Juggling Star Players Hurts National Game Hinting at Reform
Brown Holmes argues for a rule to curb wealthier club owners from buying top stars. He cites Boston Detroit and Chicago in the American League contending for the pennant, noting teams spend heavily to acquire players and suggesting a date-limited transfer ban to preserve competitive balance. He mentions Johnny Kilbane and a $500 signing bid as context.
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Force
Boston
Detroit
Chicago
James
Soz
Joe m
Qub
Lack of Hitting Power Keeps Hap Morse in Glass B
Hap Morse Seattle's fine fielding second baseman showed defensive value with five double plays in two days. He struggled to hit, leading to his movements between teams and leagues, with Tealy reassigning him after a spring firing for weak batting.
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Seattle
Mike Lynch
Weft
Victoria
Hap
Morse
Indians
Tealy
Stis
Ben Bawcock
Bancroft
Somers Explains Jackson Sale After Tinker Contact
Somers narrates why he sold Jackson after Joe Tinker of Chicago pressed for a three year Ironclad Cleveland contract. Secretary Blackwood found Jackson with Tinker at the former home, sparking Jackson’s move to Chicago. Somers, enraged that Jackson listened to Tinker, put him on the market despite large offers from three American League clubs.
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Chicago Fed
Joe Jackson
Cleveland
Blackwood
Jackson
Tinker
Chicago
Somers
Beavers Hammer Meikle To Bits In Four Innings
Tacoma game report shows Meikle absent as Beavers crush him in less than four innings. Hendrix weak on mound and Brottem relieved. Batteries Smith Meikle Hendrix and Stevens.
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Meikle
Beavers
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Quimet Picked to Win National Amateur Golf Championship
Detroit September 1 weather favors players as the national amateur golf championship moves into the second round of match play. Ouimet is favored to win due to greater experience. Top contenders like Ned Sawyer of Chicago are expected to advance toward the finals.
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Ouimet
Ned” Sawyer
Chicago
Wuld
Austin and Salt Gym Open Season With New Ladies Class
Austin and Salt, noted boxing promoters, open the 1916 season in the Arlington hotel building. The renovated gym offers improved facilities and a new ladies class led by Mrs. Louisa K. Lepper of Seattle, aimed at working girls and teachers.
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Austin & Salt
Arlington Hotel
Louisa K. Lepper
Seattle
Bill Jackson Sidelined to Pennsylvania League Loan
Bill Jackson Seattle first sacker who jumped to the Feds in 1914 is loaned by the Chicago outlaws to an independent league in Pennsylvania along with another infielder.
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Bill Jackson
Seattle
Feds
Pennsylvania
Chicago Outlaws
Hummel Rehired After Rube Marquard Addition
Brooklyn baseball notes say John Hummel, released to make room for Rube Marquard, will be rehired today as the roster limit was reached and the Mantle era move created a surplus.
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Brooklyn
John Hummel
Rube Marquard
Women’s Soccer Debuts at Berkeley Coach from Mount Holyoke
Berkeley announces the first women’s soccer season at the university with Miss Mary Blanchard of Mount Holyoke college serving as coach. The program marks a new era in women’s athletics at Berkeley.
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Berkeley
Cal
Mary Blanchard
Mount Holyoke College
Hospital visits and debts weigh on Dick and associates
The narrator spends most time at the hospital while Dick, busy with ill patients and the book shop, struggles with debt. Over dinner with Mr. Selwin, concern grows over meeting a seven thousand dollar note as credit is stretched and borrowing seems the only option.
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Mr. Selwin
Miller's
Hidden Fortune Helps Couple Quell Stock Woes
Margie loans five thousand dollars from the Selwins to cover debts and keep a stock project alive. Dick and Margie recall Aunt Mary’s gift and their earlier savings, planning to build a future profit from their book business.
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Mary
Sonny
Harry Symone
Record Flight by Ben Bolt Carrier Pigeon
The contest committee of the Los Angeles Messenger Pigeon association certified a record flight by Ben Bolt a carrier pigeon from Norwalk Ohio to Los Angeles covering five days nine hours 31 minutes and 10 seconds
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Los
Hotel Savoy Sued Over Sidewalk Door Incident
Helen Campion sues Hotel Savoy Co for 1851.50 claiming she was thrown from the sidewalk by a hotel employee who lifted an iron door at the Second Ave entrance on May 10. The suit seeks damages for injuries and related losses.
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Helen Campion
Hotel Savoy Co
Second Ave
California 240 Turn Out for Varsity Football Squads
The University of California varsity football team lists 140 players with another 100 freshmen trying out for the first year eleven. A dozen Eastern college stars assist Shaeffer in coaching the squads.
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University of California
Shaeffer
Where They Come From Where They Come From
Max Carey, speedy Pittsboro Pirates outfielder, began in a seminary studying to be a minister. He started toward that path but during a summer with the South Bend club of the Central league he was bought by Pittsburgh and chose a chance at big money in baseball.
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Max Carey
Pittsboro Pirates
Carey
South Bend
Pittsburg
The Hollywood Lunch and Soda Fountain
A record notes the Hollywood Lunch and Soda Fountain located at 212 Pike Street Ady. The brief entry lists the eatery in a downtown business directory style without additional details.
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Hollywood Lunch and Soda Fountain
Pike St—Ady
Rules Give Fullback Protection in Football Revisions
Football rule revisions tighten fullback protection with penalties for running into or roughing the ball carrier. The changes also restrict late substitutions and require centers to release the ball promptly, plus numbered players for spectators.
How They Stand In the Leagues Baseball Results
Baseball results across American National Federal Coast and associations listed with multiple scores. Notable figures include Washington 4-2 New York 1-3 Detroit 9 Chicago, Cleveland 4 St Louis 0 New York 1-0 Chicago 1-2 Boston 2-2 Philadelphia 3-2 St Louis 2-1 Brooklyn 3-3 Pittsburg 2-6 Newark 4 Buffalo Pittsburg 6 Chicago 2-2 Gantrancheco 1 Portland 6 Ealt Lake Oakland 6 American Association Indianspoke 4 Columbus 0-6 Kansas City 8 St Paul 4 Minneapolis 4 Milwaukee Cleveland 6-6 Louisville 0-9.
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Dental Congress Delegates Say Women Braver Than Men In Chair
In San Francisco delegates at the dental congress condemn hot buns ice water rag dances and joy rides as toothache causes. They claim men fear pain more than women with doctors and surgeons noted as the biggest cowards among dental patients and that modern amusements disturb nerves and teeth.
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Dental Congress
J. W. Tegarden
Los Angeles
L. G. Bowers
New York
H. 8. Pomeroy
Boston
R. F. Gates
Philadelphia
Germans Certain to Capture Riga
Berlin reports that Petrograd regards the fall of Riga as assured as German forces mass for large operations. Refugees pour from Kovno toward Petrograd while Vossische Zeitung says Russians burned hundreds of buildings in Brest Litovsk as German units entered.
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Petrograd
Riga
Teutonic Army
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Litovsk
Vossiche Zeitung
United Cigar Stores Declares 7 Percent Dividend
The United Cigar Stores company announces a 7 percent dividend on common stock for this quarter, up from 6 percent previously. Preferred stock has long paid 7 percent. Since reducing par value from 100 to 10 dollars, permanent investors in the company have quadrupled.
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United Cigar Stores Company
Ritchie Ready for Fight With Shugrue in October
Wille Ritchie departs for the East to meet Joe Shugrue in a scheduled boxing match set for October 4. Articles of agreement received by Ritchie indicate the bout could occur on October 1 or 4, with the boxer choosing the 4th.
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Wille Ritchie
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Joe Shugrue
Ritchie
Wille
Charley Brooks Began Baseball Career in South
Charley Brooks set a season high in the Northwestern league for RBIs in a single game, twice clearing the bases and driving in three runners each time. A Southern native from near T-Cobb, he started at the University of Georgia before quitting to pursue baseball. He broke in with Seattle in 1912, finished with Victoria, suffered a 1913 leg injury, returned with the Tigers mid last summer, and was a free agent in June bought by Tealy as the Grantees climbed from last place due to his hitting.
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Brooks
T _ — Cobb
Charley
University of Georgia
Sigma Nu
Seattle
Victoria
Tigers
Tealy
Grante
Sloan learns bunting after four year trial
Ted Sloan, outfielder for Birmingham in the Southern league, will return to the St. Louis Browns for a fourth major league trial. Sloan began pro ball in 1911 with Bristol in the Appalachian league and batted over .300 in five seasons. He was sent back from the majors three times mainly for not bunting, but this season he has learned the bunting art.
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Ted Sloan
Birmingham
St. Louis Browns
Sloan
Bristol, Tenn
Grunan to Meet Freddie Welsh in New York Bout
Portland light weight Ralph Grunan has been matched to box Freddie Welsh, light weight champion, in New York next November.
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Portland
California
Box Freddie Welsh
New York
Use Star Want Ads for Results and for Profits
Star Want Ads promote quick results and strong profits for sellers. The ad service highlights clear listings and targeted reach to attract buyers efficiently.
Seattle May Get Schmutz in Pennant Push
President Dugdale negotiates with Brooklyn for Charley Schmutz, ex Dodgers pitcher, now in Seattle after a 1913 season with Brooklyn. Spokane chases the contract, but Schmutz favors Seattle and impressed fans in a Tuesday workout. Teary Raymond hopes to sign him to bolster the rotation as Seattle eyes first place.
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Brooklyn
Charley Schmutz
Vancouver
Dodgers
Galt Lake
Seattle
Spokane
Charley
Lincoln
Failke
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Indians
Tigers Aim To Beat Red Sox For AL Pennant Run
Hughie Jennings, Detroit manager, is optimistic his Tigers will edge Boston in the scramble for the American League pennant. The arrival of Bill James has boosted the E Yah inventor’s outlook.
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Hughie Jennings
Detroit Tigers
Boston
Bill James
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