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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1925
Page
8
The Pocahontas league powers meet to decide protests affecting Bluefield, Poca Bramwell, and Coalwood games. Topics include umpire calls at Bluefield and Dreifus Foley runs, and the potential need for a new agreement to curb outlawed players while the council’s word remains final.
Rain halted play in the mixed doubles at the Essex Country Club in Manchester Massachusetts. Helen Wills and Mary Browne of California advanced to the fourth round by defeating Penelope Anderson of Richmond Virginia and Isabelle Munford of Cambridge. Other matches saw Sutton Bundy Williams and Goss Jessup and Ryan Sears win to reach near semifinals.
William T Tilden, 24, Philadelphia, world tennis champion, survived a tight Illinois state tournament semifinal with Harvey Snodgrass, Los Angeles, despite a sore shoulder. The match finished 6-3 4-6 7-5 as Snodgrass aimed for a major upset.
Scores show Baltimore 1 Toronto 0 in the first game while the second ended 0 to 3 with Toronto ahead. Rochester defeated Providence 9 to 8 and Buffalo beat Reading 13 to 5. A Jersey City Syracuse game planned for yesterday was played in a doubleheader on July 19.
A A Toledo edged Kansas City 1 to 0 in a tight league match. Other results include Milwaukee defeating Columbus 4 to 1 and Minneapolis beating Louisville 14 to 6. Gedienapolis 18 2 appeared in the scoreboard as a stray line entry. Pans FS listed as a trailing note.
A collage of fashioning sports and society notes. Mentions Paddock in Germany, Jack Quinn with the Athletics, M G raw Giants, Willie Hoppe's marriage to a Broadway actress, and Miss Klutz timing a ten mile walk near record pace.
Walter Hagen once called Bobby Jones the greatest stylist in golf and Jones has carried a streak of top finishes in four Open Championships. The piece notes veteran pitchers like Johnson Reuther and Coveleskie for Washington and examines Washington and Philadelphia waivers on Jack Quinn, predicting a winter of upheaval as teams rebuild with older stars nearing or past peak performance.
New York July 22 The Charley Rosenberg Hddie Shea bantamweight title match was postponed tonight due to showers flooding the Velodrome Athletic Club. The bout will be held tomorrow night weather permitting after the state athletic commission sanctioned the postponement and approved the new date following official weigh in.
Middle Atlantic League results Scottdale 2 Johnstown 1 Clarksburg 11 Wheeling 10 Fairmont 5 Cumberland 2. Here’s for America Brandon Eng hundreds of hares captured in Suffolk for export to America for coursing uses.
Yesterday had no games. Today Cleveland plays St. Louis, Chicago vs Detroit, Boston vs Philadelphia, Washington vs New York. The schedule lists four matchups across the league with notable intercity rivalries and key venues.
New York July 22 Paul Berlenbach world light heavyweight champion from Astoria N Ywill meet long time rival Jack Delaney of Bridgeport Conn in a fifteen round title bout at Yankee Stadium August 28 Tex Rickard announced today The undercard includes Slattery facing ten round bouts and a Loughran Flowers middleweight clash in a program of championship contenders.
The Pittsburgh Pirates led the Phillies 7 to 3 in the fifth when a rain delay halted the game. Pittsburgh had hammered two Phillies pitchers for ten hits in four innings, with Traynor and Cuyler homering. Aldridge allowed two hits in four innings but issued some wild pitches.
American swimmer Gertrude Ederle and trainer Jabez Wolff reached Bologne France and moved to Cape Cris-Mez awaiting favorable weather to attempt crossing the English Channel from the French coast to England.
Tod Hart bred and owned by C. D. Hart wins the $10,000 Exchange Club purse at Kalamazoo driving by Har ry Putnam after a three mile race. Trumpet finishes second with St Roberts third as the crowd cheers the popular upset over favorite Hollywood Jessie. The time averages 2:06 1 2 per mile, slower than the record.
In New York on July 22 the Internal Ladies Garment Workers Union locals fight the joint board. Insurgents plan mass meetings in Chicago Philadelphia and Boston to rally support this month. Seventy seven officers were expelled for communist activity and 2500 members renounced the joint board at a mass meeting.
Bluefield faces Gary on Friday in a decisive sixteen inning rematch and plays Poca Bramwell on Saturday in a regular league game. Manager Prince rests Moss and Stone while Hurst starts both games as Bluefield seeks a rebound after a tough Tuesday. Noble returns to first base boosting defense and offense as Hawley likely catches one game.
The section lists results from the Southern Association baseball games. Little Rock defeated Birmingham 9 to 1 in the first game, Birmingham won 3 to 2 in the second. New Orleans beat Nashville 7 to 5, Mobile won 6 to 5 against Atlanta, and Memphis lost 9 to 1 to Atlanta.
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