Results of Yesterday's Games in Both Big Leagues
National League results include Brooklyn beating the Reds 9 to 6 with Rucker and Erwin backing. Cincinnati over New York 9 to 14. Chicago edges New York 2 to 1 in ten innings. Philadelphia down Pittsburgh 4 to 1. St Louis top Boston 7 to 2. rain affected St Louis New York and Cleveland Philadelphia games. Virginia League sees Roanoke 7 Danville 5 and Richmond 3 Lynchburg 3. Gary wins opening against Pocahontas 9 to 7 before 1,100 spectators.
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Brooklyn
Rucker
Erwin
Golden
Bliss
Cincinnati
Pfeffer
Rariden
Gasper
Clarke
New York
Chicago
Matthewson
Meyers
McIntire
Kling
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Wee
Alexander
Dooin
Steel
Simon
St. Louis
Boston
Washington
Lafitte
Stanage
Groom
Gary
Pocahontas
Fats Defeated in Keystone Ball Game Twenty-Two to Five
The Leans defeated the Fats at Keystone 22 to 5 in an exciting game. Fire crews saved the fute during dangerous moments as city and county officials watched, Bill Stuart playing for the Fats. Fats lineup included Hoover Harmon Cook Bank Goldstein Cook Lawton Offa Henritze White Stuart Partlow. Loans were represented by Graham Cassell Swain Lockwood Camden Fitzpatrick Carey Rish and Lockwood. Cincinnati Reds reportedly eyed several Fats stars for future play.
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Fats
Keystone
Bill Stuart
Hoover
Harmon
Cook
Bank
Goldstein
Lawton
Offa
Henritze
White
Stuart
Partlow
Graham
Cassell
Swain
Lockwood
Camden
Fitzpatrick
Carey
Rish
Cincinnati Reds
Cincinnati
Pageton Edges Elkhorn In Narrow 9 8 Victory
Pageton defeated Elkhorn 9 to 8 in a tight game before 600 fans at Pageton. Goodykoontz shone in relief with superb infield support while Baughman, a new left fielder, collected three hits and made a running catch. Short drove in four, Hawkins added solid bat work but errored twice. Elkhorn used Guy until the third, then Hervey pitched the rest. Pageton meets Gary next Sunday.
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Pageton
Elkhorn
Goodykoonts
Baughman
Findl
Aikhorn
Guy
Wox
Hervey
Short
Coalwood Dominates Goodwill 31 to 4 in Sunday Tilt
Coalwood defeated Goodwill 31 to 4 on Coalwood diamond as Lane pitched well allowing six hits. Coalwood hitters totaled twenty three, Conner hit a first time home run in the new grounds in the fifth with two on. Scott and Leach starred. Batteries Coalwood Lane and Scott Goodwill Kennedy Vicars Scantling. Attendance 500.
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Coalwood
Goodwill
Lane
Will
Conner
Scott
Leach
Goodwill—Kennedy
Vicars
Scantling
Berwind Defeats Matewan in Fast Regional Baseball Contest
In an extremely fast, well played game at Berwind the Berwind team defeated Matewan 6 to 5. Batteries were Phillips and Bunting for Berwind. Ratliff and Smith for Matewan. Turner Rutlaw and Fix Hutchinson starred in fielding and base running for Berwind.
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Berwind
Matewan
Phillips
Bunting
Ratliff
Smith
Davy
Hemphill
Davy Aieioani
Turner
Rutlaw
Fix
Hutchinson
Thomas
Woody
Tanner
Bocock
Peters
Gary Beats Pocahontas In Lively Local Ballgame
King of Tazewell starred for Gary driving in six of nine runs and making a sensational Gary grounds catch. Harding and Kuhn formed the battery for Gary and were effective except in the third inning when Pocahontas hitters challenged Harding, nearly driving him from the mound.
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King
Tazewell
Gary
Harding
Kuhn
Pocahontas Boys
Notable Figures in Baseball: Chris von der Ahe’s Rise and Fall
A portrait of Chris von der Ahe owner of the St. Louis Browns who built wealth from a saloon in St. Louis and baseball stock. He mentored Charlie Comiskey and George Munson, profited in the Browns era, then faced bankruptcy when the Brotherhood of Professional Baseball Players collapsed, leaving him to return to his bar but remembered fondly as a significant pioneer.
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V. W. Aulick
Grand and
St. Louis Avenues
St. Louis
Chris von der Abe
Hardley
Paik
Chris
Charlie Comiskey
Chicago Americans
Charlie
St. Louis Browns
George Munson
Russell Sage
Fellows
Munson
Comiskey
Browns
von der Abe
Brotherhood
Mail handling totals and medical cure ad in 1911 Bluefield notices
May mail in the Bluefield post office processed 409 211 pieces across classes, with an average 1 559 380 total handlings. An unrelated health ad touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as “constitutional” with a $100 offer for failing cases.
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United States
Bluefield
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Notice of Real Estate Sale Under Trust Deed
Notice of sale of real estate under a deed of trust to J Frank Maynard as trustee by Rosa L Graham and J T Graham. The sale secures a debt and will take place at a designated location per statutory notice. Interested parties may inspect the deed and arrange payment terms with the trustee.
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Mercer County
West Virginia
Rosa JL. Graham
Joseph T. Graham
Princeton Banking Company
J. Frank Maynard
Binefield
Bluefield
County of
Mercer
John H. Young
Rebecca Young
Sa L. Graham
Rogers Street
Pearis Street
Lot 6
R. C. Dangerfield
Susan
Rosa L. Graham
N. E
J. T. Graham
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SSS
S.S
S.S.S
SWIFT
Atlanta
Persia
Ferrell Mercantile
Princeton Avenue
West Va
Cincinnati Dental CO
THE
DR. Compton
Over Grand Leader Store
John M. Wirgman
Philadelphia, Pa
WM. McCarthy
W. Va
G. M. McCulloch
Pres
Scarfield
A. Bradshaw
Y & Treas
National League
Virginia
League
Roanoke
Danville
Richmond
Lynchburg
Norfolk
Petersburg
Net
Hilton
C. Hilton
H. Hilton
H. Milton Hutchinson
Rustlaw
Goodykoontz
Goodwill Sunday
A. D. Neal
Matz
Princeton
Welch
T. A. Jones
Mount Hope
Powahatan
L. E. Tirrney
Sublette & Barnes
J. A. B. Bruce
L. C. Smith
X. Y
Angelus
R. T. MY
Norfolk & Western Railway
H. S. Horne
Tacoma
Thacker
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Red Jacket
Alma
Freeburn
Burnwell
J. C. Miller
P. O. Box
Huntington
Elgood
Oakvale
Medbowell
W. T. Hufford
Faithland
H. G
M. L. Peery
North Tazewell
Gale
Jennines
Matt
Hooker, Wyman & Co
Rochester
N. Y
Thornton
Chris von der Ahe
Baseball
For All
Andrew Carnegie
Standard Oil Company ( Incorporated
United States Coal & Gokg
Gary, W. Va
Atlantic City
N. J
Walter J. Buzby
Prop
South Bluefield Florist North Street
M. B. Kelley
Bussell St
Bluefield, W
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