Dazzy Vance Comes Within Lone Hit of Perfect Game
Brooklyn Robins ace Dazzy Vance nearly pitched a perfect game, facing 27 batters in nine innings to beat the Phillies 1 0. Wrightstore and Hawks provided the lone early hit, while Vance set a season strikeout record at 204 and earned his 21st win.
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Athletics Turn on Senators as Mackmen Win 6 4
Philadelphia reports the Athletics break a twelve-game slide by defeating Washington 6 to 4. Slim Harriss steadied the mound, with Ferguson yielding three late runs as Washington threatened. Bobby Gray finished the rally to seal the win.
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Callahan on Mathewson Griffith Johnson Waddell
Billy Evans profiles veteran insights on pitchers Christy Mathewson Clarke Griffith Walter Johnson and Rube Waddell adding football kickoff rule changes that shift play from fifty to forty yards and promise more thrilling openers this fall.
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Tazewell Players Postoffice Addresses in Provincial Game
Sporting Editor The Tazewell Baseball Club asks for publication of each player’s postoffice address or former team to show how heavily loaded both Tazewell and Richlands were for last Wednesday’s game. Names listed include Tacklers: Battimore Bramwell McCall Heiman Murphy Johnson Pimore Brown and others from Richlands Coalwood Bluefield Shops Cedar Bluff Lebanon Red Ash.
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Green Squad Breaks Training Camp For Huntington
Alderson West Virginia September 8 4 The big green football squad will break camp tomorrow morning to entrain for Huntington according to an announcement from Coach Trusty Tallman tonight Marshall pigskin chasers have been in training here for two weeks and will resume practice on the home field tomorrow afternoon Captain Red Crist concluded his work as first baseman for the Dorothy nine yesterday and will join the team at the college The squad of about thirty men
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Greenbrier camp ends with final scrimmage at field
The group wound up the training camp with a final scrimmage on the Greenbrier field this afternoon and will remain overnight in training quarters at Alderson Baptist Academy.
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Fifty two Americans to compete in national tennis championship
Fifty two American players and twelve foreign stars, representing five nations, will compete in the national tennis championship on the turf courts at the West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills next week. Eight Americans and six foreigners were seeded in the draw, made at the Bankers Club. The field spans every section of the country.
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Baseball Scores From St. Paul and Nearby Games
American Association games show St. Paul defeating Kansas City 2 to 1 while Louisville routed Indianapolis 6 to 0. Minneapolis edged Milwaukee 7 to 6 in ten innings as Columbus and Toledo completed their prior matchup.
Indians Take Two From Huntington In Doubleheader
A team of former Poca-Bramwell players defeated Huntington in a Sunday and Labor Day doubleheader. Big Buck Lloyd pitched six strong innings in the second game as the Indians won 6 to 4 after taking the opener 7 to 5. Wilbur Fisher homered in both games and Carnes and Murphy starred with the bat and glove.
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Prohibition era musings mix sport sand politics in random quips
A column of scattered lines jokes about football coaches Heisman shifts and college singers. It also notes the Shenandoah disaster and the Athletics collapse while poking fun at Babe Ruth boxing and boxing title talk.
Southern Association Scores and late-night call
Birmingham 10 Atlanta 3 and Chattanooga 10 Nashville 9. The seventh inning call occurred as darkness fell. No other games scheduled at this time.
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Pumpkin Center Defeats Brush Fork 7 to 2 in Wild Round
The Pumpkin Center team defeated Brush Fork by 7 to 2. Burkeal pitched for Pumpkin Center and allowed fifteen hits while strong defense limited Brush Fork to two runs. Brush Fork twice had bases loaded with none out but could not score. In the seventh Brush Fork executed a triple play to end the inning. Walter Hager and Carl Neal led Pumpkin Center with five and four hits respectively, each batting six times.
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Tazewell Defeats Richlands in Broad Crowd Baseball Game
In Richlands at the ball park a large crowd watched Tazewell top Richlands 7 to 2. Cy Smith allowed a single in the first four innings, Grubb and Johnson made key plays, and Wysor’s crew collected ten safeties with strong defense throughout.
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