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Newspaper
Warren Tribune
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1928
Page
6
In the Industrial circuit Tuesday, Nypenn Furniture beat East Side Fruit 5-3 after a late seventh inning rally left the game in darkness. Urbanski pitched for Nypenn and Lord for East Side Fruit as Nypenns earned their third win in the round, aided by Haggstroms RBI double and a late defensive push.
Newell Printers and Bankers clash in an Industrial league game at Russell Field tonight. Skinny Weidert stars for State Hospital in their forward duel against Don Brown of Warren County Dairy as both teams seek solid half records and Friday’s pennant showdown.
The New York Yankees wrapped a rough western trip with a 3 to 0 win over the Chicago White Sox in Chicago. Herb Pennock earned his 16th victory of the season.
Box score style summary notes RBI leaders Mezler Kamm Redfern Gazella Gehrig 2 Durocher 2 Koenig. Clancy hit a three base, Combs stolen base. Chicago 6 New York 10 in bases. Pitchers Cox Pennock. Umpires Nallin Me Lord Gowan Dianeen. Time 2 03. Musante Bringis Schwab Massa Brindis Hagstrom Anthony Urbanski Lord Urbanski 2 minutes.
Yesterday Pittsburgh defeated Brooklyn 4 3 and 3 2 in 12 innings. New York crushed St Louis 10 1 as Boston Cincinnati rain. Philadelphia beat Chicago 4 2. Today St Louis visits New York and Pittsburgh meets Brooklyn with Cincinnati at Boston and Chicago at Philadelphia. Tomorrow St Louis travels to Pittsburgh.
The recap lists yesterday’s baseball results with St. Louis 6 over Boston 5 Cleveland 0 over Washington 8? Noted errors. New York 6 over Chicago 3 Detroit 4 over Philadelphia 1. Also mentions an open date and New York at Boston plus Washington at Philadelphia.
Dugen Massa of East Side Fruit booted his first error of the season in the second inning, opening a Nypean rally. Joey Brindis sparked the offense with three safeties including a double, while Cuney and Urbanski connected on key plays. Several State Hospital players and visiting spectators watched as Anthony and Erickson produced hits before darkness halted play.
Weekly schedule lists Newell Printers versus Bankers on Wednesday and Friday features State Hospital against Warren County Dary. Next week adds East Side Fruit versus Newell Printers, Warren County Dairy against Bankers, and Nypean Furniture visiting State Hospital. Cautious buyers urged to read classified ads carefully.
NEW YORK Aug 8 The two leading candidates for the National League Most Valuable Player award are Freddy Lindstrom of the New York Giants and Jim Bottomley of the St Louis Cardinals. Lindstrom has powered the Giants to a pennant chase, batting .346 with 92 runs in 404 at bats. Bottomley has driven St Louis with steady hitting, contributing to the Cardinals’ climb in the standings. Lindstrom’s all around play drew praise from Giants officials and critics alike.
In the International League Buffalo defeated Jersey City 6 to 4 and 8 to 1. Toronto beat Newark 6 to 1. Montreal edged Rochester 8 to 7. In the American Association St Paul won 2 to 1 over Louisville. Kansas City beat Columbus 5 to 3. Minneapolis won 4 to 2 against Indianapolis. Milwaukee downed Toledo 14 to 3. Toledo then defeated Milwaukee 3 to 1.
Freddy Lindstrom and Al Simmons lead yesterday's notes with strong performances. Ruth, Gehrig, Heilmann, and Waner contributed key hits and RBI. Hornsby idle while Frisch and Lindstrom posted notable at bats, including Lindstrom's single and triple driving in five runs.
New York Giants ace Larry Benton limited the league leading Cardinals to six hits as the Giants rolled to a 10 to 1 win. Benton earned his eighteenth victory and his twenty first complete game, with New York erupting for eight runs in the eighth inning to seal the game.
Brooklyn Dodgers dropped two games to the Pittsburgh Pirates by scores of 4-3 and 3-2 in Brooklyn. Burleigh Grimes earned his 20th win of the season, limiting the Robins to seven hits in game one. Paul Waner delivered a twelfth inning RBI single to clinch game two.
A compact fragment lists players by team with no clear narrative. Names include Gehrig Yankees Hauser Athletics Blue Browns Simmons Athletics Foxx Athletics Wilson Cubs Bottomley Cards Hurst Phillies Hafey Cards Ott Giants Cuyler Cubs Herman Robin Lindstrom Hartnett Cuba Yesterday Homera Davis Phillies Blue Browns Rice Tigers Herman Robins P Waner Pirates Grantham Pirates marked with noisy OCR artifacts and punctuation.
Philadelphia tops Chicago 4 to 2 as Virgil Davis belts a homer with two aboard. Cubs tally runs in two innings, while Phillies pitchers hold late lead. Line score shows Chicago 2, Philadelphia 4 with Davis driving in key runs.
A lighthearted page of jests about sports figures and teams. It teases star athletes like an unnamed track hero and jokes about the Boston Red Sox and Philadelphia Phillies. The piece notes fans’ appetite for humor, the allure of the Yanks and Athletics, and the notion that clowns rarely become presidents.
In an Aug 8 baseball recap, Sad Sam Jones held Cleveland to eight hits guiding the Senators to an 8 to 0 victory. The Senators scored four runs in the third and four in the ninth to seal the win.
Barney Depoka walked past a Times Square restaurant where a girl in the front window flipped lap jacks. He fainted. Doctors diagnosed starvation and sent him to Bellevue for treatment.
Detroit May 3 Owen Carroll pitched the Philadelphia Athletics past the Mackpies 4 to 1 for his thirteenth win this season. He drove in the deciding run with a seventh inning triple as Detroit defeated his former club. Carroll also had a three base hit while Rice hit a home run and McManus drove in a run. Baseball box scores note details of hits and errors.
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