Baseball talk and player moves across leagues
A digest of notes on players, managers, and team plans across major leagues. Walter Johnson’s arm insured for 100000, praise for the Giants, Dodgers, and Tigers plans, Selma entry in the Georgia Alabama league, and remarks on many clubs including the Pirates, Athletics, and Red Sox. Mentions of Cobb, Lajoie, Sheckard, and other stars with roster reshuffles, transfers, and speculative moves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Artie Riggs
Selma
Importance of managers in shaping top baseball teams
A survey of managers shows how leaders like Cornelius, McGraw, Stallings and Tittle Napoleon influence club success. It notes how Stallings transformed weak Braves and Yankees, while McGraw pushed Giants, with mentions of players and teams such as Johnson, Benz, Walsh, Cicotte, Ty Cobb, and the New York journals weighing in on managerial impact and player performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis Mack
Bakem Collina
Bender
Barry
Cornelius
McGraw
Mack
Tittle Napoleon
Mathewson
Marquard
Meyers
Doyle
Giants
George Stallings
Braves
Stallings
Yankees
Big Bunch Janders
Ty Cobb
Ping” Bodie
New York Journal
Sporting World Notes On Pacing Stars Events And Training
Napoleon the star pacer of the Gears may shift to Russia for training. Boxers in England now work on salaries like actors. Princeton gains a 300000 stadium yet longs for Brickley. Golf pros face a busy season with three opens in a week. Pater Voto could join two minute trotters class. Chamber of commerce stake rivals M and M. Harvey Erneat will retain Ina Jay until 1915 when she aims to improve on 2 10. Gray mare Mary Direct trained by Maj. Mallow shows 2 10% pace. Ferdinand Poggenberg suggests open billiard tournaments for pros and amateurs. Javelin added to intercollegiate events ahead of registration fees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Direct
Wirt Mallow
Maj. Mallow Fame
Chamber, of Commerce
Ultra Feminine Modes Rise In Paris And London Fashion
The Women's Protective league sparks debate on slit skirts and decollates as Paris and London press debate fashion. Paris designers push lace draperies and luminous capes. American buyers influence trends with daring novelties. 1914 promises frills, chiffon, and flowing mantles with lavish cloaks seen at races and salons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
London
Paris
Women's Protective League
Claude Cherys
New York Sun
France
Rue de la Paix
Atyless
Ae Dreas
Drunken Charlie and the House of God Reborn
Jefferson Scott Drury recounts a street tramp Jeff who finds warmth and a path to redemption after entering a church and theater. A sexton’s harsh reception contrasts with a rescuer named Drunken Charlie who helps Jeff toward a new life, ending with a donor’s gift to aid others.
Made It Unanimous On a Mule and Old Woman Tug of War
A traveler finds a stubborn mule hitched to a cart carrying an old couple. The man whips the mule while the wife insists on her way, sparking a quarrel over whisky shoes and a pair of shoes. The scene ends with the pair fighting as the mule races home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairie City
Silver Creek
Pha
Bow Street Runners Rise From London Thieves Tide
The article recalls 18th century London measures against highwaymen. Magistrate Henry Fielding and Duke of Newcastle launched organized patrols, giving birth to Bow Street runners, horse patrol, and a dismounted force. It notes lingering Robin Redbreasts and the evolving police tactic along roads around London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Henry Fielding
Bow Street
Duke of Newcastle
John Fielding
Henry
Robin Rédbreasta
Won Point by Tact at Theater Hat Incident
In a theater a man asked a woman to remove her hat obscuring his view. She refused with a firm retort, saying there is no demand for her doing so. He yielded, placed his own hat on his seat, then she uncovered her hat and he followed by removing his hat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Wind
Sexton
Cass
House of God
Drunken Chariie
Charlie
Charle
Steels
Jeff
Jefferson Scott
Moving Pictures Talk Like Sound Theorized
A French inventor claims a method for synchronizing motion pictures with recorded voices on the same film. The system uses double the width of standard film with one half for the image and the other half for a phonographic groove to capture sound. A special projector would be needed to display these pictures in theaters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auteuil
Guy de Traucigny-Lucinge
Phonographic Record
Engraved exchange over wedding rings at jewelry counter
Customer asks if only five or six wedding rings remain while the jeweler reveals a trayful of engagement rings. The jeweler notes it would require that many engagement rings to work off the wedding rings in stock.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Washington Club
Walter Johnson
New York
Young O
Jennings
Tigers
Hugh High
Providence
Fred Clarke
Pirates
Jake Daubert
Dodgers
Rabbit” Maranville
Boston Braves
Jawn Evers
Ira Thomas
Athletics
Eddie Plank
Ray Demmitt
Detroit
Montreal
Tyrus
Raymond Cobb
Cinci
Howard Shanks
Washington
Napoleon Lajoie
Naps
Jimmy Sheckard
Shecks
John Smith Peel
Husky
New York Yankees
Oberta
Troy
Lincoln
Ramsey
Jack Dunn
Baltimore Orioles
Baltimore
New York American
Boston
The
Outlaws
Barthen, Campbell, Smith, Quinn and Myers
Moseley and Anderson
Red Sox
Ed Kenetehy
Jack Miller
Bill Carrigan
Everett Scott
St. Paul
Heine Wagner
Fred H. Brown
New Bedford
Haverhill
Lowell
New England
Somersville
N. H
Will Shepard
Detroit Tigers
Stockton
Cal
Oscar Stanage
Lews Hellbrower
Central League
Harry Geisel
George M. Roag
J. R. Goebler
R. H. Morgan
Lyon
North Carolina League
William M. Radcliffe
Chicago
William B. van Bunkirk
Frank Miller
Versailles
H. Jasper
Sox
Dablen
Brooklyn
Jimmy Callahan
White Sox
Benz
Walsh
Russell
Scott
Cicotte
President Gilmore
Feds
F. Otto Knabe
Joe Tinker
Hettie Green
Indianapolis
Waco
New York Mail
Connie Mack
Sporting
WORL
Napoleon
Walter Direct
Gears
Doc
Tanner
Russia
Princeton
Brickley
Pater Voto
Chamber of Commerce
Harvey Erneat
Ina Jay
Ferdinand Poggenberg
Interagllegiate
Collégiane
America
Parisiennes
Marcelle Lender
Mma
Rejane
Mme. Simone
Mme
Paquin
Gaymenta
Wastrel
Balk
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