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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1918
Page
9
Detroit won the day game 7 to 5 for a three game series sweep against St. Louis. Veach homered with runners aboard in the fifth to seal the victory while Rogers contributed four runs driven in.
Brooklyn tops New York Giants 2 to 1 in 13 innings on Daubert misplay with Cheney on second and two out. Demaree quieted Dodgers until eighth inning errors by Zimmerman and McCarty and Olson’s doubles tied the score. Cheney relieved Grimes in ninth, wild but scoreless. final score Brooklyn 2 Giants 1.
New York Americans celebrated their homecoming by defeating Washington 9 to 0. New York jumped to a four run lead in the first inning with four hits a walk and an error. Stussell pitched strongly for New York while Buckeye debuted for Washington in the seventh but was wild. Score: 9 0.
Philadelphia defeated Boston by five runs in the season opener in Philadelphia. Geary held Boston to seven hits as Bush allowed three bills of Mayo, with two positive errors, to pace the Phillies. Only one Boston batter reached third base as clever fielding by Walker and Gardner highlighted the game. The article also notes protests over uniform cleanliness and discusses executive tensions within the league and Bridgeport’s threatened withdrawal, with Club President Clark Lane traveling to Hartford to seek an appeal.
The text discusses Lane appealing the Connolly case and asserts Bridgeport signed players under contract. It claims others press to win games by technicalities. It also records a June 13 Hartford game with sacrifice hits by Tobin Cunningham Massel and pitching details for Kallio Erickson and Nunamaker.
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