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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1928
Page
13
Yankees win sixth straight, third over Indians, 7 4, with a seventh inning four run surge. Gehrig hits his 13th homer. second Cleveland triple play of the season featured. Ruth goess 0 for 4 with a homerless night.
New York reports Vito an outsider won the Belmont Stakes the oldest American stakes in a field of six. Genie placed second and Diavolo third while Victorian and Sun Beau faded. Vito clocked 2 minutes 31.5 seconds for a mile and a half to take the richest three year old purse, 64159 dollars. Genie earned 7500 and Diavolo 3000. Blue Larkspur won the National Stallion Stakes in 57 seconds.
Macon defeats Asheville 6 to 4 and 4 to 3 in two games. Charlotte falls 8 to 0 to Spartanburg in 10 innings. Columbia wins 10 to 7 and 10 to 2 against Knoxville, while Greenville blasts Augusta 16 to 12 and later 12 to 12.
O GERS HORNSBY has injected new life into the Boston Braves under his leadership the team showing a better brand of baseball. Critics doubt he will lift Boston from last place this year but expect improved performance in 1929.
New York rallies to even the series at two games apiece by defeating St Louis 8 to 3. Bill Terry belts a home run as Heinhart and Hard throw wild pitches and Bottomley errs, helping the Giants score five runs on two hits. Rabbit Maranville homers for St Louis in the fourth to provide the runs.
Meade's two base hit scoring Irby from third in the eighth inning decided a Coalfield league tussle for Northfork Keystone yesterday afternoon at Keystone. Henry Turner's men beat Kimball 3 to 2, the game ending with rain in the ninth. Kimball led early with runs in the second and fourth. Northfork Keystone tied it in the sixth. In Mullens, Coalwood Robins beat Mullens 4 to 1. Nidiffer pitched for the winners, rain halted play in the seventh.
Baltimore June 9 University of Maryland defeated Rutgers 7 to 2 in an Olympic lacrosse playoff game played here today.
Local Bluefield gun club standings show H W Karnes still top gun with 125 shots hitting 117 targets for a 94.7 percent average. William Beary stands second at 91.3 percent after 400 targets, with Claude Sumpter and Herbert Cooper close for third, while A L Smith leads the May averages at 91.9 percent. Weather limited attendance. traps opened April 11 and season runs through May 30 with 48 papers overall.
Toro, owned by Edward R B McLean, won the 20th American Derby for three-year-olds at a mile and a quarter, before 60,000 in Chicago. Misstep was second, Solace third, and Strolling Player fourth. Time 2:05 4 5. Purse netted $22,175. Toro paid $15.44 to win. Jockey E Ambrose rode Toro.
In International League play Montreal shut out Jersey City 7 to 2 while Newark topped Rochester 4 to 1. Toronto defeated Reading 6 to 2 and Buffalo routed Baltimore 9 to 2. Strong showings across multiple matchups highlight the standings shift.
Yesterday New York defeated St. Louis eight to three while Chicago and Philadelphia posted eleven six wins over Brooklyn and Cincinnati. Pittsburgh won twice over Boston six three and six two. Today St Louis visits Pittsburgh, Cincinnati plays New York.
Abe Ruth remains the premier cwatsmith of the major leagues. In the series with Cleveland he banged out his twentieth round tripper of the season. Ruth went hitless yesterday, but the big fellow is just as liable to hit two out of the park today as he is to eat two plank steaks for dinner, his usual Sunday menu.
A column of playful guesses on upcoming Coalfield league games with named teams like Bluefield Mine-tays and Kimball along with notes from local golf talk at Bluefield club. The piece tows a rough, humorous tone about community sports, bets, and light social jabs amid broader local color.
Princeton sportsman H. W. Karnes tops the season with an average of 4-7 and 117 hits from 125 break shots for the Bluefield Gun Club. Bil Beury trails with 91-3. Algoma’s Sir William halls, Claude Sumpter, and Herbert Cooper follow closely as the sport of clay pigeon shooting gains local traction in the region.
Former Bluefielders make headlines as A A Angrist of Logan registered a unique hole in one at Huntington's Guyan Country Club. While driving from the 13th tee his shot curved to the right, landed on the 12th green, and rolled to drop between the cup and flagpole. No similar feat is recalled.
Insect warning notes drones may pose risks as buzzing devices hover near areas where people gather. Observers caution against using drones irresponsibly and advise compliance with local safety rules to prevent harm.
Charleston resident Joe Black, author of Black's Annual Schedule, selected the Chicago Cubs to win the National flag and the Athletica to upset the New York Yankees, though the list included many famous teams. Elmer Smith is noted for a historic home run load in a World Series game.
Pittsburgh topped Boston 6 to 2 and 6 to 3 as Grimes Miljus pitched well. Bartell hit a third inning homer driving in two, Scott belted a fifth home run, P Waner also homered in the same inning, while Bell and Hornsby joined the long-ball party for Boston. In the second game Pittsburgh opened with five straight hits and four runs in the first inning off Robertson, adding two in the second off Delaney before Scott left with an injury in the seventh. First game:
Newark report notes Pat McDonald, 50, a veteran of four Olympics, took the iron weights and won first in the shot put and 56-pound weight at the Senior Metropolitan AAU championships. His New York A. C. led with 98 points to defend the team title against Newark A. C., which totaled 48.
The U S Navy crew from Annapolis hit a submerged rock four miles up the Hudson River off Highland shoreline and sank after tearing a hole in the hull during practice. Navy and Columbia crews completed workouts later as rough water persisted.
Indianapolis routed Kansas City 7 to 1 in the first game and 8 to 2 in the second. St. Paul Columbus played under rain. Minneapolis defeated Toledo 10 to 2 in the first game and 6 to 5 in the second. Milwaukee won 10 to 3 against Louisville in the first and again 10 to 3 in the second, while Louisville edged Milwaukee 4 to 3 in the second.
Scores show New York 7 Cleveland 3 and Washington 4 Chicago 2, St. Louis 7 Philadelphia 5, Boston 11 Detroit 4 in the first game with Detroit 3 Boston 1 in the second. Matchups listed include Boston at St Louis New York at Chicago Philadelphia at Detroit and Washington at Cleveland.
Iller Huggins notes the Yankees lead the American League pennant race by five games as fans demand breaking up the team. Huggins remains confident with the Yankees favored to win the title and break the tape.
Brooklyn Robins defeated Cincinnati Reds 6 to 2 in Brooklyn. Jess Petty earned his first win over Cincinnati since joining the league in 1925. Zitzmann hit a home run with one on base as Brooklyn pounded Rixey and Edwards for fourteen hits. Petty pitched six innings with Rixey taking the loss. Edwards yielded three in the final two frames. Time of game two hours.
In St. Louis on June 9 the St. Louis Browns defeated the Athletics 7 to 5 to secure three wins in the series four games. Jerry Mack and Walberg performances are noted in the context of the pitching duel.
Welch Senators defeat Bluefield Blue-Gray 12 to 5 as Eades bests Brawley in a wild pitching duel. Edwards homered for Bluefield in the opener, but Welch rallied with four fourth inning runs and sturdy fielding support to claim victory.
In Baltimore on June 9 1949 the University of Maryland beat Rutgers 7 to 2 and Johns Hopkins defeated Mount Washington 6 to 4 advancing to the lacrosse semifinals. The winners will face Navy and Army respectively in Washington next Saturday.
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