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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1931
Page
6
The Senators cling to second place, five games behind the Mackmen, as Johnson predicted a strong spring. Athletics extend lead while Lefty Grove wins again for the White Sox. Giants and Cubs win on the road, Pirates fall in ten innings, and a Philippines note mentions rice farming advances.
Three time public links champion Carl Kauffmann plans a fall return entering the Municipal Shotmakers tournament in St Paul after losing his title in Jacksonville last year due to a partner's error. He had announced retirement but friends persuaded him to compete again. The team will alternate through 1935 including a move to South Bend in 1934.
National League leaders Hedrick and Arlett pace batting with .386 and .284 while Klein dominates runs and home runs. Arlett also leads with 61 hits and 10 homers alongside Arlett. Pitching shines for Brandt and Grimes. American League notes Cronin and Averill top multiple categories, with Ruth hot on their heels and Grove and Walberg posting strong records for Athletics.
New York June 4 Vince Dundee and Ben Jeby meet in a 10 round feature at Madison Square Garden as both men seek a step up the middleweight championship ladder. Dundee carries two Harvey wins and leads the betting while Jeby pursues a breakthrough after Harvey defeats. An additional 10 round bout pits Ignace Ara of Spain against Buck McTiernan of Pittsburgh.
Joe Vosmik of the Indians slugged a 11th inning home run to beat Boston 5-4. Eppa Rixey limited Reds to four hits in a 3-1 win. Whitey Ford?? Dreesen of the Braves delivered a squeeze past the Pirates 4-3 in 10th. Oscar Melillo of the Browns hit a ninth inning homer to cap an 8-6 victory over the Yankees. Lefty Grove led the Athletics to a 2-1 win over Whitesey in a ninth straight victory. Rolly Hemsley of the Cubs drove in the deciding run in the ninth in a 9-8 win over the Robins.
Chicago reports Hack Wilson, once the 1930 home run king, back in the Cubs lineup after Johnny Moore’s absence with a sight leg injury. Moore expected to return soon, but Wilson must prove his former power as he has 27 hits in 108 at bats and 43 total bases this season.
Hollywood reports Bobby Jones, famed golf champion and Atlanta lawyer, is definitively leaving the motion picture business. After three months of producing educational golf films, he will return to Atlanta, with a brief New York trip planned. He will attend the Ryder Cup matches at Columbus June 26 and 27 and take part in a charity exhibition.
New Castle Pennsylvania June 4 Litigation is expected as the county commissioners announced last night in the reward payments dispute over Irene Schroeder and W Glenn Dague. Arizona officials who helped capture them plan to sue. Several claims for part of the reward have been filed. Schroeder and Dague were executed for a patrolman’s murder. The article also notes a Nevada mining camp depot and a remaining family in Rhyolite Nevada.
Upon completion of the new capital at Juneau, Alaska, the headquarters of the United States agricultural stations will be removed to it from Sitka, leaving the old capital stripped of its last government bureau. The report lists team rosters including Foxx, Runa, Cuyler and Vosmik among others.
In New York on June 4 the United States defeated Italy five bouts to two in a stormy amateur boxing series at Madison Square Garden. The match featured protests over the Rodriguez decision and several near brawls as American wins by Sallca, De Bonis, and others secured the victory, Italy’s first team loss since 1928 Olympic success.
Yesterday results list Brooklyn Chicago Philadelphia Cincinnati Boston Pittsburgh New York St Louis with scores. Today schedule includes Boston at Pittsburgh Brooklyn at Chicago New York at St Louis Philadelphia at Cincinnati Cleveland 5 Boston 4 Chicago 1 Philadelphia 2 Detroit 1 Washington 2 St Louis 8 New York 6 Chicago at Philadelphia St Louis at New York Detroit at Washington Cleveland at Boston.
Baseball standings show Scottdale 5 over Fairmont 4 in a tight win while Johnstown 3 edged Charleston 1. Huntington defeated Altoona 9 8 and Clarksburg beat Beckley 7 3. Cumberland 6 defeated Wheeling 1 as Hagerstown 9 won over Charleroi 5. Upcoming matches include Hagerstown at Fairmont and Clarksburg at Huntington.
St Paul defeated by Kansas City 2 to 1 while Columbus beat Louisville 6 to 4 and Minneapolis edged Milwaukee 9 to 3 in yesterday's results. Charleroi Altoona reports W308 6 19 240 at 240 AM standings unclear from the fragment.
Flashes of Life notes Washington and Lee University in Lexington seeks to complete final exams for 181 seniors as the 181st commencement nears. Also mentioned are lifelong voters, a Dickens pageant, a Fulton Street subway name tweak, and other brief items.
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