Cook County Forest Preserve a Source of Rare Privileges
Cook County Forest Preserve offers access to over twenty three thousand acres of woodland, lakes, playgrounds, and athletic fields near Chicago. The vast tract includes camping, swimming, boating, and planned zoological gardens, with views of rivers, hills, ravines, deer, ducks, quail, and wildflowers across diverse preserves from Deer Grove to Beverly Hills.
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Cook County Forest Preserve
Chicago
Hamburg
Inge
Beverly Hilla
Cook County
Thatcher Woon
Maywood
Sentaly
Deer Grove
Wood
Tibet
Botany Club Visits Field Museum to Study Plant Specimens
Proviso Botany club members toured the Field Museum on Tuesday April 27. They explored the botany section and observed preserved and artificial plant specimens, then moved to the first floor to view skeletons of lower animals, especially monkeys and humans, before concluding the visit.
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Proviso
Field Museum
Chey
Proviso Students Attend Educational Conference
Proviso faculty and students attended the thirty fourth Educational Conference of the Ande miles and High Schools, held at Gilcaga University near Chicago on May 41 and 12. The event featured sessions all day and a keynote by Charles Judd of the University of Chicago. Proviso participated actively in departmental conferences on Friday afternoon.
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University of Chicago
Gilcaga University
Charles 1. Judd
School of Education
Boost Barnyard Golf Pitch Game of Horseshoes Daily
John Hog Miller, eighty two, of Rock Valley Iowa, among eight entrants in a national tournament, has pitched for 20 years and credits the old fashioned game with health. After turning fifty he suffered severe stomach din oxdern but began daily horseshoes and has been untroubled since. He eats heartily and appears a bustling figure in a town half his age.
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John
Hog" Miller
Rock Valley
Iowa
Miller
Rowing and baseball notes from early summer sport scene
The notes span rowing dates for Harvard bouts, Philadelphia regatta details on the Schuylkill, and national amateur championships with entrants like Ralph Smith. Also covered are exhibition games between the Detroit Tigers and Pittsburgh Pirates, player transfers including Duke Duncan to Raleigh, and baseball not included in the Olympic program. Harvard and other clubs plan spring training and abroad tours, with Harvard funding a Crimson team trip to England and boxing deemed not a Harvard minor sport.
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Harvard
Agethet
Funda
Crimaon Tenms
Yele
England
Perfect Golf Shot At Royal and Ancient Game
A. Ameu of Gwensbury Kentucky, a former baseball player, recently took up golf. On the fourth hole at his home course the ball after bouncing 70 to 80 yards cleared a ditch and rolled onto the sand green, dropping into the hole for an ace.
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Jus Fice
Moyle
A. Ameu
Gwensbury, Ky
Hie Howe
Low Curve Ball Trouble for Babe Ruth
The article discusses Babe Ruth's struggle with low curve balls during the World Series. It notes that pitchers who can change pace and slow Ruth down pose a major challenge to him, with examples including Nehf and Glanta. Ruth tends to miss or be deceived by curves, while hitters like Wille Smith capitalize on such deliveries.
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Babe Ruth
Habe Haw
Babe
Neh
Ruth
Rocayng
Huth
Louis
Kerr
Chicago
Wille Suth
Jake Beckley tries hidden ball trick on base
Jake Beckley of the Cincinnati Reds attempted a hidden ball trick at first base. He tucked the ball under a corner of the sack while the runner watched, causing confusion and a failed pickup as the runner slid safely into second. The crowd recalled the mishap for a long time.
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Eagie Hye
Jake Beckley
Reds
Jake
Fiat
Beckley
Sprightly Silk Frocks for Spring Wear Preview
A fashion note reviews sprightly new taf feta frocks arriving in advance of spring. Designers offer varied models for youth and mature women with silk embellishments, taffeta sleeves, net accents, and scalloped tunics.
Griffiths Rare Major League Umpiring Record
Chick Griffiths remarks on his lone major league umpiring appearance in Chicago when Pop Anson urged him to overrule his safe call at first base. He admits overturning the decision cost his team the game, noting it as possibly the only instance of a major league umpire changing a ruling.
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Ian
Chick Grifith
Ron
Gri
India
Griffith
Griz
Chicago
Pop Anson
Vlalting Phyera
Cap Anson
Bince Anson
Rulng
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Mere
BIG Field Museum
Forent Park Review
Bob T
Rowing
Hurlington Foto Cin
Eee Philipa Andover Academy
Peonsylvania
National Association of Amuteye Ovraten
Seguylkill River
Philadelphia
Ralph Smith
Los Angeles
Brookline
Masa
Detroit Ttrern
Iitte Borgh Pirates
Pittsburgh
Detroit
Kiros
Gy) Barger
Memphis
Bt. Petersburg
Merida
Addanta
Theavie
Duke Dun Can
Raleigh Club
Buaters Chapager
Rob Tarleton
Galveston Club
Duncan
Panheger
Raleigh Teas
Vernon Pancer
Landis
Indianapolia
Gua Getz
Reading
Toledo
Mr. Gotz
Ee Breve
John Mfilius
Brooklyn
New
Charley Rollete
Eddie Onslow
Toronto
Lena Blackburn
France
Parksley
Eastern Whore League
Baltimore
Aee
Clarke Griffith
Don
Inter- Collegiate-regotta
Poughkeopale
Courag
Wisconsin
Oak Park
Winahannnan
Bartling
Madison Street
Forest Park, Ill
Florsheim
Battaglia’s Shoe Store
Madison ST. Forest Park
Radio—Radio——Radio
Speed Construction
Elgin Avenue
Forest Park
Annisee Carey
Pratt
AVING
Jos
Poets Market
Austin
J. W. Pilkington Forest Park, Ill
Sanitary Market
J. W. Pilkington
Jos. Puetz
Forest Park, Illinois
Forest Park Cement Block Co
Desplaines Ave
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