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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1904
Page
18
The report traces rivalries among city clubs in Pennsylvania and New York, noting Comiskey building a strong squad with Davis and Jones, McGraw’s outspoken road style, and Washington’s new incentives for players. It covers injuries, transfers, umpiring chaos, and upcoming contests, including Mount Pleasant and Fourth Presbyterian plans, with delayed eligibility adjustments and forfeited games affecting standings.
Nonsense OCR text from a 19th or early 20th century baseball report lists Cincinnati as the focal team. It mentions runs, bases, players, attendance, and fielding miscues, with scattered names and positions muddled by garbled OCR. The piece reads like a box score fragment with unclear sequencing and many unreadable terms.
Fragmented notes discuss Cressey Movut and other players, with references to managers, teams, and upcoming games. Mentions Philadelphia Phillies, Washington Senators, White Sox, Pirates, and Dreyfuss era figures. Reports hints of roving criticism, locker-room tension, and possible lineup shifts amid a bustling baseball season.
New York July 0 Carl Lemberg of San Jose California won the twenty mile open race for amateurs at the Manhattan cycle track today In five divisions nearly 100 started Marcus in the last division retired after seven miles Several riders fell in the eighteenth mile but none seriously hurt A fair breeze aided the winner whose time 21 and the Bay View Wheelmen of Newark won the pursuit race with Century Road Club second Leesburg base ball team defeated by Brunswick Md 7 to 2 batteries Carter Littlejohn Zirkle Jones
The pennant chase tightens with Boston on the brink as Chicago or New York win could push the champions from first. Washington visits Chicago while Philadelphia plays St Louis and Boston meets Cleveland. New York goes to Detroit in a tight American League race.
OLeary holds his job until a better man is found as Greminger and Robinson cover third base with Bill Coughlin as a reliable plug. Detroit shows weakness in catchers but strength in pitchers and may contend. Washington lags. Giants lead NL with 37 home games left, 22 away, and expect to beat struggling rivals. Pirates slide with injuries, while Cardinals Browns and top East teams fare better.
Ban Johnson, president of the American League, releases a signed statement in Chicago arguing for post-season games between leading teams of the two major leagues to determine the champion. He attacks John T Brush and John McGraw of the New York National League, accusing them of harming baseball and pursuing a world series to foreign lands. He cites past refusals to participate, cites joint schedule tremors, and insists sportsmanship and American League standards support keeping national series and tests of strength within the United States.
In American Association Kansas City beat St Paul 12 to 4 in game two after a 4 11 score. Southern League saw Memphis win 9 to 1 over New Orleans. Eastern League Montreal defeated Providence 2 1 but the game ended in the top of the seventh due to rain. South Atlantic League Jacksonville crushed Augusta 14 to 1. Washington Boys Club routed St Stephen's Institute 4 to 0 behind McClellan’s 11 strikeouts no hits. Fairmont beat Cumberland 17 to 1, with a late Gilmer misplay. Pension Office Team fell to Washington Grove 3 to 0. Glenwoods seek games with local fifteen year olds. Bloomingdale Athletic Club beat Clippers 23 to 1 and 8 to 2 in two games. Lou Dillon, the trotting mare, improves after illness. Dillon and horse’s condition reported improving.
A Chicago born labor leader Michael Donnelly commands a large Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen union, guiding a disciplined, peaceful strike across Chicago and other packing centers. His strategy emphasizes order, arbitration, and keeping the peace while organizing vast member blocs. He advocates nonviolence and coordinated action over mob tactics.
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The article traces Donnelly’s rise from a Kansas City butcher amid boycotts to his Chicago campaign to unite cattle butchers. It details his early moves, strikes, and a cautious, quiet leadership style that kept men in line while building the union clandestinely, culminating in a secret founding meeting with over fifty pledged members.
The article portrays Donnelly as a leading packing house union figure who rejects strikes and boycotts, favors arbitration, and stresses disciplined organization. He argues unions must be coextensive with trusts, avoid violence, and lead with peaceful, lawful action while emphasizing endurance and moral leadership.
In front of 7000 spectators at Celtic Park Long Island City John J. Flanagan of the Greater New York Irish Athletic Association raised his world sixteen pound hammer record from 171 feet 9 inches to 173 feet He also threw the fifty six pound weight 36 feet 4 inches near his world mark In track action M Sheppard Brown Preparatory School won the 1000 yards handicap Jarey Hepburn placed second to J Ledwoch in the 600 yards Harvey Cohn led in the 1 1/2 mile handicap and W C Bailey won the three mile handicap Shakeup in Wheeling team reports three Fox brothers released by Wheeling Central League club and several Piqua Ohio players signed Deadly domestic tragedy Julius D Kent shoots wife as she sleeps then kills himself in Kansas City
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