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Newspaper
The West Virginian
Location
Fairmont, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1915
Page
6
WVU defeats Wesleyan in a close contest at Baxter Stadium. The baseball score shows a 0-0 tie late, with key plays shaping the outcome and Baxter the venue for the clash. Specifics on innings and players are unclear due to the damaged OCR text.
A collage of wartime sports notes and quips from Fullerton. Baseball talk includes magnates and conscription rumors, golf as a frequent game, and noisy tennis players. Wisconsin bans cigarette sharing, cantaloupe season forecasts batting averages, and Red Joel eyes a White Sox rise. Pro ball games set at South Side Park and Norwood grounds with a YMCA league prize cup for champions.
Veteran heavyweight Joe Choynski, famed as a hard luck champion, announces a comeback at age 47. The long battle-scarred fighter, renowned for clashes with Corbett Fitzsimmons and Johnson era foes, vows to don the gloves again after decades of fighting the Jinx.
Tonight at South Side Park the Cubs and Giants clash in a YMCA league game scheduled for 6 o'clock. Players should arrive by 5:50. Crowds are predicted to be large as league interest grows this season with both lineups featuring listed players from Glate-Davis to Higginbotham and Cannibgham among others.
Mannington Independents fall to Monongah at Traction Park by 14 to 1. Mannington showed effort but were dominated by Monongah’s strong hitting and fielding as Shomonski starred for Monongah and Honaker worked mound for the visitors in a one sided setback.
The Fairmont State Normal School baseball team aims to close the season with a game against the Alumni at South Side Park Tuesday afternoon. Projections suggest strong local interest and a large crowd, with Toothman Amos Barnes Bell Snoderly Morgen and Herbert Barnes among expected players for the Alumni. The Normal team hopes to upset the veterans to cap a noted matchup in Fairmont.
The article praises Tyrus Raymond Cobb for leading Detroit in speed and team impact during a strong start to the season, noting his high batting average around .447 but ranking low among top sluggers. It highlights his role in team success, limited power output, and frequent participation in games, with an overall enthusiastic assessment of Cobb as unmatched.
A patient asks about foot wound aging claiming both right and left feet show the same age. The dialogue notes old age, a belief in healing, and a comment on a right foot wound vs the left. The excerpt presents a medical inquiry into the age and condition of the two injuries.
Readers glimpse a fragmentary sports note describing Willuds and Cobb in a race for honors. It cites a tense finish with Cobbs challenging Jackson and mentions Indiana scoring and terminations, though text is garbled.
The readable lines show multiple results from American and National Leagues with teams such as Pittsburgh, Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Chicago, St Louis, New York, Boston, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Detroit, Washington, and Kansas City. The fragment lists scores like Pittsburgh 11 Brooklyn 3 and Detroit 113 New York, with several errors and unreadable portions.
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