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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1927
Page
11
Anecdotes recount Jim Johnstone's iron rule on the field and clashes with Tom Lynch the King of Umpires. Stories mention a direct current fan incident, Pulliam's intervention, and Johnstone’s role in the 1909 World Series while touring with Chicago Cubs and other clubs.
J C Schorr, the club pro, shot a 31 nine at Bluefield Country Club in a foursome with George Brown Doug Leckie and J H Hardy. He holed two pars and two birdies on the front nine and drove the 300 yard sixth hole to near perfection. The piece notes the state tourney adds Archie Hambrick and Jack Curley to the field.
Jimmy Johnstone former major league umpire dies in Cork after traveling there on vacation. He was a leading National League umpire, later with the Federal league and American Association. He invented a light strong metal mask that has largely replaced wire masks in baseball. He rose to prominence in 1906 following a noted clash with John McGraw.
The twenty first annual convention of the West Virginia pharmaceutical association opened in Deer Park Maryland and runs through Thursday with officers to be elected and a banquet and grand ball planned. Speakers include Dr J H Beal of Urbana Illinois and Prof EB Kelly of Baltimore with about three hundred in attendance. The convention will feature talks by Samuel C Henry and Ross Wells with H C Wallace presiding.
In New York crowds surround the Byrd hangar at Roosevelt field daily eager for passage to Paris aboard the America. Bernt Balchen has been named the fourth member of the monoplane crew and inquiries about rates and schedules are common per the Evening Post. Special Officer Michael McGrath notes the crowd forms nightly around the hangar.
Pittsburgh on June 22 William M Golden 38 of Chicago was arrested on a larceny charge after city detectives found him trying to dispose of 1700 dollars worth of stock at half value He said he was a bookmaker and had stocks from W G Carlton of New York as payment for a bet A notary stamp and a non existent bank stamp were found on certificates
In a July 3 start from San Francisco, Lieutenants Windham and Stern aim for Manila with an Eaglerock plane 6000 miles away, following Honolulu Guam Tokyo Manila route. Savannah pilot Paul Redfern plans August 1 departure from Atlanta to San Francisco for the Honolulu flight.
Late entrants in the $25,000 Dallas to Hong Kong flight include Lieutenant Ben Stern and Lieutenant Jess Windham. Windham also seeks the $35,000 prize offered for a California hop.
A judge remarks on a past incident as two men recall a confrontation. The exchange includes a line about knocking a wife down and a remark about serving dinner, reflecting a snappy courtroom banter style. The dialogue hints at a personal dispute carried into a legal setting.
A World War era account credits Ohio professor Herbert Adolphus Miller of Oberlin with orchestrating a chain of revolutions to rebuild the eastern front. From Camp Sherman to Carnegie Hall and Paris, Miller allied twelve Slavic and other groups to form a mid European union and aid the Czech Slovak declaration of independence.
Fairmont West Virginia June 22 Edwin Watkins and his ten year old son Edwin Jr both of Fairmont drowned in the Tygart Valley river several miles east of the city. The boy and a companion began swimming and the elder Watkins went beyond his depth when he heard his son’s cries and jumped in to save him. Both bodies were recovered shortly after.
Protests against wholesale executions in Soviet Russia were voiced in a resolution adopted at a joint meeting of the executive committee of the labor party and the general council of the trades union congress. The document denounces the executions of 20 alleged counter revolutionists and calls for action.
One hundred twenty older Pour-H boys and girls from forty counties registered at the fourth annual volunteer instructors conference at Jackson's Mill West Virginia. Registration continued late and expected to reach the 200 mark by tomorrow noon according to director William H Kendrick.
Governor Howard M. Gore and state road commission Chairman C. P. Fortney arrived in Morgantown after inspecting roads in ten northern counties. They plan to continue the tour tomorrow and meet Harrison county officials in Clarksburg.
Southington Connecticut June 22 Thomas De Marco 21 of Cicero Illinois was seized near Lake Compounce Bristol after two armed bandits robbed Planteville National Bank of 2000 dollars. Police recovered 625 in gold 855 in paper and 46 75 in cash from the grip he carried.
Clarksburg West Virginia June 22 Plans have been announced for the twenty seventh annual convention of the West Virginia Osteopathic Society to be held in Clarksburg on Monday and Tuesday June 27 and 28 Dr L M Robinson of Clarksburg appointed by Governor H M Gore to succeed S F P Smith warden of the state penitentiary at Moundsville July 1 will deliver the address of welcome Monday morning.
Hammonton New Jersey June 22 Reuters Dr Walter B Peet coach of Columbia University crews and sports writer was found dead from natural causes in a hotel room.
Atlanta on June 22 Bobby Jones told the Associated Press he may travel to Scotland to defend his British Open title but will not go if his friends cannot obtain passports in time. He plans to travel with a party whose members he declined to name and may play Joe Kirkwood in Albany, Georgia, before leaving New York Saturday for practice rounds at St Andrews. He will not confirm plans until boarding the steamship Transylvania.
Charles Wesley Simmons, 79, longtime Wichita sheriff 1898 1904, died here today from a paralytic stroke. He had been repeatedly arrested by Carrie Nation during her saloon raids in Wichita referenced in historical reports.
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