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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1932
Page
9
Athens Country Club officials announce a second handicap golf tournament for Sunday September 19 with two flights for handicaps up to 15 and above 15. Prizes valued around 40 dollars will be split between flights and an eight six cent entrance fee applies. Active junior and non resident members may enter.
In New York on September 8 the Pirates split a doubleheader with Brooklyn as Chicago lost both ends to Boston, narrowing the Cubs' NL lead to five games. Joe Moore starred for the Giants with five hits and a home run, while Dolf Luque earned a win for Cincinnati.
Forest Hills reports a US sweep in the national men’s singles quarter finals led by Francis X Shields and Henry Cochet’s lone foreign survivor. Vines, Stoefen, Allison, Wood, Lott, Sutter, and Butter advance as Perry, Mangin fall and Gledhill loses to Vines.
Dayton Cen tral league baseball team rallied in the late innings to beat Fort Wayne 4 3 in a title playoff. Galehouse and Mills pitched a tight game with Dayton breaking a 3 3 tie in the final frame for the victory.
Jonnard was sharp on Wednesday night as Louisville beat the Columbus Red Birds 6 to 1 in the second game of the series. Weinert struggled in cool air, allowing seven hits while Jonnard worked efficiently.
In Gallipolis the Business Men beat the American Legion 11 to 4 in the second game of the littl world series at the academy diamond. Legion committed 11 errors, five in the third inning as the Business Men scored eight on four hits. The series continues tonight with game three.
Babe Ruth, famed Yankee slugger, left Detroit for New York after abdominal pains worsened. He requested to return home from Buffalo where he had been staying, fearing possible appendicitis and seeking examination and treatment.
Wittenberg College aims to rebound in the Buckeye Conference after losing most of its 1981 stars. Coach Bill Stobbs returns for a fourth season and faces a tough schedule with opponents including Indiana Teachers, John Carroll, Denison, Ohio Wesleyan, Cincinnati, Ohio University, Miami and Dayton.
A schedule lists games across major teams including St Louis at Philadelphia Cincinnati at New York Chicago at Boston American Washington at 8 Louis Boston at Chicago New York at Detroit Association Indianapolis at Columbus Louisville at Toledo Milwaukee at Minneapolis Kansas City at St Paul.
Ohio high schools face economic strain as more than 20 institutions drop football this year. Townsend notes about half the state’s schools struggle to break even, with St John’s Toledo the largest to cancel. Moratorium on new football apparel rules and delayed practice in several cities add challenges for 1940s interscholastic athletics.
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