Bears Beat Chickens In Second Inning Rally
Bears pitcher Bill Ellis leads a 3 to 1 victory over Memphis Chickas, with four second inning runs and Art Bues making ten putouts. Damian, Orcutt, Mehan, and Bates drive runs while Ellis holds the Chicks except for a seventh inning tally.
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Bill Ellis
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Damian
Orcutt
Young Mehan
Mehan
Fillis
Bates’ Roller
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Chicks
Arragon
Slattery
Aragon
Hargrave
Nelson
Bratchi
Y M C A Plans Campaign to Teach Every Boy to Swim
The Y M C A led by Coach Marine A. Dale announces a July 1 start for swimming and water sports classes with a forthcoming Swimming Campaign Week for boys over twelve. The summer schedule lists daily programs for men and boys including swimming instruction, gym activities, and indoor baseball across multiple time slots.
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Marine A. Dale
Great War May Shape Fate of Baseball and Sports
New York June 14 The outcome of professional baseball after this season hinges on the length of World War I and potential wartime drafts. If all unnecessary occupations are restricted, many stars including Sisler Johnson Ruth Collins and others could be pulled from the game, potentially ending the season.
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International News Service
Washington
Macedonia
Switzerland
New York
George Sisler
Derill
Pratt
Roger Peckinpaugh
Wallie Pipp
Allan Sotheron
Clarence Meyers
Walter Johnson
Tris Speaker
Jack McInnis
Everett Scott
Wally Schang
Amos Strunk
Joe Bush
Dutch Leonard
Babe Ruth
Carl Mays
Eddie Collins
Chick Gandil
Ray Schalk
Buck Weaver
Urban
Yesterday’s Southern League results feature mixed scores
Mobile 3 over Memphis 1. Atlanta 4 over Chattanooga 1. Birmingham dominates Nashville 0. Little Rock 3 over New Orleans 0. Boston beats Pittsburgh 2. Cincinnati 0, Brooklyn 6, St. Louis 8. Philadelphia 8, Chicago 8. New York 4, New York 3. Cleveland 2. Detroit 10 over Philadelphia 2. Boston 6 over Chicago 0. St. Louis 3 over Washington 0.
National NBA Matchups Highlight Weekend Schedule
Memphis plays Mobile while Little Rock visits New Orleans and Chattanooga meets Atlanta. Nashville faces Birmingham as Pittsburgh travels to Boston. Chicago visits New York and Cincinnati goes to Brooklyn. St. Louis hosts Philadelphia and Washington visits Chicago. Boston travels to St. Louis with New York at Detroit and Philadelphia at Cleveland.
Germans Lose 20 000 In Attack Yesterday
A Paris dispatch reports that twenty thousand Germans were killed or wounded in yesterday’s assaults between the Aisne and the Villers Cotterets forest. The German divisions lost heavy numbers in the five-divisions attack. A separate note mentions a river water cleansing invention to remove rubbish from streams used by power plants.
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International News Service
London
Aisne
Villiers-Cottereta Forest
Paris
Baseball as Business Faces Possible Drastic Measures
A list of prominent baseball figures including Eppa Rixey Heinie Groh Eddie Roush Fred Toney Ty Cobb Rob bie Veach Ownie Bush Art Nehl Dick Rudolph Roger Hornsby Max Carey and Wilbur Cooper frames baseball as a major business whose broad interests could force drastic actions that would impact baseball and other sports.
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Eppa Rixey
Heinie Groh
Eddie Rousch
Fred Toney
Ty Cobb
Robbie Veach
Ownie Bush
Art Nehl
Dick Rudolph
Roger Hornsby
Max Carey
Wilbur Cooper
Race Tightens in Singles Contest at the Country Club
Edward Wheeler defeats George C. Meyer 6-4 5-7 9-7 in a grand singles match at the Country Club as other results crown a tense round. Dale beats Otts 6-1 6-2, Maiden dominates Horn 6-1 6-0, and Houston bests Little 6-2 6-4 with additional wins in doubles and mixed doubles. Friday features men and women semi finals and mixed doubles action, weather permitting.
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Wheeler
Meyer
M. A. Dale
O. M. Otts
W. M. Maiden
Walter Horn
Russell Houston
Don Little
E. G. Maxon
Aline Fearn
Billy Sheip
Ruth Ray
Otis
Maiden
Horn
Houston
Marine A. Dale
Marion Maury
Cecil Seeberg
Earle Phares
Gladys Gaines
Edward Wheeler
Billy Shelp
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Dale
Phares
G. C. Meyer
King George to Toss Ball in Army Navy Game at Chelsea
King George to toss out the ball at the United States Army Navy game on the Fourth of July in Chelsea England. The piece notes England exposure to American baseball during wartime amid Allied camaraderie and hints at broader adoption in France and Canada.
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United States Army- Navy
Chelsea
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England
George
Giants
White Sox
Uncle Sam
British Isles
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