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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1932
Page
3
Fragmentary OCR outlines nominations for local offices including sheriff, city offices, sales tax, tax assessor, and district commissioner. Mentions F Single E Bishop, J Frank, R W Men, C ommissioner District, unopposed candidate for three seats, and Nashville or county references.
In a packed AP wire summary the Pirates P Waner and Reds Lombardi top NL batting averages while Klein Phillies leads RBI and runs. In the AL Foxx Athletics stands out with high averages and RBIs as Myrick and Lazzeri also post steady numbers across teams.
Daredevil riders at Pastime track headline a motorcycle meet under local Associated Charities. Shorty Whiddon wins both main events on a Hurley-Davidson 415 and dominates the 15 mile final, with Carl Jenks close behind. Langston, Turner, McDonald, and Jones also place across multiple races amid crashes and feats of stunt riding.
Ailed by apathy the city stalls on promoting the Sharkey Schmeling world title bout. The piece notes crowd indifference despite colorfully described fighters and mentions related motorbike races that drew spectators but failed to benefit charities.
Pittsburgh participants including Paulie Walker and Charley Baxter score points over Jimmy Dean and Matt Rice while Vince Dundee defeats Mack House in a 10 round decision. Bob Turner stops Roy Bailey in Charleston and Patsy Haley beats J P Gillion in Augusta.
The Moultrie Packers beat the Buds 7 to 2 in the first of a three game set in Moultrie yesterday. Alday started for the Buds, Benton finished strong, and Aiken starred in the field with eight assists. Vernon led the Buds with three singles, while McLendon, Baker, and Treadway produced early runs for Moultrie. The Buds meet Moultrie again today before heading to Moultrie Tuesday for game three.
In the Georgia Florida League action Moultrie beat Thomasville 7 to 2, then defeated Tallahassee 8 to 6. Cairo fell to Tifton 6 to 5 and Albany defeated Benton 8 to 4. Thomasville left 9 on, Moultrie 11. Mitchell pitched one wild pitch. Aiken Baker Vann Blalock Balleste had two base hits. Alday Benton Mitchell struck out by. Balleste allowed two passed balls, Vann one. Bridges Rich were hit by pitches. Baker Jackson Vann stole bases. Umpire Graham.
In the American League New York edged Detroit 5 to 4 while Washington defeated Chicago 6 to 5 and Boston lost 1 to St. Louis. Cleveland beat Philadelphia 9 to 8 and Brooklyn topped St. Louis 5 to 2. Cincinnati won 3 to 2 over New York. In the Southern Association Little Rock prevailed 7 to 0 over Birmingham. Memphis lost 2 to 7 at New Orleans, Nashville lost 1 to 2 at Chattanooga, Knoxville defeated Atlanta 10 to 8.
The notes list numerous intercity games with teams such as Boston St Louis Washington Chicago New York Philadelphia Cleveland St Louis Boston Chicago Brooklyn Cincinnati New York Pittsburgh Philadelphia and Southern League pairs Knoxville Atlanta Little Rock New Orleans Nashville Chattanooga Memphis Birmingham.
Gene Sarazen won the British Open with a 72-hole record total of 283 at Sandwich England. He led by four strokes after the third round and held off rivals including Walter Hagen’s successor, while Arthur Havers and Tommy Armour faded in the final round.
A roundup notes Mel Ott homered twice as the Giants beat the Reds 3 2. Jesse Haines beat the Braves 2 1 with late ninth hits. Hack Wilson drove in all Dodgers runs versus the Cubs. George Blaeholder earned his seventh win for the Browns over the Red Sox, while Glenn Myatt drove in five for the Indians against the Athletics. Heime Schuble homered contributing to a Tigers win over the Yankees. The British Open at St Andrews saw Gene Sarazen post a record smashing victory, defeating Bobby Jones as Jones’ 68 in round one remains the St Andrews record. Sarazen’s win marks his first national Open title.
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