Veteran Oberlin Released to Make Way for Youngsters
The Indianapolis club released pitcher Oberlin after his arm failed to respond, choosing to cut costs and invest in promising young players like George, O Day, Kendall, and Mowe. Lefty Craig is expected to report soon, while Spencer notes the ups and downs of a baseball career as the Cardinals seek Lefty George amid a National Commission case.
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Oberlin
Delahanty
Chadbourne
George
O’day
Kendall
Mowe
Lefty
Craig
Trenton
Weston
Carr
St. Louis Cardinals
Wilder
Lefty George
Roger Bresnahan
Troy Club
St. Louis
National Commission
No-Hit Nine Inning Loss Mirrors Past Chicago Rivalry
New York pitcher Tom Hughes held Cleveland hitless through nine innings yet the Naps lost 5 to 0 in extras. The feat echoes last season when Red Ames shut out the Dodgers for nine innings before an extra inning loss, recalling opening game dramatics between the same clubs.
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New York
Tom Hughes
Cleveland
Naps
Brooklyn
Red” Ames
Dodgers
Riverside golf club hosts Labor Day dimple ball sweepstakes
Riverside golf club announces a Labor Day dimple ball sweepstakes with entrants paying 75 cents per golf ball. Regular club handicaps apply. Prizes allocate 50 percent to the winner, 30 percent to the runner-up, and 20 percent to the third. Play is 36 holes for the low medal score under U S G A rules.
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Riverside
Riverside Golf Club
Hyland Loses Contests With Safety Board Over Dillon Morgan Bout
Hyland loses to the safety board which blocks a Dillon Morgan boxing match in Germania hall. Jesse Sisloff allegedly aided the show’s go ahead, noon order reversed, police at ringside threatened arrests, Mitchell club seeks injunction. Morgan fine, Dillon countered by managers as both sides forecast a decisive eight round middleweight bout.
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Hyland
Board of Safety
Germania Hall
Mitchell Club
Jesse Sisloff
Sisloff
Germania
Carroll
Cooley
Saylor
Burns
Morgan
Dillon
Morgan Camp
Jim Corbetts
Clint Truesdale
Kaufman Favorite Over Australian in Six Round Bout
Aug 31 Philadelphia reports Bill Lang of Australia and Al Kaufman of California near peak readiness for a six round showdown at National League baseball park Monday night. Both posted $1,250 appearance forfeit. promoter Edwards guarantees $2,500 to ensure the bout proceeds as scheduled amid heavy betting with Kaufman slight favorite.
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Philadelphia
Bill Lang
Australia
al Kaufman
National League Baseball Park
Kaufman
Alenhurst
Lang
Stratford
Edwards
Hendricks for Mayor in Denver Pennant Bid
Denver held a club smoker where Jack Hendricks was urged as a mayoral candidate if he leads his Western league team to the pennant. About 2,000 fans attended the event for the Denver and Lincoln clubs as Knights of Columbus welcomed players and speakers.
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Denver
Colo
Jack Hendricks
Knights of Columbus
Lincoln
Hendricks
Marion Alleys Opened After Month Closure
The Marion club bowling alley reopened Tuesday after a month closed. It has been resurfaced and promises to be the fastest in the state this season. Overhead score boards were removed and wall boards substituted.
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Marion
Marion Club
Schardt’s No Hit Victory for Brewers Over Tribe
Schardt pitched nearly flawless ball to beat the tribe 3 to 0 at Washington park. Milwaukee’s Hardgrove pitched well but costly errors doomed the Indians, while Schardt allowed no hits as Breen Randall and Charles supplied the offense and three early runs.
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George
Hardgrove
Schardt
Brewers
Breen
Randall
Charles
Avive
Milligan
Milwaukee
R Randall
Enone Charles
Nee McGann
de Groff
Reee Lewis
Renee Clark
Spencer
Eure
Indianapolis
Owee Williams
Hayden
Eevee Carr
Mowe
Bees
Lewis
Chill
Bierhauer
Novelty and Bashti Duel at Saratoga
A record Futurity field of 15 two year olds contests at Saratoga with Novelty and Bashti the favored duo. The $35,000 classic drew elite entries from Hildreth and Keene, Belmont and others, while jockey assignments and weight battles shaped the anticipated Wednesday feature.
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Saratoga
N. Y
New York
Winer
Bashti
Sam C. Hildreth
Novelty
Garner
Hildreth
Zeus
Tom Walsh
Shilling
R. T. Wilson, Jr
Naushon
James R. Keene
August Belmont
Footprint
Babbler
Thomas Monahan
Textile
David Dunlop
John Sanford
Rockville
Thomas Hitchcock
Bouncer
Baseball matchups across major leagues today
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION features Milwaukee at Indianapolis St Paul at Louisville Minneapolis at Toledo Kansas City at Columbus. NATIONAL LEAGUE schedules New York at Pittsburg. AMERICAN LEAGUE has St Louis at Washington Detroit at Philadelphia Cleveland at New York Chicago at Boston. CENTRAL LEAGUE games Evansville at Wheeling Terre Haute at Zanesville Grand Rapids at Dayton South Bend at Ft Wayne.
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Toledo
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Columbus
Milwaukee
Kansas City
Louisville
Indianapolis Oe
Pittsburg and Steeves
Chicago
Cenes
New York Etere
Cincinnati Sane
Philadelphia
Btounis Ae
Brooklyn
Boston
Aston Aaron
New York
Detroit
Washington
Cleveland
Kago
St. Louis
Fame
American Association
Indianapolis
Pittsburg
Central League
Evansville
Wheeling
Terre Haute
Zanesville
Grand Rapids
Dayton
South Bend
Ft. Wayne
Cincinnati
Louis
J. Louis
Washington D.iladelphia
Zaneaville
Tuesday Scores Across Leagues and Cities
Baseball scores from American League and Central League games feature Boston beating Chicago 4 0 and St Louis defeating Brooklyn 14 3. Cincinnati takes two from Boston 2 1 and 6 4 while Chicago beats Philadelphia 3 1. Evansville tops Wheeling 1 0 and Dayton sails past Grand Rapids 13 2. Fort Wayne 4 South Bend 1 Zanesville 4 Terre Haute 3 in eleven innings.
Pirates Exits Manager Fred Clark Hurts Pirates Run
Pittsburg on August 31 reports the retirement of Manager Fred Clark for the rest of the season and likely forever, seen as the closing argument that the Pirates are out of the 1910 championship race as fans react after Tuesday’s game.
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Fred Clark
Pittsburg
Pirates
Clark
City Championship Series Begins With Semi-Pro Baseball
A series of baseball games opens Sunday for Indianapolis semi-professional championship, featuring multiple contests to decide the title.
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Indianapolis
Hearne to Race for Speedway Helmet and Free-For-All Titles
Eddie Hearne in a Benz will race in four events on Saturday including the speedway helmet race the ten mile free-for-all and the 100 mile free-for-all plus another short race. Monday he is entered in the ten mile free-for-all and the fifty mile free-for-all. Ralph De Palma the Italian Fiat driver awaits the return of his cars from New York to decide his entries. Fred Stinson drives the Black Crow from Elkhart Ind racing in the Saturday free-for-all handicap and Monday five-mile.
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Eddie Hearne
Ralph de Palma
Fiat
Speedway
New York
de Palma
Elkhart
Ind
Fred Stinson
Swimmer Edward Meyer Drops English Channel Attempt
Dover England August 31 Edward Meyer quit the English Channel race from Dover to Calais after three hours and fifteen minutes of battling tides and currents. He aimed to race Dutch champion Piet Ooms and began at 11 45 p m giving up at 8 p m.
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Dover
Eng
English Channel
Calais
Edward Meyer
Piet Ooms
Meyer
McFarland Balks Australia Trip Off
Packey McFarland declines a trip to Australia after his mother objects. Promoter Hugh McIntosh had signed McFarland, Billy Papke, Ray Bronson and Matty Baldwin for the tour, but will try to replace Packey with Cyclone Thompson if possible.
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Chicago
Packey McFarland
Australia
Hugh McIntosh
Packey
Billy Papke
Ray Brongon
Matty Baldwin
McIntosh
Johnony Thompson
Amateur Gossip and Local Sport Scores Card
Amateur gossip notes list Goodmans defeating the Lymans nine to four. Winners hold a 7 to Sept 4 and 11. Addresses include William Deal on East Washington Street and the American boxball company seeking a game with an out-of-town team. The Nordyke Marmon league sees the Yellow Jackets beat the Wasps eight to six. Patterson pitched and Staab caught. Mapleton Juniors plan Wednesday night meetings at Thirty-fourth Street and Capitol Avenue to organize for autumn football. 140-pound players welcomed. The Rex Empire 15-year-old championship claims a victory over its strongest foe.
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Wasps
Yellow Jackets
Nordyke & Marmon
Patterson
Staab
Mapleton
Thirty-fourth Street
Capitol
Referee Halts Test To Salvage Draw In Boston Fight
Young Loughrey of Philadelphia edged Tommy Quill of Brockton in a twelve round battle at the Armory athletic association but the referee ruled a draw. Loughrey pressed the pace and dominated the eleventh round, while the official intervened to calm Loughrey's obstreous seconds and avert a potential knockout.
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Boston
Mass
Young Loughrey
Philadelphia
Tommy Quill
Brockton
Armory Athletic Association
Loughrey
Maxwell No. 25 Wins Munsey Historic Tour
After final calculations, the Maxwell No. 25 driven by Harry Walls won the Munsey historic tour sweepstakes prize. The machine finished with penalties of only three points against it, marking a decisive performance for the winner in Washington.
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Munsey
Harry Walls
Sixty Eight Men in Play for Western Open Championship
Entries for the tenth open championship of the Western Golf Association closed with sixty eight nominations. Five amateurs and the rest professionals lead the list at Beverly country club. Officials expect belated entries and a field of about seventy five competitors.
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Chicago
Western Golf Association
Beverly Country Club
Mai
Willard
Ninth inning rally gives Minneapolis 5 to 4 win over Toledo
In Toledo Ohio on August 31 Minneapolis staged a ninth inning rally to score four runs and defeat Toledo 5 to 4. Manager Hinchman missed the game due to fitness with Zinn starting in left field and Hickman filling in at second base.
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Toledo
Minneapolis
Hinchman
Firnness
Zinn
Hickman
Higgie Help Seals Louisville Win Over St Paul
Louisville batter Gehring and LaRoy sparked the attack as Higginbotham pitched well and fielded, helping Louisville beat St Paul 7 to 1 in the second game of the series. Burke contributed with timely runs.
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Louisville
Gehring
LaRoy
St. Paul
Higginbotham
Burke
Baron Rogers Dead, Noted Pacer Passes Away
Bloomington NL Aug 31 Baron Rogers renowned pacer with a 2.07%4 time owned by ex Mayor Henry Schmellbacher Pekin is dead. An injury two years earlier forced his withdrawal from racing after several successful Grand circuit seasons.
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Baron Rogers
Bloomington
Henry Schmellbacher
Pekin
Morganfield Pitcher Signs with Evansville Club
Roy Markham of Morganfield Kentucky signed by Aggie Grant manager of Evansville Central league team after pitching independent ball this season.
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Evansville
Ind
Roy Markham
Morganfield
Aggie Grant
McDonald Drops Winner in Trotting Derby at Boston
At Boston on August 31 the American derby featured heavy handicaps with Aileen Wilson and Bob Douglass leading wins in trotting races while Major Wellington faltered. Distemper struck at the track as Big Boy died and Lazarus was scratched, with Harvester and two 3 year olds Colorado E and Native Belle expected to race later.
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Boston
Mass
Major Wellington
Lon McDonald
Allen Winter
Readville
Big Boy
Toomorrow
Ohio
Lazarus
Harvester
Colorado E
Futurity
Lady Isble
B. m
Fela Wilkes, Jr
Cook
Seeee
Nellie Temple
Bundor
Mike Wilcox
Br. G
Opdyke
Arrow Eos
Cox
I. J. L. Dodge
Behn Cole
Harrison
Gilbert & Tardiff
Northern Spy
Woodbury
W. J. McDonald
B. G
Wilkie
McDonald
Dr. Fox
Gahagan
Mary Boo
B. m. Omaigeidy
Nea B. H
Tertore
Sivocacsa
Nesres
Demarest
Geers
Saveeer DS
Andrews
Pelee
Lady Stately
Brian May
Ceakery
Uhlan
Ue. G
Bingen
Daiy
R. Billings
Dillon Queen
Lulu Hunt
Wee Lad
R. N. C. Hyams
G. H. Rob Douglass
Todd
A. McDonald
F. X. Nolette
B. H. Oxford Boy, Jr
W. J. Moffitt
Ch. m
Alice Roosevelt
Knockout Brown In Lightweight Class
New York Aug. 31. With three fast bouts in a week Brown now in lightweight division earns the nickname Iron Man. At Saratoga Tuesday he battered Joe Ferguson of Philadelphia in ten rounds. A week earlier he KOed Nathan Erlich in two and beat Wille Beecher in ten. Brown seeks a match with champion Ad Wolgast.
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New York
Brown
Iron Man
Ring
Saratoga
Brow
Joe Ferguson
Philadelphia
Nathan Erlich
Wille Beecher
Ad Wolgast
Brewers Face Cheney as Third Washington Park Game Looms
The Brewers plan to start Cutting or Gilligan Wednesday against Cheney. The piece notes bench debates with John McCloskey and Mayor Seidel ally Jack Barry, with Marxist chatter in hotel lobbies possibly hurting the club. A late season shift sends Mowe to third as Murch benches. Schardt may leave for Brooklyn next year.
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Brewers
Cutting
Gilligan
The
Cheney
Jack Barry
Seidel
John McCloskey
Milwaukee Bunch
Schardt
Washington Park
Brooklyn
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Stars OF Grand Circuit
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M’farland Balks
Goodmans
Lymans
William Deal
Washington Street
American Boxball Company
Cardinals
Rex Jmplore
Quill
Maxwell
Walls
Bob Douglass
Knockout Brown
Little Ironman
Wolgast
Murch
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Millgen
Williams
McGann
Bierhalter
O'Day
DeGroff
Howley
Willow
Phil Lewis
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