Tinker Is Batting Hoodoo for Monthly Notebook
Veteran pitcher Christy Mathewson writes on Joe Tinker of the Reds as a leading batting hoodoo. He recalls Tinker’s 1908 pennant clash, a decisive left-field homer, and Tinker’s change to a shorter bat and plate distance.
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Christy Mathewson
New York
Joe Tinker
Cincinnati Reds
Joe
Chicago
Tinker
Polo Grounds
Pittsburgh
Brown
Cap
Copright
Hamilton
St. Louis
Yankees
Golfers drive ball from home plate over Polo Grounds fence
The dispute over driving a golf ball from home plate at the Polo Grounds was settled affirmatively as Grantland Rice and Oswald Kirkby succeeded. Rice hit one in four and Kirkby two in four, carrying about 200 yards over a 60 foot high fence despite wind, while Giants manager McGraw witnessed the feat.
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Polo Grounds
New York
Grantland Rice
Oswald Kirkby
Rice
Kirkby
McGraw
Giants
Griffith Names Tris Speaker Greatest Outfielder
Clark Griffith ranks Tris Speaker as the game's best outfielder, saying he has seen all the great fielders of the last 25 years and none equal Speaker.
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Griffith
Speaker
Tris Speaker
Clark Griffith
European Baseball League Forms Circuit Across Europe
Richard Klegin who started the boxing craze in France has organized an international baseball league. The circuit includes London Paris Berlin Brussels Budapest Vienna Monte Carlo and Nice.
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Richard Klegin
France
London
Paris
Berlin
Brussels
Budapest
Vienna
Monte Carlo
Nice
Ball Players Suing Boston Club Over Release
The Ballplayers union sues the Boston Americans in New York Supreme Court for 1400 dollars. Casey Hagaman, a pitcher, alleges the club blocked his release after June 28 and violated contract terms from 1911 to 1912.
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Boston American League Baseball Club
Giants
New York Supreme Court
W. M
Casey) Hageman
Champions
Baseball Players’ Fraternity
The
Ballplayers’ Union
Hageman
Boston
Cleveland Naps Pitcher Cy Falkenburg Delivers Solid Ball
Scattering holes they Pitcher Cy Falkenburg of Cleveland is pitching wonderful ball for the Naps.
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Cy Falkenburg
Cleveland
The
Naps
Farm tips and notes on cattle crops and beekeeping
A broad roundup of farm craft and livestock advice. Topics include alfalfa and hay feeding, dairy and beef cows, pig and sheep care, beekeeping, pruning and orchard practices, grain and silage, and gear for hens and ducks. Includes notes on farmers labor, markets, and pest control.
Pedigreed poultry aims through careful line breeding and tagging
The writer explains extensive record keeping for fancy poultry. He uses bantam hens as egg setters, keeps chicks in separate coups with runs, toe marks and punch to distinguish broods, and leg bands as months pass. He notes incuba tors can hold pedigree trays to separate eggs and chicks for clean records.
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Archie E. Vandervort
Delaware County
N. Y
Early laying pullet from Ohio College breeding program
A White Leghorn pullet hatched with 720 siblings laid her first egg at four months and fourteen days, an early maturity result. The group shows breeding for early laying, with detailed feeding from hatch to maturity and special Yesterland strain lineage.
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Ohio College
Ohio _Agricultural college
Yesterland
Duckling and Chick Warn of Danger Response
A duckling fails to escape danger and becomes easy prey, while a chicken remains alert and seeks hiding places when it hears danger. The contrast highlights instinctive reactions to threats.
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Earl Hamilton
Browns
Casey” Hageman
Meadowbrook
Iowa
Jim Scott
White Sox
Frank Chance
Almeida
Reds
Nig Clark
Indianapolis
Johnny Evers
Eddie Collis
Harold Janvrin
Red Sox
Boston Herald
Carey
Pirates
Sun Garden
Fraternity
William Franfield
Notre Dame University
Granfield
Hugh Duffy
Casey
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