Oldfield Beats Johnson in Five-Mile Auto Race at Sheepshead Bay
Barney Oldfield easily defeated Jack Johnson in a five mile race at Sheepshead Bay. Oldfield led in both heats with times of 4 minutes 44 seconds and 30 4-5 seconds for the second heat. Afterward Oldfield spoke of his victory as a stand against the intrusion of boxing into racing and its impact on the white man's hope in the sport.
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Barney Oldfield
Jack Johnson
New York
Johnson
Oldfield
Sheepshead Bay
Jeffries
Brighton Beach
Brockton High Pupils Fund Athletics With Daily Pennies
Brockton High School uses a daily penny box to fund athletics. Each student drops a cent, totaling about five cents weekly, enough to hire a coach and buy uniforms. Headmaster Whitcomb and Manager Getchell led the program, a model for other New England schools.
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New England
Brockton High
Whitcomb
Getchell
Brockton
Tech Freshmen Face Somerville High on Broadway Field
Freshmen from Tech meet Somerville High on Broadway field tomorrow afternoon. Tech looks weaker as a group but boasts stars to offset inexperience, while Somerville relies on veteran material to push for a victory. Henderson and Sauer from Everett High are among Tech's standout newcomers.
Reds in Trade With Quakers
Cincinnati announces the trade sending Rowan Beebe Lobert and Paskett to Philadelphia in exchange for Moren McQuillan Grant and Bates. Philadelphia confirms talks with Clarke Griffith and Herrmann but says Fogel has not approved the deal and could not be located.
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Cincinnati
August Herrmann
Cincinnati Baseball Club Tonight
Cincinnati Club
Rowan and
Beebe
Lobert
Paskett
Philadelphia
Moren
McQuillan
Grant
Bates
Doomn
Philadelphia Baseball Club
Clarke Griffith
Herrmann
Chicago
Rowan and Beebe
Fogel
Michigan Defeats U S S Nebraska 6 to 0 at Franklin Field
Michigan football edged U S S Nebraska 6 to 0 yesterday at Franklin Field. Nebraska, organized four years, had defeated all Western teams but was shut out for the first time.
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U. S&. S. Michigan
Nebraska
Franklin Field
New Boston alleys listing digits and contact lines
Fragmentary OCR item shows a list of alley or contact numbers for New Boston with several phone-style strings and partial names. The readable bits include sequences like 921 and 997-2789 plus other area codes and digits, but no complete names or events. The entry appears as telephonic or directory data rather than a full event.
Alfonso Made Honorary Member of Eastern Yacht Club
The Eastern Yacht Club named King Alfonso XIII of Spain an honorary member at its fall meeting and accepted deeds for five cups for preliminary and supplementary races to the July cruise. Cups fund ocean races New London to Marblehead and Bar Harbor to Marblehead, inviting New York yachts to join the regatta after Harvard and Yale.
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Alfonso XIII
Spain
Eastern Yacht Club
Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
Alfonso
New London
Marblehead
Harvard
Yale
Bar Harbor
FR. Lewis Clark
Chester C. Rumrill
Adventuress
Lawrence H. Armour
Sarah’s Ledge
New London Harbor
Auto kills 7 year old boy in Haverhill
Lawrence Oct 25 Forester Gove a 21 Essex street stationary engineer and prominent citizen was charged with manslaughter for the death of 7 year old George Armitage struck by his auto on South Broadway after his dismissal from Saunders School The boy died three hours later in hospital Frank Fourtin and Albert Gordon were in the car Gove surrendered to police and Inspector Ferguson of the State Highway Commission took his license.
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Lawrence
Gove
Essex Street
Haverhill
George Armitage
South Broadway
Saunders School
Frank Fourtin
Wearestreet
Albert Gordon
Inspector Ferguson
State Highway Commission of Boston
Mystic Valley League Alley Scores Report
City bowling standings list New Boston each with scores 460 482 420 1312 Winter Hill 870 408 401 1179 East Somerville 879 430 893 1202 Fisher 884 891 397 1173 Grant 335 888 406 1179 Lyman 366 395 417 1176
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Tis
Pinkham
Winter Hill
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Fisher -Se
Lyman
Exeter Holds A Long Hard Practice In New Plays
Exeter N H October 25 Exeter held a long hard practice rehearsing new plays and formations. Head Coach Fred Murphy kept the men on the jump with a scrimmage against the second team. The varsity defense is almost perfect and its attack has improved. Gottstein remains in infirmary with a sore arm. Mitchell was out today with Pie Way not in uniform. Signal practice lineup included McCabe Faulkner ends Tousley Kirkpatrick tackles Way Neal guards Tinter center Mathews quarter Brien Collins Dickerman Fox hacks.
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Exeter
N. H
Fred Murphy
Gottstein
Mitchell
Pie Way
Lneup
McCabe
Faulkner
Tousley
Kirkpatrick
Way
Neal
Tinter
Mathews
Brien
Collins
Dickerman
Fox
Cardinals and Browns Payouts Reach 300000 Over Decade
In ten years the Cardinals and Browns have paid out 300000 for ball players. The only first class man developed has been Edward Konetchy.
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Cardinals
Browns
Edward Konetchy
Alrrour Durreys ColuMn Sports Column Preview
The column praises recent all star wrestling at the Boston Arena and notes strong enthusiasm for future events. It highlights refereeing by Tuohey and predicts a busy season with championship matches. It also surveys college contenders Cornell Harvard Yale and Princeton with mixed outlooks and ends by teasing a Halloween surprise at Center Harbor.
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Boston
Tuohey
Baseball questions and player facts from early baseball era
The text lists questions about Duffy Lewis’s batting hand, specific game scores, shares for Players in World Series, requests for Andrews Sporting Guide, and various anecdotes about players such as Jimmy Gardner Eddie Collins Ty Cobb and others. It references Dartmouth Princeton games, Polo Grounds, and win loss records for pitchers and batters.
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Duffy Lewis
E. C
Fall River
Jeffries
Johnson
Andrews
Tom Andrews
Milwaukee
Wis
Chicago
Lowell
Jimmy Gardner
Street
Milan
Gray
Washington
Ty Cobb
Athletics
Eddie Collins
The
Joe Wood
Red Sox
Dartmouth
Princeton
Polo Grounds
New York
Bender
Russell Ford
Highlanders
All-Stars Pitcher Aims for World Series Title
Jimmy McAleer declares his All-Stars unbeatable and expresses desire to play for a world series, calling a win a cleanup. He suggests no rival could beat his squad.
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Jimmy McAleer
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