Baseball Pot Boils Over as McGuire Case Roils Majors
Narration of the McGuire contract ruling by Judge Dallas boosts American League standing and inflames NL pride. Rogers and Reach clash publicly over Lajoie loss while managers Shellsline and Connie Mack reshuffle schedules. Colts show strength with five wins in six while Hugh Jennings' injury shields their push. National and American leagues post a mix of scores and upcoming games shape early season tensions.
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Rogers
McGuire
Dallas
United States
Brooklyn
Lajoie
Bernhard
Cleveland
State Supreme Court
West
Cleveland Court
National League
Pennsylvania
John S. Rogers
A. J. Reach
Mr. Reach
Reach
Cleveand
Shellsline
Ois
Boston
Giants
Colts
Connie Mack
Connie
Bonner
Leever Completes Shutout For Pittsburg Over Cincinnati
National League game at Cincinnati sees Leever shut out the Reds with Pittsburg’s sharper fielding on a wet diamond. Thielman pitched well for Cincinnati but luck favored Pittsburg as hits were mostly scratches. Attendance 3,500. Final: Cincinnati 0 Pittsburg 6.
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Cincinnati
Leever
Pittsburg
Cincinnatis
Thielmap
Baseball doubleheader results roll through several cities
Eastern League notes show Columbus blanking Minneapolis 2 0 and Louisville blanking Kansas City 4 2 in 15 innings with a second game 0 0. Toledo takes two from St Paul 16 4 and 4 2. Southern League recap mentions ongoing games and standings with sparse details.
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Columbus
Minneapolis
Louisville
Louteville
Kansas City
Kenase City
Toledo
St. Paul
Chicago Beats Detroit in Rain-Interrupted Doubleheader
Chicago won the fast game over Detroit as rain halted a planned doubleheader. 7000 attended with Jones fielding the highlight. Scoring details show Chicago 2 runs to Detroit 0 in the early frame, with Chicago taking the lead amid timely hitting and base running.
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Chicago
Detroit
Jones
Merrill a Dark Horse in All Around Championship
Seven strong entrants contest the all around championship at Celtic Park on July 4 under the Greater New York Irish A. C. James E Sullivan notes the field includes A H Gunn J Ellery Clark J T Mahoney D T Reuss E H Merrill J E Peters and W E Beckman Merrill is backed by Gill and is described as a dark horse after recent Central Association success where he won the hammer throw and quarter mile and placed in shot put and hurdles. The mix of stars includes previous champions Clark and Gunn, with Merrill favored to challenge.
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Greater
New York
Harry Gill
Toronto
A. H. Gunn
Buffalo
J. Ellery Clark
Boston
J. T. Mahoney
D. T. Reuss
Brooklyn
E. H. Merrill
Beloit College
Wis
J. E. Peters
W. E. Beckman
Merrill
Gill
Wisconsin
Central Association of the
Beloit
Clark
Gunn
Eseat Clark
Mahoney
W. R. Thompson
U Nlon
Bheall
Ford
Jordan
Gene” Goff
John Cosgrove
L. P. Sheldon
EB. H. Clark
E. ©. White
A. B. Gunn
Will Compete At Chicago Amateur Golf Championship
Eastern golfers prepare for the United States Amateur Championship at Glenview Golf Club in Chicago July 15 to 19. The field expands to 64 from 32, with many players entering for the prestige and practice before the tougher Western challenge. Notables include Walter J. Travis and Allan Kennaday as the event draws entrants from Morris County clubs and beyond.
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Morris County Golf Club
Glenview Golf Club Links
Chicago
Glenview
United States Golf Association
Yalter
J. Travis
Douglas
Morristown
Bsence
Allan Kennaday
New Jersey
Euteing
Amemenee
Charles H. Seeley
Hartford
Manuscripts vary in merit and potential value
A critique discusses fifty manuscripts with none usable but some possessing traits such as travel sketches lacking novelty and character sketches with trite dialect. It notes stories built with skill but lacking genius or focus, moralizing tales overstrained in effect, and subjective dramas without motive, plus essays from Harper's Magazine offering various intellectual viewpoints.
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Harper's Magazine
Oarsmen on the River Eye Fourth of July Regatta Prospects
New York entries for the Fourth of July regatta face strong Philadelphia opposition. Clubs such as West Philadelphia and the Harlem Rowing Club show fast form, with Nassau Boat Club, Bohemian Boat Club, and New York Athletic Club fielding competitive doubles and singles as Navy Day results suggest robust talent along the row. Philadelphia crews aim to carry the majority of prizes.
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Maltas
Pennsylvania Barge Club
Fairmounts
Pennsylvania
Quaker Citys
Navy
West
West Philadelphias
New York
Nassau Boat Club
Fraser
Ollie” Stephens
Bohemian Boat Club
Budre
Wesselly
Titus
Zimm
Anderson
New York Athletic Club
Gotham
Philadelphia
Renault wins Paris Vienna car race in 15 hours 22 minutes
Mercel Renault captured the Paris Vienna automobile race in 15 hours 22 minutes at an average 82 kilometres per hour. Leborowski finished second, Maurice Farman third, Barns fourth, Edmond fifth, Hemery sixth. Baron de Forest was disqualified seventh. 8S. F. Edge finished twentieth after a motor accident and rumors of disqualification circulated tied to the James Gordon Bennett cup claim.
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Vienna
Mercel Renault
Paris
Leborowski
Maurice Farman
Barns
Edmond
Hemery
Baron de Forest
F. Edge
Many Colleges Expect Strong Varsity Lineup Next Fall
Cornell plans seven returning men to form the nucleus of the 1908 crew. Maxey Long to row this summer aiming to beat his 47 second quarter mile. Jenee de Varney joins Cleveland American League after Dartmouth pitcher stint. Yale, Penn, Columbia, Harvard, and Princeton prepare intercollegiate leagues in water polo fencing and tennis. Regular season and cross country championships promise large fields and renewed rivalries. Marcus Hurley to join Columbia cycling squad. Georgetown debates American Henley plans for Schuylkill.
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Cornell
College
Maxey Long
Myer Petite
Syracuse
Celtic Park
Ed Merritt
Beloit College
Ota Park
Jenee de Varney
Dartmouth
Haverford Col
Col Cricketers
University of Pennsylvania
Harva
Columbia
Weekes
Harold Weekes
Morristown
N. J
Yale
Pennsylvania
Harvard
West Point
Annapolis
Princeton
Haverford
Haver
R. G. Stevenson
Wisconsin
Poughkee
Badgers
Bartholomew
Columbia Shell
New York College
Marcus Hurley
America
Columbia School of Applied Science
Schuylkill
Philadelphia
Demeter
Georgetown Univer Sm
Uyl
Local Woman Arrested on Grand Larceny Charges
Mrs. Margaret West of 328 Thomas Street was arrested on grand larceny after allegedly mortgaging her horse and cow to secure loans from multiple advertisers. She reportedly used the animals as sole security to obtain several thousand dollars to live on, presenting her animals to lenders as collateral.
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Los Angeles
Margaret West
Thomas Street
Today’s Racing Entries At Sheepshead Bay And St Louis
Racing entries list numerous horses for multiple races at Sheepshead Bay and St Louis with detailed names, weights, and race types. The report also notes New Orleans preparations with Crescent City Jockey Club announcing winter meeting appointments for 1902 to 1908 opening November 27.
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New Orleans
Crescent City Jockey Club
Clarence McDowell
Frank J. Bryan
R. W. Simmons
John M. Hughes
Pater
Newport Horse Show Prize List Issued for Sixth Annual Event
The Newport Horse Show announces its prize list for the sixth annual exhibition at the Casino on September 1–3. Forty four classes offer cash prizes, with first 100, second 40, third 10. ponies have 35 and 15 in pony classes, polo ponies 0 and 20. A gold medal prize from the Hackney Society of England adds 50, for half bred hackneys shown in single harness by a sire in English or American hackney stud books.
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Philadelphia Times
Newport
R. L
Newport Horse Show
Casino
Hackney Horse Society of England
Brougham
Victoria
Neptune
Cattlemen Flee to Canada From Oklahoma and Kansas
A mass migration of cattlemen from Western Oklahoma and Western Kansas heads to Western Canada amid crowding on public lands and herd-law limits. Within a month one million dollars in capital is expected to depart, drawn by higher deposit rates and better grazing. Abner Z. won skids of the Oklahoma and Kansas association is among those joining the exodus.
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Oklahoma
Kansas
Canada
Western
United States
Abner Z
Harness racing revival leads Philadelphia clubs into independent meets
The Road Drivers' Association drives harmony among Driving clubs in Philadelphia as interclub meets unfold at Point Breeze Belmont and Fast Suffolk tracks. The Gentlemen's Driving Club hosts July 9 with 100 prize purses, while Crescens the world champion trotter will challenge the 2024 Belmont time record on September 17.
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Road Drivers’ Association
Councils
Point Breeze Track
Gentlemen's Driving Club of
Philadelphia
Interelug
Belmont Track
Gentlemen's Driving Club
Harry M. Cullen
Turf Club
Point Breeze
Quaker City Driving Club
Fast Suffolk Track
South Sixth Street
Kensington Driving Club
Holmesburg
Crescens
Turkey's Uneasy Ruler Keeps Waking for Talk
The sultan sleeps in a steel whispered palace chamber with walls thought to be steel. A dozen guards pace a corridor all night and officers sit at corners to oversee the watch. Subalterns are drawn by lot each night to report, guarding against conspiracies while the sultan wakes at each guard change.
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Elias Bey
Falk Bey
Chicago Record-Herald
Farmer McKenzie Fends Off Rattlesnake Bite At Home
Dayon Washington June 16 A farmer James McKenzie of the Tukanon country in Eastern Columbia county was bitten on the hand by a concealed rattlesnake while drinking from a spring. With no doctors nearby he shot the infected tissue away with a big gun and, after forty eight hours, reached San Francisco Chronicle seeking aid.
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Dayton
Wash
James McKensie
Tukanon
Columbia County
McKenzie
Francisco
Meteor Leads Kiel Yacht Race Amid Course Change
The American built Meteor with Emperor William aboard led the Kiel schooner race as the Cicely trailed. Wind failures forced a shortened course and a protest from M. Guilleaume over the Cicely’s anchors pending judge ruling.
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Emperor William
Kiel
Missing boats cause daylong delay in Jersey river race
In Riverton New Jersey on June 29 spectators waited as the schooners Two Jacks and James Holley failed to appear for a scheduled match race. After a two hour debate the James Holley arrived ready to race but the Two Jacks remained absent. The Annie L Vansciver returned to the city with 800 disappointed onlookers.
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Riverton
N. J
James Holley
Keystone Boat Club
Two Jacks
Bridesburg
Annie L. Vansciver
Marconi Station Tests Voltage Marvel in Canada
Ottawa reports the Cape Breton Marconi wireless station nearing completion and possible non use this month. A Montreal firm tested transformers for the station reaching 96 000 volts with 40 000 volt target, generating blue haze sparks and a white flame as it delivered over 120 000 volts briefly.
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Ottawa
Marcon
Cape Breton
N. 8
Canada
Thompson &O
Montreal
Dominion
Denver
Col
United States
Beresel
Remarkable survival after sixteen days in desert
Jos eph Reyburn, age 70, crawled for sixteen days through harsh stock country southwest of Shaniko after a fall and head injury. He endured thirst and starvation while wandering toward Brush Canyon before rescue, with doctors noting strong endurance and expectation of recovery.
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Joseph Reyburn
Here
Reyborn
Hardihood
Keyburn
James Baxter
Shaniko
Brush Canyon
cLennan
Edison Says Storage Battery Makes Electric Cars Practical
Thomas A. Edison in the North American Review declares the nickel iron storage cell will power a practical battery automobile. He envisions affordable, reliable electric carriages with low maintenance and fewer accidents, citing French models as superior in strength and stability.
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North American Review
Thomas A. Edison
Mr. Edison
Edison
France
Europe
Ublic
Bishop Quigley Forms Catholic Front Against Socialism
The Bishop of Buffalo launched a movement to organize Catholics to combat socialism and anarchism. A diocesan committee will draft a plan and principles to be reviewed by priests, with circles planned in parishes for both men and women to oppose socialist doctrines and the labor movement.
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Quigley
Buffalo
St. Joseph's Cathedral
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