Tigers Hold Lead As Wilson Tops Yankees 2 1 in Detroit
Detroit defeats New York 2 to 1 in a pitchers battle. Wilson outpitched Summers, holding the Yanks to five hits while Detroit’s Crawford and Cobb drive in the decisive runs. Gardner stars at second with seven putouts as New York fields new players O Rourke Laporte Cree Gardner and Blair. Detroit records one win in yesterday’s American League action with standings showing Detroit Philadelphia and Cleveland atop the column.
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Detroit
Yankees
Wilson
Elberfeld
Summers
Tigers
Cobb
New York
Bush
Crawford
Rossman
Laporte
Morowitz
Ball
O'Rourke
Cree
Gardner
Blair
Farrell
McIntyre
Stavison
Hurst and Evans
Fliberfeld
Detroit Tigers
Cleveland
Boston
Olympic stars compete at Knights of Columbus meet in Newark
Postponed Knights of Columbus games at Olympic Park Newark drew large crowds as top metropolitan athletes contested events. Pastime Athletic Club led sprinting with Dorland brothers Goggin and Gilbert, Cassasa of Irish American Club placing second in a tight relay. Ralph Rose drew cheers in weight throwing and Harry Jensen of Pastime set a fast one mile handicap.
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Knights of Columbus
Olympic Park
Newark
G. G. Dorland
L. B. Dorland
R. E. Goggin
J. Gilbert
Charles S. Cassasa
London
Ralph Rose
Edward Coyle
Pastime Athletic Club
Harry Jensen
H. Cloughly
Mohawk Athletic Club
J McNalus
Acorn Athletic Club
T. Austin
Acorn Athletic Association
A. E. Gallagher
J. Reed
Gordon Athletic Association
N. Kennally
W. J. Kramer
Newtown
Richman
Wiley
Sheeran
Goodman
St. Joseph’s School
Criber
Russell
Kelly
Farley
Central Avenue
Mandeville
Sporlein
Healy
Higgins
H. Schoop
Trish-American Athletic Club
Edward Frick
New York Athletic Club
W. V. van Th
San Salvador
New York
Spitzer
Wright
Murphy
Keating
Kearney Council
Gilbert
G. G. Derland
Goggins
Zink
Hvass
Sedley
MecEntee
Irish American Athletic Club
Heller
Schaaf
Rosenberger
Cassasa
T. A. McLaughlin
Loughlin Tyeeum
Lee Talbott
Olympic Club
San Francisco
Irish-American Athletic Club
M. F. Harr
Irish- American Athletic Club
Ralphrancisco
Witegan
Giants Near Crown After Key Pittsburgh Victory
The article argues the New York Giants likely clinch the NL pennant and world championship, detailing remaining games with Chicago, Cincinnati, Philadelphia, Boston, and Pittsburgh, and noting pivotal standings and possible outcomes as the season nears its end.
Metropolitan Golf Open at Baltusrol Draws Top Pros in Open
The third annual Metropolitan Golf Association open championship is set for Baltusrol on Wednesday and Thursday with a four ball event to follow for amateurs and professionals. Listed players include Gilbert Nichols, Alec Ross, Alec Smith, H. H. Barker, Isaac Mackie, Alec Campbell, George Low, Donald Ball, Jack Campbell, Herbert Strong, Dave Hunter, Dave Ogilvie, and many more from major clubs. Travers vows to play if time permits, after winning the Montclair amateur title. the event features 72 holes of medal play with an expected winning score near 300. Plans to widen the Robert Lesley cup competition to include the Middle Atlantic Golf Association and a potential Pennsylvania State Golf Association are discussed, with Garden City hosting the tri-city match on October 2-3.
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Garden City
Jerome D. Travers
Montclair
America
Walter J. Travis
Travers
New Jersey
Travis
Great Britain
Max Behr
Morris County
Metropolitan Golf Association
Tri-City
Behr
Baltastel
Gilbert Nichols
Woodland
van Cortlandt Park
Alec Ross
Brae Burn
Alec Smith
Nassau
H. H. Barker
Isaac Mackie
Fox Hills
Alec Campbell
Brookline
Eastern Professional Golfers’ Association
George Low
Ballusrol
Donald Ball
Jack Campbell
Philadelphia
Herbert Strong
Apawamis
Dave Hunter
Essex County
Dave Ogilvie
Martin
Baltusrol
Hollywood
Middle Atlantic Golf Association
Washington
Baltimore
Wilmington
Alexander Britton
Chevy Chase Club
United States Golf Association
Middle Atlantic
Boston
New York
Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
Jerome PD. Travers
Fred Herreshoff
Charles H. Seely
John M. Ward
George T. Brokaw
Arden M. Robbins
C. E. Sawyer
Dwight Partridge
Findlay S. Douglas
Archie Reid
H. H. Wilder
J. G. Anderson
T. R. Fuller
P. W. Whittemore
W. C. Chick
H. R. Johnstone
J. G. Thorp
Andrew Carnegie
T. M. Claflin
A. L. White
J. B. Hylan
G. H. Crocker
T. G. Stevenson
A. G. Lockwood
W. P. Smith
Dr. Simon Carr
A. W. Tillinghast
H. B. McFarland
H. W. Perrin
R. A. Griscom
W. L. Thompson
Richard Hanson
James Alcom
Walter Pfeil
A. H. Smith
W. T. West
Lesley
Country Club of
Giants Meet Pirates At Polo Grounds Today
Baseball at the Polo Grounds today at 8 30 PT features the Giants against the Pirates with admission set at five cents.
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Polo Grounds
Giants
Pittsburg
Chicago Triumph Over Philadelphia on Weak Hitting Night
Chicago wins 1 to 0 in a pitchers duel as Smith and Sullivan hold Philadelphia. Plank and Lapp cannot muster offense while Figan and O Loughlin call balls and strikes. The sparse scoring sequence highlights strong defense and clutch plays in a tight game.
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Chicago
Philadelphia
Smith and Sullivan
Plank and
Lapp
Figan and
O'Loughlin
St. Louis and Washington Battery Lineup Detail
At St Louis, lineups list St Boulei as pitcher for St Louis with Waddell Smith and Spencer in support and Washington’s Johnson Street as batters. Um pires Sheridan and Kerin noted. The chaotic OCR reads 9000 81.0001-231 and 1909 dates unclear. both teams credited with multiple players and battery pairs.
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St. Louis
R. H. E. St. Boulei
Washington
Waddell and Smith and Spencer
Washington, Johnson and Street
Sheridan and
Kerin
National League games today and standings update
Pittsburg visits New York Chicago plays Philadelphia St Louis hosts Brooklyn Cincinnati heads to Boston No games scheduled in NL standings show New York Chicago Pittsburg Philadelphia Cincinnati Boston Brooklyn St Louis with win percentages and positions through the season.
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Pittsburg
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Boston
P.C
Hockey Scores From The Day In The State
Syracuse beat Binghamton 2 1 in the first game while Binghamton won 2 1 in the second. Scranton edged Wilkes Barre 8 7. Albany split with Troy 6 5 in the first and 3 5 in the second. Elmira topped Utica 4 2 in the first, and Utica won 4 1 in the second.
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Syracuse
Binghamton
Scranton
Wilkes-Barre
Albany
Troy
Elmira
Utica
Wiley Defeats Hugh M Lean In Ten Mile Motor Pace Race
Paterson New Jersey September 20 George Wiley the Syracuse messenger boy defeated Boston champion Hugh McLean in the final ten mile motor paced race at Clifton Stadium setting a 14 minute plus time in heat one and winning by two laps. Freddie Jones won both amateur events including the twenty five mile race by a final sprint.
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Tribune
Paterson
N. J
George Wiley
Syracuse
Hugh McLean
Boston
Clifton Stadium
Wiley
John Bedell
McLean
Menus Bedell
Freddie Jones
Passaic
Frank Lisier
Brooklyn
Kramer Wins National Cycling Association Meet in Newark
Joe Fogler aided Frank L. Kramer to win the five mile professional circuit race at Vailsburg cycle track in Newark, with Fogler taking second place and the East Orange cyclist securing victory. Walter Bardgett challenged but finished behind as crowd of about five thousand watched. Hardy Downing won the half mile from Bardgett, and Fogler edged Dane at the tape to win the one mile professional handicap.
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Joe Fogler
Frank L. Kramer
Vailsoburg
Newark
East Orange
Walter A. Bardgett
Kramer
Fogler
Hardy Downing
Bardgett
Anderson
Speedway Brush Race Sparks Bid for Ida Highwood Title
A large crowd watched Ida Highwood and Zealous clash on the Speedway in a three heat brush race. Ida won the final heat to claim top honors, with Mona Wilkes and other contenders in pursuit. Mae mares and several pacing horses competed, including Coast Marte Claro and Pot Roast, as organizers plan more clashes next Sunday.
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Ida Highwood
F. R. Bain
Ackley C. Schuyler
Mona Wilkes
Zealous
Mr. Schuyler
Ida
Sidewalk Brigade
Speedway Laurels
Speedway
James A. Murphy
Coast Marte
Joseph Gibbon
Claro
Mineola
Coast Maine
Clare
Ackley
Schuyler
Hugh C. Riley
Lucy
Belton, Jr
Charles Straus
George Huber
Mary Pandit
Mary
Brower
L. B. Wolfe
Butterfly
H. B. Clarke
Gideon
Joseph Lemon
Hugh Riley
Arnold
Dennis Herrington
Nancy Skuse
J. W. Smith
Ogden Smith
I. M. Thompson
Fancy Prince
Barbara Smith
Pac
F. W. Heinzer
Little Maud
Timely Auto Topics A 200 Mile Race in Philadelphia
The Founders Week 200 mile race under Quaker City Motor Club in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia showcases auto makers and dealers testing car reliability on an eight mile loop through city streets and park avenues. Entries include Harbeck's four cars and other luminaries from Locomobile, Maxwell, Peerless, Studebaker, Renault, and more as officials prepare grandstands, parking, and a faster, safer route with 25 laps totaling 20 1/2 miles.
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Automobile Club of America
American Automobile Association
Quaker City Motor Club
Fairmount Park
Philadelphia
Harry €. Harbech
Maxwell
Louis J. Bergdoll
Stoddard-Dayton
Gilbert 8. Smith
Hamilton Automobile Company
Peerless
P. F. DuPont
Merion, Penn
Loziers
Brighton Beach
Pullman
Studebaker
Pennsylvania
Premier
Stearns
Matheson
Renault
Hotel Walton
Memorial Hall
Sweet Briar Hill
West Park Drive
Neil Drive
City Line
Belmont Avenue
George’s Hill
Park Trolley
Park Trolleys
Pennsylvania Railroad
Lipton Eyes America’s Cup Challenge With Shamrock
Rumors swirl that Sir Thomas J Lipton plans a 9 half water line challenge for the America’s Cup after Shamrock’s 31 wins in 35 starts. R A C Smith travels from London to New York amid talk of a formal proposition and potential new boats by Myles and Fife. If accepted, multiple new yachts would be built with a deadline of October 20.
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Thomas J. Lipton
England
Thomas
New York
New York Yacht Club
MylIne
Fife
America
Sir Thomas
I. M. Smith
Henry J. Gielow
William
Hanan Brothers
Emma
Motor Boat Carnival Opens on the Hudson
The national motor boat carnival starts today along the Hudson River under the Colonial Yacht Club north of 138th Street. Entry includes Dixie II Brones Irene II Wanderlust Elco Craig and the Den. The mile championship race is at 2 30 p m with daily and special matches through Thursday led by regatta chair Charles H Newman.
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Hudson River
Colonial Yacht Club
138Th Street
Dixie II
Brones
Irene II
Wanderlust
Elco Craig
The
Den
Barbara
Scotland
Charles H. Newman
Waddell Strikes Out 17 inAL Pitching Duel
Ruhe Waddell fanned 17 in a standout day for AL pitching, striking out seven against Washington in St. Louis. In Chicago, Smith hurled a night no run game against the Athletics.
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Ruhe Waddell
Washington
St. Louis
Chicago
Smith
Athletics
Farmer Kills Deputy After Arrest in Barnesville
In Barnesville Georgia a farmer named Ben Perdue shot Deputy Marshal Ben Porch after Porch had jailed him for drunk and disorderly conduct. Porch died in the afternoon from wounds suffered when Perdue fired on Market Street during Porch’s regular rounds. Perdue was waiting the moment, according to the deputy's dying statement, and then opened fire without warning. Perdue had not been arrested.
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Barnesville
Ben
Perdue
Ben” Porch
Market Street
Perch
Fourth International Fisheries Congress Opens in Washington
Washington prepares for the fourth international fisheries congress with 500 delegates and five days of sessions at the New Willard Hotel. President Roosevelt serves as honorary president as experts from leading nations discuss commercial fisheries, aquaculture, regulation, and biological studies.
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Roosevelt
White House
Paris
China
Congress
Root
State Department
National Geographic Society
United States
Oscar 3. Straus
Commerce and Labor
District of Columbia
Henry L. West
American Fishery Society
Dr. H. Smith
United States Commissioner of Fisheries
New Willard Hotel
George M. Bowers
H. C. Bumpus
American Museum of Natural History
American Fisheries Society
Blue Ridge Rod and Gun Club
Alaska Packers’ Association
Federal Congress
New England
New York City
Narragansett Bay
Woods Hole
Boston
Gloucester
Great New England
Stabbed to Death on Cleveland Street
A Cleveland official, George B. Hayes aged sixty six, real estate dealer and former Bradley County sheriff, was stabbed to death by W. J. Hixson on the main business street. Hixson was arrested and held without bond pending a preliminary hearing next Friday.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Cleveland
George B. Hayes
Bradley County
W. J. Hixson
Hixson
Seek Slayers of Two Old Women in Marietta Murder
In Marietta seven miles from Jacksonville Florida yesterday Elizabeth Normain eighty nine and her daughter Emily sixty nine were murdered by unknown assailants who robbed the house. A posse pursues suspected negroes in connection with the crime.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Marietta
Elizabeth Normain
Emily
Bodies of Alger's companions recovered after Potomac launch fire
Washington dispatch reports the bodies of William H. Gray of Illinois and William S. Rule of Kentucky, Department of Commerce and Labor clerks, were found near Devil's Bbow after a gasoline launch owned by William E. Alger caught fire on the Potomac River Friday night. Alger swam ashore unharmed.
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Washington
William H. Gray
Illinois
William S. Rule
Kentucky
Department of Commerce and Labor
Potomac River
Devil's Bbow
William E. Alger
Alger
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