Locomobile manager boasts at league meeting
At the Industrial League gathering last evening Locomobile manager Billy Lundberg dominated the session. He faced protests over umpire calls and disputes with Birdsey-Somers and Whiting Manufacturing Co. The meeting also addressed Sunday sports legal efforts and fielding questions about Crane No. 2.
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Billy Lundberg
Loco Team
Loco Nine
Lundberg
Fanny
Locos
Birdsey-Somers
Whiting Manufacturing Co
Patrick Noonan
Warner Bros Outfit
Bill
Thomas L. Lynch
National League
Lynch
Whiting Co
Slattery
Whiting
Geo. H. Wood
Crane No. 2
Bridgeport Elks Derby clash reveals team pride and tickets
The Bridgeport lodge of Elks hosts Derby next Tuesday with McCann of Mechanics pitching and O Rourke catching. Tickets include trolley fare and admission. demand high as members anticipate a lively, well attended game.
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Wheeler and Wilson
Bridgeport Lodge of Elks
Derby
Bridgeport
Bridgeie
Bridgeport T
McNamara
Joe Waters
Gene McCann
Mechanics
Jeems O'Rourke
Mercer
A. McNeil & Sons
Main St
Elks
Smith Easily Outpoints Clabby in New York Bout
Jeff Smith defeated Jimmy Clabby in ten rounds at the National Sporting Club New York by a wide margin. Smith controlled the bout with speed and clever counters landing six clean punches to Clabby’s one as the latter relied on bull-like rushes and clinches.
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National Sporting Club
New York
Jeff Smith
Jimmy Clabby
Smith
Clabby
Jeads
GAMES TOMORROW IN INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE AT PARKS
Tomorrow afternoon at Sea side Park and Beardsley Park several Industrial League games are set. Loco Coe faces Warner Bros at Sea side Park while Crane No 2 meets Crane No 1 at Sun s Oval. Co. vs Annex plays Beards a Park, and Telephone Co squad faces Annex nichest No 2 diamond at Beardsley Park with Hayden Fitzgerald Whilldey Barron Howley McAuliffe Gooch Kirk FiLondon Smith Lewie listed as players.
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Warner Bros
Seaside Park
Crane No
Sun 'S Oval
the Telephone Co
Beardsley Park
Hayden
Fitzgerald
Whilldey
Barron
Howley
McAuliffe
Gooch
Kirk
Clements
FiLondon
Smith and Lewie
Cameron Loses 260 After Holyoke Deal Collapse
New Haven State league manager George Cameron claims Holyoke officials caused his 260 loss by failing to repay loans made to assist Holyoke during a team blow up. He previously lent Waters and Stevens and paid related salaries, only to be denied repayment and seen no return on the promised funds.
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Waterbury
Titman
Hawks
Flanagan
Newton
Pep Northampton
Colvin
Needham
Elmer Duggan
Holyoke
St. Louis Americans
Duggan
New Haven Journal-Courier
Northampton
George Cameron
New Haven
Cameron
Waters
Stevens
Massachusetts
Farrell
Eralyeins
Hard Work Over for Poughkeepsie Crews
From Poughkeepsie June 23 A United Press report notes crews at the upcoming regatta completed much of the hard work with time trials sparking discussion. Courtney met with Cornell men to prepare for early paddling while Columbia and Pennsylvania stock rose. Wisconsin freshmen performed well against the varsity and Doc Luby is in town backing Nugget.
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United Press
Poughkeepsie
Courtney
Cornell
Columbia
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
Pittsburg Protest Denied Over Boston Game Decision
Pittsburg loses protest by National League President Lynch over the June 15 Boston 8 to 7 victory. Pirates argued the field umpire should have ruled on a runner between third and home. Lynch ruled the chief umpire handles only one see saw play under the rule.
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Pittsburg
Lynch
National League
Pitsburg
Boston
Pirates
Beachy Plans Perilous Niagara Falls Flight
Lincoln Beachey, the Curtiss aviator, intends a low altitude over the Canadian Falls and into the gorge, then down the gorge toward the American side, during a flight next Tuesday or Wednesday. He has six months in aviation and has flown over the Capitol, Bridgeport, Yale, and Buffalo in strong winds, promising a dramatic spectacle.
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Buffalo
N. J
Lincoln Beachey
Curtiss
Beachey
Glenn H. Curtiss
California
Cuba
South
Washington
Benning
Capitol
National Capitol
Bridgeport
Long Island Sound
Yale
Railroads Ordered to Notify ICC of Fatal Accidents
Washington reports that after July 1 all railroads must immediately notify the Interstate Commerce Commission of any wreck or accident with fatalities. The rule follows a government aim to track collisions derailments and other serious injuries. In Meriden, Mr. and Mrs. H Wales Lines celebrate a golden wedding with a town gathering. Lines is a former mayor state representative and senator.
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Railroads
Interstate Commission
United Press
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Lines
Meriden
H. Wales Lines
Waterford
Conn
Weather Indications For New Haven Area
Forecast for New Haven issued June 23 predicts generally fair weather tonight and Saturday with cooler temperatures tonight. Moderate northwest to north winds and no major changes in temperature aside from isolated storms possible in New England and a chance of thunderstorms in nearby regions.
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United Press
New Haven
Mississippi Valley
Lake Region
New England
Rocky Mountains
Atlantic Coast
Philadelphia
Ontario
A United Shave in a Maryland Town
John Hays Hammond paid $35 for a shave in a small Maryland town just before his wedding. He arrived the morning of the ceremony with a thick beard and no razor, forcing him to negotiate with a shaken barber who had been drinking. The barber trembled through the shave and collapsed as he took Hammond’s five dollar tip.
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John Hays Hammond
Maryland
Hammond
New York Tribune
The Taste For Music in Public Taste
A compact essay notes rapid public embrace of music in America beyond opera and instrumental forms. It cites Bret Harte’s 1879 reaction to Wagner’s Tannhauser as a contrast, where he mocked the orchestra as a factory and singing as a dull multiplication table, then observes how Wagner and other great composers are now regarded as great writers or painters.
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America
Bret Harte
Wagner
Collier’s
An Attentive Class at the College of France
The College of France in Paris, founded by Francis I., offers both strict instruction and broad higher education. An anecdote from the Colour of Paris recalls a mathematics professor who lectured a full year to a single pupil, illustrating the college’s scrupulous teaching and wide range of courses pursued by few students.
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College of
France
Paris
Francis I
Europe
Steak at hotel sparks patent quip in breakfast
A man at a hotel breakfast finds a tough beef steak and remarks to the table that the steak infringes on the Goodyear patent. The moment blends humor with a legal joke about patent rights during a casual meal.
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Goodyear
Not the Little Things Quotes in the Houston Post
A fragment from the Houston Post contrasts small daily troubles with larger issues in business as a shoe clerk and owner discuss fitting big problems into small roles. The excerpt underscores the tension between scale and practicality in commerce.
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Houston Post
Misquoted remarks mix in Trade column snippets
The Trade page features a hostile jab about a host described as dreadful and unable to speak properly. A second quote praises a “pronounced business accent” while another line references medical instruction for after meals.
Kangaroo Fights Hounds to Escape Hunter in River Fight
A New York Press description explains how a kangaroo defends itself by reaching a river and using its strength to hold dogs underwater. The animal pins with forelimbs and tail while a pack approaches, drowning some as the hunter may intervene with a bullet.
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New York Press
Straining the Keg by Rufe Blevins at the store
Rufe Blevins enters the village grocery and pays for molasses using a five gallon charge on a four gallon keg. Storekeeper Jones weighs the bill, while Blevins jokes about not overworking his good key as the group nearby listens.
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Rufe Blevins
Rufe
Jones
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