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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 22, 1931

Page

11

Red Birds Triumph In Exhibition Tilt Over Colonels

Ell club notes the Red Birds beat the Weville Colonels in an exhibition game marred by errors yet highlighted by solid hitting. Pat Crawford broke slump with two hits in five at bats, Bemmy Ash starred on the mound and at the plate, aiding a decisive win as St Louis cards farm system gains momentum.

Weville Colonels Associa Pat Crawford Crawuford Bemmy Ash Ash St. Louis

Michigan Favored To Win First Big Ten Track Title

Evanston Ill May 22 Michigan the strong favorite to win the first annual Big Ten track and field championships at Dyche Stadium with 16 events today and finals tomorrow. Michigan led by Eddie Tolan fields 34 entries and pursues about 46 points to top Illinois Wisconsin and Ohio State.

Evanston Ill Iu.r Michigan Dyche Stadium Illinois Wisconsin Ohio State Iowa Indiana Northwestern Chicago Purdue Minnesota Miinois Eddie Tolan Wolverines Lee Sentman Ilinois Pale Letts Baltmiler Henry Brecksmith Sam Behr Ed Gordon Verne McDermott L. D. Weldon Sentman Jack Keller Sonhomore James Hatfield Behr McDermott Guthrie Northrop Scott Mississippi A. & M

La Barba Battles Battalino For Featherweight Title

Fidel La Barba of California fights Bat Battalino of Connecticut in a 15 round featherweight world title bout at Madison Square Garden in New York. La Barba seeks another championship win following his rise as a leading flyweight champion.

New York U.P Fidel la Barba California Bristopher Bat"’ Battalino Otford Conn Madison Square Garren

East Holds Edge in Early MLB Intersectional Play

New York May 22 Major league baseball teams resume play with the Philadelphia Athletics and St. Louis Cardinals leading their circuits. The East won 32 of 43 interleague games while the West posted 11 losses. Athletics swept 11 games to claim a 2 1/2 game AL lead over the Yankees. Cardinals dropped four of six in the East, shrinking their NL margin over the Giants. East AL clubs won three games yesterday as the National League was rained out.

St. Louis Coumbus Rochester Columbus International Association Scottdale Cardinals New York U.R Philadelphia Athletics St. Louis Cardinals Atlantic Seaboard New York Yankees New York Giants Philadelphia Washington Boston

Bobcats top Baptists 4 2 behind Wolfe strong pitching

Vern Wolfe led Ohio Bobcats with ten strikeouts over Denison Baptist, yielding seven hits in a 4 2 win. Pfleger and Wolfe produced key hits while Ohio capitalized on walks and timely bunts, securing the victory and setting up a second game with Northwestern.

State Scholastic Tournaments Open in Columbus Today

In Columbus, May 22, more than 1,000 high school athletes begin the annual state scholastic meets in track baseball tennis and golf directed by the Ohio State University physical education department. Final events scheduled for Saturday with favorites including Columbus Central Salem Lakewood Sandusky and Dayton Roosevelt in Class A and Dayton Oakwood Oberlin in Class B.

Columbus Ohio State University Physical Education Department Ohio State Wyandot Country Club Oate High School Athletic Association H. R. Townsend

Denison Defeats Ohio With Late Rally In Nine Innings

Spear drives in two runs including the Baptist's first in the fifth as Denison edges Ohio 2 to 1. Pitching by Wolfe and Spear stifles late Baptist threats while three Denison singles in the ninth seal the win. Errors by Brown Knight Trask Saurer noted. three base hits by Lewis and Spear highlight the game.

Pike Walker Chapman Spear Baptists Knight Trask Saurer Short Howard Walker Rupe Wolfe Ohio RHFOR Isaac Wistice Surasream Pantene Brown Burke Stieor Coeeseneuer Ea Watehowes Acuncamn LOPE Sameanmennion & GO Pecljomeig Denison Canensar Ansma Brown Batamen Flower Ases Beveridge

National League All Fames Postpone A Reign

In cold weather several games were postponed across leagues. American League scores show New York 7 Cleveland 6, Washington 4 Chicago 2, Philadelphia 12 Detroit 3, Louis 2 Boston 1. American Association games Toledo 6 Indianapolis 6 and Columbus 6 Louisville 6 were also affected with Milwaukee at St Paul postponed.

Sports Pairings From The Early Schedule Set

New York faces Boston and Philadelphia meets Brooklyn as St. Louis plays Cincinnati and Pittsburgh challenges Chicago. Detroit travels to St. Louis while Chicago hosts Cleveland and Boston visits Philadelphia with Washington at New York in the mix. Louisville battles Columbus and Indianapolis meets Toledo with Kansas City at Minneapolis and Milwaukee versus St Paul.

New York Boston Philadelphia Brooklyn St. Louis Cincinnati Pittsburgh Chicago Louisville Columbus Indianapolis Toledo Kansas City Minneapolis Milwaukee Bf. Paul

Batteries and Scores Across Cities

A historical sports box score listing multiple teams and battery lineups across cities including Philadelphia Cleveland Chicago Washington Indianapolis Toledo Kansas City Minneapolis and more. It presents innings scores and batter names such as Romimell Mahaney Walberg Cochran Bridges Sullivan Herring Schang Hayworth Pipyras Gomez Sheridan Dickey and several others with final tallies and point spreads.

Philadelphia Romimell Mahaney Walberg Cochrane Bridges Sullivan Herring Sorrel Schang Hayworth Newark Cleveland Pipyras Gomez Sherid Dickey Iaudlin Miller Toledo Daney Holzhauser Barnhart Hall and Riddle Angley Ryan Devormer Kansas City Minneapolis Sheehan Swift Hawkins Sanders and Padden Peters Henry and Crriftin

Ohio Penitentiary executes John Williams for murder

Columbus May 22 John Williams 39 of Dayton was executed in the electric chair at Ohio Penitentiary for the murder of Isaac Byron a 72 year old Middletown storekeeper.

Columbus John Williams Dayton Ohio Penitentiary Isaac Byron Middletown

Indians Seek Break in Losing Streak in Cleveland Opener

Cleveland Indians opened a four game series with the Chicago White Sox at League Park seeking to end a 12 game skid after Eastern division struggles while star pitcher Wesley Ferrell aimed to rebound from three rough starts.

Cleveland Cleveland Indians League Park Chicago White Sox

US Canada Davis Cup doubles clash in Montreal

United States pair Frank Shields and Sidney Wood, both of New York, meet Canada’s Dr. Jack Wright and Marcel Rainville in the doubles as the final North American zone round proceeds. Shields swept Wright in straight sets yesterday while Rainville edged Wood in a five set marathon 4 6 6 4 2 6 4.

Les Frank Shielde Sidney Wood New York United States Jack Wright Marcel Rainville Shields Wood Wright Rainville

Arizona Polo Team Defeats Ohio State 10–0

In Columbus on May 22 the University of Arizona polo team, among the nation’s top squads, defeated Ohio State University by ten goals to nil. Ohio State was handicapped by six points.

Columbus University of Arizona Ohio State University Ohio State Ito

Manero Reaches Yorkshire semi after 4 and 3 win

Tony Manero of Elmaford New York advanced to the semi final of The Yorkshire Evening News $5,100 gold tournament by defeating Percy Allin of Berlin 4 and 3 in the quarter final.

Eng Tony Manero Elmaford Yorkshire Evening News Percy Allin Berlin

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