Fodder for Fans from a Baseball World of 1909
A collage of baseball notes and opinions from Billy Burns to Hank Day including takes on George Burns hitting, O Day on specialists, Nashville and Birmingham clubs, Savannah attendance, and scouting woes. Mentioned are Rowdy Elliott and Bristol, Red Smith, Ernest Shore, Jack Kelly, and veteran pitchers Mathewson Plank Powell Young. Also notes on Brooklyn Superbas voting, Sally and Southern leagues, umpire apoplexy, a New York Highland hat incident, and Clark Griffith’s possible firing of Dixie Walker.
Carolina Tennis Open to Kick Off June Seventeenth
The Sans Souci Country Club in Greenville announces its fifth annual open tennis tournament for the Carolinas championship. Play begins June 17 with current holders required to compete. defending names include Wingate Waring, W A Colwell, Reed Smith, Mrs Robert Johnson, Nancy Clark.
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Sans Souci Country Club
I Greenville
Carolinas
Wingate Waring
Columbia
S. C
W. A. Colwell
Spartanburg
Reed Smith
Robert Johnson
Asheville
N. C
Nancy Clark
Brevard
LaJoie Day Honors Cleveland Legend With Gifts
In Cleveland on June 5, the tenth anniversary of Nap Lajoie joining the team was celebrated as La Joie day. Fans gave him a horse shoe stuffed with 1,009 silver dollars and fellow players presented $125 in gold. Lajoie contributed a double, a single, and a sacrifice fly in the day’s events.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Lajoie
Charley White Beats Shugrue in New York Fight
Charley White of Chicago defeated Shugrue of Jersey City on points at St Nicholas Athletic Club in New York. The crowd expected more from White who, though clever, appeared short of steam after his first New York win.
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New York
Charley White
Chicago
White
Young Shurue
Jersey City
St. Nicholas Athletic Club
Women golfers play for Blount trophy in handicap match
The Atlanta women golfers compete this afternoon for a trophy donated by B. M. Blount in a handicap match play event. Play began at 2 o'clock.
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Atlanta
B. M. Blount
Crackers and Billies Tied When Rain Began
In Montgomery Alabama on June 5 the Cracker club and Billikens tied 1 to 1 as a downpour halted play in the last half of the third inning. Montgomery led off with a run in the first as Wares doubled and scored on McKiven’s sacrifice fly. Atlanta tied it in the third with Donahue’s single, a passed ball, Litton’s infield out, Bailey’s walk, and Sykes’s grounder.
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Montgomery
Ala
Wares
McKiveen
Atlanta
Donahue
Litton
Bailey
Sykes
Billikens
J. Callahan
Harry Lord
Pat Dougherty
Lord
Johnson Training Camp Costs Ten Cents to See Him
Las Vegas June 5 The Johnson training quarters charge ten cents at the door to view the dusky champion go through his stunts as he endures about three hours of hard work for a rumored prize of 32,500 dollars. Fans worry over his poor financial prospects for the upcoming fight.
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Las Vegas
Johnson
Russell Located: Pitcher to Report Thursday
The last Lefty Russell has been found and will report here on Thursday. President Callaway, acting on Counts Mack's tip, wired Hagerstown Maryland and located the missing southpaw. Russell said he was called home by his wife’s illness but would report Thursday.
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Russell
Callaway
Mack
Hagerstown
Mantell Wins 20 Round Decision Over Sullivan
Sacramento article notes Frank Mantell the Sacramento middleweight world champ winning a twenty round decision against Montana Dan Sullivan in a fight marked by continuous in fighting in Sacramento California on June 5. Interval mentions Matt Wells facing Young Brown in New York and a Ross Wille ten round draw at Gate City club.
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Mantell
Sullivan
Sacramento
Cal
Frank Mantell
Montana
Dan Sullivan
Matt Wells
New York
England
Madison Square Garden
Packey McFarland
Chicago
Wells
Young Brown
Freddie Welsh
Ross
Wille
Tony Ross
John Wille
Tthe Gate City
Royal Athletic Club
Brooklyn
Shriners Day at Ponce de Leon Park Opens Crackers Series
Fifteen hundred Shriners will crowd Ponce de Leon for Shriners day with a patrol drill and Illustrious Potentate John A Hynds pitching the first ball. Tommy Atkins will play for the Crackers as rewards of the New Orleans series are offered for top plays, runs, averages, and pitching. A barbecue follows and prizes include cash, a gold watch, and hats. The article then reflects on what constitutes a bonehead in baseball with examples from Parrott Raymond and comments by Jimmy Callahan and Hugh Jennings.
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Poncey
Shriners
John A. Hynds
Mason
Tommy Atkins
Ponce DeLeon
New Orleans
Parrott
Raymond
Hugh Jennings
Ecg
Jimmy Callahan
Crack in boxing lid found in Arkansas
Little Rock Arkansas June 65 a justice of the peace dismissed a prize fighting case for want of evidence the principals fought for a prize Arrests had been made at the request of Governor George W Donaghey Defendants Adolph Jacobson Homer R Heard and Referee Jack White were freed The contest occurred before Rose City Athletic club last Friday night and may lead to more boxing contests according to fight followers
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
George W. Donaghey
Adolph Jacobson
Homer R. Heard
Jack White
Rose City Athletic Club
Sam Edwards Pitches A No Hit No Run Game
SAM EDWARDS pitched a no hit no run game against Royston in Commerche Georgia. He struck out thirteen and walked one as Royston stars Ginn Robinson McWhorter Jordan Brooks and others were held scoreless in an 11 to 0 defeat. Separately a Baton Rouge Louisiana report says a House poll shows minimal chance to restore horse racing and oppose the New Orleans restoration bill.
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Commerche
Sam Edwards
Royston
R. Ginn
Robinson
McWhorter
Jordan
Brooks
Louisiana
Baton Rouge
General Assembly
New Orleans
Promoters Line Up Big Boxing Matchups This Month
Johnny Dundees prepares for a ten round title shot in New York on June 14 against Johnny Kilbane while Harry Forbes meets Oliver Kirk in St Louis late this month. Luther McCarthy versus Jesse Willard looms as a Fort Wayne ten round spectacle with both giants over six feet and around 250 pounds.
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Johnny Dundees
Johnny Kilbane
New York
Harry Forbes
Oliver Kirk
St. Louis
Fort Wayne
Luther McCarthy
Jesse Willard
Willard
McCarthy
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