Shans Collins Peg Ends Chicago Win Over Sew Work
Shans Collins' peg at home plate in the ninth stopped a potential tying run, securing Chicago's 1-0 victory over Sew Work and extending their winning streak to eight. Tad Matec scored earlier, with strong plays by Collins and Wear Pa contributing to the late drama. Detroit routed Washington 10-3 as three runs in the third and fourth buoyed their win. Postponements hit several games due to cold weather across major league schedules.
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Notable Death Tragedy Hits Independent Baseball Circle
A former Helena pitcher known as a well known figure in baseball, Weeley Wemey, died after being struck on the head by a pitched ball while playing for an independent team in Price Utah. He pitched four innings before collapsing and died three hours later in hospital. Wemey had previously played for the Helena Pitching State club in 1904 and had since resided in Utah.
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Jurt
Emson
Price
Utah
Weeley
Helen
South
Leaders Easily Beaten By Tip Tops
Puncture May B. The Brooklyn Pod reports leaders were outplayed as Tip Tops dominated the action. Batter lines feature Hearne Leclair O'Connor and others, with delays from rain and wet grounds hampering several scheduled games across major cities including Brooklyn and Philadelphia.
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Langford and McGoorty Headed to Australia Tour
Sam Langford the veteran Tar Baby heavyweight plans to sell his training camp at auction and sail for Australia after years at the top. Eddie McGoorty of Ishkosh, Wisconsin, is already bound for Australia to box for promoter Snowy Baker in several bouts likely against Jeff Smith.
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Australia
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Jeff Smith
Eddie
Plot to blow up Ottawa bridge foiled by arrests
Ottawa Ontario May 2 Ten Austana have been arrested at Smiths Falls by military authorities. A plot to blow up the Canadian Northern railway bridge was believed frustrated. An officer noted a recruit posing as a Polish Russian, later found Austrian, shadowed last night. A boat house near the bridge was surrounded and dynamite seized. The men expected several trainloads of troops to pass today.
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Ontario
Mosaic of Old Baseball Gossip and Errant Scribbles
Fragmented notes recounting early careers and players like Mick King and Russell Ford with tangles of team names and misheard phrases. The garbled text mentions Rebel Oakes, Jim Fox, and Ric Fox in disjoint anecdotes about pitching, fielding, and misthrown balls amid a hazy portrait of midcentury baseball chatter.
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Feds
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Atlanta
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Ford
Fox
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American Association results show uneven scores across games
In Milwaukee St Pawl defeated Inaanapaus 3 to 4 while Columbus beat Minneapolis 4 to 0. Laoutavite Cleveland-Kansas City game posted rain delays and unclear outcomes.
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