Massive New Sports Arenas Attract Winters Growth In New York
The era of big sport facilities expands as over 4 million dollars this year funds New York arenas dedicated to athletic events. Tex Rickard leases Madison Square Garden for about 3 million with planned upgrades, while the Velodrome project at Broadway and 225th Street and the Audubon club site on Lenox Avenue promise multi purpose venues for amateur, professional, boxing and year round use.
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New York City
New York
Two Hundred and Twenty Fifth Street
Broadway
Audubon Athletic Club
Lenox Avenue
One Hundred and Forty-fifth Street
Tex Rickard
Madison Square Garden
Rickard
Costly Trap Shooting Tournament at Olympic Club
Ninety shooters competed over four days in San Francisco, firing 90 000 targets at 3 cents each and 90 000 shells at 5 cents each. Other charges brought the club’s tournament cost to about $9 000, a sum rivaled only by the Grand American Handicap in scale among sports events.
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Olympic Athletic Club
San Francisco
Speaker Sees Diamond Star In Boxer Tremaine
Tris Speaker praises Carl Tremaine Cleveland bantam as one of the best looking shortstops in years. He compares Tremaine to Donie Bush in early form and notes Tremaine’s fielding and arm strength. He adds he knows nothing of Tremaine’s stealing ability.
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Speaker
Boxer Tremaine
Tris
Carl Tremaine
Cleveland Bantam
Donie Bush
Donie
Tremaine
Carl
Freak Triple Play Stuns Baseball Fans
A triple play rare in any season occurred in a game between St. Marys College of St. Marys Kansas and the Chillicothe Indians. The infield fly was ruled out, a windblown ball hit a runner out at second, and a final throw from the first baseman led to another out for throwing the ball out of the park.
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St. Mary’s College of
Alexander Looking Better With Cubs This Year
Umpire Charley Rigler offers an unusual theory on Grover Alexander’s improved effectiveness for the Cubs. He notes Alexander has more speed and sharper breaking curves, with good health, though control is not as precise as before. Rigler believes looser control may boost his success and predicts Alexander could have his best year yet.
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Grover Alexander
Cubs
Charley Rigler
Alex
Eddie Roush Ambidextrous
Eddie Roush star Reds outfielder explains he throws with his right hand as well as his left. He recalls learning to throw right handed after in hometown Indiana scarcity of right handed gloves. he has always batted left handed.
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Cincinnati Reds
Eddie Roush
Reds
Indiana
Pirates recall six players from minor leagues
The Pittsburgh club announces the recall of six players loaned to minor league clubs. Pitcher Karl Eberhart returns from Wichita Falls, Pitcher Leo Mangum from Portsmouth, Pitcher Frank Herbst from Branford, Third Baseman Claud Barnhart from Birmingham, Catcher R. Kress and Outfielder Howard Pennington from Grand Rapids. The Pirates will also review a list of about a dozen players purchased from minor league clubs for trial this fall or next spring.
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Pittsburgh
Karl Eberhart
Wichita Falls
Leo Mangum
Portsmouth
Frank Herbst
Brandford
Claud Barnhart
Birmingham
R. Kress
Howard Pennington
Grand Rapids
Pirates
Punt Out Rule In Football Changes After Touchdowns
The rule now allows the scoring side to bring the ball out from in front of the goal after a touchdown and attempt the goal from that chosen distance. This replaces the previous practice of a punt after scoring.
Youngest Ball Player in Organized Baseball
Claude Miller of Grand Rapids Central league, age sixteen, hails from Sunfield Michigan. A pitcher, he recently joined the Grand Rapids team and won his first out 8 to 1 after coming up from high school ball. He stands nearly six feet tall and is well built.
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Claude Miller
Grand Rapids
Sunfield
Mich
Sam Thompson's 120 Home Runs Sets 18 Year Record
Historic note claims Sam Thompson hit 120 homers over 18 big league seasons, a record cited as the current standard. Henry Fabian highlights Nig Clarke's 8 home runs in nine innings during the Corsicana-Texarkana slugging game of July 14 1902, when Corsicana won 51 to 8.
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Sam Thompson
Henry Fabian
Polo Grounds
Nig Clarke
Corsicana-Texarkana
Corsicana
Clarke
Baseball in Alaska Sunday Games Draw Interior Teams
Baseball played each Sunday in interior Alaska near the Arctic Circle. Teams from Nenana and Fairbanks contest a series with the likely winner set to meet a soldier nine from Fort Gibbon.
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Nenana
Fairbanks
Arctic Circle
Heefin
Alaska
Fort Gibbon
Eatonic Advertises Relief For Digestive Troubles
An Eatonic advertisement touts relief from neuralgia and stomach acidity by neutralizing excess acid and gases after meals. It promotes quick aid, urges after eating use, and notes a low price with a druggist guarantee. The copy links to Mr. Long’s experience and a testimonial about pain relief.
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Eatonic
R. Long
Bayer Aspirin Ad Promotes Trusted Pain Reliever
An advertisement touts Bayer’s Aspirin as genuine safe for millions and prescribed by physicians for over twenty years. It urges consumers to accept only unbroken Bayer packages with directions for headache toothache earache neuralgia rheumatism colds and pain and notes 12 tablet tins and larger packages available from druggists.
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Bayer
Fragmentary note lists women’s tastes and social cues
The readable text mentions women’s preferences for kindness and compliments, plus tastes for ice cream and oysters. It reads like a social vignette about courtship and manners in an informal tone.
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