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Newspaper
The West Virginian
Location
Fairmont, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1915
Page
6
The readable fragments describe a baseball game at Rider Park with mentions of a good play, an inning called the Hin inning, and a single run scored in the inning. No clear dates teams or standings are provided in the text.
A local baseball evening lineup features the Cubs and Grantal at South Side Park scheduled for 6 o clock Monday. The event draws interest as a growing Fairmont circle follows the Yi Mi CyAvand team and rivals in crowd size and enthusiasm.
A fragmented article wanders through names like Cornell, Noel Edwardalhas, Clarence Rowland, and Joe Tinie, mixing imagined sports chatter with automotive and boxing references. It hints at teams, managers, and adventurous anecdotes, ending in a murky tally of 7,000 telephone awns and boxing board talk.
Reports from St Louis say Miller Higgins would trade Hub Perdue and Al Dolan for Pst. Douglass. Dolan valued highly. Hugging pursued Nim amid a feud with Herzog. Trade talk centers on gaining players to boost struggling teams as spring approaches.
Fullerton argues Cobb's nine would beat Walter Johnson's nine in a baseball showdown. He details pitching battles, fielding, and strategic moves, asserting Cobb would score more and likely prevail in most hypothetical matchups.
A spirited game yesterday featured Brooke Fleming's waweball team defeating Henry Lively's squad at the Country Club rounds. John Roak and Colonel Conaway starred with home runs as the winning team presented strong, old university style play, followed by a large club dinner and plans for Friday matches.
At St Louis on June 5, Galles tried replacement catchers as pitchers warm up. Sallee notes the team’s reliance on a substitute backstop while awaiting the regular pitcher TM. Leaders discuss why not to throw to the substitute, and observers comment on the jinx around the setup.
The schedule lists NL games including Brooklyn at Pittsburgh Philadelphia at St Louis New York at Chicago Boston at Cincinnati and Houston at Boston in the NL. AL games feature Chicago at Detroit St Louis at Philadelphia Cleveland at Washington Detroit at New York and Baltimore at Brooklyn among others.
Wesleyan and VU faced off in a trio of games at Bucklahan on a breezy afternoon. Wesleyan swept the set with sturdy pitching and timely hitting as Fairmont and local fans watched a cautious, evenly contested doubleheader. The event sparked chatter about upcoming football and track meets, with both squads asserting early-season form and rivalry heat.
A garbled report outlines a varsity wrestling loss with scattered names and terms. The fragment mentions Wesleyan, Millar, Singleton, Heavner, and other players or opponents, with references to a double play and a pitcher, suggesting a muddled score or lineup.
Unclear OCR text mentions players and plans with references to a coach and a high scoring outcome. Names and concrete facts are garbled, but sports context suggests a team effort and a 42-0 score line with instrumental imagery.
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