Gavvy Cravath Rises to Phillies Slugger Spotlight
Gavvy Cravath, star outfielder for Pat Moran's Phllly Phillies, rose from a late bloom in the Minneapolis league to become a linchpin of the club. Nicknamed the Phfly Phillie's slugger, he leads the season with over twenty home runs and fuels the offense with his long drives.
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Gavvy
Gibbons Passes Up Fortune In Boxing Stoppage
Mike Gibbons failed to stop Packey McFarland in ten rounds at Brighton Beach N Y costing him prestige and big purse potential. He now faces Young Ahearn in New Orleans for a modest $15 000 payoff, with critics questioning his overrated status while plans for future heavyweights and Jess Willard linger. Vincent Astor donates a large silver cup for the inaugural Sheepshead Bay auto speedway meeting on Oct 2.
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Chicago
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Ahearn
New Orleans
St. Paul
Jess Willard
Astor
Gap
Vincent Astor
Sheepshead Bay
Manager Wolverton Commands Seals From Bed by Telegraph
Harry Wolverton, former New York Yankees star and manager, directed the San Francisco Seals from his hospital bed using telephones and wires. After a serious automobile accident he installed a link from the dugout to his bedside, guiding infield play and strategies as telegraph substitutes for the bench.
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San Francisco
New York Yankees
Seals
Wolverton
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Meredith May Try For Famous Record
At Guttenberg race track Ted Meredith of the University of Pennsylvania may make another attempt to equal or beat the 47 second mark set by Maxey Long in 1900 for a quarter mile. The existing record has defied the world's best middle distance runners since its establishment.
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Guttenberg
Maxey Long
Ted Meredith
University of Pennsylvanian
Night baseball eyed for Brooklyn Brookfeds home game
Robert B. Ward and George S. Ward owners of the Brookfeds and Federal league executives are thought to be considering introducing night baseball at Washington park in Brooklyn. The Wards declined to discuss the plan but a non club source confirms they have contemplated this for some time.
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Tesreau Struggles Against Bunting Tactics
Analysis notes Tesreau as one of the Giants' steadier pitchers until opponents start bunting. The tactic is said to reduce his effectiveness, with rivals claiming bunt-focused play can beat him in most trials, highlighting a weakness in this game strategy.
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Tesreau
Jeff Tesreau
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Net Star For Princeton
Harold Throckmorton of New York a promising eighteen year old lawn tennis player will enter Princeton this fall He stands five feet nine inches tall and weighs 137 pounds
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Harold Throckmorton
New York
Sloan's Liniment Promises Instant Pain Relief
An advertisement touts Sloan's Liniment as relief for neuralgia rheumatism lumbago neuritis toothache sprains and more. It claims immediate penetration of the sore area dissolving congestion and banishing pain, with prices 25 60 and 1.00.
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