Giants Week in Race for Pennant Sparks Debate
The Giants widened their lead in the pennant chase by winning six straight after a poor start, with Chicago and Pittsburgh closing in. The column notes key players Chase, Willse, and Maginnis Ames, discusses management rifts, and forecasts a tight race as the Polo Grounds hosts decisive games.
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Monézy
Boston
Philedeiphie
Belo Grounds
St Louis
Chicaso
Philedeiphis
New York
Pittsburg
Chicago
Bette
Pitteberg
Cubs
Willse
Biathenson
Maginnis Ames
Cremdan
Polo Grounds
Detroit
St. Louis
White Sox
Tate
Walsh
Stantine
Tigers
Hayes Resigns Amateur Status in Face of Change
Reflection on Hayes amid sportsmanship and commerce during a period of transition. Remarks on Sir Martin’s Flatbush Stakes win and potential earnings, noting strong fields including Celin Celt Ballot Roseton Maskette. Fall meeting of the Coney Island Jockey Club ends Saturday with rich fixtures and top horses in training.
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Sir Martin
Maskette
Celin
Celt
Ballot
Roseton
Coner Island
Jockeyub
Herbert
Metropolitan Golf Association opens busy fall season
Thousands of golfers prepare for a packed schedule across Baltestel links and Essex County events. Open championship features 72 holes with professional entrants globally, while amateur entries require $5. Top prizes range from 134 to 20 dollars with additional side matches and four-ball formats.
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Baltestel Links
Baltestel Golf Club
Wen Vortlandt Park
Will Anderson
Metropolitan
Andersen
Leighton Calkins
Broad Street
New York City
Emsteur
Wand
Harvard Football Plans Amid Coaching Shuffle
Harvard football prepares for a new season with captain Charles Daly assisting head coach Percy Haughton and former players like Newhall and Harry Kersbere in coaching roles. Newhall is currently abroad and may not return. Campbell may also contribute. The Crimson squad is set to begin prelipractice within ten days.
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Tribune
Cambridge
Charles P. Daly
Harvard
Inis
West Point
Percy D. Haughton
Rmson
Harvers
Haughton
Newhall
Sli
Harry Kersbere
Campbell
Crimson
Chicago Beats Pirates In Second Game Of Doubleheader
Chicago split a doubleheader with Pittsburgh, losing the first 3 to 6 and winning the second 7 to 5. The action boosted the Giants' lead in the pennant race as Maldeux pitched for Pittsburgh and Overall and Pfeister worked for Chicago in a high scoring day at the plate.
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Chicago
Pittsburg
Pirates
Giants
Maldeux
Overall
Wen
Cubs
Steinfeldt
Clarke
Chenee
Slagic
Hofman
Chance
Phelps
Sfth
Bells
Slasic
Evers
Schulte
Pillsburs
Dill
Wagner
Gill
Wilson
Leifield
Abbaticchie
Gibson
Pfeister
Brown
Leach
Cincinnati Wins and Loses In Twin Bill
In Cincinnati, a doubleheader saw the Reds beat St. Louis in the first game with a 9 7 score and a pitching battery of Campbell Schier against Lush Ludwig, while the second game ended with Cincinnati taking a 4 0 lead, St. Louis matching with Baldwin Beebe and Ludwig as batteries and Rowan and McLean catching for Cincinnati, umpire Rigier.
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Cincinnati
St. Louis
Campbell and Schier
T Louis
Lush
Ludwig
Algier
Baldwin
Beebe
Rowan and
McLean
Rigier
American League Games and Standings Summary
American League daily schedule Washington at New York and other matchups. Yesterday Chicago swept one and split with Cleveland, 7 1 in the first game and 1 1 in the second, Detroit beat St Louis 6 4. Standings show Philadelphia and Chicago atop with 61 wins,St Louis 57, Boston 58, Washington 40, New York 52, Cleveland 67.
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Ken Teck
Louis
Washington
New York
St. Louis
Detroit
Chicago
Cleveland
Philadelphia
Boston
Detroit Jr
Today’s Sportings: Horse Racing and Yacht Regattas Across Regions
Today features horse racing at Sheepenesg Bay and Elkwood Park, baseball games in the American and National Leagues, and track events across Celtic Park and Forest Hill venues. Sailing and rowing events include Atlantic and Lachmont regattas, with lawn tennis championships in Rhode Island and New York venues.
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Elkwood Park
New York
Washington
National League
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Foston
Knobwood
Clues
Endtewood
Dsepwoodie
Deel
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Hendicap
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Xnewport Horse Fhow Association
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Lowell
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Dwood
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Lachmont Yacht Club
Lachem’s Head Yacht Clubs
Nor- Yacht Club
Hudson River Yacht Association
Norwalk
Conn
New England
Of Interest to Women in Springtime Whitens the Air
A fragmentary poem in a bygone column hints at spring breezes, fresh air, health, and joy, with playful imagery of the squirrel and hints of seasonal change. The readable text is limited but conveys a mood of renewal and feminine interest in nature.
Sunshine column promotes Monday reports for society good
The Sunshine column, published every Monday, aims to concentrate reports of the work and ensure regular appearance. Contributions include 4 Friend at Port Jefferson and Pawling New York to the outing fund, Mrs M. of New Jersey aiding a struggling mother with rent, Mrs Warren in California for postage, E F of Brooklyn for trolley rides, and others adding to the Sunshine outing fund.
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Port Jefferson
Long Island
Virginia
Sunshine Outing Fund
Mrs. KK
Staten Island
Outing Fund
Charity Drive Supports St Christina's Home In Saratoga
Mrs George Perkins Lawton led friends to raise 561 for St Christina's Home in Saratoga. The home, run by Episcopal Sisters under Bishop William C. Doane, serves about eighty children and convalescents from across New York State, with clothing and care funded by contributions. New Yorkers visiting this summer brought gifts and supplies, while Lawton continues year round work with 25 shut-ins and multiple charitable ties. An outing to Coney Island for nursery children, chaperoned by Miss Olmstead and Miss Randall, included transportation by subway and trolley, with donations and small acts of kindness from strangers.
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Saratoga
S T. Christina
Episcopal Sisters
William C. Doane
Albany
Lawton
George W. Holland
Cornelia Nash
Henrietta Cramer
John Manning
Mary Manning
John A. Manning
William Manning
George Saportas
Henry B. Hyde
George Weed
Fred. Cloud
J. M. de Bermingham
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Chauncey Olcott
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Timely Auto Topics Race Nears in Lowell 250 Mile Contest
The Lowell Automobile Club hosts a 250 mile road race today in Lowell Massachusetts over a 10.3 mile course through Lowell and Tyngsboro for a 1000 dollar trophy from Congressman Butler Ames. Ten entries were received but three dropped out including an Isotta Buick and an American. Louis Strang will drive an Isotta while seven others compete including Simplex Buick Fiat Berlier Knox and other makes. The Merrimack Valley course features boulevards and risky turns with five physicians and ambulances stationed along the route.
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Savannah
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Frank Lescault
Robert Burman
Fiat
George H. Robertson
Berlier
H. F. Grant
Knox
William Bourque
Charles Basle
Merrimads Valley
Distanee
Baseball Today at American League Park
Two games scheduled with officials Hurst and O Loughimn. First game called IT SM. Americans vs Chicago teams noted with umpiring by Donovan Schmidt, Waddell Dineen and Smith amid a Detroit context. Admission details unclear.
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R.H.E. Detroit
Louis Nne
Detroit
Donovan
Schmidt
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Waddell
Dineen
Smith
Hurst
O Loughimn
Baseball Today
Kachiogion Ute
Fragmentary note on charity trip for children
A damaged OCR fragment describes higher transport costs than expected leaving little for five other trofier rides. Mise Olmstead has received a plan to move the children to Edgewater, implying a long trofier ride and a crossing of the Hudson on the Fort Lee boat before seeking freedom in the woods.
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Amateur Athletic Union
Shepherd's Gush
Jored
Mise Olmstead
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Hudson
Fort Lee
Pleasant Michigan Outing Recalls Sunshine Friends Visit
Adolph Koch at the Incurable Home in Chicago recounts a five week summer jaunt in Michigan. He describes friendly welcomes, dinners, suppers, country drives, a river steamer trip, and an automobile tour along smooth roads amid apple pear orchards and grain fields.
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Adolph Koch
Chicago
Michigan
Charity Needs and Gifts Bring Hope to Struggling Families
A mother writes of three cents and a letter bringing food hope as a worker is unpaid. Readers send clothing, magazines, and sewing supplies for children and poor women. Requests include a black dress for a department store worker, a size 3 boy’s shoe, quilt pieces, and wool for Christmas gifts.
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Josephine Parker
Gladwin
Mich
Self-supporting woman's recovery praised at Rest House
A hard-working, nervous woman recuperating at the Rest House writes of renewed health. She describes resting under an apple tree, gaining seven pounds in four weeks, and credits the air, nourishment, and especially staff kindness. She plans to return to the city energized to work again.
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T. S .& Rest House
Miss Eliza C Smith Advocates Reading Material to Remote Residents
Miss Eliza C Smith suggests sending reading matter to isolated residents. She notes the challenge of indiscriminate mailings to those with unknown tastes and recalls experience with an elderly woman who prefers only her Bible.
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Eliza C. Smith
Bookmakers Target Long Branch Trotting Meet
Long Branch officials brace for possible bookmaking as bookmakers from New York reportedly plan to attend the fair trotting meet. Mayor McFaddin says police and officials have diligently blocked gambling with four dozen suspicious individuals expelled and three arrests reported. Assistant Prosecutor Andrew J. C. Stokes counters that open bookmaking occurred at Elkwood Park, with slates and payments observed before guards intervened, while fair directors deny any protection to bookmakers.
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Tribune
Long Branch
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New York
McFaddin
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Elkwood Park
Avon
Stokes
Mayor McFaddin
Returned to Randall's Island for Joe the Bum
Middletown New York dispatch reports Joseph Constable also known as Joe the Bum was arrested and sent back to Randall's Island reform school. He is about eighteen and had escaped twice from the island before. On July 1 he and companions stole a boat and rowed to Brooklyn.
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Tribune
Middletown
N. Y
Joseph Constable
Joe
Randall's Island
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Rendall’s Island
Brooklyn
Mrs S and Mrs Brockips Widow Visit Ends in Praise
Mrs S and Mrs Brockips widow spent two weeks as guests of Mrs A in Fast Orange New Jersey. The visitor writes that the vacation was the best time of her life and she felt strong enough to work again. The children gained a tan and the experience left them grateful for the hospitality.
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Fast Orange
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Mrs S S Mardin Remarries and Moves to California
Mrs S S Mardin of Waterville has married Mr Warren and they have gone to live in California. Warren, in delicate health for years, is expected to benefit from the warmer climate. New address: Mr M Warren Oak Hill California.
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Charity Drive For A Vermont Shut-In Child
Mrs Eleanor Vanhorne forwards Sunshine columns to Mrs McQueem of North Carolina for a paralyzed girl in Vermont. Magazines go to Mrs Annie Mahler in Chela ae scissors to amuse the child. The Christian Herald offered for one year to a Pennsylvania shut-in. Please send to Mrs Annie Tyler Mullen Idaho.
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McQueem
North Caroina
Potedam
Vermont
Annie Mahler
Chela
Christian Herald
Pennsylvania
Anni Tyler Mullen
Idaho
Lowe
Mountains
Unframed craft goods aid Suspected New Jersey groups
The note lists contributions of unframed fancy work, weeds, bags, silks and more from Mrs F West Page of New Jersey to aid several members in need. Items include caps by Miss Agnes Helly of Mott Avenue, two country children from Sunday school papers sent to a Southern parish, shoulder shawls and scarves from Mrs Hoskins of Florica, paper dolls for an heirpress girl in Vermont from Mary Bergen, and stamps from Mrs Walden of Brooklyn.
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New Jersey
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