Miners and Syracuse Duel Ties in Eastern League Standings
In a World of Sports recap the Miners suffer a Springfield loss, tying them with Syracuse for second place while Syracuse remains the lone home defeat. The Bisons win secures at least a day in first, with Wilkes-Barre and Rochester margins in play as results roll in.
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Scranton and Springfield Face Off In N H L Night
SCRANTON MEETS SPRINGFIELD AS TORONTO TRAVELS TO SYRACUSE WHILE WILKES BARRE CLASHES PROVIDENCE AND ROCHESTER TANGLES WITH BUFFALO IN A BALTIMORE-AREA CARD WITHOUT OFFICIAL SCHEDULE DETAILS.
Wild pitching and timely hits highlight Springfield game
In Springfield Massachusetts on May 18 Wellner and Harper pitched wildly while Scranton was outplayed at other moments. Providence bats out a victory as Ronel from Wilkes-Barre struggles against Braun’s delivery.
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Cincinnati and Baltimore Lead as Pirates Fall
May 15 Cincinnati and Baltimore were the only two of six leaders to win while Cincinnati ousted the Pirates from second place. The Reda defeated the Quakers, making seven runs in the neat inning as Philadelphia and Cincinnati traded blows in a high scoring game.
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Pirates and Giants battle in double feature score report
Baseball score roundup from Pittsburgh New York Chicago St Louis Cleveland and Washington shows varied innings with batteries and umpires listed. Notable players include Hawley Gardier Leany Doheny Warner Corbett McGee Wilson Lewis and McDonald in multiple games.
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Lancaster Triumphs In Fourteen Innings In Atlantic League
In Hartford on May 8 Lancaster won after fourteen innings as the winning run scored on a bases on balls. Final: Hartford 8 Lancaster 8 with 15 hits. Pitchers Fryce McMackin and Roach versus Yeager Roth. Umpire Civic Newark. Additional notes include Richmond and Reading games with heavy hitting and late rallies, and a report on Dolan’s wildness affecting Reading’s loss. May 1 and May 18 standings noted.
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Paterson
Reading
Dolan
Beere
Plaherty
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Deresy
Weldman
Cornell Beats Penn In Close Game At Ithaca
Cornell pitcher Bole limited Pennsylvania to four hits as Cornell won a well contested contest in Ithaca. Bole excelled on the mound with strong support from his defense while Penn bats struggled against the Quaker hurler.
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Cornell
Bole
Ithaca
University of Pennsylvania
Quakers
Earned runs in baseball rules clear and examples
The letter explains earned runs mean scoring only when runs are produced by hits before outs, with examples of hits, steals, or advances, and notes that errors prevent runs from being earned. It discusses official guidance to use common sense and cites players Buck Lampe and others, plus team movements and upcoming games in Scranton and Syracuse.
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Harrison
Marion Street
Scranton
Bateman
Young
Sporting Editor
Wilkes-Barre June Races Cards and Conditions Announced
West Side park hosts a spring meeting from June 2 to 24 under manager Elwood Smith and track official Joese. The program lists trotting and pacing events across several distances with free for all and three quarter mile races. Entries close June 16 at 11 p.m. per National Trotting association rules.
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Elwood Smith
Joese
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Trotting Association
Choynski Teaches Sharkey Ahead of Maher Bout
Tom Sharkey hired Joe Choynski to train for his fight with Maher. Choynski says the instruction will make Sharkey clever and danger to Maher if he can hit hard. Choynski notes his own travels and says Australians lead the fighting world in comparisons of fighters from different countries.
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Tom Sharkey
Joe Choynski
Maher
Choynski
Sharkey
Big Rise in Pennsylvania Wheelmen Membership
The Pennsylvania division of the League of American Wheelmen reports its greatest weekly membership gain, totaling 14 823. Governor Hastings and Lewis E Heitler joined, with officials like J W Wright and J A Heath driving many enrollments as the Philadelphia assembly nears in August. The group notes better value for $1 yearly dues and plans a Lancaster branch. The Sunday race-meet debate at the National Assembly ends with defeat of the proposal, boosting support for the league.
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Pennsylvania
League of American Wheelmen
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Hastings
Lewis E. Heltler
J. W. Wright
John Wanamaker
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Wright
C. Herbert Obreiter
Lancaster
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National Assembly
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Photographs Prize Offer For Bad Roads
The League of American Wheelmen offers 125 dollars in prizes for photographs of bad roads to aid highway improvement. Open to all, single pictures only. no more than one prize per person. First prize 50 dollars, second 25, third 15, fourth 10, five prizes of 5 dollars. Send to Otto Dorner Milwaukee.
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Prises
Otto Dorner
Nations Committee For Highway Improvement
Milwaukee
Boxer McKeever Signs to Fight Green in San Francisco
Philadelphia lightweight fighter Charley McKeever writes from San Francisco that he has signed to box George Green on the 26th of the month in the city by the bay. The article notes McKeever is reporting from San Francisco, Cal.
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Philadelphia
San Francisco
Cal
George Green
National Sporting Club Thirty Rounds At Catch Weights
The speaker notes a twenty round catch weight bout at the National Sporting Club with terms favoring the opponent. He concedes on conditions expecting to prevail, citing many Hastern fighters present including Gane Leonard Slavin Smith and about a dozen managers.
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Gane
Leonard
Slavin
Smith
Jack McWilliams Versus Judge in 16-Round Lightweight Duel
New London lightweight Jack McWilliams undefeated as he prepares for a 16 round match with Judge at Music Hall tomorrow. His past bouts include a 10 round draw with Billy Benest and a 9 round decision over Dan McDermott, plus 1 round draw with Johnny Gorman and other results. Tonkin and McDermott have both met Judge or fought recent draws, reflecting McWilliams' strong performance history.
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Jack” McWilliams
New London
Billiard Champion Jen Shaw In City Exhbitions
Jen Shaw, reputed billiard champion with rivalries including Ives Shaefer and others, arrived yesterday and will perform a Backus parlour exhibition tonight. He schedules a private show at the Scranton club room Friday evening and a public match in Carbondale tomorrow night.
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Eliot
Ives
Shaefer
Backus
Shaw
Scranton
Carbondale
Pearson selects congressmen for American chess team
Representative Pearson names five congressmen to form the American chess team for a match against the British house of commons. The players listed are Mr. Pearson, Mr. Bodine, Mr. Shafroth, Mr. De Graffenfeld, and Mr. Handy.
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House of Commons
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Shafroth
de Graffenfeld
Handy
Americans push bicycle exports and electric pace makers
The article notes rising American bicycle exports to England, with 474 packages worth 26099 dollars sent from New York. It details a Mexico bullfighter riding a bicycle, a London track record of six miles in 10.20 by an electric tandem, and a Paris proposal for electric pace making machines at the Seine and Buffalo tracks.
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American cycling pace plans and costly rider expenses
M. Darracq builds elx machines to replace tandems and triplets. Tom Lin ton will ride two ready devices. He claims no suitable team can keep up and with an electric pacemaker could hit thirty five miles per hour. English pros allegedly face heavy expenses including shines shaves and tailor charges.
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