Calvert’s beaning spree shocks Tigers fans and raises helmet debate
Detroit pitcher Paul Calvert, once a promising reliever, has started the season poorly and drawn heat for two dangerous beanings. He fractured Bob Porterfield’s jaw and concussed Danny Litwhiler, fueling arguments on helmet use and whether Calvert should return to the mound. The piece recalls Ray Chapman’s famous 1920s death as context.
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Calvert
Porterfield
Litwhiler
Ray Chapman
Carl May
Gallipolis Bees Extend OVA Lead With 14 to 1 Win
Gallipolis Bees toppled Portland 14 to 1 under lights at Gallipolis Memorial Field to widen their Ohio Valley Association lead over idle Hartford to a full game. Racine moved into third with a 6-2 win at Point Pleasant, while Twin Cities climbed to sixth by defeating Reedsville 4 to 2. Gene Wetherholt earned his third straight win for Gallipolis, supported by eleven hits including three homers from Jeffers Evans and Pickens. Diles, Walters, and Stobart logged key performances for Racine and Twin Cities.
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Ohio Valley
Meedsville
Point Pleasant
Racine
Twin Cities
Hartford
Portland
Gallipolis
Syracuse
Reedsville
Gene Wetherholt
Wetherholt
Gallia Academy
Dave Diles
Merchants
Diles
Blues
Bob Grimm
Russ Grimm
Webb
Dick Walters
Charles Stobart
Joe Magnotta
Richard Spencer
Woody Call
Walters
Stobart
Magnotta
Hornets
Spencer
Williams
Sam Walter
Hannum
Pleasant
Marr
Chambers
J. Hatfield
Donahue
Wright Sparks Colonels Win with Taft Wright Home Run
Taft Wright, former White Sox outfielder, hit a 350-foot first inning homer with a man on, lifting Louisville to a 3-0 win over Milwaukee in American Association play. The Colonels remained within a full game of league leader Minneapolis, who beat Toledo 4-2. Columbus and St Paul split a doubleheader, Saints taking 5-2 and Red Birds 10-1. Kansas City at Indianapolis was rained out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft Wright
Chicago White Sox
Louisville
Milwaukee
Colonels
Minneapolis Millers
Toledo
Columbus
St. Paul
Saints
Red Birds
Kansas City
Indianapolis
Minneapolis
Alex Delagarza
Victory
Harry Taylor
Red Bird
Harvey Haddix
Gasco and Other Baseball Results Across Leagues
National League softballs saw Gasco defeating Dairymen in both games with Beasley Mathews and Raffensberger leading, while Cincinnati and Boston had high scoring affairs. American League matches featured Washington routing St Louis and Cleveland overpowering Philadelphia. New York edged Detroit 11 to 0 in later innings, with rain delaying several games and minor league results from St Paul, Columbus, Minneapolis and Milwaukee reported.
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W. EL. Pet Banks Sport Shop
Beckley Clothiers
Ac Ee
Giasco
Jecuivenuck
Iteal Cincinnati
Beasley-Mathews Wemncktisaire
Boston
Lowman's Dairy
Raffensberger and Scheffing
Spahn
Cooper
Cincinnati
Wehmeier
Smith
Howell
Scheffing
Bickford
Hogue
Washington
St. Louis
Consuegra
Haynes
St. Louis Pantie
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Detroit
New York
Cleveland
Washington O
Columbus
Milwaukee
Tal
Kansas City
St Toledo
Dick Kokos
Browns
Fadie Stewart
Eddie Yost
Senators
Harry Dorish
Billy Southworth
Boston Braves
Baseball slate features city matchups with top pitchers listed
A dense schedule lists games across cities with starter records for Pollet Roe Blackwell Perkoski Roberts Schmitz Jones Kramer Borowy Sain Dobson Newhouser Raschi Widmar Kellner Wynn Haynes Nagy Scarborough plus additional city pairings St Paul Columbus Kansas City Indianapolis Minneapolis Toledo and matchups set for later times.
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St. Louis
Brooklyn
Pollet
Roe
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Blackwell
Perkowski
Roberts
Chicago
New York
Schmitz
Jones
Kramer
Pittsburgh
Boston
Borowy
Sain
Detroit
Dobson
Newhouser
Raschi
Widmar
Cleveland
Kellner
Wynn
Washington
Haynes
Nagy
Scarborough
American Association
Milwaukee
Louisville
St. Paul
Columbus
Kansas City
Indianapolis
Minneapolis
Toledo
Browns and Yanks Swap Eight Players in Cash Deal
The St. Louis Browns and New York Yankees completed an eight player trade with Browns receiving George Stirnweiss Jim Delsing Duane Pillette and Don Johnson while the Yankees got Joe Ostrowski and Tom Ferrick. Leo Thomas and Sid Schacht moved to the Yankees Kansas City farm and St Louis received $60,000 total plus Thomas.
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ST. Louis
Dollarpoor
St. Louis Browns
Moundpoor
New York Yankees
Brownies
Yanks
Joe Ostrowski
Tom Ferrick
Ned Garver
Cliff Fannin
Browns
George Stirnweiss
Jim Delsing
Duane Pillette
Don Johnson
Leo Thomas
Sid Schacht
Kansas City
Thomas
Appalachian Team Blanks Buicks Five to Zero
POMEROY The Blaetmar Buicks suffer a five to zero loss to Appalachian Electric Power group from Point Pleasant as Appalachian pitcher Strickland fires a two hitter. Stivers and Bass notch the Buicks only hits off Strickland while Stivers goes the distance allowing Rose and Bob Miller homers. The Buicks host Cheshire Raiders Friday at 6 p.m. on the Pomeroy High School field.
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Pomeroy
Blaetmar Buicks
Appalachian Electric Power
Point Pleasant
Appalachian
Strickland
Stivers
Bass
Bob Stivers
Buicks
Rose
Bob Miller
Cheshire Raiders
Pomeroy High School
Kell Tops Majors with .386 Average for Tigers
George Kell hammered Philadelphia pitching for a double and two singles raising his batting average to .386, the league lead. Billy Pierce of the White Sox pitched a one hitter, blanking New York 5-0 with a fifth inning single by Bill Johnson.
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George Kell
Tigers
Philadelphia
Billy Pierce
White Sox
New York
Bill Johnson
Baseball statistics snapshot with multiple leaders
The list names top players across batting pitching and fielding categories. Notable leaders include Musial St Louis Kell Detroit and Dillinger Philadelphia with runs batted in and home run totals. Other standout entries feature Jethroe Boston Spahn Boston and Lemon Cleveland in strikeouts.
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Musial
St. Louis
Jethroe
Boston
Sauer
Chicago
Hiis—Slaughter
Robinson
Brooklyn
Gordon
Kiner
Pittsburgh
Spahn
Miller
Philadelphia
Kell
Detroit
Elns—Williams
Wiliams
Stephens
Hilts—Kell
Dolbles
Dillinger
Williams
Rosen
Cleveland
Yale
Doby
DiMaggio
Reynolds
New York
Lemon
Sanford
Barone and Cartier Stop Two Welterweights in Syracuse and Brooklyn
Nick Barone of Izi's in Syracuse stops Tommy Yarosz of Monaca Pennsylvania in a 175 pound bout. Walter Cartier of New York halts Tony Masciarelli of New York in a 160 pound match.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Nick Barone
Izi's
Tommy Yarosz
Monaca
Brooklyn
Walter Cartier
New York
Tony Masciarelli
Gasco defeats Lowman's Dairy in high-scoring city softball clash
Ohio Gas and Fuel's Gasco team improved to 1-1 with a 17 to 15 win over Lowman's Dairy. Balding starred with two homers and four runs, while Rowe collected four hits but scored none. Paynter, Riggle, and Moore contributed key hits as the Dairymen’s rally fell short.
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Ohio Gas and Fuel Company
Lowman’s Dairy
Gasco
Dairymen
Balding
Jones
Ben Paynter
Riggle
Rowe
Gascos
Moore
Shoppers Macs Capture Games in Sundown Softball League
Shoppers Sport Shop defeated Nye Chevrolets 9 2 in A division while McBee Company beat Poston Station 20 12 in B division. Woody English held the Chevrolets to four hits. Poston Station had 11 hits and eight errors. Walter Hagen, first American born PGA champion in 1921, dominated through 1927 with wins in 1924 25 26 and 27.
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Nelsonville
Banks Sport Shop
Sundown
Nye Chevrolets
McBee Company
Poston Station
Shoppers
Woody English
Chevies
McBee
Walter Hagen
Murray City Legion
Banks
Coon’s
Logan Clay Products
Nichols Garage
Frank's Confectionary
Washington Crew Favored In Marietta Regatta
Washington crews enter the Marietta Regatta as favorites on a three mile Ohio River course with 32 crews from 13 colleges. The IRA may move the event, and Seattle offered $25,000 to host next year if relocated to Lake Washington.
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University of California
Carroll M
Ky” Ebrighté
Ohio River
Marietta
Golden Bears
University of Washington
Atlantic
Pacific
Old
Northwest Territory
Poughkeepsie
N.Y
Intercollegiate Rowing Association
Ohio
IRA
Hudson River
Washington
California
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Navy
Princeton
Cornell
Columbia
Rutgers
Pennsylvania
Stanford Syracuse
Wisconsin
Boston University
Asa S. Bushnell
Rotary Club
Bushnell
Board of Stewards
New York
Greater Seattle
Lake Washington
Seattle
Kell Seeks to End Freak Hitter Label in Batting Lead
Detroit star George Kell, atop the American League with a .396 average, debunks the "freak hitter" tag as he sprays hits to all fields and adds two singles and a double against Philadelphia. The Tigers moved to a 1 game lead in the AL race as Freddy Hutchinson secured his seventh win.
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George Kell
Detroit
Tiger
Ted Williams
Boston
Kell
Williams
Ty Cobb
Philadelphia
Tigers
New York
Freddy Hutchinson
Chicago
Billy Pierce
New York Yankees
Billy Johnson
Pierce
White Sox
Yanks
Cleveland
Bob Lemon
Tribe
Lemon
al Rosen
Larry Doby
Walt Masterson
Indians
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Detroit Tigers
Paul Calvert
Senator Castoff
New York Yankee
Bob Porterfield
Cincinnati Reds
Danny Litweiler
Reds
Gardener
Jeffers
Evans
Pickens
Bees
Gaul
Stewart
Allen
Gilkey
J. Lee
Boring
Wright Sparks
Berra
Masi
Shantz
Scheib
Guerra
Summer Safety Service
East State
Kaiser-Frazer
Athens, Ohio
Mners
Kenneth Christopher
Marietta, Ohio
Pioneer City Motorcycle Club
Washington Crew
Jack Hand
Associated Press
George L. Smith
Sinclair Refining Co
S. Court St
Athens
Athens Motor Sales
W. State
DeSoto
Plymouth
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