Billy Evans Solves Baseball Problems
A former Washington game involving Harry Niles and a Coast League recruit first baseman led to a famed ruling. Niles, running for three bases, passed the baserunner between first and second and was called out. The recruit, mistaken about being out, slid back to first and was later ruled out when touched.
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Harry Niles
Washington
Niles
Boston Red Sox
Boston
Gessler
Jim Delehanty
Delehanty
Bob
Second
Bane
First Base
Wheeler Synticate, Inc
Hockey Seeks Growth Through Amateur League
Hockey faces growth limits due to scarce facilities while a new Amateur Hockey league could reshape the sport by supplying players to colleges and clubs and reducing reliance on Canadian imports. Seven teams enter the eastern championship as Hobey Baker leaves the game for Philadelphia, with a possible Baker organized club in the city.
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Hobey Baker
Detroit Man Predicts 2017 Pennant Win
A wandering man near Detroit claimed the Detroit Americans would win the pennant in 2017. Police detained him to assess mental state and whether his belief stemmed from the 2016 pennant race or other influences reported by the Detroit Journal.
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Detroit
Detroit Americans
Posurer
Detroit Journal
Sports Snaps and Nostalgia From Early Pro Football and Baseball
A collage of sports notes touching boxing amateurism and professionalism, winter baseball quirks, Cornell oarsmen in gyms, potential All American picks, coach mobility, and player trades. Mentions include Dario Resta retirement, Elmer Oliphant Yale bid, Max Flack Cubs, Johnny Conlon signing, Jimmie Coffey and Sam Robideau, Howard Berry Penn, Charley Ebbets Oakland farm plan, Noah’s cheerleaders, and Sehals sale to Toledo.
Harvard Student Abernethy Rated 10 Percent Mind Perfect
Western man Thomas J. Abernethy of Maine studied at Harvard was called 10 percent perfect mentally by Professor Munsterberg just before the professor’s death. He stood alone among 840 students in psychology to show perfection as the class underwent 12 tests of attention memory imagination and combinatory power.
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Thomas J. Abernethy
Westembroke
Harvard
Munsterberg
Abernethy
Land of borrowed delights in Nat Geographic view
A National Geographic Magazine passage notes Italy's verdant forests host imported plants. It cites Levantine groves, prickly pear from Mexico, aloe from Spain era, maize from America, and eucalyptus as modern importations shaping landscape and cottage economies.
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Italy
Levant
Mexico
National Geographic Magazine
Shooting His Hobby Bender on Trapshooting Excitement
Charles A. Bender argues trapshooting is a natural youth’s fever and a worthy sport for all men and women. He notes decades of practice, the growing appeal, and the educational as well as physical and mental benefits of the pastime.
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Seldor
Sidi
New York Plans Unique Japanese Golf Course
Japanese golfers in New York consider buying land to build an exclusive golf course with an oriental theme. Landscape gardeners will craft a Japanese design for the course and clubhouse. The project targets about 100 Japanese players in the city.
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New York City
America
New York
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Yale
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Sehals
Toledo
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Wrangle
Robert L. Henry
House Committee On Rules
W. R. Wood
Indiana
Thomas W. Lawson
France
Charles A. Bender
Faseball
Bender
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