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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1919
Page
2
Umpire Bill Kiem predicts a fierce current pennant battle with players on all clubs battling as if life depended on every game. He notes intense effort matches the old New York Chicago and New York Pittsburgh rivalries and cites a praiseworthy lack of on field discipline.
Alaska plans a twilight league revival while Salt Lake drops veteran Ed Willett. The pennant chase is described as dancing around a May pole in December. Yankee catcher Truck Hanoneh stars as a powerful hitter and fast runner. Canadian runner Jack Tait joins Toronto Senior League action. Bridgeport managers criticize Grimes for releasing Mitt erling and Yim as Cuban Stars from Havana prepare a eastern tour starting in New York City. Fletcher excels at shortstop.
Hank Gowdy pitched one inning in a gas mask game in France against a Twenty Sixth Division team. Gowdy’s side won 4 to 3 as his center fielder caught a fly while looking through dim gas mask panes, a striking sight for all who wore them.
Prominent players from Lena Blackburne to Eddie Cicotte are noted for personal collecting habits and scrapbooks. Jack Fournier recalls life in Montreal with French fans and a bare hotel room, while others like Walsh, Leonard, and Benz maintain records, photos, and memorabilia in homes and den workshops.
The New York Yankees’ shortstop Peckinpaugh, praised for fielding reach and throwing arm, tops for defense and hitting potential. Once a 300 hitter, he flirted with 350 this season while leading in American League batting honors. his career arc, from Cleveland to New York, marks him as baseball’s premier infielder per contemporary observers.
Indian captain Tris Speaker shows form this season hitting harder and playing closer to second base in center field. He plans to finish naval aviation training begun last fall and hopes to fly with Glenn Martino to games in Cleveland’s road schedule.
New York reports Untiled orders of the GAS Steel Co. since June total 4 892 855 tons an increase of 610 545 tons signaling a better tide for the steel industry The fire department fought a stall alarm at the Duplex Foundry to extinguish ignited planks and a rubbish barrel fire near Gurney's refreshment stand Lorain on West Broad Street saw a speeding case with a chemical plea and a judge imposing costs</s>
Manager Jack Coombs rates the 1919 pennant race as a real slam bang fight. He dismisses any mauve colored pipe for the Giants and says the Phillies and six other clubs will contend for autumn laurels in a hard fought season.
John Paul Jones, a young pitcher, displays promise and would stay with the Giants if roster limits allowed. A season in the International League would aid his development under George Gibson, a veteran tutor in shaping young pitchers.
St Louis Browns shortstop Walter Gerber acted as sparring partner for boxer Kid Regan during Regan's home stay. Reports say Gerber showed potential as a box fighter had he chosen boxing over baseball.
The text argues that a no run no hit game credited as perfect is impossible. A true perfect game requires 27 consecutive outs on strikes with 61 pitches, a scenario that has never occurred and is deemed unattainable.
Service league of San Francisco plans an all star nine to tour the states. Giants first baseman George Kelly shines in Rochester. Des Moines acquires outfielder Horace Milan as part payment for Buzz Murphy with cash from Washington. Washington arms partially cooled by warm weather, Connie Mack manages the Athletics, and old pitchers endure.
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