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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1931
Page
9
St Louis Cardinals beat New York Giants 4 to 3 in the opener as Burleigh Grimes hit Chick Hafey in the eighth to break a deadlock. Grimes earned his seventh win of the year, widening the lead over the Giants to 212 games in a tightly contested battle.
Eddie Brandt suffered his first defeat of the season as Pittsburgh rallied in the ninth to beat Boston 11-8. Bil Regan drove in Pred Bennett from third with a single to win it, with Regan also contributing a two-run shot for the Pirates.
Cincinnati notes that Chuck Klein crushed two line drives into the distant right field bleachers for his 12th and 13th homers, powering a 5-2 victory over the Reds. Strong pitching by Dunno Elliott aided the Fail Ves in earning their first win against Cincinnati.
Max Schmeling continued rest at the big training camp in Conneaut Lake Park during the weekend. The heavyweight remains idle as he prepares for the title bout with Young Stribling scheduled in Cleveland on July 4. organizers say sparring operations will resume tomorrow.
Philadelphia wins 3 to 2 over Chicago White Sox to start home stand. key hits come from Miller Johnson and Koenig with Watwood and Fonseca contributing drives. Strong defense and late scoring secure the victory for Philadelphia. Caraway takes the loss.
The New York Yankees surged with a four run sixth inning to defeat the St. Louis Browns 9 to 2 in their opening stand. Dickey homered and added two singles while Gehrig and Lazzeri contributed key hits as New York secured the win behind Hebert. The Browns scored twice on hits by Bettencourt and Reese, with strong pitching from Gray and Stiles supporting the victory.
Major league table shows Brooklyn 7 Chicago 6 Viliswargh 4 Boston 3 Philadelphia 6 Cincinnati 3 St Louis 4 New York at Amerie League Cleveland 12 Boston 11 Philadelphia 4 Chicago 2 New York Washington 5 Detroit Today's games include National League Boston at Pittsburgh Brooklyn at Chicago New York at Af Lowth Philadelphia at Cincinnati American League Chicago at Philadelphia St Louis at New York Detroit at Washington Cleveland at Hosta
The Cardinals won the opener against Fairmont Gems in Scottdale, with Slaughter limited to six innings and Walker driving in runs. Key plays included Harrison and Roberts scoring on a late double, and Beole or similar relief keeping Fairmont at bay as Cubs-like scoring ended 1-4.
Ren Bower remained unbeaten as Shadow-Graphs topped Clendenin Reds 7 0 in a shutout. Cannon led with two triples and a home run while Hargraves and Hill contributed runs. The game featured multiple errors, three base hits by Aunt and Zupanels, and note of umpire contention. Johnstown schedule note follows.
New York June 2 The Intercollegiate Rowing Association notified coaches that the four mile varsity race in the annual Poughkeepsie regatta may be halted due to lighter wind and near perfect water conditions. If water remains tough, the races will be postponed to June 17, pending conditions.
The Maryland Jockey Club announced the Pimlico cup handicap of 10000 has been eliminated from the fall meeting schedule at Pimlico as part of an economy policy. The Baltimore handicap purse was increased to 5000, and 212,200 was set aside for stakes, overnight awards, cups, and trainers during the November 2 opening meet.
In New York at Belmont Park Polonaise from W H Coe won the Fashion Stakes by four lengths over Parry from Greentree. Beaton by odds of 12 to 1 Beacon Hillage claimed a jumper victory in the Duathst steeplechase. Pittsburgher upset expectations at Washington Park, narrowing the Derby's field as Sunny Lassie surged to second.
PARIS June 2 Japan moved ahead two matches to none against Egypt in the Davis Cup Europe zone. Satoh defeated Beretten Sukry after losing just one game in the opener, and Hyatora Batoh beat Wahid of Egypt in the second match.
Cleveland tops Boston 12 to 11 as six Indian errors punctuate a wild game. Morgan drove in four, Berry homered and starred for Boston with two singles. Porter, Hodapp and Averill among the Cleveland standouts.
Washington edged Detroit 9 to 3 after a ninth inning rally by Detroit collapsed. Koenig started Detroit's final inning with a triple as Fischer closed out the frame, while Washington secured the win in the series opener.
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