Pirates Lead Giants by Three and a Half Games in Tight Race
A chaotic baseball update notes the Pirates leading the Giants by three and a half games as the season tightens. Yankees surge, Athletics win, Cardinals slump, and Cubs falter while several star players homer and split wins in a crowded standings fight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Les Conklin
New York
Pirates
Jace Giants
Giants
Pittsburgh
Idie
Macks
Yanks
Philadelphia
Browns
Athletics
Crowder
Rube Walberie
Mackian
Cochran
Mijler Bi
Kant Melille
Melvin Qtu
Cardin Ohic Hafey
Coronation Cup at Epsom Report Weakened Entry
A clipped brief from June reports limited details on the Coronation Cup at Epsom led by trainer Moghuid with scant American thoroughbred notes and unclear entries.
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Epsom
Moghuid
unclear fragmentary racing result headline
Fragmented OCR text shows a racing result with unclear names and a close finish. It mentions a win by a horse or person named Ath Tora ail and a photo finish. Additional legible elements include references to Vetting odds and a local telegraph recap, but precise details are unreadable.
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Rotel
Epson
Athford
National League matchup ends 1-0 in Pittsboro
In a tight National League game Pittsboro edged Boston by a single run as Detroit and Chicago Boston and Philadelphia matchups also surface. Standings show several teams in pursuit with varied win totals and pitchers’ records highlighted.
Leading Hitters in the National League
The page lists top NL hitters with names such as Hernan Rob Stephensang Foxx and Simmons noting their batting averages and counts. It mentions leader data from a prior year and includes a stray Want Ad note claiming readership of 26,000.
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Ius
G Hernan
Rob
Foxx
Simmons
Athletical
Kreis
St. -Lonia
National League magnates seek limits on home run hits
Davis J. Walsh reports that NL owners discuss salary cuts and a plan to zone ballparks to limit home run hitting this season. He notes meetings in Cincinnati and Chicago venues, with mixed reactions from owners who fear fan reaction and profit impact.
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Davis J. Walsh
New York
Cincinnati
Bam
Wrigley Rk
Smneaker
Polo Grounds
Almot Ar Aetee
Bude
Hox
American League
Auttell
Tigers
Baseball Gossip From Yesterday's Box Scores
Yesterday's notes list homers and ordinals for Ott and Giants, Miller and Kress, Brown and Melillo with Browns, Cochrane and W Barrett, La Berry, Red Sox. League totals show National 244 American 173, with Gehrig noted 12 and 5.
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Ott
Giants
Miller
Athleti
Territory Deaths in Cumberland and Elliott area
Obituary notices report Caroline Cue Wylie of Cumberland born in Mason County Illinois died after influenza complications. She leaves three sons, two daughters, twenty one grandchildren and nineteen great grandchildren. John H Haynes of Elliott died after a paralytic stroke aged 72. Ties to Rogers and Haynes families noted. Civil War veteran T Stennett of Stennett died aged about 78 after long illness. Funeral services set for Friday at Thome.
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Cumberland
Caroline Cue Wi
Mason County
Mark Sinmins
Wylie
Rs. Wylie
Maro B Solafield Cue
John
Mary
Caroline
Fancy
Cue
Towa
Avas
Ylic
Iving
Nelson Solafield Cue
Sterling
Theodore Cue
Atlantic
Barnes
Savanah, Mo
Emma Barnes
Feneral
Elliott
Eliott
John H
Ose
Haynes
Ton
Waveland
Mr. Haynes
Jape Rogers
Iinvis
Camu Tod Elliott
Maston
Scott Wilson
Burtha Bruce
Red Oaks
Ellis Haynes
Omaha
Oscar
Jean Hiyres
Will Haynes
Cal
George Haynes
Oklahoma
Miliott
T. Stennett
Stennett
Samantha “Ann Martin
Pisceonnutt Shearer
Filio
John Tobsgn
Dave “Johnson
Montgomery
Alu
J. d
United States Davis Cup Team Heads to France
New York June 6. Three youthful US Davis Cup players sail for France to challenge for the trophy. Debtor Berengathich pd John Hennessey John Van Ryn and Wilmer Allison carried the US victory in preliminaries with Canada and Japan Fitz Eugene Dixon non playing captain George Lott joins June 14 to Wimbledon with Tilden and Hunter. Dixon will select four to play Interzone final against England or Italy then potentially face France in the challenge round. Spalding and Kent tennis racquets Alexander’s.
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New York
United States
France
Berengathich
John Hennessey
John van’ Ryn
Wilmer “Allison
Colos
Canada
Japan
Fitz- Eugene Dixon
George Lott
Tilden
Hunter
Dixon
England
Italy
Locusts Attack Des Moines Garden and Shrubs
In Des Moines on June 6 a resident, Vernon Denman, reported a locust infestation in his backyard. Amateur biologists observed a moving mass feeding on tender shoots, noting the insects had spent years underground before emerging. Denman sought scientific guidance while officials offered limited assurances.
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Des Moines
N.S
Vernon Denman
Mr. Denman
Denman
Ringgold veteran buried at Rose Hill after long county residence
Civil War veteran and Ringgold resident for over sixty years, John Selden, aged 90, listed among sale dates and auctions in the June notices. He is laid to rest at Rose Hill after years in the area.
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Mona Ayr
John Selden
Ringgeld
County
Rose Hill
Tne Aenirehive K
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Dement
Werhe
Cery Montgomery
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American Inbarey Company
Fneoeparsing
Hiroe
Gordon’s
Gordon
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HOE CO
Rass Lang
Wiota
Casey
Sunnyside Park
Overmeyer
Atlantic Automobile CO
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