Giants and Nags Jumble In Joke Game Roster Chaos
The Giants beat the Nags 12 to 9 in a batters’ matinee as Dallas pitchers faltered and locals rallied with two runs in the fourth. Charley Seitz starred with five hits in six at bats while Cavender and several relievers struggled in a wild scoring spree.
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Dallas
Cavender
Morton
Storch
Tullos
Seitz
Lemon
Dallas Tribe
Giants
Davenport
Duncan
Mr. Bader
Huenke
Mullins
Hornsby
Ponder
Charley Seitz
Only Chicago Players Play
Chicago hosts the twenty sixth Western Lawn Tennis Association tournament opening today at Onwentsia Club. Local competitors play this afternoon while visiting players start Monday.
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Chicago
Western Lawn Tennis Association
Onwentsia
Houston sweeps Fort Worth in six to nothing victory
Houston dominates the Fort Worth series winning 6 0. Ware struggles on the mound as Sorrells is relieved by McCafferty after facing heavy contact from Houston hitters. The visitors mustered only three runs and thirteen hits in thirty six innings across the series.
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Houston
Tex
Fort Worth
Ware
Sor‘rells
McCafferty
KR. H.O A
Mowry
Aiken
Davia
Whiteman
Britton
Newnam
Knaupp
Allen
C .Scossuee
J. H. O. A. E. McAvoy
Maloney
Moward
Eberline
Kneaves
Wallace
Kitchens
Sorrelis
Posseseessereess
Fillman
Sorrells
Sorrelle
Howell
Allis and Wood Open Western Golf Title Match
E P Allis of Milwaukee and Warren K Wood of Chicago began the Western championship title match in Chicago after 10 o'clock this morning. Allis, the favorite, has progressed with consistent par golf, having defeated Robert Gardner 6 to 5 yesterday. Wood beat Joseph Leduc 8 to 7. If Allis wins he will have defeated two top players in Wood and Charles Evans Jr. in the chase for the crown.
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Chicago
E. P. Allis
Milwaukee
Warren K. Wood
Allis
Robert A. Gardner
Hinsdale Club
Wood
Joseph Leduc
Calumet
America
Charles Evans Jr
Long distance golf fad spurs 35 mile challenge in England
In London on July 26 the paper reports two golfers who aimed to play from Maidstone to Littlestone on Sea, a roughly 35 mile route, in 200 strokes but completed the trek in 1087 strokes. A separate bet motivated Mevill Foulter and W Tiarman to traverse eight miles through wood and heather from Forest Road to Crowborough, succeeding in 184 strokes without losing a ball.
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London
England
Maidstone
littlestone-on-Sea
Mevill Foulter
W. Tiarman
Forest Road
Crowborough
Hallmarks Chief King invites match with Kaufman City League
Hallmarks manager King of the Hallmark boys says he will meet Kaufman City League on Sunday week at any fast city diamond. Call King at Crockett 959 for arrangements. He will use his regular lineup and will not pick over City League players. Hallmarks have played fourteen games and won twelve.
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Hallmarks
King
Hallmark Boys
Crockett 959
Dundee Meets White in 20-Round Catchweight Fight
Johnny Dundee of New York and Jack White of Chicago were matched yesterday to fight 20 rounds at catchweights at Vernon arena on the night of August 12.
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Dundee
White
Los Angeles
Cal
Johnny Dundee
New York
Jack White
Chicago
Vernon Arena
Club Standings and Today’s Matches
Yesterday’s results list Sean Antonio 12 and Dallas 9 while Houston 6 Fort Worth 0 Austin 9 Galveston 1 Waco 4 Beaumont 1. Today’s games include Waco at San Antonio Austin at Houston Dallas at Beaumont and Fort Worth at Galveston.
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Sean Antonio
Dallas
Houston
Fort Worth
Austin
Galveston
Waco
Beaumont
San Antonio
P. C. Houston
Baseball scores and matchups from a long game ledger
A list of city matchups with scores across games ending at different innings. Notable results include St. Louis 8 over Washington 8 in 15 innings, and Detroit 0 at Philadelphia. Other scores show Cleveland 3 at New York 2, Boston 7 over Chicago 6.
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Cleveland
New York
Boston
Chicago
Philadelphia
Detroit
St. Louis
Washington
Wee
Pittsburg
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Baseball scores and results from yesterday and today
American Association action in Indianapolis saw Columbus win 3 to 2 in 17 innings while Toledo defeated Louisville 1 to 0. Other games include Pittsburg 12 Philadelphia 2 and Milwaukee 2 Kansas City 10. International League reports Montreal Buffalo 2 4, Baltimore 3, Providence 7 Buffalo 4, Rochester 14 Jersey 6, Toronto 8 Newark 1. Southern League Memphis 38 Birmingham 2 and Mobile 2 Chattanooga 1.
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American Association
Indianapolis
Columbus
Toledo
Louisville
Kansas City
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Montreal
Buffalo
Monreal
Baltimore
Providence
Rochester
Jersey
Toronto
Newark
Memphis
Birmingham
Mobile
Chattanooga
Wilson Requests Autos for Labor Department
Secretary Wilson seeks one touring automobile an electric runabout and an auto truck to run the labor department. House members friendly to the request expect opposition from the minority as the appropriations committee drafts the measure. A Democratic leader quips the requisition may face troubles and perhaps reprisals before passage.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Department of Labor
Congress
Department
House
Appropriations Committee
Lavaca County Defeats Road Tax in Election
HALLETTSVILLE Tex July 26 Lavaca County voters cast about 1960 ballots in the recent election. The Commissioners Court has not finished canvassing but all constitutional amendments were defeated along with a 10 cent road tax proposal. Dr I E Clark was elected state senator.
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Lavaca County
Hallettsville
Tex
Commissioner's Court
I. E. Clark
Behemoth Wins in Five Round Knockout
Behemoth Carl Morris of Oklahoma stopped Al Benedict of Brooklyn in the fifth round of a scheduled fifteen round heavyweight bout in Joplin Missouri. Morris appeared unchallenged and did not need to exert himself.
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Behemoth
Boy Joplin
Carl Morris
al Benedict
Brooklyn
Morris
Todd Named Trustbuster by Wilson to Aid Attorney General
George Carroll Todd of Virginia was nominated by President Wilson as assistant to Attorney General McReynolds and trustbuster of the administration to succeed James A. Fowler of Knoxville who will retire August 1.
Hohnhorst and James lead Austin in listless Galveston loss
Austin wins the final game 9 to 1 in Galveston as Sewell yields 12 safeties including a homer and a triple. Hornhorst and James pace Austin with seven of 12 hits while Larson allows six hits but issues several walks.
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Galveston
Tex
Pirates
Austin
Sewell
Larson
Hornhorst
James
Roche
O. Corssvecesvacce
Cistervectien
Melver
Erlie
Bobo
Thonssagar
C .Coosesvevcurse
AB. R
Williamg
Mamey
Phempeen
Dodd
Whbon
Bowell
Hohnhorst
Hopkins
Haigh
Cook
Hille
Williams
Matthews
Stand-off in semifinals at national clay court tennis
In Omaha the East and West played a stand-off in the singles semifinals of the fourth national clay court tennis tournament. John Strachan of California defeated Fred Harris of Vermont three sets to one, Merrill Hall of New York defeated Clarence Griffin of California by the same score. Hall meets Strachan for the singles title with the doubles final postponed to today.
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Omaha
Neb
John Strachan
California
Fred Harris
Vermont
Merrill Hall
New York
Clarence Griffin
Hall
Strachan
Niles and Gardner Reach Semi finals at Longwood
In Boston the Longwood lawn tennis tournament sees semi finals set for singles and doubles. N W Niles faces G P Gardner Jr in a forenoon match, while W J Clothier meets William Johnston in the afternoon. Scout relay from Dallas to Waco covers 108 miles and aims for about thirteen hours.
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Boston
Mass
Longwood Cricket Club
N. W. Niles
G. P. Gardner Jr
W. J. Clothier
Philadelphia
William Johnston
California
Dallas
Tex
W. M. Holland
J. H. Mackey
Waco
Phillies Beat Detroit 4–0 in Afternoon Tilt
Philadelphia defeats Detroit 4 to 0 as two seventh inning grounders elude Dubuc and ruin Detroit no hit bid. Shawkey labored early but escaped trouble with Gains and Bush stranded. Detroit pitching allowed four runs on four hits with Stanage and Lapp catching.
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Philadelphia
Dubuc
Detroit
Shawkey
Gainor
Dubue
Bush
Stanage
KR. H. E
Lapp
Washington and St. Louis battle to eight all tie
In the longest American League game at the local grounds this season Washington and St. Louis fought to an 8 to 8 tie. The game ended in the fifteenth inning due to darkness. Johnson struck out sixteen. Agnew suffered a broken jaw from a hit by Engel. Before the game Gandil received an automobile from admirers.
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Washington
St. Louis
Johnson
Agnew
Engel
White
Gandil
Baumgardner
Weisman and Agnew
Alexander
McAllister
Engle
Hughes
Johnson and Henry
Ainsmith
Cleveland Wins 3-2 After 15 Inning Duel In New York
In a marathon game at Twenty Sixth Street Park Cleveland defeats New York 3 to 2 in 15 innings. Mitchell fanned 12 over eight walks, with Fisher and McConnell also pitching well for Newark. Final line shows Cleveland scoring in the 15th and New York failing to tally after the eighth. Batteries: Mitchell O'Neill for Cleveland, Fisher Gossett for New York.
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New York
Cleveland
Mitchell
Fisher
McConnell
Newark
N.Y
O'Neill
Gossett
World Champs Win Boston Slugfest Debut Under Carrigan
Boston wins 7 to 5 at home in Carrigan's first game as World's champions manager. Schalk ejected after disputing a call. Chicago tallies 5 runs in a slugging contest with Cicotte and teammates opposing Boston's 11 hits and 3 errors.
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Boston
Carrigan
Schalk
O'Loughlin
R. H. EB
Chicago
Cicotte
Russell
Benz
Schall
Kuhn
Bedient
Leonard
Pittsburg wins 12 to 2 as Philadelphia pitchers struggle
Nine bases on balls two hit batsmen wild pitches and eight hits allowed by three Philadelphia pitchers pave Pittsburg’s easy 12 to 2 victory. Carey scores five runs in a probable team record as Pittsburg tallies in seven innings.
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Morton
Stingon
San Antonio
Dallas
Reesenes
Davenport
Bader
Huenke
Mullin
Hornsby
Ponder
Mullins
Storch
Duncan
Imbau
Tullos
Seitz
Frantz
Schwind
Lemon
Kellerman
Collins
Kib Jer
Huen
McKee
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
Carey
Tt. H. E. Philadelphia
Seaton
Chalmers
Marshall
Killifer
Doon
Hendrix
Simon
South Heights Baseball Seeks Sunday Game
South Heights requests a Sunday game and urges arrangements by calling Crockett at 8694 for details.
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South Heights
Crockett
Beaux Lose to Nifty Navigators in Beaumont
Palm struggled in a rough second inning as Waco Beaux fell 4 1 to 1 to Beaumont after Helm lined a two base hit and Beck added a key hit. Rielly, Wille, Betts and Helm provided the offense for Beaumont while Palm and Dodd led Waco with limited production. Agnew of the St. Louis Americans suffered facial injuries in a separate 15 inning game and was hospitalized with fractures and possible concussion.
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Beaumont
Tex
Palm
Cooke
Tanner
Beck
Helm
Wohlleben
Willie
Wille
Waco
Dodd
Yardley
McLaurin
Crichlow
Wehlieben
SRAM
Mag Rielly
Beaumont— AB. R. H. C. A
Aio
Itndosassea
Bdmiston, Ff
Slehcespsnenvic
Williama
Pigreig
Betts
Rielly
Wilie
Williams
McMahon
Gurks
Edmiston
Helms
Ashton
Torrey
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Escovvccess
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Bud” Fisher
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Dorner
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OY Stara
Bangkoks
Alamo Plaza
Menger Hotel
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P. C
Philadephia - Thee
Secretary of Labor
Galvestons
Dames
Austin Tribe
Californian Bears
Vermonter
Niles
Gardner
Clothier
Hans
Big Hans
S. HH. C. Reel Optical Co
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Athletics
Senators
Browns
Pittsy
Philly
Turkey Trotters
Cuero
Lockhart
Beaux
Oilers
Agnew Badiy
D. C
St. Louis Americans
DR. Stotts & CO
Gunter Ridg
Texas
Dread
Thos. A. Edison
Terrill Medical and Surgical Institute
Hicks Building
Stanley Newding
New Phone
Faxicabs
Tauraco
West Texas Bank & Trust CO
Guaranty Fund Bank
East Houston Street
Moore Building
Cotton Ginners
Maverick-Clark Litho Co
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OM Outhities & Vwillbee
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