Giants fall to Braves in twin bill on May 26
In Boston, the Giants lose 5 2 and 5 4 as Kyle Graham and Johnny Cooney shut down New York. Boston and New York traded punches with 12 0 and 4 8 runs across two games.
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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1925
Page
20
In Boston, the Giants lose 5 2 and 5 4 as Kyle Graham and Johnny Cooney shut down New York. Boston and New York traded punches with 12 0 and 4 8 runs across two games.
Yesterday Pittsburg defeated Chicago 7 to 2 and Boston beat New York 5 to 2. Boston won 5 to 4 against New York in a second game while St. Louis routed Cincinnati 9 to 1 and Brockles defeated Philadelphia 10 to 4 in the first game. Brooklyn beat Philadelphia 3 to 1 in the second game. Today St. Louis visits Cincinnati, Chicago travels to Pittsburg and New York faces Boston.
Billy Evans and the league opening month show left-handed pitching struggling across teams. Collins laments only one port-sider, Mike Cvengros, and notes right-handers like his staff keeping his club in the first division. Despite strong past seasons, stars such as Cooper Rixey and Benton fail to win, while southpaws falter similarly in 1925 as the novelty wears off. The column also questions baserunning value amid changing tactics.
Chicago May 26 The veteran Ty Cobb extended his lifelong major league records with 1000 extra base hits and broke Wagner’s lifetime marks for total bases and singles. Cobb, out earlier this season, had 44 hits in 28 games with 19 extra base hits, adding to his career totals of hits and runs.
American League results show Detroit 8 Chicago 1 and New York 2 Boston 0 in the first listings. In the second set New York 6 Boston 1 and St Louis 8 Cleveland 4 with a 6 to 6 tie in the second game. Philadelphia 2 Washington 11. Schedules feature Cleveland at St Louis, Detroit at Chicago and Boston at New York with Washington at Philadelphia.
A collection of playful, fragmentary notes on sports figures and antics. References include Ruth, an amateur pitcher, golf star Glenna Collett, Jackie Coogan, and a Boston box score listing, all in a light editorial tone.
War-Berwind defeats Portsmouth 3 2 in a rain soaked game as a late triple and timely hits propel the home club. Franz Trump and Marrs each doubled for War-Berwind while Elesser Dick Martin Akers and Scott contributed multi hit efforts. Bell Marrs Beecher and Atis pitched for the scorers with a pair of defensive plays influencing the outcome.
In the ninth, a runner steals second and third and scores before the pitch. but the batter flies out with two strikes, ending the game. The run does not count since the third out occurred before first base was reached, per rules.
Dutch Leonard held Chicago to five hits as his teammates backed him with timely hitting. Mos t il’s triple and Colin’s single produced the Cubs lone run before they avoided a shutout in the first game of the series.
Rochester beat Syracuse 7 to 6 while Toronto topped Buffalo 7 to 6. The Reading Baltimore game was played as part of the Sunday double header with others not scheduled.
The American Association games showed Columbus defeating Indiananoke 6 to 4 while Louisville beat Toledo 5 to 4. St Paul earned a 6 to 5 win over Milwaukee. Kansas City topped Minneapolis 6 to 3.
A fragment from a humor column notes a four man who cannot distinguish a safety pin from a button and implies such misperception signals a bad heart in jest. The tone mocks ignorance with a playful crowding of slang and punchy city voice.
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