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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1926
Page
12
St. Louis Browns were kept off the scoreboard by Urban Shocker yesterday as a knee injury sidelined a Yankee player. The Browns expect to appear in an exhibition game in St. Paul tomorrow with Gerber and Falier contributing in the lineup.
The Nut Busters lineup remains unchanged with Smiley possibly entering the batting order. Paul holds one win and no defeats this season and is expected to defeat the McComas hitters.
The article notes long winning runs in MLB history. It cites 1906 Chicago White Sox under Fielder Jones with 19 straight wins, 1916 New York Giants under John McGraw as era record, and 1920s New York Yankees under Miller Huggins with 16 straight victories, tying a Washington 1912 mark.
Wet grounds kept shops and offices idle as the Nut Nesters match was called off and rescheduled for Thursday. The Nut Nesters may face Blue Stone Live Wires Friday, with Coalwood Robins visiting Saturday and Radford Pulaski vs Smiley at Glenwood Park on Sunday. Two prior meetings this season ended in draws.
New York defeated eeeese 3 to 2 while St. Louis beat Brooklyn 4 to 0 Philadelphia won 8 to 1 against Chicago.
In the American League fracas the game was halted after the seventh inning with the score tied at 3 to 3 to allow Nut Busters to catch their train.
Philadelphia report states Connie Mack, manager of the Philadelphia Americans, announced from Cleveland that Harriss Heimach and Jacobson were traded for pitcher Ehmke of Boston. Heimach and Harriss are pitchers while Jacobson is an outfielder.
Nashville leads Mobile 1 to 4 while Chattanooga trails New Orleans 3 to 5. Little Rock at Atlanta game postponed by rain and Memphis at Birmingham also affected by rain.
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