Cubs Rally For 7 6 Victory Over Reds In Ninth
Chicago sweeps late rally as Hartnett delivers key hit and Cavaretta, Stainback score scoring waves. Lombardi drives four Reds in a high scoring tied game, Berg sig.
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1937
Page
13
Chicago sweeps late rally as Hartnett delivers key hit and Cavaretta, Stainback score scoring waves. Lombardi drives four Reds in a high scoring tied game, Berg sig.
Don Budge of California defeated Bobby Riggs in four sets to capture the 57th Casino singles title in Newport R. I. He then teamed with Gene Mako to win the doubles, rallying from behind to beat G Patrick Hughes and Charles Hare. Budge piled up 67 points with five aces while Riggs had 29 placements and three aces.
Pittsburgh Pirates beat the St Louis Cardinals 7 to 3 to move within reach of NL leaders. Russell Bauer silenced the Gas House Gang with eight strikeouts earning his fourth win in ten days as the Pirates jumped to a quick four-run lead and held on for the victory.
In Philadelphia on August 21 Bucky Walters pitched nine hits allowing 3 runs as the Phillies beat the New York Giants 11 to 3 to seize seventh place. The Phillies totaled 13 hits off Melton and Brennan with a two-run first inning and never trailed.
In Brooklyn on August 21 Burleigh Grimes was banished for the seventh time this year as the Dodgers defeated the Boston Bees 8 to 4. John Cooney delivered four extra base hits while Dodgers manager Leo Durocher saw Boiling Bally ejected after protesting a call during a four-run third inning. Ray Meuller of Boston threw toward third to catch Heinie Manush, but the ball sailed past.
In a tense inning Manush was ruled out after an interference call and Moran upheld the decision as Burleigh protested. Brooklyn later banished Woody English for protesting a strike, amid a chaotic scoring line featuring Cooney, Cuccinello and Moore with multiple hits and RBIs. The game ended with Boston losing to Brooklyn 4-? in 2:03, with umpires Morgan and Magerkurth officiating.
Brooklyn hosts Boston as the Dodgers fall 8 to 4 while Philadelphia defeats New York 11 to 3. Cincinnati edges Chicago 7 to 6 and Pittsburgh beats St Louis 7 to 3.
Rain in Washington and Boston amid wet grounds in Chicago and Cleveland. Scores show New York two Philadelphia five and St Louis five Detroit six. A fashion aside notes high winter hats and tilted brims. A quip about the League of Nations shifting roles from umpire to scorekeeper.
New York August 21 The heat and lack of evidence favor Joe Louis as he defends his heavyweight title against Britain’s Farr in Yankee Stadium. Louis, a heavy drawing card, holds a 15 round bout set for 9 pm EST broadcast by NHC with four preliminaries and two middleweight six rounds. Farr, 23, Welsh challenger, carries the British Empire crown and has shown grit but is seen as underdog to the champion’s power and speed.
Commentators argue Chiang Kai-shek lacks decisive backing to prevail in the current power struggle. The discourse centers on warlord loyalties, regional influence, and the prospects of unified leadership amid unsettled tensions.
Philadelphia Athletics beat the Yankees 5 to 2 as Young Edgar Smith earned his second win of the year. Lou Gehrig joined the 2 500 hit club with his 2,500th and 2,501st hits, while Earle Brucker powered the A's with three RBIs and a home run. Rain halted play in the ninth.
Detroit pitcher George Coffman tamed the St Louis Browns after the Browns battered Cletus Poffenberger, as the Tigers won 6 to 4. Hank Greenberg and Charlie Gehringer drove in the first five runs, with the final tally on consecutive doubles by Andy York and Marvin Owen in the seventh.
The White House received about a hundred letters urging President Roosevelt to attend the forestry festival at Waycross Georgia on October 2. Invitations were presented to Marvin H. McIntyre presidential secretary by Representative Braswell Deem of Alma.
Maynard Ramsey Jr of Tampa Fla defeated Henry Westall of Asheville 6 and 5 to win the Asheville Country Club Invitation Tournament. Ramsey surged in the afternoon after trailing at lunch and dominated the back nine to seal the championship in 1937 before a large gallery.
Triangle won over W. O. W. Nine by 6 to 1 in Industrial League play. Hucks led the winners with two singles in three at bats as Triangle built a two run lead early and added four more in the fifth. Harrington starred for W. O. W. Nine with two hits.
Asheboro educators add two new teachers as the city school board completes its faculty Friday night. Marshall R. Cox Jr. will teach science replacing E C Swing who resigned. Cox, UNC graduate, recently taught in Snow Hill. Sue Brewer of Wake Forest, Meredith College graduate, will teach social sciences replacing Clare Gill.
The United States Wightman Cup team routed Great Britain 6 1 at Forest Hills to clinch the series as Helen Jacobs secured the pivotal win and Marjorie Van Ryn and Dorothy Bundy debuted strongly in doubles. Alice Marble and Sarah Fabyan dominated singles to seal the victory.
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