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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1911
Page
6
Chicago shows strong early talent with players like Bel Ping Bodie and Roy Cordon emerging as key hammers for the season. Cleveland and the New York Americans also benefit from fortuitous recruiting, as spring phenoms appear in large numbers though durability remains uncertain.
The article notes shifts across the majors with White Sox, Cubs, and Red Sox adding star players. Chicago bolsters with Bodie Corbyn and Callahan, while Doyle rises after a strong season in the American Association. Boston showcases Miller and Mangerton as bright hopefuls. The Yankees expand their pitching staff as teams chase pennants.
The text depicts a harsh dig at National League umpire Bill Klem by Cincinnati catcher Larry McLean. It recalls an incident where McLean joked about liking a large alligator in Hot Springs, comparing it to Klem during a busy afternoon.
Sylvanian lone and Ray Fisher from the Connecticut circuit. Cleveland added a tar infletder in Olson and a crackerjack pitcher in Veon Gregg. John J. Taylor secured a promising youngster for the Boston Americans to Yerkes, who last year worked in the New England league.
Baseball results show several games with pitchers and scorers listed. Notable matchups include New York, Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Chicago, Boston and Pittsburg with scorelines ranging from tight to blowouts. Individual pitcher pairings feature Harmon, Mathewson, Crandall, Myers, and others across thirteen innings in one contest.
Charles E. Courtney, known as Old Man Courtney, is regarded as the dean of American rowing coaches. He has produced more champion crews than any other coach, famed for strict discipline and skill in rigging boats. He once dismissed three freshman rowers for eating ice cream but kept them on the trip after punishment, earning the nickname ice cream kids.
In St Louis Washington and St Louis split 6 to 4 with Gray Alinsmith Lake and Stephens contributing. Chicago Philadelphia was 7 to 2 as Bender Thomas Lapp Young and Sullivan led the 100 score support while Pope Cicotte Collins and Williams starred for Cleveland’s 14 to 8 win over Boston. Detroit beat New York 8 to 6 with Vaughn Sweeney Mullin Willet and Stanage keying the ten inning affair.
Davy Jones of the Detroit Tigers says leaving baseball will be tough as he has built a drug store business with a long lease and a capable partner in his brother. He has lived the life of the game and the call is strong, making retirement hard to face.
Preparations are nearly finished for the training quarters at Humboldt for Frank Gotch. The setup supports his preparation for the world championship bout with George Hackenschmidt, scheduled for September, as cities bid to host Gotch while he stays home at Humboldt.
An ad declares eczema is a skin disease not a blood disease and promotes Meritol Kezema Remedy by the American Drug and Press Association. Leminion's Pharmacy in Washington is commissioned to sell it.
Anderson, now with Nashville, nearly becomes one armed pitcher legend as his right arm is crushed and practically useless yet he still earns praise for his feats and punchy bravery.
Sehulte Sheekard and fforman win $12000 a year for chasing flies. Ty Cobb weighs a stage offer to star in a revised Widow. Hans Wagner has not batted .800 since 1897. His low mark is .308 in 1908, his second NL season. Manager McAleer sends Duffiller Miller to the minors after a lack of fight and finger.
Fragmentary 1911 text notes forty years in baseball with unclear attributions and scattered names. Likely a reminiscence or column fragment referencing early era figures and events in the sport.
The narrator recalls the club's quest for a mascot after Willie Hann and Clarence Duval. Clarence, a singer and dancer, joins then deserts for Miss Jarbeau, returns in finery, signs an ironclad Australia contract, and completes a world tour. The trip includes Denver crowds, a tight win, and Hanlon’s running catch, with Pa Anson enjoying poker amid the tour.
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A homely clergyman, injured in a railroad wreck with the loss of a foot, soon married a beautiful woman. When an old friend teased him about his wife, he replied cheerfully that “ladies, tile remnants.”
A Wrightsville note cites M. Stewart of 1084 Wolfram St trading Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for hay fever relief. The ad claims many sufferers will benefit and promotes CX Derielve for sale by all druggists.
The text describes a prize winning jack named Peter the Great Son of Custer Jack. It notes he weighs 1050 lbs, is brown with white points, large boned, and a strong foal producer with esteemed ancestry.
This gray colt, sired by Vaillant 56873 and out of Lisette 29285, is described as the finest Percheron in America with strong build and coach-horse action. Bred on a French feudal estate for over 200 years, he will stand at wy farm near Ainsworth for the 1911 season. Insure mare arrangements and sales payments detailed by J A Kolosick.
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