New Pitching Device With Arms of Steel and Automatic Return
An advanced baseball pitching machine developed at Princeton by Alexander MacMillan features a steel arm with fingers and a spring mechanism. It can deliver balls at high speed directly over the plate, with a controlled height and timing, and returns batted balls through a chute system for continuous batting practice.
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Princeton
Alexander MacMillan
Charles MacMillan
Princeton University
Jin
Youth wins $20,000 Derby pool in Nova Scotia
In North Sydney on May 28 a $20,000 International cable pool on the Epsom Downs Derby was won by 23 year old cable operator Williams C Townsend born in Sydney. Townsend competes as an operator from Nova Scotia and the event is publicized by cable workers across the world.
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International Cable Pool
Nova Scotia
North Sydney
Epsom Downs
Williams C. Townsend
Jiere
Townsend
Sydney
Baseball results from National American and Federal Leagues
National League standings show Pittsburgh and Chicago splitting results, with rain postponements affecting several games. American League notes include New York, Boston, and Philadelphia matchups with rain interruptions and a rain‑called game. Federal League reports Baltimore leading with a 22‑11 mark and multiple postponements due to rain. Also mentions an all day shoot at Long Branch Gun Club in Loyalton with sweepstakes and a re‑entry shoot led by Fred Clark and team organizers Joseph Williams and O. A. Newton.
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Pittsburgh
Brooklyn
Chicago
New York
Mathewson
Meyers
Zabel
Bresnahan
Orth
Byron
Cincinnati
Rowe Philid
Phia
Marshall
Chalmers
Leschger
Doolin
Burns
Ames
Benton
Clark
Gonzales
Klem and
Hart
Louta
Rowe Boston
St. Louis
Rudolph and
Gowdy
Balleo
Steele
Hageman
Wingo
O'Connor
Woolen PC
Boston
Hagerman
Steen
Carisch
Wood
Cady
Chili
Sheridan
Washington
RHE
Detroit
Wash'gton
Hall
Mains
Reynolds and Stanage
Ayers
Bentley
Henry
Hildebrand
O'Loughlin
Philadelphia
Weisman
Agnew
Shawkey
Schang
Connolly and
Dineen
Anew. L. PC
Washton
Philaphia
Cleveland
Federal League
Baltimore
Row
Willett
Simon
Suggs
Jacklitsch
Mannassau
Bush
Indianapolis
Kansas City
Buffalo
Eee
Kan
City
Ind'apolis
Bt. Louis
Pittsb’gh
Long Branch
Tri-State League Scores and Postponements Report
In Wilmington Harrisburg Wilmington won 4 to 3. At Trenton Allentown Trenton 18 Reading York game postponed due to rain.
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Wilmington
Harrisburg
Trenton
Allentown
Reading
York
Australian Davis Cup Team Set for 1914 Matches
The 1914 Davis Cup features seven nations including England, Australia, Germany, Canada, France, Belgium, and the United States. Australia names Wilding, Brookes, Dunlop, and Doust. Canada eyes Vancouver or Victoria for preliminaries. United States contenders include McLoughlin Williams Johnston. final rounds anticipated with Australia likely challenger.
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England
Australia
Germany
Canada
France
Belgium
United States
South Africa
Pacific Coast
A. W. Dunlop
Colosseum
Dunlop
J. C. Parke
Maurice BH
McLoughlin
H. Kleinsroth
Anthony Wilding
Stanley Doust
R. B. Powell
Maurice McLoughlin
R. Norris Williams
Wallace B. Johnston
Williams
Johnston
Hackett
Dixon
Lowe
Barrett
Parke
Schwengers
Powell
Mayes
Foulkes
Wilding
Brookes
Doust
Rahe
Kleinsroth
Freitzhelm
Kreutzer
Decougis
Gobert
Laurents
Germot
Boillot Sets Speedway One-Lap Record at Indianapolis
Georges Boillot, the French racing driver, circled the 2 1 2 mile Indianapolis track in 1 minute 35 4 5 seconds to set a new lap record. This marks a fresh best after the prior 1 minute 37 second record from 1910, with Joe Dawson briefly holding the mark before Boillot’s two earlier fits and later improvement by three fifths of a second.
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Boillot
Indianapolis
Georges Boillot
Speedway
Joe Dawson
Dawson
Strange Race of Ancient Britons
An account of Bronze Age people in Aberdeenshire Scotland noted for round stone circles. It describes their broad heads short stature about five feet three inches and contrasts them with the longer headed neolithic and later tall bronze age builders.
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Aberdeenshire
Scotland
Britain
Review of The Koran by Mohammed in Everyman
A critical review portrays the Koran as a practical, action driven work lacking imaginative breadth. It notes the text as a jumble of precepts and poetry with a heaven and hell too material for modern thought and claims Mohammed's personality sparked extreme following and empire building.
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London
Everyman
Mohammed
Heaven
Hell
Rome
Greece
One of the Lights of Paris in Open Air Bargaining
Irving Cobb notes Paris department stores showy bargains on sidewalks where buyers and sellers quarrel and reconcile amid lively scenes. A frugal Parisian man samples lingerie fabrics in sunlight while his wife waits, as crowds watch the ritual.
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Paris
Skye Tervier
Irving 8. Cobb
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Spalding
A. M
Broadway
the Broadway
Dally Record
Baseball
Savoy Baseball Club
Joseph Williams
High Street
O. A. Newton
Rockwell Avenue
Feigenspan
Wilding, Brookes, Quntap
Coast Formidable
West
American Press Association
Anthony N. Wilding
Derrzia
Durham
Five Continents
Seven Seas
Bull Durham
Bull
Durham, N. C
THE
American Tobacco Company
Oceanport
M. J
T. Fairbanks
Grove St
Jersey City
Kurrus Brothers
Kurrus Bros
Ocean Avenue
N. J
Telephone
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