Old time baseball match sparks social pageant in Hoboken
Sixty eight years ago today the Knickerbocker and New York Baseball clubs played the first match game at Hoboken New Jersey. Players were from leading New York families, spectators called a social function, gloves masks and protectors were not worn, and the batter directed where the ball should be pitched. The game reflected evolving rules and social status, with a postgame tavern celebration and rapid growth of baseball across the United States and internationally.
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Knickerbocker
New York
Hlusien
Holéboken
N J
Caygo
Bret
United States
Hayers
Philippines
Hawaii
Porto Rico
Alaska
Japan
French Athletic Association
Fish Have Gone Crazy Blocking Root River Spawn
St Paul reports that fish in the Root River near Rushford have gone crazy due to a dam across the Root River at Rushford. Thousands are imprisoned below the dam as the water churns in foam and hooked bait is moved away. The report claims many fish die of apoplexy and urges construction of a fishway to restore upstream spawning access.
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St Paul, Minn
Root River
Rushford
Finmore County
State Game and Fish ‘Commission
Commission
Hens Pass Thousand Mark in Egg Laying Contest
The international egg laying contest at Storrs shows the ten leading pens totaling 100 hens have laid 11 630 eggs, averaging just over 115 per hen for the period. Leghorns dominate but heavier breeds gain ground with several White Leghorn pens tying for first and a Rhode Island Red pen winning week third. Total weekly yield 3 239 eggs, down from prior week.
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Storre
Charles N. St. John
Greene, N
George A. Cosgrove
West Willington
Tom Barron
Margland
Pennsylvania
Marwood -Poultry Barm
Butler, Pa
P. G.platt
Wallingford
Connecticut
AB. Hail
Branford Farm
Groton
C. H. Savage
Storrs
Charles Heigi
Rocky River
Rhode Island Reds
A. B. Brundage
Danbury
Fra Elbertus and the Shaw Question on Happiness
In England the daily burning question is whether George Bernard Shaw is serious. Fra Elbertus, the East Aurora sage, is described as serious yet sentimental. He argues that economic independence for women is essential to matrimony, praises votes for women, and questions obedience in marriage.
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England
George Bernard Shaw
Siddof
Atlantic
Elbert Hubbard
East Aurora
Elbertus
Hibert Hubbard
G. B.S
America
West
Bloomington
Silas Hubbard
N.Y
Mrs. Hubbard
Emerson
Stovall Reflects on Browns Transfer and Federal League Appeal
Former St. Louis Browns manager George Stovall recalls a controversial Cleveland transfer and a lost campaign. He criticizes the club’s handling, recalls selling $25 000 worth of “dead timber,” and laments limited authority while praising the Federal League pioneers as earnest backers with courage and money.
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Cleveland
St. Louis
St. Louis Browns
Hedges
Indianapolis
Sea SS
Veteran baseball star recalls contract battles and league move
In a candid reminiscence the player disputes being sold to the Federal League and details his fight for an unconditional release from Hedges. He recounts negotiating with Ban Johnson and rejecting trades, while noting offers to Tinker Brown Crawford Speaker and paying out for Hamilton.
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Byanch Rickey
Pres
Britton
Cardinals
Ban Johnson
Tinker
Hamilton
Statue of Venus Shattered in Quiet Domestic Moment
In a terse domestic exchange, Mary laments misfortune as she confesses breaking the statue of Venus, while a confused mother questions the relevance of the mishap amid expressions of bad luck and tension within the household.
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Mary
Mrs. Smith
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