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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1931
Page
4
The Barberton Eagles AAA club travels to River View Park to face the Elyria Eagles in the independ ents second game of the season. The July 4th event will showcase Barberton’s strong Akron region wins including over Akron Rowland Wajesties Medina and Wadsworth.
The United States Open at Inverness opens with twelve English players led by Whitcomb and including Henry Cotton and Leslie Whitcombe. American favorites Arm ur, Sarazen, Hagen, Cox, Burke, Farrell, and Smith head the local field as betting odds mirror the strong invader challenge.
The Athletics debate whether an unknown saboteur has stolen the club’s hitting records to hinder the Philadelphia club. Others suspect Connie Mack planted the stick to seed a crop for next season.
Ed Dudley wins a Western Opes event with betting heavy at 9 to 1 for win and 3 to 1 to show. Competitors Leo Diegel Archie Campton Jonzry Golden and Harry Cooper also listed in the field with varied place and show odds.
Philadelphia Athletics top Cleveland Indians 11 to 7 in the series opener as Brown is knocked out in the fifth and Averill homers for the Indians. Grove and Ferrell were scheduled to duel in an expected pitching matchup today. Foxx Dykes Haas and Myatt drive in runs for Philadelphia while Averill drives in two for Cleveland.
In Columbus Ohio, July 1 12 The St Paul Saints held a half game lead over Louisville Colonels in the American Association after a 11 2 win over Kansas City Milwaukee beat Minneapolis 11 3 as St Paul and Milwaukee inch ahead. Toledo defeated Indianapolis 11 to 8 and Bob Weiland earned the win as Louisville toppled Columbus 5 to 2.
The world's heavyweight championship bout between champion Max Schmeling and challenger W L Stribling will be carried on NBC Friday night. The broadcast starts about 10 PM on WEAF and WJZ with WTAM and WGAR relays to Cleveland audiences.
In Cleveland Ohio July 1 Bill Slagle of Columbus threw John Stellman of Boston in 12 23. in the opener of the Equentrium Wrestling show. Hardy Kruskamp former Ohio State football star won the second bout defeating Guy Robison in under thirteen minutes.
A compact standings snippet lists top hitters by league with teams, games, at bats, runs, hits, home runs, runs batted in and batting averages. Notable names include Ruth, Morgan, Simmons, Goslin, Webber, Davis, H. Hendrick, Roettger and Cuyler with stats and leader notes.
Schoditsch led the league in batting during the first half, with a .584 average and 14 hits in 24 official at bats for the Pfaudier softball team. Pasenow was second at .5258 and Reed of the Krugman Transits followed with a .617.
Church League schedules for July and August list games across Me Baptists Hamilton Richwine McKinley MecKiniss and NMeRinier venues. Key matchups include St Johns vs Methodists Holy Cross vs St Pauls Baptists vs Holy Cross and Hungarian Reforms vs Methodists with several locations repeated. The record shows many OCR errors in venue names and team spellings.
Cleveland July 1 Three year old trotters prepared at North Randall for the 6000 Matron Stake dating back to 1910. Entries included Calumet Butler driven by MacMehon and Dick Reynolds driven by B White. Doc Parshall piloted Ankaber to a decisive victory in the 3000 Tavern Steak feature yesterday after a nose loss in the first heat, then two mile dashes in near record time.
City League softball managers meeting at the Y set the second half schedule opening Monday night. Eligibility requires residence or employment in the city, rosters capped at eighteen, and players may switch teams only with prior release. All Inchwine Field games move to Roosevelt Field. roster deadline is 6 p.m. Monday.
Phil Todt accidentally picked up the club and belted a home run on his first swing. He followed with a second homer before the game ended, a feat the Athletics call miraculous as Todt has no aim of leading in home runs.
Phil reassesses after an accident and abandons the war club for an easier swing, resulting in the loss of his honors.
National and American league scores are listed with multiple mismatches. Philadelphia beat Cleveland, 11 to 7, while Boston defeated Chicago 7 to 1 and St. Louis topped Washington. National league shows Chicago 14, Philadelphia 3 and New York 19, with Cincinnati 4 over Brooklyn 3. Pittsburgh hosts Boston. Brooklyn plays St. Louis. New York visits Philadelphia.
Fragmented OCR summary notes association results with sporadic names and numbers. Mentions Lewes and Minneonous, St. Paul, and Toleds Mos with unclear context. Describes games today and forum derangement, plus a movie capes reference and Sh Paw.
Vincennes 191 won a technical knockout over Warl Hotty Bab Hamburg 18 Dan Thoree 152 Flint Michigan defeated Norman Brown Indianapolis Tracy Cox Tl Indianapolis defeated Lou Bloom 132 Columbus Ohio 19
Denny Shute of Hudson, a Ryder Cup winner, will team with Bob Shave of Crewe in an exhibition at Canterbury Golf Club in Cleveland. Their opponents are Gene Sarazen and Johnny Farrell, set to play Saturday on the Canterbury course.
New York July 14 The Philadelphia Athletics and St Louis Cardinals again opened their leads in the American and National Leagues respectively as Weston and New York threatened second place. The Athletics beat Cleveland 7 4 1 and the Cardinals downed New York 11 1 while George Earnshaw earned his 16th win. Goose Goslin led St Louis with four hits. Blaeholder blanked Washington 10 0. Detroit edged New York in 11 innings 7 5. Boston beat Chicago 7 1 and Chicago routed Philadelphia 14 3 led by Hornsby two homers. Reds defeated Robins 4 3 and Frankhouse tossed five hits as Boston beat Pittsburgh 6 1.
Elyria Country Club hosted a four ball foursome with Mrs. How ard Barbour and Mrs. Ed Gilles taking Class A with a net 183. Mrs. W. C. Carson and Mrs. C. W. Carrick earned Class B with 194, while Mrs. R. C. Herrick and Mrs. R. E. Jackson led Class C at 208. Class A from the Western Division Golf Association has an open date. final matches set for next Wednesday at Sandusky, featuring Elyria against Wooster.
George Stribling defies officials and his father manager to pursue a knockout against Max Schmeling in Friday’s title bout at Cleveland Stadium. The Georgian, buoyed by a plane ride to Schmeling’s training camp, weighs around 187 at ringside and has 6 to 5 odds in his favor.
The Tri County baseball team the Elyria Eagles will hold an important practice Friday night at 6:30 PM in preparation for holiday games against Barberton Eagles and Goldthorpe Tires. Management asks all players to attend.
The St. Louis Browns defeated the Chicago White Sox 12 to 2 in a Stadium Junior American League game. Lig Brown hit two of the Pale Hose’s three hits, while the Browns limited Chicago to two hits. In another league game, the Tigers beat the Red Sox by forfeit, and the league standings show the Indians and Senators among top teams with April schedules listed.
The Athletics chase a vanished bat rumored to hold magical base hit power like a benevolent baseball genii. If truth holds, the stick could grant countless hits and transform play as stories suggest.
The passage questions the fate of the Athletics potent bat or club that great sluggers like Mickey Cochrane and Al Simmons could use, reflecting on missing power in the team. It hints at a story about equipment or a symbolic asset sought by the A's during a period of uncertainty.
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