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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1931
Page
9
Baseball roundup notes Ruffing battered late as Indians surge to 4 1 victory over the Yankees. Ferrell notches his ninth win. Senators explode for 18 runs while Stewart earns seventh for Browns. Giants top Cubs as Mitchell shines. rain cancels Phillies Pirates tilt.
CHICAGO June 9 Albert Lei field and his St Paul club faced the opening of a five game series with Louisville at the Colonels home yard. The Saints shared a double header with Milwaukee to even the four game series. Clyde Manion homered with two on in the seventh for a 6 2 Brewers win. St Paul beat Americo Pollo 7 4 as Murphy earned the win. Ferguson held Louisville to six hits in a 5 1 Columbus win over Indianapolis. Kansas City Minneapolis split a double header in the day’s games.
Edward Kanthe claiming Pacific coast welterweight title Andy Walker billed as world welterweight strong man and Tiger Martin feather weight boxer tour Huron for the Dodson world fair show at the railroad pack carnival. Kanthe directs athletic arena and trains the show while coaching three bell teams the Vets Subs and Suffragers with two gymnasiums available. Also notes Orient diamondball win over Polo Giants 39 5 in Polo.
In St Louis the fifth annual Women’s Trans Mississippi Golf association championship opens June 15 at St Louis Country Club. The 638 yard course tests accuracy with out-of-bounds lines and creeks, a lake hazard, large greens, and par 78 for women. Key entrants include defending champion Mrs C B Clark Oklahoma City and rivals from Kansas City Sioux City Lake New Orleans Chicago. An elaborate social program accompanies the event led by Mrs Mahion B Wallace Jr of St Louis.
New York reports eleven amateurs qualified for the National Open at Inverness Toledo July 2 led by George Voigt and T Philip Perkins of New York. Other amateurs include George Dawson Johnny Lehman Lester Boigrad Tom Cooley Jov Parzzullo Chester OBrien Bryan Winter and Sam Parks Jr. Espinosa and Cox led qualifying rounds with a 135 and a Rye course record 64 respectively.
The St Joseph Saints defeated Topeka 6 to 2 as Jimmy Hamilton’s crew exposed Cunningham’s wildness. Lyons of Wichita limited Oklahoma City to eight hits while the Braves pounded Denver 16 to 3 and the Demons beat Omaha 5 to 2. Pueblo and Des Moines remained tied for third.
Yale Skippers crushed Bancroft 17 to 4 as every Yale batter had a hit. K Martin and L Smith hit three baggers, Smith clearing the bases in the eighth. Yale advances to play at Wolsey on Sunday.
Gann Valley Bluejays beat Weesington Springs 15 to 4 at Weesington Springs to stay undefeated this season. Cobus Koch and Bernie Koch powered the offense with a home run with two on. Sluc jaya prepare to play White Lake next Sunday as Trippiett and Norris toiled on the mound.
Yesterday’s action featured Wesley Ferrell earning his ninth win for the Indians by limiting the Yankees to three hits. Earl Averill hit his eighth homer to back the victory, while Jimmy Foxx’s stumble hurt the Yankees. Athletics connected on two homers and a single for four RBIs against Detroit. Mark Kornig contributed four of seven Tigers hits off Lefty Grove. Clarence Mitchell kept the Cubs to five hits while driving in two with a double for the Giants. Ossie Bruege belted four hits in four at bats, driving in three for the Senators against White Sox pitching.
The final day of the 1931 South Dakota Trap Shooting championship saw Kalschnee of Wayland win the amateur singles crown after a 196 score tying with Willan Bliss and Fred Fellenzer. Redfield to host 1932 meet. Stan day’s leaders include Bliss, Fellenzer, and Fellenzer’s near miss. Professional singles were won by Earl Donahue of Minneapolis with 195-208.
Rousseil Bard and Bill Johnson of Miller earned invitation to Huron Country Club’s Sunday golf tournament June 14 after winning the low ball event at the Highmore golf tournament last Sunday. The program includes morning nine holes medal play, 24 holes low ball two man competition in the afternoon, with a trophy for the winning team and numerous prizes. Invited clubs include Highmore, Miller, St. Lawrence, Wessington, Iroquois and De Smet. Wes- sington Springs and Woonsocket also invited. A special golfers luncheon and a 12 man entertainment committee will coordinate plans at the club house Friday night.
Miller basketball club routed Wolsey 13 to 4 in aeasy win and prepares for a Friday game against the whiskered Negro club. Miller then heads to Platte on Sunday while Wolsey’s Newton was hammered from the box in the sixth. Huron merchants players I Bloodgeed Schwartz and Builis appeared with Wolsey.
The Pythians end a winless run by rallying to defeat the National Bankers 12 to 7 in a tight game. Hobbs missed start for the Packers, Strand pitched until relief, and Long, Warner, Smith, Johnson, and Leomix homered or drove in key runs. The win tightens standings with the Dairymen and Bankers in pursuit of Coney Islands.
Members of the Huron business girl golf club will hold another practice session tonight at the Chicago North Western railroad athletic on North Huron. Club officers announced the session as the first offering instruction by Med George McKeon and Mrs Wade, who will discontinue after this evening.
Redfield Golf Club defeated Clark in an 18 hole tournament here Sunday. Redfield posted 183 strokes to Clark's 163. C Foss of Clark led with 75, while R Beckman led Redfield with 76.
The report notes Armour’s errors enabling the Pythians to complete the circuits. It mentions a cure by innings and lists players Long Bowers Stuntly Niermeyer Wolner Kratz in a battery lineup amid the confusion.
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