Uneasy Feelings For Giants And Athletics After Week
Scare over pennant races hits Shibe Park and the Polo Grounds as Giants and Athletics worry over performances in a rough week. McGraw and Mack see post season fate depending on improved hitting and pitching amid shifts in standings and player form.
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Associated Press
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Moran and Johnson To Fight In Paris
Announcement of a world heavyweight title bout between Jack Johnson and Frank Moran of Pittsburgh, after Moran defeated Al Palzer, set for December at Velodrome d hiver in Paris. Negotiations by Leon E. Lee and Dan McKettrick reached an agreement with Moran’s camp. Johnson’s side agreed to a $5,000 guarantee and 30 percent of gate receipts, with travel and training expenses covered.
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D’hiver
Paris
France
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McKettrick
Lee
City Engineer Proves The Hero In Hot Springs Fire
Hot Springs Ark Sept 8 Associated Press reports engineer S R W Clark of the city electrical plant played a crucial role in fighting a Friday night fire. He kept water pumps running at top speed before a fall of debris caused minor injuries. A crowd of boys led by an 11 year old saturated a saloon roof with non inflammable liquids to save a revenue source for a young girl.
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Associated Press
Hot Springs
Ark
S. R. W. Clark
Clark
Death of John Young Highlights Ring Safety Again
International News Service reports the death of John Young after a bout with Jess Willard, drawing parallels to Luther McCarty’s Calgary fight. The piece urges stricter pre fight health checks and repeated examinations during training and at ringside, noting promoters should ensure boxers are in proper condition.
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Glenrock
Wyo
New York
Gall
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Muller
Slayer of Officers Saved From Angry Mob
Guthrie Oklahoma September 8 The Sheriff Mahoney and two deputies fleeing a lynching mob carried Lewis Green a negro toward Perry when they abandoned their car and fled into the brush. Chief Lon Muxlow and Policeman Isaac H Coldwell were killed at Green's business during a liquor raid and Green surrendered on the arrival of Sheriff Mahoney.
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Associated Press
Guthrie
Okla
Memory of Herzl Honored by Zionists Worldwide
Ten thousand Zionists from Jewish societies across the world paid homage to Theodore Herzl at his grave in Doehling. The solemn procession lasted two hours as mourners filed past the tomb in a sizeable tribute to the founder of political Zionism.
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Theodore Herzel
Doehling
Mystery of River Dissection Deepens Near Cliffside
New York reports another part of the Hudson corpse found by fishermen below Cliffside wrapped in brown paper with pillowcase and a granite weight. Doctors say the remains are of a young woman under twenty, killed days earlier. A cryptic letter to the morgue links Dr. Moser and names Ella and Isador Simon to the case.
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New York
Hudson River
Cliffside
N. J
Dr. Moser
Coast Witt Nee Queen Never Race Again
Bernice R known as the trotting queen of the Pacific coast has broken down and cannot race again. The bay mare set a 2:07 1-2 mark on the California circuit last season and had many victories. She was shipped to Cleveland for this year's grand circuit races but developed a fever. Two other California horses, Cupid and Nuristo, were also sick and unable to race.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Bernice R
Pacific Coast
California
Cleveland
Cupid
Nuristo
Cardui touted as aid for weak women in Alabama letter
A Mrs Carrie May from Opp Alabama recounts severe illness after marriage and credits Cardui the women’s tonic with restoring her health after two bottles. The notice urges other women with womanly weakness to try Cardui and requests letters to the Chattanooga Medicine Co for advice and a 64 page booklet.
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Opp
Ala
Carrie May
N. B
Chattanooga Medicine Co
Ladies’ Advisory Dept
Chattanooga
Tenn
Ady
Knoxville Payers Forfeit Pennant
Johnson City won the Appalachian league pennant after Knoxville forfeited, ending a post season series in which Knoxville had won two of three games played. Threats alleged by Johnson City players influenced Knoxville to refuse travel for the remaining games.
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Associated Press
Knoxville
Tenn
Johnson City
Designer H P Nat Herreshoff Reveals 75 Foot Cup Defender
Bristol, R. I. Sept 8 The candidate for the America's cup defense to face Sir Thomas Lipton will be 75 feet on the water line, announced yesterday by Nat Herreshoff for a New York syndicate.
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Associated Press
Bristol
R. L
Thomas Lipton
Nat” Herreshoff
New York
Herreshoff
Cornelius Vanderbilt
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New York Yacht Club
J. P. Morgan
Frederick G. Bourne
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