Bright Star Among Athletics in World Series Preview
The Chicago Cubs face the Philadelphia Athletics in the world championship series. Manager Connie Mack plans a surprise with pitcher Harry Krause, a left-hander rarely seen lately. Krause is reported to have a 240 batting average, an .933 fielding percentage, and is especially effective against strong hitters.
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Chicago Cubs
Philadelphia Athletics
Connie Mack
Harry Krause
Young Krause
Macka
Chicago
Krause
Evers Career Was Chance Started by Missing Troy Shortstop
John J. Evers recalls how a vacant Troy shortstop position in spring opened his path to professional baseball. A factory worker and sign painter by trade, he rose from local Troy fame to replacing the absent veteran, excelling at shortstop after four days’ notice and joining a world championship club in five months.
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John J. Evers
Joseph B. Bowles
Troy
N. Y
Pitts
Burg
Chicago
Claude Rossman Makes Comeback With Minne apolis Team
Former Detroit and St Louis star Claude Rossman returns to form with the Minneapolis association club. Once hampered by hostile teammates and poor throwing, Rossman reports improved outfield play and sharper throws, including a peg to third base on a dash from first.
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Detroit
St. Louis
Minneapolis
Claude Rossmann
American Association
Columbus
Rossman
Training in ancient times and modern athletic contrasts
The article compares ancient Greek athletes with today s competitors noting differences in appearance and diet. Trainers enforced strict regimens including early diet plans of cheese figs and wheat porridge. Later meat was added with beef and pork, bread avoided, sweets forbidden, and a ritual of large meals after practice followed by long sleeps to aid digestion.
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Ancientcreece
Record Fast Game Ends Southern League Season
Atlanta Mobile defeated Atlanta in nine innings in thirty-two minutes to claim the concluding game of the Southern League season. The rapid contest is believed to set a new record for speed in a full nine-inning game.
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Atlanta
Mobile
Baseball Notes On Prospects And Plans For Next Season
Jack Lapp praised as a coming catcher likely to play in the world series. Leo McGraw, Memphis catcher now with Chicago, is Muggsy Giants kin, with Cleveland roots. Senators’ McAleer to bring around forty players on spring training trip. Jim’s strategy aims to lift Washington in the standings. Cardinal president Stanley Robison opposed post season tours. Bliss fractured leg cooled enthusiasm. John Heydler to publish new league averages this fall for batters and pitchers. Herrmann of the Reds weighs building a new grand stand this fall or next, seating 23000 in planned Reds home.
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Jack Lapp
Leo McGraw
Memphis
Muggsy
Giants
Cleveland
Salem
Youngstown
McAleer
Senators
Jim
Washington
Stanley Robison
Cardinals
National Commission
Catcher Bliss
St. Louis
California
Robison
John Heydler
National League
Herrmann
The
Reds
The No Plays Shaped Japanese Literary Heritage
The No emerged in the Ashikaga era from Buddhist legends and local tales. It evolved under Hideyoshi and flourished in the Tokugawa era as a refined art form central to culture and even weddings. It features works like Takasago and The Robe of Feathers, with themes of immortality, ghosts, and transmigration. The authors are long forgotten, as the plays mattered more than who wrote them.
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Kyoto
Yoshimitsu
Yoshikaga
Ashikaga
Hideyoshi
Napoleon
Japan
Lfe
Mio
Hades
Yamauba
Ikkyu
Itig
Yamauda
Philippine Witchcraft Belief Lingers in Pampanga Towns
A Manila investigator reports widespread belief in Magcalums in Pampanga, with illnesses caused by powers attributed to certain individuals. The text cites cases in Arayat and other towns where a Magcalum purportedly targets the neck, with anecdotes of deception about eggs and a woman allegedly burned by others, leaving facial marks.
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Pampanga
Manila
Manila Times
Lubao
Macabebe
Pasantol
Magcalums
Way
Trust Evil Blox-Salpiey Claim Victim of Trust
The Trust Evil figure Blox-Salpiey asserts victim status amid a case involving a trust closing the factory where his wife was employed. Knox comments on the claim, indicating agreement with the apparent outcome.
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Blox
Salpiey
Knox
Not Guilty The Barber Solicit Special Hair Tonic
A courtroom exchange shows a barber offering a special hair tonic while a victim denies that caused the incident. The dialogue suggests a confrontation where the accused asserts innocence and the accuser contests the explanation. The scene hints at a larger legal proceeding or trial with interrogation.
Puffed Up He Seems to Feel His Importance
A fragmented note notes that he thinks highly of himself and has been paged in the hotel three times this fore noon with the phrase he seems to feel his importance at the center of the remark.
Fragmented speech fragment from a New York scene
A garbled dialogue excerpt mentions roof gardens in New York and a character Abe asking what they raise, with references to peaches and an $8.50 loss noted in a pocketed joke. The text is fragmentary and preserves quirky period voice.
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Abe
New York
Hiram
Gosh
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