Giants and Red Sox Set for History Making World Series
The 1912 World Series matchup appears likely between the New York Giants and the Boston Red Sox. Pitching depth and battering power on both sides promise a tense race, with Tesreau and Mathewson leading the Giants against a Boston lineup featuring Wood and Collins. The series is expected to be a landmark event for both clubs and cities.
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W. J. Macbeth
New York
New York Giants
Boston Red Sox
Giants
Boston
Pittsburg
McGraw
National League
Victorius
Red Sox
Larry Gardner
Heine Wagner
Pirates
Jake Stahl
Meyers
Carrigan
Stahl
Joe Wood
Bedient
Hall
O’brien
Collings
Wood
Walter Johnson
Bucky
O'Brien
Ray Collins
Tesreau
Hendrix
Collins
Mathewson
Marquard
Matty
Rube
Speed Boys
Hub
Tris Speaker
Athletics
Cubs
Connie Mack
Chicago
Farrell hands down baseball arbitration decisions
Chairman John H. Farrell of the national board of arbitration released numerous rulings. Claims allowed include Wells versus Atlanta Dessau versus Atlanta Yetton versus Talladega Walter Hast versus Memphis. Disallowed include Parry versus Albany Kansas City versus New Orleans Awards: Booggess and Jordan to Texarkana Bristol appeal disallowed. Lifespan restaurant ad and local services listed.
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Auburn
N. Y
John H. Farrell
National Board of Arbitration
The
Association of Professional Baseball Leagues
Wells
Atlanta
Dessau
Yetton
Talladega
Ala
Walter Hast
Memphis
Bristol, Tenn
Knoxville
Martin Makes New Records at Chicago Aviation Meet
At Chicago on September 14 Glenn H. Martin set records by finishing a rapid start event in 17.456 seconds after liftoff from a 20 foot starting cue and crossing 500 feet away. He also claimed the most accurate landing title by stopping 1000 feet up then landing within nine feet. Thompson won the 12 mile biplane race with driver and passenger in 14 minutes 9.76 seconds while Maurice Prevost of France set a faster lap time in the monoplane event.
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Chicago
Glenn H. Martin
Martin
Thompson
Maurice Prevost
France
Golf title match set after semifinal rout
Harvard's F. D. Davidson will face Princeton's J. M. Stearns in the final 36 hole intercollegiate golf match at Ekwanok Country Club following yesterday's semifinal routs.
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Manchester
F. D. Davidson
Harvard
J. M. Stearns
Princeton
Ekwanok Country Club
Athletes Enter Western Division AAU Track Meet in St Louis
Sixty contestants are registered for the Western Division Amateur Athletic Union track and field championship in St Louis this afternoon. Olympic veterans John N. Nicholson and Joe Exeleben are among the entrants.
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ST. Louis
Amateur Athletic Union
John N. Nicholson
Joe Exeleben
Sconce to Return to Illinois Aims for Football Comeback
Champaign Ill Sept 14 Harvey Sconce once hailed as Illinois greatest halfback plans to reenter the agricultural college this fall and try for the football team He left twelve years ago to farm near Sidell and rose to prominence for producing codless corn He is 35 weighs 200 pounds and has a family Students at the university cheer his decision and believe he can come back as a football star.
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Champaign
Ill
Harvey Sconce
Huff
University of Illinois
Agricultural College
Sidell
Sconce
Classes Open With New Equipment At YMCA
The YMCA opens fall classes on September 20 with updated facilities and new equipment. Basketball remains the focus, featuring a Grammar School league expanding to twelve teams this season and an early October start. The schedule adds a business men slot on Mon Wed Fri and includes a free Saturday class for newsboys aged 12 and up.
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Young Men's Christian Association
Roe Tiggy
Uate
Newsboys
Business Boys
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Grammar School
Sqiuopaay
Browns Voesiees
Scotch Golfer Hunter Defeated in National Links Play
Norman F. Hunter of Scotland fell to Fred Herreschoff of Garden City 3 up with 2 to play in the second round at National Links of America. Herreschoff advances to meet Horace G. Watson of Westbrook in the semifinals. Harold Hilton of England beat Phillip Carter and meets E. M. Barnes in the semis.
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Southampton
Long Island
Norman F. Hunter
Scotland
Fred Herreschoff
Garden City
Herreschoff
Horate G. Watson
Westbrook
Harold Hilton
England
Phillip Carter
Nassau
E. M. Barnes
Englewood
Travis Eliminated In Mayflower Cup By Paul Hunter
Walter J. Travis of Garden City Golf Club was eliminated from the Onwentsia Mayflower cup by Paul Hunter of Midlothian Chicago 1 up in 19 holes. Hunter advances to meet Charles Evans Jr. in a 36 hole final after Evans beat Albert Seckel 4 up and 2.
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Chicago
Walter J. Travis
Garden City Golf Club
Paul Hunter
Midlothian Club
Hunter
Charles Evans Jr
Albert Seckel
Icemen Scarce In Lockhart
Lockhart Texas residents face an ice famine despite abundant ice at the water works and ice plant as helpers and wagon drivers depart for cotton fields due to high prices.
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Lockhart
Tex
Filipinos Play Ball
C H Keith of Kansas City notes the spread of baseball and basketball in the Philippines. American troops started baseball, schools added basketball, and Igorrotes in Baguio show pitching curves in loin cloths and team blouses. Inter provincial meets draw villagers who come to root for their teams.
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Philippines
C. H. Keith
Kansas City
United States Army
Islands
Baguio
Luzon
Iron Men of Baseball Aces in the Pitching Box
The article recalls the scarce class of iron men pitchers led by Joe McGinnity the first to earn the title. It highlights Ed Walsh of the White Sox as the era’s most noted iron man and lists Jack Coombs as another prominent example of relentless endurance on the mound.
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Iron Men
Joe McGinnity
Iron Man
Ed Walsh
White Sox
Jack Coombs
Ford Not to Change Model for 1913
Ford Motor Company will not announce a new model for 1913. Commercial Manager N A Hawkins says they will not change the Model T, noting four years of public confidence in lightness strength and low upkeep.
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Ford Motor Company of
Detroit
N. A. Hawkins
Receipts Double at San Marcos Railway Office
Receipts at the M. E. T. railway office in San Marcos for August totaled 26000 dollars, doubling the 1911 figure of 13000 dollars reported in the same week, indicating a sharp year over year increase.
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San Marcos
Tex
Mexicans Celebrate Independence Anniversary in Corpus Christi
The Mexican colony of Corpus Christi numbering several thousand people began a three days celebration of Mexican independence this morning in Corpus Christi Texas.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Fire damages Gonzales gin and mill in Texas
The Gonzales County Farmers' Union Gin and Mill company suffered a loss of several hundred dollars in a fire yesterday. Investigators suspect matches ignited seed cotton as the cause.
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Gonzales, Tex
Gonzales County Farmers’ Union Gin and Mill Company
Yeetertav Results Highlight League Scores
In MLB action Detroit edged Washington 9 to 8 while Boston defeated St. Louis 6 to 2 and Cleveland routed Philadelphia 10 to 2. Chicago blanked New York 2 to 0 as New York visits Chicago today with games Boston at St Louis Philadelphia at Cleveland and Washington at Detroit.
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Boston
St. Louis
Cleveland
Philadelphia
Chicago
New York
New York Ee
National League Results and Schedule
Yesterday's scores show Pittsburg 6 Philadelphia 5 and Cincinnati 5 Brooklyn 4 with Chicago 3 Boston 2 and New York 3 St. Louis 2. Today Chicago visits New York and St. Louis goes to Boston. Cincinnati visits Philadelphia and Pittsburg visits Brooklyn.
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Philadelphia
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Brooklyn
Chicago
Boston
New York
St. Louis
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Wensent PF
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Boston Ee
Pirates strong hitting and fielding boost early standings
In four games the Pirates compiled 62 hits and one error. Washington fell to Detroit in ten innings after a seven run sixth, the Senators and Athletics drop as second place battle tightens. Lajoie doubled twice in four at bats as the Naps beat Philadelphia 10 to 7. Chicago rallied past Boston in the ninth with Che ney homering to centerfield as the Cubs won.
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Senators
Athletics
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Detroit
Philadelphia
Gregg
Naps
Lajoie
Cubs
Boston
Cheney
Chicago
Mare Breaks Records in Syracuse Free-For-All Pace
Bay mare Evelyn W. wins the fourth grand circuit race in Syracuse with two heats in 2 03 1 2 and 2 00 1 2. The performance sets three world records for fastest mare heat, fastest mare pace, and fastest second heat by any pacer.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Evelyn W
Cornerstone to Be Laid for New Methodist Church
Corpus Christi reports the cornerstone for a $40,000 Methodist church will be laid Sunday at 5 p.m. The event is led by the Masonic fraternity with 11 lodges represented. W. S. Fly of Gonzales, past Texas grand master, will conduct, and Dr. F P Gulver of Polytechnic College Fort Worth will give the principal address.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Masonic Fraternity
Corpus Christi Lodge
Fly
Gonzales
Texas
F. P. Gulver
Polytechnic College of Fort Worth
Sheriff Declares New York Boxing Within Law
Sheriff Julius Harburger defended New York City boxing as properly conducted after attending the Attell Thomas match at Madison Square Garden. He said he would halt brutal prize fights, praised the bout as a pure boxing exhibition, and vowed to oversee events to uphold athletic standards and public decency.
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Julius Harburger
New York City
New York
Dix
Harburger
Attell- Thomas
Madison Square Garden
Sherif
New York County
Atell Outpointed in New York Return by Harry Thomas
Abe Attell, back in a New York ring after a state athletic commission suspension, loses a 10 round bout to Harry Thomas of England. Attell shows flashes of form but is slower, while Thomas lands jabs and dominates six rounds. Two rounds are even and two favor Attell.
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New York
Abe Attell
New York State Athletic Commission
Harry Thomas
England
Attell
Thom
Thomas
Wilson County Teachers Institute Closes After Successful Week
The Wilson County Teachers Institute in Sutherland Springs Texas concluded after a week with seventy five teachers in attendance. Prof A J Cook of Stockdale called it the most successful session in Wilson county history. An invitation from the Commercial club to meet here next year was accepted.
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Sutherland Springs
Tex
Wilson County
Teachers’ Institute
A. J. Cook
Stockdale
Commercial Club
Alligator Killed in Blanco River Near San Marcos
In San Marcos Texas on September 14 a 6 feet 3 inch 68 pound alligator was killed in the Blanco river three miles below the town by Walter Bierstedt. The animal was found in a shallow pool where local children had been swimming.
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San Marcos
Tex
Blanco River
Walter Bierstedt
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