Ruth Slams Two Homers In Doubleheader For Washington
Walter Mails outpitched Chicago as the Indians beat the White Sox 2 to 0 in Cleveland. Mails allowed three hits and struck out six, while Cleveland capitalized on early scoring and strong defense to clinch the game with runs in the first two innings.
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Indians
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Mails
White Sox
Jackson
Eddie Collins
Felsch
Faber
Weaver
Smith
Sewell
Wambsganas
Strunk
E. Collins
J. Collins
Risberg
Schalk
Joneson
Wambsganss
Speaker
Gardner
Johnston
O’neill
Owen
Chill
O'Neill
Jamieson
Wamby
Ed Comins
Ed Collins
Sox Pitcher Identifies Gamblers In World Series Fix
Rube Benton testified that the Chicago White Sox pitcher knew the gamblers who fixed the World Series. Collins went to Speaker and Risberg to Smith as infielders. No runs and no hits were cited in the shorthand recap.
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Jackson
Speaker
sFelech
Gardner
J. Collins
Risberg
Cleveland
Smith
Schalk
Ardner
Johnston
Weaver
Jamieson
Wamby
Ed Sewell
Sewell
Felsch
Rube” Benton
Sox
Detroit Beats St Louis 16 to 8 in Batting Bee
Detroit defeated St Louis 16 to 8 after 18 hits including 5 doubles 2 triples and a home run. Crumpler delivered 13 hits with two triples and two home runs both by Jacobson. Final score 16 8 with Detroit scoring in most innings. Batteries Boendler Schenberg Lei Said Severeid Crumpler and Man on.
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St. Louis
Crumpler
Jacobson
Philadelphia Beats Boston 10 to 4 in Ninth Inning Rally
Philadelphia defeated Boston 10 to 4 as Perkins and Dugan doubled in the ninth to spark the winning run. Batteries Naylor Rommel J Walker for Boston. Perkins Pennock Chaplin for Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia
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Dugan
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Rommel
J. Walker
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Chaplin
Ruth Heroics Fail to Lift Yankees in Doubleheader
Babe Ruth hit his 41st and 42nd homers, but New York could not save the pennant bid. The Yankees split with Washington, losing 8 to 1 in the first game and winning 4 to 1 in the second. Washington's pitcher Acosta and Mays faced Ruth among others, while Smith, Gharrity, Collins, Thormahlen, and Hannah were also credited in the two contests.
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New York
Acosta
Picinich
Mays
Hannah
Shaw
Gharrity
Collins
Thormahlen
Philadelphia Beats Boston Three Straight In NL Action
In Philadelphia on Sept 24 the Athletics won 3 to 2 over Boston to complete a three game series sweep. The Phillies scored in the first and late innings while Boston managed runs in the middle frames. Batteries listed: Oeschger Townsend and O'Neill for Boston and Enzmann Witherow for Philadelphia.
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Oeschger
Townsend
O'Neill
Enzmann
Witherow
Pirates Beat Browns In Free-Hitting Game
Pittsburg Sept 24 Pirates defeated St Louis 13 to 7 in a free hitting contest. Batteries Schupp Goodwin Schultz Lyons and Dilhoefer against Gilham Clemons Kamiton and Schmidt.
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Apete
St. Louis
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Goodwin
Schultz
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Dilhoefer
Gilham
Clemons
Kamilton
Schmidt
Heydler Challenges Jury Over 1919 1920 NL Titles
National League president John A. Heydler challenged any player or outsider to appear before the Chicago grand jury and prove that any 1919 or 1920 National League championship game was not won or lost on its merits. He spent the day in Detroit probing betting rumors tied to the August 31 Philadelphia Chicago game and planned to continue investigations in Cleveland and Cincinnati.
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Iisle
Chicago Grand Jury
John A. Heydler
Heydler
Montana College Grid Schedule Promises Big Fall Football
Four college games will be played in Butte this fall featuring Mount St Charles the South Dakota School of Mines Gonzaga and Montana State College. Mount St Charles opens Oct 2, while the Bobcats visit Oct 16. Gonzaga led by Dorais and McIsaacs returns, and the Ore Diggers seek a strong season with new players and a hoped for better schedule in 1919.
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Mount St. Charles
Bobcats
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South Dakota School of Mines
Gonzaga University
Spokane
Columbia Gardens
Helena
The
State University
Montana Wesleyan
Billings Polytechnic School
Collins
Carrigan
St. Charles
Annual Rifle Match at Rocky Mountain Club Sunday
The annual individual rifle match will be shot tomorrow at the Rocky Mountain Rifle club range. It is the premier event of the year with a large expected crowd. A government donated medal commemorates the event, while special prizes come from the club and members.
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Rocky Mountain Rifle Club
Montana
Camp Perry
Indiana Franklin Meet Tops Midwest Football Opener
Chicago September 24 The 1920 football season in the Midwest starts tomorrow with Indiana versus Franklin at Bloomington viewed as the day’s key game. The Western Conference season begins a week later. Other matchups: Michigan Aggies vs Kalamazoo College in Hast Lansing Case against Hiram in Cleveland and Drake versus Pennsylvania College in Des Moines.
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Midwest
Indiana
Franklin
Bloomington
Ind
Michigan Aggies
Kalamazoo College
Hast Lansing
Mich
Case
Hiram
Cleveland
Drake
Pennsylvania College
Des Moines
Biggest pitcher Al Clayton scouted by Boston Red Sox
Ed Holly, scouting for the Boston Red Sox, identifies 21 year old Al Clayton from Dayton Ohio as the biggest pitcher in captivity. Clayton at 6 feet 7 inches tall and 215 pounds recently won four games in one week and threw a baseball 397 feet.
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Ed Holly
Boston Med Sox
al Clayton
Dayton
Ohio
World Series Dayo Grand Jury Implicates Players
A grand jury finding identifies several weak-moraled players tied to the NY World Series. The report mentions possible misconduct and names no specific individuals in the readable text.
Grand jury keeps probe into 1919 World Series fixing alive
Chicago officials report the Cook county grand jury will continue the gambling inquiry beyond its Sept. 30 term. Foreman Henry H. Brigham says evidence shows a national ring tried to fix games and ruin baseball, with Rothstein Burns Attell and others named for possible subpoenas.
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H.H. Brigham
Cook County
Grand Jury
Cincinnati
Brigham
Chicago White Sox
Cincinnati Reds
Suboena
Arnold Rothstein
New York
Havre de Grace
William Burns
Abe Attell
Foreman
Mr. Brigham
Baseball Scoreline Summary From West Coast Games
Sacramento beats Seattle 5 to 3 while San Francisco defeats Los Angeles 5 to 1. Oakland tops Vernon 4 to 1 and Portland-Bart Lake game is postponed due to rain.
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Seattle
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Vernon
Oakland
Multiple sports results and forest quinine note
St. Paul defeated Toledo 4 to 1 while Indianapolis topped Kansas City 6 to 4 and Louisville beat Milwaukee 1 to 0. Columbus postponed. Java cinchona forests span 26 000 acres, supplying the majority of the world quinine.
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Toledo
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Indianapolis
Kansas City
Louisville
Milwaukee
Columbus
Java
Anaconda to field independent football team
An independent football team representing Anaconda will be the first project of Washoe Athletic association. Dr W C Beal named coach with J C Benbow as captain. a meeting Monday at the Montana hotel will form sport committees and set up governance for the program.
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Dr. Beal
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George Co. Jackson
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H. S. Ware
J. Jane Murphy
E. A. Barnard
T. Blair
H. T. Forsyth
Bernard McCarthy
Ray Reardon
Robert Clayton
Sig Goodfriend
George W. Sparrow
Robert Kelly
Joseph L. Kelly
Ruth Hits Fifty Home Runs In Double Feature
Babe Ruth of the New York Americans blasted his fiftieth homer in the first inning against Washington at the Polo Grounds and added a fifty first in the same frame of the second game. Shaw pitched to Ruth as the ball sailed into deep right field bleachers.
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Babe’’ Ruth
New York Americans
Washington Club
Polo Grounds
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Shaw
Washington
Oregon Aggies Lose Carl Lodell
Corvallis Oregon Carl Lodell star kicker and back field man from last season at Oregon Agricultural College will not return for another year. He plans to coach a high school team in an Oregon town he did not name. Lodell made most of the kicking and was noted for field goals and placement. He is the fourth veteran to depart after Hubbard Walker and Reardon.
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Stephens
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Landwehr
Oregon
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Carl Lodell
Oregon Agricultural College
Lodell
Hubbard
Walker
Reardon
Romney to Leave Utah Hopes High for Captaincy Fade
Mitt Romney of the Romney football family will leave the University of Utah for a college eastward this year. The anticipated captain and key star departs leaving the Utes to fill a void. Romney was regarded as the strongest player among Lon Ott and Lowell brothers and expected to lead the team this season.
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University of Utah
Idaho appoints McMillan as assistant physical director
David McMillan former director of army athletics who last year coached major sports in New Brunswick high school has been named assistant physical director at the University of Idaho. Freshman football and varsity baseball likely will be his main duties announced Coach Thomas Kelley. McMillan succeeds R. F. Hutchinson who moved to Idaho Technical Institute.
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Idaho
David McMillan
Army Athletics
New Brunswick
University of Idaho
McMillan
Thomas Kelley
R. F. Hutchinson
Idaho Technical Institute
Angling Contests Draw Tacoma Water Sports Fans
Angling contests draw attention among Tacoma water sports enthusiasts as men compete to replace fish with tackle at the event.
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Tacoma
Idaho Tech Builds Strong Veteran Core for Coming Season
Pocatello Idaho coaches plan a sturdy eleven around veterans Brown Kennedy who has played since 1917 Bryan West a 1917 1918 star and who is back at Tech with Sauter Laird Finlay and Keane from last year.
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Pocatello
Idaho
Idaho Tech
R. F. Hutchison
Brown Kennedy
Tech
Bryan West
Sauter
Laird Finlay
Keane
Thye to meet Clapham in Los Angeles bout
Wrestling fans await a catchweight match at the Los Angeles Athletic Club on September 26 pitting middleweight champion Ted Thye against English light heavyweight champion San Clapham. Clapham is expected to carry about a 15 pound edge.
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Ted Thye
San Clapham
Los Angeles Athletic Club
Thye
New Canadian Ship Victor Turned Over to Government
Montreal report notes the 8,400-ton Canadian Victor has been handed to the government by Canadian Vickers Ltd. The mercantile marine now lists 38 vessels with 203000 deadweight tons, and 28 more are expected.
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Quebec
Canadian Vickers, Ltd
Canadian Mercantile Marine
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