Golf Helps Batting Keeps Chap On Keen Edge
Tris Speaker calls golf the best game for a ball player and says it sharpens his eye and keeps him fit. Ty Cobb was a golf bug until last year but worried about overdoing it. The piece notes many players mix golf and bowling in the off season, while basketball and football are avoided due to injury risk.
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Ty Cobb
Tris
Cleveland
League Park
Speaker
Fred Falkenberg
Ray Morgan
Washington Senators
Gettysburg
Packard’s diverse pitching arsenal wows Cubs fans
Gene Packard, the Cubs southpaw, blends six deliveries including overhand, side arm, underhand, crossfire, and a fastball to confound both right and left handed hitters. His rapid, varied repertoire tops opponents and tightens a race with Jim Vaughn for a place on Manager Mitchell’s staff.
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Chicago Cubs
Jim” Vaughn
Mitchell
Packard
Pflester
New York Giants
Nap” Rucker
Basters
Federal League
National
Billy Evans Solves Baseball Problems
Discussion of a 1908 Giants vs Cubs play off incident where a runner on first and a dropped third strike led to an automatic out. The reason rests with rule 51 section 6 requiring two outs for the batter to be safe when first base is occupied. The piece explores why the batter’s misplay deceived the base runner and how the play turned on the catcher Kling and first baseman Chance.
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Giants
Cubs
New York
Hick
Kling
Chicago
Chance
McGraw
Gotham
The
Wheeler Syndicate, Inc
Gregg Gets Little Chance With Boston Club
Weon Gregg says his poor form stems from lack of regular play on the Boston roster. He believes only steady game time with a strong pitching staff can restore his old form, noting batting practice showed his stuff but game control faltered when used sparingly.
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Weon Gregg
Boston
Carrigan
Gregg
Oldfield Aims For Three Miles A Minute Motor Test
Barney Oldfield, famed speed ace, declares a sensational plan to reach the three miles a minute class using a new boat mounted on a chassis with a large twin six motor. The machine is being developed in Harry Miller’s Los Angeles shop.
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Barney Oldfield
Barney
Harry Miller
Los Angeles
Stanford Baseball Team Sets West to East Tour Plan
The Leland Stanford baseball nine will surpass prior Pacific coast teams in visiting the middle West and eastern cities this spring. A Stanford track and field tour is planned, with potential stops at UC Berkeley and the University of Washington. Next summer may include eight-oared shell crews from Stanford and Seattle schools.
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Leland Stanford
Pacific Coast
Middle West
Stanford
University of California
University of Washington
Seattle
Interesting sport paragraphs reflect early 20th century baseball chatter
A collage of sports quips and rumors from early baseball circles. Mentions Gotch golf study, pitchers warming with music, Leonard on Carrigan, Marquard doubting Giants, Huggins optimism, Connie Mack fatigue, Murphy suing for West Side Park rights, Mawali base team, umpire pressures, Silence proverbs on athletes, Davis coaching Amherst, Koob reporting spring practice, Teuton versus American cabbage, Urban Shocker finger injury, Petty as Red Sox prospect, Speaker’s influence on Wood to Cleveland, Killifer and Alexander holdout, Hendricks link, golf lowering attendance, booze consumption trend.
Invite Swedes to America for AAU Indoor Championship
The Amateur Athletic Union invited Sweden’s top runners A. Bohlin and J. Zanders to compete in the national indoor AAU championships in New York on March 17. George F. Pawling of Philadelphia sailed on the Christianiafjord to Stockholm carrying the AAU invitation.
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The
Amateur Athletic Union
A. Bohlin
J. Zanders
Sweden
New York
George F. Pawling
Philadelphia
Kristianiafjord
Stockholm
Finnish Runner Villar Kyromen Sets Clean Sweep Season
Finnish racer Villar Kyromen now with Milltree Athletic Association in New York has won two long marathons in New York and Yonkers two modified marathons and the Amateur Athletic Union cross country championship this season. His endurance promises a strong record this year.
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Villar Kyromen
Milltree Athletic Association
New York City
New York
Yonkers
Amateur Athletic Union
President Tener backs abolishing the spit ball in baseball
National League president Tener favors ending the spit ball and plans to lead a movement before the 1918 season to ban any foreign substances on the ball and push related baseball legislation.
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Tener
National League
Aborigines fading from big league rosters
The piece notes Native American players like Chief Bender Chief Meyers Ben Tincup Jim Blue Jacket and Jim Thorpe nearing retirement or decline. It suggests the coming season may see no Native American regulars in both major leagues and highlights salary clashes with team presidents like Ebbets.
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Chief Bender
Fast Company
Chief Meyers
Ebbets
Brooklyn
Ben Tincup
Phillies
Jim Bluejacket
Jim Thorpe
Jim
Giants
Want Francis Ouimet Back In Amateur Ranks
A writer argues that about nine-tenths of the 800000 American golfers favor restoring Francis Ouimet to his former amateur standing. Ouimet, once a Boston store clerk turned Brookline standout, challenged English pros who threatened to take the Open title, a stance now disputed by the USGA which acted against him.
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United States
Francis Ouimet
Ouimet
Boston
Brookline
United States Golf Association
Baseball News Sparks Frosted Trades and Rich Banter
Notes from the era tease moves and gossip in baseball circles. Marty Kavanagh is slated for an outfield shift while Benny Kaul gains star status. Archer Keilley joins Pittsburgh and Lefty Teardorff anchors Cleveland prospects. Rumors also hint at a Reds versus Cardinals cellar race and George Moriarty’s U.S. umpire appointment.
Intercollegiate Soccer Schedule Aims for Early Finish
The league including Pennsylvania Cornell Yale Lafayette Princeton and Haverford will play next fall so the season ends before Thanksgiving to dodge stormy weather. Pennsylvania won the intercollegiate title and also captured the state series and a cricket club second division tournament with Quaker City clubs participating.
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Pennsylvania
Cornell
Yale
Larvard
Princeton
Haverford
Quaker City
Veteran Lapp Sold to Columbus Club
Veteran catcher Jack Lapp of the White Sox has been sold to Joe Tinker's Columbus club. Chicago obtained him from the Athletics but Rowland already has three other catchers and will use Schalk daily unless he is sidelined by injury.
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Jack Lapp
White Sox
Joe Tinker
Columbus Club
Chicago
Athletics
Lapp
Rowland
Schalk
Cornell's Reward System for Athletes Adopts New Honors
Cornell University approves a reward plan for football and baseball players. Eligible players may wear a gold football on watch chain or fob after a season with victories over Michigan and Pennsylvania. Baseball players may wear a similar prize after six wins in nine games against Pitston Yale Michigan and Pennsylvania, including two wins over Pennsylvania.
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Cornell University
Ishinea
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Pineston
Yale
Gable House at Dartmouth Aims to Host Visiting Athletes
Dartmouth College through the athletic council will operate The Gable House to accommodate 40 men. It provides single rooms a large living room assembly quarters and a coach conference room. A nominal lodging fee will be charged meals served at the college commons in a separate dining room.
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Dartmouth College
College
Mathewson Plans Cincinnati Residence After Training
Christy Mathewson will reside in Cincinnati Ohio after the training season ends and make the city his home at the start of winter. He angered Redland fans by staying in New York during the period.
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Christy Mathewson
Ohio City
Cincinnati
Ohio Town
Redland
New York
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Tris Speaker
Cole
Bender
UMC
Thorpe
Gene Packard
Hess
Billy Evans
Southpaw
Vean Gregg
Oldfield
NEW Marks
Frank Gotch
Tutely Leonard
Bill Carrigan
Rube Marquard
Huggins
Hugg
Connie Mack
Charles W. Murphy
Old West Side Park
Chinese University Baseball
George Davis
Wielder Tones
Amherst
Ernie Koob
Hope
St. Louis Browns
Jones
Urban Shocker
Lee Fohl
Jesse Petty
San Antonio
Boston Red Sox
Joe Wood
Cleveland Indians
Bill Killifer
Grover Alexander
Grover
Jack Hendricks
Hoosier
America
Bohlin
Zanders
Francis Quimet
Yoh
Marty Kavanagh
Benny Kaul
Bun Johnson
Dave Fultz
Boston American
Joe Bugh
Merchais Prince
Jess Tunnehill
Archer Keilley
Wheeling
Pittsburgh
Reds
Cardinals
Chammptins Hieve
Jennings
George Moriarty
Lefty" Teardorff
University of Town Southpaw
Umm
Waivers
Dill
James Scott
Comiskey
St. Louis
George Sisler
Browns
Columbus
Gable
Dartmouth
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