Red Sox World Champions Find Players Ahead of Winter
A feature on how 1915 World Series champions the Boston Red Sox and their stars spend the off season. Players like Carrigan, Wagner, Speaker, and Hoblitzell head to camps or hunting trips, while others pursue business ventures, farming, acting, or bowling. Rich detail names several players and their winter plans across the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Red Sox
Bill Carrigan
Nature
Bill
Heinie Wagner
Tim Leonard
Lake Annabessacook
Lewiston
Heinie
New Rochelle
N. Y
Elkins
Mike McNally
Shorten Mays
Pat Haley
McNally
Pennsylvania
Haley
Mays
Mike
Red Sox
Alexander Dominates In 1915 Baseball Season Start
The article notes Grover Cleveland Alexander's dominant opening as the Phillies ace, delivering 12 shutouts that season, including an 8-0 blanking of the Boston Braves. It contrasts his success with Bill Donovan's gloom over opening-day scores and details Alexander’s varied, league-spanning shutouts against Cubs, Giants, Reds, and Dodgers, shaping a historic year.
National League Shutout Records 1904 to 1915
Record of shutouts in the National League from 1904 to 1915, listing pitchers and teams such as Mathewson for New York Philadelphia Doak St Louis Brown Chicago Alexander and others with the years and numbers of scoreless games. Includes notable marks from 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1914 and 1915 across teams New York Chicago Philadelphia St Louis Brooklyn.
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Alexander
Philadelphia
Doak
St. Louis
Rucker
Brooklyn
Brown
Chicago
Mathewson
New York
McGinnity
Pitching Shuffle Marks A Striking Baseball Season
Stroud of New York Dale of Cincinnati Tyler of Boston Cheney of Chicago Adams of Chicago Doak of St. Louis Adams of Pittsburg and Brooklyn’s three pitchers Cheney Coombs and Marquard traded among clubs. Douglas from Cincinnati sparked Brooklyn with 16 shutout innings against Boston while Benton racked 14 strikeouts in a 15 inning win for Cincinnati.
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Cincinnati
St. Louis
Ames
Chicago
New York
Humphries Ay
Pittsburg
Cooperey
Chic Mamaux
Brooklyn
Smith Boston
Rudolph Re -Hughes
Boston
Phila
Huges
Dell
Eee i. Ae
Pfeffer
Ago
Boston Douglas
Pittsurg
Philadelphia
Kandlebner
Cage
Brook Orn
Vaughan
Don
Louis
Brooks Harmon
New Yoroy
Marqu
Mamaux
Ragan
Mayer Une
Tesreau Une
Alexander
Rixey Ug
Alexander Tita
Marquard
Newark
Zabel
Schneider
Perritt
Coombs
C. Armon
Oston
D. Avis
Douglas
Ings
M Xiaux
Dale
Mathewson
Derritt
Cheney
Rucker
Esreau
Humphries
Pierce
Harmon
Rixey
Tower
Toney
Cago
Rudolph
Tesreau
C.effer
Neht
Hughes
Lavender
Tone
Ned Perritt
Tesreau Schneider
New
Stroud
Tyler
Adams
Doak
Boston Braves
Asthough
James
Davis
Rude” Benton
Benton
Pirates
Baseball to Take Center Stage as Offseason Negotiations Begin
The 1915 football season is nearly over and baseball’s stove league is ready to resume. With two major meetings set for early next month, club magnates face numerous concerns as the offseason columns anticipate the national pastime’s next moves.
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America
Rube Joins Giants as Benton League Upheld Claim
The Benton league upholding its claim allowed Rube to join the Giants, securing the move amid ongoing league disputes.
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Benton
League
Rube
The
Giants
Nehf Debuts With Braves Shuts Out Pirates For 2 0 Victory
Boston Braves promote rookie Nehf from the Central league after an 18 of 20 win record and four no hit games. He debut starts Aug 21 against Pittsburgh, delivering a 2 0 shutout with six hits allowed and six strikeouts. Cubs suffer numerous blowouts as 1915 season unfolds.
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Boston Braves
Bill James
Nehf
Boston
Stallings
Philadelphia
Phillies
Braves
Pittsburg
Mamaux
Pirates
Five NL batters hit over .800 in pitching heavy era
Only five National league batters Doyle Luderus Griffith Hinchman and Daubert batted better than .800, a sign of strong pitching or weak hitting in the era.
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Doyle
Luderus
Griffith
Hinchman
Daubert
Cravath Falls Short of Major League Home Run Record
Cravath, the Phillies outfielder, fell one homer short of equalling the major league mark of 25 circuit drives set by Buck Freeman in 1899 with the Washington club in the National League.
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Cravath
Phillies
Buck Freeman
Washington
Tufts Football Banquet Set by Tower Cross Society
Tufts University students plan a large banquet for the football team in Goddard gymnasium on Wednesday. All T men and the entire second team will attend as guests. Speakers include alumni, faculty, Dr. Charles Whelan, Captain Parks, and Manager Hunt. The 1920s Tufts eleven, though rebuilding, posted five victories, one loss to Dartmouth, and two ties.
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Tufts
Tower Cross
Goddard Gymnasium
Lst
Charles Whelan
Parks
Hunt
Medford College
Taft
Captain Parks
Thorndike
Stankard
Brown
Wescott
Doane
Mitchell
Whelan
Sanborn
Alger
Morrison
Pryor
Women Shooters Boost Trap Sport With Record Averages
The article highlights top female trap shooters Mrs Tapperwein of San Antonio Mrs Ada Schilling of San Jose and Miss Harriet Hammond of Wilmington noting high averages 98 to 99 percent 87.25 percent for 2430 targets and a 52 straight targets streak Hammond’s success fuels growing interest in trap shooting among women and ties to suffrage debate.
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Ada Schilling
San Jose
Cal
Schilling
Harriet Hammond
Wilmington
Del
de Nemours
Desperate Divorce Talk From Ills Inmate Bill
Bill recounts a chaotic attempt at divorce from his wife Gussy in Chicago in 1915. He describes confrontations with her brother, threats of police, and legal advice suggesting desertion as a path to divorce. He laments financial woes and a solitary future, noting Thanksgiving with beer and cookies as his only consolation.
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Chicago
Steve
Gussy
Burgally
O. K
Cort
Jan Steve
Allso
Chi
Ring W. Lardner
Not suitable for modern coverage of trapshooting critique
A historical remark condemns trapshooting as dulling women’s sensibilities while praising three female enthusiasts as respectable and admirable. The passage reflects gender bias and bias-tinged praise without specific events or contexts.
Answers to Queries on Firearms Maintenance and Ballistics
Reader asks about rebluing a 1912 model pump gun and whether factory service is best. Advice favors factory work, then discusses sights for a WRF .22 rifle, suitable target cartridges up to 500 yards, best rimfire up to 200 yards, rear sight adjustment at 100 yards, and a note on the obsolete 44 40 cartridge with its effective range and game.
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Ans
Remington
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Forrest Cady
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Lewis Sprevaire
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Bill Donovan
Grover Cleveland Alexander
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Robinson
Cubs
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Dodgers
Paul H. Shannon
Bill Doak
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Mr. Nehf
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Jim Vaughan
W. G. Evans
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