Cubs Line Up 1909 Outfield As Champions Eye Coast Trip
Chicago October 27 Chance and Murphy outlined Cubs plans for 1909 before winter. Expected opening game unchanged from last season win over Detroit unless spring training changes. Artie Hofman earns center field. Slagle and Del Howard return as outfielders with five new pieces to join. Hayden and Stanley join from minor leagues with potential for Cubs. Stanley strong defender and thrower, Hayden inconsistent.
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Chicago
Artie
Hofman
Blagle
Rabbit
Chance
Slagle
del Howard
Millee
Channell
Welmer
Newcastle
Joe Stanley
Louisville
Hayden
Indianapolis
Cubs
Stanley
American Association
Washington
Colonels
Cincinnati Club Leaves for Cuba Expedition
Thirteen members of the Cincinnati baseball club departed for Cuba to meet the leading clubs of the Cuban league. Frank C. Bancroft, the club’s business manager, leads the party and the players named include McLean Pearce Spade Dubuc Campbell Hoblitzel Huggins Lobert Hulswitz Mitchell and Kane.
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Cuba
Cincinnati
Cincinnati Baseball Club
Frank C. Bancroft
Cincinnati Club
McLean
Pearce
Spade
Dubuc
Campbell
Hoblitzel
Huggins
Lobert
Hulswitz
Mitchell
Kane
Optimist and pessimist joke quoted from Puck
Classified note features a humorous quote about optimism and pessimism. It presents a witticism attributed to Puck, highlighting a donut and its hole as a metaphor. No individuals or organizations are named beyond the publication.
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Puck
Burns Declares Farewell Fight With Johnson
Tommy Burns, resting after defeating Bill Squires and other Australian heavies, says in a letter to W W Naughton that his bout with Jack Johnson for the world title will be the final fight of his career.
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San Francisco
Tommy Burns
Bill Squires
New South Wales
W. W. Naughton
the Examiner
Jack Johnson
Morgan wins by knockout in ninth against Kid Lee
Indianapolis boxer Jack Morgan KOed Kid Lee of California in the ninth round at Champion Athletic club Springfield Ohio. Earlier, George Bush defeated Robert Long in eight rounds. The card opened with a four round draw between Kid Connelly and Jimmy Dalley in Springfield.
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Springfield
Jack Morgan
Indianapolis
Kid Lee
California
Champion Athletic Club
George Bush
Buffalo
Robert Long
Bush
Lee
Morgan
Jack
Kid Connelly
Ill
Jimmy Dalley
Columbus
Glass proves scoring power in Americas league clash
Armstrong of the Kahns led individuals with 234 as Bumb of American Cans posted 228 219 and 23 for an average of 223. Churchill helped the Cans to team total 972, best in the league this season, defeating the Panhandles. Parrys and Premiers split their three games with Parrys taking the series. Kahns beat Telegraphers to move up to third, ahead of Centurys and Lillys. Laycocks and National Autos each won twice, over Lillys and Centurys respectively.
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Armstrong
Kahns
Bumb
Churchill
Panhandles
Centurys
Lillys
Laycocks
National Autos
Joss And The Mixer Pitcher Clark Griffith’s Art
A dated discussion on pitchers known as mixers led by Addie Joss. It praises Clark Griffith as a master of control pace and nerve, a slow-time specialist who outguessed batters to win consistently despite modest speed and lacking a sharp curve.
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Addie Joss
Cleveland
Clark Griffith
Griff
Sheppard and Sheridan Beaten in Metropolitan Meet
Melvin Sheppard the leading middle distance runner was defeated in the quarter mile at a New York outdoor meet, handicapped 13 yards yet finishing narrowly behind R T Evans. Martin Sheridan lost both events to Platt Adams, with Adams leading in the scratch hop and jump and Adams also winning the discus despite Sheridan’s efforts.
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New York
Melvin Sheppard
America
R. T. Evans
Sheppard
Martin Sheridan
Platt Adams
Tommy Lee to Fight Joe Galligan in Thanksgiving Eve Bout
Joe Galligan the local Italian light weight who recently defeated Tommy Lowe and Kid Stinger in Philadelphia is matched to battle Tommy Lee of Indianapolis at Springfield Ohio on Thanksgiving Eve. The men will go 15 rounds and weigh in at 133 pounds at 3 o'clock. H J Hinds promotes the show.
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Joe Galligan
Tommy Lowe
Kid Stinger
Philadelphia
Tommy Lee
Indianapolis
Springfield
H. J. Hinds
Fitzpatrick's Selections At Jamaica And Pimlico Races
A rundown of Fitzpatrick's picks across Jamaica and Pimlico with horses in each race. Notable entries include Jamaica first race Strike Out Erbet Garland and Pimlico seventh Exebec Golden Castle Pescatore, among others listed by race.
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Jamaica
Strike Out
Erbet
Falcada
Cressina
Tileing
Oh—Racquet
Norbitt
Frances Ray
Footpad
Setttentious
Bird of Flight II
Pimlico
Billy Hibbs
Three of Spades
Star Gowan
Michael Beck
Nethermost
Red Doe
Grandpa
Prince of Pilsen
Pontotoc
Clements
Giles
Poquessing
Ivanhoe
Exebec
Golden Castle
Pescatore
Polite exchange over a minor car accident
A polite exchange describes a minor motorist accident with apologies and assurances. The caller offers sympathy while the motorist downplays injury and jokes about surviving many more. The clip captures a lighthearted, cordial social moment from Tit-Bits.
A Contrary Father in a Brooklyn Life sketch
In Brooklyn Life a Suiter and his would be father in law exchange questions about acceptance. The daughter teases that her father often opposes her wishes, hinting at familial friction and a humorous clash of wills. The dialogue implies a plan for marriage against parental stance.
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Suiter
Heith
Brooklyn
Matty Heal Leads Twirlers In 1908 Baseball Recap
The 1908 season featured standout pitching by Mathewson of the New York Nationals and Walsh of the Chicago Americans. Mathewson pitched 55 games with 36 wins, 258 strikeouts, and a 5.04 hits per game pace, while Walsh held 41 wins with 258 strikeouts across 65 games. The report notes numerous one and two hit games, frequent no hitters in both leagues, and oddities like a pitcher with a single base on balls.
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Walsh
American
Young
Boston
Jones
Rhoades
Cleveland
Smith
Chicago
National
Wiltie
New York
Wills and Yamnitz
Pittsburg
McQuillen
Philadelphia
McIntyre
McIntyre and Pastorius
Brooklyn
Raymond
St. Louis
Joss
White
Waduell
Lake
Graney
Lajoie
Waddell
Rucker
Leever
Pirates
Sparks
Coakley
Powell
Steele
Chech
Dygert
Willett
Detroit
Oysters Fresh From Market Daily Declares Bliss Native Werbs
Oyster Frank at 113 West North Alabama Street offers fresh oysters daily. Bliss Native Werbs appears in market notes with a cryptic address string and a Washington atr reference.
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Alabama St
BLISS
Washington
Germania Hall Best Dancing Hall for Societies and Clubs
Germania Hall at 37 Sislaware Street advertised as the best dancing hall for societies and clubs with Chris Ries noted as on site and a first class bar on the ground floor.
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Sislaware St
Boxing clubs win or grap with Bingham clubs
New York police commissioner Bingham faces injunctions as boxing bouts move to clubhouses. Club managers plan court action this week to prove their organizations are legitimate and seek to bar police interference in the entertainments.
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New York
Bingham
Doubtful strengths for Indiana and Notre Dame in big Washington Park clash
News from Bloomington, Purdue, Crawfordsville, and Notre Dame outlines Indiana and Notre Dame unrest after recent showings. Shel don experiments with back Cartwright while Berndt may play Illinois. Purdue eases for DePauw. Wabash targets Miami at Oxford. Notre Dame scrubs and Edwards back for Indiana. Navy, Carlisle, Cornell, Princeton, and Annapolis notes add breadth.
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Indiana
Illinois
Notre Dame
Ohio Northern
Washington Park
Bloomington
Indianapolis
Ind
Scrubs
Edwards
Vanderbilt Coach Doubts Victory Over Michigan
Nashville October 27 Vanderbilt coach McGuigin softened earlier boast that Vanderbilt had a cinch against Michigan. After watching Michigan and Ohio State play in Columbus he says Michigan proved strong and that Schulz’s return strengthens Michigan percent.
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Nashville
Tenn
Vanderbilt
Michigan
Ann Arbor
McGuigin
Ohio State
Columbus
Capt. Schulz
Springfield catcher Pat Dona hue to coach Honolulu club
Pat Dona hue of the Boston Americans will not join Fisher's team for the orient trip. Manager Lake asked him to stay, and he will instead go to Honolulu to coach a local club. Dona hue previously played with Fisher's nine on a winter visit to the island where he caught for the native team in its only win over the Americans. Fisher's team plans to play in Honolulu on its return from Japan.
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Orient
Fisher
Lake
Pat
Honolulu
Japan
White Sox Draft Tannan From Decatur Club
Springfield Ohio October 27 Manager Billy Smith of the Atlanta club has just learned the White Sox drafted Tannan first baseman of the Decatur club whom he bought about a week before the season ended. This marks the tenth player drafted by major leagues that Smith followed for his team.
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SOX
Springfield
Billy Smith
Atlanta
White Sox
Tannan
Decatur
Smith
Dick Nelson Wins Six-Round Bout in Pittsburgh
Dick Nelson of New York, nicknamed the battling Dane, defeated Mickey Gannon of Philadelphia in six rounds at Pittsburg on the night of October 27. The bout featured Nelson’s aggressive style and constant onslaught, with Gannon absorbing punishment throughout the rounds.
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Dick Nelson
Pittsburg
Dane
New York
Mickey Gannon
Philadelphia
Lion Hunter Fleeing Ugandan Jungle Dragon Opens Door
A seasoned New Yorker big game hunter in Uganda posits beside a freshly slain lion for a magazine spread. His photographer naps when a loud noise erupts. The hunter bolts into the hut door as a giant lion charges after him, his chief shouting to open the door for the man named George.
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Uganda
Ken
George
Washington Star
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