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Newspaper
The Sunday Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1916
Page
13
Cheney is Driven from Mound in Five Innings. Curt Gosnell of Muncie Ind prominent race driver died today of injuries from a track accident at North Randall. He was thrown while working out a trotting mare and never regained consciousness.
Philadelphia defeats Brooklyn 4 1 as Demaree allows five hits and Smith collects four safeties. Cheney exits after five innings with all three Philadelphia runs scoring on hits. Wheat scores on a double and Mowrey adds an RBI single in the seventh. Brooklyn made a brief push but could not overcome Philadelphia's steady offense and Demaree's pitching.
The McClelland Bible class defeated the Commercial Travelers 10 to 3. Pitcher Bob Cropp of the Travelers starred despite fourteen hits as Greasy Neale praised his potential. Umpire Daddy Hopkin’s call was noted as fair.
Cardinals and Cubs split a doubleheader at St. Louis with a 7 1 win for Chicago in game one and a 4 5 loss as Chicago held off St Louis. Carter faltered in the fifth of the opener, Vaughn relieved, Williams homered twice to pace Chicago. Williams again homered in the eighth to seal game two for the visitors.
New York split a doubleheader with Boston on September 2 in a 4 to 1 win and a ten inning tie that ended due to darkness. In the first game New York scored three runs in the second inning against Boston’s Tyler, while the nightcap finished 6 to 5 in favor of New York.
Washington reports a split doubleheader as the Reds and Pirates each win one, with game details including Batters Faeth Moran and ton, and a 7 to 6 eleven inning win for Philadelphia over Washington.
Pittsburg the first game of a double header against Cincinnati, Hinchman drove in a run on a sixth inning hit, the longest ever made at Forbes Field. Pittsburg won 4 to 1 as two more runs crossed in the eighth. Knettzer faced the year’s portion of the game, Termon strong after the third. In the second game Monlsey wild, Cincinnati won 2.
An essay on intercollegiate sport argues it should align with education’s aims. It contends athletics refine youth rather than distract, that intramural play cannot replace competition, and that physical training lacks the drive of genuine sport. The piece cautions against overregulation and champions sport as mental moral and physical preparation for life.
Detroit scored the decisive run in the tenth as pinch hitter Harry Stollman drove Young home to give Detroit a 2 to 1 victory over the Chicago White Sox in the season finale. Covelskie and Russell pitched brilliantly, each supported by solid defense and timely hitting.
Forest Hills Kentucky September 2 Murray a Stanford graduate and New York City real estate man upset George M Church to win the 36th national singles tennis tournament match in five sets 3-6 4-6 6-2 6-4 6-4 as Griffin Johnson and Wiltinnin advanced in earlier rounds with decisive scores and noted players filled the day’s action.
In Cleveland on September 2 the Browns led 4 3 in the ninth, but the Naps rallied to win 5 4. Davenport hit hard and forced retirement, Rumter drove in two, and Turner and Speaker starred on defense as St Louis left twelve men on base. Boehling and Covelakis worked the mound for the Browns while Davenport and Groom started for Cleveland.
At Atlanta Birmingham 9, Atlanta 4, Mobile 3. In New Orleans Memphis 3, First game Chattanooga 0, Second game Chattanooga 3 Memphis 4 by agreement. At Nashville Nashville 6, Little Rock 12.
Campfire, a chestnut colt by Olambale Nightfall raced by Richard L. Wilson, won the six furlong Futurity at Belmont Park carrying 125 pounds and earning 17 340 for the winner. Rickety finished second, Skeptic third, in a field of ten with Vivid and Tumbler among others.
Johnny Kilbane of Cleveland defends his featherweight world title in a fifteen round match against George Chaney of Baltimore at Cedar Point on Labor Day. Referee and promoter Matt Hinkle will declare the winner by decision. Kilbane is noted as one of the speediest featherweights.
Boston and New York played a tight game as New York scored three runs off clean pitching. Mogridge and Fors ter led the pitchers with six strikeouts each. Errors and base actions centered around Hooper and Janveyn with two base hits apiece, while Lott and bags and other fielding details shaped the result.
Yesterday’s results show Cincinnati beating Pittsburg 7 to 2 and New York defeating Boston 4 to 1. Other scattered notes mention games with St Louis, Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, and Washington, with many inning counts and callouts of tenth and eighth innings. Today's slate lists Pittsburg at Cincinnati and St Louis at Chicago with Cleveland visiting Detroit.
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