Lynch Pushes Higher Umpire Pay to Raise Standards
New York Aug 12 Thomas J. Lynch president of the National League proposes higher umpire salaries to attract smarter officials and improve decision making. He cites four umpires equal eight ordinary arbiters and suggests 5000 dollar seasons with gate revenue funds to cover costs. McGraw supports appointing former players as umpires to leverage on-field experience and anticipatory judgment.
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New York
National League
Thomas J. Lynch
Lynch
Fred Tenny
Tenny
Heinie Pietz
Cincinnati
McGraw
Giants
Graw
Dineen
Nationalsid
Mathew
Brown
More Steelmen Go Higher
Youngstown O and P manager sold two more players to Washington. Fred Sherry pitcher and Charles Conway left fielder will report to Manager McAleer after the O and P season. Earlier Dee Moyer was secured and debuted in Cleveland in an eleven inning game versus Washington. Price paid for Sherry and Conway not disclosed.
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Youngstown, O
Youngstown O
McAleer
Washington
Fred Sherry
Charles Conway
Dee Moyer
Cleveland
Sherry
Conway
Football Season 10 Opens In Six Weeks
Intersectional games highlight the approaching season with East meets West matchups and key showdowns. Penn meets Michigan at Franklin Field on November 12 while Yale faces Vanderbilt on October 22 and Chicago visits Ithaca November 12. Carlisle opens September 21 against Lebanon Valley with 14 scheduled games, including Princeton and Pennsylvania.
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University of Pennsylvania
Michigan
Franklin Field
Philadelphia
Yale
Vanderbilt
New Haven
Chicago
Ithaca
Cornell
Syracuse
Illinois
Urbana
St. Louis
Carlisle Indians
Lebanon Valley
Glen D. Warner
Princeton
Pennsylvania
Ursinus
Big Red
Hobart
Minnesota
Lawrence
Minneapolis
Stevens
Harvard
Bates
Cambridge
Brown
Brown and Norwich
Providence
Annapolis
St. John's College
West Point
Bowdoin
Wesleyan
Case
Ann Arbor
Indiana
Marshall Field
New York
Dartmouth
Wisconsin
Purdue
Evanston
Madison
Army
Navy
Drums Top Reformers in Loud Rally for Pennant Lead
Canton over Reformers 4 to 0 in first game of series as Collins Bonnin and Hinton spark late rally. Nevenpara and Wilhelm struggled on mound with multiple hits and three runs in the eighth inning sealing Mansfield win.
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Mansfield
Canton
Kaiser” Wilhelm
Reynolds
Parker
Humphries
Totman
Wilhelm
Collins
Bonnin
Hinton
Nevenpara
Stark County
Cap Hinton
Williams
Manafield
J. Dawson
Holmquist
Redman
Burns
Wilhelm J
Barnard
Braun
Tate
Vee
Esate
Waddell Curves Show By Mrs Waddell At St Louis Week
Mrs Madge Waddell announces she will exhibit curves at $1 a pound during modern St Louis week. She joins a dozen young women who applied for posing positions in muslin and linens in response to an advertisement.
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Abe Waddell
Waddell
Madge Waddell
Priday's Games headline from Canton-Region basketball slate
The schedule lists Canton at Mansfield Akron at Erie Youngstown at East Liverpool and New Castle at McKeesport for Priday's games across the region.
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Priday
Canton
Mansfield
Akron
Erie
Youngstown
East Liverpool
New Castle
McKeesport
LocalScores Quick Report From Tonight's Games
Canton 5 Mansfield 4 and East Liverpool 2 Youngstown 1 led a set of score updates. East Liverpool defeated Youngstown 1 to 2 and McKeesport 5 New Castle 90 with Erie 3 and Akron 2 also tallied results.
Friday's Games Feature Key Matchups Across Leagues
Washington visits Cleveland while Boston battles St. Louis. New York plays St. Louis and Philadelphia faces Detroit in a slate of major league fixtures Friday.
Thursday Baseball Scores Across Leagues
Washington fell to Cleveland 94 in a decisive game while Cleveland beat Washington 3 to 4. Chicago lost 0 to 1 against Boston. New York topped St. Louis 3 to 1 in ten innings. Detroit edged Philadelphia 5 to 4.
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Washington
Cleveland
Chicago
Boston
New York
St. Louis
Detroit
Philadelphia
Friday's Games Feature Indy at Kansas City and Louisville at Milwaukee
A Saturday basketball card lists two matchups with Indianapolis visiting Kansas City and Louisville visiting Milwaukee. The card emphasizes road challenges for Indy and Louisville as they chase key wins.
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Indianapolis
Kansas City
Louisville
Milwaukee
Midwestern Baseball Standings Mixed Results
The scores list shows Columbus 8 over Minneapolis 6, Kansas City 4 over Indianapolis 0, Inglianapolis 5 over Kansas City 2, and St. Paul 4 over Toledo 3 with Louisville 5 and Milwaukee 2 also appearing in the tally.
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Columbus
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Indianapolis
Inglianapolis
St. Paul
Toledo
Louisville
Milwaukee
Weekend basketball pairings announced for Midwest league
Matchups set include South Bend at Wheeling and Grand Rapids at Zanesville with Dayton visiting Terre Haute and Fort Wayne traveling to Evansville. Coaches schedule key tests as teams seek early season momentum.
Baseball scores from Midwest League night action
The report lists game results: South Bend 5 over Wheeling 2, Fort Wayne 3 over Evansville 2, Zanesville 6 over Grand Rapids 0, Dayton 7 over Terre Haute 2.
Millionaire Drexel Tops World Altitude Record
London Aug 12 United Press reports J Armstrong Drexel the young millionaire aviator learned his barometer corrected reading places his height at 6750 feet during a Lanark ascent. He had descended at Cobbinshaw after an hour and a quarter aloft and says the corrected figure is accurate. The prior European record was 5406 feet by Chavez in Blackpool.
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United Press
London
J. Armstrong Drexel
Drexel
Lanark
Walter Brookins
Atlantic City
Cobbinshaw
Europe
Blackpool
England
Chavez
Baseball matchups listed for major league cities
Schedule lists Chicago at Boston, Cincinnati at New York, Pittsburgh at Brooklyn, and St Louis at Philadelphia as upcoming games with no results.
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Chicago
Boston
Cincinnati
New York
Pittsburg
Brooklyn
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Three-way Harvard Yale Princeton gridiron race foretold
Boston reports say Dartmouth will be dropped from the Harvard schedule and Princeton added in its place. Plans by Harvard and Princeton graduates have matured, signaling a likely three cornered east coast football battle among Harvard Yale and Princeton after the 1910 season ends.
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Boston
Dartmouth
Harvard
Princeton
Yale
DePalma and Robertson Prepare Big Brighton Beach Race
New York August 12 Ralph DePalma and George Robertson will race tomorrow afternoon at Brighton Beach in a matinee. Robertson drives a 90 horsepower Simplex while DePalma wheels a 60 horsepower Fiat. A $1000 purse is posted for the match race due to their keen rivalry.
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New York
Ralph DePalma
George Robertson
Brighton Beach Motorhome
DePalma
Robertson
Fiat
READY FOR YACHT RACES
Spanish challengers will arrive in Marblehead next week to watch seven American yachts in semi finals aboard Emerald. Eastern Yacht club owners control Harpoon Lady R Sally XI Beaver Demon Cima and more as the committee selects three boats for the international contest based on performance rather than a points system.
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United Press
Marblehead
Mass
Emerald
Commodore Clark
Eastern Yacht Club
Harpoon
C. F. Adams
Lady R
D. E. Boardman
Sally XI
L. F. Percival
Corinthian Yacht Club
Bonive
G. H. Wightman
Boston Yacht Club
Cima
Guy Lowell
Beaver
C. W. H. Foster
Demon
F. B. Crowninshield
Eastern Yacht Committee
Historic Sheepshead Bay Race Track to Host Aviation Meet
New York on August 19 marks the formal closing of Sheepshead Bay track as horse racing wanes and a three day aviation meet unfolds under Aero Club of America sanction. Glenn Curtiss and others fly in as New York eyes public reaction to the sport of science replacing racing on the storied course.
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United Press
New York
Sheepshead Bay
Glenn Curtiss
Charles Willard
Charles J. Mars
Eugene Ely
A. D. McCurdy
Aero Club of America
New York State
America
Curtiss
Athletics Members Called to Meeting Friday Evening
The following Athletics members are requested to meet Friday evening at the Morning News office Hodnet Skelly Farnum Sexton Von Alman Lawrence Vissoc Maloney Motter Briggs and Gregory. The Athletics will play the Crescent team of Akron at Shady Diamond Sunday afternoon.
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Hodnet
Skelly
Farnum
Sexton
von Alman
Lawrence
Vissoc
Maloney
Motter
Briggs
Gregory
Crescent
Akron
Shady Diamond
Two Games Scheduled For Crystal Park and Lake Street Diamond
The Books will play Crystal Parks Saturday afternoon on Crystal Park grounds and the Cubs Sunday afternoon on the Lake and Fulton streets diamond. Listed are Hubibish, Dice, Myers, Graf, Reese, Lamiell, Hostetter, Slusser, Henry, Hillibish, Dice, Myers, Graf, Reese, Glick, Rich and Grove.
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Crystal Parks
Crystal Park
Cubs
Lake and
Fulton Streets
Hubibish
Dice
Myers
Graf
Reese
Lamiell
Hostetter
Slusser
Henry
Hillibish
Glick
Rich
Grove
Fraternal Cribbage League to Meet for Reorganization Plans
The Fraternal Cribbage league will convene Saturday evening at the K of P hall to discuss reorganization. Representatives from Eagles Owls Nimisila camp Modern Woodmen of America Canton camp K O T M Red Men Letter Carriers Case Makers K of C Spanish War Veterans Moose and Entre Nous club will attend.
Thursday Baseball Results From East to Midwest
Philadelphia defeated St. Louis 6 to 0 while New York beat Cincinnati 5 to 4. A 3 to 2 win for New York over Cincinnati followed. Pittsburgh blanked Brooklyn 3 to 0 as Chicago Boston rainfall halted play.
White Sox and Reds Make Trade Trade sparks debate over end of deal with Boston Sox
White Sox and Boston Red Sox completed a trade sending Pepper Smith and Billy Purtell to Chicago in exchange for Happy Lord and Ambrose McConnell. Comiskey and Taylor tout the deal, while fans question Lord’s impact on the unsettled White Sox. McConnell has recent health issues and Lord is traveling from Portland, Maine, with talks he may replace Zeider as captain.
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United Press
Chicago
White Sox
Boston Red Sox
Pieper
Frank Smith
Billy Purtell
Happy Lord
Ambrose McConnell
Comiskey
Taylor
Lord
Elgy
Boston
Dougherty
Billy Purtey
McConnell
Purtell
Smith
Red Sox
Portland
Maine
Zeider
Sox
Recalled Players From Minor Leagues Before August 20
Players in the O. & P. and other leagues owned by major teams will be recalled before August 20. Many star players join the big leagues this season and, while some get another tryout, many will spend the season on the bench.
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