Sensational moments spice recent baseball game play
A collage of dramatic onfield actions from recent games features Aus tin of St Louis sliding into second, a close second-base play in an Athletic Red Sox matchup, Merkle of the Giants sliding into home in the Boston New York game, Strunk batting with bases loaded, a tight Braves Giants duel, a third-base tag at risk, and a muff by the Brooklyn catcher. The piece highlights the crowd thrill of steals and bold baserunning, including Cobb’s famed feats and dramatic bunt steals that electrify fans.
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St. Louis
Merkle
Giants
Athletics
Yankees
Braves Giants
Cobb
Johnny Evers
Tris
Women Swim Stars Shine at U A U National Meet 1914
The Amateur Athletic Union opened women’s swimming ranks in 1914 and national championships in New York Philadelphia Los Angeles and San Francisco proved women’s events now serious and well organized. Olga Romner won the 100 yard title in a record 1 35 beating Claire Galligan by a stroke as Frances Cowells finished fourth, marking era of standardization and progress in women’s aquatic sport.
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Amateur Athletic Union
New York
Philadelphia
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Olga Rornner
Claire Galligan
New Rochelle
Frances Cowells
Women Swim Training Spurs Nationwide Health Gains
The article notes water sports training for women, praising swimming as the best form of exercise to improve health and build strong, graceful bodies. It highlights rapid progress of women swimmers toward international leadership and mentions faster times suggesting continued rivals. FRANK GOTCH'S FIRST FIGHT is recounted, with Frank Gotch fighting boxing veteran Frank Slavin in Dawson years ago. Slavin, now in England, recalls the bout where Gotch, then Kennedy, challenged him after wrestling attempts failed. The tale describes the crowd, miners, and Blue tobacco smoke, the referee’s quip, and Gotch claiming the win for a larger payoff than his wrestling earnings.
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Frank Gotch
Frank Slavin
Yukon
Slavin
England
Gotch
Kennedy
Dawson
Bill Donovan on stopping trick pitching in baseball era
Baseball great Bill Donovan argues that pitchers relying on tricks like the spitball or emery ball threaten the game. He supports banning such methods and stresses that a pitcher must rely on natural delivery. He cites Ed Walsh, Tesreau, Russell Ford, and others as examples of success without freak techniques.
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Bill Donovan
The
Yankees
Bill
Jimmy
Ed Walsh
Tesreau
Russell Ford
Matty, Johnson
Addie Joss
Emery
Benjamin Franklin
Ford
Ben Franklins
Ed Sweeney
Atlanta
Fred Kelly Dominates Ten-Day Hurdling Record Spree
Friends of Fred Kelly hail the world champion hurdler for a ten day stretch of top marks and multiple world records. He won in events at Occidental, Stanford, Berkeley, and Corvallis, clocking 120 yard and 220 yard hurdles, 100 yard dash, 80 yard dash, and a 220 yard dash in fast times, tying and setting world records. After a broken ankle last fall many doubted he would return, yet he appears at his career zenith and could add more records this season.
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Fred Kelly
Occidental
Stanford
Fred Murray
Berkeley
Corvallis
Kelly
Golf Links That Aimed to Lose Golf Balls Near Albany
A satirical look at a golf course near Albany built to maximize lost balls. The designer’s plan backfired as holes guided shots into hazards, while the greens were replaced with smooth turf and roughs tamed into billiard-table perfection. Players, often miscalibrated, barely challenged the layout, yet the pro profited by selling replacement balls.
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Isles of Safety
Tomer
Rattles a Golfer With German Mine Tale
A New York gentleman visiting Cologne recalls a golf match disrupted by a loud explosion and a Scotch pro explaining mines around the course. The tale notes a mine beneath the very spot being used for a shot, producing a memorable miscue in a spring 1914 scene. Also: Billy Sherring, Canadian marathoner, enlists with the Tigers battalion after Olympic success in Athens 1906 and Boston Marathon victory earlier.
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New York
Cologne
Germany
Sherring
Olympic Wiange
Canada
Billy Sherring
Tigers’ Battalion
Greece
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