McGraw Named Giants’ Legendary Manager in Baseball
Born in Trenton New York on April 7 1873 John J McGraw rose from minor league play to manage the Giants after stints with Baltimore and St Louis He earned the nickname Muggsy and is praised as the game’s best manager whose leadership powered multiple pennants and a world title.
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New York Nationals
McGraw’s Leadership Sparks Fast Running Team
McGraw, famed for fiery onfield energy, has shifted to steadier umpire relations this season. He credits speed as the team's secret and says they simply ran away with rivals, expecting to keep dominating as they move forward.
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Local San Antonio Opera House Fans Follow New York Baseball
Thousands in New York watched the world championship game while a San Antonio crowd at the Grand Opera House tracked the live play on a green board with red lights. The audience cheered the lights as if at a ballpark, shouting play ball and urging the pitcher until the final strike ended the game.
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Grand Opera House
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Marshall Street Juniors Meet Beacon Hill Juniors Next Saturday
The Marshall Street Juniors, under manager H Soule, have won 23 of 24 games this season with Cahill on the mound posting 19 straight wins. They face Beacon Hill Juniors next Saturday.
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Laurel Heights Golf Club consider affiliating with Travis club
Members of Laurel Heights Golf Club debated affiliating with the Travis club during a Cham ber of Commerce meeting. A committee was formed to explore a long term lease and expansion to add nine holes to attract tourists, with a report due Friday at 8 pm.
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B. F. Nicholson
LIGHTS TENPIN TEAM WINS IN COMMERCIAL LEAGUE
The San Antonio Light reports the LIGHTS tenpin team defeated Fisk company in three straight games on the Grand alleys in the Commercial Tenpin league. Deibler led with the high single and best team average. Stein Hays and Wagener also starred while Captain Sessions anchored Fisk with expert splits and the evening’s top average.
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San Antonio Light
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Sewanee Opens Football Season vs Morgan School
Sewanee Tennessee hosts the Morgan School of Fayetteville in the season opener coached by Faulkenberry, an ex Sewanee star. Last year’s meeting ended in a tie, and Sewanee aims to win to gauge this year’s material amid ragged scrimmage work and tough signal practice.
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Mountain Eleven
Clabby Defeats Brennan in Ten-Round Bout
In Buffalo Jimmy Clabby of Milwaukee edged William Brennan of Buffalo in a ten round fight. Brennan was knocked down for a nine count in the seventh round as repeated left jabs wore him down.
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A Highbrow's Report of a World Series Game
A cultural Boston reporter mocks a World Series game with ornate prose and satire. The piece lampoons Red Sox players, describing a player missing the ball and a bizarre sequence ending with a tabloid tossed aside in a left-hand prairie by a barbarian.
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Americans Even Series With 6 1 Victory
Philadelphia American League beats the National leaguers 6 to 1 to even the inter-league series. Plank backs a sharp defense as Seaton is hit hard in the seventh inning and Brennan allows two runs in relief. Score by innings shows the Nationals with a lone seventh inning threat. Batteries Plank Lapp Seaton Brennan Killifer.
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Cubs Play Today In Chicago Championship Series
Chicago clubs from the American and National leagues will open the city baseball championship today after rain postponed yesterday s game. Manager Callahan will start Pitcher Walsh to oppose Cheney or Lavender as chosen by the Nationals manager.
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Birmingham Takes Cleveland Manager Job for 1913
Joe Birmingham, who finished the season managing the Cleveland American League club, signed a contract to manage the team for the 1913 season. He took over late in the just-concluded campaign.
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Joe Birmingham
Hayes loses to Read in 20 round boxing title bout
Sydney observers report Grover Hayes of Columbus Ohio losing on points to Jack Read a local lightweight in a 20 round contest.
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Grover Hayes
Columbus
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Jack Read
Rice birds dine as Dunne jokes on supper
Finley Peter Dunne and a friend dine at a New York restaurant where rice birds are served on toast. The host sighs at the fate of the tiny morsels. Dunne quips he does not know how they murder enough rice birds without insect powder.
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Austin College Edges Baylor In Low Scoring Tilt At Waco
In Waco on October 9 Austin College of Sherman defeated Baylor University 8 to 6. Baylor scored a late touchdown, Austin had a second quarter safety and a third quarter TD, with no goals kicked. Referee Moyes Sewanee and officials from Texas and Baylor officiated a clean game before a large crowd.
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Three New World Records at Lexington Meeting
Three new world records were set on opening day of the Kentucky Horse Breeders' association meet in Lexington. Uhlan broke Lou Dillon's trotting mark to 1 58 flat, surpassing the 159% record from Memphis. Maurico won the sixth heat of the Kentucky futurity in 2 07 4 and set a world mark for that heat, with the six heat aggregate time also a new world record.
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Lou Dillon
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Dog Receiver Sought To Pay Damages From Bite Case
In New York City Court, a motion to appoint a receiver for Frederick Drumm was argued to force payment of a $1048.88 judgment owed by Drumm for his bulldog that bit 15 year old Frederick Schuck on May 7. The only property available besides the dog was about $30 from a sale, and the court took the matter under advisement.
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Brackenridge Wins Eleventh Hour Rally in Texas Hard Fight
Brackenridge high school overcame San Antonio Academy 6 to 0 on an eleventh hour touchdown by Trainer on a late forward pass. The Academy led early and dominated the first half with fumbl es and missed passes, but Brackenridge's defense tightened in the final quarters to secure the victory in the season opener.
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Ball player Frank Rhotan dies after operation
Knoxville born second baseman Frank Rhotan died in Jefferson City Tennessee after abdominal surgery. He starred for the Knoxville Appalachian league club last season and had previously played in the Southern South Atlantic Central Cotton States and Southeastern leagues.
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Tulane Cruises to 37-0 Victory Over Jefferson College in New Orleans
Tulane football opened the season with a decisive 37 to 0 win against Jefferson College in New Orleans. Tomorrow only one college game is on the slate with Ursinus visiting Pennsylvania at Franklin Field in Philadelphia.
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