Wisconsin team sails to Japan for ten game tour
Sixteen players from the University of Wisconsin gather in St Paul to depart for Japan where they will play ten games against Keio University. Dr Charles McCarty attends as university representative and Genkwan Shibata, a Wisconsin graduate, serves as business manager. The group will first travel to Seattle for three games with the University of Washington before sailing September 1 and returning November 1.
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St. Paul
Minn
University of Wisconsin
Japan
Univesity
Keio
Charles McCarty
Genkwan Shibata
Wisconsin
Seattle
University of Washington
Tinker Is a Hitting Wonder for the Cubs
Manager Frank Chance has the Chicago Nationals' machine running smooth with strong pitching and improved batting. Tinker excels at shortstop and headlines the Cubs' recent steady climb toward another pennant. Joe Jackson provides power, and timely hitting brings runners home, boosting chances of a 200-bat season.
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Frank Chance
Chicago Nationals
Cubs
Chance
Tinker
Scrappy
Joe
Bane Joe
River Marathon in Chicago Sets New Record
Tilmore Athletic Club swimmer Handy won the second annual Chicago River Marathon with a 2 mile time of 26 minutes 12.85 seconds. Richard Frizel of A. C. was second and Irving Palzer unattached third. Handy led from the start and never trailed.
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Chicago
Harald J. Handy
Chicago River
Ewim Handy
Tilmore Athletic Club
Richard Frizel
Irving Palzer
Handy
Larry McLean Injured in Home Plate Collision
Larry McLean, catcher for the Rus ton Doves, suffered a severe knee injury at home plate after colliding with Thomas. Doctors say the knee cap injury will leave him permanently unable to play and likely unable to run again.
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Cinethnai
Citcher
Larry McLean
Thomas
Ruston Doves
Larry McLean Key Catcher Exits Portland 1906 Title Team
Larry McLean, catcher of Portland's 1906 championship squad, and Mike Mitchell were sold to Cincinnati after the season. McLean served two years as understudy to Schlei, and when Schlei was traded this season, McLean absorbed most of Cincinnati's catching duties. A big, powerful thrower and natural hitter, his departure may cost Cincinnati a first division spot.
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Larry McLean
Portland
Mike Mitchell
Cincinnati
Schlei
New York
Red
Larry
Cincinnati Ts
McGuire Named Manager of Cleveland Naps
James McGuire, former manager and captain of the Boston Americans, was appointed manager of the Cleveland Naps to replace Napoleon Lajoie who resigned several days ago. McGuire, a veteran catcher, is praised as an intelligent player and popular figure in baseball.
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James McGuire
Boston Americans
Cleveland Naps
Napoleon Lajoie
McGuire
Boston
Forest Smith Wins Portland Athlete Title Hurdler to Olympic Team
Forest Smith clinches the Portland athlete title and will join world champion 120 yards hurdler to represent Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club at the Athens Olympic Games next May. Edgar Frank, 125 lb wrestler, to face Smith as per club official statement.
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Forest Smith
Portland
Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club
Athens
Edgar Frank
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Cluw
Sporting Briefs Hint At International Sporting Moves
Goteh may not wrestle until February. Squires tied to BIN. If farming in Australia Pittsburg is slated as a boxing hub this fall. Canadian Pacific railway workers form an amateur athletic association. San Francisco cricket players may arrange a match with the Australian eleven now in England. Jimmy Congreve may travel to England to contest for the diamond sculls next year. Jimmy Parry trains a big imitator to be a future fighter. Stanford Sith of Boston aims to swim to the Bowden Neht on August. Few have achieved much. Philadelphia and Moten teams show spring form led by Sweney in the American league.
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Pittsburg
Canadian Pacific Railway
England
Jimmy Congreve
Artenant Club
Throte
Diamond Sculla
Jimmy Parry
Tom
Stanford Sith
Boston
Philadelphia
Mowten
Sweney
Bucklen Arnica Salve Advertised as Supreme Healer
An 19th century advertisement touts Bucklen's Arnica Salve as the earth's supreme healer for injuries from hot iron burns scalds knife-bruises slammed doors gunshots and other harms. It claims rapid inflammation control and pain relief for sores ulcers fever sores eczema and piles, priced at 25 cents at Tallman & Co.
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Bucklen
Earth
Tallman & Co
Whale Tooth Tells Story From Fiji Royal Seal
A whale’s tooth, once a Fiji Islands noble symbol and godlike relic, is now on display in the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition state department exhibit. The last Fiji king, seeking U.S. aid amid internal strife, gifted the relic to the United States before British control, but no treaty followed.
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Seattle
Fiji Islands
United States
Fiji
State Department
Wireless Message Links Coast To Far Points
Chehalis announces a new two kilowatt wireless station that directly connects to Vancouver Island points in the Northwest and reaches Ketchikan Alaska Monterey California and Los Angeles with clear communication. The Chehalis site sits atop a 300 foot hill ridge, chosen for its ideal elevation and line of sight.
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Chehadl
United States Wireless Telegraph Company
Ivenl Pointe
Pugetahand
Ketchikan
Alaska
Monterey
Cal
Los Angeles
Chehalis
Chehall# ia
Aerial Wires Rise From Tall Fir Masts Over Depot Site
The depot sits 185 feet above sea level while wires mounted 165 feet up treetops create 656 feet of equipment height. Two massive fir trees serve as masts, avoiding new plantings. The remark about happiness contrasts with the unpredictability of events.
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound testimonial
Willimantic Connecticut woman reports five years of female troubles including backache irregularities dizziness and prostration. After three doctors offered no relief she tried Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and recovered her health. The ad extols decades of use and claims the remedy cures displacements inflammation ulceration fibroid tumors irregularities periodic pains and nervous prostration.
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Willimantic. Conn
Lydia FE
Ezra Donovan
Willimantic
Conn
Lydia BE
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