Rixey Vance duel as Reds top Dodgers in tenth
In Brooklyn Eppa Rixey out pitched Dazzy Vance in a 3 to 2 Reds win after two runs in the tenth. Wheat's eighth inning triple tied Brooklyn in the ninth but Cincinnati pulled away in the extra frame.
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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1925
Page
20
In Brooklyn Eppa Rixey out pitched Dazzy Vance in a 3 to 2 Reds win after two runs in the tenth. Wheat's eighth inning triple tied Brooklyn in the ninth but Cincinnati pulled away in the extra frame.
Yesterday’s NL scores show St Louis 1 New York 3. Chicago 0 Boston 2. Cincinnati 3 Brooklyn 2. Pittsburgh 6 Philadelphia 8. In second games Pittsburgh 13 Philadelphia 8. Today St Louis at New York. Chicago at Boston. Cincinnati at Brooklyn. Pittsburgh at Philadelphia. Boston pitchers fueled wins with timely hits. Marriott homered in game two. Burrus tripled in game one.
The article notes Ty Cobb’s feat of five homers in two consecutive games in St Louis, likening it to 1884 marks by Pop Anson and others. It discusses Cobb’s long career, speed-based hits, and potential for batting titles, alongside Sam Gray’s spring form with the Athletics and other Mack pitchers.
Bluefield College lost 7 to 5 to East Tennessee State after a ninth inning rally. Counts pitched well for the Rattlers, limiting ETSU to six hits and striking out eleven. Tennessee built a lead with a four-run sixth inning, then both teams traded blows before ETSU sealed the win in the ninth. The locals face Tazewell Independents next, hoping to rebound.
Paavo Nurmi, a track sensation, booked passage to Finland today and will sail from New York aboard the Stockholm on May 28. He plans to go directly home to Abe to rest after a long tour of United States competitions spanning Maine to California and into Canada.
John J. McGraw and Francis X. McQuade filed in supreme court a motion to compel William F. Peabody to reveal how he influenced Charles A. Stoneham in Giants affairs. Peabody had sued for 66666 dollars claiming a commission for steering Stoneham to control GEIR semiroting interests.
Detroit May 12 three errors by the Athletic infield cost Gray a shutout as Philadelphia edged Detroit 4 to 3. Simmons starred for Philadelphia with a homer triple and double driving in three runs. O'Rourke, Bishop, and Welch added for Philadelphia while Detroit's O’Rourke Hellmann Tavener and Senne offered late resistance.
Yesterday results show Washington 6 St. Louis 4. Philadelphia 4 Detroit 3. Boston 4 Cleveland 9. New York 4 Chicago 5. Pairings: Washington at St. Louis, Philadelphia at Detroit, Boston at Cleveland, New York at Chicago.
Worcester, Mass. results show William and Mary 11 Holy Cross 8 New Haven Columbia 4 Yale 0 with Holy Cross and Yale suffering decisive losses.
Pittsburg on May 12 witnessed Eddie Melvin of the Alabama Country Club make his second documented hole in one, sinking a ball from the second tee about 125 yards. His first came at Punxsutawney in 1913. The text notes a rise in U S public school enrollment by about one third over two decades.
Baseball scores reported from the International League include Toronto 12 over Jersey City 6 at Newark 7 Rochester 2. Buffalo 6 over Reading 1. Baltimore 7 over Syracuse 3.
Toledo to St Paul and Columbus to Minneapolis show rainfall with scattered totals. Milwaukee records 8 inches, Indianapolis 5, Louisville 3, Kansas City 2 as part of the regional weather summary.
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