Oakland Here for the Finish in Pacific Coast League
In Recreation Park this afternoon the Oakland Oaks face Portland as the old league's finish looms. Agnew predicts Seattle and Portland will join the Northwest League soon while Oakland debates staying with the old circuit amid lineup changes and pennant race tweaks.
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van Haltren
Oaks
Recreation Park
Jim Agnew
Oakland
Agnew
Seattle
Portland
Oaklanders
The New London Ladies Tailor System Ad
The New London Ladies Tailor System offers a sewing chart priced at 5.00 with limited stock from The Star. It will sell to scribes for fifty cents each at 1509 Seventh Avenue between Union and University streets.
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Seventh Avenue
Union
University Streets
How Wagner Broke Into National Game
John Wagner known as Honus Wagner rose from obscurity in Carnegie Pennsylvania to join Steubenville Ohio after a telegram offered 100 dollars a month. He arrived by freight train with shoes tied to his uniform and impressed the manager by baring his knee length kit. He was tried that day and the rest became part of baseball history.
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John Wagner
Honus Wagner
Pittsburg
Carnegie
Steubenville
Wagner
Dog Show at Madigan Park Set for May Twenty Three
Seattle dog owners prepare for the big bench show starting May 23 at Madigan Park Pavilion. Premiamen list published with many valuable trophies. Settlement of the dog factions war ends two year split among city owners, boosting entries to hundreds.
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Seattle
Madigan Park Pavilion
Crack Shot In Wretched Form At Pistol Contest
On the Aurtilla rifle range Colonel George B. Lamping and Captain Howard Dartington staged a friendly pistol shoot. Dartington failed to hit due to lack of lead in cartridges while Lamping fired a blank to his derby, leaving Darlington embarrassed and defeated. Local friends later explained that a belt of blank rounds caused the mishap.
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George B. Lamping
Howard Dartington
Dertington
Ao & Pletol
Derby
Aress Coleone Lamping
Darlington
Colonel Lemping
Mayor Moore
Darlingtom
Colonel Lamping
Will Walk for Science in Historic New York Trek
Fid ward Payson Weston, veteran pedestrian, began a walk from Philadelphia City Hall to New York at 11 am amid cheers. At 68, he resumes a long journey started three years ago for scientific study, aiming to prove he can walk as fast as in his youth.
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Philadelphia
Fidward Payson Weston
New York
City Hall
Weston
Horse Races At Louisville Meet Despite Mixed Results
Yesterday at Louisville racing saw multiple events with various horses and riders. Beattie led a seven-eighths mile event with a 1 12 time while other races featured Belection and Hedur in sprint and longer dashes with times around 12 seconds and beyond.
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St Aide
Louisville
Siena
Sion Beattie
Hedur
Capt
Bush
Former minister Jud dies after chess excitement in St. Loui
May and Max Jud, once minister to Austria and a famed chess figure, died yesterday from heart failure triggered by the excitement of the chess tournament here. Physicians had advised against his participation.
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ST. Loud
May
Max Jud
Austria
High School Baseball to Meet Blair College Team
Next Saturday morning the local high school baseball team will host Blair College of Spokane. The Blair team defeated the locals 4 to 2 in their earlier meeting, a game played weeks ago on the Blair trip.
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Blair Business College
Spokane
Blair Boys
Hutchinson Co Sells Panamas for Five Dollars
A concise note records W. B. Hutchinson & Co selling Panamas at a five dollar price. The entry lists the supplier and the amount, implying a small merchandise sale noted in the period.
Base Running Advice From a Northwest Sporting Card
Guide on fast base running and stealing bases with tips to start quickly, avoid overrunning, and react to pitches. Includes humorous notes on umpire attention, eye on field, and staying in good standing with managers. Mentions Piper & Taft's sporting shop and a Northwest home of PF ball outfits.
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Artie Latham
Northwest
Piper & Taft
Warden Reports Inquiry Into Swan Shooting on Columbia River
Game Warden Reishan says the state game commissioner will investigate an alleged swan shooting witnessed by several people on shore as a deputy fair commissioner's boat was involved on the Columbia river.
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Reishan
State Game Commissioner
Columbia River
Deputy Fair Commissioners
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