Players League vs Brotherhood Looms Over Baseball
The shift from Brotherhood to Players' League divides players as April roll call nears. The Brotherhood aims to form the new league Jan 7 but faces slow signatures from about 120 players. The League counters with reforms, profit sharing, and salary guarantees tied to gate receipts, while resisting the reserve rule.
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Brotherhood
Players’ League
Messrs
Ward
Nationaleague
Sutcliffe
Brotherhood Jeaders
Evarts
Choate & Beaman
National League
Buch
Players League
Sat
VP Tatks Sre
Kilroy to Play for Next Season In Shadow Of Doubt
The article profiles Matthew J. Kilroy the crack Baltimore base ball pitcher amid questions of which club will sign him next season. Kilroy praised for control left handed pitching and early rise to fame while rival Arthur Irwin touts a Boston Brotherhood deal he denies.
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Matthew J. Kilroy
Baltimore Baseball Club
Matt
Arthur Irwin
Boston Brotherhood Club
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Nashville Club
Baltimor
Kilroy
Charlie Ganzell
Garden Oddities and Puzzles in a Farmer Note
In a garden this morning I found odd clues and riddles about numbers, shapes and wordplay. The text mentions a hollow square puzzle No 647, vessel related hints, an anagram No 643, and various references to Tam with a farmer, Sam, saints, angels, and Satan.
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Tam
Sam
Satan
Ancient puzzle pages tease beheading and rhyming games
A scattered sample from a puzzle page lists beheading challenges like a Latin word to depart and a property to possess, plus enigmatas and rhyming squares. It mentions Beheadings, Rhyming square, Charade, Numeric Enigma, and multiple No. items with cryptic clues, names, and wordplay.
Cross Word Enigma and a Pack of Puzzles No. 657
A collection of word games and teasers including clues like In dive not in swim and In branch not in limb with solutions promised in later numbers. The page features No 658 Missing Letters and No 660 The Philosopher's Puzzle plus several charades transpositions and rebuses from St. Nicholas.
Amateurs Rise in City Theatrical Fad and Farce
The piece extols amateur acting as a growing social fad with lively rehearsal scenes and stage mishaps. It notes the role of a clever stage manager, improvised lighting tricks, and curtain mechanics to avoid audience exposure. It cites Philadelphia and New York groups, Berkeley Lyceum and a Herald feature, with Paris theatre receipts rising in August.
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Wells
Berat Snd
Coward
Big Cities
Philadelphia
Dramatic Association
New York
Berkely Lyceum
New York Herald
Metropolis
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M. J. Kilroy
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Woodburn Farm
Lexington
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Belmont
Wedgewood
Viking
Nutwood
Tremont
Vatican
Ashland
Pan- American Congress
Loyd
Lee
F, Humphreys
Toby
Dhue Wits
Ivan Pirsng
United States
Asia
Denmark
Sage
Adam
Eve
Nesbit
Russia
Mary Wortley Montague
Zephyrs
Pius
Mae
Sicvcar
Tos
Turkey
Jack Frost
Cleveland
Pizarro
Venice
St. Nicholas
Heaven
Earth
Euripe
Belead
Hal
Caci
Merriman
St. John
Pearl
Black
Brandywine
Jong
Sid Harris
Pauline
Paris
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