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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1928
Page
2
The Bluefield college athletics coach Marshall Shearer marries Milfred Carpenter, former basketball coach at Beaver and Princeton high schools. The ceremony at Hinton is announced with best wishes for happiness and a long life together.
Local sports notes praise Dr. J. 8. Compton for sinking a hole in one on the third green at Mercer club last Sunday afternoon. The piece also covers Northsourk Keystone ball team led by Henry Turner in the cinder league, with NK in second place and Welch close behind. praise for Pete March now with Bramwell, and observations on Welch Bluefield NK pitching staff and upcoming games at the Geenteeeete arena.
Bluefield Juniors rally to down the Southside Pirates 17 to 4 after a prior loss to the Northside Pirates. The game featured a homer in the seventh inning and a decisive scoring surge by Bluefield.
Braxton pitched for Washington allowing four hits as Reeves Goslin and Goalin powered a 4 1 victory. The Browns managed three first inning hits and one run as Braxton struck out four over a 1 38 game. Left on base and errors limited St. Louis to a single score.
London June 5 A vagabond army camped on Epsom Downs forecasts a Derby day with 22 entrants after The Wheecher withdrawal. Favorites include Fairway Sunny Trace and Flamingo while Charley Elliott rides Sir Lawrence Phillip and King George with the Queen attend the gala event. Rain threatens heavy affecting Flamingo.
Frank A. Zimmerman a 52 year old banker and treasurer of the Blue Ridge baseball league for five years died suddenly today in a Chambersburg drug store while reading a newspaper. He had lived in the town for twenty five years and is survived by his widow and one daughter.
The record shows Charlotte 19 over Knoxville 12, Macon 9 over Greenville 3, Asheville 3 over Augusta 2 in ten innings, and Spartanburg 4 tied with Columbia 4 after eight innings due to rain.
Atlanta beat Nashville 14 to 3 in a game halted by rain. New Orleans led 2 runs as Little Rock trailed 3 with rain affecting play. other games noted with rain delays.
Cumberland 4 Wheeling 1 Crarferol 3 Scottdale 2 Johnstown 12 Clarkeburg /. Fairmont 4 Jeannette 1.
Hauser, Philadelphia Athletics first baseman, is delivering strong hits this season. The action shot shows him sprinting off home plate after driving a ball into his hometown field, showcasing his quick return to the base paths.
Critics argue over whether an all star American League team could match the Yankees in man for man strength. They note Yankee hitters like Gehrig Meusel Ruth and Cobb and compare pitching depth to stars such as Grove Walberg and Uhle, while acknowledging the champions’ current dominance.
Bluefield business houses and industrial plants will undergo fire hazard inspections by a corps of more than thirty experts. The event, Fire Prevention Day, is set for June 21 under the West Virginia Fire Underwriters association. Inspectors from about 35 insurance companies will assess properties area by area, leaving improvement suggestions with owners.
Fraulein Rasche and co pilot Ulrich Koenemann prepare a daring flight from New York to Berlin. The mission seeks to make Rasche the first woman to fly solo to Europe, highlighting their serious work on the plane.
Ruth Elder the transatlantic aviatrix has signed with Paramount Famous-Lasky studios to appear opposite Richard Dix in a marine story. She will perform considerable flying during production.
Boston heavyweight Jack Sharkey signs to fight Leo Gales of Mohawk Indian heritage in St. Louis on June 19, announced by promoter Gene H. Straus. The bout headlines the boxing card set for June 19.
The Columbia eleven defeated Kansas City 6 to 2 amid rainfall, with other games affected by the weather and scattered results reported.
Washington defeated St Louis 5 to 1 while other games were postponed by rain. Today Philadelphia visits St Louis, Washington plays Chicago, Boston faces Detroit, and New York travels to Cleveland.
Pittsburg leaders from steel firms propose appealing Eastern carriers including the Pennsylvania New York Central and Baltimore and Ohio over relative freight rates to the Pacific coast via New Orleans. A joint railroad steel conference is set for next week with a possible ICC complaint against Illinois Central if talks fail.
The Massachusetts house, 196 to 18, votes to impeach and remove Attorney General Arthur K. Reading for gross misconduct. Charges include taking a $26,000 retainer from Decimo Club Inc during an investigation and involvement in forming the United L A corporation.
A Brocton court ruled that sitting at the steering wheel of a car does not constitute driving even if another motor vehicle is pushing it. The decision clarifies legal duty in such staged efforts.
An old medical ad promotes Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a mild effective laxative remedy for constipation and related ailments. It urges against drastic purges and claims safe, simple vegetable ingredients with pepsin. The ad offers a free prepaid sample bottle to prove its claim.
William Tilden II praised the U.S. Davis Cup team after their recent success, noting the journey to Wimbledon and Europe for the inter zone tie. He described team plans, expected arrivals, and discussed retirement of Little Bill Johnston, while contrasting junior player Junior Coen with Miss Helen Wills.
Paddy Harmon, promoter of a six day bicycle race, wins chartered support for a $7,000,000 Chicago Stadium arena on a two-block west side site. Construction to start by June 15 with a 24,000 seating capacity, to host boxing, other athletics, conventions, and large floor events. Associations include Chicago Mayor Frederick McLaughlin and John J. Mitchell Jr. with a Chicago Stadium Company and Chicago Club chartered in Springfield.
In Toronto on June 5 Frenchy Belanger lost his Canadian flyweight title by a ten round decision to Steve Rocco. The bout produced a thrilling performance from both boxers with Rocco earning the points verdict to claim the crown from Belanger.
Christy Mathewson honored at Bucknell University in Lewisburg Pennsylvania with a memorial gateway and two tablets. Kenesaw Mountain Landis called Mathewson the man who made baseball the national game. Baseball leaders from across the country attended along with Bucknell alumni and faculty.
Paris June 5 Miss Helen Wills, winner of the French women’s singles, said she and Elizabeth Ryan will not defend their British women’s doubles title at Wimbledon starting June 25. Wills will play only in the women’s singles and the mixed doubles with Francis T. Hunter, the second ranking American.
New York promoter Tex Rickard announced plans to test the federal revenue law raising a tax on admissions over five dollars from 10 to 25 percent. He aims to challenge the law as unconstitutional class legislation and may seek an injunction before the Tunney Heeney heavyweight bout at Yankee Stadium, with ringside seats potentially priced at forty five dollars including taxes.
Lincoln Nebraska June 5 A. C. Hudkins the Nebraska Wildcat who will challenge Mickey Walker for the world middleweight title in Chicago June 21 scored a technical knockout over Buck Holle of Oakland in the second round of a 10 round bout tonight at Lincoln.
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