West Stars Dominate All Star Debate On Baseball Power
Eastern experts overlook Western dominance as summer review champions show West players leading both leagues in batting and fielding. Stone and Clarke top batting lists with Browns and Cleveland, Wagner and Steinfeldt lead National, Altrock and Brown pace pitching with White Sox and Pirates supplying ace arms.
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New York
Stone
Browns
Clarke
Cleveland
Lajoie
Wagner
Pittsburg
Steinfeldt
Chicago
Altrock
White Sox
Brown
Jimmy Sheckard
Fred Clarke
Fielder Jones
Schulte
Hemphill
Crawford
Chance
Jiggs Donahue
Tom Jones
St. Louis
Huggins
Evers
Turner
Wallace
Bradley
West
Johnny Kling
Sullivan
White
Walsh
Leever
Baseball Scores From Roanoke Lynchburg and More
Baseball results include Roanoke 1 over Norfolk 1 in Roanoke and Lynchburg 1 over Richmond 0. Danville 1 Ports mouth 3. National League games: Cincinnati St Louis wet grounds. Chicago Pittsburg rain. American League Washington 7 St Louis 1. Philadelphia 6 Chicago 10. New York 3 Cleveland 4. Boston 7 Detroit 5.
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Cincinnati-St. Louis
Chicago-Pittsburg
Washington
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Chicago
New York
Cleveland
Boston
Detoit
Pitching and hitting notes from the American League
George Mullin ranks among leading pitchers for scoring runs. Spencer of St. Louis is a good hitter but a slow thinker. In the west the view is that Waddell is worn out and this will be his last season in major company.
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George Mullin
Spencer
St. Louis
Waddell
Bluefield Opens Season With Win Over Bramwell Nine
Bluefield baseball wins first season game in nine innings on Bramwell diamond. Substitute players filled lineup as manager Killy awaits full squad. Bluefield struck in the sixth and seventh innings to push past Bramwell despite early scoreless frames. Husten pitched well for Bluefield, allowing seven Bramwell hits as Bluefield totaled fourteen. Taylor and Burton provided infield spark while Anderson and Lynch contributed behind the plate.
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Bluefield
Bramwell
Killy
Blufield
Cincinnati
Shim
Drew
Bluefeld
Husten
Taylor
Burton
Anderson
Lynch
Judge Sanders May Resign from Supreme Court and Return to Bluefield
Rumor suggests Judge Joseph M. Sanders will resign as president of the supreme court around October first and return to Bluefield to build a profitable law practice. His decision follows similar moves by Judge Frank Cox and reflects dissatisfaction with judicial pay. Kodol advert follows, noting stomach relief products.
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Supreme Cow
Joseph M. Sanders
Charleston News
Sanders
Bluefield
Jude Sanders
Mount Vernon flour health ad claims kidney cure
An old advertisement urges readers to seek Foley's Kidney Cure for kidney and bladder troubles, promising relief if medical aid is available. It notes the product is sold by G. H. Wade and suggests DeWitt Lilley Barley Rise pills from all druggists for general relief.
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Foley
G. H. Wade
Ground-Keeping As A Craft Shapes Baseball Strategy
A historical look at ballparks evolving from rough fields to fast surfaces. Orioles groundskeeping under Tom Murphy altered mounds and lanes to neutralize fast pitchers like Rusie, aiding Orioles buntsmen and forcing rivals to adapt. The piece notes fielding preferences, turf choices, and a peek at early 1900s trades and players while linking ground upkeep to infield tactics.
Del Mason Emerges as a NL Pitching Find
Del Mason, a young pitcher hailed as a season find, shut down both Chicago and New York. He kept the Giants to seven hits over 12 innings and has not been hit hard in any of his starts.
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Earl Moore
Cleveland
New York
Walter Clarkson
Delehanty
Moore
Highlanders
del Mason
Chicago
Giants
June 5 in History Highlights and Births
Entries note events such as Bank of England opening in 1730,Montgolfier brothers first public balloon ascent, 1826 death of Karl von Weber, 1853 birth of J F R Canevin, and 1900 Pretoria surrender. Also includes 1901 Derby winner Volodrovski and 1905 King Alfonso’s London visit plus Dr James Carroll’s yellow fever experiments and a medicinal ad offering Chamberlain’s tablets.
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Bank of England
Joseph
Stephen Montgolfier
Karl von Weber
Biron Mount-Stephen
J. F. R. Canevin
Pittsburg
Chicago
Volodrovski
Darby
King Affonso
Spain
London
Edward
James Carroll
Army Medical Museum
Washington
England
Woolwich
United States
University of Maryland
Johns Hopkins
Carroll
Cuba
Warranty certificate praising Urine Laxative Fruit Syrup
W R Ward of Dyersburg Tennessee endorses Urine Laxative Fruit Syrup as a thorough practical remedy for chronic constipation. He offers a conscientious reference and notes it is available for sale by G H Wade.
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W. R. Ward
Dyersburg
Tenn
G. H. Wade
Fortunate Texan Praises Dr King’s New Life Pills
A Dallas man E W Goodloe writes he found Dr King’s New Life Pills highly effective against malaria and biliousness. The ad notes the product sells for 25c at local drug stores and promotes relief from colic and diarrhea with Chamberlain’s remedy, listing vendors West End Drug Co East End Pharmacy and Bluefield Pharmacy.
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Chamberlain
West End Drug Co
East End Pharmacy
Bluefield Pharmacy
E. W. Goodloe
St. Louis St
Dallas
Tex
Dr. King
East End
Prime Requisites of Garment Sales At Our Store
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REGAL
Regal Shoe Company
Lac
Pas Racine
San Francisco
Stanton
Svar
Tennessee
East Tennessee Real Estate Co
Morristown
Valley of
East Tennessee
East Tenn., Real Estate Co
Morristown, Tenn
Citizens’ Underwriters Agency
Office Flat Top National Bank
Bluefield, W. Va
A. H. Land
Sec
D. B. Baldwin
Pioneer
W. VA
First National Bank
Wotaby Pirlio
Windsor Hotel
Stone Wall
Associated Press Dispatch
Virginia League
Roanoke
Norfolk
Lynchburg
Richmond
Danville
Portsmouth
the Comfort Shoe Store
Princeton Avenue
Nathan Sohn
A. S. Booker & CO
MT. Vernon
Baltimores
Tom Murphy
Union Park
Baltimore
Oriole
Orioles
Cear
Baltimore Bunch
Rusie
Murphy
Hanlon
Slabman
Rosie
Louisville
Willie Keeler
Johnny McGraw
Magesy
Jimmy Collins
Collins
Griffith
Flick
Elmer Flick
Brunello
Ananias
Dave Muckle
Glenville
Hetherington, Carter & Co
Bluefield Avenue
Bluefield, W.va
M.ofsa
Keystone
M.R. Emmons
Theo
Dilger
Jeweler
Red Lot
Per Gyist
Sume
Mer
M. Rosenberg
Www
Bluefield Transfer Co
Mt, Vernon
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