Fighter who saved his money becomes city father
Leonard D. Compton profiles John L. Herget born in the 1860s who retired in 1892 after claiming the middleweight title. He supported his mother, fought in Australia and the United States, sent remittances home, and later entered public life as an influential Union Labor official.
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Fighter
San Francisco
John L. Herget
Peter Boland
Australia
Peter
America
Herget
la Blanche
Pacific Coast
Jack Keenan
East
Union Labor Board of Supervisors
California
Mitchell
Will Stop Grand Prize Auto Race
Public opposition to the Vanderbilt grand prize race grows after a deadly crash and many injuries. Nassau county supervisors threaten to bar road use for the event. Barney Oldfield demands troop protection or withdraws his entry, criticizing safety measures by the race management.
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New York
Nassau County
Board of Supervisors
Barney Oldfield
Jack Coombs The Maine Phenom Baseball Star
A 1906 tale tracks Jack Coombs from Colby College to a Phillies signing. His early power and later arm troubles, then a dramatic 14 strikeout game, mark a career shaped by speed over control and a life of fishing and bachelorhood in Maine and New Jersey.
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Philadelphia
Oct. S
Maine
Connie Mack
Hla
John Coombs
Colby College
Phillies
Mugh Duffy
Coombe
Mack
Heaton
Coombs
Athletics
Coombes
Browns
Feam
Coomba
White Sox
Ed Waleh
Aporta
Maine Woods
Jersey
Jack
Ball Players Believe in Hoodoo Superstitions
Johnny Evers cites common baseball omens such as guarding the glove position after a hit, funeral corteges as ill omens, tossing a coin to the crippled, carrying a wagon of bottles as luck, and bat handling quirks. Joe Tinker and Hughey Jenkin gear differ on superstition, as reported in The National Game.
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Johnny Evers
Chicagos
Aame
Joe Tinker
Hughey Jen Hinge
Detroit
Columbian Magazine
Broadway Wins 30-0 Over Bellingham at Dugdales Park
Broadway routs Bellingham 30 to 0 in the season opener at Dugdales Park. Van Dyke seizes a 15 yard punt and runs 75 yards for a touchdown. Burke, Kiopfer and Klopfer also score and kick goals. Next game set for Puyallup.
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Broadway
Bellingham
Dugdales Park
van Dyke
Grove Burke
Fallon
Burke
Kiopfer
Klopfer
Puyallup
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Chicago High
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St. Loutassei
Jack Coombs
Scandinavian American Bank
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T. B. Minahan
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Seattle, U. S. A
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Gregg
Griffin’s Business College
Hiere
Frank Chance
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Chance Model Millinery
Hank Huilding
Oraer
Jewerley CO
Westlake Ave
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Victoria
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Goodter, Co
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