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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1926
Page
6
In a 16 inning marathon at Redland Field the Reds outlasted the Bruins 6 to 5. Pitching, defense, and late rallies shaped a dramatic battle with Donahue and Stephenson keying late drama as Cincinnati claimed top NL status for another day.
In a legendary nine inning duel that stretched into extras, Rixey matched Bill Piercy as Carl Mays and Artie Nehfeared the mound, Donohue finally delivering the decisive hit to score Dressen and give the Reds a dramatic win over the Cubs on the season’s longest day.
The Cubs and Reds faced off in the fourth game of a five game series with play set for 8 o'clock. Hughie Critz suffered a near serious injury when a ball hit Howard Carter while fielding. Critz left with family after the game. Donohue and Nehf pitched well as Reds stay one game ahead of the Cardinals.
In Utica New York on June 21 Chick Suggs of New Bedford Massachusetts stopped Wee Willie Spencer of New York in the first minute of a scheduled twelve round bout. The Southern Association card featured the upset knockout, as Suggs claimed victory.
Cincinnati edged Chicago 6 to 5 in 16 innings while Pittsburgh routed St. Louis 13 to 11. Boston beat Brooklyn 8 to 4 with New York victorious 10 to 3 over Philadelphia.
In the American League Cleveland beat Chicago 5 to 2 and Philadelphia defeated Boston 7 to 6. Detroit led St. Louis 5 to 4 in 10 innings. The list shows only games scheduled with no further outcomes.
In a slate of American Association results St Paul defeated Columbus 18 to 5 Toledo beat Minneapolis 8 to 1 Indianapolis prevailed over Milwaukee 7 to 2 and Louisville topped Kansas City 5 to 2.
Today's slate lists Chicago at Cincinnati Pittsburgh at St Louis Philadelphia at New York Brooklyn at Boston in the NBA set. In the American League St Louis plays Detroit Cleveland visits Chicago New York meets Washington Toledo goes to Minneapolis Indianapolis travels to Swaukee Louisville faces Kansas City Columbus plays St Paul.
Cleveland defeats Chicago 5 to 2 to break the shared margin and move into sole second place in the standings. Shaute pitched well in relief as Chicago was held to scattered hits and could not mount rallies.
Detroit beat St Louis 5 to 4 in ten innings. Warner sparked the rally with a first inning triple and a decisive three run tenth including Heilmann scoring on a two bagger. Zachary had three singles in four at bats. Manush and Heilmann added key hits as Detroit edged St Louis with two out in the tenth.
Philadelphia nips Boston 7 to 6 after an eleventh inning error by Rigney with the bases loaded. Rommel and Ruffi pitched well in a tight game, Ehmke chased in the fourth, Jacobson collected four hits including a home run, and Hauser later subbed for Cochranes.
New York reports a meeting is set with the State Athletic Commission as Tex Rickard prepares to discuss plans for a heavyweight title bout. Rickard says Dempsey will train beginning August 1 and hints Tunney may be named as challenger, despite the commission backing Harry Wills.
Harlech Wales June 21 Miss Cecil Leitch of England the holder of multiple titles opened the British women's golf championships with two straight wins over Mrs Britten Jones and Miss Mary Mann Her straight driving and precise putting aided her progress as Miss Simone de la Chaume the French prodigy also won two matches and eyes the British title while Miss de la Chaume previously won the French open and the Stokes girls title in 1924 and 1925
Phil McGraw outpoints Georgie Balduc in ten rounds at Dexter Park Brooklyn. Balduc fights fiercely with bobbing and weaving to disrupt the Detroit hero. McGraw maintains pace and wins as Balduc shows strong moments but falls short. Other results include Fink over Wilson and Clinton over Pitcher in ten rounds.
Georges Carpentier has sprained a hand and cannot train for two weeks, forcing the July 4 fight with Eddie Huffman in Tijuana to be postponed or an alternate opponent sought. Promoter J H Crofton will confer with Huffman on next steps after receiving the telegram from Jack Curley.
Jack Adams of St. Louis won a ten round decision over Italian Jack Herman of Yonkers New York. Both fighters weighed 189 pounds. Eddie Burnbrook of Baltimore welterweight army champion outpointed Maurice Meola of New York in a ten round bout.
Plans are under way for a Philadelphia race at the national championships on the Schuylkill River in August featuring Jack Beresford of London, the world sculling champion, Walter M. Hoover, and other leading American scullers. Beresford may arrive in late July to defend the Philadelphia Gold Challenge Cup, which he won from W. E. Garrett Gilmore in the Paris 1924 Olympic regatta, with a likely race date of August 7.
Zahniser and Ruffing combined for several hits and runs with multiple batters struck out. Zahniser pitched five innings, Ruffing six, and Rommel seven in three and one third. Ehmke had a wild pitch, Cochran passed ball, and Pommel earned the win while Ruffing took the loss. Time 2:10 with umpires Rowland and Evans.
New York belted Philadelphia 10 to 3 in the first of a five game set. Terry led the offense with a homer and four RBI and Frisch added three hits as the Giants pounded Mitchell. Scott worked six innings for the win while Meusel and Young contributed multi hit days.
Pirates beat the St Louis Cardinals 13 to 11 as Waner and Cuyler led the attack. Oldham earned the win while Huntzinger took the loss after a high‑scoring afternoon at the park.
In a long doubleheader at Boston, Brooklyn wins 7 6 in the opener after an error by Marriott lets the winning run score for Boston 8 7. In game two Jess Barnes outpitched John Cooney as Brooklyn beats Boston 6 4. Barnes works five innings, with Bancroft and Wheat contributing key hits and Springfield-like defense behind him.
The document lists battery lineups by city with paired teams and inning by inning scores. It shows divisions for St Paul Minneapolis Milwaukee and Kansas City with players named for each battery group.
Box scores show Newark and Jersey City games with Batters and pitchers named for both sides. Notable lineups include Snes pcont, Dickerman, Grabowski, Morrow, and Satterfield with O'Neil for Baltimore. Mitchell, Roberts and Devine for Jersey City. Buffalo also listed with Brame and Daly.
Americans Vincent Richards and Howard Kinsey advanced to the second round at Wimbledon. Richards won 6-0 6-0 6-0 over A F Yencken. Kinsey beat C P Dixon 6-2 6-1 6-1. Henri Cochet defeated A N W Dudley to set a third round meeting with Richards.
June 21 report from Rochester notes PJ Charney O Connell of Cleveland defeats Archie Walker of New York by decision in ten rounds. O Connell weighs 141 and scores three knockdowns. Other bouts: Sid Barbarian defeats Cuduy VeMargo. Aris Cafigey knocks out Joe Trippe in third round.
The Fort Leavenworth polo team clinched the Rocky Mountain circuit title by defeating Fort Riley 12 to 11 here yesterday. The champions will represent the circuit at the national polo games at Narragansett Pier in August.
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