Carey’s Work Won Pennant for Wheeler How
Joe Kelly relates how Carey, a tall 170 pound outfielder from Concordia College, helped Eddie Wheeler’s Central league team South Bend win the pennant. Discovered in Terre Haute as an amateur, Carey’s strong season led Pittsburg to pursue him under president Dreyfuss.
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Indianapolis
Jimmy Burke
Fred Clarke
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Eddie Wheeler
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Ft. Wayne
Concordia College
Terre Haute
Baseball
Dreyfuss
Badger Scrimmage Draws Mixed Praise From Barry
Madison, Wis. Oct. 6 The Badger varsity scored four touchdowns in twenty minutes in a scrimmage with freshmen. Coach Barry rotated nearly every starter, experimented with three backfields, and noted improvement yet lingering gloom on his face. Bunke Bright Jacobson Benson Newman gained against the freshman line. Hoefel and Dean delivered capable passes. Mackmillar dressed but cannot play Lawrence game Saturday.
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Barry
Tom Barry
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Jacobson
Benson
Newman
Hoefel
Dean
Mackmillar
Lawrence
Yost Prepares Squad For Contest With Case
In Ann Arbor on October 6 Coach Yost closed gates for secret practice. For 75 minutes the varsity and scrubs scrimmaged with the varsity scoring six touchdowns mostly by straight football. Only two forward passes were attempted by the varsity. The practice was the last hard drill before Saturday’s opening game with Case. Herrington’s season appears over after an X ray confirmed a broken leg.
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Varsity
Scrubs
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Kranzie
Quarterback Poisoning Hampsignore Illinois Practice
Champaign Illinois October 6 Quarterback Eller of Illinois is in a hospital with ptomaine poisoning but expected to recover within a day. Merriman is crippled coaches move Roberts to quarterback Roperte to play Drake if Seiler or Merriman unavailable Captain Butcher starred in practice. The varsity beat the freshmen by three touchdowns as forward passes and ground gains impressed fans.
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Ilinois
Rvith Merriman
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Seiler
Merriman
Butcher
Marquette Football Team Begins Light Practice in Oct
Milwaukee Oct 6 Thirty two Marquette University football players returned from summer camp and started light drills in preparation for an upcoming game with Monmouth.
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Wednesa
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Connie Mack Presented With Auto By Fans
Philadelphia Oct. 6 Connie Mack manager of the pennant winning American League club was given a handsome automobile by admirers just before a game between the Yankees and Athletics. Mack could not speak freely then thanked friends for the kindness as players from both teams lined along the home plate sides.
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Connie Mack
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Public sale to buy World Series tickets in Chicago
Chicago announces public sales for World Series tickets to curb scalping. McRoy of the American League and Heydler of the National League say certified checks and telegraph orders will not be accepted. Fans must queue for hours or days and purchase limited tickets. grandstand seats won’t be reserved and will go to the first to arrive.
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McRoy
Heydler
Ball Park
Grandstand
Official Scores Favor Cobb in Batting Averages
In Cleveland on October 6 officials confirm Cobb leads with a .382 batting average based on league wire reports, while Lajoie stands at .474 in unofficial tallies. Secretary McRoy notes Cobb 102 hits in 269 at bats and Lajoie 95 hits in 236 at bats through July 4.
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McRoy
Comiskey to Move Chicago Team to Mineral Wells for Spring Training
President Comiskey of the Chicago Americans plans to send the club to Mineral Wells Texas for spring training next season if suitable terms and facilities are arranged Ted Sullivan traveled to Texas to evaluate options and finalize the deal if satisfactory.
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Comiskey
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Texas
Indiana U Captain Missed T Trophy After Dance Incident
Bloomington Oct 6 For the first time in IU history the athletic committee did not award a captain from the basketball team a T Dean Barnhart of Rochester who led last year is named as the unlucky man The committee alleged Barnhart and Phillip Graves a regular guard attended a dance given by the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority before the North…
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Phillip Graves
Kappa Alpha Theta
Yale Defeats Tufts 17 to 0 in New Haven Tilt
New Haven saw Yale overpower Tufts 17 to 0 under hot conditions. Bohlen and Deming sparked Yale with end runs while Rogers failed on a drop kick. Yale used a record number of players as substitutes. Pendleton starred for Princeton Valley Forge, while Hart powered Princeton’s attack. Franklin and Marshall and Pennsylvania battled to a 17 to 0 score in Philadelphia.
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Deming
Eli
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Villa Nova
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Pendleton
Hart
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Philadelphia
National and American League schedules and results
Baseball card format lists National League games including Philadelphia at Boston Brooklyn at New York and Pittsburg at Chicago. American League matchups Detroit at Chicago Cleveland at St Louis New York at Philadelphia Boston at Washington. Wednesday scores show Cleveland 8 Detroit 3 in 10 innings, Detroit 4 Cleveland 2 in 5 innings, Philadelphia 4 Boston 5, Washington 5 innings due to darkness, with rain and delays noted in Pittsburg-St Louis.
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Washington
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Pittsburg
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St. New York
Freak Wagers Feature Post Series Bets
Odd betting headlines describe a feature on reckless wagers and post series bets. The piece highlights examples of unusual bets and speculative wagers during a sports betting segment.
Chance Sets New Lineup for Cubs to Meet Athletics
Frank Chance arranged a new batting order for Chicago to face the Athletics and will test the same lineup against Pittsburg the next day. The proposed order includes Sheckard in left field, Schulte in right, Hofman in center, Chance at first, Zimmerman at second, Steinfeldt at third, Tinker at short, Hing catching, and Brown pitching.
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Frank Chance
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Schulte
Hofman
Zimmerman
Steinfeldt
Tinker, Ss
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Brown, P
Cubs Athletes World Series odds show cautious betting
Chicago betting on the World Series runs slow with big wagers deferred until closer to game time. Cubs backers face Evers injury and Zimmerman uncertainty as odds drift and “freak bets” emerge. Wagers include Cubs outhitting, more steals, and home runs, with varied lines from 5 to 4 up to 10 to 7 at downtown resorts.
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Evers
Zimmerman
Trojan
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Warriors
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Colling
Brown
Pfeister
Legion
Sporting
Monte Vennes
al Tearneay
Walsh & Lawler
Jim O'Leary
Fuehring Team Opens Margin in Merchants League
The Fuehrings strengthened their first place hold in the Merchants and Manufacturers league by winning three from Irvingtonians on Wednesday night. Pritchett and Randall led with 234 and 222. The Akards swept three from the Washingtons as the Spades fell to the Maddens and the Atchisons lost to the Marotts. The Young Men's bowling league at Central Avenue M E church began its first game of the year with scores recorded.
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Randall
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Jack Dillon to Fight Howard Wissen in Indiana Bout
Jack Dillon a top welterweight will meet Howard Wissen of Indiana in a scheduled match. The bout headlines a card highlighted by Dillon’s reputation in the country.
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Jack Dillon
Cubs Left Hand Hitters Stronger Than Athletics
Chicago, Oct. 6. Chance says the Cubs reduced by Evers injury can rely on Scheckard Schulte and Beaumont as left handed bats. He notes Athletics boast many left handers but pledges to pick the best pitching form for the opener and refuses to name a starter.
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Scheckard
Schulte
Chance
Beaumont
Athletics
Justice Brooke Sets 2 Year Old Futurity World Record
In Lexington Kentucky Roy Miller trained and drove Justice Brooke to a mile time of 2 094 in the 2 year old division of the Kentucky Futurity, breaking a nineteen year old record set by Arion in Stockton California in 1891. The weather was poor with dust and wind as the colt achieved the new mark after a 2 1144 first heat. Other races on Wednesday included a 2:08 pace event with several contenders and time results for multiple entries in the Kentucky Futurity races.
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Mark Knight
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Roy Wilkes
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White Aims to Upset Abe Attell in Milwaukee Fight
Frankie White plans a fast, aggres sive start against featherweight champion Abe Attell in Milwaukee on Friday night. White, bringing youth and power, hopes to break Attell with early pressure, while Attell relies on cleverness and tactics. White’s camp reports peak condition after two weeks of training at O Connell s, and his manager believes no improvement is possible.
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Frankie White
Abe Attell
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Attell
Wittenberg Coach Detray Fired in Rush
Springfield Ohio October 6 Leo Detray of Chicago coach of the Wittenberg eleven was discharged Wednesday and J. Longwell of the University of Ohio was named in connection with the position the article indicates.
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Leo Detray
Chicago
Wittenberg
Aw. Longwell
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Purdue Worried As Line Fails In Scrimmage
In Lafayette Indiana on October 6 Purdue varsity men scored eighteen points against the freshman team but Coach Horr showed concern as the regular line struggled to slow first year backs. A twenty minute scrimmage left the scrubs unable to score and no starter had been firmly chosen except two ends and back field.
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Purdue
Horr
Wabash
Luawer
Hanna
Fletcher
Heekin
Miles
Miller
Crawfordsville
Little Giants
SULLIVAN DENIES COACHING ATHLETICS FOR SERIES
Chicago Oct 6 catcher Billy Sullivan of the White Sox dismissed reports he would coach the Philadelphia Athletics for the World Series. He said he will play against them and not coach, noting Connie Mack’s Thomas knows Cubs batters as well as he does. Sullivan to Philadelphia for the all star series.
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Billy Sullivan
Chicago White Sox
Philadelphia Athletics
Philadelphia
Athletics
Thomas
Connie Mack
Cub
Gill May Not Play Against Maroon Team
Bloomington Indiana October reports that Andy Gill star Crimson halfback may miss the Chicago game due to his mother's illness. Gill is Indiana’s top ground gainer and main punter, raising slim chances of victory if he cannot play. Coach Sheldon canceled scrimmage in steady rain and planned a 22 man Chicago trip. About 1,000 tickets mailed from Chicago. season ticket holders get priority at 50 cents. regular prices run from 1 to 2 dollars.
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Linton
Andy Gill
Crimson
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Phil Hill
Athletic Association
Maher to Quit Turf This Season
New York reports Hartford, Conn, says Danny Maher the American jockey riding in England has written to his mother that he plans to quit the turf this year because his weight at 125 pounds is too heavy. He aims to buy an estate near Tipperary, Ireland, to live as a country gentleman. It is believed he is worth 31,000,000 and may settle after declining racing ambitions.
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Danny Maher
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Maher
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Ireland
Harry Endicott Escapes Death In Practice Crash
Philadelphia October 6 two men were painfully hurt when a Cole 30 raced at nearly seventy miles an hour with Harry Endicott driving and Dr George F Simmerman in the mechanician seat wrecking after a tire and wheel failed on the Sweet briar curve during practice for the 200 mile race at Fairmount park. The crash left the car badly damaged and unlikely to be repaired in time. fastest lap belonged to Zengle in a Chadwick at 8.1 miles in 5 minutes 3 seconds, with Bergdoll and Hall in Benzes close behind.
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Fairmount Park
Harry Endicott
George F. Simmerman
Zengle
Chadwick
Bergdoll and Hall
Benz
Betz
Manufacturers Seek Track Upgrades for Grand Prize Race
A New York commission of manufacturers who entered cars for the Grand prize race met on Wednesday and demanded significant track improvements and military protection for spectators and drivers before the October 15 event on the Long Island parkway.
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New York
Long Island Parkway
Footless Walker to Try For Mile Record in Coliseum
St Louis reports an indoor athletic fair featuring a 75 hour pedestrian contest starting Oct 12. On Oct 15 W J Blume, a footless walker, will attempt to break the world mile record of 38 minutes 11 seconds using two artificial legs.
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Coliseum
W. J. Blume
Bryn Mawr Sophomores Try Haze Freshmen
Philadelphia October 6 A sizable portion of Bryn Mawr College sophomores participated in a hazing incident targeting eleven freshmen. A former student encountered eleven youths in men's clothing marching toward Philadelphia escorted by a large sophomores group planning to drive the freshmen into the city theater district.
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Philadelphia
Bryn Mawr College
Bleacher seating prices announced for National League
Philadelphia reports all bleacher seats at $1 instead of 50 cents with temporary outfield seats at 30 cents. Lower pavilion first eight rows priced at $3 and remaining at $2. Upper pavilion first five rows at $3 and remaining at $2.
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John A Heydsler
National League
Cincinnati
Greatest national field at amateur union meet in New Orleans
In New Orleans on October 6 the Amateur Athletic Union hosts what organizers call the greatest national athletic representation in recent years. Top athletes from various regions are expected to compete, signaling a major showcase for track and field talent.
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Amateur Athletic . Union
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