Content from the St. Louis Argus - Friday June 25, 1926

• Stars Win 3, Lose One to Clevelands
  • Saturday's Game
  • Sunday's Game
  • Monday's Game
  • Tuesday's Game
  • Rain Causes Tie
• Negro National League Standings
• Where They Play
• League Meeting in Chicago June 25–26
• Leading Home Run Hitters
• Leading Base Stealers
• Detroit Wins Two From Kansas City
  • Monarchs Win Saturday
  • Stars Win Monday
  • Tuesday to Monarchs
• Chicago Hits the Cubans for Four Straight Games
• Athletics Will Play Southwest Nash Sunday
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Stars Win 3, Lose One to Clevelands

The St. Louis Stars won three of the four games decided in the series at Cleveland, with the Elites, beginning last Saturday. The fifth game, Wednesday, was stopped by rain in the fifth inning, with the clubs tied 6—6. This game will be lost to the first half season which closes June 30.

The Stars got off to a bad start on Saturday and suffered their only defeat 8 to 6, in spite of the fact that Cleveland made 6 errors. The Sunday game was a farce. A large crowd saw the Stars defeat their pets 18 to 2. Monday the stars only made it 7 to 6 in their favor, but on Tuesday they put in a little more punch and gave Jimmie Taylor’s boys a 12 to 6 trimming.

The Stars go from Cleveland to Indianapolis for a series of five games with DeMoss’ speedy A. B. C.’s after which they will return home to open the second half season, July 3, with the Dayton Marcos.

SATURDAY’S GAME

The rebuilt Elite machine got off to an auspicious start today at Hooper field, defeating the St. Louis Stars, 8 to 6, in the first game played by the local club on its home field in seven weeks.

Johnson, who started for the Elites, pitched sensational ball for eight sessions, the three runs scored off him being the result of errors. The rejuvenated infield was guilty of three costly fumbles, but the rough spots will be polished after the infielders have played several games together.

In the ninth inning Johnson lost his control and was relieved. Spearman walked two batters and Alexander was rushed into the fray to save the game.

The Elites gathered thirteen hits, including six doubles.

SUNDAY’S GAME

The large crowd that witnessed the farcial combat in the 6th inning today will not soon forget. St. Louis won the game 18 to 2. In the sixth errors of omission and commission and bases on balls enabled St. Louis to stage a one-act playlet entitled “The Big Parade at Hooper Field.” Nine runners crossed the plate and the number would have been increased to an even dozen if the St. Louis players had not deliberately permitted themselves to be thrown out.

Prior to the sixth inning, Alexander had hurled great baseball wilderness getting him into difficulty but airtight defense helping him to pull through. Two passes, a hit and five consecutive errors started the burlesque in the sixth. The nine runs were scored on but four hits.

Suttles starred with the stick, sacking two home runs and a single. Murray also hit for the circuit.

MONDAY’S GAME

Cleveland’s rally in the ninth inning today fell one run shy of tying the score and St. Louis won again 7 to 6. Score by innings:

Batteries—Miller, Hensley and Murray; Spearman, Walls, Branahan and Bonner.

TUESDAY’S GAME

The St. Louis Stars slugged the ball hard to gain a 12 to 6 verdict in the fourth game of the series against the Cleveland Elites Tuesday. Accurate playing by the Stars’ infield at critical times kept the Cleveland score down. Score:

Batteries: Brown and Murray; Johnson, Alexander and Bonner.

RAIN CAUSES TIE

The Cleveland Elites came from behind with two runs in the fourth and four in the fifth inning to gain a tie with St. Louis Stars in the fifth and final game of the present series, Wednesday’s game being cut short by rain. Score:

Batteries—Patton and Murray; Ross and Bonner.

Saturday's Game
St. Louis
Player AB R H PO A
Bell, cf 4 1 2 1 1
Reese, rf 4 0 1 0 0
Creacy, 3b 4 1 0 9 1
Suttles, 1b 4 1 1 12 1
Murray, c 5 1 1 4 7
B. Hurst, lf 4 1 1 0 3
Reddus, lf 4 1 0 1 1
Wells, ss 3 0 0 1 0
Davis, p 4 0 0 0 3
Miller, p 1 0 0 0 0

Totals: 34 AB, 6 R, 7 H, 24 PO

Cleveland
Player AB R H PO A
Miles, lf 4 1 1 1 1
Owens, ss 4 1 2 5 6
Leonard, cf 4 1 1 1 4
Hamilton, 3b 4 1 1 1 0
Tyler, rf 4 0 1 0 1
Bonner, c 4 1 1 4 1
Wilriggs, ss 4 1 1 1 1
Goldie, 1b 2 1 2 11 0
Johnson, p 4 1 2 0 3
Owens, manager 0 0 0 0 0
Alexander, p 0 0 0 0 0

Totals: 34 AB, 8 R, 13 H, 27 PO

St. Louis: 000 100 014 — 6
Cleveland: 020 010 60x — 8

Errors: Murray, B. Russell, Miles, Owens, Woolridge, Goldie.

Two-base hits: Owens, Hamilton, Tyler, Bonner, Goldie, Johnson.

Sacrifice hits: Creacy, Owens.

Double plays: Hamilton, Owens and Goldie; Woolridge, Owens and Goldie; Creacy and Suttles; Wells, B. Russell and Suttles.

Umpires: Warner and Edwards.

Sunday's Game
St. Louis
Player AB R H PO A
Bell, cf 5 3 0 2 0
J. Russell, 2b 5 3 2 7 0
B. Russell, lf 4 1 0 0 0
Creacy, 3b 5 3 2 1 0
Suttles, 1b 6 2 6 0 0
Murray, c 4 2 2 2 0
Reddus, lf 4 0 0 0 0
Wells, ss 5 0 0 3 0
Miller, p 3 0 0 0 0
Henley, p 3 1 2 0 0

Totals: 46 AB, 18 R, 11 H, 27 PO

Cleveland
Player AB R H PO A
Miles, lf 4 0 1 1 4
Owens, ss 5 0 0 4 0
Leonard, cf 1 1 0 0 0
Summers, rf 0 0 0 0 0
Hamilton, 3b 4 0 2 1 1
Tyler, rf 4 0 0 0 1
Bonner, c 3 0 0 0 0
Jackson, c 1 0 0 0 0
Wilriggs, ss 3 1 1 3 0
Goldie, 1b 2 0 1 10 0
Watts, 1b 1 0 0 0 0
Alexander, p 1 0 0 0 0
Walls, p 0 0 0 0 0
Moore, p 0 0 0 0 0
Zombri?, p 0 0 0 0 0
Espy, rf 1 0 1 0 0
Dunen, rf 1 0 1 0 0
W. Springer 1 0 0 0 0
Taylor 1 0 0 0 0

Totals: 31 AB, 2 R, 7 H, 27 PO

Batted for Goldie in seventh.
Batted for Moore in seventh.
Batted for Summers in eighth.
Batted for Zombrisker in ninth.

St. Louis: 001 011 931 — 18
Cleveland: 000 110 000 — 2

Home runs: Suttles (2), Murray, Hamilton.

Two-base hits: Creacy, Murray, Hamilton.

Wild pitches: Moore, Russell.

Sacrifice hits: Wilriggs and Suttles.

Double plays: Russell, Wells and Suttles; Creacy and Suttles; Moore, Owens and Bonner.

Stolen bases: Wells, Murray, Springfield, Suttles, Murray, Reddus, Miles.

Umpires: Warner and Porch.

Amusements and Sport

By H. T. M.

Negro National League Standings

Where They Play

June 26–30

• St. Louis at Indianapolis
• Cubans at Detroit
• Dayton at Cleveland
• Kansas City at Chicago

July 3–7

• Indianapolis at Chicago
• Cleveland at St. Louis
• Dayton at Detroit
• Cubans at Kansas City

End of First Half

Second Half Schedule

July 10–14

• Cleveland at Kansas City
• Dayton at St. Louis
• Cubans at Chicago
• Indianapolis at Detroit

Balance of schedule to follow.

League Meeting in Chicago June 25–26

The Board of Directors of the Negro National League will meet in Chicago this Friday and Saturday, June 25–26, to work out the final details of the second half of the 1926 playing schedule of the league.

The meeting will be held at the offices of the president, 3344 Indiana Avenue, and all club owners will be present or represented.

Leading Home Run Hitters

Note: St. Louis leads the league with 25 home runs. Indianapolis has 9, and Detroit has 7.

Leading Base Stealers

Note: The above tabulation includes all games through June 15, 1926.

Detroit Wins Two From Kansas City

DETROIT, June 24.—The Detroit Stars closed the series with the Kansas City Monarchs by defeating the champions, 9 to 7, at Mack Park Wednesday afternoon.

The Monarchs forged into the lead in the first inning by scoring four runs by means of bunching four hits and showed signs of beating the Stars by a large score, as in the previous contests of the series. The locals, however, kept plugging away and finally went into the lead in the fifth by combining five hits, a walk and a sacrifice for four runs. The Monarch hurlers blanked them in the sixth inning but the Stars came back and sent three more runs across the plate in the seventh and eighth.

Monarchs Win Saturday

The Monarchs opened up the series Saturday by winning 19 to 4. Three Detroit pitchers failed in an attempt to halt the barrage of hits that the visitors placed to all corners of the park. Twenty-two hits for a total of 32 bases were garnered off the deliveries of the Star hurlers.

The Monarchs came back again on Sunday, and before a record crowd won again, 19 to 4. The visitors made eleven runs off Bill Cooper and Morris in the sixth, after making six off Hampton in the second.

Stars Win Monday

After suffering two overwhelming defeats at the hands of Kansas City, the Detroit Stars came back Monday and with Slim Kenyon on the mound, turned back the champions 3–1.

Kenyon spread eight hits over the route and was decidedly good in the pinches while Chet Bell, on the mound for Kansas City, was solved for nine hits and threw his own game away in the eighth with a heave that helped the Stars.

Tuesday to Monarchs

The Monarchs won on Tuesday by the score of 5 to 3. With the Stars capturing the final game Wednesday, the series ended with three victories for the Kansas City club and two for Detroit.

Chicago Hits The Cubans For Four Straight Games

CHICAGO, June 22.—The Chicago American Giants have won all four of the games played with the Cuban Stars in the series to date. A double header was played on Sunday, and the islanders were shut out in both contests. Five hits were made off Foster in the first game while the Giants got nine safe ones for five runs. The second game was close. The American Giants only got four hits in the second game off Gomez and tallied one run; but Poindexter held the visitors to one hit and no runs.

The Cubans started out ahead on Monday and kept the Giants hustling to win 8 to 6. Tuesday’s game was one-sided 10 to 3. McDonald held the Cubans to 7 hits, while his mates were making twice that number of safeties.

ATHLETICS WILL PLAY SOUTHWEST NASH SUNDAY

Bennett’s Good Team Will Face Strong White Semi-Pro Club At The Stars’ Baseball Park

Sam Bennett’s Athletics will not have a picnic when they face the Southwest Nash baseball club at Stars’ park this Sunday. The Parson Kansas “Smart Set” Club was completely outclassed last Sunday and the game was almost a burlesque with the Athletics winning 31 to 5, and it could have been worse. But there’ll be another tale to tell this Sunday. The Southwest Nash, a white club, is composed of players specially picked and groomed to win for the good of “Another Nash”. Some of them are of A. A. League caliber, but find the Nash berth more alluring.

There is no doubt about Bennett having a good semi-pro team. His boys have lost but two games this season, playing on Sundays and holidays. The fans should really see a lively contest Sunday. The game will be called at 3 o’clock. “Chief” Cooper and Lee will probably umpire as they did last Sunday. The admission price will be 50c, and box seats 25c extra.

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