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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1940
Page
7
The Indians move back atop the American League standings after a 5-0 shutout of the Athletics behind pitcher Bob Feller who allowed two hits and struck out seven. Detroit and New York also win and loss results shift the pennant chase with White Sox rising while the Yankees stumble. Cincinnati and Pittsburgh win in the National League as races tighten across both leagues.
Standings show Cincinnati leading Brooklyn 13 3 while games end early due to darkness. Pittsburgh edges New York 10 8, Boston beats Chicago 7 3, St Louis tops Philadelphia 7 0, and other results include Cleveland over Philadelphia 5 0, Washington defeating Detroit 6 1, and St Louis 10 New York 5 with several abbreviated or halted games across leagues.
The schedule lists National games: Cincinnati at Philadelphia, St. Louis at Brooklyn, Chicago at New York. American games feature New York at St. Louis, Boston at Chicago, Philadelphia at Cleveland, and Washington at Detroit.
H. C. Dorman won the Pony Tournament at Athens Country Club with a net of 69. E. F. Hodgin and Floyd Wolfe tied for second with 71 nets. A sweepstakes will be held at the club in two weeks, announced by Pro Mike Heaney.
Eight-man teams fire 1000-yard range at Camp Perry for the Herrick Trophy with the Marines last year’s champions. Infantry sergeant William J. Coffman of Fort Leavenworth led with 289 of 300 as 1650 marksmen compete. The infantry also set a new service pistol team record of 1343 of 1500.
Mrs Virginia Hoover Franklin won fourth high gross prize in the women's division of a remote control golf tournament sponsored by Indemnity Insurance Company of North America in July. Joe Thackeray T N Hoover and Richard Fought also won consolation prizes in the tourney held at country clubs nationwide.
Chauncey hosted Chauncey Thompson and his Charleston relatives over the weekend as Newport visitors to Joe Thompson. Dobson earned the win while Langtres took the loss in a game noted for pitching shifts and a 2 hour 13 minute duration. Attendance reached 26 039.
A collage of notes on sports figures and radio figures including Don McNeill calling someone an Oakie, Salt Lake City courting Jack Dempsey, Dizzy Dean on We the People, and Chapman crooning in night clubs. Mentions Waco 20 Beaumont 7 in 1929, Gene Rye three homers in one 8th inning, Harmon and Kimbrough as top backs, and SMU favored in Southwest Conference.
Cincinnati Reds beat the Brooklyn Dodgers 13 to 3 in the first game of a doubleheader to push Bucky Walters to his 20th victory. A 1-1 tie in the nightcap denied Walton a shutout as Lee Grissom and Curt Davis faced Thompson. Andrew J. Knox, a 76 year old former Philadelphia Athletics first baseman, died.
NEW MARSHFIELD Summit Grange sets meetings for the first and third Tuesday each month. The next gathering will be September 17. Janet Jones won the apple pie contest at the regular Saturday night meeting.
Cincinnati plate 1 run in the top half while Brooklyn answers with a single tallied run in the bottom. Medwick and Myers team up on errors, Frey and Medwick drive in runs, Camilli triples, and Werker homers in a game shortened by rain delay.
Bob Feller dazzled with perfect control in a 5–0 opening win over Philadelphia delivering his 25th victory and a two-hit shutout. Cleveland followed with an 8–5 nightcap rally to seize a share of the American League lead as Detroit and St Louis faltered. The A’s Johnny Babich and Buck Ross started the twin bill. Feller noted his control as near perfect, his second career no-hit bid halted only by Dick Siebert.
Summary of batting pitching and fielding leaders with players from St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Boston and Brooklyn. Includes Lombardi Mize Werber McCormick Dimaggio Williams Greenberg Foxx Case Rowe and others with counts for runs home runs RBIs doubles triples hits and stolen bases.
Green Bay Packers opened their title bid with an air assault, beating the Philadelphia Eagles 27 to 20 after netting 21 points in the first period. Washington Redskins topped Brooklyn 27 to 17, Detroit Lions and Chicago Cardinals drew 0-0 in Buffalo, and the New York Giants rallied to a 10-10 tie with Pittsburgh.
A total of 1 071 people received Federal relief commodities at the Chauncey City Building on Saturday. Items included 3296 pounds of Graham flour 1158 pounds of rice 1184 pounds of prunes 837 pounds of lard and 839 dozens of eggs.
Chauncey District social notices list visits from Charles Clary and daughter Florence of Chauncey with Mr. and Mrs. Thomas McCrady and son Neil of Sugar Grove visiting Mrs. Ben Hardy in Dillonville Ohio then touring Wheeling and parts of West Virginia. Other reports include Mrs. Elizabeth Hawk returning from Columbus after visiting her son and daughter in law Robert and Mrs. Hawk and Roy Nash, and George Williamson of Williamson Contracting Co spending a weekend with his Chauncey family. Also noted are Mrs. Gertrude Rainey Mrs. Zoe Herrold and Hazel Raber attending the Church of Christ homecoming in Nelsonville and Howard Hillyer Sr with Howard Hillyer Jr of Akron visiting Chauncey relatives.
Young people led the Church of Christ morning worship on Sunday. Participants included Lois Ann Shafer Isabel Courtney Dorothy Jane McCafferty Jeanette Blackford Jo Ann Williamson Nellie Agin Frances Fiske Mary Carolyn Bricker and Thelma Jean Brookins.
Charles Daugherty attended the fortieth wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Scott at the home of their daughter Mrs. Edward Fleming in Belpre. Mrs. Scott, formerly Clara Nixon, was cousin to Daugherty who served as best man. Twenty five guests were present, eleven of whom attended the original wedding.
Milwaukee Chiefs defeat Columbus defending APFL champion 14 to 2 in the opener. Obbie Novakofski raced 74 yards for a Chiefs touchdown as Bill Hickey connected on a scoring pass. Joe Zimmerman blocked a punt that bounced into the end zone for a safety.
Trimble Masonic Lodge resumes after summer break with its first fall meeting tonight. Officials expect a good turnout as members gather at Chauncey for the session.
The Kansas City Blues won the American Association pennant and host the Shaughnessy playoffs against Minneapolis while Columbus and Louisville vie for the other spots. Columbus split with Indianapolis and Milwaukee beat St Paul in extra innings as the season closed.
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