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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1933
Page
4
Hal Schumacher, 21, pitched his fifth shutout of the season limiting the Chicago Cubs to three hits in a 3-0 victory for the New York Giants. Lefty O'Doul led a seven-hit attack, with one run in the first inning and two in the eighth.
Column reviews Babe Ruth's perennial star power against aging speed and weight challenges in 1933. It notes Ruth's high salary, Yankees budgets, and the risk of reduced performance, while comparing him to peers like Gehrig and Foxx and highlighting rising stars such as Pepper Martin and Blondie Ryan.
Chicago June 20 The American League cast will be the home team at Comiskey Park on July 6 for Baseballs All Star Game after coin flips. The AL won a second coin flip to determine hosting rights as NL selections are listed with vote tallies for positions and pitchers.
Nat Collins of Atlanta upset No. 5 seed Joe Whalen of Miami 6-3 6-1 to reach the second round of the Southern Junior Tennis tournament in Atlanta. Results show several first round wins in both junior and boys divisions, with players from Atlanta and other southern cities advancing.
Cyril Tolley, famed English golfer living in the United States, won his first match 3 and 2 over R H Oppenheimer in the British amateur championship at Hoylake. Canadian Paul Sampson fell 4 and 3 to T C Manners while Ox ford students Charles Sweeny defeated J S Rowell 4 and 3.
AP report highlights top NL players with Martin Cardinals leading in batting 357 Klein Phillies 354 runs 48 and 39 RBIs Klein 51 Hartnett 42 hits 85 Klein Fullis 85 doubles 20 P Wa ner 18 and 8. Triples P Waner Suhr Martin 7 home runs Klein Berger 12. Stolen bases Martin 9 Frisch Fullis Davis 8 pitching Hallahan 8 2 Carleton 8 3 Cantwell 8 3.
The Southern Amateur Golf championship begins at East Lake, Atlanta with about 150 players in two groups on the No. 1 and No. 2 courses. The field aims for scores near 160 to reach the championship flight, with Sam Perry exempt from qualification. Par runs 72 on No. 1 and 71 on No. 2, both near 7,000 yards.
A stream of opinion mixes sports notes and local rumors about William Hamm of Minneapolis, the Chicago and Washington baseball teams, the governor Talmadge, and a martial law claim on the highway department. The writer mocks political power and jokes about civic projects and road paving.
Memphis will trade Joe Hutcheson, leader in home runs in the Southern Association and a top batter, to Brooklyn of the National League. Memphis beat Atlanta 12 to 6 as Chattanooga edged New Orleans 9 to 8 in the other SA game.
Los Angeles reports that John Blondy Ryan a rookie Giants infielder shows political ambitions After last season he campaigned for Frank Offerman owner of the Buffalo club in the International League
Thomasville Buds face Perry Bears at the municipal stadium in a key league race. A first Ladies Day offers free admission to women as Perry makes its year debut. A Tallahassee Monticello result also impacts the standings with a three way tie for first.
The city doubles tennis tournament advances slowly with matches irregularly held at Forbes Field as teams gather. Favorites Joye and Bramblett defeated Raiford Robison and Bob Neel 6 1 and 6 3 in the lone encounter staged.
The AP notes multiple boxing results: Ronnie Headley defeats Sammie Mandell in Ottawa. Hee Masson Cornwall tops Jack Donlon in Cornwall. Other bouts include Baby Joe Gans over Jack Portnoy in Pittsburgh and Lew Raymond over Willy Holt in Baltimore. Toronto matches see Jack Dane best Joe Lohman. Midget Mike O Dowd defeats Paul Schaeffer’s opponent. Canada Lee loses to Frankie Genvoese in Toronto. Buckey Burton knocks out Baby Joe Guzman in Miami. Further bouts: Roger Bernard over Mike Dundee in Flint. Young Terry defeats Midget Meico in Sioux City. Jose Morales and Jimmy Thomson draw in Dallas.
Stockholm reports the Lapps, nomads of northern Sweden, lost the right to hunt bears without a special permit as parliament declared the animals threatened with extinction due to hunters using spears and clubs.
A fragment notes assistance in the election of a person to the office of sheriff in Erie County New York, indicating campaign support and the outcome.
Ninety golfers from 19 schools are entered for the intercollegiate golf championship at the Buffalo country club starting June 26 Yale defends the team title and John Fischer of Michigan the individual crown. Full teams from 17 schools include Williams Georgia Tech Notre Dame Yale Texas Dayton Dartmouth Princeton Rollins Hamilton Michigan Georgetown Harvard Colgate Cornell Southern California Lafayette. Oklahoma and Ashland send two entries each.
Georgia golfers arrive for July state amateur championship at Glen Arven. Local players have practiced on the course while a party from Americus, including Mr. Lanier and guests, prepares for the upcoming tournament. Glen Arven pro Crews asks locker sharing to free space for entrants and notes overdue locker fees risk loss of lockers.
Rose Pastor Stokes, prominent American labor leader and radical causes advocate, died at the municipal hospital in Frankfort on the Main today. The immediate cause was a heart ailment, following a recent cancer operation.
Primo Carnera trains at a New Jersey lake for the June 29 Madison Square Garden showdown with Jack Sharkey. Despite bulk and conditioning, observers doubt his punching power against Sharkey who opens as an 8 to 5 favorite. Carnera’s recent wins and losses include Campolo Santa and Gross and title bout history with Schmeling.
Heinie Manush and Joel Cronin combined for ten hits as the Senators defeated the Browns in a powerful offensive showing. Hal Schumacher of the Giants held the Cubs to blanked scoring with three hits in support. John Frederick of the Dodgers singled in the ninth to drive in the winning run against the Cardinals. Charley Berry of the White Sox homered and doubled off Yankee pitching for a three hit day. Vic Fraser of the Tigers limited the Athletics to six hits. Rabbit Warstler of the Red Sox drove in runs with two aboard against the Indians. Chuck Klein of the Phillies hit his 12th homer as Philadelphia beat Cincinnati Reds.
Results from yesterday include Washington 10 St. Louis 4 and Detroit 9 Philadelphia 4 in the American League. Chicago 4 New York 3, Boston 5 Cleveland 2, Philadelphia 8 Cincinnati 7, New York 3 Chicago 0, Brooklyn 6 St. Louis 6. In the Southern League Memphis 12 Atlanta 6, a? aeaaneks 9 New Orleans 11. Only games scheduled.
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