Baseball players to form college for major league prep
Charley Carr and Frank Navin back a winter college training system for ball players. A faculty of stars including Nick Altrock and Christy Mathewson would coach recruits, reducing spring trial costs and preparing 320 students for major league clubs each winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charley Carr
Detroit Tigers
Kansas City
American Association
Frank J. Navin
Detroit
Carr
Herman Schaefer
Nick Altrock
Johnny Evers
Johnny Kling
Hal Chase
Christy Mathewson
Oscar Stanage
Tris Speaker
Ty Cobb
Jack Coombs
Nick
Pitchorn
Christy, Mathewson
Baseball Pool Debuts In Rochester By Jerome Keogh
Jerome R Keogh has introduced a new game in Rochester called baseball pool. It is played on a pool table with a standard set of balls and features like squeeze plays and home runs. Players call combinations similar to continuous pool and scoring follows called balls with pocketing rules per inning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerome R. Keogh
Rochester
Moeller Seeks Harness to Stabilize Falls in Play
Dan Moeller of the Washington team is described as a remarkable speed player with a shoulder that often dislocates. He has had the joint slip three times this season and now wears a harness to keep the shoulder in place during games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Moeller
Washington
Moeller
Schaefer Altrock Funny Combo Charms Washington Club
Germany Schaefer and Nick Altrock form a funny double act with the Washington baseball team on tour. Altrock joins in Cleveland and jokes with Tom Hughes about Kansas City. He clings to tricks with the fat base mitt and a rolling catch that circles his arms and back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Schaefer
Nick Altrock
Washington
Altrock
Cleveland
Tom Hughes
Nick
Kansas City
Cobb Seeks Six Thousand Dollar Raise Over Three Years
Ty Cobb demands 845000 for three years with the Detroit club, arguing his drawing power and playing value remain high. He notes his last contract was 7000 per year, and says his 30000 seasonal contribution to Detroit crowds remains strong despite a losing team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ty Cobb
Detroit
Cobb
Tyrus
Schalk Costly Ball Player
Ray Schalk the Milwaukee association team catcher will join Itoman Comiskey owner of the Chicago Americans for about 15000. The deal ranks as the second largest in baseball history for a single individual. Schalk is a 20 year old catcher weighing 150 pounds and five feet eight inches tall with a hitting over .300 and a long useful career ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Schalk
Milwaukee Association
Itoman Comiskey
Chicago Americans
Marty O'Toole
Schalk
Hée
Rivers to Fight Mandot In Vernon Labor Day Gone
Joe Rivers the Mexican lightweight will meet Joe Mandot in a twenty round bout at Vernon California on Labor Day. Rivers plans to stay on the coast into fall and boxes under Tom McCarey. He hopes Wolgast agrees to a return at Vernon on Thanksgiving Day. If not, he will accept a bout with Willie Ritchie or Packey McFarland in Madison Square Garden in December. Rivers has earned nearly $40,000 in two years.
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Vernon
Cal
Labor Day
Joe Rivers
Joe Mandot
Rivers
New York
Tie
Tom McCarey
Wolgast
Willie Ritchie
Packey McFarland
Madison Square Garden
Why Fighters Do Go Broke In Failing to Save or Invest
A historical column discusses heavyweight and lightweight boxers such as Ad Wolgast Abe Attell Battling Nelson Jim Jeffries Stanley Ketchel and others who lost fortunes to gambling speculation and poor money management. It notes Wolgast’s limited funds prior to a July bout and suggests most fighters fail to act as businesspeople, with few exceptions like Sullivan Britt McFarland Kilbane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ad Wolgast
Ton McCarey
Joe Rivers
Vernon
Cal
Beach
Los Angeles
Cadillac
Mich
Wolgast
Jones
Tom Jones
Jeffries
Abe Attell
Abe
Billy Nolan
Snoney
Battling Nelson
Battler
Jim Jeffries
Johnson
Stanley Ketchel
Mike
Jack
Sullivan Jimmy Britt
Packey McFarland
Johnny Kilbane
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Arthur E. Loftus
Concord
Concord 6
McManus Bros Stable
Lewandos Americas
Boylston Street
Back Bay
Boston
Temple Place
Lewandos
Keto
Maynard
F.l
Maynard, Mass
King
B. A. King
West Acton
Taylor’s
Kaleva Co-operative Association
Main
Lowell Road
Concord, Mass
LoWelt Road
Keogh
Will
American Press Association
Chicago White Sox
Milwaukee Bay
Mandot
Nelson
Concord Jet
Mass
John J. Flannery
Bedford Street
John R. Comley
Green Houses
Elm St
Bedford Centre
D. E. Perkins
R. Wells CO
Bedford, Mass
O. E. Emery
Nason &T
F.E Taylor & Co
Nason Sts
Joseph Kulcsar
Summer Street
Chas. S. Hunt
Sudbury, Mass
P. McColigan & Co
Chelsea, Mass
Walden
Concord Junction
F. E. Harris
Bedford &J
C. L. King
Maynard Bslock, Maynard
Mase
J, McCarron
D. C. Harris
Acton
E Guarte
Dr S. By
Garland
Hudson and Vicinity
Main St
F. H. Bryant
E. Boeske
Lass
Ient Service
Sleepy Hollow
J. J. Flannery
Bedford St
South &T
Bedford
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