CHANCE SEEKS TRADE FOR HEL CHASE WITH DETROIT
In Detroit Frank Chance expressed openness to trading Hel Chase if a fair exchange could be arranged. He named two Detroit players as potential components of a swap, but declined to specify Cobb or other exact terms. He noted most teams would want Chase, while Detroit might offer only three or four substitutes.
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Hel Chase
Chase
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Crawford
Cobb
Highlanders
Tommy Murphy Faces A Wave Of Challenger Interest
With warm weather approaching boxing leans toward a lull but Tommy Murphy draws many requests for bouts. He declined to box in New York angering rivals who want a shot at the conqueror of Ad Wolgast. Joe Rivers stays inactive, while Johnny Love eyes Leach Cross and Murphy and may meet Cross soon in a clash expected to be competitive as both fighters rely on a single right hand to win.
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Esternal
Tommy Murphy
Murphy
New York
Ad Wolgast
Wealthy Yale Man and Star Athlete Divorced in Suit
New Haven reports Mrs. Edna Warren Magon Fulton Pfizenmayer files for absolute divorce from Charles A. Fulton Pfizenmayer of New Work and Narragansett Pier. The Yale graduate named race and football athlete, once among the college’s wealthiest men, seeks custody of two children, alimony, with cruelty alleged beginning January after their June 15 1904 marriage.
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Narragansett Pier
Fulton-Pfisenmayer
Yale
Sacred Hearts to play St Mary's at Seaside Park May 15
The Sacred Hearts seek a May 15 match with St Mary's at Seaside Park around 10:45 am. They have won five straight games en route to the city school championship, with lineup names including Belton Nelson Kenney Malones Luddy Gerrity O'Dea Bradley BS Carroll Kerwin Fay McNamee Hegarty and EB Carroll. They beat Prospect Saturday morning 9 to 1.
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St Mary’s
Seaside Park
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Myrtle
Vente
Farmer
Belton
Nelson
Kenney
Malones
Luddy
Gerrity
O'Dea
Bradley
BS. Carroll
Kerwin
Fay
McNamee
Hegarty
EB. Carroll
New York Yacht Club Asks Lipton For Information
London May 7 The Royal Ulster Yacht Club received a letter from the New York Yacht Club regarding Lipton’s Shamrock IV challenge for the Americas Cup. It cites radical changes since 1902 to measurement time allowance and racing rules and asks which system and rules would govern a potential match. Lipton said he had not yet seen the letter but trusts both clubs will settle the questions and race proceed.
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London
Royal Ulster Yacht Club
New York Yacht Club
Thomas Lipton
Shamrock IV
Royal Ulster Club
Packey McFarland on winer take all battles and Neal rivalry
Packey McFarland recalls a winner take all bout with Maurice Sayers and discusses a claimed Neary fight on the same terms. He says the Badger Athletic club posted a big purse and that he would meet Neary winner take all, a stance backed by his pride and past performance. The piece notes his postfight plans and mentions Will ie Ritchie title chances. Also touches on Milan’s hot batting, Cleveland pennant fundraising, Philadelphia price hikes, and Pittsburgh infield shakeup.
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T. S Andrews
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Chicago Pride
Maurice Sayers
Milwaukee Athletic Club
Charlie Neary
Ger Athletic Club
Packey
Ring
Milwaukee
Neary
Charlie ‘Turney
Sayers
Charlie
Badger Athletic Club
Ana
Eagle Lake
Wisconsin
Willie Ritchie
Athletics Pitcher Jack Coombs Improves But Won't Tour West
Jack Coombs of the Athletics, who pitched in early Boston games and was sent home from Washington due to threatened pneumonia, is improving steadily but cannot join the western trip. He plans to return to duty when the Mack men come home May 2. Duffy Lewis of the Red Sox had a notable injury week yet again stands out for playing in every 1912 championship game and this year’s exhibitions.
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Washington
Mackites
Duffy Lewis
Red Sox
Sox
Comfort Truss Co Patented Truss for Comfort Use
Advertises a recently patented truss without understraps or hip pressure that can be worn in the bath. Sold with a 20 day trial by Comfort Truss Co. Office 208 Warner Building Bridgeport. Hours 10 to 12 am 5 to 7 pm Sundays 16 am until 2 pm.
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Australian tennis stars arrive in United States for Davis Cup
Stanley N. Doust will captain the Australian lawn tennis team for the Davis Cup tie with the United States arriving from England. Horace Rice A B Jones and BE Hicks manager follow, likely reaching New York from the West on Thursday. Robert D. Wrenn notes trials are not elimination contests and selection will rely on last year’s ratings. The report cites Greenwich results where Harkett Little defeated Pell Leonard Behr Inman, while Pell Touchara beat them on the West Side courts.
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United States
England
Horace Rice
A. B. Jones
BE. W. Hicks
New York
Robert D. Wrenn
International Committee
East
Mr. Wrenn
Harkett
Little
Pell
Leonard
Behr
Inman
Greenwich
Touchara
Wilson Wild Leads Bridgeport Past Hartford In Hazy Baseball
Hartford defeated Bridgeport 6 to 6 as Pete Wilson walked seven and failed to tire the locals. Bruce Gardella’s Hartford squad rode sharp shooting to a slim lead, while Bridgeport fought back with Stow Bouites and Burns’s doubles and Morley’s wild throw creating late hope in the ninth.
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Oscar Hammerstein McCann
Hartford
Guiseppe Gardella
Rube Sager
Sal
Dave Nagle
Bob Stow
Gardella
Yount
Senators
Tuckey
Blossom Blub
Vandy Vandegrift
Bingo Wallace
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Silzer
Robertaille
Dea
Vandergrift
Snyder
Blum
Boukes
Fireerald
Blum Tuckey
Idgeport
Kauff
Barney
Goodwin
Mason
Dan Brouthers A Baseball Legend At 55 Remembered
A tribute to Dan Brouthers born near Sylvan Lake New York who at fifty five remains hearty. The early era star of baseball with Ned Hanlon’s Detroit and later the Boston club and finally a New York Giants scout. He set a National League record for circling the bases that endures.
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Ned Hanlon
Boston
New York Giants
Pugilistic Annals Highlights From 1892 to 1912
Summary of selected boxing results: 1892 Robert Fitzsimmons KOed Joe Godfrey in the first round in Philadelphia. 1909 Tommy Burns defeated Philadelphia Jack O'Brien in 20 rounds in Los Angeles. 1909 Freddie Welsh defeated Johnny Frayne in 10 rounds in New York. 1912 Buck Crouse won a decision over Leo Houck in Boston. 1912 Eddie McGoorty KOed Jimmy Howard in the seventh round in Indianapolis.
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Joe Godfrey
Phiadelphia
Tommy Burns
Philadelphia
Jack O'Brien
Los Angeles
Freddie Welsh
Johnny Frayne
New York
Buck Crouse
Leo Houck
Boston
Eddie McGoorty
Jimmy Howard
Indianapolis
O Rourke seeks five umpires season long
President O Rourke to ask league directors to permit carrying five umpires all season to cover accidents or illness. Hoff man sold to Wilkes-Barre, refuses report to St Paul and stays in the East End. Tacoma’s Ruell hits hard after landing with Joe McGinnity led club.
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League
Wagner
Danny Hoffman
Wiilkes-Barre
New York State
O'Rourke
Toronto Sells Eastern League Pennant Legacy Notes
Sporting notes recount Toronto’s early league success with Earl Minto hoisting the pennant ten years ago and pitching the first ball. It recalls Maple Leafs flags in 1902 107 and 1912 while manager Kelly hopeful his team will add a fourth banner this season and Chic Robertaille debuts.
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Earl Minto
Canada
Maple Leafs
Kelly
Robertaille
McGamwell
Montreal seeks pennant as Newark leads in league race
In a tight International league standings update Newark holds a safe margin atop the circuit with Buffalo and Baltimore battling for third. Rochester moves to lead the second division while Jersey City sits sixth and Montreal and Providence chase booby honors. Montreal, long pennantless aside from Newark, eyes a rare title as Toronto struggles from a poor start and a famed theft by Bill Donovan of Detroit seven years ago looms in baseball lore.
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Baltimore
Rochester
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Montreal
Providence
Bill Donovan
Detroit
Cleveland
Bill
Cornell Beats Penn State In College Baseball Thriller
Cornell, with Knight and Adair stepping in at short and second, defeated Penn State 6 to 1 in Ithaca. Knight delivered a three-base hit, and Gospman’s two-base hit scored three, highlighting a stronger Cornell showing. Lafayette also beat Harvard 4 to 3 as Mayer scattered Crimson hits and relievers mixed. Catholic University topped NYU 14 to 2 at Ohio Field behind steady pitching and fielding.
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