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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1919
Page
2
A chaotic note reports an event at the Columbia Club where Harry Wardman offered a $5900 purse to attract British and American golf professionals for a competition. It mentions a professional passers group and notes the Nationals held a higher score than the Prewns without changing the final result.
The Browns defeated the Nationals 6 to 3 as Griff's Nationals faltered. Sotheron labored through early control issues before settling, while the Browns capitalized on timely hits and baserunning to pull away in the later innings.
Babe Ruth homered in the ninth inning to reach his sixteenth long ball this season, tying the league mark set by Socks Seybold. Ruth has shown remarkable power, surpassing 1917 and 1916 outputs, and edging toward Gavvy Cravath’s 24-season record with time still on the schedule.
The Yankees return home and rout Chicago 10 to 1 in the opener of a series. Thormahlen pitched well for New York, limiting Chicago to six hits while Baker and Pipp fueled the offense with multiple extra base hits and RBIs. Cicotte lasted five innings as New York posted twelve hits.
Boston July 29 Detroit hammered Musser and Caldwell to defeat Reston 1? to in the first game of the series Ruth hit his sixteenth homer and after two outs in the ninth Ruth walked and then homered on the first pitch in center field He also doubled twice contributing to Detroit’s high scoring effort against Boston in Framingham style box score details include Ruth two doubles and a three run homer with several players listed in the fray
The Detroit Tigers edged ahead of Cleveland for second place in the American League by defeating the Real Boz while Cleveland split with the Athletics. The White Sox led after losing to the Yankees, and the Giants Reds battle for the lead stayed even as McGraw’s Giants split with the Pee. Browns beat the Nationals. other clubs unchanged.
In Cincinnati, the Reds won the first game 3 to 2 behind strong pitching until the ninth. Boston tied late but fell short, and in the second game the Reds lost as Eller struggled with poor support while Nehf and Rudolph combined for a Boston win.
National League standings show New York Cincinnati Chicago Brooklyn Pittsburgh Boston St. Louis Philadelphia with mixed records. Yesterday's results include Cincinnati 3 Boston 4 New York 3 Pittsburgh 8. today New York at Pittsburgh Boston at Cincinnati Brooklyn at Chicago.
In a doubleheader Philadelphia and Cleveland split. Cleveland won the opener behind strong hitting and pitching while Philadelphia answered with an 11 to 7 second game. Kinney and Johnson held the mound for the two clubs as free hitting paced both sides.
In Pittsburgh July 29 the Giants and Pirates split a doubleheader. New York won the opener 3 to 0 behind Toney’s strong pitching. Pittsburgh captured the second game 7 to 6 as Doyle’s error and Stengel’s RBI single produced the winning run in the ninth.
Joe Leonard boosted his batting average with two hits in three at bats, keeping him in the lineup as long as he hits. Menosky slumped with three nonproductive chances. Griff errors did not lead to runs, and Gedeon’s defense helped save a hit for Ghérity in the eighth.
At Empire City a disqualification and jockey suspension highlighted the program. Orleans Girl led early in a 54 furlong for 2 year olds but Bright Gold finished third after a postrace penalty and Stapleton's ban. In the Morrisania handicap Woodtrap beat Elmendorf with Tuscaloosa leading briefly before fading.
List of horses with weights for Empire City entries across races one to five. Details include horse names such as Livie May Bread Line Penelope Rubidium Acid Test Cormoran Shoal American Boy Jaybird Back Bay Marmite Sunny Hill Feasant Onion Nan Kopebz Vague Cromwell Bille B Malvolie trophy Valerie Wert Jack nary Nelswerp Alvard Talite Dendera Maretesy Gex Benevolent Kare Wright King John Quietude Tart McKlish John To Das Berlin Alma Rak port Alord Ellison Glep core entries and weights for each race.
Observers praise the fabrics and workmanship noted in the item, describing it as consistently good throughout. The comment highlights durable stitching and polished finish across the product line.
Fragmentary listing of horse names numbers and notes for a State race. Mentions Penelope Dr Wall American May Ponty pridd Lukes Bee Alan Te Burkinide Brewer Weather clear track faust. Contains unreadable OCR portions and partial race details.
In Columbus Ohio on July 29 the Toddler Steps trotted the fastest heat of the day as rivals failed to threaten. Hoisted by Wilkes Brewer the Toddler led to a decisive finish, with Royal Mae and Wilike Brewer set to race the final heat for the top purse.
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