Transcontinental relay race begins in Plymouth Mass
An automobile relay race across the continent started in Plymouth Massachusetts and aims to reach Fort Lawton Seattle Washington within 120 hours for 3685.5 miles. Organized by the Yellowstone Park Association with War Department help, the event tests cross country roads and courier relays. Robert C. Harlow started the first leg from Plymouth Rock at noon, delivering a message to Providence Rhode Island where the next courier continued to Kingston New York. To stay on schedule each courier must average 31 miles per hour.
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Plymouth
Mass
Fort Lawton
Seattle
Washington
Yellowstone Park Association
War Department
Robert C. Harlow
Plymouth Rock
Providence
R. I
Kingston
N. Y
National League Scores Yankees? No Phillies at New York
In New York the Phillies were beaten 9 to 4 while Brooklyn edged Boston 5 to 3. Rixey Oeschger Mayer and others took the loss. Tesreau and Rariden starred for New York. In Boston Brooklyn won despite early runs, Marquard Meyers and Gowdy contributing for the victors.
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New York
Philadelphia
R. H. EB
Rixey
Oeschger
Mayer
E. Burns
Adams
Tesreau
Rariden
Boston
Brooklyn
Marquard and Meyers
Ragan and Gowdy
Chicago Beats St Louis 3 13 Runs in Five Innings
In Chicago the Cubs defeat St Louis 3 to 5 with Exscaeo Redan taking 13 hits for the visiting team, while Koob Groom Hamilton Park Hartley Faber Schalk lead the battery for Chicago. Exscaeo Redan shines as Detroit tops Cleveland 9 2 at Cleveland with Tauss Spencer scoring runs.
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Chicago
St. Louis
H. E. Louis
Koob
Groom
Hamilton
Park and Hartley
Faber and Schalk
Boston Wins 4 Siepnangnee 2 In Washington Game
A limited score report shows Boston defeating Siepnangnee 4 to 2 at Washington. Pitchers or batters include H Leonard, Carri gan, Shaw, Ayres and Henry with unclear sequence.
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Boston
Washington
H. E. Sour
da Gore
Weacolee
H. Leonard and
Carrigan
Shaw
Penn football squad opens preliminary practice
Philadelphia– University of Pennsylvania football squad begins preliminary practice with twenty returning varsity and freshman players under Coach Folwell. Howard Barry remains on the Mexican border but hopes for an early discharge to rejoin the team.
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Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Folwell
Howard Barry
Man urged to change company after careless talk
Uncle Eben warns that a man who believes nothing should examine his circle of friends and change associates. The remark appears in a Washington ar dispatch about risky conversations and cautionary social advice.
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Uncle Eben
Washington Ar
Leaders All Win in American League Pennant Chase
In Chicago on September 12, Boston, Detroit, and Chicago won to keep pace in the tight AL pennant race. Detroit sits 1.5 games back, Chicago 2 behind, Boston needing to hold its position with 20 games left as Detroit has 17 and Chicago 19. Boston also stays a NL contender after beating Brooklyn. Phillies fell to New York, Dodgers lead with Philadelphia second.
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Chicago
Red Sox
Tigers
White Sox
Detroit
Boston
Brooklyn
Phillies
New York
Braves
Dodgers
Philadelphia
Brown to Run City Park Race Meet Through March 17
H D Curley Brown announced a racing meet at City Park track New Orleans starting Thanksgiving Day and running to March 17. Rival meets by the Business Men's Racing Association will be held at the fair grounds track from December 9 to February 20.
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New Orleans
H. D
Curley) Brown
City Park Track
Brown
Business Men's Racing Association
Fair Grounds Track
Dundee Wins Decision in Fifteen Round Lightweight Bout
Johnny Dundee defeated Ever Hammer by decision after fifteen rounds in Kansas City. Hammer pressed throughout but Dundee's speed and accuracy controlled the fight as Hammer failed to land key blows. In a separate ten round scheduled bout, Jack Hemple withdrew after five rounds against Andre Anderson.
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Kansas City
Johnny Dundee
Hammer
Dundee
New York
Chicago
Jack Hemple
San Francisco
Andre Anderson
McGrath Recovering After Weight Throwing Record Holder Fall
New York policeman Matthew J. McGrath, holder of the world's 46 pound weight throw record, will recover from injuries after a fall from a low platform last night. Initial tests suggested possible spine involvement, doctors said today.
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McGrath
New York
Matthew J. McGrath
Pirates Release Three Players to Birmingham
Pittsburg National League club announced the release today of three players to the Birmingham team in the Southern Association. The players are pitcher H. I. Douglas infielder B. W. Cleveland and outfielder Eugene Madden.
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Pirates
Pittsburg
Birmingham
H. I. Douglas
B. W. Cleveland
Eugene Madden
Scores Move in Nbrs Association Games Across Cities
In Toledo the Chiefs beat Kansas City 7 to 5. Louisville defeated St Paul 5 to 3. Columbus won over Milwaukee 5 to 1. Indianapolis topped Minneapolis 5 to 1.
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American Association
Mane
Toledo
Kansas City
Louisville
St. Paul
Columbus
Milwaukee
Indianapolis
Minneapolis
Sutherland Springs Sunday Train Advertised
69 cents Sutherland Springs every Sunday 8 15 a m Southern Pacific Lines Adv.
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Sutherland Springs
Southern Pacific Lines
Standings and Tuesday Matches From Manday Results
Manday results show Boston 2 over Brooklyn 1 and New York 9 defeating Philadelphia 4. Upcoming games include Pittsburg at Brooklyn, Cincinnati at New York, St. Louis at Philadelphia, and Chicago at Boston.
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Manday
Boston
Brooklyn
New York
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Chicago
Brooklyn Ene
Severe British West Point cadets face wartime drills
London dispatch describes Sandhurst and Woolwich cadets under extended training with six month minimum commissions, no vacations, and strict discipline. Cadets may be rusticated or expelled for fitness or progress issues. under-officers aid command, medals and swords reward excellence, and lavish spending or gambling are banned.
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London
Great Britain
Sandhurst
Royal Military Academy
Woolwich
Engineers and Artillery
Camberley
Surrey
Regular Army
War Office
Admiralty
Secretary of State For India
Civil Service Commissioners
Naval
Colonial
Monday Baseball Results From The Northeast League
Detroit defeats Cleveland 9 to 1 while Chicago beats St. Louis 5 to 2. Boston wins 4 to 2 over Washington. St. Louis visits Chicago and Detroit travels to Cleveland while Boston hosts Washington.
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Detroit
Cleveland
Chicago
St. Louis
Boston
Washington
Northwestern Faces Drake as Veterans Boost Fall Prospects
Northwestern aims to improve under Coach Fred J. Murphy with fourteen lettermen set to start this fall led by Captain Pat Driscoll. The squad includes backfield stars FE. J. Smith John Ulrich Norman Robert Randolph and others while new talents such as Elroy Cigrand compete for spots at half and punt duties.
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Evanston
Northwestern
Pat Driscoll
Fred J. Murphy
The
Purple
Drake
Driscoll
FE. J. Smith
John Ulrich
Norman
Robert Randolph
Zanger
Crane
Arries
Strickler
Wilmarth
Fek
Thomas
Rose
Williams
Underhill
Elroy Cigrand
Koehler
Putnam
Daley
Brightmire
Ellingwood
Jesse Randolph
Olin
Sid Bennett
Johnson
Lynch
Hutch
Brumback
Bradt
DeWitt Osgood
Mueller
Hurlstone
Schmidt
Walpole
Alcohol On The Roadside Sniffs Parody By Laughing Drifters
An odd Louisville Courier-Journal snippet quotes a witty exchange about rising costs and a drunken roadside moment. The dialogue frames a wry frontier roadside humor with casual slang and a jab at inflation.
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Podner
Louisville Courier-Journal
Pressmen Strike Halts Shreveport Papers Work
Union pressmen at both Shreveport morning and afternoon papers strike after publishers refuse wage increase demands. The locked out workers declined to sign renewal contracts and non union pressmen operate the papers while the printers remain uninvolved.
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Shreveport
Posses Pursue Two Suspects in Oklahoma Sheriff Shooting
Posses at Fort Smith Arkansas hunt two men thought to be former convicts after they shot Sheriff Fred Lawrence of Latimer County Oklahoma. Lawrence arrested one suspect and trailed the pair from farmers’ horse theft to Wister Junction before they escaped. The sheriff was wounded, likely fatally.
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Fort Smith
Ark
Fred Lawrence
Latimer County
Okla
Lawrence
Wister Junction
National AAU Track Championship to Move to Midwest
The Amateur Athletic Union national track and field championship will be held in the Midwest next year likely in Cleveland. Secretary Reuben announced the change while reporting plans for the event.
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A. A
West
New York
Amateur Athletic Union
Middle West
Reuben
Cleveland
Army Y M C A Aids Border Soldiers With Books
The Army Y M C A plans to distribute library books to soldiers along the border. An appropriation of 15000 dollars from the Rockefeller Foundation supports sending 100 book libraries and 50 book traveling libraries via traveling secretaries. Cards will be required to borrow and return titles at stations and camps.
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Elizabeth West
Carnegie
Texas Library Association
Army
Young Men’s Christian Association
Rockefeller Foundation
Army Y. M. C. A
J. D. Rogers
Big Bend
International Committee of the
Young Men's Christian Assocition of America
New York
Norwegian Steamer Elizabeth IV Crew Lands in Savona
Forty seven crew members of the Norwegian steamer Elizabeth IV have been landed at Savona by the Greek steamer Petritsis. The 412 ton ship was last reported at Colombo on August 12 and was sailing from Shanghai to Marseilles.
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San Jacinto
London
Lloyds
Genoa
Savona
Petritsis
Colomba
Marseilles
Shanghai
Doughty Tours Texas for County Teachers’ Institutes
Prof. W. F. Doughty state superintendent of public instruction began a speaking tour to Yoakum Houston Henderson and New Boston to address county teachers institutes. The events follow a statewide push in over 100 counties with university instructors joining the sessions before schools open.
Good Roads Party Reconsiders Corpus Christi Route
After inspecting two Puget Sound-to-the-Gulf Highways routes, the William Cassin good roads party concluded the western path via Pleasanton Campbellton George West and Mathis appears cheaper and easier to build, estimated at 35000 versus 42000 for the other route. The party plans local cooperation and county backing to advance the western option toward San Antonio and Corpus Christi.
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Puget Sound
Linton
Cassin
San Antonio
Walter F. Timon
Padre Island
Point Isabel
Laredo
British seize Frederik VIII ship. gold recovered
A Roman Catholic priest and US citizen aboard the Frederik VIII testified that British forces seized the Scandinavian American Line steamship at Kirkwall in August and took $10,000 in gold from another American passenger, replacing it with paper money.
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Berlin
Sayville
United States
Kirkwall
Overseas
Tragic gas suffocation halts two Moore men at well
In Bartlesville Oklahoma on September 12 Lewis Moore fifty and his son twenty two died while digging a forty foot well near town. Both were overcome by gas fumes. the elder called for help and the son attempted a rescue but both died before removal from the shaft.
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Bartlesville
Okla
Lewis Moore
Moore
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