No Game Until Friday Warned By Weather And Managers
Weather delays push back opening schedule with snow and rain. Directors anticipate a Saturday doubleheader at Second Street grounds if conditions improve. McGinnis seeks morning practice, while Williams pursues a Coast League infielder or pitcher to reinforce the roster.
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Butte Ie
Second Street Grounds
McGinnity
Joe
Fitzsimmons
Spokane
Stanacer
McGinnis
Williams
Oakland
Farr
Infelder Williams
Bald
Portland
Lafayette
Schupp Wins Sixth Straight as Giants Top Phillies
Schupp pitched his sixth straight victory for New York as they beat Philadelphia 3 to 2 in the morning game and 9 to 1 in the second. Lavender weakened in the eighth. Alexander was hit hard in the pinches. Philadelphia, New York, and related NL standings are noted with early season scoring and battery details.
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Schupp
Alexander
Lavender
Philadelphia
Giants
New York
Philadelph
R. B. Philadelphia
Killifer
Anderson
Perritt
McCarthy
Oeschger
Even Break At Pittsnana Pittsburg May 30
Pittsboro split an afternoon doubleheader with Chicago taking the day game 7 to 1 after losing the morning match. Carlson dominated the second game allowing no hits until the seventh inning while a lengthy morning contest used 89 players.
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Cincinnat
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Chase
Cruise
Groh Gote
Eller
Schneider
RWB Bt
Louie
Ames
Packard
Horstman
Snyder
Mitchell
Wingo
Beces
Doak
Pittsnana
Pittsburg
Pittsboro
Chicago
Carlson
Rowe Hice
Pittsbore
Kendrie
Aldridge
Prennergast
Douglas
Wilson
Cooper
Grimes
Jacobs
Fischer
RH. E. Thicago
Eeee Roe
Ony Carta
Fiecers
Whitmon day races break attendance and betting records
Attendance and betting at Gruenwald track near Berlin soared on Whitmon day with over 2 000 000 marks in attendance and wagers. The note mentions Great Falls and a Tacoma game in connection to the day’s events.
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Berlin
Copenhagen
London
Gruenwald Track
Baseball and sport debates in wartime Canada and America
In Fredericton, New Brunswick, two Highlanders practice as army games and enlistment shape sport. The piece notes few golfers enlisting, several prizefighters remaining absent, and many baseball players joining or considering service. It references Col. McGeehan and Prof. Foster on fishing rod terminology, an incident with a flag, and analyzes 1914 17 Sox pitchers and Mays Ruth era trends while contrasting White Sox and Red Sox strengths.
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Fredericton
New Brunswick
Canada
Army
Alost
Ofl
America
Canetlen Spring
Ain New Brunswick
Col
McGeehan
Maximilian Foster
Professor Foster
Colonel McGeechan
Hugh
Fullerton
Mr. Fullerton
Red Sox
Dutch Leonard
Foster
Shore
Babe Ruth
Mays
Ruth
May
Leonard
Babe
Chevrolet Brothers Finish One–Two In 250 Mile Race
In Cincinnati on May 30 Louis Chevrolet won the 250 mile international sweepstakes at Sharoneville Speedway traveling just over 102 mph. Gaston Chevrolet finished seconds behind with Ralph de Palma, Earl Cooper and Tom Milton also near the lead. Several rivals retired with engine trouble while others contended into the later stages before dropping back.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Louis Chevrolet
Sharoneville Speedway
Gaston Chevrolet
Ralph de Palma
de Palma
Earl Cooper
Tom Milton
Otto Henning
Eddie Hearne
Barney Oldfield
Ralph Mulford
A. M. Patterson
Joe Thomas
Walter H pacer sold to eastern buyers for Middle West circuits
Walter H a pace with a record of audio on a half mile track was sold yesterday by owner Billy Gemmell to eastern men who will race the pacer on Middle West circuits. Walter H named after Walter Hill son of the late James J. Hill friend of the Butte horseman is son of Dan Patch. Last summer Gemmell had the pacer raced in Wisconsin and Michigan and he was a good.
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Walter Hy
Audi
Billy Gemmell
Walter H
Waler Hill
James J. Hill
Butte
Dan Patch
Gem~melt
Wisconsin
Michigan
Money horse shines with eight firsts and five seconds
The narrative notes a horse earning in the money in every start with eight firsts and five seconds. It also mentions Spokane's Webb in two games being replaced late by Schorr, and provides box scores for both games with Seattle and Spokane. The remainder discusses Brooklyn Dodgers slump theories tied to salary cuts and Dell’s painter bargain with Squire Ebbets.
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Kane
Webb
Spokane
Schorr
Alexander
T. Cunningham
Baldwin
RH B
Seattle
Spokin
Rojas
Time to Look at Baseball Through the Ages
Billy Keeler compares past and present hitters noting that modern players slow at contact and lose momentum toward first. He recalls old grounders beating out hops and faster infield plays, contrasting chopping at the ball with immediate sprinting. Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph piece.
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Billy Keeler
Billy
Pittsburg
Yankees blank Athletics in doubleheader tilt
Philadelphia and New York split a twi nning doubleheader, New York winning 6 0 in the morning and 2 0 in 15 innings as Peckinpaugh and Caldwell drove in Walter while Baker was hurt on a line drive. Second game featured late runs and a 6 4 finish. In the day’s action Washington swept Boston, while Detroit took both ends from Cleveland, as Boland Veach and Young shined. Awards and records noted include Norman Ross’s 75 yard backstroke mark and trapshooting results in San Jose.
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Sit
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St ‘Louis
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Los Angeles
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Miller
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Johnson
RWB
ST Philadelphia
Cullop
Alexander
Falkenberg Myers
Seibold
Shocker
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Schang
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Jme
Veach
Young
Heisman
Holand
Spencer
Bagby
O'Neill
Ehmke and
Gould
Morton
Billings
War fronts show variable intensity across theaters
AP dispatch notes light fighting on the France front with minor raids and artillery duels, while East Galicia sees increased Russian Austrian activity. Attacks near Jamiano are resisted by Austrians and Italians claim counterattacks to the north of the Julian front amid shifting positions toward Trieste.
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Haig
St. Quentin
Champagne
Galicia
Petrograd
Vienna
Romania
Gulf of
Triest
Medeaza
Duino
Austrian War Office
Jamiano
Rome
Connolly Olin Wrestle Ends In Fist Fight In Butte Theater
The Connolly Olin wrestling match at the Empire Theater in Butte ended in a fist fight between wrestlers and spectators. Referee Tom Green disqualified, awarding the first fall to Connolly on a foul. Olin protested, a brawl ensued, police cleared the theater, and the match was awarded to Connolly amid heavy wagering and racial tension surrounding the Irish Connolly and Finn Olin.
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Butte
Connolly-Olin
Empire Theater
Tom Green
Connolly
Olina Finn
Olin
Lewis
Green
Wreatiers
Joe Stecher
Connolly Sala
Finn
O“ Post Forfelt
Kasberg “Halberk
John Gebhardt
Perfect Health Is Yours If the Blood Is Keept Pure
An old advertisement extols λ. 8.8, a blood remedy, claiming it cleanses the blood and prevents diseases blamed on impurities. It lists conditions like pneumonia, catarrh, scrofula, eczema, malaria, and other skin ailments, urging readers to write the Swift Specific Medical Dept for literature and advice.
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Swift Specific Company
Swift Laboratory
Tanta. Ga
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