Ritchie Heads to England to Box Welsh for Lightweight Title
Willis Ritchie of California sailed on the Aqustacia to challenge Freddie Welsh for the lightweight title in a twenty round bout at Olympia London on July 4. His brother and manager accompanied him, with Ritchie stating he is in good condition and confident of a decisive Fourth of July victory if he performs up to expectations.
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Willis Ritchie
California
Aqustacia
Freddie Welsh
Olympia
London
Ritchie
Ruehle
FourYearOld Charles Miller Slips Through Traffic
Four year old Charles Miller of 618 Fairfield Avenue was run into and knocked down in front of a police station. The incident occurred as a portable McCarthy vehicle presence was noted, but no one was held responsible.
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Charles Miller
Fairfield Avenue
McCarthy
Semi-Pro Ball Tham In Lineup Shuffle
A new semi-pro enters the lineup while W Butler of Crane No 3 and Laub Beary of Jersey City city commission win in election. Beary secures a plurality of 1283 votes.
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Gsendsy
W. Butler
Crane No. 3
City Commission
Jersey City
Tuckey Dominates New London In 8th Inning Shutout
Bridgeport Bolt Tuckey stifles New London amassing four hits and no walks while hurling an eight inning shutout. Hallman doubled for Bridgeport the only extra base hit, while Burr benefited from late support as Bridgeport scored three runs in the seventh and one in the eighth to win 8 to 0.
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New London
Dick Tuckey
Bridge
Bolts
Boukes
Bowman
Bridgeport
Marhefka
Pignters
Ira Hallman
Hallman
Powers
Senna
Tierney
Boultes
Ahearn
Hailfman
Buster Bowman
Ens
Senno
Warner
Quinn
Burr
Tuckey
Keenan
Bridgeport Fans Rally Over Interference Call Dispute
Today s Sporting Chatter notes Bridgeport s frustration with umpire Keenan after a disputed interference call cost a run in a 15 inning game with New London. It also recounts player ejections, pitcher signings, and other league moves including Steinbach and Hoffman developments.
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Wagner
Bridgeport
New London
Planters
Boultes
Keenan
Senna
Ahearn
Benno
Boykes
Dan Tierney
Ehon
Crook
Bouktes
Steinbach
Broyle
Cleveland
Yale Squeaks Past Tufts in Prelim Game
Yale edged a strong Tufts team 3 to 2 in a preliminary contest at the field. Gile and Way showcased hitting, Krepps struggled with control but Yale left runners aboard in several innings, signaling readiness for Saturday’s Princeton game.
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Yale
Tufts
Gile
Way
Pringston
Krepps
College Games Batteries and Players Match at Cambridge
Swarthmore and Cambridge clash in a batteries themed match featuring players Swarthmore Harry Weede Madeen Sayre and Schwert against Cambridge R Murray McManus Daly Murphy Carroll Hitchcock Frye Mahan and Waterman in a listed lineup.
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Swarthmore
Twining Harry
Weede
Madeen
Sayre and
Schwert
Cambridge
REE. A
R. Murray
McManus
Daly
Murphy and Carroll
Hitchcock
Hurley’s Team to Meet Remington Yost Sunday at Yost Field
Hurley’s All City squad faces Remington Yost in a Sunday game at Yost Field. The lineup includes pitcher Stigler from Newburgh, N C, and an outfielder from the same club, with Speed Finn set to pitch after healing a bruised finger. Our custom suits by Blyford Brothers Buxton East Side and West End.
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Remington-Yost
Pat Hurley
Yost Field
Hurley
Stigler
Newburgh
N. C
Speed Finn
Blyford Brothers Bux
East Side
West End
Prizes Awarded At University School Field Day
The university athletic association crowned the year's field day champions with handsome silver cups for the top three seniors and top three juniors. Notable winners include Webster Conine with 40% points, Conrad Lasher as a leading junior, and Bradford Warner securing a junior cap. The event details dozens of dash, throw, and jump results and school records across both divisions.
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University School
Webster Conine
Charles W. Paul
A. E
Leroy C. Fairchild
Henry Bishop
Conrad, Lasher
Gilbert Hing
William Smith
R. Beardsley
L. T. Paterno
F. T. Talty
A. B. Beach
A. E B. Egeressy
J. B. McKenna
Bradford Warner
Conrad Lasher
Gilbert King
Nathaniel Bishop
A. B. Beeressy
C.W. Paul
A. BE. Egeresssy
Co. W. Paul
T. Nichols
B. Wood
J. A. Beck
F. W. Conine
C. W. Paul
A. E. Hgeressy
S. R. Beardsley
J. E. McKenna
Gilbert Kine
Arthur Warner
E. K. Root
P. ©. Baldwin
C. C. Beeman
J. F. Wright
F. T. Nichols
P. E. Baldwin
Charles Muzante
Ira Warner
Record of athletic meet events and winners
Senior and junior divisions crowned winners in standing broad jump running broad jump high jump hop step and jump and 50 yard races with multiple records noted. Notable names include E K Root F W Conine Bradford Warner Conrad Lasher S B Wood and C W Paul among others with school marks set in 1896 1907 1910.
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F. W. Conine
J. F. Wright
BP. B. Baldwin
L. T. Paterno
Edgar M. Hawley
Bradford Warner
Conrad Lasher
Nathaniel Bishop
Leroy Fairchild
Charles Armstrong
Gilbert King
Ira Warner
Garnet Lasher
A. E. Egeressy
E. K. Root
C. W. Paul
S. B. Wood
Hop
BE. K. Root
H. P. Sterling
Cc. W. Paul
S. R. Beardsley
E. E.i Root
E. M. Hawley
Harvey Hubbell
Lasher
King
Armstrong
Fairchild
Beach
Cronin
H. Bishop
B. Warner
Conine
Root
Paul and
Egeressy
F. B. Hawley
H. C. Gish
H. H. Appledorn
V. C. Peck
D. S. Beers
W. W. Clabby
H. B. Dickson
N. C. Lund
A. J. Tucker
W. M. Hyde
H. B.tucker
Pauline Fisher in critical auto crash on Baychester road
New York reports Mrs Pauline Fisher wife of cartoonist Bud Fisher is reported dying after a two car collision on Baychester road. She and five others were injured as the Lamb car overturned and she was pinned beneath it. A second item notes the cornerstone laid at Washington State College for James Wilson Hall and a bronze bust presented to the college.
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New York
Pauline Fisher
Bud” Fisher
James Wilson
Washington State College
Pullman
Agriculture
30 Mile Race For Yachts In Cup Contest
Sandy Hook June breeze up to 15 knots saw Resolute Vanitie and Defiance start the 30 mile triangle race from Ambrose Lightvessel to test Cup candidates in open sea. Resolute, after yesterday’s win over Vanitie, aimed to strengthen its edge ahead of Shamrock IV’s September challenge. Few sea routines marked the event as crews prepared to sail.
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Sandy Hook
Resolute
Vanitie
Defiance
Ambrose Lightvessel
Thomas Lipton
Board urged to hire male coach for athletic teams
The Athletic Association of the B. H. 8 held its final meeting of the year to elect officers. Harry Denny presidents Alfred Porter treasurer James Murphy secretary and Philip Greenstein vice president lead the executive board with Miss Katharine MecHirey and Nancy Bers as girls’ representatives. John Corcoran was reappointed manager of the basketball team. The executive committee was authorized to contact the Board of Education asking that the next male teacher hired be able to coach athletic teams or assist in coaching student teams. The Stamford high school example cited shows championship teams under a male faculty coach. Students await the board’s decision.
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Athletic Association of the
Assembly Hall
Harry Denny
Alfred Porter
James Murphy
Philip Greenstein
Katharine, MecHirey
Nancy Bers
John Corcoran
Board of Education
Stamford High School
Boyle
Baseball Gossip from the Circuit Heads and Home Run Evans
Indianapolis reports three former Yankees McKechnie Kauff and Laporte batting after Vin Campbell as lead off for Bill Phillips. If Steve Evans keeps hitting home runs fans will dub him Home Run Evans. Ty Cobb return sparks Tigers into life while Clark Griffith pursues Cuban players Ballesteros and Gonzales. Jimmy Viox shines for Pirates with grounders while Magee remains strong at short and Doom seeks a faster infield. Washington St Louis series used 31 players in three hours thirty five minutes with three pitchers and two catchers. Cleveland owners burn noisily over automobiling as the club struggles.
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Indianapolis
Yankees
McKechpie
Kauff
Laporte
Vin Campbell
Bill Phillips
Clark Griffith
Ballesteros
Havana
Gonzales
Troy
Jimmy Viox
Pirates
Sporting history highlights from 1901 to 1913
Timeline of boxing notes and a geographic trivia item. Austin Rice fought Feltz to a 20 round draw in New Britain in 1901 amid bantamweight title disputes. Harry Harris claimed the right to the title after beating Pedlar Palmer in England. 1909 Wolgast stopped Peppers in Kansas City. 1913 Kid Williams KOed Jem Kendricks in Baltimore. Also three Alaska peaks named for Senators Root, Lodge, and Turner.
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Austin Rice
Tommy Feltz
New Britain
Conn
Rice
Harry Harris
Palmer
England
Feltz
Austin
Hugh McPadden
Tommy Sullivan
Tony Moran
New Haven
Harry Forbes
Dan Dougherty
Frankie Neil
Ad Wolgast
Teddy Peppers
Kansas City
Kid” Williams
Jem Kendricks
Baltimore
Fairweather Range
Alaska Boundary
Senators Root
New York
Lodge
Massachusetts
Turner
Washington
Alexander to officiate Metropolitan Championship start date set
Frederick B. Alexander former doubles champion plans strict enforcement of foot fault rule as referee for the Metropolitan Championship Tournament starting Saturday June 13 at West Side Tennis Club Forest Hills Long Island. Alexander will personally instruct umpires on foot fault basics while citing that the rule requires a firm planted foot behind the baseline and no forward slip before contact. The Royal Blue A C baseball team meets East Bridgeport J at Wheeler's lot Sunday at 2 30 with Goodman and Robinson in the battery. They next face Rosebuds on Sound View Sunday the 28th and then Longfellow A C at Salyeth with R P Clay manager.
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Frederick B. Alexander
West Side
Forest Hills
Long Island
Edwin F. Torrey
National Association
Alexander
Royal Blue A. C
East Bridgeport Jra
Wheeler's
Blues’ Creek Battery
Andy ‘Goodman
Rube” Robinson
Pointe
Longfellow A. C
Salyeth
R. P. Clay
Main Street
Baseball Run Totals Across Cities in International League
A list of city names including Pittsburgh Philadelphia New York Boston St Louis Cleveland Washington Chicago Detroit New York Baltimore Toronto Providence Newark Pittsfield Waterbury Bridgeport New Haven New London New Britain Springfield Hartford Brooklyn St Louis Indianapolis Pittsburgh appears as a runnable schedule or standings fragment for the International League, with scattered numbers and gaps. The fragmentary text reads like a directory of teams and host cities rather than a full game report.
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Boston
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Cleveland
Washington
Chicago
Detroit
New York
Otto Knabe Birthday Star For Baltimore Fed Nine
Otto Knabe the Baltimore Fed pilot turns thirty tomorrow, with fans hoping for gifts of cars and gold wreaths. The former Phillies second baseman, now leading the Baltimore outlaws, is praised by Ned Hanlon era loyalists and rival executives as a manly ballplayer and a credit to the profession.
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Otto Knnabe
Balttimore Federal League
Otto
Baltimore Bell
Ned Hanlon
Orioles
Baltimers
Feds
Edward Hanlon
Otto Elinabe
Philadelphia Nationals
Baltimore “Outlaws
Carrick
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Pirates
Toledo Madhcans
Toledo
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Camnelis Kna
Enebe
Baltimores
Masaig
Tener
Knabe
Beacball
Baltimore
National League Yesterday and Today Scores
Yesterday New York defeated Chicago 4 to 1 and St. Louis beat Brooklyn 6 to 4. Cincinnati routed Philadelphia 8 to 2 while Boston topped Pittsburgh 11 to 2. Today Chicago visits New York and St. Louis plays Brooklyn with Cincinnati at Philadelphia and Pittsburgh at Boston.
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New York
Chicago
St. Louis
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Boston
Pittsburgh
Brown vs Tillgran in Hudson bout set for June fifteenth
Boxing notes preview a Hibbing lightweight Pat Brown facing John Tillgran of Minneapolis in Hudson Wisconsin on June 15. Tillman has impressed recently while Brown recently defeated Hughie M Jess Willard in Australia. Willard plans further matches, with his manager claiming an easy win forthcoming.
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Hudson
Wis
Pat Brown
John Tillgran
Minneapolis
Tillman
Flour City
Brown
Australia
Hughie M. Jess Willard
Kansas
Kid Kenneth
Tore McMahon
Tom Jones
Jess
Willard
Caldwell in box, Yankees beat Browns in St Louis
Ray Caldwell pitched for the Yankees to snap a losing streak in St Louis. The remolded order produced hits and runs, with Captain Peckinpaugh delivering four hits as Caldwell quieted the Browns. In Chicago the same day Peckinpaugh again used his slap hitting to impact the game.
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St. Louis
Ray Caldwell
Frank Chance
Browns
Yankie
Caldyal
Peckinpaugh
Chicago
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