Mount Vernon Handicap Victory for Jack Atkin at Empire City
Jack Atkin won the Mount Vernon Handicap a mile race at Empire City carrying 132 pounds, finishing two lengths ahead of Tileing with Zienap third among eleven starters after six scratches. Wool Sandals led early before Atkin reclaimed the lead, Tileing closed strongly to neck him, while Zienap faded. The day featured memory brokers, profitable wagers, and favorites like Bad News Fashion Plate and Jack Atkin performing well in multiple races.
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Jack Atkin
Mount Vernon
Empire City
Tileing
Zienap
Wool Sanais
Colonel Jack
Mers Cassidy
Notter
Butler
Atkin
Chief Wolff
Sheriff Lane
Pinkertons
Bad News
Fashion Plate
Wimmers
E. R. Bradley
John E. McMillan
Lally
Yorke
Kil- Johan
Wise Mason
Newcastle
Grania
Arondack
Ragman
Oneck
Smith
Personal
F. A. Forsythe
Robert Cooper
Monocle
Ymbal
J. Lee
Don Enrique
Goldproof
Usua
Empronius
Martola Mason
Mewecastle St
Dwyer
McCarthy
Granian
McLaughlin
House
Hi Smith
Hoffman
E. Dugan
Clark
Burns Bir
Taxis
Randolph
Krondack
Winter
Br.g
Po. Iwe
Gery
Bradley
Miller
Ij. Butler
Killochan
J. E. McMillan
H. Smith
Creek St
J. Butler
Schulte
Tyree
Gilbert Ed Wray
Schether
Creevy
May River Tpelier St
B. c
Sain —E Salado
Po. iWr
Notter Saccelle
Schreiber
McCormick
Ak & Ate
Pescara Mareen Cooper
Forsythe
Glaucus
Bigot
Minagh
G. Burns
Lemaire
Alauda
Hastin
Pat St
Biskra
Weeeeees Urray
Cullen Goldproof
Grimaldi
Sanguine
Lasker Triumphs In Second World Chess Championship Game
In Disseldorf on August 19, Emanuel Lasker won the second game of the eight game world championship series in forty one moves after a rough start. Tsarrasch employed a Spanish opening and built an attacking edge before Lasker blundered then Tsarrasch sacrificed a bishop to win a pawn and threaten the king and a passed pawn. The attack faltered as Tsarrasch did not capitalize fully.
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Disseldorf
Emanuel Lasker
Tsarrasch
Nuremburg
Lasker
Terrasch
Hamburg Belle Triumphs in Hudson Valley Trotting Stakes
Hamburg Belle defeats Spanish Queen in the Oakland Baron stake at Hudson River Driving Park setting a new local track trotting record with heats of 2:54 and 2:07. Alceste faltered after early wins and was overtaken by Vandetta in subsequent heats.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Hudson River
Alceste
Geers
Br. H
Bernedotte
Electro Bento
McCarthy
Br. m
Beee Me Bonnie Way
B. m
Lazelle
Naome
Blk. m
Burgess
St. Peter
Cox
Gis
B. H
Fullager
Virginia
C. m
Munz
Oretto, Bik
McDowell
Oakland Baron
Hamburg Belle
Axworthy—Simmons
Andrews
Macey
Carlokin
Durfee
Teasel
France
McHenry
Axtellay
Thomas
Directum
McKinney
Arrow
Yankees Hand Tigers 8-0 in Big League Showdown
New York hammers Detroit 8 to 0 as Chesbro shines and New Yorkers rally with seven assists from La Porte in a decisive win. Moriarity replaces Chase, Laporte walks and Moriarity scores twice, while Conroy stars at the plate and Chesbro holds Detroit to zero.
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Yankees
Elberfeld
Detroit
Tiger Claws
Dispatch
Highlanders
Chesbro
Yankee
Frank Laporte
Young O'Rourke
Chase
Moriarity
Laporte
Frank Farrell
Donovan
Ban Johnson
O'Loughlin
Mullin
Conroy
New York
McIlveen
Delehanty
Blair
Hemphill
O’loughlin
Meliiveen
Meliveen
Cobb
Rossman
Frank
Ball
Mcliveen
Oj Mcintyre
Schaefer
O\Crawford
O Cobb
Coughin
OjCoughlin
McKveen
Downs
Mullen
First York
Chebro
Giants Rally In Tenth To Beat Reds 3-1 In NL Action
New York Giants overcome Cincinnati in ten innings as Tenney Doyle and Seymour drive in runs after Cincinnati tied in the ninth. Wiltse and Spade duel in the box. McGraw’s club closes gap on Pirates and sits one game back. Brooklyn tops Pittsburg, while Chicago upends St. Louis in other games. Recounted are line scores, key hits, and errors from the tense late innings.
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New York
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Boston
Chicago
Giants
Wiltse
Spade
Reds
McGraw
Pirates
Seymour
Devlin
McCormick
Bridwell
Kane
Lobert
Huggins
Benene
Alee
Paskett
Mitchell
Oj Ganzel
McCorm’k
McLean
Hulswitz
Mowrey
Doyle
Donlin
Tenney
Klem and
Johnstone
Bay State in Lead in Herrick Trophy Shoot
Camp Perry Ohio Aug 19 Massachusetts team led the field in the Herrick trophy rifle event conducted by the Ohio Rifle Association. The prize, created by ex Governor Herrick of Ohio, is for 80 900 and 1 000 yard shooting open to all army teams. Today's event covered 800 and 900 yards with 1 000 yards to be continued next Friday morning. Wise and Upton of Massachusetts Winder of Ohio and Mayber of Pennsylvania posted perfect scores on the 0 yard target.
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Camp Perry
Ohio
Massachusetts
Herrick
Ohio Rifle Association
Ohio National Guard
Wise
Upton
Winder
Mayber
Pennsylvania
National Open entries flood Myopia golf links
Belated mails suggest entry list for the national open at Myopia August 27 28 will likely surpass last year with nearly two hundred amateurs including Walter J. Travis Harold W Beverage Eben M Byers J H Childs L B Biglow and T M Stevenson among others leading professionals also entered Deal Golf and Country Club hosts a strong field for the eighteen hole qualifying round this morning Prominent entrants include Findlay S Douglas and Thomas M Sherman Sherman a son of the Republican VP candidate is noted as a top East amateur The event features governors cup Lucas cup and a women s putting contest won by Mrs G A Husby and runner up Miss W Morehead In Chicago Charles Evans Jr recent Western interscholastic champion wins the Western junior title defeating Albert Serkel in the final
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Myopia
Walter J. Travis
Garden City
Harold W. Beverage
England
Eben M. Byers
J. H. Childs
Pittsburg
L. 8. Biglow
T. &. Stevenson
Brookline
J. G. Anderson
Woodland
Hugo R. Johnstone
J. C. Roberts
Utica
J. B. Hylan
Vesper
Deal Golf and Country Club
Findlay S. Douglas
Apawamis
Thomas M. Sherman
T. M. Sherman
Sherman
James D. Foot
Bowers
Brooklawn
Foot
W. F. Morgan, Jr
Baltusrol
George T. Brokaw
J. Cruikshank
A. Morris
A. Baldwin
A. G. Price
BR. Rees
S. K. Thomas
J. Willing
Harriman
Cruikshank
Glass
King
Price
Breen
Thomas
Willing
A. S. Price
J. Escher
E. Willing
G. A. Husby
Chicago
Charles Evans, Jr
Edgewater Golf Club
Westward Holinks
Albert Serkel
Riverside Golf Club
Clothier Triumphs Over Little in National Tennis Meet
On the Newport all comers championship at the Casino, William J. Clothier defeated Raymond D. Little 6-2 6-2 6-3 to clear a path to the semi finals. Frederick B. Alexander also won to stay alive, while Beals C. Wright led the lower draw with a 6-1 6-1 6-2 straight win over William H. Connell. The day featured many defaults as the field narrowed to four by Saturday night.
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Newport
R. 1
William J. Clothier
Raymond D. Little
Frederick B. Alexander
Clothier
Alexander
R. H. Pearson
Beals C. Wright
William H. Connell
Charles M. Bull, Jr
Crescent Athletic Club
E. H. Whitney
Columbia
Young Whitney
Bull
Irving C. Wright
Nathaniel W. Niles
Wright
Young Wallace F. Johnson
Philadelphia
W. J. Clothier
R. D. Little
Wilhelm shuts out Pirates as Superbas prevail in Brooklyn win
Pittsburg Aug 19 Wilhelm delivered an errorless gem for the Brooklyn Superbas against the Pirates. Leifield started strong but Young closed the check, while Hummell and Lumley led a trio of early safeties. Jordan, Lewis, and Pattee contributed as Brooklyn built a 4 to 0 lead. final score 6 to 0 with Wilhelm earning the win.
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Pittsburg
Wilhelm
Brooklyn
Pirates
Leifield
Superbas
Young
Hummell
Jordan
Lewis
Lumley
Pattee
Thomas
Leifeld
O’ Day
Ibpo
Leach
Clarke
Wagner
Ss . Lewis
Storke
Bergen
Abbachio
Sheehan
Wilson
McMillan
Gibson
Starr
Ned Ene
Dogs Bite Boy Twenty-Two Times In Queens Yard
A ten year old boy from Corona Queens was bitten twenty two times by unrestrained dogs as he entered a yard on Mulberry avenue and Locust street. Doctors Dougherty Klein Powers treated and warned of potential rabies while officials seek the attacking dog from Newtown.
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Joseph Grogan
Corona
Queens
Joseph Sullivan
Mulberry Avenue
Locust Street
Dougherty
Klein
Charles Schulholtz
Hoffman Boulevard
Course Lane
Newtown
Board of Health
Dr Powers
St. John's Hospital
Long Island City
Chicago Batteries Clash Umpires Named in Report
In Chicago a report lists Batteries Chicago Brown and Kling Boston Flaherty and Smith with umpires Rudderham and Rieler. The fragment notes See Chicago and Boston with figures 60.00203 z-5 and 6.45.
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Chicago
Boston
Brown and
Kling
Flaherty and Smith
Rudderham and Rieler
Eastern League Games Today and Standings
Newark visits Buffalo and other matchups include Providence at Montreal Jersey City at Toronto and Baltimore at Rochester. Doubleheaders resulted in Montreal beating Newark 10 3 and 5 2 while Buffalo won 9 1 and 7 9 in games against Rochester and Buffalo respectively. Baltimore leads the standings with 62 wins and 4 losses, Providence 59 45, Newark 49, Buffalo 56 50 63, tied stl.
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Newark
Buffalo
Providence
Montreal
Jersey City
Toronto
Baltimore
Rochester
Philadelphia and Chicago Batteries Clash With Narrow Result
In Philadelphia the Philadelphia team faced Chicago in a tight game featuring batteries Plank Dygert and Schreck for Philadelphia against Powers Walsh and Shaw for Chicago. Umpires Sheridan and Egan. The summary hints at a close score with Philadelphia edging Chicago.
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Philadelphia
Chicago
Plank
Dygert
Schreck
Vickers
Powers
Walsh
Shaw
Sheridan
Egan
Boston tops Cleveland in battery battle 7 to 2
In Boston Ratton delivered a performance with 8.0 innings and a core group of players including Morgan, Young and Carrigan for Boston facing Cleveland's Falkinberg, Liebhardt and Clarke. Evans contributed to the effort as part of the battery in a game marked by pitching and fielding notes.
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Boston
Ratton
Cleveland
Morgan
Young
Carrigan
Falkinberg
Liebhardt
Clarke
Evans
State League baseball results roundup
Troy defeats Binghamton 3 to 1, Scranton beats Utica 8 to 4, Wilkes-Barre takes Elmira 3 to 2 in game one and 7 to 1 in game two, Syracuse edges Albany 2 to 1.
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Troy
Binghamton
Scranton
Utica
Wilkes-Barre
Elmira
Syracuse
Albany
Browns Win and Lose at Wisn Ieto First Game
In the first game R. ra m St. Louis 30 00 6 0 1-4 DH 6 Washington ioe OO 2-62. 8 Batteries Waddell and Smith Washington C. Smith and Street. Second game R. H. E. Washington 09 09 11 o2x4th 7 St. Louis 8 2 a0 2 BRees Batteries Washington Hughes and Street St. Louis Powell and Stephens. Umpires Hurst and Connolly.
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Browns
Wisn Ieto
R. Ra.m. St. Louis
Washington
St. Louis
Waddell
Smith
Street
R. H. E. Washington
Brees
Washington, Hughes and Street
Powell and Stephens
Hurst and Connolly
New England League Scores From Tonight
Lowell beat Worcester 6 to 5 in ten innings while Fall River defeated Haverhill 2 to 1 Brockton won 4 to 1 over Lawrence and Lynn topped New Bedford 7 to 4.
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Lowell
Worcester
Fall River
Haverhill
Brockton
Lawrence
Lynn
New Bedford
Connecticut League results show tight baseball doubleheaders
Meriden defeated Bridgeport 9 to 3 in the opener and 4 to 3 in the second game. New Haven won 4 to 2 against New Britain in the first game, but fell 5 to 0 in the second. Hartford split with Holyoke, taking 4 to 3 after a 2 to 1 loss.
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Meriden
Bridgeport
New Haven
New Britain
Holyoke
Hartford
Regatta Schedule Across Yacht Clubs and Power Boat Races
The Stamford and Marine and Field clubs host a joint regatta next Saturday with routes on standard courses. Atlantic Yacht Club opens Sept 2 with cruising power boats and a 79 mile course to Fire Island Lightship, plus Sept 4 and 5 races for larger power boats and automobile boats. Thompson cup races for Class Q set Sept 2 and 3, followed by a mixed-class race around Fire Island Lightship. Sea Wanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club runs its third second-series race next Saturday. Atlantic and Larchmont clubs plan regattas on Sept 7, Labor Day, plus endurance races for Belle Harbor power boats and a 3 pm sloops race for points. Baseball today at 4 pm features American League action.
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The
Atlantic Yacht Club
Fire Island Lightship
Old Orchard Shea
Fire Island
Frederic Thompson
Belle Harbor Yacht Club
Lipton Cup Race Off Again As Buoys Vanish In Heavy Sea
In Chicago on August 19 the Lipton cup third race was canceled for a second time after the buoys marking the course were lost in a heavy sea, halting the event and delaying the series.
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Chicago
Twenty Directory Maids to Parade at State Fair
Columbus Aug 18 State Board of Agriculture announces twenty young women from Philadelphia will stroll the grounds during the fair in directory gowns. They will be under Miss Anna Delaney and wear genuine article gowns slit up to the knee.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Board of Agriculture
Philadelphia
Directoire
Anna Delaney
Irish American team beat Scotland in track meet tallying seven events
In Edinburgh on August 19 a team of Irish-American athletes defeated Scotland in a track meet. Melvin W. Sheppard won the half mile, Lawson Robertson took the 100 yards, R. Cloughan the 20 yard dashes, Harry Porter the high jump, C. J. Bacon the 120 yard hurdles, Daniel J. Keily the broad jump, and Lee J. Talbott the hammer throw.
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Edinburgh
Scotland
Melvin W. Sheppard
Lawson Robertson
R. Cloughan
Harry Porter
C. J. Bacon
Daniel J. Keily
Lee J. Talbott
Hartford Manufacturer Shot by Employee in Stores
Milwaukee Aug 19 L Kissell a Hartford Wisconsin automobile maker and Hartford Plow Company member was shot three times by employee John Gerbier in Kissell company stores. Kissell aged seventy is in dangerous condition with doubtful recovery after a trivial dispute sparking the incident.
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Milwaukee
Marathon Winner Returns Home After Olympic Race
John J. Hayes, Olympic marathon winner, arrived aboard the Cedric and voiced no complaints about British officials. He did not protest Do rando’s disqualification, saying it was decided immediately. Hayes plans to compete in the Eccentric Firemen's Union games at Celtic Park on Sunday.
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John J. Hayes
Cedric
Dorando
Hayes
Fiyemen's Union
Celtic Park
Jersey City Man Fatally Injured in Boston Streetcar Crash
Harold A. Powers of 197 Monticello Street Jersey City was fatally injured in a streetcar collision in Boston. He was taken to City Hospital in a dying condition.
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Boston
Harold A. Powers
Monticello Street
Jersey City
Powers
City Hospital
Gyroscope Cars Enter First Light Car Race Entry
The Gyroscope Automobile Company entered two cars for Savand ah's light car race announced by the Agitomobile Club of America for the day before Thanksgiving. A. L. Kull, GM, sent entries with a deposit and asked for numbers 1 and 2. The Gyroscope aims to debut in racing with claims of superior cornering thanks to gyroscopic fly wheel action. An $8,000 prize for the first five cars boosts entries.
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Savandah
Agitomobile Club of America
Gyroscope Automobile Company
A. L. Kull
Arey
Dynamite in Alabama Strike Targets Duggan and Davis Homes
In Pratt City Alabama an explosion damaged the home of Thomas Duggan a mine contractor of Tennessee Coal Iron and Railroad. Two of his daughters were knocked unconscious. Twenty minutes later the home of Anthony Davis a black miner was dynamited with no injuries. Two black suspects were arrested as unrest grows across the mining district and more trouble is anticipated.
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Birmingham
Ala
Thomas Duggan
Tennessee Coal Iron & Railroad Company
Pratt City
Duggan
Anthony Davis
Explosion injures 13 in Detroit River blast on drill vessel
Thirteen men were seriously injured as a dynamite charge exploded under the drill vessel Destroyer in the Livingstone Channel project. Six may die. The blast occurred during prep work as workers cleared a hole. Federal inspector Paul Trusdale of Madison, Wisconsin, was among the injured.
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Detroit River
Detroit
Livingstone
Columbia
Paul Trusdale
Madisum
Wis
Wilson Slayer Taunts Police in Poison Case
A Philadelphia man claiming to be the Wilson slayer continues taunting police with letters and a facsimile express tag. Over a week he has sent four letters, detailing the crime. prior missives came from Bristol and Boston.
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Tribune
Philadelphia
Wilson
Express
Mar
Bristol
Penn
Boston
Man and Wife Die in Auto Train Crash at Cottagewood
Minneapolis reports a collision between the automobile of John Gluck a prominent Minneapolis brewer and a train on the Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway at Cottagewood Lake Minnetonka. Gluck and his wife were killed. Two other occupants Mrs Edward Lebaire of New York City and her two year old daughter were injured possibly fatally. Mrs Lebaire is a sister of Mrs Gluck.
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John Gluck
Cottagewood
Lake Minnetonka
Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway
Edward Lebaire
New York City
Wrights' airship motor powers flights from Dayton
Orville Wright left Dayton for Washington tonight after shipping his aeroplane on Sunday. He claimed the motor is the best he ever had, delivering more power per weight than any previous engine, and said he will make short flights to survey the ground and measure distances.
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Dayton
Ohio
Orville Wright
Washington
Wright
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