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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1931
Page
12
Dressen triples and scores on Maranville bunt to lift New York Giants to a 4-3 win, while Cubs topple Brooklyn 9-8. Rixey tosses a four-hit game guiding the Reds to victory in a wide spread of results from the day.
The Brooklyn defense faltered in the ninth as the Cubs scored twice to force a 9 8 win. Cuyler scored the tying run on a muffed grounder and Herman added his eighth homer in a late rally.
In an exhibition at Wellerfield, Bluefield N and W defeated Vandy 3-0. Van Dyke held N and W hitters to one hit while Bluefield tallied four. Smiley singled for the lone N and W run, unearned nine runs scored across the second, fourth and seventh innings. Brawley fanned eleven. Van Dyke four.
The text records a late inning double play Cunningham to Maranville to Sheely with both teams leaving runners on base. Boston had six while Pittsburgh had four. Cunningham struck out eight, Brame one. McAfee struck out one. Seibold earned the win in 1 49 time with McGrew Quigley Moran umpires.
Southpaw Rixey fired a four hit game as Cincinnati beat Philadelphia 3 to 1. Buzz Arlett doubled for the Phillies and four fast double plays helped the visitors limit runs. Sukeforth drove in two for Cincinnati, with Roettger and Arlett supplying the other hits.
Cincinnati defeated Philadelphia 3 to 1, Boston beat Pittsburgh 4 to 3, New York edged St Louis 9 to 5, and Chicago outscored Brooklyn 9 to 8 in recent NL play.
The schedule lists Boston at Pittsburgh, Brooklyn at Chicago, New York at St. Louis, and Philadelphia at Cincinnati for today’s games. All four matchups feature notable teams across major venues with potential divisional implications.
Cleveland beat Boston 5 to 4 while Washington edged Detroit 2 to 1 and Philadelphia won 2 to 1 over Chicago. St. Louis defeated New York 8 to 6. Chicago visits Philadelphia. Cleveland goes to Boston. St. Louis to New York. Detroit to Washington.
Clarksburg tops Beckley 7 to 3 in a Mid Atlantic League game. Imont leads with 4 runs in a rough showing for Huntington. Scottdale and Johnstown each post small scoring outputs as Charleston claims a lone run.
American Association results show Minneapolis 9 over Milwaukee 3 while Columbus 4 trails Louisville 6 and St Paul 1 loses to Kansas City 2. Cities and scores listed in compact standings.
Buffalo fell to Toronto 2 1 in the first game then 8 5 in the second. Rochester blanked Montreal 6 to 0 in the first and Montreal defeated Rochester 4 to 0 in the second. Baltimore beat Newark 9 to 4. Jersey City edged Reading 4 to 2.
In Atlanta Birmingham won 2 to 1 in the first game and 13 to 6 in the second. Chattanooga edged Nashville 7 to 4. Memphis outlasted New Orleans 10 to 9 in 11 innings. Little Rock defeated Mobile 3 to 2.
In Prague Czechoslovakia twice defeated Italy in the third round European Zone Davis Cup. Hecht of Czechoslovakia beat Italian veteran G De Stefani 6 4 7 d 3 6 8 6 in the opening two rubbers.
Washington's Bob Durke held Detroit to three hits as the Senators won 2 1. Myer drove in the first run with a single, Sam Rice and Cronin added doubles, and Dossack tripled in the ninth before McManus scored on a deep fly.
In Boston, Cleveland rookie Joe Vosmick hit a walkoff homer in the eleventh to lift the Indians to a 5 4 victory over the Red Sox. Cleveland extended its winning streak to nine.
Pacific Coast league hitters Dave Barbee and Dutch Holland emerge as prime targets for Uncle Robby’s Brooklyn Robins. Scouts note Buzz Arlett’s current major league surge and discuss past pursuit by the Robins and Browns. Athletics’ Ablett tops early stats as 26 straight wins record remains elusive.
Rocky Schorr and partners carded a 32 53 for eighteen holes at Bluefield Country Club tying his course record. Every hole was par or better, with five birdies, as Schorr kept his score under par across all holes in a remarkable local golf feat. Bluefield golfers plan a June 6 match with White Oak Country Club.
Walfrid Mattson of Minnesota pitched a no hit no run game in a Big Ten contest defeating Wisconsin 3 to 0. The victory showcased perfect form as the Gophers shut out the Badgers.
Conneaut Lake Park Pennsylvania June 3 The first casualty among Max Schmeling's sparring partners Charles Wepner of New York sprained an ankle after a right punch from Schmeling left him on the mat Schmeling trains for the heavyweight title bout with Young Stribling at Cleveland July 3 He boxed two rounds today and will be idle Friday Saturday and Sunday.
Oscar Melillo of the St. Louis Browns collected eight hits in two days and hit a go ahead home run against the Yankees to raise his batting average to .386. He ties for second with Harvey Hendrick of Cincinnati, in the major league rankings.
Pittsburgh reports the Tri State association on basketball officials adopted a plan modeled on football official selection. Clarence Overend of Carnegie Tech said schedules will be reviewed at the next meeting and referees named then. Attendees included M R Glover, Marty A Stansberry, Bob Thorn, A C Edgecombe, Whitey Hogan, and Overend.
Cameronian 101 led most of the gallery finish as two American entries failed to secure money. Jacob kept close to leaders during the first mile and a half while Arrival King impressed.
J A Dewar's Cameronian triumphed at Epsom Downs pulling clear to win the 148th Derby by a short head over Orpen with Sandwich in third. The royal family witnessed the race as 700000 spectators watched the three year olds surge down the stretch amid heavy betting. The American entrants Jacopo and Sir Andrew finished out of the money in a crowded field of twenty four runners.
The Irish Free State event awarded prizes totalling about 158000 dollars to American winners. Kennedy of Boston claimed the top prize of 150000 dollars for winning Heket on Cameronian. Second went to Orpen with 75000 dollar tickets held by O Connor of New York City and George Hill of Norway Maine. Third place on Sandwich went to Horowitz of New York and Coyle of Cincinnati with 50000 dollar tickets.
Jacopo finishes seventh while Sir Andrew ends twentieth as Cameronian prevails in the race, with J Childe aboard. The American hopes faded after the early pace, and Sir Andrew faltered in Down country, leaving Cameronian to claim the prize as Fox leads American money winners.
Johnny Farrell posted a par 72 at Carnoustie to lead the British open after the opening round. British pro Harry Cotton and Billie Burke challenged him with 72s as eight Americans, including Farrell, moved up with solid play amid windy conditions.
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