My Biggest Mistake As A Player And Manager
In a 1912 reminiscence Brooklyn manager speaking about his early Chicago White Stockings days he recalls a near miss when a fumbled ball allowed a crucial New York score. He reflects on blame shifting and learning not to take risks at the plate or on the basepaths.
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Chicago White Stockings
Clark Griffith
Tommy Burns
Chicago
Egan
New York
Fgan
Aoard
Napa
Ww. G Chapman
Dr King's New Life Pills Ad Sparks Street Scene
An old advertising snippet shows a police officer telling a crowd to move on as a harsh tone is used. The copy claims the pills gently persuade bowels to action and health follows, priced at 25 cents, available at Amarillo Drug Store.
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Dr. King
Amarillo
Baseball scores and polyglot box scores from Cleveland to Philadelphia
Summary of league games listing batteries and line scores at Cleveland Boston Brooklyn Philadelphia Pittsburgh St Louis and Cincinnati with multiple second games and yesterday results including Louisville Indianapolis Toledo Milwaukee Minneapolis Kansas City and St Paul. An unrelated ad notes Ford taxicab service from Pink Cigar store with phone number.
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Brooklyn
Broathvea
Philadelphia
Ragan
Miller
Rixey
Schultz
Alexander
Devin
Bih
Brookien Ass
Louisville
Columbus
Indianapolis
Toledo
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
Kansas City
St. Paul
Reliable Pink
Rearine
Pet
Boston
Houston
San Antonio
Chicago
Dallas
Washington Ad
Waco
Cleveland
Beaumont
Detroit
Austin
New York
Galveston
St. Louis
Fort Worth
Pyrk
Ford
Sweeney
Bedient
Hall
Carrigan
H. E
Warhop
Street
Collins
Beident
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
St Louis
American Association
Minneapolis - Kansas City
Western League Scores and Contest Highlights
In Denver Lincoln edged the field 6 to 5 while Des Moines beat Sioux City 3 to 2 and Wichita defeated Topeka 7 to 3. Omaha routed St Joseph 12 to 1 as a promotion promised a $175 motorcycle prize at Popes. Snakes killed chickens tonight in animal shows.
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Denver
Lincoln
Des Moines
Sioux City
Wichita
Topeka
Omaha
St. Joseph
Pet
Regatta Day Guides Intercollegiate Rowing Showdown
Poughkeepsie hosts the seventeenth annual Intercollegiate Rowing Association regatta on the Hudson tomorrow featuring varsity and freshman races. Six varsity crews Cornell Pennsylvania Columbia Wisconsin Syracuse Stanford race four miles with betting on favorites led by Cornell and strong Wisconsin hopes.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Intercollegiate Rowing Association
Hudson River
Cornell
Pennsylvania
Columbia
Wisconsin
Hudson
Leland Stanford
California
Madison
Morningside Heights
Syracues
Syracuse
Stanford
Charles A. Courtney
Ithacans
Cornell Regatta Dominance in Intercollegiate Races
Over the past twelve years Cornell has won the varsity eight oared event nine times and set a course record of 18 minutes 53 15 seconds in 1901. Pennsylvania last won in 1900, Syracuse claimed the title in 1904, and several Court ney coached crews have led the field since 1900. Last year Columbia led until near the end when a oarsman collapsed and Cornell surged ahead for a dramatic victory.
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Cornell
Ithacans
Pennsylvania
Syracuse
Courtney
Columbia
Playwright Holbrook Blinn Readies Chicago Tryout
A note from 1921 mentions Holbrook Blinn has written a new play, as yet unnamed, planned for a Chicago try-out after a carnival event at Pike Street. The fragment also references a ten cent phone line and a person named Stroud.
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Holbrook Blinn
Chicago
Hardwarers Best Electrics Again in Narrow Win
The Antarillo Hardware team beat Nunn Electrics 14 to 9 on the uptown field. Socks on the nose homer by Sockwell opened the scoring as hardware batteries led by Trol linger Big Thompson and Blair outpitched Bellew and Slim for the Electrics.
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Antarillo Hardware
Nunn
Sockwell
Trollinger
Thompson
Blair
Hardwares
Bellew
Slim
Electrics
Oh, you P. D. Q. taxicab, Rearing to go.
Taxi ad copy mentions prompt service with two phone numbers 301 and 114 and a 194tfe tag.
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Woilmu
Donehead
Hott J. Fullerton
William F. Dahlen
Brooklyn Team
William F. Dahien
Pike Stroud
P. D. Q. Messenger
Texas League
Cleveland St. Louis
Kahler and Hamilton
Nelson and Stephens
Doan O'Neill
RH. Se
RS Iat
Rae Gehts Bow Toek Ag
Donnelly
Ariden
Mathewson
Myers
Wilson
Hess, White
Kling Wiltse
Myers and
Willson
R. H
Washington
Bender
Coombs
Thomas
Vaughn
Engel
Henry
R. H. EK
Irene
Morgan, Houck Pennock
Lapp
Pelly
Johnson and
Ainsmith
White
Benz
Kuhn
Dubuc
L@ke
Stanage
H. EB
jGalveston iWaco
Helm
Williams
Lohman
Rielly
Rose
Allen
Shontz
Blink
Beaumont Fort Worth
Larsen and O' Bryant
Aah
Austin H. E
Ayres and Smith
Ashton and Henninger
Western League
Pope's
Hegatta
W. E. Groendycke
West Fifth Street
Texas
Ayer
Hart Schaffner
Marx
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