1928 National League batting records spark record feats
The 1928 NL official batting records highlight Hornsby’s .384 average tying the consecutive championship mark with Weener, Wagner’s four straight champion batsmen runs, and top stats across clubs. Arnold Statz led plate appearances with 655, Ross Young scored 121 runs, Frank Frisch led with 223 hits and 811 total bases, and Fred Williams hit 41 home runs.
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Rogers Hornsby
St. Louis
John H. Weener
Pittsburgh
Hornsby
Wagner
Arnold Statz
Chicago
Ross Young
New York
Frank Frisch
Eddy Poush
Cincinnati
Max Carey
Harold Traynor
Fred Williams
Philadelphia
Williams
John McInnié
Boston
George Burns
Arnold Stats
Byrne
Zack Wheat
Brooklyn
Edd Roush
Charlies Grimm
Pittsburg
Walter Henline
William Southworth
James Johnston
Borton
Milton Stock
Arnold State
Fittsburg
James Bottomsey
J. Louis
Louis Duncan
Walter Molke
Frisch
New Veek
Fred Ms
Fournier
Har
National League Fielding Records for 1923
The National League lists top fielders by position with percentages and counts. Notable: Charles Grimm leads first basemen at .996. George Kelly highest putouts 1,568 and 1,640 chances. John McInnis 89 assists. Jacques Fournier 21 errors. Kelly’s April 26 game matches a long-standing record. Additional leaders include Samuel Bohne, George Grantham, Horace Ford, Henry Groh, John Lobert, Harold Traynor, Norman Boeckel, Andrew High, Walter Maranville, Louis Duncan, Max Carey, Frank Snyder, and others with top putouts, assists, errors, and total chances.
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Carey
Pittsburg
Ed Roush
Cincinnatii
William Southworth
Boe
Harold Traynor
Maxton
James Bottomley
St. Louis
Emil Meusel
New York
Jacques Fournier
Brooklyn
Bernard Friberg
Chicago
Russell Wright Stone
Philadelphia
Fred Williams
Lawrence Miller
Rogers Hornsby
Louis
Eugene Hargrave
Cincinnati
Norman Boecke
Boston
Max Carey
Pitteburg
George Grantham
John Smith
Frank Frisch
Samuel Bohne
Incinnati
James Johnston
Curtis Walker
John McInnis
Louis Duncan
Milton Stock
Walter Holke
Andrew High
Emil Meuse
Clyde Barnhart
Carson Eblogee
John Rawlings
George Burne
John Sand
Ross Young
Rogers Horneby
Eugene Uhargrave
Walter Henline
Ray Blades
Gus Felix
Henry Groh
Charles Holocher
Joan McInnis
Edd Roush
Gue Felix
George Kelly
Nadelphia
George Burns
Charles Grimm
Bernie Neis
Charles Hollacher
Max Plack
Russell Wrightstone
Kelly
William T. O’brien
Washington
Horace Ford
John Lobert
Norman Boeckel
Arthur Devdin
Walter Maranville
Maranville
James Caveney
Cin
Robert Smith
Ernest Padgett
Paul Hines
Providence
Duncan
John Wagner
Pittburg
Frank Schulte
Frank Snyder
Snyder
Robert O'Farrell
James Taylor
Taylor
O'Farrell
Victor Aldridge
Adolfo Luque
Joseph Genewich
Burleigh Grimes
Record of National League Teams Season Home and Abroad
The review notes Boston led in away performance, New York excelled at home, and Cincinnati Pittsburgh and Brooklyn won more abroad than at home. It cites 67 shutouts saved, several clubs held scoreless varying counts, an 15-inning game on Aug 9 won by St Louis 13-12, and feats by New York on June 1 and 2. It also recalls rare nine-inning scoring by three clubs and three nine-inning scoring records.
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Charles Grimm
Pittsburg
Richard Rudolph
Boston
Louie Duncan
Cincinnati
Jacques Fournier
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
Fred Williams
George Kelly
New York
Kelly
Chicago
Travis Jackson
Wi- Nam Branefield
Clifford Cravath
Davis Robertson
Albert Russell
Edward Moore
Williams
Pittsbugh
St. Louis
Washington
Louisville
Tunney and Italian Champion to Battle
Italian European heavyweight champion Erminio Spalla will fight Gene Tunney for 15 rounds at Madison Square Garden on February 1. Spalla cannot make 175 pounds so Tunney’s title won’t be at stake. the bout aims to draw big interest and test Spalla against a world champion. Spalla won the European title last May by defeating Vanderveer in Rome and is expected to arrive from Italy soon.
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Associated Press
New York
Erminio Spalla
Gene Tunney
Madison Square Garden
Tunney
Spalla
Neee
Luis Firpo
Jack Dempsey
Vanderveer
Holland
Rome
Italy
Uhle American League Star Boxman In Stacking Scores
Trimp Mudro three games 208 Evans Evans single game 420 Mudro three games 617 Trimp tents game 228 Trimp three games 591.
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Trimp-Mudro
Evans-Evans
Mudro
Trimp
Evans Golfer Joins Hole-in-One Club After Ace
Chicago December 26 Charles Chick Frane longtime golf champion earned a holiday feat by making his first hole in one on the Edgewater Golf Club fourth hole. The 199 yard shot came with two witnesses marking a milestone in Frane’s thousands of holes played.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Charles “Chick” Frane
Edgewater Golf Club
Kid Thomas Dies From Bullet Wound In Greenwich Village
Joseph Tomasullo, 45, former boxer known as Kid Thomas and co owner of the White Poodle cabaret on Greenwich Village left an anchor street apartment building when he was shot and killed early today. The unidentified killer escaped and police suspect a gamblers feud.
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New York
Joseph Tomasullo
Kid Thomas
Greenwich Village
Ancock Street
Revival of Wrestling at Madison Square Garden Next Month
New York December 26 announces revival of professional wrestling at Madison Square Garden on January 3 with top stars including Joe Stecher Stanislaus Zbysczko Renato Gardin and Strangler Lewis. The heavyweight champion is expected to defend his title in a forthcoming fastening match.
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New York
Madison Square Garden
Joe Stecher
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Uta
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Dahlberg to Play in Langs Position for St Johns
Jiggs Dahlberg will substitute for Bill Lang in St Johns five against Butte High next Saturday. Lang is on his honeymoon. Dick Boyer will captain the squad with Williamson Obbie Ashford Dr H H James and Matlock also in the lineup. A preliminary S J second team vs Butte Cubs tips at 7 30 p m.
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Butte High School Cubs
New Mexico and Colorado Polo Teams Win Opening Games
By the Associated Press New Mexico Military Institute beat Oklahoma University 8 to 3 and Colorado Agricultural College defeated Texas A and M 56 to 2 in the opening round of the intercollegiate polo tournament held in San Antonio Texas.
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San Antonio
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New Mexico Military Institute
Colorado Agricultural College
New Mexico
Oklahoma University
Texas A. & M
North Central tops Thompson Falls 23 to 11 in Montana tour
The Associated Press reports North Central high school basketball opened its Montana tour with a 23 to 11 victory over Thompson Falls in Thompson Falls.
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Thompson Falls
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North Central High
Montana
Hoppe Returns Son Promptly, Ending Custody Suit
Mrs. William Hoppe abandoned a custody bid for their four year old son after world billiard champion Hoppe returned the child to his wife. A habeas corpus writ had been sought but the boy was sent back before service. The couple, married since 1910 in Baltimore, had separated in 1922 with ongoing cohabitation until a month ago.
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New York
William Sloppe
William Hoppe
Hoppe
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Baltimore
Tunney to Fight Spalla in New York February
A New York dispatch reports Gene Tunney vs Erminio Spalla scheduled in New York on February 1. Simultaneously Luis Angel Firpo announced a 15 round bout with Spalla in Buenos Aires in February under promoter Ferdinand Lanckman. Lanckman says Spalla promised to travel to Buenos Aires early February.
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Erminio Spalla
Luis Angel Firpo
Spalla
Ferdinand Lanckman
Lanckman
Butte High to Host Scholastic Basketball Opener
Butte High gym hosts the scholastic season opener with the Purple and Kite five under Harry Dahlberg facing Nort Central Levee of Spokane tonight. Spokane squad, noted as husky and experienced, travels for tomorrow’s matchup with Central High of Butte. The game starts at 8 15 after midgets and Webster grammar play at 7 30 on a new gym floor with widened stairways and improved facilities.
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Washington Huskies Stage Stiff Workout
Washington University football practice resumed after a Christmas lay-off as the Huskies prepare for the Rose Bowl game with the Navy at Pasadena New Year’s Day. About 20 000 sailors from battleships off San Pedro are expected, with roughly 500 Washington fans in attendance. Coach Callow’s crew aims to repeat last year’s victory over the Middies in Poughkeepsie.
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University of Washington
United States Naval Academy
Pasadena
Huskies
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Carney
Navy
Hall of Washington
Rose Bowlfield
United States
San Pedro
Washington
Rusty” Callow
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Navy to clash with Washington in Rose Bowl game
The Navy football squad of 32 left Chicago after a two hour workout at Stagg Field for Pasadena to meet the University of Washington in the Tournament of Roses game on New Year’s day. They plan to arrive December 30 with a stop at the Grand Canyon en route. More than 75 percent of Missouri residents are native born.
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Associated Press
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Stagg Field
University of Chicago
Pasadena
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University of Washington
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