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Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Location

Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 26, 1924

Page

13

Bramwell Bats Down Bluefield In Six Run Slugfest

Bramwell defeats Bluefield 8 to 2 as Lindberg shuts Bluefield after early runs. Mundy belts a grand homer and Foster adds a long homer, with Noble creating standout fielding plays in a high‑paced game featuring 18 hits and four doubles.

Gus Lindberg Bramwell Bluefield Blue-Gray Felding Bob Noble Sliis Smith Foster Kline Noble Jake ‘Ort Blue-Graysa Ellis Lindberg Englebert John Mundy Hobby Snead Mr. Mundy Snead Phillips Parker Young Whitlock Bill Tom Clark Gibbons Heisman Monk Ellis Bramwellites Chicago Rae Bluefield Graham Statz RHO Ff Hollacher Ss D. Smith Grantham Grimes Friberg Grigsby Clark Heathcote Vogel Hartnett Hayworth Alexander Elisa C. Smith Bramwell Pittsburg AB AR Abr H O E Moore Mundy Carey Heitman Cuyler McMillan Wright W. Whitlock Grimm Bighee Barnhart R. Whitlock C Gooch Maranville P Meadows Bluefield-Graham Bramwell Veneer MecMillan Heilman Whitlock Foster Mu

Reds Split Even With Cardinals

Cincinnati and St Louis split a doubleheader, the Reds winning 3 2 in the opener and the Cardinals taking the nightcap 1 0. Pitcher Mays yielded the decisive run in the second game on a double by Mays and Daubert, with Daubert, Hornaby, and Mays collecting two hits each. Stolen bases by Walker Pinelli Roush Sacrifices by Roush Caveney Sandberg Holm and defensive plays highlighted the affair.

Chicago Pittsburg Heathcote Grigsby Gooch Yde Barnhart Grimes Hartnett Carey Hollacher Friberg Pittsburgh Off Meadows Ydle Alexander Cincinnati St. Louis Mays Theron Nith Daubert Bees Hornaby Walker Pinelli Roush Caveney Sandberg Holm Rehne Cooney Hornsby Mueller Blades Sotheron Veve Haines Gonzales Sheehan May Donchus Margrave Louis Abr HO Ge Smith Oo Treees Seeereseesee Flack H O Whiker Duncan Bohne

Baseball Then and Now Through Billy Evans Eyes

Billy Evans letters discuss how the game has changed from 20 years ago. He notes shifts in pitching quality, home runs, and crowd size while praising older eras for strategy and base running and criticising the modern focus on power hitting. The veteran argues pitching depth declined and old times would still outshine today with superior pitching.

Detroit New York Tygers Anson Browthers Lajoie Delahanty Warg‘ner Eacker

Meadows Yde battle as Phillies Braves split doubleheader

Meadows drives in two runs while Yde earns the win in a 6 inning relief effort. Boston beats Philadelphia 9 to 8 in ten innings in the opener and Philadelphia answers with a 4 to 1 victory in the nightcap. Umpires were Rigler and Moran. Time 2 10.

Meadows Yde Alexander Rigler Moran

American Olympic Army enters Paris

Colonel Robert M. Thompson head of the American Olympic Committee and Coach Lawson Robertson lead the composite athletic battalion into Paris from Cherbourg. They camp at Chateau De Rocquen and are greeted warmly by Parisians as they prepare for the July 25 bloodless battlefield against forty two nations.

Paris Robert M. Thompson Lawson Robertson Cherbourg America Chateau de Rocquen Prince Murat Elcome Colombes Olympic Stadium United States

British Open Pros and Amateurs Enter in Hoylake

Fine warm weather is forecast for the start of the British Open golf championship at Hoylake. Eighty professionals and six amateurs, including five Americans, enter as the event opens with two rounds Saturday and two Friday. The big four Americans Hagen Sarazen Barnes and Smith, and British stars Duncan Mitchell Havers Whitcombe headline a drawn field.

Hoy Lake America Walter Hagen Gene Sarazen Jim Barnes MacDonald Smith George Duncan Abe Mitchell Arthur G. Havers E. R. Whitcombe Barnes Duncan Sarazen J. Bond Hillside Hagen P. G. Wyatt Bush

Portmanship and manners in golf and boxing clashes

The speaker contrasts belligerence with restraint in sports adages. He cites an Arkansas senator disrupting a golf etiquette debate and recalls Jack Dempsey’s bravado. Portmanship is praised as a noble virtue not needing showmanship to prove its value.

Arkansas Washington

Scott And Mercur Advance To National Tennis Semis

Wallace Scott of the University of Washington and Fritz Mercur of Lehigh reached the semi finals of the national inter collegiate tennis singles tournament at the Merion Cricket Club, Haverford, as rain halted further play. Scott defeated Jerome Lang 6-3 6-4 in the fourth round, while Mercur eliminated Phil Bettens 6- (scoring incomplete) to move forward.

Philadelphia Wallace Scott University of Washington Fritz Mercur Lehigh Merion Crickett Club Haverford Scott Pacific Coast Jerome Lang Cuba

White Sox Twice Defeat Indians in Doubleheader

Chicago gains two wins over Cleveland, 2-1 in ten innings and 8-1, Connally allowing four hits in game one, Thurston three in game two. Wirts debuts for Sox, Cheeves starts for Indians, Brower and Brower noted.

Chicago White Sox Cleveland Connally Thurston Wirts Cub Sox Cheeves Roy Brower Indians

Baseball Schedule and Results From Today

Schedule lists Philadelphia at Washington New York at Boston Detroit at St Louis. Results show Detroit 3 St Louis 2 Philadelphia 3 Boston 4. Second games rained out. Cleveland 1 Chicago 2 Second game Cleveland 1 Chicago 8. Washington 3 New York 2 seven innings rain.

Philadelphia Washington New York Boston Detroit St. Louis Cleveland Chicago

National League scores wrapup from key matchups

Baseball results from early National League games include Boston vs Philadelphia with scores 9 to 8 and 4 to 1 in two games, St Louis beating Cincinnati 3 to 2 and 1 to 2 in the second, Chicago topping Brooklyn 8 to 7 in fourteen innings, and Pittsburgh over New York by a 2 to 3 margin.

Dodgers Giants Brooklyn New York Grimes Dean

International League scores and delays report

Baltimore 3 Newark 7 in progress, Rochester 8 Toronto 1 finished. Syracuse at Buffalo postponed by rain while Jersey City at Reading was delayed due to a tornado.

Baltimore Newark Rochester Toronto Syracuse Buffalo Jersey City Reading

Milwaukee Tops Louisville In Double Fun Rivalry

Milwaukee beats Louisville 3 2 in a close game then wins 9 7 in a second contest. St Paul loses 0 3 to Toledo while Kansas City slides past Indianapolis 9 4 and Minneapolis defeats Columbus 7 to blank. Eyeglasses did not become popular until 1290.

Milwaukee Louisville St. Paul Toledo Kansas City Indianapolis Minneapolis Columbus

Southern Association Scores Briefs

Mobile defeats Memphis 2 0 in one game and 2 3 in another. Birmingham beats Nashville 18 to 3. New Orleans wins 3 to 2 over Little Rock. No other games scheduled.

Mobile Memphis Birmingham Nashville New Orleans Little Rock

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