Prominent Players Join Charleston Navy Yard Ball Team
Sailors at the Charleston navy yard form a ball team featuring well known major and minor league stars. The lineup includes Corkery Harvard Gainer Red Sox Gaw Buffalo Shorten Red Sox Bader Red Sox Pennock Red Sox Car Buffalo McNally Red Sox Rice Braves Splaine Holy Cross Walsh Red Sox Shay Chicago Billites Buffalo Barry Red Sox Carroll Holy Cross Norton Holy Cross Callahan Brooklyn Gleason Pittsburgh Witt Athletics Shore Red Sox.
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Charleston Navy Yard
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Harvard
Gainer
Red Sox
Gaw
Buffalo
Gill
Shorten
Bader
Pennock
Car
McNally
Rice
Braves
Splaine
Holy Cross
Walsh
Cubs and Yankees Lucky to Get Star Catchers
The Cubs history of strong catchers includes Johnny Kling Jimmy Archer and Bill Killefer. The Yankees recent pickup Bill Walters is touted as a top mask man and Harry Hannah joins the backstop lineup. Miller Huggins rates Muddy Ruel highly and Tom Clarke remains a steady veteran as the teamlines solid catching talent.
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Johnny Kling
Cubs
Jimmy Archer
Jimmny
Bill _Killefer
Yankees
Lafe
Bill Walters
Yanks
Harry Hannah
Miller Huggins
Muddy Ruel
Tom Clarke
Ben Huggins
Golf expert coaching Luderus boosts Phillies slugging power
A golf instructor in the Phillies training city changed Fred Luderus’s swing stance by teaching him to drive force behind the blow and not lunge forward. After adopting the stance the slugger began hitting harder and winning many headlong shots, with league players noting his renewed power.
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Fred Luderus
Phillies
Luderus
Luderas
Forse
Cardinale Seft Pitcher Pitcher Howard of the St. Louis Na
Cardinale Seft, pitcher for the St. Louis Nationals, faced Milwaukee in a game marked by ejected players and unusual errors amid a tense early season matchup.
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Cardinale Seft
Howard
St. Louis Nationals
Eckd Te iMilwaukes
Baseball Notes and Player Movements Across Leagues
Manager Rowland says his team will repeat. Mollwitz has recovered his batting eye. Wickland leads Boston as top outfielder and slugger. Sisler went eleven games hitting, then went hitless. Cal Mays and others shown. Crowder packs dynamite under organized baseball. Magee drives in runs for Cincinnati. Warhop now shortstop for Toronto International. Henry replacing Gowdy for Boston Braves. Drafts thin for Red Sox. Graney in Indians lineup. Joe Wood on vacation. Moran laments tough losses. Bedient sold to New York American. Alexander to pitch for soldiers at Camp Funston. Connie Mack era noted. Burns could hit .450 if at Shibe Park. Scott trains games in army service. Bancroft shines for Phillies. Davidson bats and fields well for Moran. Rudolph eyes shipyard job avoiding draft duties.
Braves Run Out Hits in Exhibition Slugging Clash
An exhibition game between the Boston Braves and New York Yankees in Charlotte features a notable baserunning lapse by Ed Koney that cost a sure hit. Coach George Stallings’ critique echoes as players vow to stay aggressive on every ball. Historical echoes surface with Izzy Isbell recalling a similar moment in San Antonio.
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Yankees
Charlotte
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George Stallings
Ed Kenetchy
Ekoney
Koney
Frank Gilbooley
Tay
Izzy
Griffith and Gowdy Receive Praise for Fund Drive
The piece lauds Clark Griffith for creating last season a bat and ball fund for soldiers in France, noting its tremendous success and ongoing momentum. Hank Gowdy is also praised for his role in baseball’s notable charitable effort. Louis Lelarms comments in the New York Tribune.
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Clark Griffith
France
Griffs
Hank Gowdy
Griffith
Louis Lelarms
New York Tribune
Duke Farrell Becomes United States Marshal Deputy
Charles A. Farrell of Marlboro Massachusetts once a major league baseball star is appointed a deputy United States marshal by U S Marshal Mitchell of Boston. He has spent years with the New York American League team and aims to aid the government with his wide travel connections during the war period.
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Charles A. Farrell
Marlboro
Mass
Diamantlef
Duke” Farrell
United States
Mitchell
Boston
Farrell
New York
Coantlaas
One Weapon of the Hun Describes German Brutality
The Kaiser is quoted as saying Germans have taken enough prisoners and may kill the wounded. The weapon shown is among thousands captured and used to murder soldiers taken in trench raids.
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Kaiser
Analysis of Torpedoed Vessels by Naval Architects Panel
A British Institution of Naval Architects committee explains torpedoed merchant ships suffer extensive damage not from hull breach alone. They cite three main loss causes: bulkhead floors too low to close, flooding through fractured suction pipes, and bulkheads penetrated by gunfire and steel fragments.
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British Institution of Naval Architects
Solomon Wisdom Question Sparks Classroom Conversation
A teacher asks the class about Solomon and his wisdom. The queen of Sheba visited and presented jewels and fine raiment to Solomon, and the teacher prompts the amail girl to answer, noting her evident experience in such matters.
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Solomon
Sheba
Congress Sees 17 Union Labor Members In Present Session
The current congress includes seventeen union labor members while Virginia workers gain a veto on workmen's compensation. France restricts female ammunition workers to ten hours daily. Global land above sea level would form a sixteen foot thick global coast if spread evenly. Abbott reports eighty percent of Norway’s dentists trained in the United States. Abyssinia is cited as the original home of the coffee tree in southern regions.
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Congress
Virginia
France
Abbott
Norway
United States
Abyssinie
Snd
Condensations From 1806 Trade Pion Amberahis
Since 1806 trade pion amberahis in Australia has mer d 211 per cent. The London & Northwestern railway of Ingland has offered epace lgnd tp the side of its line for food pilots. Bread for the British collierie made near the front by members of the British Woman's army auxiliary eoxpal. Post cards were frst used in Arm eria and became part of that country’s postal service in 198g.
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London & Northwestern Railway
Ingland
Tritadedad
British West Indies
Froghoppere
British Woman's Army
Armeria
Cottry
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