Tigers Take a Pair by Timely Swatting
Detroit wins a doubleheader against Cleveland 4 6 to 1 and 9 0 as Ehmke and Jones shine with timely hitting. Second game batters pile 16 hits as Detroit bats explode through three innings to seize a 9 0 victory.
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Tigers
Imke
Jones
Tris Speaker
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Cleveland
Ehmke
Carrol Jones
Kiepfer
Coumbe
O'Neill
Spencer
Tambeth, Gould
Billings
Jones and
Today’s Sched Rivalries Hit City Arenas
Today’s schedule features New York at Chicago Philadelphia at St Louis Boston at Detroit and Washington at Clove a with matchups guiding regional standings.
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Chicago
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Boston
Detroit
Washington
Bue
St .Louis
Cincinnati
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Pittsburg
Big Shakeup Fails To Lift Vancouver Beavers
Vancouver and Butte battled in a pitchers’ duel with Acosta holding the Miners to one run as McGinnity and Levine delivered strong defensive plays. Butte’s lone score came on a Wolters grounder misplay, while Vancouver stranded runners and fended off late threats to win 1 to 0 in a tense matinee. Lamarra and Olmond starred defensively for Vancouver with a running catch earlier.
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Butte
McGinnity
Racker
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Simcott
Brillant
Levine
Olmond
Grants Tooate
Wolters
Bates
Jane” Acosta
Acosta
Lamarra
Snider
Tolman
Theail Tomy
Forman Om
Cadman
Cary
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Secon
Grant Bobble
Wolfer
Watts
Fisy
Brown
Laumatra
Pelvan
Yanuuey
Walter
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Stokke
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Dawson
Snyder
de Follman
Tee Oy Cadman
AB. R. H. PO
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Grant
Hillyard
Johnson
E. Watt
Hottman
Leifer
Cuvers
Walter Follman
Lamarra Levine
Krown Snyder
Pila Hamilton
Hamilton
So Acosta
Tacoma Tigers Dominate Electrics In Third Straight Win
Tacoma defeats Great Falls 9 to 2 behind Henry Peterson who allows only one hit. Electrics show weak hitting as Tacoma builds lead early and coast to the victory. Gardner and Byler faulted for Seattle box wildness as Spokane and Beene combine on the mound for a separate clash.
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Sutherland
Great’ Falls
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Innines Ri
Gardner
Byler
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Stevens
Cops Plan Baseball Game With Firemen Of Butte
In Butte a cops team formed by officers and fire department staff outlines a lineup led by captain Jack Wesson Wisconsin star with players including catchers and infielders. They propose a keg on third base and appoint Lieut Dwyer custodian. They urge a Sunday game or home match within the month. Bill to legalize 10 round no decision bouts passes Illinois lower house and moves to senate.
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Gether
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Wisconsin Star
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O'Donnel
de Ball
van Orden
Carlson
Calpin
Reagan
Nyland
Burns
Langer
King
Fienderson
Powell
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Mike Dwyer
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Springfield
Ill
General Assembly
Andover rifle training precursors to war effort noted
The article recalls Andover Academy installing five basement rifle ranges and notes military drill attracting 400 students before war. It highlights Johnny Poe and college football figures, praising courage and patriotism, and discusses coaching changes at Pitt under Warner, Peck, and Soppitt shaping future programs. Twenty acres of Toronto parks are allocated for free cultivation plots.
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Andover
Johnny
Princeton
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Flanders
Nathan Hale
Poe
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Johns Hopkins
England
Black Watch
Dover
Loos
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Harvard
Pittsburg
Warner
Bob Peck
Pitt
Rendal ‘Oppitt
Peck
Culvert Military Academy
Soppitt
University of Georgia
Toronto
Cubs Defeat Champs to Start Eastern Swing
Brooklyn May 9 Chicago opened an eastern trip by beating the Champs 7 to 2. Zeider drove in four runs with a double and three singles while Al Aldridge finished strong for the Cubs. Prendergast started for Brooklyn and was touched for runs early.
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Chicago
Williams
Cicotte
H. E
Schalk
Hamilton
Severeid
Brooklyn
Coomba
Smith
Reuther
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Innit
Minnesota to suspend football and revive track after war
The University of Minnesota board of regents voted to drop football for the year and to join the 1917 track meets scheduled after the war. Enlistments have surged with 12 football players joining the colors. Intercollegiate athletics are largely suspended but coaches contracts remain, with funds used to cover differences if coaches join military service.
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University of Thewata
Nebraska
Board of Regents
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University Athletic Fund
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University Tonight
Diz Nine
Minnesota
McAllister Beats Levinsky In 10 Round Fight
New York May 9 Bob McAllister of California outboxed and defeated Levinsky of New York in a ten round bout. McAllister weighed 164 pounds and Levinsky 188. The article also cites a Minneapolis speech from Sept 2 1901 by former President Roosevelt urging measured speech backed by strength and resolve.
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Levinsky
New York
Bob McAllister
California
McAllister
Inuinapolis
Minneapolis
Nevelt
The Port Grits Through War Time Baseball Musings
A chaotic montage blends war year reflections with baseball lore. It praises brave spirits facing a distant, uncertain future while recalling pitchers like Jack Coombs and John Wesley, and notes shifting salaries and wartime constraints on players amid league talk and schedule doubt.
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Wallace School OF Dancing
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