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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1942
Page
7
Brooklyn and St Louis battle for NL pennant lead in a pivotal three-game set. Cardials aim to overtake Brooklyn after a 10-2 loss to Chicago while the Cubs threaten from behind in a season where every game alters the standings.
Larry MacPhail, Brooklyn Dodgers president, says he doubts his club can win the National League pennant as the St. Louis Cardinals close in. He travels to Washington to arrange entry into the Army while Brooklyn collapses 10-2 to the Cubs and the Cards top the Giants 5-1.
Standings show St. Louis 5 New York 1. Chicago 10 Brooklyn 2. Cincinnati 6 Boston 2. Cincinnati 0 Boston 0 with ninth inning called. Philadelphia 2 Pittsburgh 1. second game canceled. Detroit 5 Boston 4. St. Louis 9 New York 0. Chicago 7 Washington 1. Association playoffs Toledo 6 Milwaukee 5. Columbus 4 Kansas City 3.
Columbus edged Kansas City 4 to 3 in 12 innings to even the playoff series as Toledobeat Milwaukee 6 to 5 in the opener. Ken Sears hit a ninth inning homer with two on to tie the Columbus game, and Jimmy Gleeson doubled in the 12th for the Red Birds.The same clubs meet again tonight.
The list highlights top baseball leaders including Ott of New York with 105 runs and 96 batted in, Slaughter of St. Louis with 170 hits, Mize of New York 96 RBIs, Reiser of Brooklyn 15 steals, and Williams of Boston with 31 home runs and 127 RBIs. Also noted are Pesky 190 hits, Case 38 steals, and others in pitching with Krist, Williams, and Wallame.
Columbus reports transport officials expect modification of defense rules easing school athletic travel restrictions. Townsend, state scholastic commissioner, cites Army and Navy urging expanded athletic activities and notes teams may use private cars as games resume.
The Pittsburgh Pirates sent Lee Handley and Eddie Fernandes outright to Toronto of the International League as part payment for Jack Hallett and Frank Coman. The club planned two more outright releases and one optioned player for 1943 to complete the transaction, plus cash.
A meeting for Athens bowlers occurs tonight at Sportland Recreation at 7:30 PM. Organizers aim to discuss league structure and pick weekly bowling nights with hopes to start leagues within two weeks.
Mrs. Mary Etta Alfman age 51 of Rendville died Wednesday after a five month illness. She suffered a stroke two weeks prior. Survived by husband Alfred four daughters Bernadine Keith Mary Louise Lola May Allman a sister Ada Rodgers and three brothers George Charles Joseph Flick. Funeral at 10 Saturday at Tatmans Gap Methodist Church. Burial New Lexington Cemetery.
The great English poet Lord Byron reportedly kept to a single daily meal to stay slender, eating a baked potato and vinegar. The claim reflects his noted lifestyle choices and dieting practices of the era.
Fritzie Zivic defeats Red Cochrane in a 10 round non title bout at Madison Square Garden, winning eight rounds to two on the AP card. Cochrane, on Navy leave, suffers facial cuts and a bloody nose, while Zivic earns a potential November bout with Henry Armstrong and a share of a $30,817 gate with 13,259 fans present.
Glouster announces the Senior Progressive Study Club will meet Saturday afternoon September 19 at the home of Mrs. Carl Pico Walnut Hill replacing the earlier date of September 12. The notes list numerous local visitors and residents visiting from Columbus Md Washington and Tampa with updates on travel and stationing.
A special Trimble Lodge No. 57 F and A M meeting is set for Saturday evening September 12 with the master mason degree to be conferred. A large local turnout is expected and visiting Masons are welcome with refreshments after. GLOUSTER Aerie No. 468 F E dances Saturday night at lodge club rooms featuring Kline's Melody Makers with admission for paid up dues receipts.
A Messenger report on a farewell party for Miss Audrey Daw son at Miss Edythe Mae Henry home omits that co hosts were Miss Charlene Webb and Miss Dorothy.
Athens High School football outlook for 1942 centers on five lettermen returning in a rebuild under head coach Harry Lackey. Backfield features Bob Mills, Luther Dunfee, Dick Mackinnon. line men include Jim Burt and Bob Wakefield. Schedule lists seven games starting Sept. 25, with home games at 8 p m. A rust-preventive practice note mentions a thin film coating on wire rod in steelmaking.
Glouster Methodist Church sets 9:30 church school and 10:30 worship with Rev. A B Winkle preaching on Jesus in a World and 7:30 p m theme The Will of God. Glouster Church of Christ opens at 10:30 with Rev C B Tigner on The Words of Rabshakeh and 7:30 p m She Hath Wrought a Good Work on Me.
Evangelist C W Rock of St Clairsville returns to the Trimble Church of Christ for a series of evangelistic meetings starting Sunday morning on the west side. He will speak on topics including Great Things for God Why Study the Bible The Divinity of Christ and The Gospel Paul Preached with an all day dinner on the grounds planned and more subjects to follow.
Mr and Mrs Ed Sayre hosted a chicken dinner at their Trimble Heights home near Jacksonville to greet their daughter Mrs Garnette Leasure of Salem Oregon visiting family for two months. Seventeen years marked since the last family gathering with many relatives in attendance. Leasure a former Athens County teacher plans to return to Salem soon.
William L. Roush reports from Great Lakes Naval Training Station that basic training is to his liking and urges friends in Hollister and Homer Union High School to write. He notes his address can be obtained from his parents Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Roush Trimble Route 1.
Glouster council reports a dam at Junction City tied to Ohio WPA Project 64 103 for Rush Creek. The project ties to State Highway 854 and 668 relaying road and forming an 80 acre lake with highway fill and a concrete spillway under the bridge.
Bernard Edwards, who recently had an emergency appendectomy at Sheltering Arms Hospital Athens, was brought home to Glouster on Tuesday. His condition is satisfactory.
Ralph Bryson, stationed with the U. S. Army at Fort Benjamin Harrison Indiana, arrived home Wednesday to spend ten days with his parents Mr and Mrs W W Bryson.
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