No Games Played As New England League Rain Delays Action
A Portland squad led by Jack Wiley arrived in town but rain prevented a game. Portland stars Newenham and Dupee were praised for bat and field, while Lewiston’s Burrell and McCarty impressed despite injuries. Umpire Lezotte briefly removed a Portland player before reinstating him.
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Jack Wiley
Portland
Nashua
Wiley
Newenham
Dupee
Welch
Curtis
O’brien
Danville Junction
Lewiston
Burrell
Jack McCarty
Doe
Mr. McCarty
John Wiley
Long
Coughlin
Lezotte
Long John
Henry
John
Lowell and Nashua baseball chatter fills column notes
Reports from Lowell Nashua and Manchester describe team moves player reputations and upcoming plans. Umpire Hassett and players like Girard Beville Cassidy and Dillion are cited with performance notes amid friendly banter and rival jibes across multiple papers.
Portland at Nashua matchup set
Portland travels to Nashua for a decisive contest while Manchester hosts Haverhill and Lewiston visits Lowell in regional pairings shaping the standings.
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Portland
Nashua
Manchester
Haverhill
Lewiston
Lowell
Big Cycle Meet at Buffalo Stadium Stirs Local Crowds
Buffalo Aug 7 A large crowd watched the national amateur bicycle championships on a new four lap board track at Pan-American exposition stadium. Marcus Hurley won the one third mile race over Frank Denny by a wheel. 6000 attended as Hoffman Ingraham Hurley and Grady qualified for the grand handicap tomorrow. Wiley of Troy led the hour event with 54 laps completed before rain suspended play.
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Buffalo
Marcus Hurley
Frank Denny
Denny
Hurley
Hoffman
Ingraham
Grady
George Wiley
Troy
Wiley
Walter Smith
Kings County Wheelmen
New York
Zimmerman
McFleeters
A. H. Minnie
Chicopee
Mass
A. C
F. J. Hoffman
Butte
Mont
L. E. Mettling
Boston
Smith
L. EB. Mettling
Warren Surbrick
Mettling
Maccabees Drill Delights Pan-American Exposition
Lowering clouds clear as two regiments of twenty companies under Brig. Gen. Daniel J. Coakley drill with precision. Ceremonies open in the Temple of Music with Great Camp Counsel James L. Quack enbush of Buffalo presiding. The day includes a reception and a ladies drill on the esplanade.
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Buffalo
Daniel J. Coakley
Temple of Music
James L. Quackenbush
Ladies of the Maccabees
Esplanade
Double-header ties as Baltimore and Boston split baseball action
In Baltimore on August 7 Baltimore and Boston each won one of a double-header. Boston capitalized on baserunning miscues and a triple play, while Baltimore seized control in the sixth inning as Boston unraveled. Detroit stole bases with Holmes and Gleason contributing safe hits. Cincinnati also defeated Chicago, aided by a key late catch and solid pitching.
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Griffith
Mertes
Detroit
Casey
Gleason
Holmes
Cincinnati
Phillips
Taylor
Crawford
Beckley
Dobbs
Boston
Dowd If
Stahlef
Collins
Freeman
Hemphill Rf
Parent
Aes Tee
Ferris
Schreck
Weeenee
Eowie Disc
Acdtes
Cscs
Baltimore Ab
Po Dunn
Brodie
Jackson
Bresnahan C
Foreman
Baltimore
Stahl Schreck
Dowd
Hemphill
Jack
Stahl
Bresnahan
Donlin
Williams
Keister
Lewis
Foreman Rr
Cantillion
Haskell
Dunn
Seymour
Brodie of
Stews McGinnity
Eee
Teveentscesnnes
Wes
Coed Freeman
Eae
Cuppy
McGinnity
Atendance
Umires
Philadelphia and Washington Split Two Games in Aug
In Philadelphia on August 7 the Philadelphia and Washington American Leagues split a doubleheader. The Phillies won the first game by better hitting, while the Nationals captured the second due to poor pitching by Plank. Final scores were 4 12 1 and 7 2 1 with Bernhard Powers Mercer Grady Connolly officiating.
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Philadelphia
Washington American Leaguers
Plank
Washington Triumph Over Philadelphia in Second Game
Washington defeats Philadelphia 2 to 1 in the second game. Batteries Paton and Grady throw for Washington with Plank and Powers behind them. Time is 1 hour 50 minutes. Umpire Connolly. attendance 5,636.
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Washington
Philadelphia
Paton and Grady
Plank
Powers
Connolly
Uprising as umpire calls go ahead in tense Cleveland tilt
In the eighth inning Cleveland neared a tie and in the ninth Bracken hit a deep foul that Manassau ruled safe. Milwaukee protested, Duffy charged, and a bench brawl erupted before order returned. Final score Milwaukee 4 Cleveland 3. Bracken and Connors, Reidy and Maloney pitched. Time 1.45. Attendance 2100.
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Cleveland
Cleveland American Leaguers
Bracken
Manassau
Milwaukee
Duffy
Friel
Conroy
Anderson
Bracken and Connors
Reidy
Maloney
Pittsburg Beats St Louis in Nine to Three
Pittsburg defeated St Louis 9 to 3 after three first inning errors by St Louis put them in a hole. Doheny and Yeager paired for Pittsburg with Powell and Ryan for St Louis. Doheny released to meet 16 player rule. Time 1 50. Attendance 5500. Umpires O Day and Brown.
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Pittsburg
St. Louis
Doheny
Doheny and Yeager
Powell
Ryan
O’day
Brown
Detroit 9 Chicago 3 in a one sided game
Detroit dominated Chicago with nine runs to three as Chicago’s standout play came in kicking, while the American Leaguers struggled in most other facets of the game on August 7 in Detroit Michigan.
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Detroit
Mich
Chicago American Leaguers
Baseball Scores From Northeast Standings Reach Peaks
In Baltimore two games the Red Sox beat the Orioles 10 to 5 and 10 to 4. In Philadelphia the Phillies split with the Washington club, winning 4 to 1 in game one and losing 7 to 3 in game two. Detroit defeated Chicago 9 to 3. Cleveland topped Milwaukee 5 to 4.
Basketball matchups headline preview
Baltimore faces Boston while Milwaukee goes to Cleveland and Chicago visits Detroit. Philadelphia hosts Washington in a slate of NBA games with early season standings at stake.
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Baltimore
Boston
Milwaukee
Cleveland
Chicago
Detroit
Philadelphia
Washington
Sports schedule notes from early rail route listings
Raw rail and city pairings show postponed events and venue changes across cities including Boston Philadelphia Pittsburg Pittsburgh St Louis Brooklyn New York Cincinnati and Chicago with wet grounds affecting play and travel. The fragment mentions multiple city pairings and six events but lacks full details on teams outcomes or dates.
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Boston
Pittsburg
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Brooklyn
New York-Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Chicago
City Matchups Set Across Trio of Rivalries
Philadelphia faces Boston as Brooklyn visits New York while Chicago travels to Pittsburg and St. Louis runs to Cincinnati in a slate of intercity games.
Brockton Sweeps Toronto In Doubleheader And Rochester Triumphs
In Buffalo Buffalo 4 Providence 2. Rochester Rochester 2 Worcester 0. Montreal Montreal Hartford rain postponement. Toronto First Brockton 8 Toronto 1 Second Brockton 10 Toronto 8 in 13 innings.
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Montreal
Toronto
Brockton
Providence at Buffalo and more hockey matchups listed
A set of upcoming hockey games includes Providence versus Buffalo, Worcester against Rochester, Brockton versus Toronto, and Hartford facing Montreal. Each pairing outlines a slate of cross conference or regional matchups with neutral venues and potential implications for standings.
Local Scores From New Haven Norwich Meriden and Waterbury
At New Haven New Haven 7 Brist ol 4. At Norwich Norwich 5 New Lon don 4. At Meriden Meriden 5 Derby 2. Waterbury Waterbury Bridgeport game postponed due to wet grounds.
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New Haven
Bristol
Norwich
New London
Meriden
Derby
Waterbury
Bridgeport
Mayor Leonard's crusade to reform city police is urged
The Lawrence Telegram argues Mayor Leonard must reform the police department to carry out his anti illegal acts. It praises his declared intent to target nuisances and urges citizens to support him while noting potential political costs and the need for aldermanic backing. The piece warns failure to act would jeopardize his reform effort.
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Lawrence
Leonard
Leopard
Missing man W E King case at lawrence and lowell
Four young men claim to have been defrauded of 150 dollars each by William E King who disappeared from Lowell with 600 dollars after posing as an agent of the New England Loan and Trust company. He used aliases W E Gilland and W E Grant, rented rooms, and ran a bogus employment scheme before leaving town July 10. Police search ongoing. victims unnamed or identified include Lacey's son and O'Brien. King is a large, goateed man with a distinctive walk and a goatee, about six feet tall and 200 pounds. Furniture linked to his operation was bought from O'Donnell & Gilbride and later returned.
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William E. King
Lowell
Mr. Lacey
Lawrence
King
W. E. Gilland
W. E. Grant
Richardson Hotel
New England Loan and Trust Company
Providence
R. I
Summer Street
Swan Building
Central Street
Lacey
Banco
O’brien
O’donnell & Gilbride
J. James R. Croes
American Society of Civil Engineers
Croes
Mr. Croes
New England
New York Mail and Express
Civil Engineers and the Modern Miracle of Progress
A vintage celebration of civil engineers argues that today’s practitioners far surpass ancient builders. It notes three centuries of patient research, testing laws of nature, and intelligent reasoning that transformed engineering from ad hoc skill to scientific mastery enabling skyscrapers and vast infrastructure.
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Encyclopaedia
Parthenon
Pantheon
The Heart of the Woods Poem Excerpt by John Burroughs
A lyric excerpt from John Burroughs in the July Atlantic describes the forest heart beating through the year. It parallels nature's cycles with a drummer avian motif and vivid seasonal imagery of birds and foliage.
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John Burroughs
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Mahoney
Mike
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Kane
Beville
Blackman
Dillion
Greenfield
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Cahort
Hassett
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Nashuas
Blondin
Haverhill Gazette
Girard
Portland Argus
Jean Baptiste
Nashua Telegraph
John Smith
Manchester Union
Cassidy
Lake
Lynch
Lewiston Journal
Glory
Forest City
Maine
Saccarao
Buffalo Stadium
Maccabees
The
Courier
Yeagerland ,Shaw, Calshan and Sullivan
Sheridan
Peitz
Taylor and Kahoe
Nash
Bernhard
Mercer
Milwakke
Rochester
Worcester
Hartford
Lowell Citizen
W. E. King
Heart OF the Woods
Arbutus
Red Ruff
Forward
Lakeview Park
Middlesex
Hibbard
D. L. Pace CO
Merrimack Valley
Lakeview Theatre
Joseph J. Flynn
California Minstrels
Arthur Rigby
Harry Codaire
Knox Brothers
Pan American Four Survey
Hampton Beach
New Hampshire
Atlantic Coast
Ocean House
Hampton Inn
Ocean
Boar’s Head
Isles of Shoals
Exeter
Hampton
J. A. Fuller
Hampton & Amesbury
St. Rygy
A. E. McReel
N. Hi
GO State
John Wallace
M. D
Washington At
Merrimack House
Caleb L. Smith
Boston Branch Grocery
A. E. Morrell
D.O
Taylor Roofing Company
Snyder Bros
Merrimack
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