Yankees Rally Past White Sox 10 7 Behind Homers
Babe Ruth hits his 23rd and Lou Gehrig his 14th and 15th as the Yankees defeat Chicago 10 to 7. Earle Combs and Pat Collins also homer, Pilgras improves to 11-1 with the win.
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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1928
Page
9
Babe Ruth hits his 23rd and Lou Gehrig his 14th and 15th as the Yankees defeat Chicago 10 to 7. Earle Combs and Pat Collins also homer, Pilgras improves to 11-1 with the win.
Mrs R C Sproles of 113 Preston Street describes the arrest of Clarence Sproles for kidnapping their child. The report recounts the abduction from the mother at her home, the state’s plan to take the boy to Florida, the porch talk, and the train journey toward Virginia. Also noted is umpire Frank Wilson’s death from appendicitis in Brooklyn.
City board met briefly to discuss minor matters including Cedartrees sidewalk construction but funds were unavailable. They took no action on the Burkes Garden water rights challenge and the police item was not added to minutes.
Rev R H Black preached on the parable of the rich man and Lazarus at a bus fal evangelistic service in the school building. He urged character formed on earth and cited the fate of the rich man’s brothers. The audience filled the auditorium as the junior choir sang four selections and Bible reading grows.
The service featured a special part where children try to outdo their parents in an event. Meetings continue nightly this week at 8 o'clock with invitations extended to all. Bluefield sanitarium reported a patient dying at 10 40 following meningitis. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Cook Searberry of Anawalt. No funeral arrangements had been made by late last night.
Russell Scarberry, aged 20, a Pocahontas Fuel Co. worker at Anawalt, died following an illness. Further details were not available.
Miss Zona Gale, author, wed W. L. Breese, Portage manufacturer, in a wet ceremony at the bride’s father’s home. Heat naturally flows from a hot body to a colder one even in the electric refrigerator.
The June trophy golf tournament qualifiers include Dr J Compton versus Tom Cooper and Charles St e Clair versus Frank Pollock with several byes. Weather limits play but a one day 18 hole medal event is planned. rules cover starting order, ties, out of bounds penalties, and lost or unplayable balls.
Eighteen children at a nearby rural school form a harmonica band and practice during music hour in Tulsa Oklahoma.
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