Wheatland Field Day Brings Mixed Results For Colts and Shooters
The Wheatland Field Day at the home of James Clow featured a double header where the Wheatland Colts defeated Plainfield High 4 to 1 in the opener. John Leiss won the Wheatland Trap Club gold with 94 of 100 targets and led the state shoot with one miss in 25.
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Ohton
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Joliet
Wheatland Gun Club
H. Clark
Lockport
Bert Sheldon
Naperville
Robert Bruce
H. Pell
Leiss
Boxing Ahead on July 4 Holiday Card Plans and Gans’s Retirement Hint
Boxing watchers expect a holiday slate across the Pacific coast with Joe Gans defending his light welter title on July 4 in San Francisco against Battling Nelson while Los Angeles hosts Packey McFarland versus Freddie Welch for 25 rounds. Gans hints at retirement after September, urging attention to his bid for a final showdown as champions consolidate in a potential cross-continental pairing. Milwaukee pauses boxing until September with tentative top card in the first week of that month.
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Frisco
Joe Gans
Dane
Nelson
Jim Jeffries
Packey McFarland
Chicago
Freddie Welch
England
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Welch
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Joe
Moran's Men Dominate Arions In Dellwood Tilt
Moran's all stars crushed Ducky Holmes and the Arions 11 to 0 at Dellwood yesterday afternoon. Joliet, Stremmer and upgrades fueled the onslaught with hits and errors helping the Moran lineup. Danny Lewis homered and added two singles while Stack fanned four in a pitching win. The Arions blocked with only a seventh inning rally and host next games against the White Rocks.
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William Moran
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Rays
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Morans
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New York
Griffith
United States
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BEAT DAINTY MISSES AT ELECTRIC PARK IN BEECHER-STYLE GAME
The Chicago Bloomer Girls played the Plainfield Jarvis team at Electric Park winning 13 to 11 after a tense battle. Jarvis pitchers repeatedly faced the Bloomers while Plainfield maintained the lead. Miller and Dawson were sidelined by injuries requiring Keon to step in for catching duties. Tommie Scahill is noted as the star slugger in the report.
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Jarvis
Bloomers
Plainfield
Aurora
Tinley Park
Gunthers
Miller
Dawson
Keon
Tommie Scahill
1908 Tinley Park Defeated in Tough Match
Game details list players Guthers Barnes Carless Leon Scahill Evans Mather Dawson McNeil Miller and others. Brown Fulton Burke Commer Mager Harriett Carlson Moore Rice appear as Batters and fielders in the loss. This marked Tinley Park’s first defeat of 1908.
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Mager
Ch Harriett
Carlson
Moore
P. Rice
Eastern horses to come west to Latonia races
Secretary Dillon of the Latonia Jockey club Cincinnati says many eastern horses will come to Latonia to race after a blow to the game in New York last week. Preparations begin to double stable room at the tracks.
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Latonia
Aurora Dominates Plainfield Meet at Electric Park
Aurora wins with 64 points led by Gillette 23 points in sprints and jumps. Meyers of Lockport earns hammer 123 ft 4 in and discus 76 ft 3 in while Joliet struggles to match the field with Williams and Reed among top names. Lockport’s Meyers shines as a weightman with clear prospects for future meets.
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Union High School
Electric Park
Plainfield
Meyers
Lockport High School
Aurora
Joliet
Sandwich
Wheaton
Lockport
King
Anderson
Reed
Wil
Baseball Scores Across Leagues Report Sunday Standings
Summary of American League results from Chicago New York Detroit St. Louis and Boston plus American Association Central Three I League and Western League games. Highlights include Chicago Chicago 5 8 0 New York 4 6 0 and the White Sox 11th straight win fueled by John Anderson and strong pitching changes.
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New York
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Philadelphia
St. Louis
Boston
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Peel American Association
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Columbus
Minnealis
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Ringfield
Joliet Ties for Third in Track Meet
Joliet finishes tied for third with notable performances by Williams and Lowery in the 80 yard dash and Gillette and Walcott in the broad jump. Times shown include 2.22 for the dash and 27.3 for the broad jump, with competitors from Joliet, Aurora and Lockport.
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Joliet
Lowery
Kazer
Lockport
Gillette
Aurora
Walcott
Terry
Leaguers Strive to Regain Form Amid Injuries
Utility fielder Del Howard sent home from the east to regain form as he has been under the weather. Jimmy Sheckard remains in Chicago and will not join the champs eastward. Zimmerman also in Chicago after hip operation in hospital but expected to return in a few days.
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Tom Brennan's All Star Team Tops Mercantile League Showdown
In a Dellwood clash, Tom Brennan's all star squad defeated Continental Casualty 16 to 0. Weisbrod and Sharp held the visitors scoreless while Lascar and Connelly struggled on the mound for the invaders. Home runs by Herath and solid hitting powered the win as 400 fans watched the one sided contest.
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Sullivan
Truski
Kelly
Farrell
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Ottawa Uses Brush on Joliet Steels in Downstate Tilt
Ottawa blanked Joliet Steels 2 to 0 as Weisbrod struck out eight and Sedgwick added five. The win extended Ottawa’s streak to two as Brennan’s team suffered another defeat in a downstate matchup.
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Joliet Steels
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Weisbrod
Sedgwick
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Giffin Suffers Defeat In Cigar Meet Upsets In High Jump
Merritt Giffin of Joliet township, famed discus record holder, faltered at Marshall Field in the Western interscholastic meet. Alderman of Lake Forest academy won the 12‑lb shot with 46 ft 4 in, while Giffin placed third at 44 ft 1 in. Discus saw Giffin unable to match his 129 ft 11 in mark as Alderman threw 125 ft 7 in to win. Joliet totaled five points. Lake Forest 25. Oklahoma University Preparatory School and Oak Park tied for third.
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Joliet Township
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Illinois track captain vote ends in tie at Urbana
The Illinois track team at Urbana balloted three times to elect a captain for next year. Hanley the half mile runner and Watson the broad jumper tied for the position, with the election postponed until fall. The riflemen for the Olympic Team were chosen at Camp Perry Ohio. Eastman of Ohio scored 64 and Leushner 861, Simon 860, Casey 856, Benedict 851, Martin 851, Jeffers 850, Winder 850, Hessian 849.
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Watson
United States
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England
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Leushner
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Delaware
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Giraffe Featured in Ringling Circus Joliet Showing
A Ringling Brothers circus giraffe, the tallest on display, will be shown in Joliet next Thursday. The animal, native to Africa’s equatorial forests, browses high leaves and travels in a padded wagon with two companions, noted for delicate transport and vulnerability to temperature changes.
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Joliet
America
Africa
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