Eckman B Bowl Triumph Over Local Shops Club
Smiley led Eckman with three hits including a first inning triple as the locals built a lead and held on, despite late chatter from the visitors. Pitcher Ross allowed nineteen hits and thirty-seven bases while Liddle's outstanding catching save highlighted the fielding.
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Ab Boone
Gray
Eckman
Simmons
Liddle
Smith
Smiley
Chic Smith
Ofea
Lond
Blue Grays Face Pocahontas in Tough Road Test
Bluefield. manager Ray Prince leads the Blue Grays to Pocahontas for an afternoon game aiming to widen their two game lead over the Indians. Smoke Stone to pitch, with Lefty Thomas eager to back him. Cy expected to face hitters as MacMillan’s pick in the Blue-Gray tilt.
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Ray Prince
Blue Grays
Pocahontas
Indians
Bluefield
Stone
Wal Fala
MacMillan
Thomas
Paris Pierre Telleur Automobile Ride Fatality
Paragraph describes a fatal car incident involving Paris Pierre Telleur who invited someone for a ride, was killed in the crash, and the event led to subsequent proceedings. The clipping records a tense scene on the field with an umpire named Pat and a batted play, reflecting a chaotic moment before shifting to the fatal accident.
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Paris
Pierre Telleur
Coalfield League Results and Upcoming Games
Bluefield defeated Gary 7 to 5 yesterday. Today Bluefield plays Pocahontas and Gary faces Coalwood in league action.
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Bluefield
Gary
Pocahontas
Coalwood
Booster Day Draws Large Crowd in Narrow Game
A high attendance on booster day saw Harrison's grounder deflect off Ross toward third as Hall made the force at second and Faircloth completed the out at second. The line score shows one run, two hits, and two errors with Cassell and Dreitus among the players.
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Harrison
Ross
Towad
Hall
Faircloch
BE. Kircher
Cassel
Rutherford
Allen
Ryder
Gary Ween
One Oak
A. A Cassell
Dreitus
Haaes
Local Gun Club Holds Weekend Practice Shoot
Dug Karnes starred at the Bluefield Gun Club weekend practice, breaking forty eight of fifty. Several shooters posted solid scores, with Avery, Cage, and Lincoln among the top fifty-shot marks. Attendance was low, and the secretary plans invites to nearby clubs to revive the Princeton Gun Club through an early shoot. J Overstreet has become an active member after several earlier shoots this season.
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Dug Karnes
Bluefield Gun Club
Avery
Winchester
Cage
Remington
Lincoln
Princeton
J. Overstreet
Tris Speaker Signs to Manage Indians Again
Cleveland July 18 Tris Speaker signed a contract to manage the Cleveland club for 1926. Speaker took over in mid 1919 and has led the Indians since then. President Barnard issued a statement defending Speaker as the team faced a slump.
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Tris Speaker
Indians
Cleveland
Tris Speaker Ay
Speaker
BE. S&s. Barnard
Deeming Captures Second Run in Raceland Derby
Ashland Ky July 18 Deeming won the second annual $5 000 added Race land derby here this afternoon Old Slip finished second and Tall Grass third Deeming paid 6 70 2 70 and Old Slip 2 60 There was no show money on Tall Grass.
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Ashland
Deeming
Old Slip
Tall Grass
Tremaine to Meet Farr in Cleveland Bantamweight Bout
Cleveland July 18 Carl Tre main and Johnny Farr both of Cleveland have signed to meet in a ten round no decision bout on July 28. The match was moved from July 40 by promoters aiming to stage a bout in the bantamweight division.
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Tremain
Mefat Farr
Cleveland
Carl Tremain
Johnny Farr
Baseball scores from a midwestern league update
The American Association reports Louisville defeated St. Paul 9 to 2 while Columbus routed Kansas City 21 to 8 and Toledo beat Milwaukee 7 to 4 and Indianapolis topped Minneapolis 10 to ?.
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Louisville
St. Paul
Columbus
Kansas City
Toledo
Milwaukee
Indianapolis
Minneapolis
Burstall Business Section Wiped Out by Fire
Fire swept through Burstall Alberta destroying most of the town's business section. High winds hampered volunteer fire brigades as they fought the blaze late last night in the forty mile northeast Medicine Hat area.
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Burstall
Medicine Hat
Alta
Rabbit Maranville Named Cubs Manager Surprises Fans
Billy Evans recounts astonishment at Rabbit Maranville becoming Chicago Cubs manager. He notes Maranville’s playful image while questioning how a clownlike figure will handle dignified leadership. Reports mention Al Schach and Nick Altrock as possible managerial candidates.
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Nick
Rabbit Maranville
Chicago Cubs
Maranville
Rabbit
al Schach
Nick Altrock
Washington
Cubs
Three World Records At Woman's Track Meet
Three new world records were set at the national track meet for women in San Francisco. Elizabeth Nelson of Pasadena Athletic Club broke the 220-yard dash record with 27.6 seconds. Helen Filkey won the broad jump at 17 feet 0.5 inch, surpassing the former mark. The 440-yard relay team of Filkey Cartwright Gilliand Ruppert completed the distance in 51.25 seconds.
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San Francisco
Elizabeth Nelson
Pasadena Athletic Club
Helen Filkey
Miss Filkey
Misslizabeth Stein
New York
Miss Stein
Alta Cartwright
Eureka
Calif
Maybelle Gilliand
Francis Ruppert
Philadelphia
Mrs Cunningham Denies Poisoning Her Son in Trial
Crown Point Ind July 18 Anna Cunningham a forty nine year old widow on trial for murder by poison of her ten year old son Walter argued to exclude an alleged confession from testimony. She denied memory of such a confession and rejected poisoning Walter and two other deceased children as well as David who is paralyzed. The defense also called Mae a nineteen year old daughter to show spells of coma and lack of responsibility for the confession.
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Crown Point
Ind
Anna Cunningham
Nurder
Walter
New York
Philip Seigel
Edward W. Browning
Dorothy Sunshine Browning
Siegal
Browning
Seigal
Broadway
De Paolo Equal to Record but Falls Short in Maryland
Peter De Paolo, famed racer, ran ten miles around the Baltimore-Washington speedway at 135.5 mph, tying his world record but missing a new mark on the Culver City circular track. The 48 degree banked course was expected to reach 140 mph, and the A A A sanctioned the time trial.
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Laurel
Peter de Paolo
Baltimore-Washington Speedway
Culver City Calit
DePaolo
American Automobile Association
John M. Work Endorsed to Fill Lafollette Vacancy
John M. Work, editorial writer for a Milwaukee newspaper, was endorsed by the Socialist party executive committee as a potential U S senator nominee should Governor Blaine summon him to fill the Robert M Lafollette vacancy after his death.
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Milwaukee
Wis
John M. Work
Socialist Party
J. J. Blaine
United States Senate
Robert M Lafollette
West Virginia Defense Day Test Draws 110000 Volunteers
Huntington WV July 1847 Colonel W H Waldron commander of the 100th division announces that over 110000 people participated in defense test day activities on July 4 and more than 110000 enlisted as one day volunteers for the organized reserves.
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West Virginia
Waldron
Huntington
W. Va
Organized
W. H. Waldron
Bland Street Methodist Church Music and Sermons
Bland Street Methodist church offers excellent music this morning and evening. Miss Ruth Bodell returns to sing with Barret Crawford Shriner Foland and Barret in a mixed quartet while Dr J A Bays preaches at both services with topics Light and Testimony of the Successful Man. He notes the Evolution trial in Tennessee as a timely follow up. A full house is expected and all are welcome.
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Ruth Bodell
Foland
Barret
J. A. Bays
Tennessee
Dr. Bays
Reduction of taxes on big incomes advocated
Cincinnati July 18. Representative Nicholas Longworth speaker of the house urged tax cuts on investments in speculative securities and promised the next Congress would be guided by cordial cooperation with the White House.
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Cincinnati
Aoemes Fe
Nicholas Longworth
House of Natives
Blaine Club
Irey Island
Congress
White House
Accidental Slayer Released On Bond In Mine Incident
Ward Shaffer, who confessed to accidentally shooting Francis Yoder while firing at a ground hog, was released on a $1,000 bond in Somerset Pennsylvania. Yoder died a few hours after the shooting leaving a widow and fifteen children.
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Somerset
Shaffer
Francis Yodler
Yoder
Colorado Klans Give Up Charters
Fifteen Colorado Ku Klux Klan groups surrendered their charters to Dr. John Galen Locke grand dragon of Colorado and will follow the Denver Klan which voted to secede from the national group. Locke plans to resign from the national organization and lead a new group called The Minute of America. articles of incorporation were filed two weeks prior.
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Denver
Col
Ku Klux Klan
Colorado
John Galen Locke
Grand Dragon of
Denver Klan
Locke
Colorado Klan
Evans
Dr. Locke
the Minute of America
Assets Transferred from Clayton Oil and Refining to Simms Group
Assets of the Clayton Oil and Refining Company have been transferred to Simms Oil Company, an operating subsidiary. The Clayton Company will be dissolved.
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New York
Clayton Oi
Child Killed by Racing Auto at Kingston Track
Pittsburg July 18 over 10 000 spectators at the Kingston race track watched a racing car strike Florian Brusi ewski twelve as he crossed the track with his father. The boy died tonight in a hospital. The accident occurred after a car driven by an Akron Ohio driver roared from a standstill and struck the child.
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Pittsburg
New Kensington
Florian Brusiewski
Akron
Ohio
Two Children Die In Fire At Santo Yomeri Home
Two children aged six and eight, residents of Steinersville Ohio, died when their home was destroyed by a fire of mysterious origin at about 1 AM. Vennerdl and his wife escaped by leaping from a window while the father, attempting to rescue the kids, was driven back by flames.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Santo Yomeri
Steinersville
Ohio
Vennerdl
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