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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1930
Page
6
Brooklyn stronger in National League as Robins rebound from west coast skid to beat New York Giants 7 to 2. Jim Elliott outpitched rivals while Brooklyn bats pounded 15 hits in front of home crowd. Cubs drop 10 to 8 to Pirates tightening NL standings.
Marvin Nelson of Ft. Dodge Iowa won the world's professional marathon title by swimming 15 miles in Lake Ontario at the Canadian National Exhibition in 7 hours 43 minutes 36 14 seconds. Isador Spondor of Port Colborne Ontario placed second, with William F. Goll of New York City third. The top finishers also included George Blagden Memphis Ernst Vierkotter Germany Norman Ross Chicago Clarence A. Ross Brooklyn Paul Zegger Farmington and Alfred Sully Toronto.
Johnny Barko belted a sixth inning homer to lift Orange Squeeze past Post Office 1 to 0 at Weed park in a tense errorless contest. Both teams played sharp defense as pitching dominated with six innings of no errors and only six hits by Orange Squeeze. The finale of the three game series is set for Friday night with the winner earning the runner up spot in the National kittenball league.
Walter Stewart of the Browns blanked the Tigers with five scattered hits. Ted Lyons of the White Sox won his 20th game of the season in the second game of a doubleheader with the Indians. Pie Traynor of the Pirates pounded out five straight singles in a defeat of the Cubs. Sparky Adams of the Cardinals scored two runs to beat the Reds. Freddie Brickell made his Phillies debut with three singles and a double.
Keokuk 7 2 at Davenport 2 9 Cedar Rapids 9 6 at Dubuque 5 4 Rock Island 10 at Waterloo 3 Moline 7 at Burlington 4
In Newark Vince Dundee from Baltimore defeated Abie Bain in ten rounds. In Virginia Beach Dick Welsh from Philadelphia defeated Benny Goldstein of Baltimore in eight rounds.
League Leaders National Batting Terry Giants 408 Runs Cuyler Cubs 129 Runs batted in Wilson Cubs 149 Hits Terry Giants 203 Doubles Klein Phillies 45 Triples Comorosky Pirates 22 Home runs Wilson Cubs 44 Stolen bases Cuyler Cubs 32 American Batting Simmons Athletics 3964 Gehrig Yankees .3957 Runs Ruth Yankees 133 Runs batted in Gehrig Yankees 148 Hits Gehrig Yankees 186 Doubles Manush Senators Hodapp Indians 39 Triples Combs Yankees 17 Home runs Ruth Yankees 44 Stolen bases McManus Tigers 18
Frank Chandler defending champion and Walter Molis former champ reach finals after extra drama. Chandler beat Charles Meerdink 3 up with two to play while Molis edged Harold Figg 1 up after 19 holes. Figg forced 18th playoff before mishit to lose. Byron McKee joins later rounds by downing George Meerdink. Consolation rounds see C M Barnard, Lysle Mason, Leo Behrens prevail.
In Chicago a crowd of 43000 watched the United States defeat Great Britain nine events to five in a night of record breaking performances led by field events. U S athletes set eight meet marks while dominance came in the pole vault shot put high jump hammer and javelin with notable showings from Russell Sweet Cy Leland George Simpson Eddie Tolan Steve Anderson and Herman Brix.
L B Bud Maytag of Newton missed the Iowa Open title by three strokes after a late bogey burst on the 16th, allowing Art Andrews of Davenport Country Club to win with 296. Andrews rallied with a final nine of 36 to secure the championship and a $200 prize for the low scoring professional.
Jack Sharkey Boston heavyweight signs to meet Victorio Campola South American in a 15 round bout at Yankee Stadium on Sept 25. If Sharkey defeats Campola he must face young Stribling in Miami in February if Stribling agrees. If Stribling is beaten Sharkey would meet Max Schmeling the world champion in June.
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