Finns Gulls Leave To Try Conclusions With New Orleans
Finns Gulls head to New Orleans for a two game series to decide the second pennant race. The Monroe Park diamond hosts the games with manager Finn aiming to clinch both and push the team toward rest after a long stretch. Pug Cavet and Heinie Berger are slated for the Pell games Saturday and Sunday.
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New Orleans
Gylle
Charley Frank
Mobile
Monroe Park
Mike
Pug” Cavet
Heinie
Berger
Bristol Has Pennant Nailed Down Solid
Bristol leads the Appalachian League pennant race with a safe margin as the 1912 season nears its end. A doubleheader loss at Johnson City did not alter the outcome, and Knoxville remains a distant challenger in the close finish.
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Johnson City
Knoxville
Speed Pilots Gather for Milwaukee International Races
The vanguard of speed pilots arrives in Milwaukee Wisconsin for the international road races on September 17 20 and 21 Caleb Bragg will pilot a Fiat in the opening day grand prix Ralph De Palma and Hughie Hughes race in the Vanderbilt cup on Saturday David Bruce Brown and Teddy Tediaz are expected tomorrow.
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Milwaukee
Caleb Bragg
Ralph de Palma
Hughie Hughes
David Bruce-Brown
Teddy Tediaz
British Explain Failure to Win at Olympic Games
The British Olympic committee reports Stockholm results show Sweden and the United States ahead due to broad all round ability. Finland produced the sole three-gold winner, while the pentathlon and decathlon went to an American with exceptional versatility. Sweden dominated modern pentathlon and built national physical strength through diverse training.
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Great Britain
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United States
Finland
Wolgast Injury Won’t Stop McFarland Fight
Ad Wolgast vowed to continue the bout with McFarland after an X ray showed his wrist not re opening an old wound. His doctor doubted he could fight within a month and he demanded 7500 dollars to cover lost earnings from outside New York moving pictures.
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Ad Wolgast
New York
Southern League results from Birmingham Atlanta and Chattanooga
In Birmingham Birmingham defeated Montgomery 7 to 1 with Prough and Yantz on the mound for Birmingham. At Atlanta RWG beat Nashville 6 to 4 behind Case Baer and Elliott. At Chattanooga Memphis defeated Chattanooga 7 to 5 with Ferguson and Tanneman pitching for Memphis and Covaleski Giddo for Chattanooga.
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R. H. EB
Montgomery
Prough
Yantz
Bagby and McAlister
Athanta
Atlanta
Nashville
Case
Baer and Elliott
Litton and Reynolds
Chattanooga
Memphis
Ferguson
Tanneman
Covaleski
Giddo
Scorecard of Midwest Baseball Showdowns
Kansas City defeated Minneapolis 7 to 3 while Louisville beat Indianapolis 5 to 3. Milwaukee trailed St Paul 2 to 1 and Toledo rolled past Columbus 9 to 3.
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Mineapolis
Louisville
Indianapolis
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Toledo
Columbus
Early Baseball Scores from Philadelphia and New York
A garbled box score rounds up two first games with Philadelphia and New York, plus a Chicago versus Cleveland close and a Washington win over Detroit St. Louis with rain suspension noted. Names listed include Plank Egan Fisher Sweeney Williams White Schalk Blanding Carish O’Brien Carrigan Cashion Henry.
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R. H. EB
Chicago
Cleveland
White
Schalk
Blanding
Carish
Tieston
Washington
O'Brien
Carrigan
Cashion
Henry
Giants Cop a Pair in Philadelphia Doubleheader
New York wins 8 4 in game one amid late inning hits and a Brecker homer. A protest by President Fogel over a sixth inning collision is noted. Game two ends in a New York victory after Snodgrass and Murray spark a comeback with a ninth inning run.
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Philadelphia
New York
Seaton
Finneran
Dodge
Brecker
Snodgrass
Murray
Fogel
Rigler
Magee
Wilson
Alexander
McCormick
Becker
Doyle
Merkte
R. H. B. Crandall
Ames
Alex Ufigago
New York Philadelphia
Ander and
Killifer
Cincinnati
Reulbach
Smith
Scheduled for Today in Major Leagues Across Cities
National League games feature New York at Philadelphia, Boston at Brooklyn, Pittsburgh at St. Louis, Chicago at Cincinnati, with Montgomery at Birmingham and Memphis at Chattanooga. Nashville visits Atlanta, New Orleans plays Mobile, and an off day occurs. American League matchups include Cleveland at Chicago, Washington at Boston, and Philadelphia at New York.
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Nashville Chip
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Uew
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Searenee
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National League
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American League
Ty Cobb Strike Leads Players to Organize Fraternity
New York Sept 6 Major league players launched a protective organization named the National and American League Baseball Fraternity. Dave Fultz, former star, is president. The group aims to represent members in organized ball and may expand to all U.S. baseball professionals.
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American League Baseball Fraternity
Supreme Court
Dunlaney
Dave Fultz
Ty Cobb
Detroit
Philadelphia
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Kansas Horses Die in 26 Counties Amid Sudden Disease
Four thousand horses valued at nearly half a million dollars have died in 26 Kansas counties from a mysterious disease. State livestock sanitary commissioner J. H. Mercer warned the outbreak could spread to engulf the entire state unless containment is found.
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Kansas
J. H. Mercer
San‘stary
Kangas
Charter Oak Prize Won By Baden After Five Lively Heats
Baden the Jersey City stallion owned and driven by A. B. Rodney won the $10, 06 trot at the Charter Oak grand circuit races after five heats in Hartford Connecticut. Esther W. took second and Ruth Mc Gregor third. Baden broke near the finish in heat three and Esther W. led at the half mile in heat five before breaking.
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Conn
Baden
Jersey City
Rodney
Esteher
Ruth McGregor
Esther W
Baseball echoes from 1883 to 1910 spark dramatic Chicago feats
Chronicle of notable Chicago baseball feats: 1883 Nationals crush Detroit 26 to 6 with 18 in a seventh inning surge. 1895 Ad Gumbert limited Cleveland to one hit for Brooklyn. 1900 Callahan cited by Phillies for 30 bases in 25 hits. 1905 Frank Smith retires Detroit without a hit. 1906 Mordecai Brown one hitters Pirates. 1910 Lange Olmstead Sox strike out 13 Browns in nine innings.
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Detroit
Weidman
Burns
Ansonites
Tommy Burns
Chicago
Ad Gumbert
Brooklyn
Cleveland
Jesse Burkett
James Callahan
Chicago White Sox
Phillies
Frank Smith
Mordecai Brown
Chicago Cubs
Pirates
Sheehan
Lange and Olmstead
St. Louis Browns
Finn Has Made Good at Mobile
Little Rock Gazette praises Mike Finn for keeping the Mobile Gulls near the top of the Southern Association standings. It notes two players sold for cash gains: Smiling Al Demaree for 7500 to New York and Dee Walsh for 2500 to St. Louis, highlighting financial success and on field dominance with 34 shutouts, 22 wins and 12 losses.
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Little Rock Gazette
Gulls
Mobile
Mike Finn
Mobile Bay
Demaree
Dee” Walsh
New York Nationals
Johnny McGraw
Mobile Club
Michael Finn
S Gulls
Claude Ringo
Mike Finch
Little Rock
Massachusetts Teams Lead At National Tournament In New Jersey
Two Massachusetts teams led in the enlisted men's team match as the national tournament continued in New Jersey. The first team scored 649 points and the second 528, with Iowa third at 536. DC led the De hayden trophy stage with 517, Iowa 507, Marine Corps 504, Alabama 497, Texas 465. Captain Stewart Wise of Massachusetts won the Dupont novelty match. Marine Corps scores highlighted 600 yard and 1000 yard events, led by Captain Emerson of Ohio with 194 and Sergeant Schmidt of Washington DC and Captain Simon of Ohio with 192 each. Jackson of Marine Corps won the Lig trophy with 92, and Emerson achieved a near perfect 75 out of 75 in the night match.
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Travers Kerr to Meet Evans Wood in Amateur Golf Semi finals
In Wheaton Illinois on September 6 Jeremi Travers will face Hamilton Kerr while Charles Evans Jr. takes on Warren Wood in the national amateur golf championship semi finals. Travers edged Mason Theips after a 47 hole match and Evans defeated H Schmidt. Wood advanced by default while Norman F Hunter of Edinburgh lies ill with heat illness.
Tug Arundel Dies Former NL Catcher Remembered in Auburn
Relatives in Auburn report the death of John Arundel at Willard State Hospital from paralysis. He earned the nickname Tug years ago as a professional baseball catcher for Indianapolis and Washington in the old National League, later playing for Detroit in the Western League and Savannah in the Southern League.
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N. Y
John Arundel
Willard State Hospital
Phillies Protest Thursday Game Over Bad Call
Philadelphia president Fogel sent a telegram to the league president protesting Thursday's game with New York, won by the visitors 8 to 1. The protest alleges umpire Ligier incorrectly ruled out Sherwood Magee after Wilson dropped the ball while running to left field in the sixth inning.
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Lynch
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Wilson
Pitcher Charles Fritz Granted Unconditional Release
Charles Fritz of the New Orleans club receives an unconditional release after an arm injury. He is in Mobile and will likely spend the winter with relatives there.
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New Orleans
Fritz
Mobile
Memphis and Chattanooga Baseball Game Time Set
The second game between Memphis and Chattanooga will start at 3 30 this afternoon in clear warm weather. Chattanooga batteries are Chapelle and Noyes with Kissinger and Seabaugh for Memphis.
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Memphis
Chappelle
Noyes
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World records and moves shake early baseball and trotter racing
A world record for yearling trotter Edna the Great was set at the Ohio state fair with Dr. W A Barker driving. Havana buys a 200 medal for Marions of the Reds as fans push for better coaching in Pittsburgh. Ollie Nicholson posts his 108th base steal in 115 games, Bill Douglas shines as a White Sox pitching prospect, and Joe Philipa boxes Young Dyson in September. Southern League managers are named for next season and two new high value players draw attention as Fandom watches Paddy Green and McGehee. Ty Cobb is cited as a historic $750 steal.
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W. A. Barker
Springfield
Ollie Nicholson
Frankford
Charley Frank
Mike Finn
Bill Bernhard
Bill Schwartz
Johnny Dobbs
Carleton Molesworth
New Orleans
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Memphis
Nashville
Montgomery
Lirming
Kid Elberfeld
Chattanooga
Billy Smith
Atlanta
Ihie Big Company
Paddy Green
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