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Newspaper
Kansas City Star
Location
Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1908
Page
13
The Pirates and Cross star in a high scoring exhibition where Cross and Monte Liefield dazzled with sensational plays. The game ends 6 to 6 as Pittsb urg and the Blue squad trade hits and defensive feats in a packed ballpark.
Blues wrap up the season with an exhibition against Willsburg. Kitson and Swan or Wood will pitch for the Blues while Gibson leads Clarke’s hitters with three hits in four at bats. A chaotic report blurbs about players, injuries, and travels as the club wears new road uniforms and prepares for Indianapolis.
Hints and hits highlight Roy Brashear as a durable center fielder for the Kansas City Blues. He missed few games in Louisville, favors California, built a Los Angeles home, and expects the Blues to win the flag next season under manager Monte Cross.
Cooley seeks to land a player for the Topeka early schedule with manager Richard in talks. Blues alumni include Pirates past joins Jake Weekley Paul Kroeger Cross Case and Leahy among the group.
A collage of notes on baseball and football featuring Joe Crisp as catcher and halfback, Monte Cross drilling Kansas City players, and tales of base running. It highlights upcoming season strategies, the Blues’ daring baserunning, and speculation on team fortunes with nods to players like Wagner and Clarke.
In Wichrra Kea April 11 the Millers take a 5 to 8 victory as four locals commit costly errors in the first. Minneapolis posts seven runs on nine hits while Wichita tallies eight on six. O'Brien belts a two bagger for Wichita. Packard shines with two outs and a double play. Mindle and Evans show as new faces in the lineup ahead of Sunday’s game.
The Union club of Kansas City beat the Haskell Indians 16 to 9 on the Lawrence diamond. Kansas City held the lead from the first inning as both teams fought hard in the season opener with several new players in the lineup.
Pete Hauser ex-asket star and Carlisle half back umpired the game while visiting friends en route to Oklahoma. The Union club featured Haskell, Hatteries, Teithand, Connell, Lawrence, R. Cole and Wilson in the lineup.
April 11 reports from Kas and nearby cities recount a mixed day of baseball. Denver won 10 to 4 behind Paige and Perce on the mound, while Central High defeated Manual 8 to 5 at Steven’s Park. Washburn beat KSA C 4 to 1 in Manhattan, and McPherson outlines plans to field a new team by May 15.
The fragment lists multiple city and team names with uneven scores including Toledo 5 and Cleveland x, Hoston Nationals 9, Yale 1, Chicago Ame 3, Brooklyn Nationals 8, Evansville 0, Chicago Nationals 8, Indianapolis 4, plus other city references. No coherent game or date available.
The season begins this week with national and American leagues starting Tuesday and the American association a day later. Chicago's world champions Cubs are favored in the National League, while Detroit is noted for a strong last year and could challenge for the pennant. The Blues edge toward Indianapolis road games with a core roster and plans for a new outfielder as May home series approach.
Roy Parks Brashear, keystone sentry for Monte Cross base ball machine, recalls the Ashtabula disaster of January 1878. A bridge collapse killed ninety two aboard a train carrying 156 passengers, plunging into icy water as the event stunned the region.
The history traces Roy Parks from early Western association play in 1800 where he was a second baseman, through 1990 with Sioux City in the Western league hitting .411, and 1961 with the Minneapolis Western league club hitting .340. It covers 1902 first glimpses with the St. Louis Cardinals, a strong .940 in three months and final .985 season average, 1908 move to the Philadelphia National League club, sickness, sale to Louisville Colonels, and four-year tenure at second base.
Knox College routed Missouri 9 to 2 in the second inning while Williams struck out eight over three innings. Missouri pitcher Mettler was hit hard and the series remained tied. Westport lost to Wentworth Military 6 to 0 on fumbles and sharp plays. New York Americans fell to Jersey City 9 to 6 in Jersey City after a tough local debut.
Kansas University basketball team defeated the Thirteenth Infantry team 1 to 0 in Leavenworth this afternoon. Harland and Rockefeller formed the university battery while Leak and Scutner played for the soldiers.
Edward Pelletier of Canada won this afternoon's national pool tournament game defeating Alfred Gro of New York 126 to 5. The Canadian beat his opponent in a dominant performance.
A fiercely contested three game bowling match in Kansas City on Kid Nichols's alleys ended with a 16 pin margin. Blues, TH, Nichole, and Shepherd led a high scoring confrontation as the ball team toppled by the opponents in the final frame.
Gould defeats Eustace J Miles of London in the challenge round of the British court tennis championship at the New York Racquet and Tennis Club. Scores 6-2 6-4 1-6 6-? with two sets to one and nineteen games to fifteen in favor of Gould. He leads 3 sets to 1 and may defend his British five abroad in May. The Masque club plans its tenth year appearance presenting My Friend from India at the University on April 25.
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