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Newspaper
Warren Tribune
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1927
Page
7
SASSY OUTFIT TACKLES BOB BURNS ALL-STARS TO PLAY Jamestown Spider Webbs on Russell Field at 3 30 PM Saturday. Beaumon Wolfe Mintzer Conk and others signed as Burns gathers top local talent to face Jamestown. Budding stars include Nate Dreyer Hughie Benedent and Swat Erickson in a busy season preview with Celoron and Salamanca connections.
Youngsville All-Stars defeated Pittsfield 9 to 1 as English pitched a strong game allowing only three hits. Brooks took the mound for Pittsfield and yielded six safeties while Warner stole second and scored in the ninth. Mead and Bemus starred on defense with Warner making a spectacular catch near home plate in wet conditions.
Baseball summary notes Babe Ruth with a double and two singles in seven at bats and Hornsby three singles in five trips. Speaker hits one in six at bats and Cobb idle. May go abroad: Bobby Jones may defend the British Open at St Andrews next month then return for the national amateur at Minikahda July 22. A courtroom exchange questions the value of a lost thumb in a compensation case.
The Stand National League table lists wins and losses for teams led by Pittsburgh and St Louis with Chicago New York Brooklyn Boston and Philadelphia close behind. Yesterday St Louis beat Chicago in 13 innings and St Louis beat Chicago again while Boston beat New York Cincinnati beat Pittsburgh and Brooklyn defeated Philadelphia. Today's schedule features Chicago at St Louis Pittsburgh at Cincinnati Boston at New York Philadelphia at Brooklyn with tomorrow's Cincinnati at St Louis and Philadelphia at Brooklyn games noted.
The American League schedule shows New York 3 Boston 1 in the first game and 7 to 1 in the second. Washington edged Philadelphia 5 to 4 in the opener and Philadelphia won 8 to 2 in the nightcap. St Louis at Chicago was rained out and other games not scheduled.
Jersey City defeated Reading 3 to 0 while Baltimore beat Newark 3 to 0 and Toronto routed Rochester 9 to 0 Syracuse overwhelmed Buffalo 15 to 0 in a set of international results posted yesterday.
St Paul blanked Columbus 13 to 4 in a rain shortened game with other contests postponed due to weather.
By Jack Smith the article debates Oakmont’s fame and difficulty noting Arch ie Compston’s frequent penalties from long drives. It argues Oakmont favors the iron game, praising the precision short game and suggesting Compston could have fared better with different clubs. The piece elevates Oakmont as the world’s best when the championship is decided there.
Fitzgerald of the Associated System entry cracked three hits including a homer as the Tribune Industrial loop beat Newell Printers. His three bagger over the right field wall in the third sent two teammates home ahead of him. Tonight Three Linkers meet Warren County Dairy at Russell Field at six. Nine Terrors face East Side Fruit on South Side at six. Tomorrow Nypean Furniture faces Warren County Dairy at Russell Field at 5 46. Jamestown High shifts to red jerseys with white shoulders for fall. Football camp at Denittville YMCA opens August 29 for a week. Home and home series kicks off with Jamestown Spider Webbs vs Bob Burns All-Stars Saturday at 3 30 at Russell Field. Homerstead and others also slated. Jamestown celebrates centennial with amateur boxing show next Friday under the grandstand.
Year ago in sports Youngsville and Endeavor in the County Baseball circuit resume a makeup game at Celoron ballpark this afternoon with Sweetland and Hart likely pitching. Hart blanked Warren 11 to 0 Saturday as five Jamestown ring aspirants join the card under the nicknames Rough House, Rigers, Seger, Larson, Peterson and Anderson.
Secretary McAdoo reports total subscriptions reaching 2 billion dollars with an oversubscription near 52 percent, and notes overall amounts to over 3.03 billion. In a separate local vignette a saloonkeeper inherits a stuffed owl, prompting Mrs. Murphy to ask about a broad-faced turkey and a humorous exchange about sale price and display.
A year after efforts to quantify base running and sacrifices, clubs seeking runs in groups rather than singles lead in both leagues. The Pirates and Yankees top the standings with powerful bats and high team averages around .321 and .309, while home run output punctuates their dominance.
Russell Field hosts a Sunday evening match at 6 45 between Nypenn Furniture and County Dairy in a key first half Industrial League clash. Leaders Ware County and Dairy chase top honors as Newell Printers Bankers prepare to join the action after postponements. managers plan next week meeting.
At the Buffalo Country Club during the annual invitation tournament first round match play produced easy, confident wins for favorites. West Virginia Van Wie defeated Fritzi Stift 4 and 3, while Lorie Fordyce edged Bernice Wall to 17th hole. Edith Quier and Helen Payson showed steady form, and Mrs. Arthur Harrison cut 16 strokes from her qualifying score as other players carried promise into the event. A prose aside recounts a humorous Chicago sleeper car tale and notes a looming surplus of 693000000 cited by the President amid congressional pauses.
In a split doubleheader, the New York Yankees overpowered Boston in game one 7 to 1, with Gehrig homering to key a 7 run swing. Ruth added two runs as New York took the opener while the Red Sox bounced back in game two, 4 to 2, with strong pitching from Thayer and Cochrane.
Johnny Farrell wins the Shawnee Open for the third time at Shawnee on Delaware, lowering the 72 hole course record to 279 with a 69 final round. Wille McFarlane second at 281, followed by Bill Melhor 296, Bobby Cinck 291, Jack Forrester 296, Johnny Golden 295, Leo Diegel 296, Joe Kirkwood 296, and Will Brake among the top finishers. Joe Teresa placed 12th in a 77-player field. U.S. Open champion Ben H. Armour posted 301 for 25th.
The United States Civil Service Commission announces open competitive examinations for multiple posts including senior petroleum engineer in the Bureau of Mines, associate highway bridge engineer in the Bureau of Public Roads, junior physiologist in the Department of Agriculture, several lithographer apprentices, and secret service operative in the Treasury. Salaries range from 900 to 5200 dollars with duties described and qualification-based hiring. Colonel Lindbergh referenced alongside remarks on American memory of pioneers like the San Pedro swimmer and the Channel swimmer.
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