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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1914
Page
10
Chicago June 5. The University of Chicago will host June 13 the largest and most prestigious prep school interscholastic meet yet. Director A A Stagg reports heavy entries from nearly every midwest state and two Pacific squads. The improved athletic field promises record runs and throws for the event.
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American Association Milwaukee 6 Minneapolis 2 Columbus 8 Indianapolis 6 called in seventh due to rain. Other games postponed for wet grounds. American League Chicago 2 Cleveland 0. others postponed due to rain. National League all games postponed because of rain. Federal League Indianapolis 7 St Louis 6 Kansas City 6 Chicago 4. Wisconsin-Illinois League Green Bay 3 Wausau 2 in ten innings Oshkosh 5 Rockford 0 Racine 6 Madison 4 in ten innings. Appleton-Twin Cities, no game due to rain.
Milwaukee plays Minneapolis while Louisville hosts Columbus. Kansas City meets St Paul and Indianapolis visits Cleveland. St Louis travels to Detroit and Cleveland visits Chicago. Pittsburgh at Philadelphia and Cincinnati at Boston. Chicago at Brooklyn and St Louis at New York. St Louis vs Kansas City and Chicago vs Indianapolis. Baltimore hosts Pittsburgh and Buffalo visits Brooklyn. Wisconsin Illinois League matches Oshkosh at Rockford Racine at Madison Twin Cities at Appleton Green Bay at Wausau.
Cleveland June 5 Pitcher Fred Blanding who verbally agreed to join the Cleveland Naps before signing with the Kansas City Federals is cited to appear in Chicago Monday to show cause why an injunction should not restrain him from playing for any team other than Kansas City.
The Chicago Motorcycle Club will stage a series of national championship events on June 6 at Hawthorne track. The meet will feature top riders from several circuits, with ongoing trials and main events expected to draw substantial crowds.
Rain limited most games as the Cleveland Naps and Chicago White Sox gained spotlight. The White Sox blanked the Naps to move into sixth, while the Naps faced a federal case against Blanding coming Monday. Mordecai Brown's crew slid toward the bottom as the Indianapolis Feds rallied to win.
The high school athletics department ends the year with 88 cents in the treasury the first time in its history. Genaldin and student managers Harold Beisel Harry Marshall Henry Evjen and Al Meinert led efforts that transformed finances and activities. Advertising and paid student tickets marked a new era as seven games were paid for and nine were played this year.
Western intercollegiate track meet bring several hundred athletes coaches and fans to Chicago. Semi finals in 440 and 880 yards slated this afternoon at Stagg Field after all night rain left the track springy. California Stanford Colorado and a dozen other western schools campers participate this week.
Chicago capitalized on KC errors and Chadbourne home run to win 7 4. Stone pitched well for Kansas City, Chicago built early two run lead as Stovall misplayed a grounder. Easterly, Stone and Block sparked two more for Chicago while Chadbourne added a seventh inning homer. Indianapolis edged St Louis 7 6 on late inning hits and errors.
In Minneapolis Cy Young allowed eleven hits but beat his former club 6 to 2, with Lake and Rondeau behind Young and Hughes. In Columbus, Ohio Columbus defeated Indianapolis 8 to 6, aided by Smiths first inning triple and a costly Johns error, ending Indianapolises first place bid.
Chicago June 5 five thousand dollars is a mere trifle to Charley White who has licked Willie Ritchie and today turned down a 5000 offer to meet Mil burn Saylor in Indianapolis on July 4.
Wisconsin Coach Jones leads twenty Badgers to Chicago for the outdoor Big Nine meet with about 5,000 students backing them. Illinois Chicago and Stanford are favored. Wisconsin hopes for a surprise showing while opposing a one-event-per-athlete rule proposal. The coach opposes the reform, arguing it harms student interest and individual track honors.
Chicago June 5 Scott allowed only two Cleveland players to reach first base on Thursday. One got a hit and the other drew a pass. Both were thrown out stealing. Jackson opened the second inning with a single. Chicago scored in the first when Weaver and Collins advanced on errors and Chase drove in a run. Final score Cleveland 2 Chicago 0. Batteries Blanding and O’Neill Scott and Schalk.
The Chesapeake Motorcycle Club of Baltimore Maryland schedules a 150 mile time run to be held in early June. The event targets riders seeking a timed endurance challenge and will feature club members and guests competing on designated routes through the Baltimore area.
Chicago June 5 Harry Lord former White Sox captain said he would not return to the club under any circumstances after a conference with President Comiskey who refused an unconditional release Lord has been offered a minor league managerial berth and sought Comiskey's consent prior to agreeing to move on He quit at the season's start leading to trading rumors and a standstill over his status
Gunboat Smith, leader of the Gunboat Society, met Georges Carpentier in London amid a large Waldorf hotel reception. Dick Burge and manager Jim Bulkley flanked him as London papers described the event as a serious function before their July 16 twenty round bout.
Rain limited play to three games across the National American and Federal leagues. Jim Jackson of the Naps got the lone safe hit off Scott of the White Sox, batting .335. Collins of the White Sox hit .500. Fisk of the Chicago White Sox batted .666.
John Traill an Irish member of the English polo team resigns his position in New York. Captain Vivien Lockett, from last year’s international team, will take his place. A bet offers six to five that the Americans win the first match.
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