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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1924
Page
13
Bluefield Grays overcome Bramwell 6-3 at the fairgrounds as a late rally in the seventh and a homer by Hobbie Snead in the eighth pace the victory. Cy Smith earned his second win of the year, with strong fielding and timely hitting.
Englebert and McMillian each had two base hits while Smiley and Hayworth collected three base hits. Snead hit a home run as Heisman to McMillan turned two double plays. Bramwell left eight and Bluefield five on base. Smith struck out six and Lindberg gave up two runs in extra innings. Harry took the loss after 7 1 3 innings. Hit by pitch Klein. Time of game 2 10.
The American Olympic team reached port and began serious training at sea on June 17, with distance men led by Romig Johnson and Booth in a two mile run. Sprinter Paddock trained while others rested until tomorrow. Loren Murchison recovers from tonsillitis. Matilda Shute, age thirteen, suffered seasickness aboard. Three stowaways were found, including L Layton, who sought a berth as spare man, plus Gus Nowak and Jake Strait.
In London a motor bus nearly severed Miss Sheila McCarthy's leg while she lay in the street. Dr. A Gibson performed an amputation with scissors. The girl will live.
The article argues no Dempsey Wills bout soon, and no Wills Firpo clash this summer. The spotlight shifts to Bartley Madden, a second-rate heavyweight with a fighting heart, who withstood a fierce Wills assault for 15 rounds and remained upright at the end. The piece raises whether Wills could handle Madden, a test of his true edge against a strong opponent.
The American Association results show Kansas City 6 Columbus 7, St. Paul 1 Louisville 7, Milwaukee 2 Toledo 8. In a second Milwaukee 8 Toledo 6 game, Minneapolis 6 Indianapolis 4, and a note of Minneapolis 6 Indianapolis in the sec lone e.
Yale defeats Harvard 3 to 2 in a tight college baseball game. Williams routs Amherst 11 to 3 in another conference clash.
Birmingham defeated Chattanooga 5 to 1 in the first game and 6 to 1 in the second, while Memphis beat Mobile 5 to 2 in rain shortened play. Atlanta edged Nashville 8 to 7. No other games are on the schedule. An old adage notes a businessman's life average is two thirds that of a farmer.
Cleveland and New York clashes end with the Yankees overcoming a 5 0 deficit after three innings. Babe Ruth belted his 16th homer and scored the decisive run in the seventh as New York won 7 5 behind strong hitting from Pipp Speaker and Ruth. Detroit also topped Boston 7 4 while Washington defeated Chicago 12 6 in a rain affected day of scores.
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