Chicago Nationals win the pennant
Chicago wins the pennant after a hard fought contest with New York. The Cubs fielded brilliantly led by Tinker Chance Steinfeldt and Evers while Mordecai Brown shut down the Giants after a rough first inning.
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Bresnahan
Seymour
Brown
Fanning Devlin
Johnstone
McGraw
Chance
Chicago
Mathewson
Tenney
Moran
Hoffman
Steinfeldt
Howard
Matty
Schulte
Tinker
New York
Kling
Sheckard
Evers
Matt
Johnny
Lchuste
Fred
Herzog
Donlin
Cubs
Willie
MoeCormick
Giants
Chicago AB. R. BH. PO. A. B. Sheckard
Seeee
See Nee
Schuster Tree
NOW
YORK
Bi PO
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Ea. Wee
Ewe
Dontin
Devlin
McCormick
Bridwell
Doyle
Wheaton Stars In Yale Football Practice At New Haven
Yale's Wheaton produced three strong runs for 2 touchdowns as the regulars beat the Scrubs 12 to 0 in practice. Hobbs added two goals, Holt kicked two 65 yarders, and Mersereau starred at left end with others injured. A secret signal session preceded open drills ahead of West Point game.
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New Haven
Conn
Wheaton
Yale
Hobbs
Logan
Murphy
Philbin
Syracuse
Mersereau
Henry Holt
Haines
Warren
West Point
Andrus
Siddle
Cooney
Goebel
Burch
Hopkins
Lynn
Coy
Name Your Choice for All American Baseball Team
Readers are invited to submit picks for an All America baseball team. Send selections to the Baseball Editor, writing on one side of the paper, with one player per position, for potential publication in coming days.
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the Post
Post
Bits of Baseball From Gotham Game
A large Boston delegation led by Nuffred McGreevey, John Keenan, and Larry Hanrahan attended the New York game. Andy Freedman supported the Giants, while the Cubs met Boston players in the Hotel Somerset corridor with tepid reception. The New York Cuban trip by Mathews and Tenney may be dropped as tempers flare between the Giants and Cubs. Johnny Evers muttered a bitter stance about beating Boston. After the game, many friends lingered in New York before heading west.
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Giants
Mathewson
Johnstone
Klem
Sheckard
Evers
Herzog
Schulte
Pfeister
Tenney
Cubs
Bresnahan
Kling
Chance
Mike Donlin
Mike
New York
Boston
Nuffred McGreevey
John Keenan
Larry Hanrahan
Andy Freedman
Somerset Corridor
Cuba
Detroit
Johnny Evers
John
Dovey
Dick Gilmore
Boston Brigade
Murphy Expects Cubs to Beat Detroit in World Series
New York reports President Murphy of the Chicago Cubs predicts a third straight National League pennant and a decisive World Series win. He praises Manager Chance and the players, notes 70 to 80 injuries this season, and says New York Giants fought hard but the Cubs were the better team. The club heads to the West tonight for further instructions from the National Commission.
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New York
Cubs
Murphy
Chicago
Polo Grounds
Chance
New York Giants
McGraw
West
National Commission
Detroit
Giants
World Series Opens Saturday in Detroit With Chicago Tie
The 1908 World Series starts Saturday October 10 in Detroit between Chicago and Detroit after a tight pennant race. Games rotate between Detroit and Chicago. two umpires from each league direct play with specific admission scales and rain check rules. Eligible players listed for both clubs include Cobb, Tinker, and Reulbach among others. official scorers are Flanner and Richter.
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Cincinnati
Chicago
Detroit
National League
O’day
Klein
Pulliam
Johnson
American League
Sheridan
Connolly
National Commission
Brown
Chance
Durbin
Evers
Fraser
Howard
Hofman
Kling
Kroh
Lundgren
Marshall
Moran
Overall
Pfeister
Reulbach
Sheckard
Slagle
Schulte
Steinfeldt
Tinker
Zimmerman
Coughlin
Cobb
Crawford
Downs
Donovan
Jones
Jennings
Killian
Killifer
Mullin
O'Leary
Rossman
Schmidt
Summers
Suggs
Schaefer
Thomas
Willets
Winter
McIntyre
Spanish Queen Wins Transylvania Futurity Stake
Lexington Ky October 8 Spanish Queen owned by G H Estabrook and driven by Gus Macey easily won the Transylvania stake for light harness horses. The pacing division of the Futurity was unfinished and will be decided tomorrow. Catherine Direct won heats one and four while Colonel Forest won heats two and three.
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Lexington
TranSylvania
G. H. Estabrook
Gus Macey
Catherine Direct
Colonel Forest
St Alphonsus Association-Seeks Strong Opener on Open Dates
The St Alphonsus Association team announces open dates due to scheduling cancellations and seeks matchups with top state teams on Saturday October 10 and October 17. Manager John J Riley cans to arrange games via 214 Milk Street and Main 3907.
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St. Alphonsus Association
John J. Riley
Milk Street
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McBride
Milan
Vreeman
A. J. Flanner
Francis C. Richter
ST. Alphonsus
Boston Young Men's Christian Association
Boylston Street
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