Giants Tie Cubs as Protested Game Is Set for Playoff
Boston falls 4 to 1 to New York as the Giants win the second of three to tie the Cubs for the National League pennant. McGraw weighs pitching options with Mathewson or Ames to face Chicago while Philadelphia and Boston observers follow in Cincinnati.
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Boston
Giants
Chicago Cubs
National League
New York
Chicago
Cincinnati
Joe Humphreys
John McGraw
Brush
Chicagoo
Mathewson
McGraw
Mr. Brush
Cubs
Ames
McGinnity
Flaherty
Will Pors
Mathewsone
Wiltse
Inahan
Hie
Ferguson
Wiltseft
Mayor vetoes Auto Hill Climb resolution
Mayor Morrilan vetoes a resolution granting the New York Automobile Trade Association permission to hold speed tests on Fort George on October 17. He cites a Court of Appeals decision in Johnson v City of New York and says tests should occur only at the request of public bodies under proper police supervision.
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Morrilan
Board of Aldermen
New York Automobile Trade
Fort George
Court of Appeals
Johnson
City of
New York
Atele
Polar 6 on Resion of Ricage Today
Giants game posted for tonight at 8 P.M. details unclear due to garbled OCR but lists Giants as opponent. Event appears sports oriented with time and teams.
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Polar
Ricage
End of Keen Baseball Struggle for Pennant
The Giants stand one game from a playoff with Chicago after beating Boston. A win today but the Cubs, Yankees and Red Sox scenarios could create a three way tie. Detroit clinches the World Series berth by winning the American League pennant, edging Cleveland as Chicago finishes well behind.
National League games today include Boston at New York
East division results list New York 4 over Philadelphia 4 and Chicago 98 55 while Cincinnati 74 80 stands. standings show New York 97 55 Boston 63 85 Pittsburg 98 66 Brooklyn 53 100 Philadelphia 271 538 St Louis 49 195 American League features New York at Washington and Philadelphia at Boston after yesterday Boston beat New York 11 to 3. Detroit 7 Chicago 9. Cleveland 5 St Louis 1. Washington 3 Philadelphia 2
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New York
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
P.cj YY
Chicago
Cincinnati
Pittsburg
St. Louis
Washington
Detroit
Weveland
Het Vo
Cleveland
Detroit Wins Pennant as Donovan Shuts Out White Sox
Detroit defeats Chicago 7 to 0 to clinch the American League pennant for the second straight year. Donovan pitched a masterly game with ten strikeouts and only two hits allowed, lifting the Tigers over the White Sox in front of 30,000 fans. Four runs sealed in the first inning, and Chicago errors aided Detroit’s championship effort.
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Detroit
Chicago
Bil” Donovan
Cleveland
Chicago White Sox
Donovan
Tigers
Cubs
Pittsburg
White
Walsh
Smith
New York
Boston
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Isbell
Dougherty
Crawford
McIntyre
Bush
Cobb
Isbeil
Rossman
Schaefer
Parent
Davis
Jones
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Abribpo
Ae McIntyre
O Hahn
O F. Jones
Ojisbell
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OjDavis
Sekaned Sretaepera
Sullivan
Tannehill
Welsh
Sheridan and
Connolly
Cleveland and St. Louis Batteries Duel Revealed at Game
In St. Louis, Cleveland and St. Louis pitchers played to a tight contest withics lines showing runs hits and errors. Battery pairs included Cleveland players Ryan and Laud and St. Louis duo Bailey and Smith supported by umpires Egan and Loughlin.
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St. Louis
R.H.E. Cleveland
St Louis
Cleveland
Ryan
Laud
Bailey and Smith
Egan and Loughlin
Washington vs Philadelphia Batteries Row
At Washington the scoring shows R H E with Washington 0 10 1100 and Philadelphia 0x873. Batteries credited to Washington Hughes and Street Philadelphia Vickers and Powers. Umpire Evans.
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Washington
Philadelphia
R. H. E. Washington
Hughes and Street
Vickers and
Powers
Evans
Quakers Rally to Beat Brooklyn 9 to 4 in Baseball
Philadelphia victory over Brooklyn 9 to 4 as Quakers field errorless, six Brooklyn errors aid six pitchers. Richie outpitched Bell with five innings for Krueger in relief. two-base hits by Jordan Knabe Titus and Bransfield, Magee and Bransfield impress. Time 1 42. Umpire Lenigan.
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Quakers
Coveleskie
Richie
Bell
Brooklyn
Ratten
Krueger
Jordan
Knabe
Titus
Bransfield
Johnson
Magee
Kruczer
Furd
Bransfeld
Mags
Doolap
Rooklyn
Erorre
Doom
Lenigan
Boston Beats New York 11 to 3 in Batting Duel
Boston uses new pitcher McMahon to overpower O'Connor and the Yankees. Both teams register fourteen hits but Boston secures the win with a strong second inning and a four-run eighth. Stahl's three-base hit caps the late scoring while Donovan, Lord, and Speaker stand out for Boston.
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Bridwell
Becker
Wiltse
Fiest
Browne
Pridwell
Ferguson
Donlin
Seymour
New York
Devlin
Sweener
McCormick
Giants
Bresnahan
Bates
Tenney
Boston
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Tor
Bowerman
Ty Donnn
Mage
Ty Man
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Sweeney
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O'Connor
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Speaker
Stahl
Laporte
Cree
Gardner
Yankees
Donovan
Yankee
O'Rourke
Wagner
Niles
Moriarity
Hurst
Yale Men Put Out In Intercollegiate Tennis Championship
In Philadelphia at the Madison Cricket Club grounds the Intercollegiate lawn tennis tournament moved to the semi finals with Harvard’s Niles and Dabney and Pennsylvania’s Tilden and Schmidt advancing. Niles faces Tilden tomorrow while Schmidt defeats Bundy of Yale.
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Madison Cricket Club
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Harvard
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Princeton
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Tilden
Schmidt
Holden
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Harris
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Gordon
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Kuh
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Williams
Ailinson
Finness
Haverford
S. Watrous
Stevens
Palmer
Bray
Donnell
Eichman
Hobart
Thayer
Dixon
Whitney horses sold at Fasig Tipton sale at Sheepshead Bay
At Fasig Tipton in Sheepshead Bay, Whitney and Duryea stables held a weed out sale with spirited bidding. Twenty one Whitney horses netted 21160 dollars total with an average around 1000. top price 5100 for Royal Tourist. Duryea horses fared poorer though notable buys included Strike Out and Bedouin among others.
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Belmont Park
Giants
Boston
Harry Payne Whitney
Herman B. Duryea
Fasig-Tipton
Sheepshead Bay
Royal Tourist
C. R. Ellison
Ellison
Westbury
California
Duke of
Burgher
Burgomaster
John Powers
Duryea
Bedouin
John Huggins
Billy Garth
Surgeon George H. Barber Wins Divorce From Wife
Surgeon George H. Barber U S N obtains a divorce in the Superior Court here grounded on separation of more than ten years. The case was decided in Newport Rhode Island on October 6.
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Tribune
Newport
R. L
George H. Barber
Disputed NL tie game set for playoff Thursday at Polo Grounds
National League directors sustain Pulliam and order the New York and Chicago clubs to replay the September 23 tie game at the Polo Grounds on October 8 or as soon as weather allows. The ruling upholds Merkle’s out call and denies Chicago’s forfeiture claim, stressing adherence to playing rules and world series field standards.
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Cincinnati
National League of Baseball
New York
Chicago
National League
Pulliam
Murphy
Dreyfus
Pittsburg
Ebbets
Brooklyn
August Herrmann
Emslie
O'Day
Merkle
Harvester Wins Kentucky Futurity In Record Trotting Heat
The Harvester owned by August Athlin and driven by Ed Geers won the three year old division of the Kentucky Futurity valued at $14,000. He trotted the last heat in 2.08 setting a new race record. Minor Heir upset pacers in the Tennessee Stake lowering the track mark to 2.02 in the second heat. Jerry D. defeated Minor Heir and The Eel after seven heats.
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Lexington
Kentucky Horse Breeders’ Association
States
Canada
Harvester
August Athlin
Milwaukee
Ed Geers
Tennessee
Jerry D
Minor Heir
Eel
Timely Auto Topics Plans for Palace Show
At a committee meeting of the American Motor Car Manufacturers Association a full report on the Grand Central Palace exhibition opening New Year’s Eve 1908 1909 was approved. The show will feature leading American and foreign cars plus Motor and Accessory Manufacturers and motor cycles.
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American Motor Car Manufacturers’ Association
Grand Central Palace
Power
Benjamin Briscoe
Maxwell-Briscoe Motor Company
James Couzens
Ford Motor Company
C. G. Stoddard
Dayton Motor Car Company
R. M. Owen
Reo Motor Car Company
H. O. Smith
Premier Motor Manufacturing Company
Charles Lewis
Jackson Automobile Company
S. H. Mora
Mora Motor Car Company
W. H. van Dervoort
Moline Automobile Company
G. Vernor Rogers
Mitchell Motor Car Company
Alfred Reeves
Yale Wins Intercollegiate Golf Championship Over Harvard
Yale defeats Harvard 12 to 7 at Brae Burn Country Club to win the intercollegiate golf title for the second straight year. Van Vleck leads Yale, beating H H Wilder 1 up. Yale takes the morning singles 9 to 5 on the Nassau system.
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Tribune
Newton
Mass
Yale
Harvard
Brae Burn Country Club
van Vleck
H. H. Wilder
Sweeney
Lanigan
Crimson
Many Riders Take Part In Meadow Brook Drag Hunt
Twenty five riders joined a stiff drag hunt at Meadow Brook Hempstead Long Island with the hounds meeting at the Jericho tollgate and the kill several miles away at the Blue Hotel Harry S Page steps in as Master of Hounds during Samuel Willetts absence due to injuries from a recent fall in Central Park
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Hempstead
Long Island
Meadow Brook Hunt
Nassau County
Jericho Tollgate
Blue Hotel
Harry
Page
Samuel Willetts
Central Park
Fire destroys Anatomy Hall at University
In Minneapolis a blaze yesterday night destroyed Anatomy Hall at the state university used by medical classes for dissections. Officials believe the fire started from damaged electric wires and eight bodies may have been burned in the fire.
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Minneapolis
Oct
Anatomy Hall
The
State University
Lind say case before lunacy commission in Pasadena
A. I. Lind say, a wealthy Pasadena resident, is before the lunacy commission and may be sent back to New York from which he came three years ago with two sisters. After his sisters left for New York, his mental condition worsened and he has threatened to kill prominent citizens for imaginary wrongs. The sisters returned to Pasadena last night.
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Cal
A. I. Lindsay
Lunacy Commission
New York
California
Lindsay
Wealthy farmer killed by bull at Moore stock farm
Frank Crimmins of Norwich died after entering a bull pen at Moore stock farm near Oxford to feed the animal. He was attacked and fatally injured before rescue could reach him.
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Norwich
N. Y
Frank Crimmins
Moore Stock Farm
Oxford
Clemency for Captain Cook Granted by President
The President approved Secretary Wrights recommendation to reduce Captain Frank A. Cook of the subsistence department four grades instead of dismissal. Cook had been sentenced by a court martial for conduct prejudicial to good order and military discipline on an electric car between Washington and Alexandria last August.
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Washington
Wright
Frank A. Cook
Subsistence Department of the Army
Army
Cook
Alexandria
Yale Line Plays Scrimmage Amid Freshman Adjustments
Yale practice features second team stars Arthur Brides and Fre Daly scoring from midfield as adjustments continue at guard and tackle positions. Princeton and Harvard scrimmages reveal new backs and end conundrums with Captain Eddie Dillon and Browne under scrutiny. West Point notes a long scrimmage with improved for ward play and onside kicking.
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Tribune
New Haven
Arthur Brides
Fre Daly
Yale
Brides
Coy
Varsity
Furmbse
Daly
Clarence Alcott
Cooney
Goebel
Murphy
Warren
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Jefferson
Hutchinson
Jack Cates
Annapolis
George Adee
Adee
Tad Jones
the Tribune
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N. J
Roper
Pfeifer
Cunningham
Bama
Eddie Dillon
Smith
Coxe
Hector Cowan
Steve McClare
E. J. Hart
Exeter
Hart
Wee Ae
Stevens Institute
Cambridge
Mass
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Cutler
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Burr
White
West Point
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Army
Grebler
Dean
Grebie
Taylor
Wood
Kern
Baehr
Scrubs
Chamberlsin
Carberry
Hayes
Hudson River Night Boat Aground Near Albany
The steamer Frank Jones of the New York & Albany Transportation Company ran aground in heavy fog on the Hudson River. By tonight she remained stuck in the mud as tugs prepare to float her at high tide, with all passengers brought to Albany by train.
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Albany
Frank Jones
New York & Albany Transportation Company
Hudson River
Chicago Council Creates Columbus Day Holiday
The City Council approved an ordinance to establish October 12 as Columbus Day in Chicago to honor the discoverer of America.
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Chicago
Salt Lake Railroad pumping-plant couple sentenced for murder
San Bernardino reports that Mr and Mrs John W Scott keepers of the Dry Lake pumping plant have been sentenced to twenty years each in the penitentiary for the murder of Joseph Webb a laborer three months ago Webb stopped at the station for water Scott ordered him away and both fired with shotguns following his refusal to obey which led to his death
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Cal
John W. Scott
Salt Lake Railroad
Dry Lake
Joseph Webb
Webb
Scott
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