Keating Joins New York Americans After Yankee Deal
Pitcher Ray Keating signs with the New York Yankees after a brief dispute over terms. Keating appears with the club’s American League rivals as he joins fellow recruit Jack Martin, a shortstop, in the evolving Highlanders roster under manager Frank Chance. Keating, a husky right hander from the New England League, won 26 games in 1912 with a 703% winning percentage and is expected to boost the pitching staff if he stays healthy.
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Ray Keating
Yankees
Keating
New York
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Jack Martin
Tom Davis
New England League
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Highlanders
Wolverton
Ergs Ealth
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Frank Chance
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Martin
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Arthur Irwin
Arthur
Santia Cgos
McConnell
Peckinpaugh
Base runners to be ranked by percentage
Base runners may be ranked by stolen base percentage with a record of times caught stealing kept and used to adjust totals. Clyde Milan led last year with 88 bases and a .571 steals per game average, but a .739 base running class when only successful steals are counted. Catchers across leagues thwarted Milan frequently as listed by team.
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Sullivan
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Caas
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Bean
Lape
No Booze At Dinner To Phillies President
Pittsburgh January 20 sporting writers abandon dining booze in honor of William Henry Locke new president of the Philadelphia Nationals Governor Tener backs the idea Mayor Merce will speak the toast praises Locke Pittsburgh will miss him Former Police Commissioner Baker from New York and other writers attend the banquet scheduled for January 23 to mark the occasion
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William Henry Locke
Philadelphia Nationals
Sporting Writers
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Locke
W. F. Baker
New York
William A. Merce
Bill Locke
John H. Gruber
Sexton Signs as Baseball Coach at Harvard Again
Harvard announces Sexton will resume duties as baseball coach, with Alfred Shrubb’s cross country term also expired. Both coaches led Crimson championship teams last season, signaling continuity for upcoming seasons.
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Harvard
Alfred Shrubb
Crimson
Columbia Hockey Team Backs Away From Yale Feb 4 Date
Following a league ruling banning Princeton Cornell and Dartmouth from facing Columbia the Blue and White will not host Yale on February 4. The team shifts focus to building next year from current players while canceling a three game Cornell series.
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Morningside
Flynn Fails to Take His Degree at Big Assembly
Maurice Lefty Flynn, ex Yale star, did not appear for the third degree at a large ceremony by the joint councils of the New Haven Knights of Columbus. Only Jesse H Philbin of Yale and one other football man joined the ceremony, with 2,500 attendees including Eugene Philbin and delegates from multiple cities and states. The event, held at the Casino, marked the largest degree work in the state with 100 candidates under District Deputy William J Cronin.
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Lefty” Flynn
Yale
Salvadores Russell
New Haven Knights of Columbus
Jesse,h. Philbin
Spalding
Cornell
Flynn
Em John Coleman
Ale News
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New Haven Knights
Order
Eugene Philbin
New York City
San Salvador
William J. Cronin
Bridgeport
Stamford
Norwalk
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Norwich
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New Britain
Hartford
Merden
Derby
Ansonia
Wallingford
Danbury
Waterbury
Naugatuck
Springfield
Worcester
Holyoke
Mathewson Faces Trouble Selling Insurance to Fans
Christy Mathewson, famed pitcher and writer, runs a Sherwood Hart & Co. real estate and insurance office. He finds it hard to discuss insurance with baseball fans who insist on talking about the Giants. He hopes for a winter to focus on policy sales and writing. New York divorce suit notes a similar filing by Harry J. Simon amid threats and grounds for divorce.
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Christy
Christopher Mathewson
Sherwood Hart Co
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Sherwood Hart & Co
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Hans Wagner
Matty
New York
Harry J. Simon
Murphy on Cubs past and present in Chicago Evening Post
Chicago January 20 Charles W Murphy Cubs President publishes a long interview in the Chicago Evening Post reflecting on Cubs managers Frank Chance and Johnny Evers. He explains why Chance was let go, contrasts Chance and Evers, notes youth and enthusiasm, praises the fortified team, and predicts a successful season with a strong catching corps.
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Cub
Frank Chance
Johnny Evers
Charles W. Murphy
Chicago Evening Post
Murphy
Cance
Chance
Evers
Joe Tinker
Murphy Offered Chance His Old Position But Declined
Chicago January 20 Frank Chance stayed in the city as old quarrels resurfaced about the Cubs. Murphy privately sought peace and offered Chance more salary and a three year contract if he would forget past feuds. Chance refused any money from the Cubs and threatened to retire if released. Murphy then signed John J. Evers to manage the Cubs, and pursued Roger Bresnahan to calm fan uproar over Chance’s departure to other teams.
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Frank Chance
Chance
Charles Webb Murphy
Cubs
Murphy
John J. Evers
Evers
Frank J. Farrell
Peerlees
Roger Bresnahan
Bresnahan
France to Open College of Athletes in 1916
Paris reports France will open a College of Athletes in April to improve Olympic prospects after Stockholm. Lieut Georges Hebert heads the project with Marquise Polignac as chairwoman. Students receive 1000 dollars for expenses and may get army leave to train. an American trainer is anticipated. A London wager tale notes a man selling banknotes cheaply in West End streets.
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Stockholm
France
College of Athletes
Marquise Polignac
Georges Hebert
London
West End
Bridgeport Club Signs Crook of Twin State League
Bridgeport signs catcher George Crook from Bellows Falls in the Twin State league. He impressed scouts, changing plans after a high salary offer, with implications for Eddie Bridges. Also notes umpire contracts, league meetings, and other baseball moves across several teams.
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Crook
Wagner
Bridgeport Baseball Club
George Crook
Bellows Falls
Massachusetts
McCann
Northampton
Reddy
Lowell
Mass
Eddie Bridges
O'Rourke
Eastern Association
Pop McPartlin
McPartlin
Mike O’brien
Al Ketchel Promises Hard Fight In All Star Bouts
Young Corbett will referee the South End A. C. all star show at Hagies hall next Monday evening. Al Ketchel says he is in fine shape at Mulligan's gym in Waterbury and expects the bout with Young Jack O'Brien to be the hardest fight of his life. Kid Lewis and Hank Griffin also clash in a 10 round bout, both weighing in at 150 pounds. The opening bout features Kid Cushing and Eddie Kelly in a 10 round bout, with tickets on sale and demand high.
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Hagies’ Hall
South End
A. C
Jack O’brien
al Ketchel
Ketchel
Waterbury
George F. Mulligan
O’brien
Kid Lewis
Hank Griffin
Kid Cushing
Springfield
Mass
Eddie Kelly
Bridgeport
Umpire Telephones Call For Tie Replayed Game
Officials moved quickly to safety as the crowd dispersed. After reaching his hotel Gorman phoned the ball park to tell the home team manager the runner was out and the run did not score. The decision stood and the contest was declared a tie and replayed with a new umpire in the afternoon.
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Walter Johnson
Independence
Parsons
Gorman
Rube Ferns Birthday Remembrance Highlights Early Welter Champ
Pittsburgh born Rube Ferns legendary welterweight champion, born January 20, 39 years ago, famed for eccentric style and long Pennsylvania walks. He rose to the title by a victory over Matty Matthews in Toronto, then lost the belt to Joe Walcott after a string of notable bouts including a knockout win over Matthews in Detroit and later contests in Fort Erie.
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Matty Matthews
Toronto
Joe Walcot
Pittsburgh
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Ferns
Pennsylvania
Billy Smith
Maddy Matthews
Detroit
Matthews
Rube
Frank Erne
Fort Hiie
Ont
Joe Walcott
Barbados
Ramblers to Play Yale Rovers Thursday Night
The Ramblers prepare to face Yale Rovers in Stratford Thursday evening. Strong teams, players Hurley, Buddington, Beardsley, Stowe, Hafele named in lineup with guards Heig and Martindale contributing on defense and offense.
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DEW
Oepe Hurley
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Buddington
Parks
Beardsley
Blamery
Stowe
Heig
Ash
Martindale
Hafele
Stone Seeks Job With the Minors
Former St Louis Browns star George Stone, once a baseball favorite, has fallen from prominence and is now advertising for a minor league position as manager or player. The piece notes fans forget aging stars and details Stone’s decline after joining the Browns from Boston in 1904 and a slow start before rising briefly the following year.
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Stone
St. Louis Sporting News
Browns
Milwaukee
Coleridge
Nebraska
St. Louis
Boston
Jess Burkett
George
Stone's Swing Through Baseball's Early Major Leagues
The fragment recounts the career of Stone, a former major league star, noting a 268 batting average, 1907 and 1906 seasons with high averages, the Browns optimism, a shift to the minor leagues with Milwaukee in the American Association, and subsequent release and fading from memory as his career declined and players chased money amid shortages in the sport.
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American Association
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Miwacker
Real Zere
Pugilistic Annals Entries From 1862 to 1911 Recount Ring Wins
A dated chronicle lists bouts and outcomes from 1862 through 1911, noting Jem Mace's 42 round win near London, John L Sullivan stopped by police in New York, and other results in Cincinnati Philadelphia and New York. It also mentions a 1911 bout in New York and a 1908-1910 string of early 20th century fights, alongside a line about mosquitos driving horses and people for shelter.
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Istt
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Tirwt
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Kia McCoy
F Roberts
Cincinati
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Mele Porta Oe Sullivan
Em Co
Dave Smith
Jimmy Clabby
Sines
Sertralia
Johnny Coujon
Merry Moran
Piphis
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