Record Home Run Feats Shake Early Baseball History
A roundup of famous long drives and wallshots in early baseball lore highlights players like Hans Wagner Chief Wilson Big Bill Lange and Home Run Baker. The list notes balls breaking windows silencing crowds or altering parks and fences across cities including Pittsburg Cincinnati Philadelphia and Detroit.
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Hans Wagner
Swat
Pittsburg
Wilson
St. Louis Cardinals
Bill Lange
Cincinnati
Larry McLean
Buck Freeman
Chief Bender
Columbia ‘Park
Philadelphia
Baker
Christy Mathewson
Heibie Zimmerman
Cy Seymour
Boston
New York
Frank Baker
Harrisburg Basketball Opens Nov 7 At Armory
Harrisburg Basketball Association launches the season on Saturday November 7 with a fast professional or Eastern League team as the attraction. E C Taggart will manage the squad, many last season players return and several notable college grads will apply. Games are at the Armory and will be followed by dancing.
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Harrisburg Basketball Association
E. C. Taggart
My Auto Poem of a Car Gone to Dust
A lament in verse about wasted money on a gaudy auto. The speaker recalls pride in the car, its worn top and rattling horn, and how expenses and debt followed as the vehicle failed. The refrain expresses longing to buy another car if funds allowed.
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John—amon
First Eight Cylinder Auto From Detroit Tubes on Market
The first eight cylinder motorcar in America will roll out of a Detroit factory around October. Cadillac leads by bringing a market ready product. The engine uses two blocks of four cylinders, mounted in the crank case shape, reducing hood length and emphasizing smoothness of action over power or speed.
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America
Detroit
Cadillac
Long Career in Minor Leagues Ends for Kid Mohler
The Woodland California independent club releases Kid Mohler after a 26 year baseball career spent in minor leagues across the nation. He never played in the majors and was noted as a left handed thrower who began as a pitcher before moving to second base.
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Frank Chance
New York American League Baseball Club
Chicago Nationals
Chance
Yankee Post
California
New York
Charles P. Taft
Cubs
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Walter Johnson
Fred Clarke
Tiger
Harry Davis
Bennet Park
Sporting Sieve
Garrison
The
War. Department
Daniels
Navy
Department
Lebanon Valley College
E. Mike. Murphy
Rome
N. Y
G. D. Gossard
Murphy
Annville
Mike, Murphy
University of Pensylvania
Central
New York ‘State
West
Tesreau
James
Alexander
Vaughn
Chicago
Killefer
Clarke
Miller
St. Louis
Groh
Fletcher
Byrne
Carey
Snodgrass
Moritarity
Walsh and
Athletics
Lewis
Lady Langer
Los Angeles
Mountville
Ephrata
Lancaster
Doremus and
Brown
Myerstown
American Iron and Steel Company
Lebanon
All-Lebanon
Wolmersdorf
Harriaburg
Elmira
Harrisburg
Federal League
Maranville
Braves
Davis
Buffalo
Frank Bogash
Louisville
Hugh Miller
E. R. Little
Mt. Sterling
Muda Guy
Allentown
Stallings
Boston Nationals
Burke
Hockersville
Straub
Hurstine
Hershey
Hummelstown
Wield
Danius
Eieallant
Hassler
Jim Thorpe
Charles “Buck” Herzog
Herrmann
Herzog
Reds
H. Arnold Jackson
Nassau Country Club Links
Glen Cove
L. I
Elaine V. Rosenthal
Clark Griffith
Senators
Chick Gandil
Ray Morgan
Joe Boehling
Jia-Tong
Clyde Milan
Cadillac Company
Ninth
Thompson Streets
Hoffer
Engle
George P. Hoffer
Palmyra
Landis
KE. B. Cassady
Watara Quarry
Swatara, Pa
E. M. Hoffer
H. M. Hartz
Insurance and Real, Estate
Main St
Palmyra, PA
East End
Hershey Improvement Company
Hershey, Penna
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