Baseball Protest Grows Over Lively Ball Standards
Major league players and managers demand action to standardize the ball they say is livelier than before. Giants manager John J. McGraw leads calls for changes citing increased injuries and a spike in home runs from 348 to 579 within a year. He warns the current ball endangers pitchers and infielders and urges stronger specifications despite manufacturers’ claims otherwise.
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Ivonry L. Farrell
New York
Babe Ruth
John J. McGraw
New York Giants
McGraw
Son Pertans
French Woman Rout British Star at Wimbledon Finale
Mile Lenglen, France, crushed Mrs. Beanfish in two sets 6 0 as 15,000 fans roared. Lenglen’s victory capped a dominant run at the British national championships, with other results including Barclay over Mayes and American doubles teams Williams Fenner and Daily Jarvis advancing in early rounds.
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Wimbledon
Eng
Mile’ Lenglen
Davia
Cap Tine
Jacques Brugnon
Acgres
H. FL
Barclay
Mayes
Canada
Jean Borotra
France
Williams
Fenner
Altrinham
Sherwell
Louis Daily
F.H. Jarvis
England
G. Ni Turnbull
J. B. Gilbart
Man and Wife Held for Death of Laborer
In Judea district court, both Mr and Mrs Pennington face murder charges over the fatal beating of laborer Fred Morrison last Friday. The case, tied to the worker’s employer, alleges the couple inflicted the deadly injuries leading to Morrison’s death.
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Brobate
Judea
T.pennington
District ‘Court
Fred. Morrison
Pennington
Mra
Baseball Scores From Today’s Games Across Cities
A jumble of batter names and pitching duels from Boston New York Philadelphia and multiple midwest cities. Reports mention players such as Ferguson Picinich Ross and Harris with varied battery pairs and last inning disturbances. Different games note homers, late rallies, and split results across Brooklyn Pittsburgh St. Louis Chicago and Cincinnati.
Christians Triumph Over Calvinists In Twilight League
In Lincoln, the Christians beat the Calvinists 3 0 with Davis pitching eight strikeouts and three hits allowed. Dossett backstopped for the Camelitas but injured a finger. Parrish replaced him. Gish pitched well for the Calvinists but lacked support as Davis and teammates produced tight defense and timely hits.
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Christians
Muthodist
IL. DB
Andert Frotest
Baptists
Christ
Camels
Davis
Bank
Wires Limes
Presbyterians
Dossett
Camelitas
Parris
Lyle Gish
Gish
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Parrish
Ang
McCormick
Wilson
Navin
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HUM
Glick
King
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Allen
Tniva
Truebloodline
Fegge
Wallace
H Hitte Wilson
Walling
Aid Davis
Alvord
Lavell Jarman
Walter Gwin
Baseball Run Leaders And Hotel Size Highlight City News
The record lists top run scorers with Hornsby Card 21 and Hartnett Cuhs 1é as leaders. It notes Mensal Yankees 16 Williams Browns 15 Binimong Athletes 12 Cobb Tigers 11 Kelly Grants 11. New York’s largest hotel is described as having 2200 rooms.
Babe Ruth Plans Return Soon and Sells Sudbury Farm
Boston dispatch reports Babe Ruth hopes to be back in condition within a week and to sell his Sudbury farm. He said running the place costs too much, arriving with the New York Yankees for a series with the Red Sox. He was eager to join the lineup at Fenway Park.
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Babe Ruth
Boston
Maxy
Sudbury
Ruth
New York
Yankew
Red Sox
Jadas
Unclear Scoreboard Snippet For Baseball Games
Fragmentary game notes mention Goose Goslin homering in the seventh, multiple teams scoring rallies, Pirates vs Reds, Braves, Cubs, White Sox. Nearly unreadable OCR yields names and outcomes without coherent results.
Coast League Scores and Player Mentions From Sacramento and Oakland
Protracted league notes list Salt Lake San Francisco and Sacramento batteries with players Crockett Gean Mulcahy Mitchell Peters Cook, Vernon Portlarta Oakland and Seattle matchups. The report mentions RHE pitchers and batters Miljant Kunz Byler Baldwin and Buxton in a brisk summary of regional baseball activity.
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AL Salt Lake
San Francisco
Ries
Crockett
Gean, Mulcahy
Mitchery
Ayd Peters
Cook
Vernon
Portlarta
Oakland
Seattle
Weet
Miljnt
E. Kunz
Sand ‘Byler
Baldwin
Fragmented Prose Fragments From a Prairie Garden
Excerpted lines mix proverbs and travel images with misread OCR phrases about marriages, fashion, and insects. The piece drifts through mismatched aphorisms and imagery, mentioning beds, moths, coats, chicken dinners, and distant Arab horses, concluding with a citation to Edna Warth ley Underwood’s Letters from a Prairie Garden.
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Edna Warthley Underwood
Koalas and Australian Bears Learn About Nature
A fragmented excerpt explains the koala as a small, pouched Australian bear resembling a bear in appearance. It notes the animal’s 24 inch length, 12 inch height, no tail, and velvety fur. It describes arboreal habits, daytime sleep, and feeding from tree branches.
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Australia
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