World Series stadiums and crowds discussed in playful insider tone
The piece muses on whether overflow crowds will fill the field during the World Series and cites park sizes from Cincinnati, Chicago, and others. It notes last year’s record receipts around 722,414 dollars and considers Polo Grounds, Braves Field, Comiskey, and League Park as ideal sites for a seven game set.
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All American and National League Games Postponed Thursday
All American and National League games scheduled for Thursday are postponed due to weather. No rescheduled dates announced yet. teams prepare for the next available game week.
How Uncle Wilbert on Copping Pennant and World Series
Brooklyn interview with Wilbert Robinson describes his pennant win mindset in 1910s style. He praises cast-off players, stresses patient coaching, player unity, and leg strength for pitchers amid World Series talk.
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Ma Robinson and the Phila Athletics World of Baseball
Ma Robinson, wife of manager Your Uncle Wilbert, is a longtime baseball enthusiast. She attends games daily near the Dodgers dugout, knows players, and believes a pennant is won by kindness over harshness, praising Brooklyn as the greatest city and the Golden style of management.
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Barlden Looks to Farm After Season With Reds
Barlden contemplates retirement to his farm after this season with Cincinnati while offering blunt baseball wisdom about relief pitching. He stresses that clubs need a reliable reliever who can cover multiple innings and protect leads when hitters slump.
Head Roentgen Rays Said to Accelerate Growth
A report states that exposure of the head to Roentgen rays has stimulated retarded growth. Details on subjects, conditions, and long term effects are not provided in the excerpt.
Two Bargful Goat Riddle Comedy Elates Fans
A playful verse feature about a cheerful goat figure and a nimble character named Wilbert Robinson, with teasing lines about fortune and laughter. The fragment hints at a humorous poem or cartoon caption style popular in old papers.
Warm Portrait of Chicago Practice Scrimmage
Unclear OCR text describes a mid session drill by a Chicago team. Mentions two days of work and a practice scrimmage led by a coach or captain figure. Key names and details are not recoverable from the fragment.
Ten gamblers profited from 1919 World Series bribery
Ten gamblers won at least 260000 by bribing members of the American League team in the 1919 World Series. Abe Attell, former featherweight champion, says a master mind directed the scheme and promises to name others later. Cincinnati prosecutor Capella travels to Chicago seeking details on bets and possible tampers as he prepares a grand jury inquiry.
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Carpentier in Good Condition for Fight with Levinsky
New York reports Georges Carpentier is in fine shape for his October 12 bout with Rattling Levinsky at Arena A. A. in Jersey City. Critics who watched him spar with Joe Jeanette and others at Summit, New Jersey noted his speed and punching power.
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Cleveland crowd cheers Joe Jackson after de train arrival
Slugger Joe Jackson told Cleveland the town doesn’t like me as the Pale lioge de-trained here. He drew about 75,000 fans who cheered him through the series with the Indians, and he hit them well.
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Lefty Kime Returns to Ohio State for Law Studies
Former Cleveland athlete Lefty Kime is back at Ohio State to pursue law studies after wearing a Cleveland uniform. He plans to return to the Indians next spring.
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Olympic purse for 1924 games eyed in Pasadena
Pasadena officials note a $400000 offer for staging the 1924 Olympic games as the largest financial proposal seen so far. The question of viability and location remains under discussion as discussions with organizers continue.
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Mascot Eddie Bennett Boosts Dodgers With Good Luck
The Brooklyn Dodgers rely on Eddie Bennett the mascot to lift the club. Though a hunchback, he is nicknamed Good Luck Eddie and credited with helping the team rise from a rough start. Players prize his odd luck and expect clubs to chase him after his success with the White Sox in 1919.
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Barron Rejoins Penn State After Antwerp Run
Harold E. Barron the Olympic hurdler who finished behind Barlee at Antwerp has reenrolled at Penn State He left the school in 1917 to enter military service.
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