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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1929
Page
6
The 1929 Athletics pounded the Browns 15 to 4 as Mack's men press toward the pennant race. Chicago, Detroit, and Philadelphia results follow in a day of wide margins and shifting AL standings with Pipgras and Lazzeri among the day’s notable sluggers.
In Atlanta on June 7, Little Rock and Nashville shared fourth place as both earned shutout victories. J Moore and Campbell pitched brilliantly for the two clubs, while Partridge and Anderson fueled the Vols' 5–0 win over Chattanooga. Birmingham routed Atlanta 10–4 in the opener.
Columbus June 7 Fort Benning invitation tennis tournament favorites moved into the third round amid few surprises. Harry Gault of Atlanta who upset Lieut Dave Hedekin second ranking US army, joined the strong field. Redskin fell in straight sets 6-4 6-4. Local stars Bryan Grant Murray Jack Simpson Ted Bur well among favorites.
The Evening World reports Babe Ruth has a weakened heart and lung congestion, keeping him from games for at least a month and possibly the season. He is under strict orders to avoid excitement and long drives, with Dr. King to report on his condition. Mrs Ruth assists in following doctor orders as Ruth rests and recuperates.
Mooney of Atlanta wins his first round and advances to the second after disposing of Captain Wessels of Fort Benning. Grant defeats Walden of Columbus 6-1 6-2. Murray eliminates Lieut. Lane of Fort Benning 6-4 6-1. Dr. Aiken of Atlanta beats Simpson’s How ard 6-1 6-2. Maddox of Columbus over Burwell 6-1 6-2. Chaplin of Columbus falls to Burwell 6-3 6-1.
Standings show American League leaders with Philadelphia and St Louis near top. National League features Pittsburg and Brooklyn competing. Southern Association and South Atlantic Association standings include Birmingham, Little Rock, Nashville, Memphis, Macon, Charlotte, Augusta, Spartanburg and more. Today’s games include Chicago at Boston and St Louis at Philadelphia among others.
Thomasville’s Buds opened the season with three straight wins as a large crowd packed the stadium. Oscar Chastain led with a trio of hits including a triple, and pitchers Washington and Pugh were needed less if hitting stays hot.
Detroit fighter Billy Petrolle from Fargo outpointed Chicago’s Ray Miller in a bout. New York’s Ali Singer of New York defeated Leo Kid Roy from Montreal in another match.
Beachton defeated Chattahoochee 5 to 4 in a tight seven inning opener of a double header at the stadium. Pugh tripled and scored on a fumbled play to give Beachton the winning run as Hand and Dykes limited scoring after early Florida lead. The second game saw Beachton buds outslug Tallahassee 10 to 4 with Dunn, Woodward, and Baker delivering key hits as Chastain led a late comeback push by Tallahassee.
National leaders include Batting O Doul of Philadelphia at .395 and Runs Douthit of St Louis with 45. Hafey of St Louis leads RBI with 49 while Douthit and Frisch top hits at 65. Frisch also leads in doubles with 17 and joins Waner for triples at 7. Klein of Philadelphia has 14 homers and Cuyler of Chicago 13 steals. Grimes of Pittsburgh is 9 0 in pitching. American leaders include Batting Foxx of Oakland at .406 and Runs Gehringer of Detroit with 45. Simmons of Oakland tops RBI with 59. Gehringer leads hits with 72 and Alexander of Detroit tops doubles with 20. Blue of Cleveland has 6 triples. Gehrig and Simmons share 12 homers with Boston and Philadelphia. Metzler of Chicago White Sox and West and Gehringer and Johnson of Detroit tie for steals with 6. Uhle of Detroit is 9 1 in pitching.
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