Tennis doubles champs draw opens with foreign contenders
Drawings for the first round of the national doubles tennis championship at Longwood Cricket Club Brookline reveal 84 players with seven American and four foreign seeded teams. Notable pairs include Wimbledon champions La Coste and Borotta, and Johnston and Griffin, Pacific coast champions, as they face strong international challengers in the Monday start.
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Boston
Longwood Cricket Club
Brookline
Willams
Richards
la Coste
Borotta
Johnston
Griffin
Pacific Coast
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Hawkes
R N. Williams
Bryan Mawr
Vincent Richards
New York
Wallace Scott
Tacoma
Washington
Leon A. DeTurnen
Seattle
Pacific Northwest
H. Keats Lester
J. P. Carleton
England
Gerald Stratford
Cranston Holman
San Francisco
B. I. Norton
Ray Brown
Masanosuke Fukuda
Hikoyata Iwasaki
John van Ryn
Kenneth Apgell
Manuel Alonzo
Eduardo Plaquer
Spain
Robert
Howard Kinsey
M. Hadi
India
Alden Helmmith
Earl W. Pierce
Welby Williams
Salt Lake City
G. Peabody Gardener, Jr
Henry R. Guild
Lewi Hite
Louis Thalheimer
Exas
Southwestern Champons
Malcolm T. Hill
Henry Johnson
Baseball games placed on limit
Umpires announce game times under an order from President Ban Johnson. Reports must be sent for any game over two hours with the delay reason. Delays from arguing could lead to punishment for the guilty players.
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St. Louis
Ban Johnson
Johnson
Mad Play Wins Hawthorne Chicago Classic
Mad Play son of Fair Play Mad Cap owned by Harry F. Sinclair wins the Hawthorne feature in 1:56 2 5 for 1 1/16 miles as 20,000 spectators cheer. Kentucky Cardinal owned by G Frank Croissant of Chicago finishes second a length back while Princess Doreen, the only filly, ends third. Catelon Hourmore and General Thatcher are noted as outdistanced or scratched.
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Harry F. Sinclair
New York
Hawthorne
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Catelon
Hourmore
General Thatcher
Pop Bottles Fly as Umpire Dirty Call Halts Detroit Game
In Detroit on August 22, fans threw pop bottles at umpire Nallin after a controversial call in the fifth inning of the Washington at Detroit game. No one was injured though play paused while bottles were picked up and bunting resumed.
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Mich
Wingo
Washington
Senators
Walter Johnson
Sonora
Nallinak Wingo
Johnson
Goslin
J. Harris
Brown Sugar Wins Post Handicap at Coney Island
Brown Sugar captured the $6,000 added Post handicap for three year olds at one mile and 70 yards at Coney Island. Tangera finished second and Old Slip third as the winner paid 9.00 to win, 4.40 to place, and 3.30 to show. Tangera paid 5.10 and 2.00, Old Slip 4.30.
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Brown Sugar
Coney Island
Tangera
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Education Wins Over Rough Roots In Edgar's Eyes
In a page threeSports Through Edgar's Eyes feature, Jack recalls his youth in rough camps and how education shaped him. He says meeting educated men and studying works of champions like Jim Jeffries inspired him to learn at night and value schooling over fighting. He reflects on Dempsey's visit and Jeffries posters fueling his drive.
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Jeff
Ellingson Jury Deliberates in Matricide Trial
The jury in Dorothy Ellingson’s murder trial retires at 10:10 a m to deliberate on the verdict in San Francisco. Ellingson is described as a youthful confessed matricide.
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San Francisco
Dorothy Ellingson
Braves edge Reds in opener as May hurled second game
In Boston Benton limited the Reds to five hits in a 4–2 first game win while J May shut the Braves to five hits in an 8–2 second game. May sparked Cincinnati with a third inning triple starting a four run rally and Bancroft hit a three run homer in the first game's third.
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Johnston After Newport Bowl Defending Champion
William M. Johnston of San Francisco defends his Newport Bowl title as the headline notes on August 22 in Newport Rhode Island. The brief item centers on Johnston’s status as defending champion in the tournament.
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R. I
William M. Johnston
San Francisco
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