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Newspaper
Jefferson City Post Tribune
Location
Jefferson City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1936
Page
8
Dodgers halt Cubs 6 4 in the nightcap after two three run splurges. Cubs lose 7 2 in the opener as Curt Davis yields five hits and Brooklyn climbs near top of NL standings. Cardinals and Giants win, leaving Cubs a half game back with Pirates nipping close. Yankees drop to Detroit as Tigers surge into fourth place. Indians beat Senators as Athletics rally past White Sox.
Associated Press compiles league leaders with Cardinals star Martin atop National League batting and runs, Medwick driving RBI and Jordan leading hits. Gehrig and Gehringer pace American League in batting and hits, with Foxx and Gehrig tied for home runs and Powell leading steals. Pitching leaders include Dean and Grove among others.
The Jefferson City Bulldogs defeated the Owls 10 to 8 after nine innings on Ar gonne street. Branson pitched for the Bulldogs, with Fleming and Rost collecting three and four hits. Al Turbell led the Owls with three hits as Branson and Koester starred on offense. Bulldogs head to Wardsville next Sunday.
Max Schmeling plans a quiet day of rest before leaving tomorrow night aboard the Zeppelin Hindenburg for Germany. He leaves promoter Mike Jacobs to resolve Madison Square Garden issues over a possible September bout with heavyweight champion Jim Braddock. Schmeling says he cares more about championship than money, turning down offers including 152000 in radio and endorsement pitches. manager Joe Jacobs confirms.
United Press reports Henry McLemore backs a boastful plan to honor his Schmeling pick with a Stone Mountain style monument. He envisions a heroic Schmeling figure with McLemore aloft, while joking about mountain space, funding, and potential graft in the project. Also notes a postponed Open qualifying round at Hoylake due to a thunderstorm.
Marion Miley of Lexington Kentucky faces formidable opposition as she defends the women's Trans Mississsippi Golf title at the Denver Country Club. Miley cites eight strong challengers including Patty Berg Dorothy Traung Beatrice Barrett and Phyllis Buchanan as threats to her defense.
June 22 AP report notes Jack Winsett of the Columbus Red Bird socks his 28th homer in yesterday’s 11 10 loss to Indianapolis in the second game of a doubleheader. Louisville, Milwaukee, and St Paul also post wins. Stonehenge is described as Bronze Age construction on Salisbury Plain.
June 22 AP reports five Arabs killed and two British soldiers wounded as Arab snipers attack a train from Jerusalem to Haifa. British forces search hills near Anabia for an Arab band after a roadside ambush. Sergeant Sills killed. high committee urges continuation of the months long general strike.
Today a year ago Yale varsity crew beat Harvard by four lengths. Southern California won the NCAA track meet with Jesse Gwens taking four events, helping Ohio State reach 40 1 30 points. Three years ago George Dunlap beat Ross Somerville 2 and 1 to reach British Amateur Golf quarters. Five years ago Henri Cochel was eliminated in the first round of the All England Tennis, by Nigel Sharpe.
The Tweedies beat Eldon 9 to 8 in ten innings on Sunday. Woody Morris earned the win, relieving W Slaughter in the eighth and pitching shutout ball. Vincel Maxey collected three hits in six trips as Tweedies chase Mokane next Sunday to even the series. This marks their seventh straight victory.
Wally Berger homered with a man aboard for the Bees in a run to beat the Reds. Chubby Dean collected two hits in one inning as pinch hitter in an 11 3 victory over the White Sox. Arky Vaughan slugged two homers in a 7 6 win for the Pirates over the Phillies. Mary Owen drove in runs with a double as the Yankees fell. Wes Ferrell and Roy Bell each starred in doubleheader openers with strong pitching and hitting. Denny Galehouse pitched nine hits in his first major league start for the Indians against the Senators. Curt Davis and Van Mungo are noted in other games. Dodgers won the opener with five hits from a former pitcher, and the nightcap featured eight hits for another. Travis Jackson homered with two on as the Giants beat the Cardinals 6 4.
Jimmy Dykes, dean of AL players and manager of the Chicago White Sox, held a contract to manage the club in 1937. At 39 he has led the team since May 8, 1934, the longest current managerial tenure, and is hitting around .300 at third base.
T J Hoxsey 69 longtime Mexico hotel operator died after a long illness He built the hotel from a small start in 1893 and became widely known in Missouri Surviving are his widow and one daughter Funeral services set for tomorrow in Mexico Missouri
A Communist party state convention in St. Louis adopted a platform urging more relief for the unemployed, end to racial discrimination, higher educational funding, and seed loans to farmers. Nominees included Frank Williams for governor and Van derbilt Belton for lieutenant governor, with several other statewide candidates named.
Missouri and Kansas Democratic delegates and leaders showed little interest in the Reed Smith statement urging backing away from Roosevelt. Governor Park of Missouri will chair the delegation caucus as they plan their Philadelphia entry and first caucus tomorrow. Reed, a former Missouri senator, was a strong force in 1928 for the party.
About 220 prospective lawyers gathered today in a senate chamber setting for the June bar examinations. E F Elliott, clerk of the supreme court, said this class ranks among the largest. Most candidates are graduates from Missouri University law, Washington University, St Louis Law, and Kansas City School of Law. Exams conclude Wednesday at noon. London Ontario. A London wife accuses her husband of infidelity and says his gifts past months total 60 cents, a box of pansies and onions. He sent onions on Mothers Day.
Kansas City report notes George N. Gromer 70 of Pattonsburg Mo a lumberman and former Daviess County court regent and State Teachers College alumnus died Saturday after a stroke at a hospital in Maryville. Winnipeg uses loudspeaker shaming to curb driving breaches as police truck tours the city.
The first directory of London traces its royal origin to Charles I who sought a list of citizens able to lend him money, revealing early financial and civic planning linked to monarchy and taxation.
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