Appleton duo dominates Merrill boxing card on Aug 31
Kid Wagner of Appleton KO'd Joe Nolan of Mendimone Falls in five rounds. Young Sharkey defeated Paddy Ryan, also of Appleton vs Escanaba. Young Riley of Milwaukee and Dickie Dubois of Oshkosh drew in a separate bout, marking a one sided evening for Wagner and pros.
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Kid Wagner
Appleton
Joe Nolan
Mendimone
Young Sharkey
Paddy Ryan
Escanaba
Young Riley
Milwaukee
Dickie Dubois
Oshkosh
Cubs Take Third Game From Giants
Chicago gains second place and sits half a game behind the Giants after a record crowd watches a 2 to 1 victory. P. Fester earns the win as Chicago Brass rattles the Giants in a tense performance. American Association and League standings show Chicago, Cleveland, and others in pursuit across leagues.
Rockford Triumphs In Fifteenth Inning Miracle
In a lengthy series closer at League Park, Rockford edged La Crosse 3-2 in 15 innings. Jones pitched well for Rockford, while Slapnicka matched him until a late surge by Rockford. The game featured tight defense, few timely hits, and a dramatic 15th inning rally that sealed the victory for the visitors.
Saturday's HKesuke results in early American Association games
Milwaukee beat Minneapolis 8 to 2 while Louisville defeated Toledo 5 to 0. Indianapolis won 3 to 0 over Columbus, and Kansas City posted 4 to 3 against St Paul. Chicago lost 6 to 1 to New York, Detroit fell 2 to 0 to Boston, and Philadelphia drew with Detroit 4 to 4. Washington won 4 to 3 over Cleveland, Boston defeated St Louis 11 to 5, Pittsburgh swept Philadelphia 11 to 0.5, Chicago beat New York 3 to 2, Brooklyn defeated St Louis 4 to 2, and Cincinnati won 7 to 5 against Boston.
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Washington
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Brooklyn
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Cleveland Eee
Springfield Champs Take Third Straight Over New York
Chicago beat New York 2 to 1 in a hard fought game that completed a three game sweep. Hofman and Hoffman scored for Chicago while Donlin contributed New York's lone run. A record crowd filled the park as police managed crowd control, placing Chicago second in the National League pennant race.
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New York
Hofman
Sheckard
Chance
Tinker
Donlin
Seymour
Devlin
Evers
National League Games Recap From Chicago and St Louis
National League games reported with New York and Brooklyn facing Chicago and St Louis. Key pitchers Pfeister Kling Crandall McGinnity Bresnahan for Chicago and Moran McIntyre Bergen for St Louis. Scoring lines show early and late innings with small run totals and incomplete lines due to OCR issues.
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Rhe Less Otes
New York
Pfeister
Kling
Crandall
McGinnity
Bresnahan
St. Louis
Brooklyn
Moran
McIntyre
Bergen
Detroit Beats Cleveland in League Game Nine to Four
Detroit ousts Cleveland 18 to 4 in an American League game. Rhoades and Clark, Killian, Willett and Schmidt starred for Detroit, while Cleveland struggled to mount a sustained rally. Notable scoring included early Detroit offense and a late bullpen hold.
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Cleveland
Ocias
Rhoades and
Clark
Killian
Willett
Schmidt
American Association Games Results Report
At Milwaukee the first game ended RHE Milwaukee 11 Minneapolis 10 with batteries Pape Curtis Be ville Byers Oberlin Buelow. The second game saw RHE Milwaukee 8 Minneapolis 8 with Daugherty Be ville Fiene Block battery. At Louisville first game RHE Louisville 7 Columbus 4 with Adams Pietz Goodwin James. Louisville 15 2 Columbus 12 1 with Kaufmann Puttmann Pietz Taylor Goodwin James. At Kansas City RHE Kansas City 46 St Paul 132 with Carter Brown Dunleavy Laughlin. Saturday’s Games at Madison REE.
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RHE
Minneapolis
Pape
Curtis
Beville
Byers
Oberlin
Buelow
Daugherty
Fiene
Block
Louisville
Columbus
Adams
Pietz
Goodwin
James
Kaufmann
Puttmann
Taylor
Kansas City
St. Paul
Carter and
Brown
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Saturday's Game Ends In Fifteenth Inning Rally
La Crosse defeats Rockford after a two hour fifty minute battle with Baillies and Rogers on the mound. O Leary scores the deciding run in the fifteenth as La Crosse capitalizes on Rockford miscues and late scoring sequences.
DOPE BOX Opens Busy Three-Game Run Today
Freeport begins a three game series today as Rockford and the Colts make their last appearance. Baillies has played in all extra inning games this season. Saturday's game was the longest on the local grounds. Safford and Harms starred in that contest while Pink Hawley and Roy Eberle were set for Wednesday’s Merchants' day game against the Pretzels. Attendance for weekend games totaled 935, merchants' day expected to draw big gate receipts. Giants and Cubs series at Chicago noted.
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Colts
Jones
Slapnicka
Rockford
Old Sol
O'Leary
Red Moore
Corkhill
Killian
Reds
Harris
Kaphan
Bond
Moore
Harrs
Graves
Kapanan
Freeport
Baillies
Safford
Harms
Pink Hawley
Roy Eberle
Pretzels
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Giants
Cubs
Chi
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