Pennant Winners Often Built From Cheap Ball Players
The piece argues pennants come from assembling inexpensive players. It cites Jim Gaffney and others, noting many champions were built with low-cost acquisitions and drafts, with figures like Maranville, Cobb, and Marquard highlighted as bargains alongside costly stars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connie Mack
Gaffney
Myers
Cubs
Detroit Tigers
Ty Cobb
Detroit
Pirates
Giants
Marquard
Straus
Boston Red Sox
Nefflen Wins Prep Tennis Championship in Keyser
In Keyser West Virginia on October 15 Nefflen defeated Keenan to claim the Prep Tennis Tournament title after a long day long match. Doubles action began with Ballah and Ham mock facing Nefflen and Keenan with play to be best of five sets.
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Keyser
W. Va
Nefflen
Keenan
Tornado
Ballah
Hammock
Keenen
Ghmee
Elks To Meet On Diamond For County Championship
Cumberland Elks’ baseball team led by manager Zack Laney will face a Frostburg and Piedmont Elks combined squad at South End Park on Tuesday October 20 at 3 30 p m The match will decide the county Elk championship with a full Cumberland lineup and Lloyd L Shaffer and John E Edwards serving as umpires.
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Zack Laney
Cumberland Elks
Frostburg
Piedmont Elks
South End Park
Wm. Roberts, Jr
F. B Jeaney
Harry Weber
Dr. Ford
G. W. Sharrett
John G. Shearer
James A. Schleigh
Geo. R. Daisy
Randolph Millholland
G. W. Bromwell
Ernest Geare
Wm. Devries
Mose Kline
Leslie Helmar
Clem Francis Deneen
Edward Reich
D. Lindsay Sloan
Guy Neff
Fuller Barnard
Lloyd L. Shaffer
John E. Edwards
Cardinal Gasparri Takes Post as Secretary of State
Rome reports Cardinal Pietro Gasparri chosen by the pope to fill the secretary of state post after Cardinal Ferrata's death. Born near Rome in 1852, Gasparri became a cardinal in 1907 and is renowned among canonists for drafting the new code of canon law. He previously served as secretary of state for extraordinary ecclesiastical affairs.
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Rome
Paris
Pietro Gasparri
Cardinal Ferrata
Cardinal Gasparri
Unclaimed Letters in Cumberland Post Office
List of unclaimed letters at Cumberland Maryland Post Office for the period ending October 10. Names include Lee Albright, chard Bailey, F. E. S. Beckner, Mrs. John Brydon, Miss Mar Byrne, Walter Busch, Mrs Bettie Cochran, J. S. Higins, Adolph Heek, Victor L. Fisher, Harold Lewis, Mrs. R. H. Otte, Roger Owens, Joseph Pelleriot, C. K. Shaffer, and others.
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Cumberland
Lee Albright
Chard Bailey
FE. S. Beckner
G. M
John Brydon
Mar. Byrne
Builders Exchange
Walter Busch
Bettie Cochran
Malve Hill
Adolph Heek
Fragmented Editorial Clip Indicates Road to War
The damaged OCR reads as a request to clip an editorial page, send it to The Press and complete a record of facts leading to the present European war. The garbled line hints at urgency and a promised future summary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ceoupen
Editoria
oMmen
Piping Rock Club tourney opens as winter sports loom
New York reports golf fans shift toward upcoming Piping Rock Club invitation tournament starting tomorrow for three days. The piece notes Kalamazoo’s high local profile with Ad Wolgast vs Hal Stewart in a ten round bout and other sports topics including Whitted’s rise with St. Louis, Wisconsin football numbering plan, and Canadian breeding plans for Great Britain.
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New York
Piping Rock Club
Piping Rock Association
Kalamazoo
Ad Wolgast
Hal Stewart
Fort Wayne
Ind
Michigan
Stewart
Wolgast
Allegany County Official Registration Returns Shift GOP Lead
Official four day registration totals in Allegany County show Republicans 7141 votes, Democrats 4624, Socialists 233, Progressives 42, Prohibitionists 113, unaffiliated 243. GOP majority over Democrats reaches 2617, up from last week’s unofficial figure. Progressive vote drops from 58 to 42.
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Allegany County
Y M C A Football Team Mines Hard Practice for West Virginia Preps
The Y M C A football squad held the season's longest, hardest drill at South End Park yesterday afternoon. Players endured a 5 to 7:30 session as they vie for starting spots against the West Virginia Preps this Saturday. New bright red uniforms with a white stripe and Cumberland triangle were shown, and another hard practice is set for today with signal and forward pass work before Saturday’s opener.
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South End Park
West Virginia
Cumberland
Automobiles Leave for Hagerstown Fair Trip
At the Hagerstown Fair eight occupants from the area traveled by auto yesterday. The party includes Charles Fisher Floyd Hensel W E Kline Melvin Kline D H Hovatter Grant Zolinger P H Douglas and EB L Kline.
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Hagerstown Fair
Charles Fisher
Floyd Hensel
W. E. Kline
Melvin Kline
D. H. Hovatter
Grant Zolinger
P. H. Douglas
EB. L. Kline
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Back Yard
Penway Park
Hoston
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Boston
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Maranville
Eddie Murphy
The
Gowdy
Murphy
Frank G. Mencke
Jim Gaffney
Outfit
Johnny Vers
E&eh
Rudolph
Gufine
Wettins
Sehmidt
Theu
Icker
Gattne
Triffin
New Hedford
New England
Connolly
Raves
Whaling
Mann
Josh Devore
Red Smith
Brooklyn
Herbert Moran
Cini
George Tyler
Ferrata
Lids Bob
Stallings
Whitted
St. Louis
Harry Williams
University of Wisconsin
George M. Hendrie
Windsor Jockey Club
Great Britain
Canada
Martimas
Dominion
Larney
Harvard
Yale
Princeton
Redsox
Gerreer Absoluy
Cees
Caundry
N. Me
Evening Press
Louis Stein
ERAL
Chalmers
Cers
Palmers
the Citizen’s Garage
Mechanic Street
Tomac Linen
Potomac
John B. Edeton & CO
Batti and Liberty Sts
Cumebe and
Maryland
Rades
R. J's
Dixon
Mar
Delana
Harbaugh
James McHugh
Ruppert’s
North Centre Street
Enison Ext¢tric Uut. Co
Union Street
Worla’s Larges
Victrola Club
Victrola
W. F. Frederick Piano Co
Baltimore St
Cumberland, Md
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