Giants and Farrell eye Polo Grounds future clash
By W J McBeth New York June 17 a business minded promoter contemplates sharing Brush stadium with rival Frank Farrell in a plan to use the Polo grounds for major league baseball. Brush would lease his property to Farrell with both teams benefiting from occupancy of the historic venue.
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Championship Giants
Farrell
Frank J. Farrell
Highlanders
Dope Up To Major League Pennant Hunt
Damon Runyon notes how baseball’s 1912 pennant picture defies early expectations. National league races shape as a tight fight with McGraw's Giants favored. American league shows White Sox and Washington surging while the Athletics lag. Even defending champions face a midseason reevaluation as June unfolds.
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Phillies
Pirates
Cubs
Athletic
Johnsonian
John J. McGraw
Connie Mack
Red Sox
McGraw
Cincinnati Reds
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White Sox
Washington
Cleveland
Tigers seek waivers on Mullin and Summers
Detroit June 17. The Detroit American League club has asked waivers on veteran pitchers George Mullin and Fiddie Summers. Summers is said to be in poor health and Mullin reportedly indifferent this season.
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Fiddie Summers
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Mullin
Rheumatism Cure Promises Lasting Relief From Smith Syrup
An old remedy claim promotes Smith's Blood and Liver Syrup as a cure for deep seated rheumatism. It asserts blood purification sends revitalizing flow to nerves and joints, removing supposed blood poison, and guarantees a lasting cure. perfume mentions botanic ingredients and price of one large bottle.
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Smith
Atlanta
Smith's Blood Syrup CO
Wall St
Atlanta, Ga
Baseball notes on league moves and player shuffles
The column surveys baseball gossip across leagues with moves in the Tri-State and Southern circuits. It notes Lemon’s hand injury after arriving in Texas, Paskett’s 60 at bats with four hits, and frequent franchise changes in the Tri-State league including Altoona to Reading. It mentions Keating joining Jacksonville, scouting by Bill Donovan, and ongoing home road disparities for Southern league clubs. It also covers wary prospects like Petty and Beumiller, Schaefer’s antics, and Tigers unsettled by constant player shifts.
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Lemon
Altoona
Reading
L of P
Cook quits Macon team over room dispute
Macon Georgia June 17 The Macon ball club proprietors who run the hotel refused to give shortstop John Cook a single room at half the rate charged for a double. When denied Cook quit the team and president Therridge says he will suspend him indefinitely.
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Macon Ball Club
John Cook
Cook
Theridge
League Schedule Hands Atlanta Awful Lemon
Percy H. Whiting frowns at the Southern league schedule that dumps six inning Saturday games on Atlanta. He blames President W M Kavanaugh and the schedule committee for short weekend games to boost Sunday play. Whiting calls for faster umpires, earlier starts, and smarter travel to improve attendance and fairness to Atlanta.
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Standard Oil Company
Southern League
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Gate City
Kavanaugh
McMichael Cup Golf Pairings Show Three Flight Draws
The J C McMichael cup golf tournament reveals three flights with pairs listed. First Flight includes Fay Graves Knowles Holditch Henry Holleyman McGill Raine Wing Moore Hinman Jones Spaldin Holland Corwin. Second Flight matches Angier Jemison Webster Thorn Nicholson Howell Osborn Tiehenor Adair Blount Palmer Hopkins Thornton McMichael Moore. Third Flight pairs Hudson Hammond Pearce Adair Hodnett Warren Beckle Deby Sciple Upshaw Hudson Gutter Davis Richards.
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L L. Graves
C. Knowles
C. J. Holditch
D. R. Henry
W. C. Holleyman
T. J. McGill
J. S. Raine
Jr Cc. P. Wing
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T. P. Hinman
R. P. Jones
W. F. Spaldin
F. Holland
C. Be, Corwin
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W. L. Hudson
T. A. Hammond
J. W. Pearce
G. W. Adair
N. R. Broyles
W. W. Cunningham
A. W. Hodnett
W. C. Warren
K. H. Beckle
J. Deby
CM. Sciple
W. F. Upshaw
Scott Hudson
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Davis
R. E. Richards
Offer Johnson $30,000 to battle Jeannette
Las Vegas report notes boxing promoter Victor Breyer cabled $30,000 for John Arthur Johnson to fight Joe Jeannette for 30 rounds in Paris. The offer totals $80,000 payable regardless of the outcome.
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Johnson
Jeannette
Las Vegas
John Arthur Johnson
Victor Breyer
Joe Jeannette
Paris
Lir Artha
Ulcer sufferers tout cure claims for B.B.B. remedy
Letters from Mobile Alabama Center Point Texas and Atlanta Georgia praise B.B.B. as curing leg ulcers sores and inflammation where other treatments failed. The writers urge buy orders from druggists and promise money back if it fails to help.
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Marie Cooper
Mobile
Ala
R. J. Irving
Center Point
Texas
Florence King
Atlanta
Boxing Late News and Views
Joe Mandot trains hard for the June 24 bout with Willie Ritchie in New Orleans. Jim Flynn weighs 195 pounds, facing Johnson at about 215, with Flynn relying on speed to offset weight. Governor Donald vows strict enforcement of anti-betting law at the Johnson Flynn fight next July. The Gowanus A C NY plans its last bout two months hence with Willie Fitzgerald vs Al McCoy. Al Palzer drills daily ahead of Bombardier Wells on June 28 to peak for the Englishman.
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Willie Ritchie
New Orleans
Joe
Donald
Gowanus A. C
New York
Willie Fitzgerald
al McCoy
al Palzer
Bombardier Wells
Long Shot Captures $37,200 French Derby
Friant Sl., a 32 to 1 outsider owned by Prince Murat, won the Prix du Jockey club at Chantilly. Amoureux TIL finished second at 6 to 1, Ukase III took third at 17 to 1, Lightly placed fourth, with Didius unplaced among seventeen starters. The three year old race over 1 1/2 miles was worth $37,200.
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