Word: pittsburgh
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Your issue of July 15 contains an error on page 13. Pittsburgh is not the first city operating an aluminum street car. Cleveland had its first aluminum street car nearly two years ago. Come to Cleveland if you wish to see the best in street cars, and the car riders pay for them under the Taylor-Tom Johnson franchise...
...around .400.* A good average score used to be 4 runs to 3. A few weeks ago the St. Louis Nationals in a game with the Philadelphia Nationals made 10 runs in the first inning, 10 more in the fifth, 25 in the game. Pitcher Burleigh Grimes of the Pittsburgh club says: "I used to figure on allowing two runs and winning. Now I figure on allowing four and winning...
...fashioned "pitchers' battle." No one has ever yet booed a homerun and certainly the greatest crowd-getter in recent years has been Homerunner Ruth. The question raised against the "lively" ball seems only to be whether homeruns may not become too common. In a Brooklyn-Pittsburgh encounter lately, nine homeruns were hit in one afternoon...
...ball at such speed that few batters are able to time it correctly, and no matter how "lively" a ball may be it will travel no distance when the batter misses it. The Grove record up to last week-end was 16 won, 2 lost. Pitcher Grimes of Pittsburgh had the same record. Part of the Grimes effectiveness results from the fact that he throws a spitball.* Some years ago the spitball was barred except for pitchers who had already specialized in it. There are now hardly any oldtime spitballers left, so Pitcher Grimes has something of an advantage over...
...National League has a more hectic race, with Pittsburgh and Chicago popping in and out of first place. Last year's Champion, the St. Louis Club, is a poor fourth, mostly through collapse of the pitching staff. The New York "Giants" are third but here again the common ailment of poor pitching has been a grave handicap. Pitcher Grimes, whose fine work has held up the Pittsburgh Club, last week had his thumb dislocated by a fast liner. If he is long on the bench, the Chicago Club should be the next champion. Outstanding Chicagoans are Infielder Rogers Hornsby...