Bluefield Nutbusters Triumph As Smileymen Rally Past Gary
Bluefield wins 5 to 3 over Gary with Lefty Miller a key pitcher allowing four hits while Smiley’s crew collect ten. Gary leads 2 0 before Smileymen erupt in frames five and six with two runs and three runs respectively to seize the lead and hold. Nutbusters set up win with three runs on four straight hits in the sixth and prepare to face Bluestone Shops at Glenwood Park this afternoon at 3 20 with PrimeTon Power offering round trip rates.
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Gary
Bluestone
Glenwood Park
George Smiley
Bluefield
Lefty Miller
Railroaders
Smileymen
Fred Newberry
Smokum Adair
Ler
Halls
Smiley
Kitchen
Groseclose
Bats
Spalding
Miller Battery
Hunefield
Hall
Nutbusters
Princeton Power Company
Bluefield Ab
RLM
A.B
Gary Ab. BR. W. Poa Hunefield
Rownm
Ion A
Ee. A. Oeker
Artley
Otweoe Adan
Devviones
Bivefield
Reeperee
Hatfield Chosen President of New League
Hatfield chosen to lead a four team Caulfield Baseball association as president amid new umpire control rules and a fourteen player limit. Teams must file rosters by July 15 and any player moves require approval. The league also outlined a full schedule from June through September with matches across Northfork Keystone Gary Welch Coalwood.
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Hatfield
NEW League
Empires-In-Chief
Caulfield Baseball Association
Mocn
League Council
League
Spettarneas
Northfork- Keystone
Northfork-Keystone
Gary
Coalwood
Welch
Wyoming Gunmen Narrowly Overtakes Logan in Close Shootout
A Wyoming gun club team of ten visited Logan for a 1,000 third match fray that went to the final shot. Logan claimed high on for the shoot with 97 as Rodgers and Rose each. Wyoming’s Smallman was runner up with 96. Final totals show Logan at 95, Wyoming at 92 with overall percentages close to 91 percent.
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Logan
Wyoming
Rodgers
Ose
Smallman
Chambers
Reke
Eggto “Sadaseo
TID Asin Chadindetpsbanen Seadrueieiah
Wabgioned
Moss
Pred. Sinepeneee
Sl Keadle
Coverlee
OS OS Ee
Wyoming Isteo
Peauewat
Hindsley
Rand Tote
Wacanedas
Ea Frantz
Naidininmeripamn
Girls on Swimming Date Drowns Two Teens in Creek
In Wellsburg West Virginia on June 25 Marie Burnside and Marie Wright both 15 drowned in Cross Creek during a planned swim date with three young men. The body of Miss Wright was found by a passerby and Miss Burnside was recovered by her father who had learned she went to the creek. No witnesses reported the incident.
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Wellsburg
W. Va
Marie Burnside
Marie Wright
Cross Creek
Miss Wright
Burnside
International League results show mixed outcomes for Baltimore and Newark
In Baltimore vs Jersey City, Baltimore lost 2 to 4 in the first game and won 5 to 0 in the second, with seven innings. Newark swept Reading, 9 to not specified, then 15 to 8 in seven innings. Syracuse defeated Rochester 11 to 4 in six innings with rain. Rochester–Syracuse game postponed and Toronto at Buffalo postponed due to wet grounds.
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Baltimore
Jersey City
Newark
Reading
Syracuse
Rochester
Toronto
Buffalo
Karnes Still Best Marksman At Bluefield Gun Club
KARNES 13 STILL BEST MARKSMAN K. W. Karnes of Princeton retains the top title at the Bluefield Gun Club. Season averages through June 18, 1927 show Karnes with a 94.3 overall, 97 Inter-club and 92.4 registered averages. J. C. Walters trails, with H. G. Cooper close behind. Olinger has shot 50 more targets in inter-club events. A large majority of 36 members shoot above 72 percent, with fourteen at or above 80 percent.
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Princeton
Bluefield
K. W. Karnes
Karnes
J. C. Walters
Hich
H. G. Cooper
BE. J. Olfmeer
Olinger
Tarce
Walters
Sumpter
Cooper
Wm. Beary
W. K. Bush
Bluefield Algoma
H. W. Karnes
J.C. Walters
EK. J. Olinger
F. B. Mitchell
A. L. Smith
Beury Oo
C. W. French
J. J. Lincoln
Ccce
Clyde Elliott Wee
Guy French
Coles
Warlickeee
J. "Carter
E. J Olinger
H., G. Cooper
Claude Sumpter
H. C Weller
Jj Lincoln
A. J L. Smith
H. G. Craft
Ratliff
J.D. Abshire
Yde Fillcott
T. Mitchell
White Sox flop belies Bert Cole’s expected comeback
Bert Cole, once a Pacific Coast League standout with 29 wins and 12 losses last year, failed to win a big league game in the season’s first two months. Manager Schalk still hopes his left arm will turn the tide as the season progresses.
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Bert Cole
White Sox
Cole
Sox
Schalk
Yanks Stronger This Year Driven by Relief Pitching
Billy Evans argues New York Yankees are at least 24 percent stronger in 1926 with improved infielders Lazzeri and Koenig, a better reserve outfield, and a capable left handed bat in Cedric Duret. He highlights Wiley Moore as a standout rookie pitcher and stresses the strategic value of a master relief pitcher to sustain pitching staffs.
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Yanks
New York
Tony Lazzeri
Mark Koenig
Koenig
Lazzeri
Ben Paschal
Cedric Duret
Morehart
John Grabowek Haa
Wiley Moore
Moore
Right hander George Dawes shines as Tigers pinch pitcher
Detroit fans recall George Dawes as a reliable reliever with an easy curve and control who saved numerous games and earned 11 wins in 34 appearances last season. As manager George Moriarty faces a season without his best rescue option, Dawes’s absence is felt in close games.
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George Dawes
Detroit
Dawes
George Moriarty
Tigers
George Daues
Jones Hopes to Defend British Title With Win
New York June 25 Bobby Jones, the golf champion, sails on the Transylvania to defend his British Open title after losing the American Amateur to George Von Elm at Baltusrol and the American Open to Tommy Armour at Oakmont. He decided to defend after Oakmont, where no medal round better than 76 marked his day. Jones arrives from Atlanta at 10 15 am brown and fit, having just endured a triumphal England return.
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New York
Bobby Jones
Transylvania
Jones
Bobby
George von Elm
Baltusrol
Tommy Armour
Oakmont
Atlanta
England
Babe Ruth Bat Recovered After Stolen From Yankee Dugout
In Springfield on June 25 three boys returned Babe Ruth s home run bat plus two other souvenirs. The Springfield Eastern League club offered a $25 reward for the bat s recovery. The boys claimed the bats but confessed to taking them, leading to an executive session to resolve the reward.
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Springfield
Mass
Babe Ruth
Yankee
King of Ewat
Arthur T. Shean
Babe
Ruth
Shean
Densmore Shute Captures 1927 Ohio Amateur Golf Title
Densmore Shute of Columbus, 22, wins the 1927 Ohio amateur golf championship in Dayton. He defeats Sinclair Dean of Lima 4 up with 2 to play in a 36 hole final, after being barred from the 1926 tournament for nonresidency. Shute caps a week of steady play with near par golf.
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Dayton
Densmore Shute
Columbus
Ohio
Shute
Sinclair Dean
Lima
Chicago woman wins seventh annual invitational golf title
High winds at the Buffalo Country Club did not deter Virginia Van Wel of Chicago who defeated Laulee Fordyce of Youngstown Ohio to win the seventh annual women's invitation golf tournament. The final score was four and three.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Buffalo Country Club
Virginia van Wel
Chicago
Laulee Fordyce
Youngstown
Balfour At Derby Wins His First Bet
Lord Balfour joined the Derby crowd for the first time and placed a five pound bet both ways on Call Boy winning. His wager paid off as Call Boy claimed victory while ae Boy the favorite finished first. The result earned him a check from his bookie in a notable debut betting moment.
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London
Lord Balfour
Call Boy
Ae Boy
Miss Vicksburg Leads In Tumultuous Speedboat Race
Seven speedboats raced from the lakes to the gulf starting in Memphis. Miss Vicksburg captained by Robert Shaw led the field into Memphis after noon from Caruthersville and held a six minute edge over rivals. The Chicago to Memphis leg took 41 hours 37.75 minutes, Miss Memphis suffered a broken propeller shaft and fell back, while Miss Peoria and others chased in order from second to seventh.
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Memphis
Tenn
Gulf
Rosedal
Mise
Miss Memphis
Peoria Fe
Keystone nose out Tazewell in tight baseball clash
Keystone defeats Tazewell 3 to 1 at Tazewell in a hard fought game highlighted by a mound duel between Keystone pitcher Brown and Tazewell’s Woods. Northfork Keystone meets Coalwood at Keystone this afternoon at three.
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Keystone
Tazewell
Sneadmen
Coalwood
Northfork- Keystone
Tazewell Independents
Fea
N.keystone Ab. R.H. Po. AE
Alley
Heileman
Adama
Mattox
Miller
Tazewela
R. H. Po. AE. Phillips
Sises
Wingfield
Southern Association Scorecard Highlights Early Matchups
Atlanta defeats Nashville 7 to 6 in the opener while Nashville wins 8 to 4 in game two. Birmingham dominates Chattanooga 8 to 2, then 6 to 2. Little Rock edges Mobile 4 to 3. New Orleans shuts out Memphis 8 to 0.
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Chattanooga
Little Rock
Mobile
New Orleans
Memphis
Iceland Hears 55 Year Old Praise of Schools
New York reports Lord Bryce who visited Iceland in 1872 praised the country’s education. A biography resume by H. A. L. Fisher notes Bryce described Icelandic houses as sod huts but remarked most homes had a library. the English edition is out and an Icelandic edition follows.
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New York
Lord Bryce
Iceland
James Bryce
Viscount Bryce of
Lost pamphlet spurs Kentucky school for Mountain children
A pamphlet left on a train led to the founding of the Stuart Robinson School in Blackey Kentucky. Dr E O Guerrant wrote on the need for such a school and Mrs C B Haney of Florida donated funds. The Southern Presbyterian Church oversees the effort as 506 mountain students travel miles to attend.
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Blackey
Stuart Robinson
Guerrant
Haney
Florida
Southern Presbyterian Church
Malenda Turns Pro Football Offer Stirs Flint
John Malenda, star halfback and fullback for Michigan football in two seasons, said he would accept a pro football offer for next season promoted by C. C. Pyle. The statement came tonight in Flint Michigan.
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Malenda
Flint
Mich
John
Michigan
C. C. Pyle
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