Four Players in Second Trial on Big Baseball Show
A New York area golfer recounts a comic misadventure at a golf course. He describes a slice that sent his shot off line, veering into another fairway, narrowly missing a man at the twelfth hole as he swung an iron. The tale joins recent dramatic cracks and misfires from the famed broadcast.
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Mayr
New York
New York Giants
Boston Nationals
Derrick
Athletics
New York Americans
Berger
Chicago Americans
McKechnie
Pittsburgh
Peculiar Golf Tips and Baseball Returns
A columnist reflects on keeping the eye on the ball and recalls a Fox Hill mishap with a bail in a webbed bush. It notes J H Taylor’s focus on the ball’s spot after stroke as a key to success. The piece then moves to baseball, listing twelve veterans back in the big leagues with teams such as Bues and Derrick. Washington University in Seattle weighs a ten game Japan series with Meiji University to defray American expenses.
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Fox Hill
J. H. Taylor
Japan
Pus
University of Washington
Seattle
Meiji University
Sager Orr
Ameri
Brown's clutch pitching seals Cubs' pennant in 1908
Ordecat Brown starred as the Cubs toppled the Giants on October 8 1908 in New York with crucial innings in relief. His nerve steadied Chicago as they clinched the National League title and soon swept the Tigers in the World Series, marking a legendary week for the club and its owner.
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Ordecat Brown
Cincinnati Reds
Cubs
New York
Brown
Reds
Polo Grounds
Pilester
Roger Bresnahan
Jack
Donlin
Pfiester
Giants
Chance
Mathewson
Tinker
Evers
Schulte
Matty
Brownie
Fred Tenney
Larry Doyle
John Kling
Detroit Tigers
Pirates
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Detroit
Tigers
Oxford Cambridge Athletes Prep for Yale Harvard Meet
Oxford and Cambridge authorities select star track and field athletes to face Yale and Harvard in Cambridge Massachusetts in June. D Gordon Davies Cambridge A N S Jackson Oxford H S Ashington Cambridge Will Ziegler Iowa/Oxford dominate hammer and shot put. J D B Grossley Oxford D M Ganssen Oxford Ziegler Rhodes scholar wins hammer events. Jackson outpaced rivals at Olympics in Stockholm. Davies tipped to win 100 and 440 yard dashes. Ashington favored in hurdle races.
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Cambridge
America
Yale
Harvard
Mass
Will Ziegler
University of Iowa
J. D. B. Grossley
D. M. Ganssen
Ziegler
Jackson
Stockholm
Davies
Ashington
Chase wont play second base for Naps says manager
Cleveland manager claims Hal Chase cannot handle second base due to left handed position share and pivot requirements. He argues fielding grounders to second and turning double plays from short to second would slow him and risk injury, suggesting moving the bag to third as alternative.
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Cy Young
Powell
Mathewson
Mullin
Plank
Wiltse
Bender
Moore
Hughes
White
Kling
Bresnatan
Devin
McGuire
Farrell
Criger
Sullivan
Flint
Chance
Merkle
Luderus
Daubert
Hoblitzel
Miller
Kostetehy
Sailer
Chase
Barton
Gandil
McInnes
J. Collins
Stovall
Doyle
Cutshaw
Sweeney
Egan
Knabe
Kutier
Yerkes
Rath
Pratt
E. Collins
Laporte
Huggins
Lajoie
Heine
Honus Wagner
Tinker
Wallace
McBride
Bridwell
McMilan
Dovlan
Barry
Bush
Teher
Fisher
Hauser
Olson
Weaver
Turner
Byrne
Devlin
Labert
Herzog
Baker
Gardner
Mowreyor& Kr
Smith
Phelan
Austin
Foster
Dulan
Zimmerman
Midkiff
Voster
Fred Clarke
Outfeldere
Leach
Shanks
Ryan Graney
Birmingham
Cree
Daniel
Bpeaker
Lewis
Hooper
Cobb
Cleveland Naps
Hal Chase
Agi Southpaw
Hal
English featherweight Jem Driscoll retires to become bookmaker
Jem Driscoll the noted English featherweight has announced his retirement from boxing. The veteran once outboxed Abe Attell in New York to regain the featherweight title and now plans to enter the racing world as a bookmaker, leveraging his earnings to settle comfortably.
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EM Driscoll
Englis
America
New York City
Abe Attell
Driscoll
English Stroke Debate Shapes American Rowing
An eastern rowing authority notes the English stroke has influenced American crews including Courtney and Rice. The shorter swing and longer drive suit college rowers better than the long body swing once tried by Lehmann, with professional coaches guiding training from fixed seats to water.
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Rice
Lehmann
Warvard
Tama
Oxford
Cambr
Les Land
College Eriows
Ionns
Awite
England
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Bues
Mekechnie
William Ziegler
D. Gordon Davies
Jem Driscoll
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