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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1934
Page
8
Mount Airy wins over May Edan lift Graniteers to fourth in Bi-State League with ten victories and fifteen losses. The Wednesday afternoon pair of wins improve their percentage to four hundred.
Mount Airy hosts or visits multiple opponents in June with games at Martinsville Mayodan Leakaville and Martinsville again. The lineup lists Mount Airy away contests on June 15 16 19 20 and 22 with local venues including Martinsville Mayodan and Leakaville.
Mount Airy beat Mayodan 7 4 and 6 5 on the same day. In the first game Mount Airy’s 15 hits, led by Zelenky and Salters with four apiece, toppled Mayodan’s pitching of Sherin and Hudson. In the second game Yazell and Payne sparked the late rally aided by Salters three hits, as Mount Airy won in the ninth. Rosie Thomas and Klein starred for their clubs.
Local ads list a seven room house for rent on Mitchell Street with utilities, hotpoint range for sale, and farm produce notices. Buyers seek soy beans, tomato and pepper plants, sweet potato vines, and collards from Mount Airy and Granite City Mills. Also a canning company seeks black berry deliveries and a chicken market offers dressed or live birds.
Mount Airy edged Martinsville 3-2 at Reddick Field in a tight pitchers duel. Bowman outpitched Miralles, with Mount Airy scoring on doubles by Brown, Thomas, and Salters while Yazell led hitting with three of four, as Martinsville tied the game in the eighth on Narron’s two-base hit and a Miralles error.
Mount Airy defeated Fieldale 6 to 5 at Fieldale on Saturday. Mount Airy rallied with a three run fourth inning featuring Salters single Sims and Cote doubles and later Solters and Sims with Jarvis and Lentz contributing two hits each to the game. Both teams totaled eight hits and two errors.
Mount Airy’s Wednesday doubleheader lifts them to fourth with ten wins and fifteen losses. Opie Shelton’s punditry gains credibility as teams chase the first half crown. Martinsville leads with up to .800 potential, Fieldale follows at .175 to .375, and predictions remain highly uncertain for a heavyweight title bout unfolding as readers reach breakfast.
Highlights from a boxing preview note Carnera with 50 knockouts in 80 fights against Baer who has 90 knockouts in 47 bouts. The article cites training momentum and the champ's hard punching history alongside Baer's期待 for a knockout.
Mr Wendell Stone of Dobson is a medical patient. A son, Lindsay Jr, was born to Mr Stone and his wife, reporting the family and newborn birth.
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