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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1929
Page
9
The Buckeye Conference tilt ends 3 to 2 in a marathon 18 inning battle. W Barfoot tosses strong relief before Trace finishes the ninth. Bass hurls all nine for the losers as Ohio State defeats Miami.
George Hastings of Malden hit a two out single in the 18th inning to drive in Brammer and lift Ohio University over Miami 3 to 2. The marathon game at Ohio Field drew over 500 fans as Peden’s Bobcats extended their conference lead with a dramatic late rally and strong bullpen work by Barfoot and Trace.
Chicago University led by George Latt won the Western Conference singles championship at Ohio Stadium. Latt defeated teammate Scott Rexinger for the singles title while the doubles team, of which Latt was a member, needed five sets to clinch the championship for Chicago. Also, Dick Worner tied the state high school record in the 4 mile event at the interscholastic track meet in Columbus.
Ohio University finishes fourth with 62 1/3 points in the Buckeye Conference track and field meet held in Delaware. Miami wins the shot put and the mile relay, with Edmonds, Reed, Morgan, and Hoffmaster among top finishers. Ohio Wesleyan takes second, Denison third, Cincinnati fifth, and Wittenberg last.
At Indianapolis Motor Speedway a novel electric timing device measures race times to one fifth of a hundredth second. Retired engineer Odis Porter refined the system used to print exact times on paper tape, with Navy Observatory calibration and AA A governance backing the official results.
National and American leagues show Boston and New York atop the standings with several teams like Philadelphia Cincinnati Chicago and St Louis in pursuit. Sunday schedules feature NL games Philadelphia at Brooklyn Boston at New York Chicago at St Louis Milwaukee at St Paul Detroit at Chicago and more.
The Athens Messenger baseball team defeated McBee in a 14 inning game at Rufus Pitman School playground. Messenger tallied the decisive runs in extras while Carmichael hit a home run for McBee. Both sides produced runs across several innings as the contest swung back and forth.
Oberlin edged Wooster by two points to win the Big Six track championship at Oberlin, with St Xavier taking third and Western Reserve fourth. Vokaty of Neidelberg set a 16 pound shot record, also winning discus, Hellerberg set Wooster’s 440 yard dash mark, and O’Brien helped St Xavier set a pole vault record.
Cincinnati dominated the fourth annual Huck Athletic Association tennis tourney in Delaware May 25 winning both singles and doubles titles. Bearcat Ella Flax captured the singles crown, partnering with Moskowitz to win the team event. The championship singles saw Flax defeat Ayres Hoffman 4 0 6 6 2. Doubles team Civin and another Cincinnati pair won in straight sets 6 4 3 8 6.
Indianaplis May 23. Former speed racing champions return for the International 561 mile race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on May 30. Notables include Peter De Paolo and Milton Sinner among others, with entries from France and Europe and several American favorites.
The Than e 3 Country Club plans to open the golf season next Thursday with a medal play handicap meet open to club members on the local course. The 18 hole match will be played in four some, with prizes for winner and runner-up. Entries open Thursday morning at the club office amid expected participation from pledgers and familiar practice scores before the event.
C Pickering and Don Young led the weekly Athens Rifle Club event at Margaret's Creek Range with 17s each. E Etaw and K Woogerd followed. scores listed in standing order across hit positions, totals showing 176 to 178.
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