National League Abolishes Agreement For Minor Leagues
The National League board of arbitration ends the national agreement effective Sept 3, forcing minor leagues to seek their own terms. A harsh blacklist rule bans players who break contracts or ignore the reservation clause, with President John T Brush stating minors must hustle for themselves and major league bidding will rise.
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Board of Arbitration
National Baseball League
John T. Brush
New York
N. E. Young
Board of Directors
Brush
Mr. Brush
National League
Iie
Brash
Watkins
Indianapolis Ca
Indianapol
Negotiations for Peace Spark Baseball War Talks
Chicago Aug 12 The Tribune reports negotiators Ban Johnson for the American League and James A Hart for the National League discuss peace amid talk of post season series between the Whitestockings and the National League. Hart says NL will operate next season as now, while Johnson warns the sport benefits from a fight but favors compromise to avoid a ruinous two season baseball war. Officials claim AL has wooed several NL stars, including Delehanty and Wood to Washington, with other moves rumored across teams in a volatile market.
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Chicago
the Tribune
Ban Johnson
American League
James A. Hart
National League
Whitestockings
Oles
Hart
Johnson
Ident Hart
Ron
Inter
Cvat
New York
Philadelphia Dispatch
Herald
National
Philadelphia
Delehanty
Wood
Washington
Flick
McFarland
Douglass
Cross
Fald
Manning
Davis
Long
van Hattren
Gangel
Toby Hartzel
Connie” Mack
Got What He Courted. Lt Philadelphia Times
Rear Admiral Robly D. Evans faced an official reprimand for intemperate conduct. The piece notes the rarity of punishment, suggesting only luck kept him from censure, and mentions ex-Secretary Chandler pressed for accountability within official circles.
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Philadelphia Times
Robly D. Evans
Chandler
Usvy Department
Bank Directors Sued Over Suspension Losses
A New York summons targets directors of the Seventh National Bank. Plaintiff Hoffman seeks 21,000 in damages for the bank suspension affecting his margin account tied to a 1,000,000 loan to Marquand & Co. He states a June 4 stock purchase and June 2 margin payment led to a loss when the bank suspended payment.
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New York
Aug. l
Seventh National Bank
Hoffman
National Bank Act
Marquand & Co
Off Day For Hahn As St Louis Beats Cincinnati
St Louis defeated Cincinnati 8 to 2 aided by timely hits in the fourth and eighth innings. Hahn was unsteady and gave up critical hits, while Sudhoff allowed eight safeties. Donavan homered and Kruger and Padden had extra-base shots as St Louis earned five runs.
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ST. Louis
Cincinnati
Sudhoff
Hahn
Nichols
O'Day
Wheeling Off Ninth Inning Bid Falls Short
Wheeling made a ninth inning bid scoring once but misplayed defense to prevent more. Scores shown for Terre Haute Evansville Rock Island and Bloomington games with batteries and line scores listed for each location.
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Wheeling
Harp
Terre Haute
Ind
Rockford
Swaim
Starnagle
Eliott and
Hanford
Evansville
Rock Island
Payne and Roth
Graham
Arthur
Bloomington
McFarland and Weaver
Seymour Reds defeat Lawrencebury again at Seymour
In Seymour Indiana on August 12 the Lawrence club was beaten by the Seymour Reds. Batteries Saltmarsh and Simon, Bono and Baker starred for Seymour in a low scoring game noted by the Indianapolis Journal special.
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Indianapolis Journal
Seymour, Ind
Lawrencebere Cluly
Seymour Reds
Beere
Seymour
Lawrencebure
Saltmarsh
Simon
Bono
Baker
Shamrock II Welcomed Amid Bay Parade For Americas Cup
The Amer ica's cup challenger Shamrock II lay at Sandy Hook then was towed to Tompkinsville and Erie Basin for mast retirement. Crowds hailed the green yacht as faster and more elegant than Shamrock I, with captains noting Columbia and Constitution as rivals and predicting the Challenger’s test against the defender.
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New York
Sandy Hook
Tompkinsville
Steten Island
Erie Basin
Robert Haddon
Erin
Sharps
Watson
Haddon
Shamrock
Thomkinsville
Hamilton
Azores
Sycameore
William Mathews
South Bend Beats Rochester In Goshen Game 14 to 7
Special to the Indianapolis Journal reports South Bend defeating Rochester 14 to 7 in Goshen. In San Juan Porto Rico baseball grows as a fad with six clubs formed from government clerks plus Americans and Porto Ricans, leagues discussed, uniforms ordered from the United States, and grounds secured at Puerta de Tierra near the trolley line.
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Indianapolls Journal
Goshen, Ind
South Bend
Rochester
San Juan
Porto Rico
United States
Puerta de Tierra
Boston Wins First Game in League Doubleheader
In Boston on August 12 the Red Sox took the first game by timely hitting with men on base. Hemphill broke the seal in the seventh of the second game and Stahl drove in a run on a passed ball. Philadelphia's seven runs came from slow fielding behind Mitchell. Final first game score Boston 16 Philadelphia 7. Second game score Philadelphia 4 Detroit 3. Batteries Winters, Schreck, Bernhard, Powers, Mitchell, Criger, Plank.
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Plank
Hemphill
Stahl
Mitchell
Philadelphia
Winters
Schreck
Bernhard
Powers
Mitchell and
Criger
Duelling 2:12 Pace Sets Frantic Glens Falls Start
At Glens Falls New York Aug 12 seven heats decided the 2:12 American pace with Armorer Balmy L and Armoret delivering a hard fought race. New Richmond won the 2:24 pace in easy fashion while forecasts for the meet include 2:09 pace 2:14 trot and 2:4 trot with Kokomo entries sparking Indiana circuit action.
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N. Y
New York
Armoret
New Richmond
A. H. Merrill
Danvers
Mass
Armorer
Gr. m
Don Pizarro
A. P. McDonald
Balmy L
B. m
Turner
Jack Harting
B. S
Sayles
Dia
Gr. H
Brown Hal
Benedict
John H
Munson
Tommy Me
McCarty
John R. Potts
Rajah
Welch
Miss Irma
Borch
Louisa G
Merrill Stark
Johnson
Tiger
Gr. G
Rennick
Melton
B. c
Allerton (Young
Hawthorne
M. F
Hudson
Trotting Meet Postponed At Brighton Beach
New York August 12 The first day's trotting meeting at Brighton Beach was postponed due to heavy rain. Officials will try to complete the two days program tomorrow with improved conditions.
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New York
Brighton Beach
Runners and Races Across U S Tracks August 12
At Saratoga and Harlem meets a busy card unfolded with winners Keynote Hacklet and Yankee among others. Others included Delmer Park Mada Belle and Preylinghausen with varied results across St Louis Detroit Buffalo and Windsor tracks. A freight wreck near McKinney Texas killed Walter Wright and an unknown negro. traffic delayed hours.
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St. Louis
Delmer Park
Lindsey
Mada Belle
Tenny Belle
Ida Ledford
Jim Clark
Hardly
Invocation
Buffalo
Highland Park Club
Fort Erie
Cotton Rett
McKinney
Tex
Walter Wright
Cleveland Left Fielder McCarthy Likely Out For Season
Cleveland reports left fielder McCarthy suffered a severe knee injury from Pitcher Katoll's in shoot during last Saturday's game. Doctors fear permanent knee cap damage and prognosis suggests he may have to quit baseball for good this season.
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Cleveland
McCarthy
Katoll
Allme
Toledo Wins Behind Turner's Batting in Aug 12 Game
Aug 12 Toledo outhits Matthews and wins with Turner’s batting leading the effort. Sutthoff’s delivery limited two Toledo batters, batteries Hughey Grattlus and Suttholl Byers. Fort Wayne edges Dayton in ninth after three singles and a sacrifice. Puiler and G Miller fielding spark Fort Wayne. Killen struggles late for Wheeling as errors rise in seventh.
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Matthews
Sutthof
Turner
Hoe
Hughey
Grattlus
Suttholl
Byers
Fort Wayne
Ind
Dayton
Puiler
G. Millers Felding
Louse Lonits
Fricken and Fuller
Benham Mreedare
Shamrock II Impresses Critics Off Stapleton
New York Aug. 12 Shamrock II, anchored off Stapleton, draws critics and experts who praise its underbody design as the key to speed. The vessel, to be jury-masted soon, astonishes with graceful lines, effective tapering stern, and advanced Watson/Fife Herreshoff influences. At Newport RI, the Constitution wins a thirty-mile triangular course on time but awaits remeasurement for final standings.
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Stapleton
S. L
Shamrock
Columbia
Mr. Watson
Herreshoff
Watson and Fife
Herresoff
Sycamore
Lawrence
Erie Basin
Barrie
Thomas Lipton
United States
Do you have symptoms calling in the Meri fecal Institute
A list of health concerns asks if readers suffer from many ailments and urges immediate consultation at the Meri fecal Institute with free X ray examination to reveal the real trouble.
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Dr. Tomson
Tomson
Tomson Medical Institute
Stevenson Building
Washington Street
Tomon Medical Institute
Merifecal Institute
Races Chronicle Columbia and Invader Triumphs in Varied Conditions
In a tense yacht contest the Constitution narrowly loses to Columbia by about thirty seconds on a revised measurement. Winds shifted and a late large jib topsail may have influenced the outcome. Elsewhere, the Canadian Invader won the Canada’s Cup race ahead of Cadillac with clear lead, finishing at 2 08 00 versus 2 14 22.
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Lipton
Columbia
Duncan
Chicago
Cadillac
Skip
Thompson
Minish
Invader
International Grand Circuit meet fuels late bicycle records
Buffalo August 12 The International Grand Circuit meet at Pan-American grounds divided events for professionals and amateurs. Trials produced fast times as Henshaw Hedstrom set a new track record and broke the world mark while Joe Fulton and Walter Smith paced to new four and five mile records, with Smith later reestablishing speeds.
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Buffalo
N. Y
National Cycling Association
Kramer
Lawson
Taylor
Freeman
Sidney Jenkins
T. J. Gascoyne
Henshaw
Hedstrom
Springfield
G. W. Butler
Champion
Joe Fulton
Mass
Walter Smith
Dalke
Nelson
Vaillsburg
Springield Bey
Fulton
Johnny Nelson and Jimmy Morgan headline Madison Square Garden cycling
In an indoor cycling meet at Madison Square Garden Johnny Nelson of Chicago beat Jimmy Morgan of Chelsea by one and a half laps in a fifteen mile motor paced race using motor treveles. George A. Schrieber won the amateur five mile lip race by half a length over Archie Kawilos. Vanderlin swept two novice events and Hall won the one mile amateur handicap by ten lengths.
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New York
Johnny Nelson
Chicago
Jimmy Morgan
Chelsea
Mass
Madison-square Garden
Nelson
George A. Schrieber
Archie Kawilos
New Stedford
T. J. Vanderlin
Thomas Hall
Cghty Wards
J. Haggerty
Hridaeport, Conty
Phillips & Co Statement Filed on May Corn Deal
Chicago Aug 12 The George H Phillips Company finished a voluminous statement detailing all transactions of the firm during the famous May corn pool. It was placed with the secretary of the Board of Trade for customers involved to review, following a director-ordered review after a complaint from a dissatisfied customer.
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Chicago
George H. Phillips Company
Wee
Board of Trade
Phillips
Phllipe
Warrant possible as city probes poolroom corruption
In New York two men Ish Burgdorff and Whitney were before Justice Jerome with cases postponed until Wednesday. A confidential conference with Frank Moss of the Society for the Prevention of Crime and ADA Schurman followed to review police corruption evidence and plan further steps. A mysterious witness corroborated claims of bribes from illegal gambling venues.
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New York
Burgdorff
Jerome
Frank Moss
Society For the Prevention of Crime
Schurman
Whitney
Burehorff
Hammond
Dillon
Howevr
Odell
David A. Caralho
Carvalho
Crop report shows large wheat and corn areas in Illinois
Springfield Aug 12 The Oil and Agriculture Department released a summary of crop reports dated Aug 1. Wheat harvested 1,570 acres with 31,100 bushels produced, oats area 3,775,000 acres yielding 110,040,008 bushels. Corn planted 8,085,000 acres largest since 1878, but Aug 1 condition was the most disheartening in state history due to extreme heat, at 46 percent of the seasonable average.
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Springfield
Oilnois Department of Agriculture
Tssted
Texas House Debates Resolution Honoring New York Visitors
A caustic House debate over a resolution thanking New York Chamber of Commerce visitors for a Texas trip ended with a passage praising the Governor and Legislature for hosting them. Lawmakers stated they do not share New York critics’ view of Texas anti trust laws or call for changes to the corporate laws.
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Austin
Tex
House of Representatives
New York
Chamber of Commerce
Texas
Invitaton
Legislative Committee
Lucania voyage reported by Marconi wireless dispatch
News from the Lucania voyage cites Marconi wireless dispatches sixty miles off shore. Postmaster general of Canada William Muloch is aboard and studying wireless telegraphy. Actors Louis Mann and Mlle Clare Lipmaen are in corners studying a new Boer plas.
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New York
The
Herald
Marconi
Lucania
Dia Crook Haven
William Muloch
Canada
Louis Mann
Mlle Clare Lipmaen
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