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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1925
Page
14
Louisville May 15. First running of the Kentucky tomorrow shapes with twenty five probable starters. Distant leads at one and a quarter miles, weight 126 pounds. Value to the winner about 4500 dollars with twenty five starters and 52950 if all twenty run. Time 4 45 p m central standard time.
Weather favors showers while Qua train leads as 1925 Kentucky Derby favorite with three rivals Captain Hal Kentucky Cardinal and Chantey. Odds favor Qua train at 8 to 1, Chantey 10 to 1, Cardinal 12 to 1, race day crowds 80 000 to 100 000.
Louisville May 4 radio plans announced for the Kentucky Derby. WGN Chicago Tribune station will air the race on 370.2 meter wave length. WHAS Louisville’s Offville Times and Courier Journal station will broadcast on 399.8 meters. WHT Chicago will pick up the signals and rebroadcast them on 238 meters. The post time is 4 45 p m central standard time.
May 15 in St. Louis Joe Bush was knocked out early as Washington Senators defeated the St. Louis Browns 12 to 7. Browns used six pitchers while George Sisler extended his hitting streak to 30 games and Detroit fell 8 to 7 to Philadelphia after Leonard was knocked out in the sixth.
Yesterday's NL results featured New York 7 Cincinnati 2, Philadelphia 8 Chicago 0, Brooklyn 8 St Louis 7, with Pittsburg-Boston rained out. Today St Louis visits Brooklyn, Chicago at Philadelphia, Cincinnati at New York, Pittsburg at Boston. Cleveland beat Boston 10 7 and New York edged Chicago 6 5. Washington beat St Louis 12 7 and Philadelphia won 8 7 at Detroit. Boston at St Louis, New York at Detroit, Washington at Cleveland, Philadelphia at Chicago. Pitchers Van Gilder Danforth Stauffer credited with hits, Bush and Van Gilder led offensively. Losing pitcher Bush. Time 2 03. Yankees beat White Sox 6 5 in Chicago. Pipp and Meusel provided early power. Indians swept Boston 10 to 7 behind McNulty and Myatt three RBI apiece.
Virgil Barnes limited Cincinnati to eight hits as the New York Giants won their third straight, 7 to 2, sparked by Snyder's homer with the score tied in the second and Jackson aboard. Batters listed include Shinpaugh, Bressler, Cave, Benton, Sheehan for Cincinnati and Lindstrom, Frisch, Meusel, Southworth, Wilson, Jackson for New York. Pitchers Barnes and Benton worked, with Barnes earning the win.
The rule varies by play status. If fair ball hits umpire before fielders touch it, the batsman earns first base, ball dead, and runners advance only if forced. If runners on base exist, forced moves apply or returns occur based on base occupancy. If a fielder has played the ball, play continues and runners advance at their peril. If no play is made, ball becomes dead.
New York Giants veteran third baseman Heinie Groh has traveled to Rochester, New York, for special treatment on his left knee, a problem that has troubled him for years. He will remain under physicians care for about a week. Also, Carl Mays, formerly with the Yankees and now with the Reds, plans to go to Rochester within a day or two.
American League match results show St. Paul 8 over Minneapolis 6 while Kansas City defeated Milwaukee 6 to 1. Remaining schedules are not listed.
Jamaica reports Sting a handicap colt owned by James Butler broke a world record for a mile and seventy yards in race four, clocking 1:41 1-5.
A quirky collection from Mr. One-Punch O'Gooffy titled Streets Str ees Streets with College One-Half Wits features zany wordplay and evasive dialogue. The piece riffs on campus life and social missteps with playful fake punchlines, punctuated by absurd character banter and spoof headlines.
Lexington Ky May 16 Charles H Bgreyman Laughes breeder bought Dona Roca by Rock Sand Donna De Oro for $40 000 at the public sale of the late August Belmonts nursery stud animals. The price was a new American record for a brood mare with a colt at her side. Thirty three mares sold this morning with sale totals at $303 000 and an average of $9096. Fair Play stallion and sire of Man O War was bid to $100 000 by Joseph B Widener after W J Salman had offered $95 000.
Detroit May 15 Gar Wood world motorboat champion announces plan to beat the Twentieth Century Limited in a 150 mile Albany to New York dash on May 26 using Baby Gar V or Baby Oar IV. Officials of the American Power Boat Association and Yachtmen's Association of America to verify start and finish times. Mayor Hackett of Albany asked to start the boats as the train crosses the bridge. Wood previously defeated a train in 1921 from Miami to New York in 47 hours 23 minutes.
West Virginia University defeated Duquesne University 7 to 4 in a baseball game in Pittsburgh. Skeets Farley limited the Mountaineers with a strong delivery, while Duquesne pitcher Jimmy Reilly kept the game close despite errors with men on base. Pfleger and Bruder hit home runs for West Virginia, and the scoring summary shows WVU breaking through late to secure the win.
The essay highlights Babe Ruth as a key drawing card for the Yankees and baseball at large, noting attendance drops without him and his universal appeal. It also comments on Jack Dempsey and John Barrymore in film, outlines Giants’ spring strength, and touches on early season American League races and Derby betting impact on winter books.
Morgantown West Virginia May 15 The eighth annual interscholastic field and track meet opens tomorrow with about 135 athletes from thirty three high schools. Rocco Gorman Charleston High School predicts forty points will win the meet. WVU athletic department conducts the event as visiting coaches stay with fraternity hosts on campus. Competition begins tomorrow at 9 AM.
Baltimore defeated Newark 11 to 3 and Buffalo topped Syracuse 13 to 4 in recent IL action. Toronto Rochester game slated Friday as part of a Sunday doubleheader on May 17. Reading at Jersey City notes cold weather affecting play.
Chicago May 15 An injunction to bar advertising the Decoration Day wrestling match as for the heavyweight title was sought in circuit court today by attorneys for Edward Strangler Lewis Wayne Big Maan and their managers and promoters.
Stanislaus Zbyszka filed the action and Jezko is cited as having the best claim to the title. Lewis has posted the $10,000 diamond belt awarded when he won the title. The event ledger lists a purse of $30,900, awarded to the winner.
Nashville defeated Atlanta 7 to 5 while Memphis edged Mobile 7 to 5 and Little Rock led New Orleans 5 to 3 as Chattanooga beat Birmingham with a remaining match incomplete.
St Paul May 15 catcher Hoffman of the New York Yankees was sold today to the Peat club of the American Association. A 14 year old boy and 12 year old girl may legally marry in England.
Lieutenant General Nelson A Miles veteran Indian fighter and army leader died suddenly at a circus. Roosevelt Memorial Association medals were presented by President Coolidge. Prohibition headquarters reported the arrest of a synagogue representative over wine. Senator Underwood of Alabama reportedly plans private life after his 1927 term. Eastern trunk line railroads asked the Interstate Commerce Commission to consider earnings in a general rate inquiry.
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