Rube Eldridge to Pitch for Pointers Tonight
Duke of Spero Rube Eldridge makes a long awaited comeback with the Pointers tonight at 7:45 against the Winston Salem Twins in the final home stand of the 1931 season. Fans flock to see the left hander famed in Piedmont League lore return after nearly a decade, bringing old memories and a test of his enduring control. The Twins win in the opener 8 to 3, with Buck Taylor and Diester delivering key hits as Goldie Holt struggles on the mound.
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Jack Gillen, Jr
Elmer Sensenbach
Rube Eldridge
Duke of
Spero
inston-Salem Twins
Rube Elridge
Rube
Duke
Carolina
Stuffy McCrone
Winston
Duke of Spero
Tom Young
Goldie Holt
Twins
Grenadier
Lefty Marshall
Roy Appleton
Niagara
Diester
Reggie Mapp
Appleton
Holt
Buck Taylor
High Point
Plaster
Taylor
Bill Diester
Marshall
McCrone
Inston Ab
Boklin
Folliard rive o /Taylor
Chester
Long
Watt
Johnson
Agee
Baylin
H O Atchley
Ifan
A Smith
Ingram
Reynolds
Young
Brown
Walker
Tipton
Durham
Winston Salem
Rune
Smith
Bryan
Winston-Salem
Holt Ammons
Kopshaw
Watts
Old Boykin
Mapp
Rho Atchley
If Bryan
A Holt
Smith Atchley
Brayn
Taybase Taylor
Ppelton
Ratchley
Repshaw
Ammons
Millman
Virgil
Connie Mack
Grove
Mack
Surprising Collapse Of Cubs And Braves Shakes Baseball
The Cubs skid to fourth place with nine straight losses while the Braves drop 16 of 18 and sit sixth, as Cardinals beat Chicago 1-0 and 8-3. Brooklyn Robins take two from Braves, Giants top Phillies, Pirates win twice over Reds, A's stumble against Yankees, Senators sweep Red Sox, Indians win two from White Sox, Tigers split with Browns.
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Philadelphia Athletics
St. Louis Cardinals
Chicago Cubs
Boston Braves
Cubs
Cardinals
Braves
Phillies
Paul Berringer
Burleigh Grimes
Cub
Brooklyn Robins
Robins
Carl Hubbell
Roy Parmalee
New York Giants
Pirates
Reds
Larry French
Ervin Brame
Cincinnati Reds
Athletics
New York Yankees
Babe Ruth
Gehrig
Lary
Dickey
A’s
Hillcrest Faces Cooleemee Thursday In Industrial League
Hillcrest silk mill, tied for first in the Industrial league after the split season, hosts Cooleemee Thursday at 8 p.m. at Willis Park. Firpo Creeson, former Pointer flinger, pitches for Cooleemee against Hillcrest ace Perry noted for top Industrial season performances.
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Hillcrest Silk Mill
Cooleemee
Willis Park
Firpo Creeson
Coolomee
Hillcrest
Perry
Major League Leaders Snapshot From 1927 Season
National League top batters and pitchers highlighted with key names such as Davis Klein Ott and Terry. Ehrman HerMan Frisch Martin Gehrig Ruth, plus pitching leaders Haines Derringer Grove Mahaffey Marberry noted.
Feamster Beats Denning In Durham Bout For Win
Winston Salem fighter Bill Feamster defeated Jake Denning of Durham by decision in a north section match. Denning pressed the offense early but Feamster controlled the action with sharper technique, earning the judges score.
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Winston Salem
Bill Feamster
Salisbury
Jake Denning
Durham
Holiday Sports In Brief Speedboats
DETROIT Gar Wood retains Harmsworth trophy as Kaye Don's Miss England II is disqualified for crossing the starting line ahead of the gun and then overturns and sinks, Don unhurt. Racing NEW YORK Mr Sponge wins full highweight handicap at Belmont park with Helmathus second and Balko third. CHICAGO Hygro out races Burning Blaze to win Joliet handicap, six furlongs in 1 11 2 5. BOXING RENO Dempsey knocks out one rival, carries two others for two runs in exhibition.
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Detroit
Gar Wood
Harmsworth
Kaye Don
Gun
Don
Forest Hills
N. Y
Bell
Allison
Crant
Brugnon
Doeg
Jacobs
Philadelphia
Alice Marble
New York
Mr. Sponge
Belmont Park
Helmathus
Balko
Chicago
Hygro
Burning Blaze
Joliet Handi
Autos
Altoona
Shorty Cantlon
Bill Cummings
Salem
N. H
Archie Howell
Ralph de Palma
Reno—— Dempsey
Carnegie Tech has only eight veterans back
Carnegie Tech begins the season with just eight veteran players under advisory coach Judge Walter Steffen who returns from Chicago to lead the Tartans for the eighteenth year. He notes the team will display less of the curlicue fancy but promises gingerbread work remains. He groups the need to find two ends who can carry the ball and references the famed 1928 statute of liberty plays.
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Pittsburgh
Carnegie Tech
Walter Steffen
Chicago Court
Steffen
Carnegie
Howard Harpster
Ted Rosenzweig
Notre Dame
Rosenzweig
Duke Faces 1930 Season With Strong Captain Brewer
Blue Devil leader Captain Pierce Kidd Brewer is in good condition after last season amassing 834 rushing yards on 181 attempts. Coach Wallace Wade relies on Brewer to anchor the offense as Steffen begins camp with a 40-man squad, eight veterans. Carnegie schedule lists Buffalo, Washington and Jefferson, Georgia Tech, Purdue, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, Temple, and NYU games.
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Wallace Wade
Pierce (Kidd) Brewer
Duke
Brewer
Devil
Erans
Rosenzweig
Flanagan
Bull Karels
Joe Morbito
Howard Eyth
Harry McCurdy
Murray Armentrout
Carnegie
University of Buffalo
Buffalo
Washington and Jefferson
Georgia Tech
Atlanta
Purdue
Notre Dame
Pittsburgh
Temple
Philadelphia
New York University
New York
Yankees and Senators Deliver Twin Wins in Doubleheaders
Yesterday's stars Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig led the Yankees to two wins over the Athletics with Ruth hitting two homers and Gehrig one in the two games. Other notes include Van Mungo debuting for the Robins by holding the Braves to three hits in the second game, and Sam Rice with Joe Kuhel powering the Senators to a doubleheader sweep of the Red Sox with three hits and three doubles across two games.
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Babe Ruth
Louw Gehrig
Yankees
Athletics
van Mungo
Robins
Braves
Carl Hubbel
Roy Parmelee
Giants
Phillies
Sam Rice
Joe Kuhel
Senators
Eory
Red Sox
Larry French
Ervin Brame
Pirates
Reds
Paul Derringer
Burleich
Grimes
Cards
Cardinals
Cubs
Derringer
Thomas Mills Ready for City Championship Showdown Friday Night
Thomas Mills eyes a big Friday night city championship clash at Willis Park against Rube Eldridge and the Glenda Brickmakers. Virgil Yow questions Duke Eldridge’s readiness after a late pitching schedule while Eldridge teases a possible comeback with High Point. The town debates which side will prevail as fans anticipate floodlights and a tense duel.
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Ucke McGlure
High Point
Virgil Yow
Thomas Mills
Rube Eldridge
Glenda Brickmakers
Willis Park
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Pointers
Battle For Flag
Herbert W. Barker
Major League
Davis
Terry
Klein
Ott
Herman
Adams
Frisch
Martin
Haines
Simmons
Ruth
Webb
Alexander
Tigers
White Sox
Chapman
Mahaffey
Marberry
Holiday Sports
Adsociated Press
Cap
St. Louis
Homer
American Legion
Walker Steffen
Blue Devil
Captain Brewer
Virgie
Pally Snyder
Thomas Millers
Bull Durham
Percival S. Hill
American Tobacco Company
George W. Hill
American Tobacco CO
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