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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1923
Page
9
Cincinnati catcher Hargrave homered again in the fourteenth inning to lift the Reds to a 4 3 win over the Cubs. Third baseman Pinnelli was spiked on the ankle by Aldridge and carried off the field with eight stitches planned for the wound.
The New York Nationals defeat Philadelphia 6 to 8 after an eighth inning rally. Stengel pinch hits for Jackson, hits a triple driving in Maguire and Bancroft, then scores on Young's sacrifice fly. Score by innings shows Philadelphia 210 000 000 and New York 000 010 050. Behan Head and Henline Bentley Jonuary and Snyder were credited with the game.
Pittsburg beat St Louis 7 to 6 to extend its winning streak to three games. Hornsby hit his sixth homer of the season in the third inning.
Cincinnati defeated Chicago 4 to 0 while Pittsburg routed St Louis 7 to 5 and Philadelphia beat New York 8 to 6 in a rain shortened slate involving Boston and Brooklyn as weather interrupted play.
The Miller Shows athletic stadium drew big crowds at the fairgrounds last night. John Sparks challenged Kid Ernst and lasted the full time but lost by forfeit. Mulllins of the city also boxed the Kid and was pinned after seven and a half minutes. The Syrian Kid, promoter, seeks a first class boxer for a future mixed bout as these matches draw the most interest.
Crumpler defeated Vivian 17 to 3 in a slow intriguing game Sunday. Painter pitched an excellent game for Crumpler while Kitts Vivian’s new pitcher struggled. The report notes a fatal incident involving the three year old son of William Mackie being bitten and stamped by a colt in Palantine, Illinois. Telegraph Want Ads bring results.
In Shelby Montana on June 26 fight officials and Great Falls financiers reached a plan to cover an $85,000 mortgage against the arena built for the July 4 Dempsey Gibbons title fight. Lumber dealers threaten a lien but agree to pro rata repayment from ticket receipts if needed. a restraining order may be sought to protect funds. Gibbons pitched in a local game as talks continued.
At Wimbledon on June 26 the trio of American tennis stars opened with clean wins. Vincent Richards beat Belgian Jean Washer 6-1 6-3 6-2. William M Johnston defeated E Higgs 6-4 6-2 6-1. Francis T Hunter overcame Eduard Flaquer 7-5 6-4 6-1 after a tough start.
With a runner stealing on a pitch, the batter swings and misses with two strikes and two balls. The inside pitch brushes the batter’s shirt as the catcher fields cleanly and throws to second, tagging the runner before he reaches the base. The ruling: the runner is out on the steal and the batter is struck out, with the ball dead when touched by the shirt.
The ball becomes dead when it touches the batsman on a pitched ball during a third strike. Catcher or backstop catching it does not alter the dead ball status or give a runner a right to advance. Runners forced at second should be returned to first as no play is possible after the ball is dead.
In a doubleheader at the fairgrounds Electrification and N W each won one game. The Shops beat Electrification 4 to 1 in the opener, powered by Wright in a return to the mound, while Electrification won the nightcap 7 to 2 behind Batting by Perdue Page and Smith and Pitching by Guydosh.
Yale defeats Princeton 5 to 1 in the deciding third game to claim the 1923 big three baseball title. Ducky Pond pitched four hits allowed and carried the Blue with strong relief in key moments while O’Hearn had four hits with a sacrifice fly. Princeton scored in the first and final innings as Pond and Mallory, Carney, and Stinson secured the win.
London reports bones believed to belong to cholera plague victims buried in pits dug up behind the Thames police court from the 1664 to 1666 period. In American Association play Milwaukee 7 lost to Minneapolis 6 while Columbus beat Indianapolis 14 to 9. Kansas City and St. Paul tied 6-6. Toledo defeated Louisville 6 to 2.
George Able held St Louis Browns to six hits as Cleveland defeated the Browns 9 to 1 in the final game of the series. Ken Williams hit his tenth homer for St Louis, with Lutzke shining for Cleveland and Brower, Sewell, and Jacobson contributing late. Losing pitcher was Davis.
Detroit beat Chicago 7 to 6 after Leverette yielded two homers a triple and a double in the second inning. Heilmann and Manush homered as Chicago tied the score in the seventh and both teams combined for ten runs in the eighth.
Results show Philadelphia 16 over Washington 7 while Cleveland 9 over St Louis 1 and Detroit 7 over Chicago with New York and Boston both scoreless in their games.
Boston defeated New York 3 to 1 as John Quinn pitched effectively, holding off his former teammates. The Yankees outhit Boston, but Quinn thrived in pressure moments with solid support from his defense and bats including Ruth, Ward, and others.
The report notes scoring by Fenster with a standout play around the game in New York as Boston trails with a 38 to 111 deficit after the final. Hoyt Hoffman Quinn and Wallers are listed among players involved in the action.
Philadelphia overwhelmed Washington 16 to 7 as they collected 20 hits. Perkins Rhonda McGowan and Welch sparked the attack with McGowan adding four hits and the others three each. Score by innings shows Philadelphia taking control early and finishing strong.
Atlanta edged New Orleans 1 to 2 in the opener. In the second encounter New Orleans won 4 to 1. Little Rock defeated Chattanooga 8 to 2, while Birmingham beat Mobile 4 to 2. In the late game Mobile triumphed 8 to 7 over Birmingham and Memphis beat Nashville 6 to 2.
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