Hans Wagner A National League Star Eyes 4000 Hits
Veteran Hans Wagner, in his seventeenth season with Pittsburgh, aims for 4000 career base hits. He has batted 2827 times in sixteen NL seasons and seeks 173 more hits in 1914 to push his all time total past the mark. His record includes 636 stolen bases and 1541 runs.
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Sheckard and Huggins Lead National League Walkers
MPHOSE notes St. Louis Nationals stars James Tilden Sheckard and Miller Huggins draw bases on balls in large numbers. Sheckard posted 122 walks with the Chicago Cubs last season while Huggins drew 87, making them the season’s top plate patience pair as pitchers faced them together for the first time.
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Sprinter Robinson Shines as World Series Martyr Replay
Mercersburg Academy athlete Rupert Bmalley Robinson, born in Framingham Massachusetts and later based in Westboro Massachusetts, rose from a 6 foot 8 inch frame and 135 pounds to sprinting excellence. Curran and Mike Murphy guided his rapid rise, including a 10 flat 100 and 22 1-5 220 at various meets, with promising 440 prospects ahead.
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Four pitched balls four runs in Troy baseball burst
Northwestern league star Chick Hartley featured in a remarkable sequence at Troy New York where Syracuse pitcher Owens faced four batters, allowed four runs as Cranston hit a river homer, Mowe reached first, Lumley and Brennan advanced, then Hartley drove a ball for a fourth run before Burchell closed the frame with two strikeouts.
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Tinker Bans Heavy Hitter Shuffle by Reds Boss
Cincinnati Reds manager Johnny Tinker orders abandoning the long standing practice of using a heavy hitter to reach a weak opponent. He argues the tactic reduces the team’s advantage and questions its value even with a strong slugger.
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Tennis gains world status with Davis Cup interest
Tennis attracts wide international attention as Davis Cup play and the world lawn tennis championship illustrate the sport’s growing popularity. In Australia and New Zealand last winter gate receipts and programs topped $20,000, sparking interassociations disputes over fund division amid rising regional participation. In Singapore extreme heat limits play to 5 to 615 pm, with nearly 600 entrants last season and a six to seven week tournament expected this year.
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Experts prepare defender plans for 75 foot sloops
Bristol experts who helped build America's Cup defenders for two decades anticipate a busy winter with one or two seventy five foot sloops built on wholesome lines. Two or three other boats may rise in Boston and New York ahead of the 1914 trials with around six candidates at the starting line.
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Evers Making Good as Manager
War correspondents reported Chicago Cubs manager Johnny Evers anxious and irritable in spring training. He fretted over a rain check and doubted his team, contrasting with the steadier approaches of Chance and Tinker as he grew more certain of his squad's potential.
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Tinker Mourns English Ignorance Of Baseball
Joe Tinker, manager of the Cincinnati Reds, laments English indifference to baseball in Victoria B C. He recalls a vaudeville tour where an English audience failed to laugh and explains that Britons often digest humor after a delay. A Victoria sports editor and a Briton critic express skepticism about baseball’s honesty and its perceived dish piace to some observers.
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Cincinnati Reds
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Victoria
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Walsh
Archer
Giants
French Youth Embrace Baseball Near Paris
French youths turn to baseball as a new summer sport. A diamond at Bagatelle near Paris hosts early games with Paris rugby stars and schoolboys showing aptitude in pitching and batting. Ted Sion, a retired jockey, supports the effort and finds recruits among locals.
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