Mathewson critique mocks baseball danger claim
Frank G Menke reports on Christy Mathewson’s articles asserting baseball is not fatally risky, noting low death and injury rates and contrasting with other jobs. It cites stories of Starry Stone’s boxing rise in Australia, Willard’s heavyweight ambitions, and varied sports notes from baseball to golf and motorsport events.
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Frank G. Menke
New York
Christy Mathewson
Christy
Mister Mathewson
Mathewson
Kerplunk
Coco
King George
Asquith
Emmy Pankhurst
General Huerta
Rank Moran
Pittsburg
White Hope
California
Luther Burbank
Long Island
Federal League
Brooklyn
Splendidus
New York City
Buffalo
Federals
Stadium seating eyed for Davis Cup matches in New York
Report discusses ticket prices and capacity for the Davis Cup event with plans for 10 000 seats and an admission of 2 dollars for a day and 5 dollars for the series while debating steel versus wood stands and noting teams like the New York Giants and others in coverage.
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New York
election-meeting cricket scores fragment
Fragmented sports score list shows teams like Pittsburgh St Louis Philadelphia Chicago Cincinnati Brooklyn and New York with multiple incomplete pairings and approximate totals. Several matchups repeat across cities including Boston Detroit Washington Cleveland and Detroit with unclear results.
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New York Giants
Pittsburg Pirates
Cincinnati Reds
Herzog
Boston Braves
Brooklyn Superbas
Chicago Cubs
New York
Pittsburgh
Boston
St Louis
Washington
Cleveland
Philadelphia
Chicago
Detroit
Pet
New York Cincinnati
St. Louis
Pittsburgh Tree
Chicago Ee
Philadelphia Ee
Brooklyn Sneer
Washington Ovens
Aeesesed
Boston St. Louis
Alta Chicago
Federal League Scores Snapshot
Yesterday's results show Pittsburgh 4 Chicago 4 Indianapolis 4, Buffalo 14 Kansas City 8, Baltimore 8 Kansas City 8, St. Louis 18 Brooklyn 10. Games extended twelve innings with Pittsburgh at Chicago, Baltimore at Kansas City, Buffalo at Indianapolis, Brooklyn at St. Louis.
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Pittsburgh
Chicago
Indianapolis
Buffalo
Kansas City
Baltimore Kansas City
Baltimore
St. Louis
Brooklyn
Pitsburgh
Buffalo Covevees
Baltimore Wees
Eee
Ead
St. Loui
Pittsburgh Eevee
Cartoonist Leads Winning Pitchers
Classy young twirler of the New York Giants, who has been Manager McGraw's most consistent boxman this season.
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New York Giants
McGraw
Personal News From Baltimore and Nearby Towns
Gerald Finan returns home with Mr and Mrs Joseph B Finan of St Charles College Baltimore for summer vacation. Miss Frances Sorthe and Miss Rose Louisville Ky attend Sacred Heart Academy commencement. Mrs Jas A Walsh of Weasternport leaves with sons Harry and James Jr to spend time in Baltimore then Atlantic City for the summer.
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Gerald Finan
Joseph B. Finan
St. Charles College
Baltimore
Frances Sorthe
Rose
Louisville
Sacred Heart Academy
Jas. A. Walsh
Weasternport
Harry
James, Jr
Atlantic City
Berlin to Stettin waterway inaugurations spur Hamburg-American trade plan
Berlin announces that with the new Berlin to Stettin waterway opening today the Hamburg American line will launch a trade development scheme. It includes a weekly freight service from Stettin via Emden to American ports other than New York, under Kaiser-era ceremony plans.
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Berlin
Bstettin
Hamburg-American Line
Stettin
Emden
New York
Edison daughter to wed in inventor home
West Orange June 17 Miss Madeline Edison daughter of Thomas A Edison will marry John Sloane son of Mr and Mrs T O Connor Sloane at the inventor's home in town. Right Rev Mer J M Mooney will officiate.
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West Orange
Madeline Edison
Thomas A. Edison
John Sloane
T. O'Connor Sloane
Mer. J. M. Mooney
Navy Secretary Daniels to Speak at Washington and Lee
Josephus Daniels Secretary of the Navy will deliver the principal Commencement address at Washington and Lee University today. The annual alumni address was delivered yesterday by Reverend D Hopkins Rolston of Charlotte North Carolina.
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Lexington
Josephus Daniels
Secretary of the Navy
Washington and Lee University
Toda
D. Hopkins Rolston
Charlotte
N. C
State Medal for Cadet at West Virginia University Drill
Edward Larkin of Wheeling won the gold medal offered by the state for the best drilled cadet in the annual individual competition drill of the West Virginia University cadet corps held Monday in Morgantown West Virginia.
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Morgantown
W. Va
Edward Larkin
Wheeling
West Virginia University Cadet Corps
Automobile Licenses Issued By Commissioner Of Motor Vehicles
The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles issued license numbers 10445 to Anna B Isaacs of Cumberland for a Ford and 10446 to Benjamin F Selby of Oakland for a Buick.
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Commissioner of Motor Vehicles
Anna B. Isaacs
Cumberland
Ford
Benjamin F. Selby
Oakland
Buick
Produce ad scraps cited in Cumberland bulletin
Fragmentary notice from Cumberland shows an advertisement trial for produce sales. The readable text references a competition or listing involving the term res cout and the name Wanyt Ads, but details are unclear. Further context from the page would clarify entities and actions.
Royal Welsh Ladies Choir to Perform on Lincoln Chautauqua
An enthusiastic Evanston audience praised the Royal Welsh Ladies Choir during a Lincoln Chautauqua appearance with Oliver McWilliams declaring it the biggest act yet. The concert featured Welsh dress, knitting, and encores, closing with Welsh anthem and The Star Spangled Banner.
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Royal Welsh Ladies’ Choir
Lincoln
Royal Welsh Lasies
Woman's Club
Wales
Edith Maldwyn Jones
Clarksburg Elk Is Auto Victim
Cecil C. Davis half owner of the Pike News Company of Clarksburg died after a car carrying five men, including Davis, ran over an embankment east of Parkersburg while en route to the West Virginia Elks reunion. Injured were Ross Strohsnider, Thomas Coughlin, George N. Farner, and Co. F. Knight of Fairmont with various injuries.
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Cecil C. Davis
Pike News Company
Clarksburg
Parkersburg
Clarksburg Brewing Co
George N. Farner
Leslie Judge Co
Co. F. Knight
Fairmont
West Virginia Elks
Frederick and Westminster Businessmen Urge Rail Route Restoration
Frederick Maryland June 17 report says Frederick and Westminster businessmen and others ask Western Maryland Railway to restore the Pittsburg Express to the old route via Glyndon to Gettysburg and then return to the old course at Highfield.
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Frederick
Frederick and Westminster
Western Maryland Railway
Pittsburg
Gilyndon
Gettysburg
Highfield
Martinsburg City Council Moves to Oust Police
At a special meeting on June 17 the council confirmed Paul M. Martin as city attorney and ordered charges filed against all city employees to oust them from office. The Republicans control the new administration while the police are Democrats.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
Paul M. Martin
Ereseasen
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