Baseball Pickups and Team Movements Highlight Week
Manager Mack pushes changes as Stengel and Smith join the roster this week while Bobby Lowe of Boston remains sidelined at home in Newcastle pa. McGann stars for the Bean Eaters, Umpire Conahan warns players, and Washington fans sour on Joyce’s Senators trade as McGraw could join the Phillies.
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Mack
Jim Banion
Stengel
Smith
Phillies
McGraw
Baltimore
Hfe
Quaker City
Washington
Senators
Joyce
New York
Scrappy
It Became Too Dark as Gulls Lose to Grangers in Darkened Game
A dramatic baseball contest ended after darkness halted play with Norfolk ahead by one run. Highlights include Claude MacFarlan's two-bagger, Reddy's two hits, and Gochnaur's two-base hit after a disputed ball switch. Beck declared the fame ended as the crowd groaned at the fading light.
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Norfolk
Claude MacFarlan
Gulls
Brandt
Cleve
Co. Mac
Reddy
Grangers
Sheckard
Tan
Pfanmiljler
Gochnaur
Rollins
Beck
Mr. Rollins
Mace
Turf notes and stakes at Milwaukee and Sheepshead Bay
Tamereon McCargo sells the play Belding Charley A to George Boennis. May Gallop wins seven furlongs in 1 20 at Milwaukee. Ornament and Ogden may start in the Flatbush Stakes at seven furlongs at Sheepshead Bay. Harper injured in Windsor steeplechase after four fallers. Inez turf race in Canada features strong betting. Middlesex Athletic Club meet slated for August 29 with 100 to 120 entries, including top sliders. Rhodesia bet on Clifford at seven furlongs in Filet stakes drew heavy wagering despite lack of distance form. Clifford wins. Rhodesia fades amid fast time. Newport card yields surprises and a tight Joe Clark vs First Deal betting showdown. Joe Clark less favored, odds lengthen to 5 to 2.
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Dlesex Athletic Club
Spotten +o
Hetween
Secon
Sharpshead Bay
Amon
Rhodesia
Bert Clifford
Mly
Nevr
Grannon
Clifford
Mhodesta
Taral
Newport
Simon
Joe Clark
Cyclists progress from Philadelphia to Atlantic City noted
OF INTEREST TO CYCLISTS. The bicycle path from Philadelphia to Atlantic City is now under way. It will reduce the time a wheel between the Quaker City and the famous resort about one half. Co. V. Babcock of the Tank Cyclers will ride at the Patchogue meet and at the night meet at Olympia Park. The Greenwich Wheelmen plan a sextuplet machine and a Diegele branch ornament worn by wheelwomen is described. E Rittenhouse Miller of Germantown becomes an avid cyclist with multiple wheels and a possible quad. A Bridgeport parade featured a tandem with a wife driving her husband and a young cyclist. The transcontinental relay race under the New York Journal and San Francisco Examiner aims to complete in 13 days with 10 mile relays. Lt. Moss of Fort Missoula reports a single test of bicycle use in army service with 126 miles in 24 hours under tough weather and terrain.
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Philadelphia
Atlantic City
Quaker City
Greenwich
Manhattan Beach
Diegele
Bridgeport
Conn
The
New York Journal
San Francisco Examiner
Pacific Coast
Nelson A. Miles
Governor's Island
New York
Jones A. Moss
Fort Missoula
Montana
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Music of the Spheres and Baseball Scores Pulse of the Era
Reported games show Portsmouth and Norfolk in a scoring exchange, with multiple players earning hits and errors noted. A separate local column highlights Jack Wentz’s athletic work at second and an exhibition cup at a Richmond jewelry store, plus game summaries from Richmond, Washington, New York, St. Louis, Brooklyn, Louisville, Boston, and Chicago with line scores, pitchers, and batters.
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Inninus
Portsmouth
Norfolk
Hargravy
Lochnath
Belman
Rollins
Cleve
Armatrong
Shecka
Jases
Balk
OW Mrandt
Pranmiller
Brandt
Staten
Vis
Wikpirth
Grandt
Tine
Teek
Jack Wentz
New York
New Yorks
St. Louis
Seymour
Hart
Kissinger
Pirst Pnone
R. HE
Baltres
Wilson
Murphy
Nh HH
Sullvan
Zearfos
Kls
Singer
McParlan
National League clash yields high scoring game
Baltimore and Cincinnati played flawless defense and strong hitting. Dwyer collected seventeen hits and twenty three bases while Cincinnati attacked Wolfner in a 9 to 4 victory. Three sparkling double plays thrilled the crowd as Hoffer and Clark teamed with Dwyer and Vaughan in a pitching battle.
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Baltimore
Dwyer
Cincinnatis
Wolfner
Fast Ball Phillies Triumph Over Cleveland in Aug Game
In Philadelphia, 3,300 attendance saw the Phillies defeat Cleveland in fast ball action. Final score lines show Phillies 9 to 4. Batteries were Carsey and Boyle for Philadelphia and Young and Zimmer for Cleveland.
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Phiadelphia
Phillies
Cleveland
Phila
Hatteries
Carsey and Boyle
Young and Zimmer
Shooting contest ends in a tie near Chiry Cemetery
Shotton Ti Moesrs W A Seddinger and Mr Ma lov engaged in a shooting contest yesterday afternoon opposite the Chiry Cemetery under Norfolk Shooting Association. Seddinger tied at 100 1 2, the tie to be shot off in a few days. Sharkey Corbett fight arrangements postponed till next Monday. A National Athletic Club telegram offers a $20,000 purse for the Carson City bout. Mrs EB L Loring, eight, swims daily in Appledore bathing pond, four laps each time, touted as the smartest old lady on the coast.
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W. A. Seddinger
Mr. Malov
Chiry Cemetery
Norfolk Shooting Association
Seddinger
York
D. J. Lynch
Sharkey
Corbett
National Athletic Club
San Francisco
Carson City
Nev
EB l L. Loring
Washington
Appledore
Islanderg
General Sporting Notes Mixed with Wareraft History
A broad overview of sporting happenings includes forthcoming gate matches between Yule eleven and Naval Cadets with Jake Schaefer arranging bouts in New York with Frank Ives. Wiliam Irvine issues a world sack race challenge for $25 to $100. Niagara Golf Club offers a $300 purse for an open international match at Niagara. Tim Hurst helps promote boxing via the National Sporting League, while Corbett readies for a months long training to face Sharkey. Chicago bowling lead remains with W B Moio at Plaza, followed by Morris O’Connor, Dr. Hanno, and Newton. Philadelphia Golf Club coaching details note a revised course record. Kenwood Country Club to host a women’s tennis tournament at Bills Avenue. A Civil War class note recalls nineteen generals, ten Confederate and nine Union. The bogus medical board hazed Benham, resulting in injury. Colonel Stewart reflects long public duty, West Point appointment via Sherrad Williams, and post at Fort Medley Baltimore, near the Star Spangled Banner site.
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New York
Tryli
Frank 8. Ives
Sory Wiliam Irvine
Philadelphia
Confedrate
United States
Nemy
Benham
Lezged
Longstret
Stewart
West Point
Academy
Sherrad Williams
Kentucky
Veutemart
Artllery
Fort Medleary
Baltimore
West Point hazing remembered by Col Stewart over fifty years
Colonel Joseph Stewart recalls West Point customs from 1848 to 1852. He cites Benham’s harsh hazing and notes early class leaders avoided brutal hazing, though prank boards and initiation schemes persisted. He mentions James Longstreet as a classmate who endured hazing alongside others.
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Joseph Stewart
Military Academy
West Point
Benham
Colonel Stewart
Gerkely
Edwin G. Davis
Idaho
Patrick A. Murphy
Tayigh
Davis
Engineer Corps
Weel Point
James Longstreet
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