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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1928
Page
8
The Reds face a declining team outlook as their offense and defense falter. Double plays by the Red infield have slowed, likely due to pitching struggles, while opponents increasingly hit beyond reach for timely outs.
Local notes discuss Bluefield boxing prospects at the Colonial amid mixed reactions to short rounds and possible changes. Golf star Johnny Farrell defeats Bobby Jones for the 1928 Open, boosting town pride and betting chatter.
Columbus leads Indianapolis and St Paul with mixed results. Milwaukee and Louisville close behind as Toledo and Minneapolis post modest gains. Reading shifts in Nova Scotia league with Jersey City facing Newark. Baltimore Rochester and Toronto push in North American circuit with Buffalo and Montreal on scoring spur.
Readable fragments list teams and partial scores from a South Atlantic region cadence including Columbia Greenville Knoxville Augusta Macon Asheville and numbers 7 4 2 6 1 4 2 10 in. No clear game or outcome emerges.
Birmingham defeats Atlanta 4 to 2. Little Rock edges Memphis 12 to 3. Nashville hosts New Orleans 2 to 2 as Mobile plays.
Northfork Keystone defeats Welch Senators 12 to 1 in front of a capacity crowd at Keystone ball yard. Burch limits Welch to nine hits while NK hitters drive in five in the first inning and chase Eades in the second. Dean relieves and is hit hard as NK adds two more in the eighth to seal the victory.
Francis T Hunter is eliminated by Ed Andrews of New Zealand in a four set match under a hot sun. Hunter squandered early leads as the Americans share the Davis Cup contingent’s rough start, with Rhill Tilden John Hennessey and George Lou also recording victories for the U S.
The French Three Musketeers claim clear victories as Rene Lacoste defeats H W Walcott 6 0 6 0 6 2, Henri Cochet prevails over Mohammad Sleem 6 2 8 6 6 2, and Jean Borotra bests A H Lowe of England while Wood defeats Sharpe 10 8 6 1.
In St. Louis, June 25, Cleveland won 7 to 4 aided by a decisive tenth inning homer by Morgan, one of five circuit clouts in the game. Manush led St Louis with two homers. Blue and L Sewell also connected for Cleveland.
Piedmont Austin dominated the mound for Bluefield Blue Grays in a 5-0 win over Radford Pulaski. Speedy Dobbins led hitting while Kitchen added two singles. Bluefield fielded cleanly with an errorless effort and will join the league after a directors meeting.
The New York Giants won 12 to 4 in game one and a second win, supported by Lindstrom and Walker, as Bill Walker earned his first victory. Lindstrom contributed nine of Giants' 32 hits. O Farrell hit a home run with bases loaded in the second game.
Yesterday Brooklyn 9 Boston 3 St. Louis 5 Cincinnati 2 in 11 innings New York 12 Philadelphia 4 in 1st game New York and Philadelphia 2 in 2nd. Today Cincinnati at St. Louis Chicago at Pittsburgh Boston at Brooklyn Philadelphia at New York.
Detroit suffers three costly errors as Moe Berg drives in half of the Sox runs with two singles a double and a sacrifice fly. Chicago wins over Detroit 8-6 in a game detailing errors and key hits with Berg contributing notably.
Bottomley doubled to start a decisive eleventh inning as St. Louis erased a ninth inning tie and defeated Cincinnati 5 to 2. Haines outdueled Rixey with late offense including Blades triple and an error at the plate.
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