Hoosiers Rally in Tight Race for American League Pennant
The Hoosiers press the pace in the American league race, gaining on Toledo and Minneapolis as Columbus remains out front. Summers shines in pitching, Carr leads at bat and on bases, and team play drives late rallies against the Millers and Brewers amid a crucial stretch with four games versus the Apostles and two four-game series through next week.
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Moosters
Hoosiers
Columbus
Toledo
Minneapolis
Indianapolis
Millers
Brewers
Chenault
Lucky Twirling
Wilson
Cromley
Tate
Summers
Carr
Apostles
Louisville
Pitching notes from a Hoosiers game
Young Manske dominated the Hoosiers with sharp curves and fast speed. The host squad fielded well and played with confidence, helping secure a decisive victory on their home turf.
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Manske
Bresnahan Wears New Shin Guards for Giants
Special to The Sun reports Roger Bresnahan, Giants catcher, wearing the season’s new shin guards. The gear, extending above the knee and below the ankle, aims to spare pain from contact and spikes. Some critics fear it hinders defense, but others in the sport are ordering similar protection.
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New York
Roger Bresnahan
Giants
Bresnahan
Rays From The Baseball Spotlight Feature A Miller Victory
Cromley faltered in the second inning as the Millers produced four sharp singles for three runs and never relinquished control. Livingston struggled at the plate and on defense while Tip O Neil's seventh inning triple highlighted a comfortable Miller win amid a dreamy, tired crowd.
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Cromley
Hoosiers
Millers
Tip O'Neil
Kid McCoy Buys Peerless Roadster For Summer Tours
Norman Selby known as Kid McCoy buys a Peerless Roadster after trying rental cars. Charles Wridgeway of Peerless Motor Car Co delivers the car guaranteed not to foul in clinches. McCoy plans long tours this summer with his new vehicle.
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Norman Selby
Kid Mc Coy
Peerless
Charles G. Wridgeway
Peerless Motor Car Company
New York
McCoy
Boy fatally burned after fall from telegraph pole at game
In St Louis on June 15 16 year old Robert Fisher fell from a telegraph pole cross arm while watching a baseball game between St Louis and Boston. He struck a live electric wire and burned before an electrician and crowd helped him. The injury proved fatal.
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Scripps-Nmcrae Press Association
Louis
Holley
St. Louis
Boston
Robert Fisher
Ball Park
Former Tammany Leader Dick Croker to be Honored at Leopardstown
DUBLIN June 15 Honors for Richard Croker once barred from Epsom after the English derby are to be heaped at Leopardstown Ireland during a July 10 and 11 racing meet. King Edward may attend and Croker could emerge as a royal favorite amid preparations for grand society and turf attendees. Orby and Hayden, Croker’s horses, loom against Velocity and Mrs Jackson’s entry as Mrs Sadlier challenges for Irish honors. Edward may tour Sandyford stables with Croker after the meet.
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Leopardstown
Ireland
Edward
Croker
Orby
Hayden
Tammanyite
Sadlier
Tipperary
Velocity
Jackson
King Edward
McCabe
Sandyford
Edith Rotch Crowned Pennsylvania Tennis Champion
Short items note Miss Edith Rotch is the new champion tennis player of Pennsylvania. A Boston innkeeper bans the Giants for public miscuspidor and expectoration on carpets, with the claim they have been improper in public spaces.
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Edith Rotch
Pennsylvania
Boston
Boniface
Ex Champion Egan Seeks National Golf Title Return
From Chicago word reaches that H Chandler Egan former national amateur golf champion of 1906 and 1905 will again seek the national title. The tournament opens July 9 at Euclid Country club Cleveland after he had retired to business. A noted return to form according to reports follows a prior statement that he would quit for good.
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Chicago
H. Chandler Egan
Euclid Country Club
Cleveland
Lyons
Englewood
Egan
Harvard
Kelley and Cantillon confer over Washington, Minneapolis ties
Mike Kelley and Mike Cantillon met in Indianapolis on Friday to discuss Kelley returning to Des Moines to manage the Cantillons owned team. The National Commission had blocked him from Washington and Ban Johnson endorsed the suspension, with Belmont sentiment that Kelley’s move to Washington was only a first step toward Minneapolis.
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National Commission
Washington
American League
Indianapolis
Mike Cantillon
Minneapolis
Kelley
Des Moines
The
Cantillons
Joe Cantillon
Ban Johnson
American
Washington Place
Watkins
Mike
A. A
Monster crowd to attend meet July 4 at Indiana state fair
The Gentlemen's Driving club hosts a July 4 celebration at the state fair grounds in Indianapolis. Thousands are expected to attend the all day program featuring the Lou Dillon world trotting record attempt by Sweet Marie and the Indianapolis derby. Sweet Marie, driven by W. J. Andrews, is shipping from Poughkeepsie to acclimate to the track before the event.
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Indianapolis
Lou Dillon
Sweet Marie
Cincinnati
Lexington
Louisville
W. J. Andrews
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
War of words over Fort Wayne matchmaker title
Two Indianapolis men claim the Fort Wayne Athletic club boxing matchmaker post as local wrestler Sam Murbarger and manager W J Kane trade sharp, public accusations. Murbarger says he opened the Fort Wayne boxing scene and has a contract. Kane says Murbarger was dethroned and he alone should run bouts.
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Sam Murburger
W. J. Kane
Freddie Cole
Young Sharkey
St. Joe Athletic Club
Fort Wayne
Murbarger
St. Joe Club
Indianapolis
Kane
Murburger
Forte Wayne
Koerner
Roy
Izzy Brill
Fort Wayne Club
Ed Steinmetz
Walking the map and chasing glory in early 1900s sport chatter
The note lists youths in Chicago walking to Milwaukee for fun and others planning long treks from Chicago to Portland Missouri. It mentions Ed Walsh praised as top pitcher, Rube Waddell's form in doubt, Honus Wagner’s recent hitting, and Yale runner Eli Parsons entering the 1000 yard Pas time meet. Yale and Harvard teams are said to be disbanded with an international Oxford Cambridge meet fading, though a summer visit to England is possible.
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Yale
Harvard
Oxford
Cambridge
England
Spit ball abolition urged by White Sox manager
Elmer Bates lists four reasons to ban the spit ball in baseball. He calls it nasty and ugly and says it hurts fielding by making pitches slippery. Fielder Jones proposes a rule that any time a pitcher wets the ball a ball should be called on him, as a path to reform.
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Elmer Bates
Fielder Jones
Chicago White Sox
Fielder
Millers edge Hoosiers in rough hitting battle at Washington Park
The Millers defeated the Hoosiers plus 18 hits to lower scoring contest at Washington Park. Manske pitched well for the Millers battering Cromley who struggled with Hoosier defense giving Millers the lead through seven innings. The Hoosiers rallied briefly in the eighth and ninth but fell short. The series concludes Saturday with Ford to start for Millers and Slagie or Summers for Indiana.
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Hoosiers
Manske
Litttle
Millers
Cromley
Milwaukee
Ford
Saturday games across major leagues feature mixed matchups
In the American Association Minneapolis plays Indianapolis while Kansas City meets Columbus Milwaukee faces Toledo St Paul meets Louisville. National League action has Brooklyn at Chicago New York at Pittsburg Philadelphia at Cincinnati Boston at St Louis. American League Chicago at New York Cleveland at Philadelphia St Louis at Boston Detroit at Washington. Central League matchups include Dayton at Grand Rapids Springfield at South Bend Wheeling at Terre Haute Canton at Evansville.
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Minneapolis
Toledo
Kansas City
Indianapolis
Milwaukee
Louisville
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Chicago Secon
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Boston
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Cleveland
Detroit
Wee Steeene
New York
Lstaedeatacs
Washington
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Wheeling
Batt
Evansville
Dayton Seaeee
South Bend Eees
Grand Rapids
Eascaes
Terre Haute
American Association
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Central League
Dayton
South Bend
Battery Teams Duel Across Cities
Columbus Kansas City and Louisville St Paul Toledo Milwaukee games feature batteries led by Upp Fohl Elliott Hughes Ferris Sugden Check Abbott Curtis Wilson Bateman and Hoth in a series of matchups. Names appear with team pairings and scores in fragmented OCR data from a historical page.
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Louisville
St. Paul
Elliott and
Hughes
Ferris and Sugden
Toledo
Milwaukee
Check
Abbott
Curtis
Wilson, Bateman and Hoth
Battery Teams and Scores Across Multiple Cities
In Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago, and St. Louis battery teams faced off against listed opponents. Scores and lineups include Liefield and Gibson versus New York, Hall and Schlei with Sparks and Doom versus Philadelphia, Pfeigter and Kling with Henley and Butler versus Brooklyn, and Beebe and Noonan with Pfeffer and Brown versus Boston.
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New York
Liefield
Gibson
Mathewson
Bresnahan
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Hall
Smith
8Schlei
Sparks
Doom
Chicago
Brooklyn
Pfeigter
Kling
Henley and Butler
St. Louis
Boston
Beebe and Noonan
Pfeffer and Brown
Boston Meets Detroit in Weathered Baseball Box Score
In Boston, the American League clash features pitchers and hitters with line scores showing early and late innings. Batteries listed include Young Winter Criger for the home side and Powell Grade OConnor for the visitors, with player initials and numbers marking scoring events.
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Boston
Joe PA
Young, Winter and Criger
Powell, Grade and O'Connor
Helen Byron and Leaky Tee Turnups Noted in Report
A fragmentary clipping mentions Helen Byron alongside high eee 6 for 106 and Leaky, with unclear context. The readable items suggest names of persons and a numeric score or measure, but the incomplete source prevents a full event or outcome determination.
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Helen
Byron
Reserves Meet Kentucky Colonels in Brighton Beach Bout
At Brighton Beach Sunday afternoon the Reserves face one of Kentucky's best teams, the Colonels of Newport. The double header opens at 1 4 with Howe Whitridge and Morley Dooley pitching for the Reserves and the Colonels countering with Connaughton and Orr. Other positions include Moore O'Brien catching and Whitridge at short.
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Kentucky
Colonels
Newport
Ohio
Lageneur
Cumming
Howe
Whitridge
Connaughton
Pitcher
Morley Dooley
Orr
Catcher
Moore O'Brien
Renser
Breinstein Whitridge
Batteries and Teams Duel Across Midwestern Cities
RHE readings show battery partners listed for South Bend Grand Rapids Evansville and Terre Haute with matchups involving Holmes Williams Crosa Pearson Knowll Bliss Fuller Yingling Mungton Brosius McConnell and Spahr across cities Wheeling Dayton and others. The lineups suggest a regional results note with multiple pairings in a historical scorecard style.
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Holmes
South Bend
Springfield
Williams and
Crosa
Merriman and Clark
Grand Rapids
Dayton
Evansville
Bess
Pearson and Knowll
Mar
Bliss and Fuller
Yingling and Mungton
Terre Haute
Rhe
Wheeling
Brosius and
McConnell
Maddox and Spahr
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