Quiet Sporting Scene With Mixed Results Across Venues
The article notes a lull in major events with football still two weeks off and races unsettled. McGovern Corbett training camps focus on baseball while jockeys and trainers prepare. John A Drakes wins at Sheepshead Bay. Sydney Ohio shuts out by Watkins tribe. Biz Mackey knocks out earlier rounds with two rounds in a scheduled 20 round bout. Benny Yanger and Tony Moran set for Friday night bout preliminaries.
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Unclear Scoreboard Fragments From 1900s Game Log
Fragmentary sports note lists city pairs with scores such as Philadelphia over Detroit 13 to 4 and Cleveland 7 to Baltimore 5. Other lines include St Louis 9 over Washington 3 Chicago 6 and Boston 1.
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Baseball League Standings Fragment Preserve
City teams Pittsburg Brooklyn Boston Cincinnati Chicago St Louis Philadelphia New York walk through standings showing wins losses and percentages with seeds and scattered numbers from an old league table.
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Baseball News From The League And Ohio Contention
Ban Johnson predicts Baltimore will join the American League while Pittsburgh hosts the league next season options on two sites are secured. Cincinnati sits in second in the National League after moving past .500. Cleveland and Cincinnati may meet for Ohio title though unlikely. The Brown Stockings prepare for 1906 with Powell and Donahue signed, signaling aggressive plans.
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Baseball Notes and Race Crowds Reported Across Cities
More than 15 000 watched Lafayette races on Thursday. Thomas Lipton’s Shamrock III will be steel hull. New Jersey team won NRA shoot at Beagirt. About 30 000 attended Anderson fair Thursday. Crescens failed to lower his Columbus record due to cold and wind.
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Methodist Conferences approve Epworth University building plan
In Oklahoma City on September 5 the joint boards of the North and South Methodist Conferences accepted a $40,000 Epworth University building plan to be built immediately. The city adds a 40 acre campus and $100,000 for building funds, marking the first united action of both Methodism branches in over 60 years.
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Hogan Fire Damages Stable at Hogan Transfer Co
A fire at Hogan Transfer Co stables at Alabama and Louisiana streets caused about 4000 dollars in damage Thursday evening. Horses and wagons were removed before the blaze could spread. Origin of the fire is unknown.
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Louisiana Sts
McAbee Introduces New Fansled Cigar from Hungary
Factory Inspector McAbee distributes a Hungarian novelty cigar described as eight to ten inches long and straw filled. The device uses a central straw pulled out before lighting and a soda-fountain style tube near the core. Readers are curious about this unusual smoking item sent by an eastern friend.
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Trimming the List of Pensioners in Chicago Police
Former chief of detectives Luke Colleran and 30 other men are dropped from the police pension rolls after an examining board of physicians found them able to work. The move saves about 18000 dollars a year and relieves the pension fund.
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Luke Colleran
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