Training as the key to better baseball and fewer injuries
A former era editor argues major league clubs should invest in a high class trainer to enforce strict conditioning, fair play, and disciplined training. He warns opposition may come from star players, but predicts improved performance, reduced accidents, and longer careers through professional oversight and early hours plus careful dieting under a single trainer’s authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grat
Rube Waddell
Ike Mike Murphy
Keene
Fitzpatrick
Iit Im
Yale
Eli
Bullden
Left Handed Batters Face Left Handed Pitches
A vintage sports commentary argues that left handed hitters struggle against left handed pitchers. It advocates targeted practice to teach lefties to hit right pitch and questions using only left handed batting during short training spells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meadchen
Eehagiboys
Aivaander
Les Fe
Outguess the batter with breaking pitches says famed pitcher
Mordecai Brown explains that success lies in outguessing hitters with varying curves and speeds. He recalls striking out Ty Cobb in Detroit, detailing how he mixed fast curves and precise placement to deceive the champion batter and secure key outs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mordecai Brown
Ty Cobb
Detroit
Sam Crawford
Cobb
Hack
Thom
Ewunng
Injured Freeman Retires from Baseball This Year
Physicians attending John Freeman at the Minneapolis American association team reported a shoulder injury from a Fianapolis game while riding to home plate. One bone in his right shoulder was broken and he was compelled to retire from baseball this year. The New York Americans signed four new pitchers and let one go.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Freeman
New York Americans
Dae
Armour
Toledo
Wilede
Pittsburg
Multistate tragedies and notable deaths fill July news
A busy July reports five fatalities in Ohio near Piqua, a Brooklyn evangelist Tree Bankey dies at 68, a Parker Kansas shooting, a Wisconsin river pleasure craft capsizes with four Chicago drownings, and a Wheeling West Virginia gas blast kills three women. Also noted are a Canadian Pacific strike impact, Macedonia violence, a French gunnery accident, and Edison’s momentous funds. The roundup includes various international incidents, political notes, and a Brooklyn jail suicide among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piqua
Ohio
Bankey
Brooklye
Parker
Harper
Kans
Wisconsin River
Kilbern
Wis
Chicago
Canadian Pacific Railway
Toronto
J. W. Gavin
Wheeling
W. Va
John Anderson
J. R. Leighton
J. R. Brown
Vernon
B. C
Athens
Macedonia
Couronnet
Les Salines d'Hyeres
A. C. Meyer
Thomas Robinson
Winnipeg Grain Exchange
Montreal
Paris
Alfonso
Isle of Wight
Queen Victoria
Thomas A. Edison
Dudwell
Saerseniken
Germany
Louisiana
Bank of Afton
Oklahoma
Independence Party
Dnllas
Texas
W. Kirkpatrick
Texas Farmers’ Congress
Michael T. Maroney
Meriden
Conn
United States
Department of Commerce and Labor
Methodist Episcopal Church
House of Representatives
Congress
George Wilcox
National Bank of Commerce
Kansas City
Luther League of America
Lutheran Church
Waku
Teheran
Conq
Republic
Padre
Lima
Mero
Robert Koch
Washington
William H. Tat
Lexington
Taft
William Lehenski
Raymond Street
Brrooklyn
Bleeum
Oldest Montana resident James Bower dies in Virginia City
The 161 year old James Bower, reputedly Montana’s oldest resident, is reported to have died in Virginia City. A sprawling list of accidents and disasters follows, including multiple rail and train wreck fatalities near Glendive Aries and Shoshone, a drowning in the Snake River near Huntington Oregon, and a fatal elevator crush in Helena.
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James Bower
Montana
Virginia City
Northern Pacific
Glendive
Mont
J. F. McMullen
Aries
J. M. Wilson
Colorado Federation of Labor
Denver
Democratic Party
Omeha
Nebwas
Eagles
Beattie
George Evans
George
Bessie
Snake River
Huntington
Ore
Bath
Tox
Tonopah
Ralph Stevens
State Bank of
Pueblo
Western Federation of Mines
Colorado
Utah
Wyoming
New Mexico
Benjamin Thompson
Pleasant Ridge
Wyo
Thompson
E. H. Stagg
Monticello
Helena
Sparky
Nev
Mina
Seven Troughs
Nevada
T. J. Longacre
D. C. McLaughlin
Longacre
John Y. Batterton
Deer Lodge
Batterton
Missouri
Southern Pacific Company
California
Talbot
Supreme Court
Albricht
Geat Falls
Great Falls
David Miller
Frog Pond
Missoula
Mantlaw
Ripetown
Ely
Winston Brothers
Big St. Paul
Tunel
Taft
Paul
Prouk KB Stotts
Walter
Northern
Sheridan
Lal Diane
Babe Caer Ek Phovig
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Green River Country
Big Pipey
Daniel
Cora
Pinedale
Boulder
New Fort
Midway
LaBerge
Palisede
Rock Springs
Lander
Ira Dodge
Mer
Kemmerer
Opien
Usd
James Rumble
Etewreteare
Kemmerer, Wyoming
Ivan S. Jones
Attorney At Law
Notary Public
Perry Hendricks
Con Brady
Hide & Junk House
Sam Koppel
Sion
Hope
Page
Wea
Rock Springs, Wyoming
Spence
Evanston
C. D. Stafford
Kemmerer, Wyo
Haffnef. CO
Kemmerer Opera House
George Prichard
George Symes Prichard & Symes
Belmont Saloon
Atached
W. Davis
Ington
Tom Hughes
Hughes
Pitcher
LomHand
Tesla
Northwest
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