Giants in a American League lineup would finish likely sixth
Monty argues the New York Giants, if placed in the American League, would rank around sixth due to superior AL pitching and batting. He cites Johnson, Mack, Griffith and other AL figures, weighs Mathewson against Johnson era rivals, and faults McGraw’s World Series choices as key to the Giants’ poor showing.
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International News Service
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Washington
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Hamilton
Lawerenz
Wellman
Baumgardner
Browns
Christy Mathewson
Connie Mack
Connie
Walter Johnson
Joe Boehling
Clark Griffith
Washingtons
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Boehling
Engel
Griffith
Cardinals
Falkenberg
Gregg
Crow
Joe Wood
Bedient
Ed Walsh
Reb” Russell
George Davis
Jean Dubuc
Tigers
Ty Cobb
Sam Crawford
McGranites
Monty
Walter Johnson Declines $15,000 Vaudeville Offer
Walter Johnson refused a booking firm’s offer to perform a ten week monologue on a vaudeville circuit for 15 000 dollars per week. He did not consider the proposal and chose to stay focused on baseball. Johnson joins Frank Baker and Hans Wagner as players who rejected similar easy money offers.
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Frank Baker
Hans Wagner
Griffith
Tiseless
Coffroth backs Clabby in all out middleweight punches
Promoter James Coffroth puts together the 26 round clash between Jimmy Clabby of Hammond Indiana and Mike Gibbons of Saint Paul Minnesota for the Portola boxing card. Clabby earns praise as the best middleweight since Stanley Ketchel and delivers a powerful showing against Sailor Ed Petroskey.
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San Francisco
Jimmy Clabby
Hammond
Ind
Mike Gibbons
Et Paul
James Coffroth
Stanley Ketchal
Clabby
Ed Petroskey
Petroskey
Coffroth
Sunshine Jim
Frank Klaus
What Mack Thinks Of George Brickley
Philadelphia reports Charley Brickley the Harvard football star may rival his brother George Brickley on Connie Mack's team. Mack praises George as the longest hitter he has seen, comparing him to Frank Baker Harry Davis and Danny Murphy and noting Brickley’s uncanny power with a light swing.
Kraenzlein Sees Strong German Talent For Olympic Work
Arthur Kraenzlein, now training German athletes for the next Olympic Games, says German students are physically weaker than Americans but soldiers provide discipline. He praises Berlin Stadium and notes Germans will train April to November outdoors and indoors in winter. The German Athletic Commission plans to apply American methods after a US tour.
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New York
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Berlin
Kreenzlein
Harvard
Syracuse
Pacific Coast
German Athletic Commission
United States
Car Diem
Southern League Magnates Favor Bench Managers
Southern League owners push for bench managers next season with at least seven of eight clubs likely to employ non playing leaders. Several clubs replace playing skippers with managers who limit on field activity, while others consider full time managers with occasional pinch hitting.
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Mique Finn
Bill Bernhard
Finn
Mobile
Briscoe Lord
Cleveland
Philadelphia
Boston
Dixieland
Schwartz
Nashville
Chattanooga
McCormick
Lord
Elberfeld
Brackenridge
Bill Smith
Atlanta
Molesworth
Birmingham
Montgomery
Johnny Dobbs
Clyde Wares
St. Louis Browns
A-Borring
Elwert
New Orleans
Charley Frank
Charles Somera
Frank
Dobbs
Lord and McCormick
Southern League
Tango football arrives at Chicago varsity practice
Chicago reporters describe tango football at the University of Chicago as a fusion of ballroom dance and gridiron drills. Under Coach Stagg and the team, players perform jumps pivots and blocks in a bid to sharpen footwork for the 1912 schedule amid social fashion trends.
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Briscoe Lord Named Mobile Manager in Southern League
The New York World reports Briscoe Lord, veteran outfielder formerly with the Braves, will manage Mobile in the Southern League next year and has promises of playing time from the Athletics, Naps, and Braves. His appointment comes as Mobile selects the club’s leadership for next season.
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Braves
Lord
Athletics
Naps
Weice
Mack
Hare
Wolverines May Be Seen On Tacoma Field
Tacoma rumors place the Michigan Wolverines football team at Tacoma Stadium this December if the university agrees to travel west. Graduate Manager Ralph Herr says tentative talks with Michigan exist though the faculty opposes long absences. Washington seeks matchups with eastern or midwest colleges, with Tacoma as a potential neutral site.
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University of Washington
Ralph Herr
Herr
Japan
Michigan
Wolverines
Purple and Gold
Yost
Washington
Ann Arbor
Horr
Puget’ Sound
Ralph Horr
Juarez Jockey Club Plans Record Winter Race Meeting
Juarez Mexico announces openings for November 27 to early spring with 100 days plus racing at the Juarez Jockey Club. Fifty seven new stalls raise capacity to 1200 horses as eight stakes lead the season including the Navidad Dos Rey publicas Chapultepec and El Paso Stakes.
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Juarez
Mexico
Juarez Jockey Club
Edward Jasper
Saturda
Globe Trotters to Tour After World Series
New York reports the Chicago White Sox and New York Giants will tour after the world championship. The trip began with a Cincinnati game yesterday as interest grows worldwide with baseball spreading to France Japan and China. Two more games are set this week in Joplin Missouri on October 27 and Tulea Oklahoma on October 28.
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Bender
Plank
Bush
Athletics
Weills
Giants
Mathewson
Matty
McGraw
John McGraw
Litlie Napoleon
Jack
Clarke
Chance
Jennings
Griffth
Testeau
Red Spock
Bostonians
Marquard
Rube
Baker
Muggsy
Eddie Grant
Jim Thorpe
Thorpe
New York
Chicago White Sox
New York Giants
Cincinnati
France
Joplin
Tulea
Okla
Northwest to Go In For Athletics Northwest
In Portland Oregon on October 18 the Athletic Union contemplates forming a rival northwest association. Plans call for introducing European amateurism in major cities in Oregon and Washington with boxing and wrestling meets on a regular schedule. Professionals would be barred while wages for time lost on trips would be paid from receipts.
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Portland
Ore
the Athletic Union
Northwest
Oregon
Washington
Yale Refocuses On Water Sports As Crew Plans Unfold
Yale campus shifts from football to rowing interest as 150 candidates respond to Head Coach Harriman. Yale will race Princeton this fall and maintains amateur status rules. Captaincy changes see Charles N. Stowden replaced by Thomas B. Denegre with Harriman returning as head coach.
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New Haven
Charles N. Stowden
Pittsburg
Varsity
Thomas B. Denegre
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Snowden
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Mir
Sno
No. 2
Shell
Denegre
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