Hagerstown Champs to Open 1920 Blue Ridge League Schedule
The Hagerstown Champs will open the 1920 Blue Ridge League season May 16 in Frederick against Buck Ramsey's Hustlers. The schedule, set after a committee meeting in this city, runs through Labor Day with no playoff days and double-headers on May 30, July 4, and Labor Day. Teams will travel mostly by auto trucks. Maroons also to use a truck.
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Hagerstown
Buck Ramsey
Hustlers
Frederick
Chambersburg
Martinsburg
Waynesboro
Hanover
Maroons
Boyer
Hagerstown Club
Blue Ridge
Herbert S. Foltz
Henninger
Alsatians Meet Shepherdstown In Evening Tilt
The Alsatia five clash with Shepherdstown at 8 P M tonight in a tough test after Shepherdstown recently defeated Martinsburg twice. Alsatians seek a win to steady form following a stiff workout last Thursday, with lineup notes listing Banks Fae Recher Moler Hall Legge Mathias Myers Ga Hauver and G E Hauver.
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Alsatia
Shepherdstown
Martinsburg
Alsatians
Hape
Shepherds, Pos
Alsatias Banks
Fae Recher
Moler F. Hall
Legge Co. Mathias
Myers Ga
C. Hauver
G. E. Hauver
Youthful stars and spring training mix in sport talk
Squinting through playful word garble, the column notes spring training chatter across sports. It mentions Dempsey Carpenter negotiations, Baker on the farm, Akron as a dry baseball town, and various betting and training hints involving Ruth Baker and others.
Babe Ruth Trains Hard in Hot Springs Season Boot Camp
Babe Ruth trains with devotion at Hot Springs aiming to shed 30 pounds through baths and hill hikes. The Home Run King, healthy and driven, vows to swing for power and set a new mark this spring while acknowledging the recurring challenge of carrying fat.
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Babe Ruth
Hot Springs
Babe
Waynesboro Seeks 4000 Dollar Drive For Baseball Season
Waynesboro March 7 officials of the Blue Ridge League bolster baseball plans with a fund drive to raise 3509 to 4000 dollars. Money will pay for regrading the field, repairing the diamond, enlarging the grandstand, moving the fence and sowing Crang over the field. Subscriptions payable half April 1 and half June 1. Baseball success in Waynesboro is noted as the books show over 500 dollars in the positive despite high season costs.
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Waynesboro
Init
Archbishop Dougherty Made Cardinal at Vatican Consistory
Rome March 7 The Most Rev Dennis J Dougherty Archbishop of Philadelphia was elevated to cardinal during a Vatican consistory today.
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Rome
Dennis J. Dougherty
Philadelphia
Vatican
Films And Dreams Play Across The Screen In Sleep Talk
A humorous note on talk in sleep references movie buzz and screen stars. The wife listens as he raves about Ida Darling Louise Lovely Bessie Love Blanche Sweet and Arline Pretty. The article lists films and actors including Owen Moore Maurice Costello and T Roy Barnes with playful wordplay on titles.
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Ida Darling
Betty and Her Beau Vote Amid Precinct Talk
The young lady across the way recalls her first vote cast with a led pole but notes much chatter about the good work of political machines in some precincts. She believes they will influence results in time.
Five Suspects in Registered Mail Theft Arrested
Five suspects are in custody in Chicago on March 7 and will be questioned about stealing five pouches of registered mail from a government mail truck at a postal station late Saturday. The loot is valued at about $60,000, with none recovered.
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International News
Chicago
T:e
Two Waynesboro Shops Close Down
Waynesboro March 7 With the exception of 26 to 80 men finishing special order work the Landis Tool Company plant closed down Thursday night and will remain shut for at least two weeks The future depends entirely upon the number of orders received Local BB plant also closed down
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Waynesboro
Landis Tool Company
Iocal
47 Pound Wildcat Shot in Pine Run Cave
Allegany man Hiram Hostetter shot one of the largest wildcats ever known in the region. The 51.2 foot long cat was tracked by Hostetter in a rock cave at Pine Run near Garrett after being caught in a trap. He carried the animal home on his back.
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Allegany
Cumberland
Hiram Hostetter
Pine Run
Garrett
Hostetter
One-Legged Umpire Shines In Blue Ridge League
Leo Clark, a one leg amputee from Lonaconing Maryland, persists in baseball by becoming an umpire in the Blue Ridge League after wartime service and captivity. He demonstrates skill, sprinting 21 seconds for a hundred yards, and vows never to give up as he returns to duty for the 1921 season.
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Leo Clarke
Clark
Leo Barnard Clark
Lonaconing
Hill 204
Marne
Baltimore
Jamison
Blue Ridge League
Seaason
Johns Hopkins College
World facts in a fragmentary 19th century style
The text notes Tokyo with many book shops, men and children flying kites in Japan and China, Dutch brick-yard employment for women, heavy butter and cheese trade in England, London pearls numbering ten strings, and Bernwda coral roads praised as among the finest.
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Japan
China
Holland
London
Bernwda
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Aonday
West
Virginia
Quint
Stockholm
Carpentier
Dempsey
Frank Baker
International League
Akron
Montreal
Tex Richard
Tex
Mr. Jinx
Little Sandy Man
States Golf Association
Wille Hoppe
Edouard Horemans
Pibo Ruth
Sntttta Jackson
Johnny Dun
Frank’ Britton
Lewis
Eddie
BY Ahern
DEA
Solcan
Sportorial
Hi Speed
Owen Moore
Letty
T. Roy Barnes
Maurice Costello
Betty
Beau
Oboy
Acruss
Menegt. Jn —_ Hiedoos waaay
Tokyo
England
Paris
A. Stein & Company
Emia i Tak
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