Crackers Head to Nashville for pivotal pennant weekend
The Crackers leave for Nashville to open a three game series with the Nashville Champs, tied for first in the pennant race. Mo ran is out. Sid Smith doubtful. Barr may join later. Kirkpatrick at first. Fisher or Bartley in outfield. Bartley to start opener against the Champs. Crackers trail 8-4 in meetings with Nashville so far.
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Harry Pulliam Baseball Head Dies by Suicide in New York
Harry C Pulliam president of the National League shot himself in his New York room at an athletic club. A Louisville native born 1870 he rose from city editor to secretary of the Louisville Baseball Club and later helped unite Louisville and Pittsburgh clubs. He became NL president in 1899 and had health troubles for two years. He attended the University of Virginia and served one term in the Kentucky legislature.
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National Baseball League
New York City
Louisville
Louisaville
Barney Dreyfus
Pittsburg
Puilliam
Secre
Tary
National League
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Heydler
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Scottsville
Virginia University
Kentucky
Weimer Leads In Total Bases On Hits For Pelicans
Dutch Weimer the Pelicans right fielder tops the list with 128 total bases from 94 hits through Saturdays games. Daley 124 and Molesworth 123 follow with 86 and 95 hits respectively as list of 100+ base totals is shown. Also notes sacrifice hits stolen bases double plays and strikeouts with time and umpires.
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Dutch Weimer
Standings by Extra Base Hits Across Southern League Teams
New Orleans leads home runs with 10 and 10 is strongest in stolen bases for New Orleans 64. Montgomery tops three-base hits with 37 while Atlanta leads in sacrifice hits with 165. Standings reflect games through Saturday in July with teams such as Birmingham Nashville and Memphis also posting totals.
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Hellmater
Connie Mack
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Atlante
Iattle
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Case
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Montgomery
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Birmingham
Little Rock
Memphis
Mobile
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Speaking of luck and pelicans in Atlanta series
The piece argues luck rather than skill decides Atlanta's losses, citing New Orleans games where rain delays and postponements led to calls, and Fisher and Bartley performances. It contends Pelicans had no monopoly on luck and Atlanta fans wish no more Pelican wins this season.
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Bega
New Orleana
Bartley
New Orleans
Pfenninger
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Fisher
Ali
RACES AT SARATOGA START TOMORROW MEETING
Saratoga N Y August 1 the midsummer meeting of the Saratoga Racing Association opens tomorrow afternoon. Visitors flood in with 1500 New York regulars arriving by special trains. Sheriff Bradley enforces anti betting laws with oral betting allowed. About 1000 horses are quartered at the track with top horses from across the regions. Featured events include the Saratoga handicap at 6000 and the Fisen stakes. The meet runs daily through August 25.
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Saratoga Racing Association
New York City
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Shariff
Canada
New World's Record At Clan Na Gael Games
At Celtic Park L L the Clan Na Gael track meet produced eight new world records. Daniel F. Ahern of the Irish American Athletic Club covered 50 feet 152 inches in the two hops and a jump, surpassing the previous mark by Dan Shannahan of Limerick Ireland by about 20 years.
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Clan+Na- Gael
Celtic Park
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Daniel IF. Ahern
Washington Round Trip Searc Rd Fare Ad
Odd fragmented ad offers a Washington round trip via Searc Road for $15. Tickets good until August 100 unclear text and phone line appears. Contains garbled names and stray numbers but indicates travel offer with limited validity and contact detail.
Fans Roast New Orleans Club Over Delays At Ponce de Leon
A letter from an Atlanta citizen blasts the New Orleans club for dilatory tactics during a Southern League game at Ponce de Leon. The writer denounces slow play, calls for stricter umpire rulings, and warns attendance will fall if such tactics continue. He also critiques Charley Frank's handling of a planned double header and urges better sportsmanship to protect the sport.
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Atlante Daily
New Orleans
Bublus
Southern League
Orleana
Southern
Atlanta
Charley Frank
Frank
Heisman
Smith
Schedule of Southern and Atlantic League Games Listed
A condensed listing shows today’s matchups across major leagues. Southern League games feature Atlanta at Nashville, Little Rock at New Orleans, Memphis at Mobile, Birmingham at Montgomery and Augusta at Knoxville. South Atlantic League includes Macon at Jacksonville, Augusta at Knoxville, Columbus at Chattanooga, and Columbia at Savannah. American League pairings include Detroit at Boston, St Louis at New York, Chicago at Philadelphia, and Cleveland at Washington. National League has New York at Pittsburgh, Brooklyn at Cincinnati, Philadelphia at Chicago, and Boston at St Louis.
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Montgomery
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Memphis
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Chattanooga
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NOAP HENLINE LEADS IN NUMBER OF HITS
Noah Hentine the fleet Birmingham outfielder leads laboring players with 106 hits in the Southern League through Saturday. Molesworth is second with 95, Weimer third with 94, and several others reaching 80 or more hits including McGilvray Kerwin Sentell Coulson Daley Robertson Coling Bay Sontz Egat Wheat Dexter Hales Bachweld Cocish Bor.
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Fleet Birmingham
Hite
Molesworth
Bingles
Weimer
New Orleans
St. Henlina
McGilvray
Captain Lobert Slumps as Mitch Mitchell Rebounds in Cincinnati
In a season of contrasts, Captain Lobert of Cincinnati struggles at the plate while Mile Mitchell regains form. Fans debate causes, but Lobert’s natural hitting remains, with optimism he will soon snap out of the lull and lift the Reds when the season ages.
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House of Swallow
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Cincinnati
Gygl i Leads League In Stolen Bases
Gygli, last Haran, tops Southern League with 62 steals. Moran of Atlanta is second with 4 and numerous players show 15 or more through July 31. Other listed names and stats appear, though some fragments remain unclear.
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Atlanta
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Henline
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Lemont
Sentel
Daley
Kerwin
Dodgers and Reds split doubleheader in rough slugfest
In Cincinnati and Brooklyn, Reds and Dodgers traded close wins. Game 1 ended Cincinnati 2 Brooklyn 1 after a fast start, while Game 2 saw Brooklyn prevail 8 2 in a nine inning finish. Pitching and early runs defined the day as Campbell McLean Rucker Marshall and teammates logged the hours.
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Cincinnati
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Marshall
Huelsman Leads in Circuit Smashers Hit Parade
Frank Huelsman of New Orleans tops the circuit with four home runs. Other players with two or more include Dexter with three, Smith Pepe Henline Casey and Sentz each with two, figures shown for the list of two homer performers.
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Dexter
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Henline
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Sentz
Daley Leads Southern League In Three-baggers
Daley the Montgomery Climbers outfielder tops the Southern League with 12 three-base hits through games sung Saturday July 3. Moran of Atlanta is second with 10, followed by Weimer Lentz and Gygil with eight, Baerwalg and Hany tied at five.
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Atlanta
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Newton Tops Southern League in Sacrifice Hits
Al Newton, Atlanta shortstop, leads Southern League with 41 sacrifice hits as of July 31. Other players exceeding 16 include Wiseman 29 Kerwin 29 Elam 27 and Sentel 21 with several others adding 16 to 18 sacrifices.
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Dick Bayless Tops Southern League In Runs Scored
Dick Bayless, center fielder for the Crackers, leads the Southern League in runs with 67 through July 31. Other top scorers include Daley of Montgomery with 62 and Bayless at 57, followed by multiple players with 41 to 46 runs, reflecting a tight race across the circuit.
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Wheat
Molesworth Leads In Two Baggers In Southern League
Gladya Molesworth tops the Southern League hitting chart with eighteen two baggers through games up to July 31. Weimer of New Orleans is second with seventeen, Coulson of Memphis third with sixteen, plus a list of other players who have reached the milestone.
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Kerwin
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Moran
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Jordan
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Eastwald
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Whegler
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Eliam
All American League Games Postponed for Funeral Day
Chicago reports all American League games scheduled for tomorrow will be postponed due to the funeral of Harry C. Pulliam, late National League president, per President B. B. Johnson. The note adds a commentary on prairie town building and the role of the press agent in promoting new towns.
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Harry C. Pulliam
National League
B. B. Johnson
Foy and White to Fight Ten Rounds Tonight at Armory Hall
Tonight at the armory hall Jack Foy and Allie White clash in a ten round bout to settle their differences. Both fighters boast strong form and confident camps, with White backed by city printers and Foy seen as the better man by many in attendance. Promoter Joe Whittemore promises a smooth show with a full card and punctual start.
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Jack
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Joe Whittemore
The Great Blind and Its Triumphs Through History
A reflection on blindness as a barrier overcome by notable figures. Homer Keller Herreshoff Fawcett Gore Brazile Pulitzer and others are cited to illustrate how blindness has spurred achievement. The piece notes the rarity of highly gifted blind individuals and the enhanced faculties they cultivate.
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Muiliun
Heaven
Hell
Helen Keller
John Herreshoff
Henry Fawcett
England
Senator Gore
Oklahoma
Louis Brazile
Reading
Joseph Pulitzer
Hawaii Young Man s Land
In Van Norden Magazine Alexander Hume Ford portrays Hawaii as the land of opportunity for the energetic white man. He notes Honolulu houses more self-made millionaires than cities double its size, with ordinary planters of pineapples becoming wealthy by advertising, sugar profits boosting fortunes, and a trend of new industries and fortifications drawing white labor and capital to the islands.
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sAlexander Hume Ford
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Island Territory
Honolulu
Very Low Rail Rates to the East via Seaboard
Low round trip fares announced for Washington and return to Richmond and Norfolk with through sleepers and dining cars. Two trains daily, marked as available by August 14. Reserved seating and sleeper services described with contact numbers 1908 and 8 Peachtree.
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Washington and Return
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Norfolk
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