First World Series Victories Traced From 1840s and Beyond
The article outlines early world championship contests from 1840 between Providence and the Metropolitans, 1885 Chicago Nationals and St. Louis, through 1890s matchups like Brooklyn versus Louisville, noting key players, attendance, and prize money, leading to the 1903 Boston Americans versus Pittsburgh Pirates series where Boston prevailed five games to three. It highlights evolving formats and notable figures across decades.
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Chicago Nationals
St. Louis
American Association
Comiskey and Anson
St. Louis Browns
Chicago
Comiskey
Detroits
Tigers
Browns
Detroit
Pittsburg
New York
Philadelpia
Brooklyn
Washington
Baltimore
Boston Americans
Pittsburge Pirates
Boston
New York Giants
McGraw
Philadelphia Athletics
Connie Mack
Chicago Cubs
White Sox
Annals of Sport Oct 8 highlights through history
A compact record of sport events and figures dated Oct 8 across years. Highlights include 1805 Hailsham boxing for 1000 guineas Harry Pearce over Gulley. 1884 Dempsey beats Turnbull in New York. 1905 major league season ends. 1906 Knolls strikes out 21 for Marquettes in Chicago zero run game.
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Hailsham
Eng
Harry Pearce
John Gulley
New York
Jack Dempsey
Bob Turnbull
Richard Hollywood
West Brighton
Staten Island
London
J. (. Smith
AL Milwaukee
James J. Corbett
Ed Kinney
Worcester
Mass
F.C. Puffer
Chicago
Oscar Knolls
Petenian
Marquettes
Roke
Harvard Appoints Athletic Officers and Freshman Football Schedule
The Harvard athletic committee appointed officers for the baseball lacrosse teams and ratified Coach Brown for the Weld boathouse. D. and Brigham will manage the baseball team with H. V. Arrowsmith as assistant. L. D. Cox will manage lacrosse. Freshman football schedule includes Groton Worces ter Yale Cambridge dates and two Harvard second team games.
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Harvard Athletic Committee
Brown
Weld Boathouse
D. &. Brigham
H. V. Arrowsmith
L. D. Cox
Groton
Foxeter
Cambridge
Worcester Academy
Worcester
Dean Academy
Yale
Harvard
Exeter
Camridge
Boston Athletic Association golf championship action begins
A large field competes in the Boston Athletic Association golf championship with 60 entries already received. Qualification will occur in tomorrow's opening round of medal play, followed by two rounds of match play on Wednesday and the finals on Thursday.
Margaret Curtis Breaks Woman's Golf Driving Record
In Chicago Miss Margaret Curtis of Essex Country Club Boston sets a new U S driving record in the 18 hole qualifying round for the women’s national championship at Midlothian Club She shot 95 and carried 220 yards twice leading 64 players Miss Harrin Curtis national champion was second with 98 Mollie Adams of Boston was third with 97 Also a football note mentions a prospective tackle duel at Vale clubs.
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Chicago
Margaret Curtis
Essex Country Club
Boston
United States
Midlothian Club
Curtis
Harrint Curtis
Visa
Bissex
Mollie Adams
Gossip of the Boxers at Chelsea Tonight
The boxing clash at Chelsea tonight features Rouse O'Brien of South Boston and Dave Deshler in a 30 round test for supremacy. Each fighter claims victory as Boston fans await the bout with high expectations. Rouse is the cleverer, Deshler the more forceful, both seeking to seize the win in close quarters.
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Chelsea
Rouse O'Brien
South Boston
Dave Deshler
Boston
Rouse
Deshler
Seven bouts slated for tonight at the club show
Promoters expect seven good bouts as several entrants confirm participation. The first bout starts at 7 45 with weigh in for all boxers at the clubhouse between 6 and 7. Barry or Dave Garry or Jim Barry may meet Al Kauffman in Philadelphia Friday night per conflicting reports.
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Barry
al Kauffman
Philadelphia
Dave Garry
Jim Barry
Dave Barry
Jack Twin Sullivan
Mike Sehreck
Tommy Burns
Industrial Athletic Club
Kauffman
Jong Ross
Newcastle
Penn
San Francisco
National Athletic Club
Ross
Jim Flynn
Pueblo
Willie Moody
Rhode Island
Kid Sullivan
Washington
Murphy
McFarland
Indianapolis
South Boston
Larry Conley
Post
Cenler
Honey Mellody
Jimmy Garner
West End Academy Seeks Heavyweight State Matchups
West End Academy targets strong 150 135 pound teams in state play. Thomas Conroy of Realville A A lists 11 percent weight teams. Alfred Thugson from Readville Norwood A A fields 135 145 pound squads. Season runs Oct 12. KR Fh Costello of Norwood, Olmstead football team with 124 155 pound teams. Olmstead Football Team, General Delivery Jamaica Plain.
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West End Academy
Thomas Conroy
Poplar Street
City
Realville
Uncle Cy There With the Bells Wins First Game in Hub Series
Boston crowds fill Huntington Avenue yard for the sub cellar championship opener between Boston Americans managed by Jim McGuire and Jared Tenney's Boston Nationals. The Americans beat the Doves 4 to 1 behind Cy Young, while Dorner held the mound for the Doves and Brain homered for Boston. The second game moves to Columbus Avenue at 3 p.m.
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Uncle Cy
Bells
Boston
Huntington Avenue Yard
Jim McGuire
Boston Americans
Jared Tenney
Boston Nationals
Chicago
Detroit
Cy Young
Mr. Dorner
Mr. D
Beaumont
Ritchey
Young
Hobe Ferris
Uncle Cyrus
Tenney
Dove
Davy Brain
Davy
Jimmy Barrett
Needham
Conner
Hoffman
Knight
Boston & Albany
Sweeney
Doves
Bates
Brain
Wagner
Barrett
Ferris
Mags
Dorner
Sullivan
Congalton
Grimshaw
Bunk
Grim
National’ Grounds
Columbus Avenue
Shaw
Nationals
S H
Rin
Crower
School League to Start With Local Gridiron Showdowns
The Boston schoolboys open the season with English High versus Roxbury High at Locust Street grounds as Groton and Salem also register heavy results. Injuries and roster shifts affect Eng lish High and Latin School squads while Mil ton High prepares for tomorrow's opener against Volkmann after a tough Saturday.
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Hub
Locust Street Grounds
English High
Roxbury High
Inglish High
Groton School
Boston
Salem
Highland Lads
Hagarty
Groton
Upham
Oscar Pearson
Frank Riley
Dorchester High
Busy Brophy
Faulkner
Boston Latin School
Locust Street
Maguire
Worcester Academy
Bleock
Cleary
Ryder
Thompson
Volkmann
Milton High
Long Island Wharf loan approved as aldermen vote
By a 12 to vote the Board of Aldermen passed a loan order for $16,500 for the construction of a new wharf at Long Island. No action was taken on the proposed $23,000 appropriation for Congress street bridge repairs asked by the Mayor two weeks ago.
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Board of Aldermen
Long Island
Congress Street
Gala Nov 1 Dance By Boston Street Cleaners
Paine Memorial Hall hosts a gala on November 1 as Boston street cleaners dance the night away. The Street Cleaners Association reports extensive preparations promising social and financial success for the event.
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Paine Memorial Hall
Boston
Street Cleaners’ Association
Quake Loser Kills Himself in Watertown
Herbert Fuller of Watertown shot himself this morning after a life marked by frugality and rising wealth. He had invested all in a San Francisco insurance company his goal was to make it succeed despite the quake that struck the city. He hoped for a firm financial future before his death in an apparent suicide. Cor substituted for Wylie in the Yale game Saturday and upheld his reputation as a kicker.
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Watertown
Herbert Fuller
Fuller
San Francisco
Cor
Wylie
Yale
Parents Seek Missing Boy Pertes Bean
Anxious Roxbury parents ask the Post to help locate 17 year old Pertes Bean missing for two weeks. He worked as an elevator boy at 14 Beacon street and was last seen wearing a gray outing suit. He is tall with a light complexion and has a large scar on his neck.
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Pertes Bean
Leyland Street
Roxbury
The
Post
Bean
Beacon Street
Aldermen hear police salary raise petition in Newton
A petition signed by 4 policemen requests raising salaries from 1060 to 1200 a year, presented at the Board of Aldermen meeting. Firemen citywide also submitted a similar petition.
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Newton
Board of Aldermen
Harvard Elevens Test Passing Game In Scrimmage
Harvard conducted a vigorous signal drill and a red hot scrimmage amid cold conditions. The varsity showcased a strong open pass game and onside kicks with Kennard and Newhall connecting on multiple gains.
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Harvard
Crane
Leary
Cutts
Daly
English novelist observes American gentleman figure in sports satire
The piece critiques bookies favorites Ty Cobb and Cy Young as market picks for a boxing bout and uses playful cultural references. It rails against sensational sports hype, mocks fashioning national hype and jokes about politics and monopoly in a satirical tone.
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Ty” Cobb
Cy Young
Sweden's Knut Lindberg Emerges as Formidable Sprinter
Swedish champion Knut Lindberg defeated English sprinter John Morton in both the 100 and 200 metres at the Stockholm international games. Lindberg clocked 11 1-10 seconds for the 100 and 22 8-5 seconds for the 200, signaling strong form ahead of London Olympic competition.
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London
Knut Lindberg
Sweden
John Morton
Stockholm
Lindberg
Go Back To Nature Heals Through Herbs and Roots
Go back to nature for healing as Dr. J. H. Liverpool shares a life in herbal medicine. Born to Cherokee and Spanish lineage, he studied in Boston and has 30 years dispensing remedies from herbs roots and barks. His offices are in Boston and Salem with visits by appointment.
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St. John
J. H. Liverpool
Santa Fe
Boston
Tremont Street
Essex Street
Salem
Mass
Tremont
Boston to field roller polo team this season
Boston will join the National Roller Polo league with a squad drawn from strong local players. Home games start November 4 at the Park Square rink, two nights weekly, joining Providence Pawtucket New Haven Hartford Waterbury Bridgeport and New Britain in the circuit.
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Boston
Park Square
Providence
Pawtucket
New Haven
Hartford
Waterbury
Bridgeport
New Britain
McCall Wins Oakley Golf Club Playoff
Belmont Oct 7. Five tied for the net prize in Saturday stroke competition at Oakley Country Club. TI. McCall of Winchester Golf Club won the playoff amid a field of contenders. Fr Princeton standings show many open positions fueling spirited competition for tie places.
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M’call
Oakley Golf Club
Belmont
Oakley Country Club
TI. McCall
Winchester Golf Club
Frinceton
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GRAYS
Metropolitaans
Charlie Radbourne
Tim Keefe
Becannon
Buck Ewing
Gothamites
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Hank O'Day
Giants
Louisville
Ward
Rusie
Meekin
Cleveland
Orioles
Pilgrims Vs. Pirates
Annals OF Sport
Tf Bure
Bigelow
Vale
Barret
Gust
Dorher
There
Lenethy Jack
E Sullivan
Tae
Peete
TR. F
A. E. Hoffman
Etree
Teres
Balla
Oart Young
Barretté
Bires
Connolly
Emalie
Street Cleaners
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Houston
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Burr
Gilmore
Bow
R. E
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K. Te
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F. H. Parker
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M. C. Peirce
Galatti
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H. B
Wendell
Page
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Mason
Maine
Kennard
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Craft
Jones
Starr
Lockwood
Graydon
Gilbert
Dan Brennan
Frisco
T. Lipton
N. Y
Hughie
Shane
Congress
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