Street in Come Back Role Shapes 1914 Prospects
Chattanooga fans buzz over Mike Giddo and Gabby Street as major league drafts loom. Giddo, on loan to Troy, may be recalled only after season end, boosting Street and Lookouts speculation. Street eyes a return to the majors or retirement as salary limits and contracts loom.
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Baseball
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Troy
Giddo
Hannah
Noogans
Street
Gabby
East
Tom Hughes Seeks Umpiring Role After Long Pitching Career
Long Tom Hughes, veteran American League pitcher, contemplates retiring from pitching after 14 seasons and pursuing umpiring under Ban. The 1903 Boston Americans stars Dineen and Hughes once shone as top pitchers for Jimmy Collins, with Dineen now retired and Hughes aiming to join the umpiring ranks.
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Tom Hughes
Long Tom Hughes
Mathewson
Plank
Hughes
Long Tom
Bill Dineen
Jimmy Collins
Boston Americans
Dineen
Tom
Players Signed Too Early Remembered by Duffey
Former champion sprinter Arthur Duffey laments high school boys signing big league contracts. He argues early pro deals lure youths from education and schooling, noting stars inspire others but viewing early commitments as risky for future education and career plans.
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Arthur Duffey
Baseball Gossip and Early Season Rumors Across Leagues
Rumors pin down Jake Daubert and various stars including Billy Southworthy and Tris Speaker. Eddie Plank praises Speaker as hardest to pitch to. Nick Altrock predicts Harry Harper’s rise. Clubs chase Larry Chappell under cover. Jeff Tesreau fans bases with zeal. Harry Sylvester leads Wisconsin-Illinois league at .400. Dent may be recalled. Joe McGinnity at Tacoma sparks ire. Jack Barry to coach Holy Cross before Athletics spring practice. Hughey Jennings linked to Dodgers with a Detroit three year contract pending.
Collegian as ball player beams at professional link
Frank Chance of the New York Yankees argues college players’ paths to majors are common and urges recognition of the talent from colleges. He cites stars from Notre Dame, Georgia Tech, Dartmouth, Holy Cross and others, noting pitchers and catchers who reached the majors from university programs.
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Frank Chance
New York Yankees
Jim Thorpe
Cooper Dental College
Washington University
Irvington
Cal
America
Christy Matthewson
Giants
Bucknell
Doc” White
Southpaw
Chicago
White Sox
Georgetown
Jack Coombs
Athletics
Chicago Cubs
Jack
Colby
Connie Mack
Wonderful Machine
Bender
Eddie Plank
Carlisle
Plank
Gettysburg
University of Notre Dame
Ed’ Ruelbach
Brooklyn Dodgers
Jimmy Lavender
Cubs
Georgia Tech
Ray Collins
Boston Red Sox
University of Vermont
Bill Carrigan
Holy Cross
John Meyers
Lunatic Relatives and Shifting Fashion Forecasts
A collection of odd statements covers lunatic visitors and which relatives stay or leave, then shifts to fashion by GiaComo Ciamician predicting color-changing clothes driven by phototropic colors. The piece imagines future dresses adapting automatically to surroundings, turning light to dark with the time of day.
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London
Giacomo Ciamician
Desperate Remedy Chooses Park Meeting Over Grass
A rooftop observer watches a crowded park as citizens gather around a speaker’s platform. A local politician has convened a mass meeting to discuss plans to save the park grass from further decline amid a suffragist riot joke.
Rivalry Claim Over Historic Baseball Steal Faces Test
Joe Sugden, once a major league catcher, says he is the sole living rival to John Anderson who historic ally stole second with bases loaded. In a 1893 New Orleans game Charleston led 3 2 with men on second and third and one out when a delay paused play. The baserunner scored as Joe hesitated, then a fielding play at home failed.
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Joe Sugden
John Anderson
Joe
New Orleans
Charleston
Denny Long
Long
Scranton Refuses Offer for Quinlan Delivery
Buffalo manager Bill Clymer offered $1000 to Scranton owner Coleman for immediate delivery of outfielder Quinlan, a bid promptly refused.
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Scranton
Bill Clymer
Buffalo
Coleman
Quinlan
Bishop’s East Visit and Pilgrim Pride Tale
A western bishop at a general convention in the East is hosted by a New England family proud of Pilgrim lineage. On returning home, the bishop’s wife questions the antiquity of their ancestry, suggesting an exaggeration by noting a “fragrance of the stayflower.”
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New England
New York Evening Post
Handsome Is as Handsome Does Cartoon Dialogue
A brief comic exchange features Sanford and Crabshaw debating judgments by appearance and the judge remarking that women can be fooled by clothing, mocking cosmetic judgments.
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Sanford
Crabshaw
Not for Long Now I Am Twenty One My Own Master
A terse dialogue notes a young person reaching twenty one and asserting independence while a companion remarks on engagement. The lines hint at growing autonomy and social expectations in a constrained setting.
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Harry Sylvester
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Detroit
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