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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1913
Page
11
Sports column discusses Chance's return to form and health with the Cubs, McGraw's Giants lineup plans, and expectations for the coming season amid competition and youth trials. It notes resistance to interference and the value of proven pennant winners while hinting at shifting rosters.
A twenty-four year old veteran pitcher heads to the minors and a twenty-five year old prospect takes his spot. Drucke is seen as the more experienced, yet younger recruit from the farm system.
Anthony J. Drexel Biddle, a Philadelphia social and boxing figure, was seen in Palm Beach performing a novel neck and jaw exercise. A broom handle driven into sand is gripped with the teeth, a method praised as the best way to develop jaw and neck muscles for resisting his sparring partner, Philadelphia Jack O’Brien, in private bouts.
Darling recounts the Alaska dog derby won by Mrs. C. B. E. Darling using a Malamute team driven by Scotty Allen. The 1912 race, run in extreme cold, paid a $5,000 prize to the winning team. Darling praises Rameau and other northerners while noting Siberian bloodlines and seasoned dogs.
A chaotic OCR fragment lists names like Willie Kitehie Hiehiweleht and John ny Kilbote as champions in various weight classes. It mentions ages twenty two and twenty years and references featherweight and heavyweight divisions with unclear wording. The piece hints at a regional track or boxing championship showcase.
Former star Lange joins Callahan’s White Sox program as coach to guide recruits and veterans, focusing on baseball conditioning and base running during a ten day training period at Pass Th Blea.
Canada forms a national lacrosse body the Canadian Amateur Lacrosse Association formed recently to govern the national game and oversee development and play.
A Kansas town recounts a Fourth of July game between Independence and Parsons where umpire Gorman, upset by crowd abuse, called a runner out after a disputed play. He then phoned the home manager to confirm the decision, preserving a tied result and leading to a replay.
A Great Arctic race from Nome to the Arctic Ocean and back tests stamina of veteran dogs. Owners listed include Mrs. Darling, Foxman Ramsay, Aleck Holmson, Oliver Blatchford, Way Delzene, and Russ Downing who will drive their own teams. The 408 mile course is a noted Sporting Life feature with a seventy four hour round trip record. Training costs exceed six thousand dollars. victory brings prestige though not money.
Fred Clarke is regarded as having the best Pirates team in the league with strong pitching and youth. Clarke, cautious, predicts the race will hinge on the Pirates' mound corps as the season unfolds despite potential surprises that could prevent a pennant.
Notes from the diamond cite Cicotte the dumpling pitcher after anesthesia praising Chicago Sox as a unit while Boston relies on two stars Carrigan and Wagner. Doyle joins Callahan as a scout. Tinker steers Reds with promising new material and potential Bresnahan shift. White Sox rookies Schalk and Borton praised by umpire Connolly.
Arnold N. Jackson, Oxford student and 1912 Stockhold Olympic 1500m winner in 8 56 45, rounds into form for 1913. He won 440 yd in 52 sec 880 yd in 2 945 and mile in 6 minutes in intracollege meets showcasing improving speed.
Frisco will build the coast's largest sloop rigged yacht for the 1915 international yacht race off the coast during the world's fair. Stone will oversee a 200000 sloop with 120 ft overall length and 7 ft water line, 12 ft beam, 20 ft draft, larger than Seafarer, and bigger than Shamrock class boats. This would be the first time a sloop of this size sails Pacific waters.
American bred trotters and pacers totaling 118 are exported to Europe. Austria leads with 51 including the fastest Bob Douglas 2:04 and Spanish Queen 2:04. Russia follows with 30 including Crescens 2:02 and Billy Burke 2:03 the fastest. Italy imported eight and Great Britain sixteen mostly pacers.
The American defenders will face a picked English team in the American Cup series at Meadow Brook club field in Weatbury North Carolina. The event is expected to run between June 1 and July 8 this year.
Former major league pitcher Jesse Stovall recalls a 1904 Detroit vs Cleveland game when he walked his brother George to face him. George hit a home run on the first pitch, earning a big league berth and ending Jesse’s career. An elbow incident later sidelined George for the season after July 4.
Blink McCloskey offers an alibi for not boxing at the London Sporting Club. He says he refused to kiss Lord Lonsdale’s hand when introduced, angering the English boxing patron who felt slighted. McCloskey notes as an American citizen he would not kiss anyone’s fist and faced rejection as a result.
George Horine holder of the world high jump record resumes training for an extensive 1913 outdoor track season. The Stanford alumnus travels for a San Francisco sporting goods house and will base his training in Garden City. Horine is a San Francisco Olympic Club member and a frequent participant in its meets to uphold his high jumping reputation.
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