Robins Forge Ahead in National League Race
Brooklyn Robins extended a 10 game winning streak with an 8-3 win over Cincinnati to seize a half game lead over the St. Louis Cardinals. The Cubs fell back behind after losing pace. the pennant race tightens as Brooklyn and St. Louis prepare for a pivotal series at Ebbetts Field and the Cubs meet the Giants at the Polo Grounds.
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160 Pounders Feature Card Here Tonight
The Athens Athletic Club stages an indoor boxing program at the Armory featuring 160 pound scrapper Dixie Kid of Athens versus Paul Wanso of Marietta in a ten round main event. Other bouts include Kid Green of Albany vs John Stevens of Gloucester, Young Sams of Athens vs Paul Tharpe of Hemlock at 140, and Young Green of Albany vs Young Powell of Athens in a lightweight curtain raiser. Programs run biweekly under the Athens Boxing Commission.
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Athens
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Albany
John Stevens
Glouster
Young Sams
Paul Tharpe
Hemlock
Young Green
Young Powell
Athens Boxing Commission
DePauw Scheduled by Ohio University for 1931 Bobcat Football
Ohio University released its 1931 football schedule with five Buckeye Conference games two home and three away. Home games feature rivals Ohio Wesleyan and Miami. The lineup opens October 10 at Granville against Denison and continues October 24 in Cincinnati against Cincinnati. The team closes November 14 hosting Miami in Athens with DePauw at Greencastle on November 7.
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Cincinnati
Legion to Name Officers Tuesday in Glouster
Frank McCann Post 414 American Legion will elect officers at the post headquarters Tuesday night following a change approved at the state convention. All members are urged to attend.
Pris Cilla Class Set Meeting at Walnut Hill
The Pris Cilla Class of the M. E. Sunday School will meet Tuesday night at the home of Mrs. Ralph Carpenter in Walnut Hill. Members are expected to be present.
Glouster Reds Defeat Corning 7 to 3 on Local Grounds
Glouster Reds beat Corning 7 to 3 at home Sunday afternoon. Four double plays by Glouster highlighted the game with Robak making one unassisted. Slatzer, Corning first baseman, had three hits in three at bats. Nichols and Anderson split the pitching duties with five and four strikeouts respectively.
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Hunters Charged With Dual Burglary Entered in Trimble and City
John Hunter and Albert Collins were arrested Friday by Deputy Sheriff Fred Heck on charges of entering and burglarizing the Alva Morrison Grocery at Trimble and the James Restaurant in this city weeks earlier. They pleaded not guilty, were bound over to the grand jury, and placed in the county jail at Athens for lack of bond.
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Trimble
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James
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Athens
Jones Family Vacation to Uniontown and Washington
Visiting in East Glouster on September 15 Mr and Mrs E L Jones take their two children Dorothy and Bob by motor to Uniontown Pennsylvania to stay with Mr and Mrs J E Jones. They will then move on to Washington DC to visit another Jones sibling before returning late in the week.
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Night baseball in the minor leagues and looming major league stance
Nocturnal baseball gains in minor leagues spark receipts but draw player opposition. The Central League remains daylight only. majors require a vote to go night, with clubs threatening to form their own daytime leagues if needed. Meanwhile a busy sports week features yacht racing, boxing, golf, and the pennant race.
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O C Bird Sheds Light On Wittenberg Readmission Report
Ohio University athlet ic director C B Bird gave non committal comments Monday on reports that Wittenberg University faced readmission to the Buckeye Intercollegiate Athletic Association after a Saturday meeting in Columbus.
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Buckeye Sports and Lutheran Admission Echoes at Conference Meeting
The Buckeye Intercollegiate Athletic Association discusses readmission of Wittenberg and possible reinstatement of DePauw and Wabash. If admitted, eight schools would form the league with new football schedules for 1931. Wittenberg present. Buckeye plan includes round robin among five original members and limited games with Indiana peers due to obligations.
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Big 10 Open 30 Grid Work Today
Chicago Sept 15 Opening of the middle western football practice season today vies with the National League race and America's Cup for attention. Big 10 rules bar practice before Sept 15 while major schools including Notre Dame plan a Sept 15 official start. Notre Dame profiles a strong schedule with games against SMU Navy Carnegie Tech Pittsburgh Indiana Penn Drake Northwestern Army and others in 1939.
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Penn
American Association Schedules Pairings and Cities
The Columbus at Louisville game opens a lineup featuring Toledo at Indianapolis and Milwaukee hosting Vault while Minneapolis visits Kansas City Cincinnati at Brookline. Philadelphia hosts St. Louis and Pittsburgh meets New York with Washington at Chicago and New York at Detroit in regional play.
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Spartans Win League Debut in NPFL Victory
Portsmouth Spartans debut in the National Professional football League ends in a 13 to 4 win over Newark, New Jersey, before about 6,000 fans. The victory marks a strong start for the new league franchise.
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Johnny Doeg
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