Ruth Era Keeps Home Run Fever Into 1923 Season
In commentary from the era, baseballs remain lively and home runs dominate, with Babe Ruth delivering a debut homer before 75,000 fans at Yankee Stadium. Analysts argue small parks inflate homers, while legends like Delahanty would have rivaled Ruth's numbers with today’s ball. Fans crave the long ball as players keep swinging for circuit clouts.
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Yankee Stadium
New York
Babe Ruth
Ruth
Frank Chance
Boston Red Sox
Chance
Stymie Restored as Needed Change in Golf Rules
The stymie return followed a view that banning it would diverge from established rules abroad and erase part of the game's science. Alexa Stirling won national championships in 1916 1919 and 1920 with 1917 1918 skipped due to war. In 1921 Marion Hollins defeated Stirling 5 and 4. In a stroke dispute Smith used a second ball after five minutes of searching for the first.
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United States
Alexa Strling
Alexa Stirling
Smith
Baseball Standings and Population Note
Population of the United States increased at the rate of 2 1 2 percent for the twenty years prior to 1900. Base Ball Standings are mentioned as part of the broad survey in the article.
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United States
Leon Triumphs Over Creston 4–0 At Fairgrounds Park
Leon, opening the season with a 4 to 0 win over Creston at Fairgrounds Park, dominated with strong hitting led by Donovan and Nickelson. Smith was steadied by Red Donovan on the mound as Creston’s bats stayed quiet, while Calwell’s last game for Creston ended with the loss.
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J. W. Richardson
Leon
Fairgrounds Park
Bugs
Creston
Smith
Carly
Red
Donovan
Gaines
Speers
Caldwell
Walker
Nickelson
Decatur County
Grant
Parker
Calawell
Missouri
The
Stars
AB. R. Hpo
Cowells
Brown
Overton
A Walker
P ” PicWerins
Butcher
Bischoff
AB. R. H.po
Speers Ib
Ywldwell
Carlson
Parker Augustine
Ood Zie
Leon Creston
Nickel Overson
Rae
Dixon
Baseball Rules Quiz From The Field
One: with bases empty the catcher holds third strike to retire the batter. with first occupied and fewer than two outs the batter is out on a third strike. Two: glove must touch the ball for a foul to incur a penalty. Three: foul ball if batter remains in box and ball off bat lands in foul territory. Four: batter not charged with a hit. runner who failed to touch second on the way to third forces out the third and ends the inning. Five: ball is foul when it passes third base even if it later lands in fair territory.
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Leon—Gaines
Walker
Nickelson
Donovan
Gaines
Black
Parker
Pickering
Butcher
Bischoff
Creston
Speers
Bateman
Wladek Zbyszko Brissler Set June 25 Match In Des Moines
Des Moines reports a police Gazette rules wrestling bout between Wladek Zbyszko and Jake Brissler promoted by Oscar Thorson at the Coliseum. Brissler, in top condition, will train two weeks. Zbyszko plans to arrive earlier for fans to judge his form. The bout is scheduled for the evening of Monday June 25, with Brissler and Thorson confirming the plan.
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Des Moines
Wladek Zbyszko
Jake Briseler
Oscar Thorson
Coliseum
Brissler
Zbyazko
Pole
Thorson
Zbyszko
Arispe Notes Garage, Travel, and Local Happenings
The Arispe column details F. A. Gummere and Geo Netswanger with Chas Smith building garages, family visits, and wide local activity. It notes Edna Berry visiting relatives in Iowa, Elton Gross traveling to Muscatine and California, and numerous residents attending schools, showers, and events. The piece ends recalling the first English theater in 1576.
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F. A. Gummere
Geo. Netswanger
Chas, Smith
Edna Berry
Lawrence Berry
Marshalltown
Iowa
Elton Gross
Harold Gross
Muscatine
L. W. Rul
Vinton
John G. Parisho
Western Shois
Claude Horney
Lester Gress
Ford
California
McKinley Rogers
Mildred Shearer Botinger
Alice Cox
Minerva Wilson
Lorimer
Alice
Kathleen Price
Elleston
John Parisho
Rena Breazeale
Martha
Creston
Lester Gross
Dorothy Camp
Beasie Smith
Des Moines University
Billie Petrie
Drake University
Arispe
Joe Capps
Eick
William Cheers
Oskaloosa
Bert Williams
Misses Meryle
Helen Hawkins
Jennie Roberts
Marjorie Brown
Lottie Draman
Pearlin Tuttle
Fannie Priest
Kyle Jones
Lawrence Camp
Beaconsfield
Cleo Brack
Maxine Petrie
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Yi Gons
Delahanty
Dan Brouthers
Ed Delahanty
Buck Freeman
Frank Schulte
Delahenty
Base
Mw. & Pet
Wichita
Tulsa
Oklahoma City
Omaha
St Joe
Sioux City
Denver
Pittsburgh
Brooklyn
Louis
Chicago
Boston
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Cleveland
Detroit
St Louis Ie
Washington
Ame
Leon—Cowells
Cardwell
Leon Nickelson
Augustine
Leon —Speers
Tly Speers
Leon —Cowells
Owens
Leon Pickering
Thid Augustine
Leon—Overton
Grant Donovan
Nickelwon
Leon—Butcher
Birbott
Butchner
Preston—Walker
Fateh
Bishoff
Leon — Donovance
Bdishoff
Creston—Crant
Agustine
Mike
John Fulton
Russell
Slab Corps
Lane
Dixie
Union County
A. Swanson
Strauss
Frank Weber
Mgr
Jack Daw’s Adventures
Story
Hal Cochran
Lee Wright
Jack
Elephant Palace
Goodby
Keny Meeny
Flip
Great Palace
Beny Meeny
Peny Meeny
Iwan
SKH
New Zealand
C. Petrie
William Petrie
Sii
Snow City
George Turner
Brigston
LeRoy Bevans
Gilbert Capps
Afton
Jess Adams
Edina
Gladys Nausman
Eva
C. C. Petrie
Muriel
Maxine
Crest
A. M. Gross
R. B. Underwood
Vons
John Underwood
Shannon City
Reba
Mabel Hankina
A. T. Hawkins
Edna Miller
Pocohe
Fred Whittlessey
Chas Dobson
W. J. Elliot
J. B. Jones
H. ‘Wvn Scott
Pearl
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