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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1930
Page
8
Major League batting leader is Klein with .420 for the Phillies. Terry of the Giants leads runs with 55 and holds 85 hits. Klein also tops RBIs with 68. English of the Cubs appears in the runs chart with 55.
Grove dominates Detroit with four hits allowed as Philadelphia fans 10 to 1. Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth pace New York in a 17 to 10 rompf over Cleveland. Giants beat Cubs, Cardinals topple Dodgers, Braves edge Reds. Crowder allows two runs in ninth for Washington win.
Atlanta Crackers beat Memphis 10 to 6 while New Orleans downed the Birmingham Barons 8 to 2, narrowing the Pelicans’ gap to a game and a half. Mobile won 5 to 4 over Nashville, and Little Rock lost to Chattanooga 10 to 7 as Owens outhit Tampa with three homers.
Key stat leaders list includes doubles by Frisch for the Cardinals and 21, triples by Cuyler of the Cubs at 9, home runs led by Klein of the Phillies and Wilson of the Cubs at 18, and stolen bases by Cuyler at 15. Hodapp of the Indians tops AL batting at .396, Ruth of the Yankees with 68 runs, Gehrig of the Yankees 65 RBIs, Hodapp with 86 hits, and McManus of the Senators with 19 runs. Combs and Gehringer share triples for the Yankees and Tigers at 8.
Stribling and Von Porat square off in Chicago Wednesday night with the winner likely edging toward a heavyweight title shot. A knockout would boost Stribling stock. a decision may not help much. The boxing crowd seeks a true puncher who can trade with the best.
Eighteen southern golfers plus three amateurs enter a 36 hole qualify ing test at East Lake to win two spots in the National Open. Notable entrants include Eddie Miller of Gaden Alabama and Sam Perry of Birmingham, while Bobby Jones defends and Charlie Hall seeks another Dixie representation. Over 1100 players compete on 20 courses for 112 places at Interlachen Minneapolis July 10-12.
Tifton Moultrie Thomasville Bainbridge timetable lists departures at 9 00 am and 6 45 am for Cairo and intermediate points. It shows Thomasville left for Moultrie Tifton and intermediate points at 8 50 am 11 15 am and 3 00 pm.
Results recap from yesterday show St. Louis 3 Washington 2 and other top games including Boston 4 Cincinnati 3 and New York 17 Cleveland 10 in the National League. Southern Association tallies Atlanta 10 Memphis 6, Chattanooga 10 Little Rock 7, Mobile 5-5, while Southeast League Pensacola 7 Tampa 3 and Jacksonville Montgomery were rained out.
Today features a slate of Southeastern League and regional games. Teams include Boston Chicago Philadelphia Detroit New York Cleveland Pittsburgh Chicago Brooklyn Cincinnati New York St Louis Philadelphia Little Rock Atlanta Mobile Nashville Memphis Birmingham Charlotte Greenville Columbia Augusta Macon Asheville Columbus Selma Pensacola Tampa Montgomery Jacksonville.
William Stribling and Otto Von Porat meet in Chicago Stadium on Wednesday with Stribling a 6 to 5 favorite. Stribling trained in New York while Von Porat kept working. Promoters expected a larger gate than the Von Porat Gagnon fight with advance sales at $20,000 and trade over $70,000 anticipated.
In brief notes from AP, Cleveland’s Babe Ruth hits his 21st and Lou Gehrig his 16th and 17th home runs. St Louis acquires Goslin from Washington in exchange for Crowder and Manush. Fritz Mercur wins the Philadelphia tennis title with a 6 3 6 4 6 4 victory over Dolf Muehleisen. Virginia Hillary takes the women’s title over Dorothy Andrus 6 3 6 2. Gallant Knight wins the American Derby in Chicago with a mile and a quarter track record. Bill Arnold wins Altoona’s 200 mile flag day race.
Washington reports a second 1929 income tax payment pushing receipts toward 2.5 billion dollars. Treasury officials forecast a 500 million dollar day while 450 million dollars in maturing certificates are paid and about 90 million dollars interest is disbursed. Through June 12 the fiscal year totals show 3.46 billion in receipts against 3.70 billion in outlays, leaving a 240.7 million dollar deficit and a projected year-end surplus. Income taxes for the year reach 1.919 billion dollars, aided by a 1 percent tax cut, with total year income exceeding last year by 105 million and expenditures up 177 million, driven by federal farm board and expanded government activity.
Bobby Jones and Norman Newton of Havana started the British Open at Hoylake with a large noon gallery. Jones opened with a seven on the first hole and birdied the third, then parred the second and fourth, then birdied the sixth and saved par on the rest of the front, ending the round even. Newton opened with 43 strokes.
Lou Gehrig of the Yankees slugged two homers and a single driving in seven as New York routed Cleveland. Lefty Grove led the Athletics to a 10-1 victory over Detroit, pitching the A's to the league lead. Andy High fueled St Louis with four RBIs on a triple and homer against Brooklyn. George Binchelder protected a late Browns win by holding the Senators hitless in relief and delivering two in the ninth. Gabby Hartnett helped the Cubs plate four safeties against the Giants, clocking a double and his 13th homer.
The player needed four for the hole and two birdies in the last five to finish even par. He opened the stretch with a four at the 511 yard 14th, achieving the first birdie to stay on track.
Leo Diegel, U S and Canadian open champion, matched Royal Liverpool Club’s course record with a 70 in the first qualifying round at Hoylake. He went out 37 then 33, with an eagle and birdie on the last three holes.
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