Old-Time Tandem Race Promises Rare Track Action
Bike fans will witness an old-time paced race at the Revere track with Pat Logan and Lloyd Thomas behind tandems. Nat Butler considers an old-timers race with Jimmy Moran, Tom Butler and others showing interest. Inter-city baseball today features Federal Reserve teams at Braves Field and a possible third game Aug 24. War Service Day plans at Harvard Stadium expect 40,000 attendees led by President Wilson possibly. George Burns shines for the A’s as Cobb leads AL batting. Fenway hosts new Sox by Cochran and Hack Miller making a possible appearance.
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Revere Track
Nat Butler
Jimmy Moran
Tom Butler
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Bill Tenzler
Major Taylor
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Federal Reserve Bank of
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West Side Park
Jersey City
Extra bike events draw crowds at Revere Beach track
Attendance at Revere Beach cycle races spurs Manager Butler to add features for the rest of the season. Tonight a double card includes a 35 mile team race and a five mile tandem paced race. Wiley and Collins race Drobach and Smart while Pat Logan and Lloyd Thomas team up in the tandem.
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Wiley
Collins
Drobach
Smart
South Boston
Pat Logan
Lloyd Thomas
Currie defeats Buckley in ten round boxing thriller
Johnnie Buckley of South Boston was outpointed by Joe Currie of New Haven in ten rounds at the Commercial A. C. Currie dominated as Buckley failed to reverse the earlier verdict. Other bouts produced a Scotlands Tommie Best draw with Young Brindisi and Joe Flynn beating Sam Bell despite a hand injury. Charlie Parker stopped Young Gray in two rounds.
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South Boston
Joe Currie
New Haven
A. C
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Buckley
Tommie Best
Scotland
Young Brindisi
Brindisi
Joe Flynn
North End
Sam Bell
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Lmit
Charlie Parker
Young Gray
Connolly
Vaccination Foes Begin State Drive in Massachusetts
Questionnaires sent to every health board by the Medical Liberty League as a precursor to a legislative campaign. The boards are asked about last smallpox cases and the number of infantile paralysis lockjaw or other diseases following vaccination.
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Massachusetts
Medical Liberty League
Tener Resigns as National League President
The National Baseball League accepted John K. Tener’s resignation as president. A committee of club presidents noted a heavy loss and will have John A. Heydler run league affairs until the December meeting. Tener shifts to a highway construction business, per the letter signed by Hempstead Baker and Ebbets.
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John K. Tener
Pennsylvania
National Baseball League
Mr. Tener
H. N. Hempstead
William P. Baker
Philadelphia
C. H. Ebbets
Brooklyn
League
John A. Heydler
Cubs Polish Off Dodgers Easily
Chicago evened its series with Brooklyn by winning the final game 8 to 2. Robertson was hit hard and poorly supported. Brooklyn's Superbas started with a rally off Hendrix but were shut out the rest of the way. The score: 8 to 2.
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Robertson
Superbas
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A. Flack
Johnston
Hollacher
Olson
Mann
Daubert
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Zeider
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Farrell
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Ertson
Pirates Edge Reds In Prewar Exhibition Thriller
The Pirates beat the Reds 4 to 3 in Pittsburg during a work or fight era exhibition. Mollwitz delivered a seventh inning squeeze bunt scoring Southworth for the decisive run as Miller yielded early and Hill steadied the mound after the fourth.
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Cincinnati
Pirates
Miller
Hill
Mollwitz
Southworth
Water races called off due to rain in Boston
Boston officials postponed city swimming events at Freeport Street Beach until next Monday at 4 o clock after rain prevented the finishes of the first two races. Instructor William Mullen ordered the postponement.
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William Mullen
Freeport Street Bathhouse
Detroit St Louis game postponed to Sunday doubleheader
The game between Detroit and St. Louis, earlier delayed, will now be completed as a double-header on Sunday.
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ST. Louis
Red Sox Face Yankees In Fenway Doubleheader
Barrow brings the Red Sox home for a Fenway doubleheader against the New York Yankees as Cleveland and Washington keep the pennant race tight. Babe Ruth and Cochran headline a lineup including Hack Miller Dubuc Kinney Portica and McCarthy with Jones and Mays likely to start. One game was moved up from next week possibly giving Boston a belated day off Monday or Tuesday.
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Cleveland
Senators
Lee Fohl
Bostonians
Indians
Griffith
Sox
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Clevelanders
Red Sox
Babe Ruth
Willow
Babe
George Cochran
Fred Thomas
Cochran
Hack
New York
Jean Dubuc
Detroit
New England
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Kinney
Portica
Stanley Coveleskie
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Alex McCarthy
Pittsburg
Dave Shean
Jones
Mays
Willard Open to Dempsey Fight for War Fund
Chicago August 9 Jess Willard heavyweight champion ready to box tomorrow for Salvation Army overseas war fund benefit. The carnival moved from White Sox Park to Fort Sheridan after officials objected to boxing in Chicago. Willard, unsure of rival, prefers Jack Dempsey for the match.
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Jess Willard
Overseas War Fund
Salvation Army
Jack Dempsey
White Sox Park
Fort Sheridan
Willard
Dempsey
Racing At Readville This Afternoon
Readville hosts an afternoon race meeting weather permitting with free admission. A full card lists classes from A to H including horses such as Killarney Northern King Mamie A. Hilda Cope Old Point Boy Baroness Peter Colorado Rose Delagoa's Lucy Trusadell Glory Hawkins Letta Watts Peter Ward Licone Bingola Peter Mozart Roy Miller Sir Todd Lucy Van Flashing Roy Underwood Chato Miss Rita G and Buckskin Squirrel.
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Northern King
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Hilda Cope
Old Point Boy
Baroness Peter
Donna Belle W
Nelly F
Colorado Rose
Delagoa
Lucy
Treganta
Bradford Man
Jimmy Forbes
Miss Todd
Doubleheader Set for Chicago and Indians in Cleveland
The Chicago American League team will play Cleveland in a double header on Sunday August 11 after the Aug. 9 scheduled game was moved.
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Chicago and Indians
Cleveland
Hero of Orleans to Attend Boston Common Game
This afternoon on Boston Common the West End House All Stars meet the Dorchester Boys' Club in a benefit for 11 year old Jack Ainsleigh hero of Orleans. Ex Mayor Fitzgerald will umpire. Thrift Stamps will fund the Thrill Stamp campaign and tickets bearing Ainsleigh’s autograph grant entry to the reception grounds. A harbor naval band and Marine drill will open the event with a pregame show. Liggett’s drug stores sell Thrift Stamps with game tickets.
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Dorchester Boys’ Club
Jack Ainsleigh
Orleans
Jack
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Cane Cod
John F. Fitzgerald
Harbor Island Naval Training Station
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Baseball Results and Standings in Split American and National Leagues
National League standings show Chicago five runs ahead of Brooklyn, with Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, and others close. American League games today include New York at Boston and Chicago at Cleveland, with several postponed. International League results list Newark, Hamilton, Jersey City, and Rochester scores.
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Washington
Philadelphia
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Cleveland
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St. Louis
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Millard D Wins Bay State 2:15 Pace at Rainy Meet
Bay State circuit racing concluded in Woonsocket Rhode Island after rain halted events. Millard D. won the 2:15 pace with Billy Crozier driving in the final heats following three breaks in the third heat with Myrer driving.
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Bay State
Millard D
Billy Crozier
Myrer
Golfers to play four ball at Lexington Club today
A four ball best ball foursome will be played this afternoon at Lexington Golf Club in North Lexington. One third of the combined handicaps of the two players will be used to compute scores. Additional matches in the executive committee trophy tournament are on the agenda for today at the Lexington club.
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Lexington Golf Club
North Lexington
Lexington Club
Two Men Held on $20,000 Bond in Furs Theft Case
Philip Weinrobe and Samuel Dullin of New York were held in $20,000 each for the grand jury after a Central Court hearing. They face charges of stealing about $30,000 worth of furs and silks during five night breaks in Boston’s wholesale district. Much of the goods were shipped out. They were caught last week with $4,200 worth of furs seized from Vaughn Koppelman and Read on Chauncey Street.
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Samuel Dullinger
New York
Grand
Boston
Vaughn Koppelman
Chauncy Street
Cemetery Golf Tournament at Arlmont Club
A cemetery golf event headlines the Arlmont Golf Club in Arlington Heights this afternoon. It is the sole cemetery tournament this summer at the club, with only one other on the season schedule in July.
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Arlington Heights
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