Eddie Householder A Baseball Lifelong as Told in Anecdotes
Eddie Householder, born in Pittsburgh in 1874, recalls a long career across New York State, East, Southern and Coast leagues. He delights in slugging homers, hates bunts, and recounts a disciplinarian boss and a rival batter Track Eagan incident. He jokes about a San Diego home and promises a picture of his left-handed hitters and long-distance sniggers.
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Eddie
Dugdale Gardens
Smoky City
Pittsburg
Dugdale
New York State
Householder
House
California
Track Eagan
Tacoma
Track
Truck
San Diego
Dug Still Has Hope In Narrow Defeat At Park
Dug’s team remains in third place as Bobby Brown’s lineup defeats the Colinites and Nic Williams’ Pippins beat the Giants. The Islanders fell to the Tigers while the Beavers and others widen the gap, and Charles Fullerton held hits to help Giants’ rally fall short. Billy Bloomfield pitched well despite receiving some hits as Giants briefly led, but the Pippins answered with timely scoring to seal the game.
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Bobby Brown
Bob
Colinites
Nic Williams
Pippins
Giants
Islanders
Tigers
Beavers
Wwe
Charles Fullerton
Billy Bloomfield
Jim McGuire
Beavers Triumph 6 4 Behind Rasmussen Curve Ball
Rasmussen and his mitt and a curve ball helped the Beavers defeat the Indians 6 to 4. Rudy Schwenk of Leitchfield Kentucky beat the slants for the Indians. Reports from the game describe the tense battle and key plays.
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Rasmussen
Joe Cohn
Indians
Beavers
Rudy Schwenk
le, Ky
Charley Schmutz Delusive Spitter Beats Islanders
Charley Schmutz learned a delusive spitter on the back lots near Lincoln school and used it yesterday to trim the Islanders 8 to 5. McCreery pitched for the Islanders, while the Tigers racked up 12 bingles.
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Charley Schmutz
Lincoln School
Islanders
McCreery
Tigers
Giants Trim Warren to Widen Standings Gap
Warrens fall behind as Giants win seven inning game with six errors by Warren and three runs in first inning. Kappan best Blair on mound but poor defensive support allows Giants to strike early and tally two more in third with Keene driving in two and scoring.
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Giants
Kappan
Blair
Keene
Holland
R. H. E. Warrens
Mathews
Blair and Keene
Standings readout amid chaotic league columns
Census of early standings shows teams like Detroit and Chicago in competition with mixed results. The fragmented text lists several clubs and scores, including references to Oakland and Washington within a broad national context.
Veteran referee Eyton may return to officiate August bout
Eyton, retired from active ring work, is reportedly selected to referee the Conn Ley Kline bout in Los Angeles on August 19. Promoter McCarey awaits Abe Attell’s decision on a New Year’s Day offer and a winner of a featherweight elimination bout.
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Los Angeles
Charney Eyton
Eyton
Conley Kline
McCarey
Abe Attell
Attell
New York
Natonal Sporting Club of America
al Pahler
Engineer Injured by Flying Piston Rods on Ramona
While working on the Ramona at noon engineer J. Youngberg was struck by flying piston rods and suffered both leg fractures. He was transported to Providence hospital for treatment.
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Ramona
J. Youngberg
Providence Hospital
Fans weigh in on a circuit all star team pick
An old fan names an eight man all star lineup covering infield and outfield positions with players from Spokane Portland Seattle Vancouver Victoria and Tacoma. The Sporting Editor invites more readers to submit their selections with brief reasons to challenge or support the choices.
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Sporting Editor Star
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Pearl Casey
Portland
Arthur Buen
Phil Cooney
Emil Frisk
Vancouver
Dode Brinker
Ten Million
Victoria
Danny Shea
Dianne Gordon
Tacoma
Star Aggregation
Bill Fisher
Lou Nordyke
Bill Leard
Howard Mundorff
Phil Casey
Arthur Bues
Bill Goodman
Jack Kippert
Dode Drinker
Bassey
Mensor
Bitting
London
Agassiz
Linda Burfield
Miss Conway
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George Perkins Loses His Calm Before Investigation
Washington August 10 Quo. W. Perkins before the Stanley Steel investigating committee denied that Morgan interests dominate the financial world and called the bankers’ role in the 1907 panic an infamous statement. He warned that current antitrust prosecutions threaten the public interest and law enforcement.
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Quo. W. Perkins
Stanley Steel
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