Bluefield-Graham Triumph Over Bramwell In Close 3-2 Win
Bluefield Graham defeats Bramwell 3 to 2 at the fairgrounds as Vick Sorrell debuts in the Blue Grays box, allowing six scattered hits while his teammates drive in the decisive runs in the seventh and eighth innings. Noble and Ross spark late scoring with triples and a Texas Leaguer, Parker, Snead, and Honeycutt star in the field as Bramwell mounts a late threat.
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Graham
Fairgrounds
Vick Sorre
Blue Grays
Bramwell
Burch
Chesty
Noble
Ross
Snead
Clark
Tom
Parker
Mundy
Englebert
Dora” Heisman
Honeycutt
Sorrell
Nebinger
Detroit
St. Louis
Vick
Tigers
Bluefield
Frank Navin
Ty Cobb
Billy Doyle
George Parker
George
Phillips
Bob Noble
Hellman
Ben Culp
McMillan
Cliff Ross
Hobson Snead
Rosa
Dump Smith
McMillian
John Mundy
John
Cost of Kings Draws Liverpool Protests
Liverpool residents protest council plans to spend 45000 dollars on entertainments for King George during his Jug visit, arguing the funds could be better used locally.
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Liverpool
King George
Jug
Justice Avery Remarks On Capital Punishment Debate
Leeds report notes Justice Avery condemns abolition campaigns and warns that murderers must hang to prevent a surge in capital crimes. He argues strong penalties deter crime and uphold law.
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Leeds, Eng
Avery
Mountaineers Post Solid All Around Sports Year
West Virginia squads across football basketball wrestling and track had a strong 1923-24 season. The football team went seven six one, the basketball squad won the tri state title, and the track team claimed the district championship while wrestling posted two wins. Baseball and tennis disappointed with limited success. Freshman teams were undefeated in football and track.
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Morgantown
W. Va
West Virginia
Mountaineer
Quint
Georgetown
Mountaineers
Plebes
Prosecutions Grow Over Unrecorded Births in West Virginia
Charleston reports fines imposed on five Berkeley county doctors for failing to record births within ten days. State health officials say prosecutions will broaden to other counties, citing cases after Glen White and Benwood explosions where lack of birth proof affected eligibility and compensation.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Berkeley County
State Health Department
McDowell County
Washington
Health Department
Glen White
Benwood
Bluefield Graham The 1919 baseball schedule released
The Bluefield Graham team published (Roy Hawley) a season schedule showing home and away games across towns including Princeton Pocahontas Bramwell Pulaski Mullens Hinton Elkhorn Northfork and Elkhorn. The plan notes most days booked except Mondays and possible fall games.
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Bluefield- Graham
Roy Hawley
Iver
Princeton
Pocahontas
Bramwell
Pulaski
Mullens
Elkhorn-Northfork
Elkhorn- Northfork
Hinton
Poca
Batting Averages Blue Gray Players
Friday is listed as an unlucky day for diving into shallow water in the Blue Gray Players notes. The passage mixes sports batting averages with a superstition about water diving.
Teapot Dome Comes to Mandan Summer Roundup
The famous Teapot Dome parody acts as a wild bucking broncho at the Mandan Dakota annual roundup July 2, 3 and 4, showcasing its star performer in action.
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Dakota
Mandan N. D
Two Eye Connolly The Gate Crasher Of Olympic Lore
A humorous chronicle extols Two Eye Connolly as a legendary gate crasher, contrasting him with the modern One Eye Connolly. It recounts his world roaming feats, including crashing Buckingham Palace gates in 1843, and notes his raw talent over formal training.
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Two Eye Connolly
One Eye Connolly
Two
Ake
Sullivan Kilrain
Misesisippi
Two Eye
London
Buckinham Palace
Stars and Stripes
Dhamon
Two Withdrawals From Kalamazoo Races
Kalamazoo Mich June 28 The Chicago owned mare Black Bear belonging to H O Reno and Chesley H Lercy are the only horses of the original list of forty three nominees that have been declared out of the 25900 pacing derby for 2 08 performers to be raced at Recreation Park July 22 Black Beau has been bred and Chesley H Lercy has been shipped to Maine to race this season.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Black Bear
H. O. Reno
Chesley H. Lercy
Recreation Park
Black Beau
Maine
Collet Defeats Cummings in Buffalo Golf Final
Edith Cummings of Chicago, the national women's golf champion, fell to Glenna Collet of Providence in the Buffalo Country Club women’s initiative tournament final. Collet won 6 and 6 in the decisive round.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Edith Cummings
Chicago
Glenna Collet
Providence
R. J
Buffalo Country Club
Chilhowee Wins Latonta Derby Over Black Gold
Chilhowee wins the Latonta Derby at Latonta over Black Gold who finishes third. Gibson places second as 40,000 spectators watch the mile and a half race won by Chilhowee in 2 30 1-5 with Jockey McDermott guiding the winner. Chilhowee, previously conqueror of Black Gold, is owned by the Gallagher Brothers of Lexington.
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Latonta
Chilhowee
Black Gold
Gibson
Australian Davis Cup Team Arrives in New York for Play
The Australian Davis Cup squad reached New York on June 28 to tune up for the opening match in the American zone against China. Pat O Hara Wood and Francis Kalms were among the arrivals while Gerald Patterson and William Schlesinger stopped in Indianapolis to play in the Western Championships.
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New York
China
Pat O'Hara Wood
Francis Kalm
Gerald Patterson
William Schlesinger
Indianapolis
Ind
Yale’s Dexter Cummings Retains Golf Championship
Dexter Cummings of Yale defeated W. H. Taft of Dartmouth six and five in the final round to win the Intercollegiate golf championship for the second consecutive year in Greenwich Connecticut.
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Cummings
Taft Greenwich
Dexter Cummings
Yale
W. H. Taft
Dartmouth
Manion Wins Trans Mississippi Golf Title in St Louis
James Manion of St. Louis claimed the trans Mississippi golf championship at St Louis by defeating Lawson Watts also of St Louis by 11 and 10 in the afternoon match.
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Manion
St. Joseph
James Manion
St. Louis
Lawson Watts
College Players Dominate Major League Baseball Debut Years
Billy Evans notes a shift to college trained players in the majors. Ernie Wingard from the University of Alabama excels for the Browns, winning his first six starts. Wingard’s bold pitches against Ruth and confident calls illustrate the rising impact of collegiate talent in baseball.
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Sisler
Frankie Frisch
Ernie Wingard
University of Alabama
Wingard
Browns
Will
New York Yankees
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