Cherry School Wins Opening Canton Cup Game 3-2
In a first of a three game series for the Grammar School base championship, Cherry School defeated Dueber 3-2 in five innings on the City field. Swab scored the decisive run in the fourth as Parks and Hauter pitched well, with Cherry taking a 1-0 lead in the third and extending it with two runs in the fourth. Dueber misplays helped Cherry set the pace, and both teams produced their runs on timely hits.
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Parks and Christian pace tied game with key extra-base hits
This Is Sport y, and McMasters and Hauter of Dueber. Parks' homer was linked with Christian's double as the only extra base drives of the engagement. Defensively, catcher Pierson of Cherry did splendid work, cutting off several Dueber runners who attempted to steal bases. Each team earned two of its runs.
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Peal Wins Handicap At Ohio Trapshooting Tournament
F Deal of Canton won the Ohio handicap in Cincinnati with a 93 of 100 from 19 yards. Brandemeyer of Dayton was runner up with 91 and F E Brint of Toledo followed with 90. The event drew a large crowd and the Canton group planned next in Stark County.
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Toledo
Starkco
Entrants Here Star In Canton Following Ohio Short Ship Circuit
Entrants Bennett Edman and Page will appear in Canton for the ess meeting week after next, after winning events at Cleveland. Bennett drove J. W. to a 2:20 trot in straight heats with 5% and 2:15% times. Ben Mo or and Sunny Smiles, driven by Egan, scored heat wins in 2:13 and 2:14 trots. Frank driven by Page won two heats in 1:34 and 1:38. Midget Hal, Erskine’s horse, led the first heat at 1:37% while Jimmie Mac, with Moorehead, failed to show as a favorite.
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Moorehead
Steelmen Schedule Big Semipro Clash Run
Steelmen of Massillon set to meet the Lights of Toledo in a two game series for the Ohio semipro crown. Massillon plans a West division schedule with Dennison next Wednesday and a three game set with Ambridge at Massillon on September 5 6. Ambridge has one win over Massillon. Massillon cancels June 19 game with American Chain Co Braddock Pa after a heavy loss to Franklin Pa.
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Canadians Bid for Olympic Honors in Montreal Trials
Canadians press strong bid for Olympic glory as 70 athletes compete at the Montreal Amateur Athletic Association grounds on July 17 in an all-Canadian tryout. McGill College leads representation with hurdlers jumpers shot putters and javelin throwers while Winnipeg and Toronto trials precede the event.
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Dame to Send Champions to Chicago Tryouts in June
IGO TT' Fest OUTH BEND Ind June 5 Dame will be represented in Olympian tryouts in Chicago June 26 by two national champions Printer and Murphy with Desch National hurdle champion also aiming for events. Three freshmen Burke Jame not eligible in Western Conference.
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India to send six athletes to Antwerp Olympiad
London June 6 India will have at least six competitors at Antwerp with three marathon runners one gymnast and two wrestlers. The Indian Olympic association will bring the team to England and arrange training here.
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Wise Signs With Oil City As Detroit Reds Scouts Attend
Red Wise, formerly with Toledo in the American Association, joined Oil City Friday and played against Franklin as an outfielder. Scouts from the Detroit Tigers and Cincinnati Reds were in Oil City negotiating with Wise.
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Miss Betty Grimes A top diving prospect for Antwerp
Miss Betty Grimes of the Illinois Athletic Club a famed woman diver and likely representative of the United States in aquatic events at the Antwerp Olympic Games performs a perfect jack knife dive during a Chicago water carnival. She is 20 years old.
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Timken-Detroit Set for Key Weekend Baseball Games
Timken-Detroit schedule two important games this weekend. Saturday at 3 P M they host Canton Sheet Steel at their field with Ludwig and Price listed as pitchers. Sunday begins a three game series with the Knights of Columbus as Timkens seek city honors. Thompson and Horner to form Saturday’s battery.
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Alexander Defeated St. Lollis in Series Opener
After 11 straight wins, Alexander's run ends as St. Louis beats Chicago 5 to 1 in the opening game. Hornsby and Fournier hit triples accounting for all Card runs.
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Ohioan within year of Dixons record
John Patrick Kilbane, Cleveland featherweight champion, has ruled the division longer than most. Dixon held nine years, Kilbane lingers atop as challengers fade. Kilbane’s long reign mirrors the era’s great punchers, though his recent loss to Benny Leonard in Philadelphia shows the limits of his grip on the crown.
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George Dixon
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Benny Leonard
Philadelphia
Leonard
King of the Feathers
Carden Hag
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Mayors Start Swatting Spree
New York June 5 The drive to steal Babe Ruths stuff has become an obsession in the American league as sluggers swing to record pace. Since May 17, 201 runs, 67 triples and 60 homers have filled junior league parks. Connie Macks Philadelphia yard led with 19 homers in 11 days, but the Polo Grounds swatters surpassed that in six days with 21 home runs.
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Connie Mack
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Polo Grounds
Royal Order of Swat
Nine Smith brothers form team in Dusky League
Nine black brothers from Temple Texas named Smith have formed a baseball team and are competing for the championship in the Dusky League of Central Texas.
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Hoovers, Knits Play Scoreless Twilight Baseball
North Canton Hoovers and the Favorite Knits of Cleveland battled to a 0-0 nine inning draw as darkness halted the twilight game. Cleveland managed one two base hit by Nill in the fourth, while Hoovers collected five hits but failed to drive in a run. Darts relieved Herold in the seventh and fanned seven of nine batters. Hoovers, 1919 semipro champions, visit Dennison for weekend games.
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Texan Joins American Olympic Trapshooting Team
Forrest W. McNair of Houston Tex has been chosen to replace C M Powers of Decatur Ill on the American Olympic trapshooting team Powers cannot make the trip The government has granted permission to ship ammunition on the army transport Pocahontas which will sail June 20
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Nate Holman Named Princeton Basketball Coach
June report states Nate Holman, star of Germantown Eastern League, is appointed head coach of Princeton University basketball team. The move adds a notable figure from local leagues to the college program.
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Foley Kidney Pills Proven by a Detroit Woman
A testimonial from Mrs. Charles Gray of Detroit reports relief from backache rheumatic pains sore muscles and fatigue after using Foley Kidney Pills. She states she now sleeps better and the pain has lessened and she will continue taking them. Sold everywhere.
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Charlebelle Wins Oaks At Epsom With Royal Attendance
Charlebelle owned by A P Cunliffe won the Oaks stake of 5000 sovereigns at Epsom on Friday. Cinna placed second and Roselet third among seventeen runners. King George and Queen Mary attended, the event second in prestige to the Derby. Charlebelle started at 7-2, Cinna 2-1, Roselet 26-1.
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Make'em Hit Says Veteran Slim Sallee
Veteran pitcher Slim Sallee outlines a simple pitching philosophy. He believes in not trying to overpower batters but making them swing at pitches, using their weaknesses to gain the edge.
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Eight Combines Compete for Massillon Association Cup
Eight baseball teams from Massillon shop league compete for the Association Cup donated by the M C A. Rivals include Central Steel, Massillon Steel Castings, Bean Springs, Enterprise Aluminum, Griscom Russell, Reynolds Machine, Peerless Drawn, and Bridge Works. The schedule runs through August 31 with four games weekly under Y M C A officials, two Tuesdays and two Thursdays. The circuit adds a Massillon professional element via Central Steel Co. team.
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Akron Harness Meeting Opens Entries for 2 Minute Pace
Akron's first harness meeting of the year opens entries for the Mountain Park meet the week of June 21 after the Canton event. The 2 minute pace headlines a $2,500 purse with entrants Grace Direct Ver lie Patchen Lillian T Roy Gratton and South Bend Girl among 150 plus trotters entered under Akron Trotting association secretary Steve Steinmetz. Geers veteran has entered a pacer for the 1909 event on June 24.
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George Chip to Box Frank Carbone at Idora Park June 14
New Castle fighter George Chip meets Frank Carbone of New York in a 12 round main bout this Friday at Idora Park in Youngstown. Promoter Mick Stammbaugh schedules the open air show for June 14.
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Major League Standings and Results Snapshot
American League standings show Cleveland leading with 27 wins and a .659 winning percentage followed by New York and Boston. National League standings list Cincinnati and Pittsburgh atop, with several rain-delayed games noted. Yesterday’s results include New York 11 Boston 8 and St. Louis 7 Cleveland 6 among others. Today's slate features St. Louis at Cleveland and New York at Philadelphia.
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Speaker Leads American League Batting in Early Season Honors
In New York on June 6, Tris Speaker of the Cleveland Indians tops the American League with a .397 average after 68 hits in 146 at bats, while Rogers Hornsby leads the National League with a .892 mark from 65 hits in 166 plate appearances. Behind Speaker are Doc Johnson, Joe Jackson, and others. pitching leaders include Jim Bagby and Jack Quinn with nine and eight wins respectively, and Alexander tops NL with 11 wins.
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Harvard Dissension Over Discipline Roils Crimson
Percy D Haughton accuses Harvard athletics of breakdowns in training and discipline amid a string of defeats. The Harvard Crimson editorial laments lapses in physical and scholastic discipline and cites war era erosion of athletic tradition as the root cause.
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Indians Narrowly Lose to Browns as St Louis Wins 7 6
Cleveland slips from first in the American League after a 7 6 defeat to St Louis. Sotheron doubled, Tobin singled, and Gedeon drove in the deciding run in the ninth for the Mound City club. Bagby took the loss despite solid Cleveland hitting late in the game.
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English Yacht Completes Trip to Lipton’s Shamrock IV
The 23 meter Shamrock, Lipton’s trial yacht for Shamrock IV, has crossed the Atlantic to CITY ISLAND New York. Col Neill Yachting representative says the arrival allows move to commission Shamrock IV for the America's Cup race and notes data will improve once the yacht is racing.
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Distance Stars In N Y A C Run
A premier field of distance runners from Chicago Pittsburgh Buffalo Washington Philadelphia New York and Boston will compete in the full marathon at the New York A C spring games on Travis Island. The 26.56 mile course starts before the club in Central Park South and finishes on the Travis Island oval. Sixty to seventy runners are expected including Hatch Baker and Mellor of Chicago Weller Gallagher and Organ of Pittsburgh and John Hadjer of Youngstown.
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