Red Sox Win and Land First Place
Carl Mays starved Detroit of chances as Boston beat the Tigers 7 to 3 in a hot City ballpark. Aggressive hitting by Gardner Agnew and Lewis fueled a four inning surge, while umpire calls and a balk by Mays sparked controversy and a late Sox run burst to seal first place.
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Red Sox
Carl Mays
Mays
Mitchell
Detroit
Willie Mitchell
Fenway Park
Boston
Sox
Cunningham
Green
Agnew
Gardner
Barry
Gainer
St. Louis
Ball Park
Lewis
Scott
Tiger
Thomas
Detroit Diamond
Jungaleers
Bush
Ty Cobb
Peach
Jack
Mr. Mitchell
Cobb
Vitt
Veach
Hooper
Hueh
Crawford
Tigers
Connolly
Furns
Walker
Burns
McKee
Carl
Balk—Mays
hell—Agnew
Owens and Connelly
25 Pennants Taken in East
A baseball fan applies math to 1876 onward pennant data, finding Eastern clubs have won 2 pennants to Western 15. Eastern average .667, Western .705. Providence 1884 tops Eastern at .750, Philadelphia 1890s low at .592, Chicago 1880 high .798, Detroit 1887 low .637. Notes repeated two, three, or five year groupings, predicts a possible 1916 Western win with a late finish, likely below Western averages if it happens.
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Providence
Philadelphia
Phillies
Chicago
Detroit
Thieves Ransack Candy Store at Hyde Park Avenue
Burglars forced a rear door with a jimmy to enter Ross Seale's tobacco and confectionery shop at 8 Hyde Park Avenue Forest Hills. The robbery was discovered on opening. About $10 cash, $25 in cigars, and $15 in special candy boxes were stolen.
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Jimmy
Ross Seale
Hyde Park Avenue
Forest Hills
Endurance swimmer Toth wins IL Street Club race to Boston Light
Charlie Toth of L street, holder of the American endurance record, won the fourth annual street swimming race from the Charlestown bridge to Boston Light. He was the sole finisher to reach the light, completing the crossing in six hours, starting 11 15 and finishing 5 15 after noon amid adverse elements.
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Charlie Toth
L Street
Street Swimming Club
Charlestown Bridge
Boston
Toth
Toth Triumphs in Long Ocean Swim Despite Perilous Tide
Boston swimmer Toth completed the grueling crossing from Charlestown bridge to the Light at Gallops Head in 5 hours 15 minutes, after dangerous currents and pilot errors forced him off course. Hurwitz led early but quit with a chill. six other entrants lagged behind while Lemle, Bergmuller, Carey, Braff, Wellington, and McCormick also withdrew.
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Long Island
Toth
Spectacle Island
Sam Richards
Miron
Jack Hurwitz
Graves
Long Island Head
Gallups
Charlestown Bridge
George's
Lovell’s
Blackrock
Bug Light
Little Brewster
Annette Kellermann
C. H. Jennings
C. D. Hill
C. A. Lyman
Boston
Carl Lemle
Spectacle
Long Islands
L Street
Hurwitz
Hans Bergmuller
Bob Carey
Henry Wellington
Jacob Braff
East Boston
Ed McCormick
Lowell
South Boston
Carey
McCormick
Edison Electric
Braff
Bergmuller
Castle Island
Wellington
Castle
Spectacle Islands
Cecilia Friedberg
Leopold Morse Company
Langille Has Best Score At Lincoln Lincoln Rifle Club
The Middlesex Rifle Club of Lincoln announced weekly scores in the National Rifle Association regular militia qualification. Isaac Langille William Donaldson and Henry Adams shot 200 yard rapid 300 yard rapid and slow fire to totals of 139 133 and 127 respectively. Qualifications finish next Saturday as more members begin.
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Middlesex Rifle Club
Lincoln
National Rifle Association
William Donaldson
Henry Adams
Isaac Langille
Isaac Tangille
Henry Adams, 2d
Rogue Games Set For August Championship Week
The National Rogue Association of America schedules the annual championship tournament for August 14 to 19 in Norwich Connecticut. Three divisions compete for regular gold and silver medals, plus a special Adams prize mallet contest with a trophy under special rules.
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National Rogue Association of America
Norwich
Conn
High Scores Dominate 87 State Championship Shoots
ALL HIGH SCORES IN THE 87 STATE CHAMPIONSHIP SHOOTS TO DATE ARE 90 OR BETTER. SEVEN WINNERS ACHIEVED PERFECT SCORES. WITH FAIR WEATHER AT THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP NEXT MONTH IN THE GRAND AMERICAN HANDICAP AT ST LOUIS, SEVERAL STATE CHAMPIONS AND RUNNERS-UP MAY FORCE A SHOOT-OFF. BENNIE OSTHUES SHOWS OFF A NEW PAIR OF SHOES WON AT LYNN, AND CHALLENGES ANY OLD TIMER TO FUN SPRINTS OR MARBLES.
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St. Louis
Bennie Osthues
Lynn
Europe
America
Vardon Coming to U S For American Open Hope
The piece notes Harry Vardon longs to win the American open and recalls European turbulence delaying tours. It discusses golf marketing, ball and club branding, and predicts a strong future match lineup including Vardon Taylor Braid and Duncan with big purses drawing crowds and boosting interest in the game.
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Harry Vardon
England
Britain
Harold Hilton
Vardon
Braid
Taylor
Mid Surrey
Herd
Duncan
Tinker's Cubs Machine Dwindles to Tub-sized Incident
In a tersely worded note a sports observer recalls Joe Tinker's famed hitting machine shrinking to a tub sized version, a quip Red Smith might use to describe changing circumstances in baseball gossip.
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Joe Tinker
Cub
Tinker
Red Smith
Dorrens on PORTS and promised scuffles on Saturday
The piece previews a busy track and boxing scene with Tom Halpin chasing a Sweden trip with Ted Meredith and Frank Schulte anticipated to disrupt Pirates games. It notes Billy Meanix’s fast quarter, Fred Rubien appointing runners, Mike Winston and Young Brown’s performances, Ever Hammer’s armory debut against Johnny O’Leary, and A. D. Colby favored in the Scott mile next Saturday.
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Tom Halpin
Sweden
Ted Meredith
Tom
Fred Rubien
Meredith
Halpin
Mike Winston
Little River
Lynn
Young Brown
Hammer
Armory A
Johnny O’leary
Canada
A. D. Colby
Colby
Will Gordon Arrives to Challenge Colby in Met Event
Willie Gordon of Yonkers New York known for cleaning up in Metropolitan ranks travels to compete for the event. Colby is also listed as a strong contender who could upset Gordon and perhaps alter expectations from last Friday's private trial.
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Willie Gordon
Yonkers
New York
Colby
Letters to George Bothner and boxing figures in 1910
The letter requests and guidance show how to reach athletes via newspapers or boxing schools. It mentions George Bothner, Joe Geary, and F H the iseutnn Athletic Association, with event details for New England championships at Tech Field Cambridge and a question about the crouching start origin. It also asks for Rose Pitonof's Boston Light swim time on August 7, 1910.
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George Bothner
New York
E. J
Joe Geary
Grove Hall
Boston
Tech Field
Cambridge
F. H
Iseutnn Athletic Association
Tommy Lee
Rose Pitonof
Boston Light
Providence 11 Baltimore 6 Rochester 7 Montreal 8
Providence beat Baltimore 11 to 6 in game one while Rochester routed Montreal 13 to 4 in game two. Montreal and Baltimore faced off in the other game, with uneven scoring across the two contests.
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Providence
Baltimore
Rochester
Montreal
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