson Notes and Baseball Box Score Snippet

The text discusses a golf swing with emphasis on keeping arms near the body to avoid shanks and notes wrist action. It also includes a baseball box score fragment showing Columbus at Toledo with players, runs, hits, errors, and pitching stats for Fowler Craighead Dean Grabowski and others.

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Giants Dominate Reds 9-1 in Series Opener

In Cincinnati on May 16, the Giants crushed the Reds 9-1 as Carl Hubbell held Cincinnati to little offense. Benny Frey struggled in his Reds debut, while Shanty Hogan and Hugh Critz produced the key hits for New York.

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Foxx Stars As Batting Leader In Early Baseball Action

May 16 update shows Jimmy Foxx of the Philadelphia Athletics leading both leagues with a .461 average and nine homers in 24 games, plus 41 hits and 27 runs. Bill Dickey ranking high in batting, with Jim Collins close behind in home runs.

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Rouge Park Golf Course Buys Back Lost Balls

Rouge Park in Detroit retrieved 2310 golf balls lost in River Rouge during 1931 and earned about 8200 from selling the balls to players and driving courses.

Rouge Park Municipal Detroit River Rouge

Fragmented OCR sports note with scattered player lines

No coherent events or clear story. OCR glitched, listing players from multiple teams with incomplete phrases and stray numbers. Key names such as Foxx Dickey Hafey Reynolds and Collins appear among garbled text without a readable outcome or context.

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