Batting and Fielding Averages Decline for Americans
The Boston Americans' double-headers harmed both batting and fielding averages. Collins rebounds to near first, Hughes drops to .220, Winter to .267, and Stahl remains a leader at .267. Ferris leads with four home runs worth six shoes, four players field .1000, Grimshaw .981, Stahl .980, Freeman .976, Winter .946. Nationals improve at bat with Abbatichio .279 and Tenney .271. fielding steady with Tenney drop and Delehanty rising to .945.
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Boston Americans
Collins
Hughes
Stahl
Ferris
Grimshaw
Freeman
Winter
Nationals
Abbaticchio
Tenney
Delehanty
G. AB
G. B
C. F
Godwin
Sub
Harris
D Ever
F. Eee
Rising
Barry
Barkett
Reeman
Ecood
Grimsaw
Ubeccesse Parent
Ss Eeeense
Sta
Criger
Tannehi Unglauch
McGovern
Ceee
Deeeseesee
Young
Ceesee BF
Selbach
R. Dineen
Dineen
Burkett, I. Fecccesceee
P Eeeevene
Oo Parent
Eeeseteeeene
Bho Wc
Gibson
Beaee
Dolan
C. Os
Willi
Needham
Wilhem
Sadie Oy
Wolverton
Ramer
Olan
Baseball News and Comment on Boston Cleveland Series
A roundup on the World Series prospects wagering and inside baseball notes. Mentions teams Boston Cleveland Athletics McGraw Ebbets Brooklyn players Sundays pay Detroit players picks up further wages. Central league averages Dave Pickett Roxbury 301. Chicago Washington St Louis schedule favors Athletics with post season week ahead and Toronto manager Barrow seeking players. Old American league history 1901 1902 1903 1904 pennants.
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Cleveland
Boston
Athletics
John McGraw
Ebbets
Brooklyn Club
Brooklyn
Wilays
Detroit
New Orleans
Dave Pickett
Roxbury
Chicago
St. Louis Ovens
Philadelphia
Washington
Cy Young
George Winter
Young
St. Louis
Ashington
Barrow
Toronto
Baltimore
Chicage
Chicago Eleven Tops English Team 2 1 in City Match
In Chicago on October 1 the all Chicago association football team defeated the British eleven 2 to 1. It marked the first American team victory on the tour. The locals won with strong kicking to convert long field kicks into both goals while the visitors showed perfect combination play.
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Chicago
Gossip of the Boxing Camp in Chelsea Sparks Troubled Club
Trouble flares at the Douglas A. C. of Chelsea as a ring impostor fights roped in bouts and manager Bill Crowley faces deposition. Rumors name William Pierce as manager and Eugene Buckley as referee while Chelsea boxing steadies for next matches against Jimmy Briggs and Kid Coffey. Various notes praise Lawrence progress and preview O'Brien vs Harrigan and discuss rising heavyweight Al Kauffman as a potential champion.
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Douglas A. C
Chelsea
Jack Dorman
New York
Harry Lewis
Boston
Iman
Bill Crowley
Mr. Crowley
Dorman
William A. Pierce
Eugene Buckley
Pierce
Miah Murray
Criterion
Billy Pierce
Lawrence
Jimmy Briggs
Kid Coffey
Briggs
Coffey
Manchester
Thornton
R. I
A. C
Portland
Freddy O’brien
Eddie Harrigan
O’brien
John L. Sullivan
Bellows Falls
Great Britain
Eena
Ireland
Emerald Isle
California
Jim Jeffries
Golden State
Heaven and Earth
Sam Berger
al Kauffman
Billy Delaney
Delaney
Corbett
Jeffries
Kauffman
Harry Foley
Jack Root
George Gardner
Marvin Hart
Bob Fitesimmons
Billy Ryan
South Boston
Rouse O’brien
Billy
Track men begin today at Soldiers Field under Lathrop
Harvard opens fall track work at Soldiers Field this afternoon with Coach Lathrop. The squad faces poor material and tough odds but the coach plans a freshmen scratch meet after October to assess the class of 1909. Cross country training also starts for a race against Tech and the intercollegiate meet in New York in November.
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Harvard
Soldiers Field
Lathrop
Tech
New York
Harvard Crew Opens Fall Work on Charles River
Captain Filley leads Harvard varsity candidates as crews begin training today. Five returning members bolster hopes to beat Yale next June under Coach Wray who directed last year's freshman crew. Fall baseball also starts with Captain Stephenson overseeing practices.
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Filley
Harvard
Charles River
Crimson
Yale
Wray
Stephenson
Saturday Night Ad for Bacon Hell in Somerville
Fragments show an advertisement for Bacon Hell in Somerville on Saturday nights with pricing of 16 cents for ladies and 25 cents for fen. The text is cutoff and lacks full context or clear details.
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Dan
Bacon Hell
Somerville
Fen
Best Records in Harness Close Cincinnati Season
The Grand Circuit of light harness racing closed in Cincinnati on a remarkably short season. Records for both trotting and pacing were listed, with Lexington poised to host fast marks next, including two-year-old colt Ed Custer and other standout performers such as Bon Voyage and Dan Patch.
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Cincinnati
Lexington
Ed Custer
Bon “Voyage
Suste N
Moke
Petri
Pep Fammatten
Eeeete Swain
Fema
Danube
Wevreaeeeee
Kelly
Bonnie Eee
Saad
John Kerby
Allerton Er Crevasees
Bicho
Grat
Pate
Joe Motcheg
PF Loved
Audubon
Pan Michael
Boreal
Bronche
Cliffe
Bolivar
Iresiand
Lillian
Adrian Wilkes
Dan Patch
Joe Patchen
Frank Yoakum
Parker
Early 1905 Grid Season Opens Across Major Elevens
Gridiron action kicked off with Harvard beating Williams 12 0 at Soldiers Field while Yale practiced with substitutes. Pennsylvania routed Lehigh 35 0 and Princeton edged Washington and Jefferson 23 0. Cornell beat Colgate 12 11. Brown and Dartmouth won. West Point, Wesleyan, Maine, Bates, and Bowdoin also posted scorers.
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Cornell Asone
Ithacans
Colgate
Cornell
Thompson
Andover
Providence
Brown
New Hampshire State
Dartmouth
Massachusetts State
West Point
Tufts
Indians
Wesleyan
University of Maine
Bates
Bowdoin
Baseball pennant chase nears end as giants rest for the big show
Framed by Frederic P. O Connell, the piece previews the final week of the pennant race. It weighs chances of the Giants Athletics and Chicago, notes potential pitching battles with Plank Waddell Mathewson and Young, and discusses rest versus urgency as Boston falters and Cleveland eyes a finish.
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Waddell
Mathewson
Giants
Athletics
New York
Underdogs and high stakes in early baseball club talks
The piece reports on Frank V R Dunn selling stock in his reorganized National club with poor sales while Dunn bets on future success. It notes Applegate as the only drafted player, warns fall costs will rise, and discusses players’ focus on money, confidence from owners, and tolerance of criticism, citing Collins and Duffy.
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Frank Vr. Dunn
National Club
Dunn
Mr. Dunn
Applegate
Freeman
Stahl
Gibson
Winter
Dineen
Parent
Ferris
Criger
Young
Andy Freedman
Collins
Hugh Duffy
Duffy
Freedman
Harvard Football Picks New Talents as Training Table Opens
Harvard’s midget fullback Carl Lincoln earns praise for strong end runs against Williams. Foster suffers a head knock but will return. Hurley improves. Second training table begins with Carr Corbett Dignowity Fultz Grant Guild Hanley Kersberg Leary Leonard Lockwood McFadon Montgomery Newhall O'Brien Pell Quigley Somes Spear among hopeful varsity contenders.
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Harvard
Carl Lincoln
Giants
Soldiers Field
Williams
Foster
Hurley
Carr
Corbett
Dignowity
Fultz
Grant
Guild
Hanley
Kersberg
Leary
Leonard
Lockwood
McFadon
Montgomery
Newhall
O’brien
Pell
Quigley
Somes
Spear
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Reid
Shevlin
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Quakers
Tigers
Princeton
Jefferson
Cooney
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Columbia
Union
Frederic P. O’connell
Plank
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Dope
Flaherty
Pittsburg
McGraw
Connie Mack
Huntington Avenue
Sleepy Hollow
John I. Taylor
Taylor
Captain Hurley
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