Frisky Colts Practice Amid Baseball Fever
Dick West notes the town’s baseball fever as Cumberland Players and recruits train at South End lot. New recruit Shriver, a New York state pitcher now in town, aims to join Russler Jordan’s team and will be on the field daily. Last year’s players Goetz and Diehr also practiced, showing good form.
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Cumberland
South End
Shriver
New York State
Russlers
Sunny” Goetz
Mike’ Diehr
New York
France
Paris
W. H. Burgess
Park Improvements Bring Big Hopes for Home Team
Carpenters are upgrading the park in the Queen City with a new right field auto gate a ticket office and a press stand. Groundwork has begun and the project should finish by next week promising a premier playing field. The home team looks strong and local fans are urged to attend the opening performance.
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Russler
Queen City
Lonaconing Seeks City Baseball League Entry
Lonaconing Maryland residents push for a city baseball league with eight proposed teams. The plan outlines a May to August schedule and a meeting set for April 6 at 8 30 PM to organize the league and recruit participants led by Alex Bradley of the Lonaconing Tigers. Letters urge local teams Business Men Teamsters Bartenders Lonaconing Athletic Club Junior Big Vein Stars Charles Town Sluggers Rockville Cubs and Lonaconing Tigers to form a competitive circuit.
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Lonaconing
Cumberland Press
Coney
Lonaconing Athletic Club
Big Vein
Charles
Rockville
McKenty’s
Alex Bradley
Lonaconing Tigers
P. S
Gibson Foote
Intercollegiate fencing championship tops college athletics
The Intercollegiate Fencing League championship at Hotel Astor tonight draws teams from Columbia Cornell Yale and Princeton and promises one of the season’s biggest college athletic events. The piece notes other sports chatter and updates on jockey Danny Maher and boxing prospects including White Duffy and Welsh.
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New York
Intercollegate Fencing League
Hotel Astor
Columbia
Cornell
Yale
Princeton
Stockholm high jumper Richards defies mockery to win
Alma W. Richards, dubbed a boob on the trip to Stockholm, overcomes doubt and illness to win the Olympic high jump. He clears 6 feet 4 inches after prayer and mind games with rival Litsche, earning hero status and a triumphant return home.
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Alma W. Richards
Stockholm
Richard
Brigham
Richards
George Horine
Horin
Litsche
Grumpelt
Thorpe
Erickson
America
Horine
Virginia Dare Easter Eggs at O Neill s
Advertisement notes Easter egg display at O Neill s opposite the Liberty Theatre inviting shoppers to view the selection and purchase eggs from the shop window.
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Virginia Dare
O'Neill's
Liberty Theatre
France Goes Baseball Wild in Paris as Burgess Sparks Change
In Paris France embraces baseball with zeal as W H Burgess, an American sporting goods agent, promotes the game. He organizes two youth teams, notes rising interest among parents, and predicts future French stars while citing scarce open grounds hinder play.
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Paris
France
Burgess
Passng
Nix
Meen
Baseball Season Hints and Courtroom Echoes
A jumbled column hints at Charley White sidelined six months and Ed Walsh, Joe Wood, Chief Bender and others in pink. It notes Walter Johnson’s dominance, Cobb’s self assertion, and a Sherman anti trust angle on baseball. The tone blends hype with legal jousting and veteran player banter.
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Ed” Walsh
Joe” Wood
Bender
Eddie” Plank
Walt Johnson
Tts
WADDELL PREMIER STRIKEOUT ARTIST IN BASEBALL HISTORY
An obituary style reminiscence on Rube Waddell, famed left-handed pitcher, claiming his record strikeout prowess surpasses peers like Walter Johnson and Christy Mathewson in early 1900s baseball. It notes his 1904 season with the Athletics, Pacific Coast League feats, and era rivalries amid sport mythmaking.
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Rube Waddel
Texas
Walter Johnson
Washington
Johnson
Waddel
Athletics
Senators
Waddell
Rube
Christy Mathewson
Matty
Giants
Mackmen
Connie Mack
Death of Rube Waddell mourned by fans
The great southpaw Rube Waddell died at the San Antonio Sanitarium. He rose to fame with the Philadelphia Athletics and faced destitution before his illness. Connie Mack, Athletics manager, said he would ensure Waddell never wanted for anything for life.
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Connie Mack
Danny” Murphy
Federals
Mack
Murphy
The
Athletics
Rube Waddell
Rube
Waddell
San Antonio Sanitarium
San Antonio
Textie
Philadelphia Athletics
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Sally
Cersee
Geeus
RA Real
WTO
Janssot
Dick West
Mies
Eixcerise
Chumbob
Danny Maher
Maher
John Paul Jones
A. N
Jackson
Jones
New York Giants
Federal League
Messrs. Gilmore
Weehan Et al
Harry Payne Whitney
Hans Wagner
Eddie Plank
Toronto Federal League
Charlie White
Chicago
Jimmy Duffy
Buffalo
Duffy
Freddy Welsh
Applaus
Teuton
Frank G. Menke
Ty Cobb
Napoleon Lajoe
Charley White
Walter
Mississippi
Charley” Ebbete
Cobb
George FP. Whittington
Howard Camnitz
Hot Spa Ark
Chancery Co O
Pittsburg
Bil Watkins
Sam” Lanxford
Bill
Farmers
Armers Hardman Oor
Shaw
LL Een
Billy See
Conan Eee
Ee See
Whitman Eee Ewes
Tole Eae
Shober
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