Post Suggests All American Nine Readers Pick Favorite
Baseball fans weigh in on possible All American nine with Wagner Donovan Brown and Cobb among top pitchers outfield choices include Magee Crawford Leach and Keeler while Kling Bresnahan Clarke and Chance vie for catcher and first base spots Readers urged to send in their selections to the Post as discussions heat up.
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Kans Wagner
Wild Bill Donovan
Mordecai Brown
Post
Brown
Chcago
Johnson
Washington
Donovan
Detroit
Kling
Chicago
Bresnahan
New York
Clarke
Cleveland
Chicago Nationals
Lajoie
Devlin
New York Nationals
Magee
Philadelphia
Crawford
Leach
Pittsburg
Cobb
Keeler
Seymour
Wagner
Bradley
Chance
Chase
Jiggs Donahue
Chicago Cubs
Criger
Warren Brown to assist manager at Wisdenalleys
The report says Warren Brown formerly of the Carruth team in City Bowling joins Wisdenalleys as assistant manager. He balances summer ball with winter pin play for strong averages while Davy Brain shifts loyalties to a zephyr facing triple poke.
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Warren Brown
Carruth
Wisdenalleys
Warren
Davy Brain
Zephyrs
Gloucester Card Sparks Boxing Interest in 1907
A Cambridge crowd heads to Gloucester to see Jerry Gaines meet Black Fitzsimmons in a 12 round decision bout, hailed as New England’s best class. Freddie Welsh tackles Joe Robinson at Pontypridd while Winnisimmet Club hosts Delmont vs Langdon Chelsea bouts plus Sullivan vs Cahill and Attell vs Sullivan type clashes announced. Blackburn challenges Mellody for welterweight title in letter from Philadelphia.
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Jerry Gaines
Black Fitzsimmons
Gloucester
Mass
Freddie Walsh
Joe Robinson
Pontypridd
Eng
Kid Williams
Guy Ashley
New York
al Delmont
Tommy Langdon
Kid Sullivan
Young Cahill
Winnisimmer Athletic Club
Chelsea
Peter Jackson
Harry Wallace
San Diego
Cal
Unk Russell
Russ van Horn
Columbus
Kid Stinger
Kid Locke
Philadelphia
Cambridge
Hartford
New England
Jerry
Fitzsimmons
Maine
Fish City
Freddie Welsh
Heath
Welsh
Jimmy Dunn
Heck Keyes
Keyes
Dayton
Winnisimmet Athletic Club
Luther Place
Delmont
Langdon
Donahue Deshler
Roxbury
Sullivan
Cahill
Bobby Tickle
Monk
Providence
Tickle
Lymansville
R. Tey
Jack Doherty
Standard A. C
St. Louis
Jack Blackburn
Penn
Boston Post
Honey Mellody
Mellody
Joe Gans
Walcott
Ward 7 Club Endorses Moran for District Attorney
At a Ward 7 Bachelor Club meeting held at 18 Kneeland Street officers were elected with Patrick Sullivan as president and Arthur A. Boyce as secretary. Hon. John Quinn was endorsed for the Legislature and Joan B. Moran for district attorney.
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Ward 7
Bachelor Club
Kneeland Street
Patrick Sullivan
Cornelius S. Lane
Daniel M. Sullivan
Arthur A. Boyce
James Kennedy
John Quinn
Joan B. Moran
Swarthmore Captain Ill With Typhoid Halts Season Plans
Bob Kreuger, Swarthmore captain, is ill with typhoid fever and unable to play this season. Michigan practice starts Sept 20 with six key games on the schedule. Hurry Up Yost expects strong material including Miller and Wasmund. Taussig to coach Cornell ends. Tobin to Hanover from Boston. Brennick to lead Baltimore Latin School. Knox to boost Yale backfield. Cornell needs one position filled, others taken by veterans.
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Bob Kreuger
Swarthmore
University of Michigan
Clark Tobin
Dartmouth
Boston
Hanover
Harry Brennick
Harvard
Baltimore
Knox
Yale
Cornell
California low rate tickets to California offered daily
Colonist tickets on sale daily until Oct 30 range from $49.45 to $51.45 for travel from Boston to the Pacific coast. Tickets are valid on the electric lighted Los Angeles Limited and the China and Japan Fast Mail from Chicago via Chicago Union Pacific and Northwestern line. Tours in Pullman tourist sleeping cars available at $9.75 double berth from Boston through to San Francisco Los Angeles and Portland. Choice of routes. J E Brittain general agent passenger department 300 Washington Street. adv
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Boston
Pacific Coast
Los Angeles
Armory Athletic Association membership applications surge
The Armory Athletic Association faces a flood of applications since its founding a week ago. The meeting of directors and officers today will review filings at Treasurer Daniel W. Lane's office in Old South building Room 112. John S. Taylor chairs the board and receives many requests for membership and positions.
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New Armory Athletic Association
Daniel W. Lane
Old South Building
Lane
John S. Taylor
Boston American League Baseball Club
Board of Directors
Mayor to take city heads on harbor outing for Boston anniversary
Mayor Fitzgerald will take all department heads on a harbor outing Tuesday September 17 to celebrate Boston’s 277th anniversary. The plan includes school readings, flag displays on public and private buildings, and permanent bronze markers replacing temporary inscriptions after the 280th birthday.
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Fitzgerald
City Publicity Bureau
Publicity Bureau
Boston
Old South Meeting House
Faneuil Hall
Runaway Boy Found Hungry After Escape from Home
George McEllery a 15 year old inmate of the Working Boys Home escaped early yesterday and was found hungry and footsore in a doorway on Atlantic Avenue. A citizen brought him to Hanover Street station.
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George McEllery
Newton
Atlantic Avenue
George
Hanover Street
Unknown Italian fires shot on Charter Street
An unidentified Italian citizen drew a revolver and fired into the air on Charter Street last night. Bystanders fled in panic as the shooter vanished into the surrounding area. Police could not determine a motive or identify the suspect.
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Charter Street
Horse notes from Lexington meeting and Columbus circuit
The Lexington race meet starts October 8 while the Grant Circuit horses camp at Columbus for two weeks starting today. Age protests target the gray Nutwood progeny, with a 2.09%4 mark claimed valid. Audubon Boy and Angus Pointer post fast miles, Maiden Lodge Elks plan a field day at Saugus with 2:25 and 2:19 purses. A match race between John Shepard and Charlie Taylor is discussed, Shepard offering Readville race proceeds for the Newsboys Scholarship.
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Lexington
Grant Circuit
Columbus
Gray
Nutwood
Audubon
Syracuse
Angus Pointer
Maiden Lodge of Elks
Saugus
John Shepard
Charlie Taylor
Readville
Newsboys
Umpire Evans Struck During Riot in Detroit St. Louis Game
Umpire Evans of the American league was badly hurt in a riot during the Detroit at St. Louis double header. A bottle struck him on the head as fans clashed after a close decision. he remained unconscious and did not regain consciousness by nightfall. Police detained the assailant amid a crowd attempting to lynch him.
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ST. Louis
Evans
Arrest Boy as Burglar in South Boston Burglary Ring
South Boston police arrested a youth identified as Michael J. O Nally aged 15 at 48 West Third Street after he was caught in the act during a spree of early morning store breaks. Cigars and liquor were stolen from P J Lydon at 207 A Street and John J Devine on Dorchester Avenue. The third break at J P Morgan on E and Fourth Streets yielded liquor worth about eight dollars.
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South Boston
Michael’ J. O’nally
West Third Street
P. J. Lydon
Dorchester Avenue
John J. Devine
Scott
J. P. Morgan
Fourth Streets
O’nally
Start of High School Football Activity Signals New Season
Local schools begin practice with Brookline High hiring Carroll as coach and Newton High considering Leo Leary to lead. Roxbury Latin’s Ray Cavanaugh moves to Georgetown Preparatory, while Boston Latin prepares under captain Wallie Elcock and manager Joseph Kennedy. Waltham and Somerville also set to open this week with Hafford guiding Somerville.
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Brookline High School
Carroll
Springfield Training School
Lowman
Ray Cavanaugh
Roxbury Latin School
Georgetown Preparatory School
Highland District
Cavanaugh
Georgetown Preparatory
Leo Leary
Newton High
Athletic Association
Leary
Harvard
Fritz Ely
Rich Porter
Andover
Ely
Charles Paul
Boston Latin
Wallie Elcock
Joseph Kennedy
Kennedy
Howard Woodlock
Thomas Gardner Grammar School
Allston
Thomas Maguire
Waltham High
Somerville High
Hafford
Melrose Holds Up Man as Revolver Threatens Waite
In Melrose on September 15 Fred C Waite was accosted by a group of youths. Walter Brier allegedly drew a revolver and aimed at Waite before Waite fled to a police station. Brier was arrested, held on a technical charge of disturbing the peace while police investigate.
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Melrose
Main Street
Fred C. Waite
Walter Brier
Waite
Brier
Dougherty
Canadian Youth and 14 Year Old Bride Wed in Pawtucket
Worcester reports a 14-year-old Mary Louise Devette from the city and George Jette a store keeper sought marriage in Pawtucket. The priest consented after she claimed to be 16. On returning home Mary Louise's step mother slapped Jette. her father sought legal advice to annul the marriage.
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Worcester
George Jette
Mary Louise Devette
Mary Louise
Pawtucket
Mary Louise Devette Jette
Jette
Mr. Devette
Love Dream Shattered in Worcester and Northboro
An elderly Worcester resident appeals to her wandering son revealing the disintegrating romance of Eli Carter of Northboro and Mrs. Harriette Card of Scituate. Carter, a wealthy farmer, and Card married secretly after meeting by mail. Mrs. Carter seeks court protection and support, with Carter’s $3000 bank account attached by her counsel.
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Worcester
Northboro
Eli Carter
Harriette Card
Scituate
Carter
Card
N. T. Whittaker
Marlboro Methodist Church
Brown Starts Ball Rolling Tomorrow
Brown University football opens preliminary practice tomorrow with a week at Weaver's Farm in Brooklyn Conn. Light sessions under Coach Robinson and Vic Schwartz. Fifteen veterans return forming the nucleus of a potentially strong team with Captain Pryor and 19 other named players listed from the previous season.
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Providence
R. I
Brown University
Weaver
Brooklyn
Conn
Robinson
Vic Schwartz
Burnham
Poland
Brown
Pryor
Kirby
Westervelt
Conklin
Ayler
Hazard
Smith
Devine
Mayhew
Tinkham
McDonald
Tukesbury
Raquett
Hollen
Seidler
Morrison
Gammons
Hennessy
Colby
Ellis
Cobb
Wellesley High Tennis Aims To Reclaim Championship
Wellesley August 15 or Sept 15 report notes the Wellesley High tennis team that won and held the Greater Boston championship last season is rounding into shape again and expects to win the title again this year.
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Wellesley
Wellesley High
Greater Boston
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