Spitball Kings Spark Hushed Baseball Legend
Ed Walsh, famed spitball pitcher for the Chicago Americans, touts the damp curve as the ultimate fooler. He recalls facing Larry Lajoie in 1908 and Addie Joss in a 1–0 Naps win, praising Elmer Stricklett for inventing the pitch and detailing its brutal effectiveness against Detroit and Boston lineups.
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Ed Walsh
Chicago Americans
Larry Lajoie
Ty Cobb
Lajoie
Cleveland
Cleveland Naps
Larry
Detroit
Gers
Cobb
Crawford
Sam
Osee Schreckengost
Tigers
Kreck
Hils
Osee
Tannehill
Joss
Addie Joss
Chicago
Naps
Eddie Hahn
Melcher Jones
Elmer Stricklett
White Sox
Jim Callahan
Cal
Stricklett
Elmer
Cap
Callahan
Giants Beat Cubs Before 30000 Fans
Tesreau pitched effectively as the Giants defeated the Cubs in front of about 30,000 fans. The Giant killer was stifled, with Lou collecting only five hits for the Cubs in the contest.
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Giants
CUBS
Tesreau
Lou
New York
Polo Grounds
Westerners
Richie
Chicago
Sheckard
Miller
Tinker
Ae Zimmerman
Sailer
Williams
Archer
R.H.C. A
Murray
Merkle
Seesenseegs
Herzeg
Wilson
Fletcher
Testay
Labor Day at Texas State Fair Highlights October Plans
Dallas dispatch notes Union Labor Day events at the Texas State Fair October 12 to 27 with John Mitchell to attend. Miners from Bridgeport and Thurber to travel for speeches. Oct 19 marked Fruit and Truck Growers Day with a joint selling agency for four states. University of Texas Extension exhibit features lectures on schools, sanitation, housing, and rural life. A&M College adds butter judging and dairy cattle contests amid a nine- or ten-event racing schedule including the Texas futurity.
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Dallas
Tex
Texas
John Mitchell
American Federation of Labor
Mitchell
State Fair Association
Union Men of
Miners’ Associations
Bridgeport
Thurber
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Fair Grounds
Col
Frank P. Holland
B. F. Yoakum
Frisco Railroad
Joseph Hirsch
Texas Bankers’ Association
University of Texas
Department of Extension
University
Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas
A. and M. College
South
Ghost tax cut shocks Chicago haunted house owners
The Chicago market for spooks rose today with a closing value of 4000 dollars as the board of review cut J. B. Deuterlander’s haunted property at 3315 South Oakley Avenue from 12000 to 8000 after the owner argued a ghostly asset is a liability.
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Chicago
Board of Review
Deuterlander
South
Oakley Avenue
Electric boards to relay world series games nationwide
The article describes the Electric National Automatic Scoreboard bringing every play from the world series to viewers in major cities. It notes boards 20 by 10 feet replicating the field, with noon start times for San Antonio due to time differences, and predicts millions will watch through this device. It mentions a board to be set up in the Grand Opera house for detailed viewing and highlights the wide reach of the innovation.
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New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Grand Opera House
San Antonio
Boston
Eveni
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Maple Leaf
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Fisk Rubber Company
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Federation
A. & M. College
Creamery Dairy CO
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