Windy City Lightweights vie for world title with Welling
Chicago hosts a crowded field of 29-pounders aiming for Fred Welsh’s lightweight crown. Joe Welling, Charley White, and Ever Hammer figure prominently, with Welling touted for power and reach.
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New York
Chicago
Windy City
Freddy Welsh
Charley White
Ever Hammer
Joe Welling
Leuleieq
White
Hugh
Pontypridd
Hammer
Welling
Welsh
Ted-Kid Lewis
Lewis
Jones Joy Johnston
Welline
Johnston
Phil Bloom
Syracuse
Jimmy Regan
Providence
Battling Kopin
Jamestown
N. Y
Kopin
Jack Britton
Britton
Bloom
Johnstone
Kid Lewis
Jack
Jimmy Johnston
Ted Lewis
Mike Gibbons
Detroit and Boston Contend In Doubleheader Drift
In a tight AL action two teams traded blows as early runs and late rallies shaped the results. Detroit won 6 to 0 in one game while Boston took a 1 to 0 nod after a pitching duel with Shore and Mays holding the line.
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Red Sox
Boston
Tigers
Lo‘eals
Dubue
James
Dutch
Leonard
AB. R A. E
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Vitt
Bush
Burns
AJ Cobb
Veach
Crawford
Young
Melee
Ee Mitchell
A Hooper
E. Barry
Ee Lewis
Gainer
A Walker
Gardner
Feott
Seeees
Cady
Vee
Shore
Maya
Foster
Dan Patch and Honus WagnerDominate Early Sports Talk
Three months of punditry failed to predict the Indians. Dan Patch, the great harness horse, is gone but not forgotten. Honus Wagner endures, defying time as age advances. New golf eyewear could curb mis swings, and Bill Carrigan predicts the Red Sox rise as Ruth and others mature. Moran, Dillon, and Flynn are compared as drawing power shifts in boxing.
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Grim Reaper
Dan Patch
Father Time
Honus Wagner
Red Sox
Ruth
Shore
Foster
Leonard
Bill Carrigan
Frank Moran
Jack Dillon
Carl Morris
Moran
Dillon
Jim Savage
Jim
Gunboat Smith
Moreen
Frisco
Smith
Teased Goat Causes Drowning Scare In Aurora
Chan C. Suerman, 36, narrowly escapes drowning after a Billy goat from Blackwell animal circus knocks him into Hogan creek. He is rescued by a showman with a rope as he sinks for the third time and is revived by a physician before returning home.
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Aurora
Ind
Chan C. Suerman
Hogan Creek
Suerman
Blackwell Animal Circus
National League game details with mixed outcomes
Report covers multiple baseball events: xBatted for Costello and Johnson in late innings, three-base hits by Mowrey Hinchman Stolen bases Daubert, and pitching lines with various batters. Card wallop Braves 6 to 4 in St Louis, with Bes cher, Beck, Hornsby, Long, Miller contributing.
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Hydro ski water shoes promise new sport innovation
An Italian engineer unveils hydro ski water shoes with two pontoons and paddle wheels. By alternately lifting and pushing each pontoon, the rotating paddles propel the wearer forward with less effort and provide steering via a double paddle mechanism.
Jim Dunn's Cleveland Investment Pays Off Big
New York July 22 Sunny Jim Dunn faces the baseball season with a profitable gamble on the Cleveland Indians. Dunn bought the club for about 425000 plus 55000 for Tris Speaker and other players. Through three months the Indians lead the circuit in attendance and gate receipts cover operating costs, with Dunn projecting a net profit between 100000 and 200000 depending on end-season results.
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Jim” Dunn
Cleveland Indians
Dunn
Charlie Somers
Indians
Somers
James Dunn
Chicago
Hoi-Polloi
Cleveland
Tris Speaker
Red Sox
Lee Fohl
Baseball
Jim Dunn
Speaker
Balkline billiards boast from Australia to Hoppe tours
R B Benjamin, manager of Willie Hoppe, recounts Balkline billiards rising in the United States after Hoppe’s tours with Koji Yamada. The World English billiards champion dazzled crowds in 200 exhibitions, averaging 59 for 66 000 points, and prediction of greater feats ahead.
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Australia
R. B. Benjamin
Willie Hoppe
Melbourne Inman
Benjamin
Inman
Hom
Hoppe
Koji Yamada
Honolulu
Connecticut
Willie
Hartford
First Postage Stamp Idea credited to James Chalmers
The essay outlines James Chalmers of Arbroath born 1782 who as bookseller printer and publisher helped pioneer the adhesive postage stamp. It notes his 1825 push to shorten London to Dundee mail time and his 1834 stamp prototypes. After backing by Parliament figures and public figures, Britain issued the first stamp May 6 1840. stamps spread to the United States and others by 1841+.
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Arbroath
Dundee
Dundee Chronicle
London
Row Hill
England
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