Eddie Collins Praised New Sox Leader Rowland in Chicago
Eddie Collins articles praise Rowland as a capable White Sox manager and detail Collins adjustment after being traded from the Athletics. He notes Rowland’s knowledge, speed on the bases, and the team’s support for him, while reflecting on Connie Mack, Philadelphia, and the 1915 pennant race.
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Eddie Collins
Chicago
White Sox
California
Eddie
Collins
Connie Mack
Mack
Rowland
Weaver
Athletics
Ban Johnson
New York
Huston
Colonel Ruppert
East
Mr. Comiskey
Frank Baker
Connie
Lajoie
Birmingham
Cleveland
Detroit
John McGraw
Mac
Cobb
Carrigan's First Team Blanks Yannigans in Inning Game
In Hot Springs Arkansas on March 25 Carrigan's Regulars beat the Yannigans 2 to 0 in an abbreviated contest. Tris Speaker opened with a single followed by Hoblitzell double and Everett Scott triple to plate the two runs in the seventh. Carl Mays and George Foster combined to hold Yannigans to three singles as Gregg and Cooper toed the mound for Boston with Smokey Joe Wood impressing in practice and onlookers noting his health and form.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Tris Speaker
Hoblitzell
Everett Scott
Red Sox
Yannigans
Gregg
Mays
Carl Mays
Sean Gregg
Speaker
Tris
Lewis
McNally
Rehg
Tutweiler
Janvrin
Haley
Cleveland
Carrigan
Lannin
Gardner
Cooper
George Foster
Guy Cooper
Foster
Bill
Gainer
Javior
Shorten
Gainor
Lowell
Bill Sweeney
Joe Wood
Smokey Joe
Cady
Wood
Joe
Duffey Lewis
Duffy
Pratt
Larry Gardner
Del
AB. R
Scott
Tirioy
Cin Vetskasare
Amhorten
Sweeney
Gill BU cc
Gill
Joseph Burns
Young McNally
Walter Rehg
de Gainor
Ostergren
Providence
Pat Haley
Heinie Wagner
Eastern Baseball Association Takes No Action On Vacancies
In New Haven Conn March 25 no action was taken by the directors of the Eastern Baseball Association to fill vacancies caused by the forfeiture of the New Haven Hartford and Springfield franchises.
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New Haven, Conn
Eastern Baseball Association
New Haven
Hartford
Springfield
National League move to announce lineups and batteries before games
Umpires will list batting orders and battery pairings prior to contests, a change welcomed by fans though increasing umpire workload. The piece notes projections for a Unicorn Marathon winner, praised wrestlers, boxing entries for April championships, and evolving Marathon federation rules affecting local runners.
Pelkey beaten in three by Reich in boxing mill
The passage notes Arthur Pelkey’s string of losses as he tries to rebound from a knockout by K O on Lute McCarthy and a recent defeat by Jim Coffee. It adds that Al Reich stopped Pelkey in three rounds, with John L Sullivan and the Big Cowboy referenced as potential, but unclear, figures in upcoming mills.
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Arthur Pelkey
Lute McCarthy
Jim Coffee
Dublin
Pelkey
al Reicn
Red Sox Notes on Speaker Fire in Detroit Win
Tris Speaker found his batting eye today going 2 for 3 with two singles off Carl Mays. He also showed speed by stealing second base in the fourth inning with two outs. Scott, the little shortstop, contributed in the field and at the plate.
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Tris Speaker
Carl Mays
Scott
Maynard to Meet Lowell in Checker Match
Phineas Matlin secretary of the Maynard Checker Club has accepted an invitation from the Lowell Checker Club to play a match in Lowell at Odd Fellows Hall on April 12. Maynard veterans will travel by automobile to the event.
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Maynard
Phineas Matlin
Maynard Checker Club
Lowell Checker Club
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Checker
Cincinnati Club Releases Sayre Knight and Lang
President Augustus Herrmann of the Cincinnati National League club announces the unconditional release of pitchers Frank Sayre Grover Knight and infielder John Lang. Sayre formerly pitched for the University of Pennsylvania.
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Cincinnati
Augustus Herrmann
Cincinnati National League Club
Frank Sayre
Grover Knight
John Lang
Sayre
University of Pennsylvania
O Rourke Deliberates Franchises as League Faces Delay
After two hours of closed talks President O Rourke said no action would occur until word comes from Secretary Farrell of the national association. Applicants seek to untangle legal issues before pursuing franchises in multiple cities, with the league likely to start but opening delayed by ten days or more amid internal doubt about continuing the season.
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O’rourke
Farrell
National Association
O'Rourke
Gossip for Motorists expands in automotive scene
In Massachusetts Hudson sales top 2500 in four years as Dodge Brothers orders push shipments. Goodyear declares 1.34 percent quarterly dividend payable April 1 to stockholders of record March 20. Newton A. Fuessle named advertising manager of Chalmers Motor Co Detroit. Pete Kelley named manager of Gray & Davis New York sales and service branch.
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Newton A. Fuessle
Chalmers Motor Company
Detroit
Packard Motor Car Company
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Akron, C
Pete’’ Kelley
New York
Gray & Davis, Inc
Kelley
Splitdorf Company
Oakland Beats Chicago Americans In Coast League Clash
Oakland club of the Pacific Coast league defeated the Chicago Americans today in a high scoring game.
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Oakland
Cal
Chicago Americans
Rules on false starts and boxing bout outcomes
The text explains penalty rules for false starts in a 40 yard dash with one foot for the first offence two feet for the second and disqualification on the third. It notes a boxing bout where A predicted a KO and B predicted no KO. after six rounds one fighter quit with a broken nose but not KOed, and A claimed win. It asks about athletic games at North End Park on April 19 but no announcement exists. Grappler Booth Lemle and Cutler wrestled at catch weights with Cutler said to be at least 25 pounds heavier.
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North End Park
Grappler
Booth Lemle
Cutler
Lemilec
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