Pitchers Battle Goes To Upstate In Tight Loss
Parkersburg topped Charleston 4 to 2 after a tight nine inning pitchers duel. Braithwood outpitched Heatwole, driving in two runs for Parkersburg while Glick Farrell added both Powell runs.
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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1925
Page
8
Parkersburg topped Charleston 4 to 2 after a tight nine inning pitchers duel. Braithwood outpitched Heatwole, driving in two runs for Parkersburg while Glick Farrell added both Powell runs.
Braithwood leads Parkersburg with strong box work as Cook and Echols make key catches. Farrel’s dramatic grab and Umpire Debgon’s debut spark a crowd as the visitors push a late rally but Charleston holds for a wins.
Morgantown July 5 Rat Rodgers, famed Mountaineer and 1919 all American fullback who defeated Princeton 25 0 will coach West Virginia University football this fall. He has been Dr C W Spears right hand man for four years and is seen as his logical successor. Rodgers will lead a staff of coaches drawn from recent Mountaineer graduates with duties across ends backs and lines. A formal board meeting around July 15 will confirm his subordinates as director Bransbury and athletic board outline plans for the season.
A week of heavy doubleheaders yields 86 homers the highest weekly total of the season so far. Hornsby leads NL, with Hartnett and Bottomley chasing as Meusel and Williams pace the AL. Huth adds three more but remains at six. Leaders include Hornsby Hartnett Bottomley Wright and Meusel.
Charleston workers of the American Railway Express defeated a Huntington branch team in a hotly contested baseball game on the Charleston toy er burden diamond. The local expressmen lead the Business Men's league while Huntington sits second in the twilight league. Final score and full lineup appear in the report.
Pittsburgh defeated Chicago 3 to 2 as Kremer pitched a gem and Traynor led with four hits including two doubles. Heathcote homered for Pittsburgh while Rush held Chicago to two early runs, the game lasting 1 hour 38 minutes with Kremer earning the win.
In May the Browns won the final game of the series against Detroit to tie the set. Vangilder pitched the deciding win as Manush and Tonin drove hits for their clubs. Attended crowd around 000 as both clubs rallied with late pitching and defense.
Key game saw Luque knocked out while Cardinals defeated Cincinnati. Shinn ers delivered a home run to aid the Cardinals in their victory, maintaining their offensive momentum.
The New York Giants defeated the Philadelphia Phillies by 8 to 3, grabbing a five run advantage in the opening inning. Irish Meusel hit a homer with Frisch aboard in the fourth, Fonseca homered for Philadelphia in the third. Ring Knight Wilson, Neft and Snyder also contributed for New York.
New York reports Millie Butterlin of Bayonne N F will fight Pepper Martin of Brooklyn tomorrow night for the junior lightweight crown at Queensboro stadium in a 25 round bout delayed by rain. Eddie Waener of Philadelphia faces Charley Monen of New York in the 10 round semi final aboard the same card.
New York reports a hectic league reshuffle as Pirates and Senators surge while Giants stumble. Washington overtakes Philadelphia with strong pitching from Shawkey and Pintagek, and Brooklyn and Pittsburgh push Cincinnati out of the top division as Rogers Hornsby’s Cardinals rise amid the upheaval. The American League shows little change beyond the two top clubs, with no third contender emerging.
Senators started with four hits and four walks against Jones and H Johnson for six runs in the fifth, then prevailed 7 to 2 over the Yankees. Johnson relieved Jones in the fifth, walked three men, allowed a run and wild pitch, but struck out the side in the later inning, as New York dropped the game. International League scores listed include Jersey City, Providence, Baltimore, Syracuse, and several others with close results and weather-adjusted times.
Cleveland, July 5. Chicago White Sox won 4 to 1 as a four run rally in the ninth inning spoiled Cleveland’s chances. Thurston started and pitched well through eight, with Connally finishing for Chicago. The Sox collected five hits off Smith early, with Grahams, Burne, Sheely and Showly among the hitters.
Boston takes both ends of a Brooklyn doubleheader 4 to 1 and 4 to 2. Welch homers for the Red Sox in the first game and Feliz duplicates in the second. Skimes ejected in the eighth inning of the second game for arguing a call. Cooney, O'Neil, Petty, and Taylor star for Boston. Brooklyn's pitching tight but unable to hold late leads.
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