Dave Robertson Reports to Giants After Southern League Batting Shine
Food For Fandom notes that Dave Robertson, the Southern league batting leader and budding outfielder, has been ordered to report to the Giants. He started with Mobile last spring, came to the Giants as a pitcher two years ago, and blossomed into a home run threat with a . avg and fourteen homers by midseason.
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Emmons Chosen to Manage Vanderbilt Defender for Americas Cup
Robert W W Emmons II of Boston was chosen by the Vanderbilt syndicate to manage their Americas Cup defender next year. He will be the first amateur in years to helm a defender if the syndicate boat is selected. Oliver Iselin and Cornelius Vanderbilt were present. Nat Herreshoff's design was reviewed and praised. the boat is planned to carry 15 000 square feet of sail.
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Robert W.W. Emmons II
Boston
Vanderbilt Syndicate
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Indianapolis Wins Federal League Flag
Indianapolis closes its first Federal League season with a pennant winner eleven games ahead of Cleveland. Owners meet September 20 in Indianapolis to award the pennant and elect officers, with a new president likely to replace John T Powers. The eight club circuit question faces a decision.
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Ind
Federal League
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Chicago
Cleveland
St. Louis
Kansas City
Pittsburg
Dark Days For Yanks Are Over Says Chance
New York manager Frank Chance says the New York Americans are past their dark days. He is encouraged by recent play and bodes well for trying out new players to build for next year, hoping not to finish last this week.
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Associated Press
New York
New York Americans
Frank Chance
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Satsuma Willing to Play Calvert Team in Resolved Feud
Satsuma captain Arden W. Jinkins asserts the second Labor Day game against Calvert was forfeited to Satsuma under standard rules after Calvert left the field with two outs and two hours before train time. He says Satsuma is ready for a fifth, fair game whenever Calvert agrees.
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Coombs Confined in Hospital After Typhoid Strain
Jack Coombs star pitcher for the Athletic club is in University Hospital Philadelphia after typhoid fever weakened his back muscles. Doctors say the strain may require a cast or weeks of rest. Photographs of the injured area will be taken and a decision made on casting.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Jack” Coombs
Athletic Baseball Club
University Hospital
Ferns and Walters Signed for Kenosha Matchup
In Kenosha Wisconsin last night Wildcat Ferns from Kansas City and Billy Walters fought in ten rounds for a prize. The result named Mike Gibbons as the contest winner amid the bout’s delays and disputed points.
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Pelky retracts confession about Burns boxing match
Arthur Pelkey, after a conference with manager Tommy Burns, issued a statement retracting a Portland confession that Burns and he faked a Calgary match last spring. He said he signed the Portland letter under liquor influence and that Burns does not owe him money.
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Calgary
Alberta
Tommy Burns
Arthur Pelkey
Luther McCarty
Portland
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Sporting World
Boston Man Sets Tide Swim Record Battery to Sandy Hook
Samuel Richards of Boston swam from the Battery to Sandy Hook on one tide in 8 hours 12 minutes, shaving 6 hours 26 minutes from the prior record set by Alfred Brown who used two tides. Rose Pitonoff also attempted the crossing, falling a quarter mile short after 12 hours 35 minutes in the water when cramps forced her into a boat.
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Boston
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Sandy Hook
Alfred Brown
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Rose Pitonoff
Bankers Defeat Spring Hill in Rainy Sunday Contest
The City Bank team beat Spring Hill College 9 to 5 in a game played under very unfavorable weather. City Bank players showed speed and fought hard. They plan to organize a football team and a basketball five for the winter season.
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Avoid the Bronchial Coughs of Early Fall
A reader guidance on weather changing to fall and its link to bronchitis and coughs. It promotes Foley's Honey and Tar Compound as a quick soothing remedy that eases inflammation and helps expel the cold without opiates. The ad urges choosing the genuine product in the yellow pages and rejecting substitutes.
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Designer of Aeroplane Vlaicu Killed in Test Flight
An aviator Vlaicu who designed the aeroplane titled the Mad Fly died in a test last night. He had planned to fly over the Carpathian mountains. The report notes his role as designer and the fatal testing accident.
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Associated Press
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Roumania
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Alvarez Named Vice Consul for Panama in Mobile
The appointment of Miguel Alvarez as vice consul of Panama at Mobile is announced. This gives Panama full representation here, with Senora Alvarez also serving as consul for Nicaragua. He will assist M. Avilez, the current Panamanian consul in Mobile.
Delinquent Duty Allegations Emerge In Senate Inquiry
A report alleges potential improper conduct involving a United States senator and an official in a high status position. The inquiry centers on whether duty performance was compromised and seeks clarity on the actions under review.
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United States
Base baseball matchups listed for National and American Leagues
Baseball schedule details show National League games including Boston at Pittsburg Philadelphia at Cincinnati New York at Chicago Brooklyn at St Louis and American League matchups Chicago at Washington Cleveland at Philadelphia Detroit at New York St Louis at Boston.
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Yale Lineman McDevitt Named Minnesota Assistant Coach
E. W. McDevitt, former Yale football lineman, will serve as assistant coach at the University of Minnesota after an announcement made yesterday in Minneapolis. The move links a notable collegiate player with a major Big Ten program.
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Associated Press
Minneapolis
Minn
E. W. McDevitt
Yale
University of Minnesota
Strong Array of Golfers At Brookline
The United States open championship draws the strongest field yet with professionals led by Jack McDermott Harry Vardon Edward Ray and others from England France Canada and Canada plus amateurs like Jerome Travers and John G Anderson. Two 36 hole preliminaries on Tuesday select the top 82 from each division for the final rounds.
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Associated Press
Brookline
Mass
United States
Jack McDermott
Atlantic City
Harry Vardon
Edward Ray
W. E. Reid
England
Louis Tellier
France
W. J. Bell
Charles R
Murray
Karl Kefery
George W. Cumming
Canada
Jerome B. Travers
Garden City
John G. Anderson
Braeburn
Travers
Windler
Greens
National Association
Contests Of Cowboys And Girls Crown World Champions
In Pendleton Oregon on September 15 A E McCormick of Cheyenne Wyo and Bob Cavin of Caldwell Idaho tied for broncho busting. Bertha Blancett of Los Angeles won the woman’s relay cow girl riding heats. Nettie Hawn of Fresno defeated Blancett for the cow girl bucking title on Snake. Wallie Padgett of Cheyenne set a Cheyenne world record previously for bulldogging, tying the 1947 world championship mark at Pendleton.
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Manistee Captures Michigan State League Pennant
Manistee clinched the Michigan State League pennant with a .608 winning percentage after 120 games as the season closed. Traverse City finished a distant second.
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Manistee, Mich
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Baseball scores from three leagues prompt tight week
National League results include Chicago defeating New York 7 to 0 and Philadelphia beating Cincinnati 7 to 6. St. Louis edged Brooklyn 7 to 6. American Association sees Columbus over Milwaukee 6 to 5 and Indiana teams 3 to 0 win. Federal League games Kansas City 2 to 1 over Chicago and Indianapolis 9 to 11 loss to St Louis 2 to 3.
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Chicago shuts out New York 7 to 0 in big crowd
Chicago defeats New York 7 to 0 behind Cheney as Fromme allows four runs in relief. Banished managers Evers and Snodgrass argue with umpires. Ground rules observed. largest crowd of the season attends.
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Forfeiting Rules Amid Odd Stadium Incidents
A list of whimsical criteria for forfeiting a game includes a balloon over the park, a home run bat break, an unlacquered home plate, a fan in a straw hat, a spectator arriving after the fifth inning, indigestion from pie, whispers in the bleachers, and an empty cooler. Each item states a forfeit trigger and reflects playful or satirical tone.
Kilbane Confident to Defeat Walsh in Boston Bout
Featherweight champion Johnny Kilbane leaves Cleveland with manager Jimmy Dunn for Boston to face Jimmy Walsh in a twelve round contest Tuesday night. Kilbane expresses confidence in beating Walsh.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Jimmy Dunn
Johnny Kilbane
Boston
Jimmy Walsh
Kilbaine
Walsh
Giants and Athletics hold strong in week review of major leagues
In a wrap up of the week the Giants and Athletics built leads and showed strong play. Washington and Cleveland faltered, while Philadelphia and St. Louis pressed. Marquard and Demaree starred for the Giants in a week of tight races and standout pitching action.
Baseball Magnates Gather In Cincinnati For Annual Meeting
In Cincinnati on September 15 the National Baseball Commission convenes with magnates managers and players arriving to oversee minor league drafts. August Herrmann NL president Thomas Lynch and Ban Johnson AL president head the gathering as protests and suspensions loom from recent games and on field incidents.
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National Baseball Commission
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Thomas Lynch
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Binghamton Wins Flag in New York State League
Utica N Y Sept 15 the seventeenth season of the New York State league closed with Binghamton as pennant winner and Wilkes Barre in second place This marks the first time the trophy has gone to Binghamton A stray line about a carpenter carrying para phernalia is noted but unrelated to the sports outcome
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