Baseball speed madness grips major leagues this season
A flurry of base running and aggressive stealing grips both leagues as managers urge speed on the bases. Stars like Cobb Milan Collins and Shoo tton spark a wave of daring plays while Jim Donovan Griffith and Mack push for fleet-footed lineups. Royals of the era debate the value of run-making via singles and triples rather than power hitting, imagining a baseball field day to test the game’s mechanical skills.
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Bill Donovan
New York Yankees
Clark Griffith
Washingtons
Ban Johnson
Bill C
Boston Red Sox
Connie Mack
Athletics
Fielder Jones
St. Louis Browns
Bert Shouse
Pak
Wuay
Shotton
St. Louis Brownevak
Inary Bounder
Ro_srtson
Tinker Builds Craft in Cubs Pitchers Fielding Art
Manager Tinker drills Cubs pitchers on fielding fundamentals emphasizing quick cover of first base and rapid retrieval on grounders. He rejects slow, hesitant play and demands fast feet and sharp throws to the bag, praising Vaughn Pierce Lavender plus McConnell and Prendergast for immediate, decisive defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tony
Cubs
Tinker
McConnell
Prendergast
Feld
Cub
Roger Bresnahan
Roger
Yannigans Geversl
Stantly
Ike
Vaughn
Pierce
Lavender
Frank Chance
Evers
Women Coaches Urged as Kansas Leader Sees Change
Miss BazZel Pratt director of women's sports at the University of Kansas in Lawrence predicts the days of men coaches for high school girls basketball are numbered. She says men do not coach women, noting three of four finalist teams were coached by women and that women use a distinct method, likening a woman’s progress in sports to an airplane adapting to ground travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bazzel Pratt
University ‘of Kansas
Lawrence
Miss Pratt
New Three Cushion Billiard Champion Crowned
Charles Ellis, a 25 year old farmer from Doylestown Pennsylvania, dethroned Alfred De Oro to win the world three cushion carom billiard title. Ellis, tall and athletic, brings a West Point bearing and aims to emulate Willie Hoppe in discipline for a long title reign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Ellis
Aaffars
Alfred de Oro
Ellis
Athletica
West Point
Doylestown
Willie Hoppe
Hoppe
Budweiser Brings Oldest American Thoroughbred to Light
Budweiser, a sixteen year old racehorse, is hailed as America’s oldest racing thoroughbred. He raced at Hot Springs after a long absence from New Orleans in 1910, with a history of ownership from W. E. Walsh to Lou and J. C. Cahn and later George Moore. The horse’s long interstate racing spanned Louisiana and Texas bush meets, with identifications made by Cairns at Hot Springs.
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America
New Orleans
J. Ed Grillo
W. E. Walsh
Lou
J. C. Cahn
St. Louis
J. C. Bunbury
Joseph Lucas
Miegourt
Walsh
George Moore
Waco
Tex
Shreveport
Maringoula
Budweleer
Louisiana
Texas
Hot Spring
Jennings and Callahan Clash Over White Sox Fallout
Detroit manager Haughey Jennings defends Jim Callahan amid two failed White Sox seasons. He praises Stallings as the capable NL leader while criticizing Callahan for lack of control and poor rapport with players and theatrical associations.
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Jennings
Callahan Haughey
Jim Callahan
White Sox
Detroit
Stallings
Callahan
Chicago White Sox
Cal
Speaker Boosts Indians with Key Acquisition
The Cleveland team gains strength from adding Speaker, forming a powerful trio with Chapman and Gandil. Owner Dunn plans more improvements as Manager Fohi says Speaker makes the team about 40 percent stronger, likely lifting team spirit and performance.
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Speaker
Cleveland
Indians
Chapman
Gandil
Dunnin
Fohia
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Bhutton
Louie Browns
Davy Robertson
New York Giants
Fournier
Clyde Milan
Eddie Collins
Ty Cobb
Detroit Tigers
Scoopes
Carsy
Pittsburgh Pirates
Clevsland Stone
Lee Pohl
Casey
Browns
Tigers
Clarence Henry ‘Rowland
Sox
Johnny McGraw
Wilbert Robinson
Brooklyn Nationals
Superbas
Joe Tinker
Chicago Cubs
George Stallings
Boston Braves
Pat Moran
Phillies
Jimmy Callahan
Pittsburgh
Hans Lobert
Maxton
Fak
Hendrix
M’loughlin
American Press Association
Aurice M'Loug
California
Forest Hill
Budweiser
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