Baseball Teams In Home Stretch Race To World Series
The piece compares Frank Chance's Cubs and Connie Mack's Athletics as favorites for the world series, noting the Athletics have stronger pitching and the Cubs superior catching. It argues Philadelphia may pose a tougher challenge to Chicago than Detroit did, with key players like Mordecai Brown Jack Priester and Ed Reulbach guiding Chance's mound corps.
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Frank Chance
Philadelphia
Detroit Tigers
Mack
Athletics
Chicagos
Cubs
Tigers
Giants
Qubs
Harry Davis
Ralph Orlando Seybold
Christy Mathewson
Joe McGinnity Galley
Chicago
White Elephants
Jack
Coombs
Bender
Morgan
Eddie Plank
Chance
Mordecai Brown
Jack Priester
King Cole
Ed Reulbach
Lew Richie
Harry McIntyre
Orvie
Brown and Pflester
Mordecai
Johnnie Eling
Jimmy Archer
Hassocks
Philadelphia Wind
Ira Thomas
Jack Lapp
Paddy Livingstine
Archer
Richard Arnst World Champion Sculler Profile
Arnst world champion sculler Richard Arnst, aged twenty seven, first held the title after defeating Er nest Daary in New Zealand. Noted as the youngest champion since Ned Hanlon, Arnst previously excelled in cycling and began sculling in 1906 under George Towns.
Ancient Egyptians played baseball in 4500 years ago saga
In a humorous exchange, Manager Griffith reveals inscriptions in a tomb suggesting baseball was played 4500 years ago in Egypt with a fictional championship between Memphis and Cairo. Larry McLean questions how teams could be in different leagues or circuits. Griffith sighs and withdraws.
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Griffith
Larry McLean
New York City
Griff
Pyramids
Tomb of
Sesostris
B. C
Memphis
Cairo
Mr. McLean
Let Him Move the World By Moving Himself Quote
A compact aphorism attributed to Socrates urging inner action before external change, highlighting personal responsibility as a catalyst for wider transformation.
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Socrates
Bonhag In Training From Distance Legend to Winter Form
The article contrasts Melvin Sheppard and George Bonhag as two world renowned distance stars. It notes Bonhag’s rising form while Sheppard’s star dims, detailing Bonhag’s rest and return to serious training and mentioning his past records and future winter campaign plans.
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Melvin W. Sheppard
George Bonhag
Shep
Pard
Bonhag
George
Bouhag
Bes
Dad Irvin Named to Captain Local Team Currey Manager
Dad Irvin was chosen captain of the La Grande high school football team succeeding Tom Williamson. George Currey Jr. was elected team manager, succeeding Harold Grady. Doc Zimmerman will focus on on-field play as the head coach urges all players to attend next Monday. The squad lacks depth for a strong second team, delaying a veteran first team.
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Dad Irvin
Currey
Dad” Irwin
la Grande
Tom Williamson
George Currey, Jr
Harold Grady
Doc" Zimmerman
Neeley
Union
Henderson
Elgin
Mighty Project At New York Pennsylvania Station
The newly opened Pennsylvania Railroad terminus spans four city blocks in New York with sixteen miles of tracks sunk forty feet below ground. The station is 860 feet long and 433 feet wide, rising sixty nine feet above the ground, and its trains run to a tunnel beneath the Hudson and East rivers. Daily capacity is about two million passengers. Company claims the station covers eight acres and is the largest building ever constructed at one time, surpassing other famed structures in area but not in length.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
New York
Qoe
Hudson River
East River
Pennsylvania Station
Vatican
Tuileries
St. Peteraburz Winter Palace
Football Stresses New Rules End Quarterback Era
Coaches plan early trials to adapt to radical rule changes that remove the quarterback from play and favor no pushing, more passing on first and second downs, and altered defense. Teams will test four backfield spots and emphasize speed, kicking, and passing under the new game plan.
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Ufe
Spokane and La Grande Football Pact in Question
Spokane fears La Grande may not honor the contract to meet in Spokane this year. The high school athletic council, elected with Fritz Lottes and Cec Bolton among its members, backs all school athletics while new rules boost local sports and duck hunting profits rise for gunmen in the valley.
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Fritz Lottes
Cec
Bolton
The Evolution of Linemen Roles in Modern Football Plays
The article argues trick plays reduce linemen’s duties by shifting emphasis from mass plays to reading defenses. It notes guards must abandon static holds and linemen must chase plays, tackle kicks, and recover balls. It highlights the move from stout, heavy linemen to lighter, quicker players.
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Orst
Hne
Time's Easy Flight and the Man Behind the Controls
A Washington Star opinion note argues time never stops for coal oil or gasoline and mocks delays in energy policy while praising rapid progress and invention. The brief suggests aviation as a metaphor for unstoppable change sparked by industry and technology.
Finesse. Madge What Is Dolly So Pleased About
Marjorie avoids revealing the truth to Charlie by a careful verbal maneuver. A widow reflects on the delicate balance between honesty and deception in a delicate social situation.
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Madge
Dolly
Marjorie
Charlie
Noted Literary War Quote Sparks Magazine Debate
A fragmented line from a magazine column discusses Philippine coverage and reader reactions. The excerpt hints at a sensational tone and reader confidence, raising questions about editorial stance and wartime messaging in periodical literature.
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Observer’s
Sporting News
Américan Press Association
Ludiz Plank
Philadelphia Star
Egypt
Qhorge Bonhag
Spokane
Jay van Buren
G. L. Biggers
N. K. West
Walla Walla
Wan'a
Prof. Carruth
Mr. Carruth
The
Fair Association
Harry Walters
Ely
Corvallis
Chuck" Reynolds
Walters
Aggies
Grande Ronde Valley
ST. Louis
Omaha
Kansas City
ST. Paul
Washington Star
Polly
Earth
Prom
Philippines
Catholic Standard and Times
Sam
Harry Web
Manhattan St
Rochester
Sade Lo
Dusrantes
Salo
Oregon
WM. McMurray
Portland, Oregon
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