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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1923
Page
9
New York beat Boston 15 to 8 in 11 innings extending a nine game win streak. McQuillan earned the win for New York while Genewich took the loss for Boston.
Pittsboro completed a four game sweep of St. Louis with a 6 to 0 victory. Carey powered the win with two triples, a double, and two runs scored in the season finale at St. Louis.
Johnny Kilbane, featherweight champion for eleven years, observes Dempsey’s sparring in Great Falls Montana and finds the champion unchanged a fierce left hook and relentless maul. Kilbane notes Dempsey’s power and the crowd’s belief in his continued dominance.
The article recalls Dempsey's rising power and left hook dominance while noting his quiet, focused demeanor outside the ring. It contrasts his raw fighting edge with a respectful view of his sportsmanship and promising form as he prepares to face Gibbons.
Philadelphia defeated Brooklyn 5 to 1 as Johns ton delivered two base hits and a home run with Nets contributing a homer and two-base hits. Ruether, Weinert, and Mitchell pitched, with Mitchell s stellar seventh and eighth frames aiding the victory. Umpires Moran and Hart called the game after 1 hour and some minutes of play.
The national public links golf championship at Hast Potomac Park reduced field to eight. Finalists include Ray McAuliffe, Frank Dolp, Harry Scharff, J Stewart Whitman, John McAndrew, Richard Walsh, Joseph Coble, and R F Hamilton. Committee plans future cutbacks from big-city quotas and a westward site for next year with Dayton, Ohio bidding. Whitman beat Samuel Graham 3 2. Walsh beat Otel 8 1. Hamilton beat Myles 2 1.
The American Association slate shows Kansas City defeated St. Paul 11 to 1 while Toledo at Indianapolis and Columbus at Louisville had postponements due to rain. A New York hospital established a clinic offering free insulin treatment for diabetic patients.
Princeton beats Graham 3 to 2 in eleven innings as Culp falters late. Turner and Whitlock walked for Graham, then Princeton rallies with scores and a wild pitch to win. Whitlock, Nesselroad and Dean contribute key plays as rain falls throughout the game.
Four Chicago women survived the first two rounds of match play in the Buffalo Country Club third invitation golf tournament. Alexa Stirling, Glenna Collett, and two others won to advance, with Stirling defeating Sara Fownes and Collett eliminating Mrs. Dozier Lownes in the second round.
A farm north of Rheims, France, yielded the skeleton of a man believed to be about nine feet tall. Local workers uncovered the remains and authorities began examining the find.
Jack Kearns manager of Jack Dempsey met with fight officials in Shelby Montana to discuss motion picture rights for the July 4 bout. He said no agreement was reached and could not confirm whether his visit related to the third $100 000 guaranteed payment.
Cincinnati reports Babe Pinnelli the Reds third baseman was injured in a game with Chicago and will miss ten days to two weeks. The club physician said a two inch gash on his right ankle required five stitches after Vic Aldridge’s spikes. No inflammation detected. lockjaw serum given as precaution. Pinnelli returned to Cincinnati.
Wimbledon reports a quiet day with Suzanne Lenglen appearing to defend her fifth consecutive world title by routing Peggy Ingram in two sets. American champion Molla Bjurstedt Mallory defeated England's H L Eddis 6 3 6 2 as Eddis showed weaknesses in consistent hitting and pace.
In the International League Baltimore defeats Jersey City 6 to 3 in game one and 6 to 4 in game two. Other scores listed include Newark 5 Reading 9 Syracuse 7 Toronto 8 and Buffalo 2 Rochester 1. Summer snowshoeing is noted and winter sports are planned for July 4th attractions by the Denver Rocky Mountain Ski Club at St Marys Glacier near Idaho Springs Colorado.
White Sulphur Springs W Va June 27 Hard fought rounds at the Greenbrier links saw Dinsmore Shute of Huntington defeat H Bloch Wheeling 4 and 3 to lead in the West Virginia state golf tournament. Other leaders include F M Hawkins Huntington W E Rownd Wheeling and Vint Rathbone Parkersburg with several rounds to decide the finals Friday.
In a tense baseball scene with three on, two outs and a bases on balls, a snap throw on a runner overrunning third ends the inning with a third out before home touch. The umpire’s ball four makes the batter entitled to first and all runners advance, allowing the run to count once the walk is awarded.
The United States Naval Academy eight, two year defending champions, is tipped as the favorite in the twenty sixth annual intercollegiate regatta at the Hudson tomorrow. One western and four eastern crews join the field with Cornell and Pennsylvania considered outsiders in what is billed as one of the tightest races in recent seasons.
Disposition of motion picture rights for the Dempsey Gibbons heavyweight championship fight July 4 to a Los Angeles agency for 5 000 was announced tonight. Dan Tracy, pioneer Great Falls mining man and hotel owner, withdrew from the executive role in charge of business management of the Dempsey Gibbons fight tonight. Tracy said his withdrawal was due to his inability to adequately protect the new capital put into the promotion at the time the second 100 000 installment was paid June 15. Mayor Jim Johnson, treasurer of the fight, said Tracy's withdrawal would not prevent the bout.
Pocahontas edged Bramwell 2 0 in a six inning pitchers duel. Harve y limited Bramwell hits while Pete Birch pitched well for Bramwell except for a sixth inning run. Dye scored on Nugent’s muff and Harve y drove in Hatcher for the Suker.
Zev Bud Lerner and Chickvale three leading thoroughbreds in the Latonia derby bid suffered injuries at Aqueduct today and were withdrawn from the Kentucky event. Zev stepped on a stone and likely will be sidelined for a period, Chickvale pulled up lame, and Bud Lerner tore a tendon ending his training season.
In Colorado’s pioneer days Creede and its gold prospectors drew praise for endurance dance marathons. The story recalls how Creede’s dancers worked for days, prompting the saying It’s day all day is the daytime and there is no night in Creede.
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