Multiple Sports Headlines From the Late 1900s Wire
D K Carter of Cottonwood Falls Kansas won first second and third in a Mississippi Valley futurity coursing match. Alfred De Oro defends world pool title defeating W H Clearwater in a final score context. Eckhart of Fort Wayne announces polo lineup same as last year. Philadelphia baseball scribes praised as crucial to the sport. Stannard of Chicago wins diamond badge in Rockford tournament. Engstrom highest amateur average. Various league trades and manager changes surface. Hatfield drafted to Baltimore. Elberfeld trade rumors denied. Martin Sheridan sets discus world record 138 feet 3 inches at Celtic Park Long Island City.
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D. K. Carter
Cottonwood Falls
Kas
Mississippi Valley
Alfred de Oro
W. H
Canovan
McGrath
Sutton
Ben Shibe
Champion Athletics
Philadelphia
Rockford
William D. Stannard
Chicago
J. R. Graham
Ingleside
Stannard
Engstrom
New York
Elberfeld
St. Louis
Clark Griffith
Yankees
Martin J. Sheridan
Irish- American Athletic Club
America
Celtic Park
Long Island City
Sheridan
Football Scores and Upsets Highlight Oct 21 Games
Michigan routed Nebraska 31 to 0 while Minnesota failed to match Chicago’s 42 with a 39 to 0 loss to Iowa. Purdue defeated Illinois, and Walter Eckersall’s kick sealed a 4 to 0 win for Chicago over Wisconsin at Randall Field.
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Harvard
Michigan
Cornhuskers
Nebraska
Booth
Minnesota
Chicago
Iowans
Wis
Maroons
Eckie
University of Chicago
Badgers
Silver Creek
N. Y
Baseball and boxing notes mix with theatre and riding updates
Unofficial baseball batting leader Hahn of New York tops with .329 for 41 games. Flick and Jajoie tied for second at .308, Keeler at .306. Boxing talk includes Battling Nelson contracts and possible trip to London. Horse show world record set by Heatherbloom. jockeys ONeill and Knapp lead riding stats. Theatre news covers revivals, new plays, and Sara Bernhardt's production plans.
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Aviages Hahn
New York
Flick
Jajoie
Keeler
Edward Henton
Brooklyn Baseball Club
O'Neill
Knapp
Belmont Park
Norfolk
Howard Willets
Heatherbloom
Bryn Mawr
Dick Donnelly
Lackaye’s Beginning and Theater News Recap
The Theater Magazine piece recalls Wilton Lackaye’s stage start at 17 after parental doubts and a Rome priesthood plan. He chose the American stage over Rome, calling his vocation theater. The column also updates Eleanor Robson, Fritzi Scheff, Sara Bernhardt connections, and other Broadway figures with new projects, revivals, and tours.
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Propaganda
Rome
New York
Havre
Father
Madison Square Theater
Eben Plympton
Plympton
America
Baltimore
Mother
Eleanor Robson
Browning
San Francisco
Mary Ann
Washington
M’lle
Fritzi Scheff
Eleanor Robeson
Liebler & Co
Daly’s
Winners and striving spirits in a veteran tale
The piece reflects on effort and perseverance, praising the winners while honoring those who tried. It recalls Grant’s military career and links to five U.S. presidents, highlighting enduring service and the nobility of striving.
Recollections of Dan McCook’s Brigade Wrestlers and a 100-Year-Old Soldier
At New Philadelphia Ohio regimental reunion Sergeant recalls Dan McCook’s men with Henry Conkerton of Company G Fifty-fifth Ohio as top wrestler and Col McCook’s drinks incentive. Lookout Mountain tale follows with John Smith and Martin Prettyman’s tree incident. The piece notes William R Taylor born May 10 1806 who marched at the Denver Grand Army parade and served in multiple wars including the Black Hawk and Mexican War under Generals Taylor and Lincoln.
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Grant
Amon
Shiloh
Fran Pierce
Jefferson Davis
Taylor
Pierce
Lincoln
United States
Jepson Davis
Southern Confederacy
J. A. Watrous
New Philadelphia
Ohio
Dan McCook
Henry Conkerton
Company G
Fifty-fifth
Nelson
Conkelton
Col. McCook
Col. Dan
Jack
Philadelphia
John Smith
Lookout Mountain
Smith
Martin Prettyman
Company F
Chicago
Inter Ocean
Denver
William R. Taylor
la Crosse
Wis
Mr. Taylor
Wisconsin
Northwest
Abraham Lincoln
Fort Crawford
Zach” Taylor
Fourteenth
Ghosts Save Bob at Civil War Picket
A Boston veteran named Bob humorously defends his fear at a Civil War picket post by claiming 100000 ghosts on his right and left and 200000 in the center to deter the enemy. The colonel laughs, but Bob is acquitted of cowardice for boasting of ghostly forces.
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Boston
Bob
Wren
Richmond
Oldest Civil War Veteran in Denver Highlighted
Denver hosts its oldest Civil War veteran Uncle Billy Taylor a 99 year old former British recruit who fought in the Black Hawk and Mexican wars and later the Civil War. J A Howland the youngest enlistee at about 12 served as a Libby prisoner and first charter member of a G A R post in Indianapolis. Harry J Parks the youngest medal of honor recipient at 16, served in Colorado volunteer units and the Spanish American War.
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Denver
Billy Taylor
J. A. Howland
Harry J. Parks
Billy” Taylor
Scotland
Wisconsin
Howland
Libby
G. A. R. Post
Indianapolis
Parks
Co. A
the. Y. Cavalry
Colorado Volunteer Artillery
New World World
Army of Tennessee holds final meeting in Cincinnati
At the Society of the Army of Tennessee final business meeting in Cincinnati Gen. G M Dodge presided. Gen O O Howard and Gen Fred D Grant attended. Officers elected include Dodge as president and Grant as vice president. Corn Cob Bluffs Iowa chosen for next gathering.
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Army of Tennessee
Society of the Army of Tennessee
Cincinnati
G. M. Dodge
O. O. Howard
Fred D. Grant
U. S Grant
Granville M. Dodge
W. L. Barnum
George H
Corncil Bluffs
Iowa
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Late News
Wire
Hugh Jennings
Corridon
Abbott
Fielder Kruger
Toledo
Hatfield
Syracuse
Detroit
Cleveland
The
Athletics
M. Stanley Robinson
National League Baseball Club
Ned Hanlon
Brooklyn
Robison
Hanlon
Carlisle
Torontos
Crescents
St. Chathams
Canada
Baseball
W.K. Vanderbulit
Chantilly
France
Frank O'Neill
Willie Knapp
Newton Bennington
Fred Burlew
Boxing
Sullivan
Tommy Burns
Jimmy Gardner
Battling Nelson
Gardner
England
Billy” Nolan
London
Joe Gans
al Herford
Gans
Far West
Golden Gate
Jimmy Walsh
Newton
Peter Stanley
Stanley
Eugene Buckley
Walsh
Frankie Neil
Farmer Burns
M. J. Dwyer
Des Moines
Dwyer
Burns
Terry McGovern
Tommy Murphy
National Athletic Club
Terry
Murphy
Jack McGuigan
McGovern
Billy B. van
Richard Bennett
the Lion and the Mouse
Drury Lane
Arthur Collins
Charles H. Clark
Seth Perkins
Adonis
Robert Gaillard
Channing Pollock
Napoleon the Great
Thomas E. Shea
Mr. Shea
Lawrence D'Orsay
Earl of Pawtucket
Augustus Thomas
Sara Bernhardt
Angelo
Adrienne Recouvreur
Camille
Sydney Carter
Charles Dickens
Martin Hawley
Blanche Weaver
Henrietta Crosman
Joseph Jefferson
Nabeshina
Mary
Cleopatra
Sardou
Fedora
Kate
Miss Galloway
Martin Sabine
Beerbohm Tree
George Alexander
Henry B. Harris
Fitzroy Bagley
Dorothy Sherrod
Tim Murphy
Cyrus Townsend Brady
Tie
Margaret BE. Sangster
Stonewall Jackson
Gen. Howard
Kilpatrick
Blenker
Custer
Howard
Chancellorsville
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