Bonehead play recalled by Gabby Street in game memory
Gabby Street recalls a notorious ninth inning incident with Dave Altizer while with Washington. Altizer argued a strike call as Hack Spencer misplayed a lively ball, allowing two baserunners to score and cost a game against the St. Louis Browns. Street adds the Merkle jab.
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Bonehead
Dave Altizer
Gabby Street
Street
Washington
St. Louis Browns
Altizer
Jack Sheridan
Hack Spencer
Spencer
Sheridan
Dave
Merkle
Huggins Predicts Reds Repeat Pennant Run
Manager Moran has a balanced pitching staff and can rely on pitching rather than slugging. Miller Huggins of the New York Americans says Moran’s Reds will win another pennant, citing three effective pitchers and intelligent handling of his staff.
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Moran
Miller Huggins
New York Americans
Reds
Hug
Florida
Colonel Ruppert
Huggins
Pat
Coombs’ Pitching Wisdom Emphasizes Catcher Targeting
Baseball mentor Jack Coombs instructs Detroit Tigers pitchers to ignore the batter and study the catcher. He urges aiming at the catcher’s body to improve control, using the catcher’s stationary position and reception style as the primary guide.
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Tiger
Detroit Tigers
Jack Coombs
Jack
French Runner Guillemot Captures National Ten Mile Title
Marcel Guillemot won the French national ten mile race in 1 hour 1 minute 41 seconds to claim the cross country championship of France and Great Britain. He confirmed his right to represent France in the Olympic games by the victory.
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Marcel Guillemot
France
Guillemot
Great Britain
Oldest American golf club and boxing, wrestling notes
The Royal Montreal Golf Club is noted as the oldest in America. Also mentioned are wrestling trick notes by George Bothner, boxing pay rises for Jimmy Wilde, and various sports activities from polo rules to a $25,000 Pocatello clubhouse plan.
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Royal Montreal Golf Club
America
Pocatello
Idaho) Country Club
Yellowstone Park
Baseball Rumors and Player Movements Across Leagues
A compilation of baseball notes highlights player transfers and managerial opinions. Mentions Harold Elliott with the Dodgers, potential Boston Red Sox buyers, McGraw on spring tours, and pennant race talk. Includes updates on Neusel, Gaw, and other players, plus managerial shifts and anecdotes from various teams.
Connie Mack the oldest manager in major league baseball
Connie Mack born December 23, 1862 is described as the oldest manager in the major leagues. The piece notes his 35 years in baseball, his ahead of rivals in age, and his prominence as a storied figure in American sport and Philadelphia’s sports scene.
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Cornelius McGilcuddy
Connie Mack
Connie
John McGraw
Giants
Miller Huggins
Hug
Mack
Philadelphia
Bald Baseballers and World Champions Mint a Funny List
The segment lists players Heinie Groh Morris Rath Larry Kopf Greasy Neale Slim Sallee and Goldie Rapp whose bald heads catch attention as Pat Moran jokes about fate and numbered hairs in a playful note on the baseball scene.
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Pat Moran
Heinie Groh
Morris Rath
Larry Kopf
Greasy Neale
Slim Sallee
Goldie Rapp
Zion National Park Reveals Hidden Cliff Dwellings
The new Zion National Park faces a season of visitors drawn by its beauty and the mystery of a cliff dwelling found in a remote canyon. Explorers in Salt Lake City and Los Angeles anticipate discoveries that may shed light on the prehistoric cliff dwellers and their vanished culture.
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Zon National Park
Utah
Zion
Yosemite
Zion National Park
Great American Southwest
Salt Lake City
Los Angeles
Eyre Powell
Venice
Calif
Kivas
Mesa Verde National Park
Colorado
Southwest
Jemez
New Mexico
National Park
Hovenweep
Colorado-Utah Line
Mesa Verde
Hovenweep National Monument
Casa Grande National Monument
Gila Valley
Arizona
Casa Grande
J. Walter Fewkes
Smithsonian Institution
Temple of the Sun
Far View House
American Southwest
Paris landmark to be removed as city redevelops
Paris to dismantle the Robespierre era house in the Cite du Retire as part of a modernization plan. The Monaco prince's tenants face notice, demolition delayed by five year law. Cities aims include extending underground rail to St Germain and Maisons Laffitte to ease race day rail strain.
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Paris
London Times
Robespierre
Cite du Retire
Madeleine
Faubourg Saint Honore
Maisons Laffitte
Great Britain's Whites and Blacks
The article compares Britain’s white population of 62 million to 876 million colored people in the empire. It states white capital wealth around 500 billion dollars versus 5 billion for non white groups, and literacy estimates of 15 percent for whites against about 90 percent illiteracy among colored races.
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Great Britain
British Empire
Sir Henry Johnson
God Must be Having a Party Says Little Girl
A mother teaches her daughter respectful terms. After church, the child spots the departing crowd and exclaims that God must be having a party, highlighting a child's literal view of sacred space.
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Little Daughter
Yew Wood Sale for Bow Making Highlighted by Forest Service
The Snoqualmie National Forest in Washington reports a sale of yew wood to be used for making bows. The article notes yew's historic role in archery and its suitability for carving, with the Pacific coast species supplying the mature timber.
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Government Forest Service
Snoqualmie National Forest
Washington
Forest Service
United States Department of Agriculture
Richard III
England
United States
Florida
North Atlantic
Pacific Coast
Northwest
Night Doctors in Paris Reform Night Medical Service
A Paris correspondent notes a new night doctor service that summons an available physician to patients at night. He describes tired doctors, long hours, and a system that fails when a regular adviser is unavailable. A panel of fresh doctors will be stationed at the police station for rapid dispatch.
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Paris
Catch the Bad Boy With a Christmas Tree Plan
A Kansas City Star cartoon-like idea suggests a nationwide search for the worst boy be conducted through a Christmas tree event. The proposal: gift a tree to good boys while excluding bad ones, then identify the real culprit from attendees.
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Kansas City Star
Violets Prove Profitable For Hampshire Woman
A Hampshire woman horticulturist reports profitable violet farming both before the war and after demobilization. She grows mammoth violets with exquisite perfume grown for decoration scent factories and crystallized violet products for confectionery trade.
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Hampshire
Not Applicable Dialog Excerpt About Brother’s Wife Temper
A terse dialogue reveals a guest describing his brother's new wife as having an awful temper. He recalls the woman striking him with whatever object was handy, illustrating a volatile household dynamic.
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Waltham, Mass
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Pinehurst
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Frank Walker
Readville
Lew Edwards
Australia
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Rowdy
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White Sox
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Jim Roberts
New Orleans
King Lear
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McGraw
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George Gaw
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Gaw
Harold Emerich
Indianapolis
Phillies
Detroit Jets
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Enid
Western Association
St. Louis Cardinals
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Shotton
Fournier
Janvrin
Abilene
Robert Young
Fort Worth
Gene Suggs
Atlanta
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George Upp
Columbus
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Cleveland
Sandusky
Rabbit Maranville
Boston Braves
George Davis
Berney Boland
Howard Ehmke
Hub Leonard
Detroit
Athletics
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Red Wingo
Frank Brazil
Ford Schupp
Cardinals
Rickey
Dick Loftus
Wil
Evansville
Mitchell
Clarence Twombly
Zeb Terry
Chicago Cubs
Walter Barb
Buccos
Buster Caton
Portland
Oregon
Ward
Bancroft
Hollacher
Peckinpaugh
John Glasier
Dan Howley
Hartford
Bill Hinchman
Harry
American Association
Toledo
Sinawava Temple
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