Reservoir Tennis Club to plan city championship tourney
The Reservoir Tennis Club house committee will meet within a week to plan the summer city championship on park courts. Commissioner M Harvey Taylor urged the committee to take charge with the new clubhouse. Interest grows with more entrants and especially more girl players, as many high school matches and minor contests have already occurred. The city tournament should begin mid July once top players return from college.
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Academy
Ritchie to Meet Welsh in Another Ten-Round Mill
Willie Ritchie former lightweight champion will fight Freddie Welsh ten rounds at Brighton Beach New York on July 8. The bout will be at 135 pounds at 2 o'clock on fight day. Ritchie, visiting relatives in Portland Oregon, says Welsh is fast and clever but he believes he can beat him in ten rounds.
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Freddie Welsh
Brighton Beach
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Ritchie
Portland
Ore
Welsh
Monarchs Want Game on Holiday Weekend
Monarch Athletics, a leading colored baseball team, has no games scheduled for Saturday July 3 or Monday July 5. Manager Robert Crawford can be reached at the Courthouse.
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Monarch Athletics
Robert Crawford
Cumberland Valley Railroad Time Table 1914 Update
In effect May 24 1914 Cumberland Valley Railroad schedules list trains from Tenn es to Winchester Martinsburg Hagerstown Chambersburg Carlisle Mechanicsburg and more with multiple morning and evening departures. Additional services to Carlisle Mechanicsburg and Dillburg shown. Printed signatures H A Riddle J Tongue GPA.
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Winchester
Martinsburg
Hagerstown
Chambersburg
Carlisle
Mechanicsburg
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Dilisburg
Bunda
H. A Riddle
J. Tonge
GPA
Crack Pitcher Leads West End To Strong Start
John Winters, a young West End pitcher, has won seven of eight decisions this season after guiding the team to last year’s championship. The club’s only loss came to Conway Hall in a close contest, with victories over Le Moyne and other strong teams. Winters has pitched for three years and is regarded as a dependable amateur mound ace.
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John Winters
West End
West Enders
Conway Hall
Lemoyne
Winters
Ty Cobb Not Worried by Johnson Threats
Special to The Telegraph June 15 Cobb refutes Ban Johnson threats to expel him over a story alleging a White Sox signal stealing device at Comiskey Park Cobb says he did not make or author such charges and demands proof Johnson should verify his ground before acting Cobb continues to play for the Braves with high batting pace and base running impact
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Ban Johnson
Autocrat
Tyrus Raymond Cobb
White Sox
Comiskey Park
Chicago
Georgia Peach
Johnson
Tyrus Raymond
Cobb
Piegons Fly 400 Miles in 12 Hours Through Storms
In Columbia Pennsylvania on June 15 the fourth race of the Columbia branch of the American Racing Pigeon Union drew over sixty birds from Concord North Carolina 400 miles away. Birds released at 6 am reached Columbia by 6 22 pm with W R Broom winning first prize as one bird led. The average speed was 913.13 yards per minute. birds faced two severe storms en route and several local clubs are named in the finish list.
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Telegraph Columbia
Columbia
American Racing Pigeon Union
Concord
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W. R. Broom
Way Women Should Learn How to Shoot
Mrs. Ray Boyer of West Fairview organizes a woman's shooting association with over ten on her list. She argues women gain health and fitness from trap and field shooting, notes proper gun fit reduces recoil, and advises comfortable dress and focus on concentration while targeting.
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Ray Boyer
West Fairview
Absent Stars Mark Pennsylvanian Tennis Open
The twenty second annual open lawn tennis tournament at Merion Cricket Club, Haverford, drew many entries but saw notable absences including defending champion R Norris Williams. Top contenders include J J Armstrong and F M B Fisher with several amateur clubs seeking games in the Philadelphia area.
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Pensylvania
Merion Cricket Club
Haverford
R. Norris Williams
Philadelphia Cricket Club
East
Brenner Chosen Captain of Next Year’s Basketball Team
Brenner from Hollidaysburg elected captain of next year’s basketball squad at a B men meeting in Lewisburg. The sophomore forward starred on this season’s team and prepared for Bucknell at Kiskimenitas. Ford A C edged Maclay Street Tigers 9 to 8 with Katzman batting in eleven for the Fords.
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Fred Brenner
Hollidaysburg
Brenner
Bucknell
Kiskimenitas
Ford A. C
Maclay Street Tigers
Katzman
Fords
Tigers
Baseball Scores and Schedule From Cincinnati June 15
Cincinnati reports a full baseball round up with key results from the American and National Leagues plus upcoming games. Notable items include New York and St Louis results, Philadelphia Pittsburgh in extra innings, and a sale of pitcher Philip Douglass from Cincinnati to Brooklyn. Colleges Bucknell over Susquehanna and Chinese University over Lafayette.
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Pittsburgh
New York
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Brooklyn
St. Louis
Chicago
Detroit
Cleveland
Boston
Washington
Newark
Buffalo
Kansas City
Baltimore
Ohio
August Herrmann
Cincinnati Nationals
Philip Douglass
Brooklyn Nationals
Ww. L. P.C. Chicago
Philadelphia Oe
Brooklyn Ee
Muddy Water Opens Bass Season Amid Tight Rules
Muddy Water Sporls opened the bass season with strict rules as anglers crowded the banks. Eight inch minimum for bass, twelve fish per day, season runs until November 30. Other catches include Susquehanna salmon pickerel and blue pike with a twelve inch minimum and a limit of 25 per day, season ends December 31. Western pike must exceed 24 inches with four per day and ends November 30. Linglestown A C seeks a strong lineup and a catcher for its nine, contact R A Look Linglestown or call 2843 Bell.
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Linglestown A. C
R. A
Linglestown
Bell
Penn Crew Nearing Coast Trip for July Seattle Race
Pennsylvnia varsity crew is near securing permission for a Seattle trip to race eastern and western crews in a three mile event on July 17. Cornell and Columbia are likely to join on the same train to share freight costs, as all three eights could use one baggage car.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Pennsylvania
Seattle
Quakers
Cornell
Columbia
Louis Disbrow Wins Free-For-All 100 Mile Race
Milwaukee June 15 Louis Disbrow won the feature event a 100 mile auto race $5000 sweepstakes free for all from eleven starters Eddie Hearne finished second and John Raimey third Time 1 36 36
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Wis
Louis Disbrow
Eddie Hearne
John Raimey
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