Hornsby Bags Three Homers as Cards Split With Pirates
In a double bill the St Louis Cardinals split with Pittsburgh, losing 7 6 in the second game while winning the opener 11 3. Roger Hornsby hit three home runs on the day giving him twenty one circuits for the season. Morrison pitched the second game for Pittsburgh and earned the win while Sherdel took the loss.
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Johnston
Stock
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Wournier
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Dioberev. C
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Killarney Takes Two From Mullens In Weekend Baseball
Killarney defeated Mullens 6 to 4 on Saturday and 5 to 0 on Sunday. Gilley and Richardson made stellar catches in center and right field. Parker led Killarney with three hits in four, Manley and Barley added solid outputs, while Elmer pitched Sunday to a shutout. Kennedy struggled for Mullens, hit hard by Killarney's offense and strong defense.
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Zwilling and Williamson, Lusk and McCoy
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Kennedy
Port
McCoy
Elmore and Williamson
Scores From Round of City Matches
Mobile 4 Memphis 3 in game one. Memphis 2 Mobile 1 in game two. Atlanta 2 Nashville 1. Little Rock 8 New Orleans 1. Birmingham 13 Chattanooga 4.
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Memphis
Atlanta
Nashville
Little Rock
New Orleans
Birmingham
Chattanooga
Athletics Rally to Victory in Ninth Inning
In Philadelphia the Athletics broke a 4 4 tie with a ninth inning rally to beat Boston 5 4. Sam Gray pitched his first complete game since injury and moved to nine wins with Lamar extending his hitting streak to 24 games. refs to Cochrane hit by pitch and other minor points follow.
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Athletics Today
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Sam Gray
Lamar
Ioemarer Tesaa Lamar
Simmons
WOM Ul. Cvarcecel Sf
Kusce
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Todt
Carlyle
Picinich
Poole
Cochrane
Lacey
Fallaway
Pooe
Exmire
Gray
Moriarity
Owens
Nairn
Eighty Three Qualify for Open Golf Title
Treon Scotland June 24 eighty three golfers qualified for the seventy two hole Open Championship at Prestwick. American entrants MacDonald Smith Jim Barnes and Joe Kirkwood travel the smallest delegation since the war yet remain strong contenders with Smith the favorite at five to one odds.
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Scotland
Prestwick
America
MacDonald Smith
Jim Barnes
Joe Kirkwood
Smith
Barnes
Kirkwood
Lane Tech Beats Flushing High in Intercity Game
Lane Tech of Chicago defeated Flushing High School of New York 3 to 1 in the annual inter city schoolboy baseball clash at Yankee Stadium. Alfred Thorp pitched brilliantly for Lane Tech, besting Charles Cerny as both hurlers allowed three hits. Lane Tech tallied in the first, fourth, and sixth while Flushing scored in the third.
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Lane Tech
Chicago
Flushing High School
Yankee Stadium
Alfred Thorp
Charles Cerny
Flushing
American League Results and Today’s Games
Yesterday results show Philadelphia 5 Boston 4 and New York 5 Washington 3. Today schedule includes St Louis at Detroit Cleveland at Chicago New York at Washington Boston at Philadelphia and Brooklyn at New York. Scores report Brooklyn 9 to New York 8 and Philadelphia 19 Boston 1 with Cincinnati Chicago postponed.
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Pittsburg
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Cincinnati
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New Four
Apnonee
W & Pet
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Coalfield League
Garyaneseee
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Equetioean Vaammuyts
Poca- Bramwell Ee
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Rights of a fielder blocking a base runner
The article explains that a runner is entitled to advance without being put out if blocked by a fielder’s obstruction, unless the fielder has the ball ready to touch the runner. If the ball is in hand before contact, the blocker may out the runner. The runner may continue toward the base, and a safe call should be made if the block occurs before ball arrival.
Four Players Survive Singles Championship
Malladelphia June 24. Philadelphia will face California and Texas meets another star in the semi final round of the national inter collegiate singles tennis champion at Merion Cricket Club Haverford Friday afternoon. Carl Fischer of Philadelphia College of Osteopathy winner of the Inter collegiate title in 1923 backs Thalheimer University of Texas joint holder of the college double title with Lewis N White for two years Cranston Holman Leland Stanford and EF G Chandler University of California are the four surviving players.
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EF. G. Chandler
University of California
Major League Pitching Cycles and Scarcity of Talent
The article notes a shift from high fast balls to more knuckle and low pitches in baseball pitching cycles and laments a dwindling pool of minor league prospects to replace aging stars. It cites Bill Dinneen urging revival of the high fastball and discusses how timing and location affect pitch effectiveness. It also compares boxing talent shortages to baseball, highlighting champions from twenty years ago and current contenders like Benny Leonard, Jimmy Goodrich, and Stanislaus Loayza in the lightweight division.
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Cy Young
Rube Waddell
Walter Johnson
Fred Glade
Bill Dinneen
Dinneen
Cobb
Speaker
Collins
Johnson
Benny Leonard
New York
Jimmy Goodrich
Buffalo
Stanislaus Loayza
Chile
Leonard
Yale’s Joe Wood Meets Princeton After Big League Watch
Joe Wood, famed right handed pitcher now Yale’s head baseball coach, watched the New York Yankees and Cleveland Indians before meeting Princeton. Major leaguers had an off day, failing to impress Wood’s collegians. Wood aims to spend his remaining days at Yale and remains popular with the team.
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Wood
Yale
New York Yankees
Cleveland Indians
New York
Princeton
Joe
Collegians
Rain Halts Finals in Rifle Teams Selection
Finals in the national infantry rifle team elimination at Camp Logan Illinois were paused by rain. Thirty five candidates vie for ten spots with the 1000 yard range remaining to be fired. Capt. L. B. Spooner of Fort Sam Houston and Cpl. G. K. Friend of Fort Benning led the field with identical five day totals.
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Ills
L. 8. Spooner
Fort Sam Houston
Texas
G. KE. Friend
Fort Benning
I L Providence Tops Jersey City as Rochester Beats Syracuse
In the International League, Providence defeats Jersey City 6 to 2 while Rochester wins over Syracuse 6 to 4 in seven innings. The second game sees Syracuse beat Rochester 7 to 5 in seven innings. Baltimore edges Reading 4 to 2. Toronto holds off Buffalo 6 to 5. in the nightcap Toronto wins 6 to 2.
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Syracuse
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Buffalo
Toledo 5, St. Paul 3 and Louisville 7, Kansas City 4
Rain affected other games while Toledo beat St. Paul 5 to 3 and Louisville defeated Kansas City 7 to 4.
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St. Paul
Louieville
Kansas City
Roanoke Team 10 to Face Blue-Grays at Fairgrounds
Roanoke brings a semipro Virginia club to the fairgrounds to battle Manager Prince's Blue-Grays. Wild Bill Hart will start on the mound for Bluefield’s opposition as fans, frustrated by rainouts, look for a rare afternoon showcase.
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Poca-Bramwell
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Frank Looney
Looney
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