Betting shadows on baseball pull Olympic funds together
The article reports growing gambling and betting in Pittsburg and Detroit affecting baseball, with arrests of bettors in Pittsburg and calls by league leaders to curb illicit wagering. It notes the Olympic Committee’s need for $30,000 to send American athletes to London and lists fund-raising efforts and contact points in New York.
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Cohen
Pittsburg
Detroit
Haa
Vitteburg
Zane
Tittsburg
Pittsburg-St.Louis
Ital
Ban Jointon
American League
Iuru
Harry Pulliam
National 1
Pitteburg
Harney Dreyfuns
Barney
Ham
National
Vis
Alminiabed
Controversy Over Olympic Committee Leadership
Ben Tavis reports on a quarrel within the American Olympic movement. Figures like Robert Edgren and James E. Sullivan clash with an international-minded athletic committee led by Whitney and Curtiss, debating governance and reform amid public skepticism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Edgren
New York
Dgren
Bill Squires
Australia
Hobhter
Tommy Burns
Bauiroe
Texe
Edgren
Sahara
Sorehenda
United States
Whitney
Outings
James E. Sullivan
American Athletic Unions
Julian W. Curtiss
Yale University Athletic
Ben Tavis
Triangle A C Roselle Hosts Club Smoker Night
Fourteen Elizabeth members of the Triangle A C of Roselle attended a smoker at the club house. The highlight was entertainment by Irwin Mutch Coral and Otto Mueck at the piano, with chorus singing late into the night. Plans were laid for a chicken broiler at Millburn on July 11. Notable attendees from Elizabeth included Charles Raver Frank Lynch and others, with Roselle members listed. The event also included a long discussion on speculation comparing gambling and intelligent investment, citing sources from Yale Justice Holmes and John Paul Ryan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth
Triangle A.C
Roselle
Irwin Mutch
Coral
Otto Muéck
Millburn
Elzabeth
Charles Raver
Frank Lynch
Wiliam Rogge
Walter Davis
Murat
Frank Gabere i
Fred Thompson
Joseph Fink
Howard McCabe
the Lowenhaver
Hassan McMahon Team Wins Two Man Tuxedo Tournament
Hassan and McMahon captured first place in a six team tie roll off at the Tuxedo two man tournament. They posted a high game of 404 and won 40 dollars. Groppe and Blythe took second with 79, earning 25 dollars, while W Bleicker and K Bleicker were third with 48. Spittle house and Fowler placed fourth with 10 dollars, Nolte and Wheelwright next for 5 dollars. Wolf and Hurli man were shut outs. Thompson won 3 dollars for high score of the tournament. Excessive talking linked to nervous illness, as London vicar Rev B S Lombard discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hassan
McMahon
Groppe
Blythe
W. Bleicker
K. Bleicker
Spittlehouse
Fowler
Nolte
Wheelwright
Wolf
Hurliman
Thompson
National Dental Co Demonstrates New Test Methods
Fragmentary text describes a dental company introducing novel testing methods. The passage references a desire for rapid demonstrations and mentions control measures and a nascent era of discoveries. Language is garbled but implies a trade publisher noting progress and the firm behind the demonstration.
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Gish
Yppalble
He Seaieibs
Tresarer
Julian W
Ee Naso Street
Stverat
Madris Mort
Triangles
Solomon
Price
Jor Lent Hadley
Yale
Dove of America
John Paul Ryan
Metropolitan Magazine
Lombard
London
Mn ‘Hooker
New York Times
Warr -Respestfally
THE
National Dextal Co
Ford Cars
Stanley Ke Reed & CO
Westfield
Hiab
Boarde Borom Boards Coulter Jr
Black Jack
Scalea
Dr. Carlton
McManus Bros
First Street
Elizabethport
Arnold
Ihe
Batiste
Bic
Newark
Rosa
Baseball Goods
Spalding
Elizabeth Novelty.Co
Broad ST
Commercial Stationers
F Parre Rulers
Blane Book Branch
State Street
Perth Amboy
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