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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1932
Page
3
Charleston defeats Beckley 8 to 0 as Johnstown loses 4-2 to Cumberland. Charleston leads Johnstown by 3.5 games with three remaining in the schedule and set to meet Beckley in a seven game series for the title.
Chicago White Sox overpower St. Louis Browns 13 to 8 to even the series at one game each. Red Kress homered and doubled, Bumps Hadley chased in early, Charley Biggs earned the win with strong relief. Garrs homered for St. Louis as 19 Sox hits fueled the win.
Jimmy Foxx of the Athletics extended his major league lead by belting his 50th homer of the season, becoming the third player to reach the 50 home run mark this year. He also continued to lead the circuit with 40 plus round-trippers in a season.
Freddy Sington the Alabama Assassin will play most of the Little World Series between Beckley and the winner of the Middle Atlantic League second half race. E T Stromp announced the stay after a long talk with Duke coach Wallace Wade who granted the week but requires reporting for the Durham series on Monday September. Sington leads the league in home runs and RBIs boosting Black Knight offense.
Babe Ruth and Hack Wilson stand as the only other sluggers to reach both the 30th and 51st home runs in a season. Ruth hit 54 in 1920 59 in 1921 60 in 1927 and 54 in 1928 while Hack Wilson slugged 56 homers with the Chicago Cubs in 1930.
At R M I park the Beck ley Black Knights face the Charleston Senators in a grand finale of the regular schedule. Frank Hudson, local southpaw, likely starts for the Black Knights on a day that marks their last home appearance before the series opens Wednesday. The Senators clinched the second half title after last night’s results, with a doubleheader at Charleston on Monday to close the season.
Coach J B Van Meter announced Labor Day practice will be a single session at 9 a m with two daily sessions the rest of the week 9 a m and 3 45 p m After school starts only one daily workout remains in the afternoon Readouts show about 50 candidates with several new players joining from Oak Hill Bluefield Jr High and Ohio backgrounds including Herbert and Bill Saunders Bernice Patterson Walter Hill Frank and Charles Rowles and veteran E F Woodward among others
Dizzy Dean blanks Chicago in 3–0 win to end Cubs 14 game streak. St Louis wins opener 9–4 in extra innings with Bottomley homer. Carl Eras. Dean goes 7 strikeouts, 8 hits allowed. Busch and Derringer split mound efforts in doubleheader.
Yesterday Pittsburgh defeated Cincinnati 7 to 1 and Philadelphia beat Boston 5 to 3. Chicago swept St Louis with 5 to 4 and 3 to 0, while New York topped Brooklyn 5 to 3 in 12 innings. Today’s games feature Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, St Louis at Chicago, Philadelphia at Boston, and New York at Brooklyn.
The American League results show Philadelphia 4 Boston 3 and New York 6 Washington 5. Chicago defeated St Louis 13 to 8 while Cleveland beat Detroit. Remaining matchups include Chicago at St Louis, Cleveland at Detroit, Boston at New York, and Philadelphia at Washington.
The schedule shows games in the Middle Atlantic region featuring Johnstown at Cumberland Huntington and Clarksburg at Charleston with Beckley. Details on dates or venues are not provided in the readable text.
Fred F. Stennett, noted all Pacific Coast halfback from St. Mary's in 1920 and 1930, has signed with the Chicago Cardinals of the National Professional Football League.
Tony Lazzeri belted a ninth inning homer with two outs to beat Washington 6 to 5. Gehrig on first set up the winning shot as Charley Ruffing earned his 17th win in a tight game. New York finishes the season even with the Senators at eleven victories apiece, and the club sets a major league record by playing 133 straight games without being shut out.
Jimmy Foxx and Eric McNair hit late ninth inning home runs to lift the Philadelphia Athletics to a 4 3 win over the Boston Red Sox and complete a three game sweep. Lefty Grove earned his 22nd win as Foxx and McNair each homered, with Foxx belting his 51st of the season and McNair adding his 16th. Marty McManus homered for Boston. Rhodes pitched well for Philadelphia.
The Pirates defeated the Reds 7 to 1 tonight at home. They broke through against Eppa Rixey in the early innings and cruised to the win extending their unbeaten streak to seven games.
In a 1 12 inning game, the Pirates beat the Reds 4 1. Pitcher Rixey took the loss while Barr and Rigler handled the umpires. Hits included two by Waner and two by Suhr with Crabtree and Piet contributing. Left on base counts favored Pittsburgh 7 to Cincinnati 5.
The Little World Series to crown the 1932 Middle Atlantic league champions opens in Beckley on September 7 with games Wednesday and Thursday. If needed a seventh game location will be decided by a coin toss. The schedule calls for games in Beckley and Charleston with the title going to the team first to four wins.
The Coal Field League schedules eight games as Mullens and Hinton vie for top spot and a playoff bid. Mullens hosts Sprague today while Hinton travels to Scarbro. Tams vs Scarbro key protest outcome looms. Amigo and Fireco open a doubleheader at Fireco field this afternoon.
Frank Welsh of Chicago and Olin Dutra of Santa Monica advance to the final after Welsh defeats Tom Creavy in overtime on the Keller course. Dutra beats Ed Dudley in a brisk 3 to 2 semifinal, with Dudley opening a four up lead before Dutra rallied.
The Phillies beat the Braves 3 to 1 as Ray Benge held Boston to nine hits. Wally Berger hit a late homer after a walk by Randy Moore, and Philadelphia pulled ahead with four runs in the fourth. Ed Brandt took the loss. Klein and Bartell starred for Philadelphia with late scoring support.
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