Protests Fly Over Two Umpires in Major Leagues
New York manager Stallings wires club president claiming Umpire Silk O Loughlin biased against the Yankees and protests McLoughlin reassignments. Cincinnati manager Clark Griffith protests Umpire Rigler over Polo Grounds calls that cost Cincinnati, naming disputed plays at the plate and strikes calls.
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New York
Stallings
F. J. Farrell
Silk” O'Loughlin
Chicago
Farrell
Ban Johnson
McLoughlin
Clark Griffith
Cincinnati Club
Rigler
Polo Grounds
Griffith
Garry Herrymann
Cincinnati
Paskett
Myers
Huggins
Two Northwest Pitchers to Go East Next Spring
Cleveland will bring two Pacific Northwest pitchers to auditions next spring. They paid 4000 for Willie Greeg the promising Spokane left-hander and a fair sum for Spec Harkness now with Portland. Harkness emerged as a strong Coast league pitcher cited by Russ Hall for Butte.
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Cleveland
Willie Greeg
Spokane
Spec Harkness
Portland
Harkness
Russ Hall
Butte
OLSON AND ORDEMAN TO MEET IN WRESTLING MATCH
Seurtin Henry Ordeman the champion wrestler of Norway, who has defeated notable grapplers, will wrestle Minneapolis challenger Chart Olson, the undisputed champion of the sword, in an upcoming grand event. The match promises a fierce battle with all holds, including the expected strangle hold, and a crowd likely to fill the venue.
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Seurtin
Henre Ordeman
Wreetler
Norway
Han
Gage Plere
Minneapolia
Chart Olson
Chanplan
Country tone running helps college track hopes rise
From fragmentary notes a growing interest in cross country running appears among college teams. The periodical hints at improved training and stronger hopefuls, with early indications pointing to record ambitions for the season.
Ant sentiment grows for health producer in college sports
Ant is described as a potent health producer in college athletic curricula. Athletes adopt it for physical benefits and university authorities regard it as relief from the hysteria surrounding football each fall.
Irish festival opens at Benning track with celebrities
An Irish festival and athletic carnival opens at the Benning track for two days in Washington. The program reproduces an old Irish tourney with stone hefting, log balancing, tug of war and similar feats. Martin Sheridan Melvin Shepard John Flanagan and other famed Irish athletes are entered.
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Washington
Benning Track
Martin Sheridan
Melvin Shepard
John Flanagan
Ball Player Never Kicks Rival Emerges in Evansville Club
Ria McPree, longtime Cincinnati second sacker who spanned 1882 to 1898 and never questioned an umpire, faces a serious challenger in James Sager of Evansville. Sager has appeared in 596 games since joining in 1996, yet has not kicked a call—Brooklyn Eagle.
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Ria McPree
Cincinnati
James Sager
Evansville
Ind
Brooklyn Eagle
Hoppe to Exhibit in Portland Six Days at Nelson Hotel
Willie Hoppe the youthful billiard wizard will give six consecutive exhibitions starting August 24 at night. The shows occur in the Nelson hotel's new billiard room on Second Avenue near Virginia Street. Games will be 400 points and duration.
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Willie Hoppe
Portland
Nelson Hotel
Second Avenue
Virginia Street
Florence Crittenden League Opens Convention To Fight White Slavery
On Orchard Maine Aug 25 the Florence Crittenden League of Compassion opens its national convention. The group aims to stamp out white slave traffic and to advance measures protecting fallen women. The event runs into September with speeches and reports from home and abroad. The league notes hundreds of women have been helped free of shame by its workers in the past year.
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Orchard
United States
Florence Crittenden League of Compassion
Tenens
Ila
Automobile stage to Lehman springs
Automobile stage to Lehman springs inquiry Pendleton Auto Co.
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Lehman Springs
Inquire
Pendlteon Auto Ca
College Baseball Captains Named Across Schools 1910
New York report lists college baseball captains for 1910 across Yale Penn Harvard Princeton Georgetown Brown Dartmouth Annapolis Syracuse Bucknell Lafayette Wash Burn, etc. Notable captains include Yale Stephen Philbin Penn Eugene Wood Harvard Charles Lannigan Princeton Dawson Georgetown Cy McDonald Brown John Hennessey Dartmouth W H Norton Annapolis E J Gilliam Syracuse John Scully Bucknell C D Loveland Lafayette H M Edwards Washington Bill Marshall Dickinson Scott H Cook Williams S Templeton Trinity A M Smith Phillips Eugene Brown Exeter Dana Wingate Colby P H Cary Bowdoin William Clifford Bates Ray Harrison Maine Martin J McHale Chicago Joseph Pugnes Michigan Clarence Enzenroth Illinois F B Richter Indiana Arthur Berndt Purdue Walter Tragesser Wabash C E Bridge Notre Dame Hart Daninis Missouri N M Binkely Nebraska Ray Greensitt Iowa T Burrell Stanford T F Cadaloder Oklahoma Carral Moore etc.
Ordination of Jesuit Priests in St Louis
Twenty four candidates will be ordained to join the female order in a ceremony at St Francia Savlere church starting today and continuing over three days. Archbishop Gleynon presides. candidates hail from Buffalo Detroit New Orleans Denver and Mexico City.
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Ordiin
St Loulen
St. Francia Savlere
Duea
Archblehow Gleynon
Ehremontes
Pointe As
Nineteenth Maine Regiment Holds Reunion in Climton
In Climton Maine on August 25 the 19th Maine regiment veterans gathered for their thirty-eighth annual reunion led by the regiment's officers. The event brought together former soldiers from the Civil War era and highlighted reminiscences and comradeship.
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Nineteenth Maine Tennion
Climton
Nineteenth Maine Regiment
Athletic Games Financial Success at Alaska-Yukon Exposition
Seattle reports record attendance and financial success for the A A U National track and field meet at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition stadium on August 13–14. Gate receipts reached 4084 dollars with expenses near 4000, including 3200 to aid visiting athletes and all competitors’ costs shared by the exposition.
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Portland
St. Louis
Jamestown
Fair Grounds
West
Maokes
Pacific Coast
New York
Chicago
Mount Haven
Kansas City
Boston
Asa C. Smith
Little Rock
Harry McLean
Phoenix
Ariz
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