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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1931
Page
9
Major league clubs race remains close as the A's 5-0 over Detroit and Philadelphia pads its lead with 11 straight wins. Yankees beat Cleveland. Cardinals and Giants win to stay atop standings amid rain and field troubles. Cubs fall further as Braves rally, Phillies edge Pirates to stay near top.
Toledo fell to Columbus 7 to 4 while Indianapolis and Louisville tied 6 all. Milwaukee and St Paul won 6 to 3 over Kansas City and Minnesota.
Cold weather helped National Bank and Chicago and North Western players in a top game as the Bankers rallied for six runs in the final inning to defeat the railroaders 6-4. C N W out hit 11 to 8 with homers by Sorrenson and three baggers by Steffle Thielen and Gillespie. Alberts added a Bankers three bagger. Bjerkset fanned four in victory while Myself had no strikeouts. Elks and Dairymen meet tonight in opener with defending Dairymen aiming to repeat last year title.
Omaha revamps its infield to boost defense with Mike Boura moving to second base vacated by Joe Mee. Packers face a stiff stretch as they meet the circuit leaders Oklahoma City Indiana and Wichita Aviators, while Saints and Bears clash in Denver and the Topeka Senators start a western tour at Pueblo.
In Fargo Mickey O'Donnell of Sioux City outpointed Harold Segal of Minneapolis. In Akron Frankie Wine from Montana outpointed Dick Powell of Akron in ten rounds. In Indianapolis Tracy Cox stopped Eddie Wagner of Philadelphia, while Willere Brows of Indianapolis outpointed Temny.
Trophies for the South Dakota Intercollegiate conference track and field meet are on display at Koepp Osborn and Csimenson state stores and at the Huron theater. Donors include Huron businesses and professionals. A large cup for the champion and smaller cups for relay champions will be awarded along with medals for top three in each event. A trophy will honor the high point scorer.
Hitchcock High School concluded a strong season with an unbeaten girls team for four years and an eight game boys winning streak. Star players Ole Johnson Letty Kambel Harold Harms Glaze Johnson Joseph Harms Lester Murphy Hart Stanley George Hart led a list of contributors. notable wins included 46 to 1 over Bonilla and a sensational early inning with all nine batters reaching base.
World heavyweight champion Max Schmeling will attend a banquet in Conneaut Lake Park tonight hosted by about 208 business leaders and fans from Meadville and nearby towns. Schmeling, who defends his title against W L Stribling in Cleveland on July 3, plans to relax and golf with Joe Jacobs, his manager, during his American visit.
American League pitchers acknowledge the new ball shows livelier action than last year, with league-wide records through May 24 showing more high scoring games and big innings than in 1930. The comparison notes 21 or six more games with 10 or more runs and four more big innings to date in 1331.
George Voigt of New York defeated Syd Roper in the fifth round of the British amateur championship advancing as Barnard Darwin and Roger Wethered also win. Wethered beat Alan Macbeth while John De Forest eliminated Robert Neill. Darwin’s match against Voigt ended halved after 18 holes.
Brighter warmer weather greeted players for the final 18 holes of qualifying in the Thousand Guinness Professorial Golf Tournament at Sandmoor. Willis Huntler led initial scores with a solid first round, while Americans Horton Beis Teer Mt and Jon Kirkwood also held chances to qualify among the top 32.
The Associated Press tally of top league stats shows leaders in batting runs and RBIs. Roetiger of Cincinnati led NL batting with 385, Arlett and Klein among RBI leaders. Simmons and Gehrig lead AL in various categories with Cronin and Averill among top hits and triples.
Wax Schmeling and Young Stribling prepare for a heavyweight title showdown. Schmeling rests at Conneaut Lake Park Pennsylvania and plans to move to George Lake Park area tonight. Stribling and entourage, including two cooks, travel to join the camp as diet and training routines begin.
Fen Franciaco defeated Charlie Leo n Finland in straight falls 20 0 to capture a wrestling victory in Buffalo New York. Stanley Stasiek M8 of Russia defeated Dan Koloff two straight falls with times 17 02 for Koloff 8 45 25 and 1215 1 5 in a best two of three. Leonard Macaluso 185 of New York threw Abe Kaplan 216 also in the event.
Chicago’s Cubs, once lauded, crash on road trip with six losses in seven games. Manager Rogers Hornsby to meet with William Wrigley Jr and top bosses to diagnose failures, amid rumors of player disputes and poor base running. Ed Burns notes panic among the travel group.
Joe O'Goofy's column recalls Clarence Mitchell in the majors since Grover Cleveland's era, lauds Burleigh Grimes with the Cardinals, Herb Pennock with the Yankees, and Joe Shaute with the Robins. He jokes about Walter Johnson returning, praises new ball usage, and recounts line drives forcing scorekeeper masks in the press box.
Yesterday's stars included George Earnshaw shutting out the Tigers with two hits for the Philadelphia Athletics in their eleventh straight victory. Wally Berger tripled twice and added a single for the Braves in a 9-5 win over the Cubs. Barney Friberg drove in the winning run for the Phillies in a 3-2 win over the Pirates. Willard Morrell of the Giants allowed eight hits in a 9-3 victory over the Reds in his first major league start. Low Gelvig homered for the Yankees, their seventh homer of the season in a win over Cleveland.
Louisville Colonels moved to first in the American Association after beating Indianapolis 6 to 2, as Milwaukee beat St Paul 2 to 0 and Columbus topped St Paul 7 to 4. Parmalee secured his fourth straight win for Minneapolis in a 7 to 6 victory over Kansas City. Four homers were hit in Minneapolis.
Women members of the Huron Country club were reminded of a meeting tomorrow at 12 20 at the club house. Mrs George McKeon will lead the session and oversee plans for the summer tournament season. Attendees bring their own lunches for a picnic style meal before the business meeting and a blind bogey tournament afterward offers a prize from Mrs McKeon.
Kansas City May 2. Ranch bred boys sit on the sidelines as the state university polo squad faces the Westerners in Arizona. Captain G R Mauger U S A coach notes ranch hands lack polo pace while the real player rides forward. The team prepared for barnstorming to the Atlantic coast. yesterday contest with Kansas City Country Club riders was canceled due to a muddy field.
The Cleveland Indians transferred two pitchers to minor league affiliates. Howard Craghead was optioned to Oakland of the Pacific Coast League and Belve Bean to New Orleans of the Southern Association, leaving the major league staff thinned to none.
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