Colts and Vets Playful Baseball Scrimmage Teems With Pace
A sunlit scrimmage drew about 206 spectators as the Colts and Vets split innings in a speedy practice game. Pitchers were guarded with orders, while Batters showed solid form and speed, and Gerald’s Cafe tickets added a light incentive.
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Mike
Vets
Dugdale & Lynch
Gerald
Gireult
Im Geral
Mike Feele
Clytr Hiatt
Joe S
Colts
Pointer For Anglers Catch the Whitefish
The article explains whitefish are planted in many trout streams and offer a good fight and a fine pan fish. It notes few anglers catch them and describes using a small fly with a periwinkle bait on the hook to attract whitefish, which differ from chub by sharp scales and a pointed mouth.
Coast League Schedule Notes From Oakland and Sacramento
Fragmentary notes show Coast League games at Oakland and Los Angeles with lineups including Batteries-Toger Gill Grindle Willett and firtwn. Another entry references Sacramento and Oakland in a 16 game context plus a Yankees injury keeping a player out for a week.
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Cs Cescencies
Toger, Gill and Grindle
Willett and
Johnson must come west to meet Rickard demands
United Press reports promoter Jack Johnson will be brought to San Francisco by Jack Gleason of Albany New York after Rickard warned Johnson to show up for training. Rickard said Johnson’s frequent scrapes wear on him and insisted the fighter report to camp at Reek Inn before mid month.
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United Preses
San Francisco
Jack Gleason
Albany
New York
Johnson
Tex Rickard
Rickard
East
Nevada
Gleason
Richard
Reek Inn
Ban Fran‘elmoo
Abe Attell
Denna Colma
Attell
England
Driscoll
Driscolla King
America
Borke Robson
London
Burns and Langford to Fight for Hester
Sid Hester, matchmaker for the Santog Athletic Club, has secured Tommy Burns to fight Bam Langford in a 45 round bout near San Francisco on September Day. Burns cabled acceptance and demanded the guarantee be deposited with an inland bank and transport provided. Joe Woodman, for Bam Langford, has accepted terms and will arrive in San Francisco soon to sign the articles.
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Ban
Francisco
L—Aetae
Tom Yroy
Sid Hester
Santog Athletic Club
Richmond
Tommy Burns
Bamim
San Francisco
Once More Jack Johnson Is Pinched in Chicago
Chicago May 1 Jack Johnson arrested for the seventh time for breaking city speed regulations demanded a jury trial today The court granted the request but Johnsons plea for two colored jurors was taken under advisement He was released on bail pending the hearing of his case
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Chicago
Jack Johnson
Johnson
Ball
Japs Making Baseball Goods
Beattie resident Mique Pieher recalls a night when two Japanese men borrowed a catcher’s mitt from Jack Biter and returned a handmade replacement at dawn. A tradesman explains American baseballs were bought then and the secret lies in the sticky adhesive coating that keeps the yarn tight and the ball durable under hard use.
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Mique Pieher
Beattie
Tella
Jack Biter
Jeffries Sets Frisco Trip After LA Departure
James J. Jeffries and his party will leave Los Angeles Sunday on the Southern Pacific for San Francisco, arriving early Monday. He postpones travel by one day due to Pullman accommodations and plans workouts in Rowardennan Tuesday with Charley Boyer and Hill Kiesler, weighing between 225 and 250 pounds with strong trim for the bout.
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Dy United Press
Angeles
James J. Jeffries
Los Angeles
Southern Pacific
San Francisco
Pullman
Jeffries
Mre
Jerr
Charley Boyer
Hill Kiesler
Boyer
Rowardennan
Rowardennen
Training Plans for Jeffries and Johnson Before Big Fight
The article discusses pre bout training near a year long but not overly strenuous. It notes heavyweights Jeffries and Johnson approach ring weights around 225 and 200 pounds respectively with Johnson's weight shaping strategy to preserve speed. It mentions risk of cutting too much fat before the early month bout.
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Jettries
Tomeon
Jeffries
Johnson
Tommy Ryan Targets New Heavyweight Hope Don O Kelly
Former middleweight champion Tommy Ryan sees potential for a heavyweight title in Don O Kelly a tall lean wrestler noted at six feet five inches and about 730 pounds. Ryan trains O Kelly on Ryan's Pair Plain Michigan fruit farm this summer to develop his pugilistic ability and ring knowledge for future bouts.
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Don O'Kelly
O'Kelly
Ryan
Frisdman
Pair Plain
Mich
Kelly
Hardpto
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