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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1930
Page
6
Chicago Cubs rally to a 12 to 4 victory over the New York Giants in Chicago, moving two wins from the finish and expanding their NL lead. Gabby Hartnett belted his 27th homer with the bases full in the eighth as Charley Root fanned six for the Cubs.
Ambassador Dawes departed for Spain to join the American School of Prehistoric Research party led by George Grant MacCurdy. In Andalusia’s Rio Tinto mines he aims to find evidence of neolithic centralized authority or governance.
Sayre Oklahoma August 23 AP Frank Griffin Beckman county farmer was convicted of the murder of C H Phillips Beckham county sheriff by a jury which recommended life imprisonment. Joe Pounds former deputy sheriff and Hess Brown are under life sentence for the slaying of Phillips who was angry over enforcing prohibition. About 180000 saloons closed nationwide as result of the prohibition amendment.
Gene Sarazen held a two stroke lead as the final 18 holes began at the Indianwood club in Orion Michigan for the western open championship. He carded a 69 in the second round to reach 142 strokes, ahead of Harry Hampton Chris Brinke Emerick Kocsis Bob Shave and Al Watrous. Tommy Armour was by then 11 strokes back and Walter Hagen seven behind Sarazen with 146.
Chevrolet company team from M and W Chevonlet club edged the Postoffice nine 5 to 4 at Jefferson Field in a five inning nonleague contest. Swafford led with a first inning triple and Kammerer hit the game’s only double. Schultz pitched for M and W with a four base hit, while Kook homered for the Postoffice. Box score follows.
Hawthorne hosts two major races before Chicago turf shifts to Lincoln Fields on Monday. The Chicago juvenile handicap offers 10 000 dollars added for two year olds running a mile and seventy yards, with 17 entries listed and 12 expected to start. The Fort Dearborn handicap adds 5 000 dollars with eight horses entered.
The Associated Press shows leaders in batting runs and RBIs. Terry tops National League batting and hits while Wilson leads NL homers. Gehrig and Ruth dominate Yankees categories with runs and RBIs.
In Belfast on August 23 AP reports motor racer Kaye Don suffered a broken rib and his mechanic was seriously injured when their car overturned and caught fire in the 410 mile Ulster Tourist Trophy race. Capt. A C R Waite also crashed, receiving a severe concussion as his car rolled over a bank.
Gabby Hartnett of the Cubs drove in five runs against the Giants with his twenty seventh homer and a double. Vic Sorrell of the Tigers held the Athletics to seven hits and beat them 7-1. Lou Gehrig of the Yankees accounted for all his team's runs against the Indians with a single and his thirty sixth and thirty seventh home runs. Larry Benton of the Reds gave Brooklyn seven hits and outpitched Dazzy Vance to win 4-1. Pie Traynor of the Pirates figured in five scoring plays with three singles against the Braves. Ted Lyons of the White Sox won.
Big Bill Tilden faces Wilmer Allison of Texas in Newport for the first leg of the Casino cup in the Newport invitation tennis tournament. Tilden, the national champion, reached the final after a walkover. His doubles partner Hunter rests for the doubles semi finals, where they beat Tidball and Bartosh.
Pittsburgh Aug 23 AP Their ranks reinforced by 20 new junior champions the country's track and field elite assembled for the national senior championships of the Amateur Athletic Union. The leaders were assured of places on the US team that meets Britain’s best at Chicago Wednesday night. A host of junior records were set as Eddie Tolan George Simpson Cy Le Claude Brecey Hector Dyer Russell Sweet and others vied with rising stars for senior laurels and team spots.
Secretary to the President George Akerson left for a ten day vacation at Rolling Rock Country Club in Pennsylvania. He will be the guest of Secretary Mellon after more than fourteen months in office. Also noted is a baseball item: an eighteenth game of the season saw a team beat the Red Sox 6 to 4 on eight hits.
Mount Pleasant Iowa August 23 AP Fifteen lettermen will return to Iowa Wesleyan College this fall for football practice. Four returning lettermen are backs Lester Uffelman Pete Parks Hugh Hilton and Hen Bradshaw. The line is strengthened by 11 veterans led by captain Merle Benson. Others include Kenneth Strah STImnett Barton Sigurd Sandberg Waldo Mick Paul Phelps Lloyd Dresser Howard Ison Kenneth Hingst James Davidson Moose Rhambo. Three players may not seek berths due to prior injuries. Harold Tackleson departed after graduation as a key quarterback.
Forest Hills Aug 23 AP England's Betty Nuthall reached the final of the American women's national championship for the fourth time in six years. She will meet Anna Harper of San Francisco, who upset Maude Rosenbaum Levi, 6 2 6 3, in a match where Harper was considered the underdog.
Waterloo Paul Harris of Des Moines defeated Canada Jack Dempsey in six rounds. Glen Lehr of Waterloo stopped Frankie Dunn of Des Moines in four. Eddie Anderson of Chicago outpointed Danny Delmont of Chicago over ten at Wyoming. Frankie Simms of Cleveland stopped Gene Stanton in Cleveland in five. K O Kelly of Akron outpointed Nick Martin of Cleveland in eight in Erie. Dick Daniels of Minneapolis outpointed K O Christner of Akron in ten. Also noted is a sailing advertisement offering Baptist event pricing of 50 and 25 cents, rising to 75 and 35 cents if bought day of sailing.
Earl of the American derby rider Sande and the Reveille Boy, a three year old trained by Charles Best, are favored to win the $3,000 added Governor's Derby at the Illinois state fair in Springfield. Sande arrived by air from New York to ride the promising horse that triumphed last June in a $50,000 feature for Best, a former Memphis grocer.
Alfred Rufus King Jr., 14, of Wichita Falls, wins the Grand American handicap in Vandalia Ohio after tying with three Ohio veterans at 97 of 100. In shootoff he hits 24 of 25 as 8,000 spectators watch. Mrs George Peter of Phoenix wins the women's crown with 93 targets.
Orville Rust named director of athletics at Washington high school in Cedar Rapids succeeding William Kelly. Grinnell College loses DeWitt McCreary and Harold Murray who may not return. McCreary works in a logging camp, Murray reports police for a Chicago paper. Sigourney signs Elgan Strong as Zanesville high coach. Strong formerly coached in Manchester and Albia. Dr. Walter R. Fieseler leaves University of Iowa to take a similar role at the University of Southern California joining Howard Jones and Sam Barry.
In Cherbourg on August 23 AP reports 178 American gold star mothers and wives of Party O sail home aboard the President Roosevelt. Elizabeth Gast of Chickasaw Ohio recovered from illness after arrival and will depart with the group though she cannot see the grave of her son who died in the war.
The article notes the New York Yankees atop team batting at .311 with Gehrig Ruth and Combs leading multiple offensive categories. Gehrig tops several lists while Ruth trails in home runs. Combs leads in triples. Marty McManus and Urban Hodapp add other base-hit and steal leaderships. The piece also covers league fielding, pitching, and other leaders across the circuit.
Reports from Des Moines Albia Fairfield and Des Moines recount a fatal pedestrian accident involving Don Cree don 66 a railroad flagman. L A McCreery 69 died after a fall in Albia. O H Herring Jr former Fairfield man found dead in a Houston hotel room with a knife wound. and C B Miller robbed at a Des Moines filling station by two masked men.
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