Greatest Play I Ever Saw by Mordecai Brown and Cubs
In 1911 Detroit faced Chicago in a decisive game marred by Mordecai Brown’s masterful defense. The Cubs executed flawless infield plays starting with Cobb’s bunt toward third, Brown’s cover, Kling’s steal and Evers’ snag as the Tigers pressed. The sequence doomed Detroit, sealing the Cubs’ triumph.
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Mordecai Brown
Cubs
Chicago
Detroit
Killec
Brown
O'Leary
Crawford
Cobb
Bunter
Colet
Steinfeldt
O’leary
Kling
Tinker
W. G. Chapman
Famous Alpine Garden at 7150 Feet Elevation
The Alpine Garden of Botany, said to be the world's highest at 7150 feet, was laid out by Canon Chanoux, ex-rector of the Hospice of Little St Bernard. It displays mountain flowers from the Alps to the Himalaya, conceived in 1888 and realized in 1902 when Thuile granted the land.
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Canon Chanoux
Little St. Bernard
Alps
Pyrenees
Carpathians
Caucasus
Balkans
Himalaya
Thuile
HOW FRANK SELEE DISCOVERED A STAR
Frank Selee identified Roy Corhan in New Mexico while seeking a remedy for health. Corhan joined the Pueblo team and improved steadily, batting .235 in 1907 with notable base stealing, then rising to .256 in 1908 and .270 later that year, earning him a spot with Comiskey's White Sox club in 1911.
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Frank Seelee
Cubs
Roy Corhan
White Sox
Comiskey’s Club
Selee
Corhan
New Mexico
Pueblo
Ty Cobbs
Regrets He Traded Knight by Connie Mack
Connie Mack, famed manager of world champions, bitterly regrets letting Bris Lord leave after service with the White Elephants and later trading him to Cleveland. He says the only young player he ever regretted parting with was Jack Knight, whom he mentored into a star after Knight left Highlanders for Boston and eventually excelled with the New York Americans.
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Connie Mack
White Elephants
Bris Lord
Cleveland
Connie
Bris
McQuire
Jack Knight
Highlanders
Jack
Boston
Jimmy Collins
Red Sox
New York Americans
Baseball notes from the season pace and moves
St Louis struggles with misses and Bresnahan both behind the plate and at bat. Detroit negotiates for Willis Morgan and Bill Orr of Salt Lake. The Cardinals project a $150 000 season while selling potential. Freddie Parent powers the Orioles at the plate as scouts eye Gustafson after a 21 toning loss. Pitchers as pinch hitters rise in fame with Caldwell Lange Mullin and Willett noted as swatters.
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St. Louis
Roger Bresnahan
Des Moines
Kenetchy
Walter Johnson
Lou Richie
Detroit
Willis Morgan
Bill Orr
Salt Lake
Cardinals
Hughie Jennings
Freddie Parent
Baltimore Orioles
Gustafson
Ironwood
Mich
Caldwell
Lange
Mullin
Willett
Plan Fall Trip to Japan by All American Stars
Jimmy McAleer will pilot a touring All American Stars contingent to the Orient next fall. After defeating the Athletics in the World Series the team impressed McAleer with their desire to travel to the Philippines and Japan. The squad, managed by McAleer, includes Walsh, Johnson, White. Sullivan, Street. Lord, Schaefer, Eberfeld, Cunningham, McBride. Cobb, Milan, and Speaker.
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Orient
Jimmy McAleer
All-Stars
Athletics
Ubs
McAleer
Philippines
Japan
Allatar
Ed Walsh
Chicago
Walter Johnson
Washington
Doc White
Billy Sullivan
Gabby Street
Harry Lord
Herman Schaefer
Kid Eberfeld
Cunningham
George McBride
Ty Cobb
Detroit
Clyde Milan
Tris Speaker
Boston
Wee Willie Keeler Retires From Baseball After Poor Play
Disgusted by a botched outfield effort in a 12 inning loss to Jersey City, Wee Willie Keeler quits the Toronto club and plans to devote himself to Brooklyn real estate. Once a leading hitter and famed as the champion welterweight of the world, Keeler led the league in batting in 1897 and 1898 and compiled a remarkable major league record through 1905.
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Willie Keeler
Oriole
Toronto
Brooklyn
Wee Willie
Jersey City
Tanneman
Keeler
New York
Baltimore
Great Creamery Building Experiment in Iowa
Iowa State College dairy and agricultural engineering depart ments launch the largest creamery building test in Iowa. Four new plants costing 4000 to 8000 dollars each will be built by four groups, three cooperatives and one private firm, with plans and supervision provided at no cost by college experts. Plants target fireproof construction and transparent costs, with bulletins detailing organization, equipment, and operation from start to machinery. Massillon, Gowrie, State Center, and Hartley sites include capacities from 600 to 4,000 cows and 2,000 pounds daily butter output, using cooperative farming networks and innovative gravity hollow tile construction.
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Iowa State College
Ames
Iowa
State College
Massillon
Cedar County
Gowrie
State Center
Hartley
Farmore
M. Mortensen
The
Massilon
Massilon Association
Gowrie Association
Towa
West
Prizes for Iowa grains highlighted for National show
Professor L C Burnett of the Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station speaks on Iowa farmers entering six $1,000 prizes for best wheat corn oats barley and alfalfa at the American Land and Irrigation exposition in New York November 3 to 12. He says Iowa grain quality is strong, urging producers to exhibit at the state fall and to back a future New York display.
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Iowa
American Land and Irrigation Exposition
L. C. Burnett
Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station
New York
Iowa Grain Improvement Association
Burnett
Association
Owa
America
Yowa Grain Association
Soil cultivation in orchards shows moisture advantage
In Iowa State College plots at Ames drought tests reveal sod and stubble plots suffer moisture loss while well cultivated ground preserves moisture. Trees in cultivated plots stay green with larger, higher quality fruit. sod plots show yellow foliage and small fruit. Prof Beach notes careful cultivation pays for itself.
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Iowa State College
Ames
Iowa
State College Farm
A. Beach
Department of Horticulture
Iowa to hold three apple packing schools in August
Iowa State College horticul tural department will run three apple packing schools in Hamburg Council Bluffs and Missouri Valley with a possible fourth at Glenwood between August 14 and 26. Expert packers from Hood River Oregon will teach, with a fifth school maybe at the state fair.
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Iowa
Horticultural Department
Iowa State College
Hamburg
Council Bluffs
Missouri Valley
Glenwoods
Glenwood
Hood River
Oregon
Laurence Greene
Mr. Greene
Mills County
Increase in Iowa silos driven by Kennedy bulletin
A bulletin by Prof W J Kennedy from Iowa State College on filling silos spurs vast demand. Several thousand silos sold to Iowa farmers this year, possibly 400 to 5000 by season's end, doubling 1910 figures. Tile and concrete silos rise as manufacturers work nonstop to meet orders.
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Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station
W. J. Kennedy
Iowa
Agricultural Engineering Department
College
Kennedy
Iowa State College
Ameq
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Chicago White Sox
Fred Payne
Frank Selee
Wee Willie Keeler
Baltimore Star
Wiilie Keeler
Horticultural Department of
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