Kalamazoo meet features and Derby purse details
Reports from Kalamazoo describe a grand circuit meet ending with three events. Lindsey Arian wins Mohomin Railway heat with swift times and a hefty purse, while multiple horses and riders are listed in finishing positions and earnings across heats and finals.
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O'Ati
Beause
Whem
Hea
Lindsey Arian
Ro Teanhy
Hentat
Direrterell Valenti
Bat Hal Fle
Foros Now
Castaras Oz
Matt
Mae McDon
Grad Chines Hook Tv Konti
Bob
Garding
Bae Bonk
East Takes All Four Matches In East Western Tennis Meet
Forest Hill on Long Island saw East players win all four singles matches against Western rivals in the second annual East versus West event. Notable results included R Sorria defeating William Johnston in a grueling five setter and George V M Church overcoming Clarence J Griffin.
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Forest Hill
Long Island
Waa
William “Mo Johnston
San Francisco
R ‘Sorria William A 2d
Philadelphia
George VM Church
Frinceton
Clarence J Grifin
Watann M Washburn
New York
Robert I. Morris
San Franciscn
Cari H Behr
Willis E Davis
Norfolk Men Strike for Back Salaries in Virginia League
The Norfolk Ve league team players declare a strike over unpaid back salaries and will not play until funds are paid. They accuse management of withholding pay. manager Pressiv has resigned and left the city. They dispatch telegrams to National Association of Minor League Baseball Clubs and Virginia League leaders requesting holds on funds and the $1000 league treasury guarantee.
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Farrell
National Association of Minor League Baseball Clubs
President Corprew
Virginia League
League
Legg Faces Hubbell In Trans Miss Golf Final
Harry G Legg of Minnikahda Club Minneapolis meets James Hubbell of Golf and Country Club Dex Moines in the 1918 trans-Mississippi championship final for the $6 hole title. Legg reached by beating CP Jaffray. Hubbell needed 37 holes to defeat Cart Plepho.
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Harry G Legg
Minnikahda Club
James Hubbell
Golf and
Dex Moines
Legg
CP Jaffray
Minnikahda & To
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Cart Plepho
Cedar Rapids
Town
Cobb brothers lift batting averages as games vs Washington unfold
Tris Cobb, Ty Cobb, and Joe Cobb each collected two hits in yesterday's two games, boosting Tris from .355 to .857 and Joe to .857 while Jackson slipped to .848 after one hit in three at bats per game. Speaker, sidelined by a sprained ankle, is expected to return in a few days as the standings show ARB i. Pet Speaker . 850 186 .389 Cabb . 330 121 W357 Jackson . 308 186 .346.
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Chicago
Washington
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Keller and teammates fall short in tense baseball tilt
Keller leads with 3 runs in a tight game as Offutt and Penn strike out seven apiece. Dodge, Tomlin, and Offutt drive key hits with Becond scoring on a late double play. Errors and bases on balls load the drama, but only one side yields the winning run in the final frames.
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Keye
O Lynch
Penn
Dodge
Miler
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Curtin
Bob
Blatt
Balaluger
Flaherty
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Hausman
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Weter
Owen
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Dotge Tomlin
Offutt
Meller
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Rice Moe Iumen
Baee Ie Ottude
Miller
Wenton
Treasury Marines clash for second series title
Treasury and Marines meet on the White lot at 2 this afternoon in a game whose winner could secure the second series and season championship. A Treasury win would tie for second with the winner of next week's postponed Marine versus Agriculture game, possibly forcing a playoff.
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Marines
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Keller to Play Today in East Washington League Clash
Keller, champion of the East Washington Sunday School League, meets Washington Grove at Washington Grove today. Keller players should report at Union Station 245 Charles Dodge, 485 Fifth Street Northeast. In charge, Keller seeks to arrange practice games for the coming week.
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Rage Track Entries for Today’s Sport
Phoenix AC defeated Oriola AC in the Capital City League yesterday 17 to 2. The game featured a fourteen run fourth inning before darkness halted play in the fifth.
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Phoenix AC
Oriola AC
Racing card and racing results mix with weather and sports figures
The page lists multiple horse races with entrants ages and weights across six races and notes a weather clear track at Boston. It also reports John Evers apologizing for an on field incident with Third Baseman Smith and Bob Simpson planning training for the National AAU meet in Newark on September 8.
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John Evers
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Byron
Chicago
Bob Simpson
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N. J
Horse racing card and results from Cincinnati and Portland
A chaotic transcription lists multiple horse names and odds across races, with results and earnings noted for several events. Separate items include boxing results from New Jersey where Joe Jeannette outpointed Dan Flynn, and a Pacific Coast League sale of Louis Guisto from Portland to Cleveland for seven players and cash around $4,000.
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Rochester
Joe Jeannette
New Jersey
Dan
Perky) Flynn
Boston
Jeannette
Portland
Louis Guiato
Cleveland Americans
Portlandia
Guisto
Hank O Day in Canter Wins Sagamore Handicap
Saratoga notes Hank O Day, a brown gelding owned by N W Schorr, won the Sagamore handicap in easy canter. He ran the mile in 1 47 4 5, fastest of the meeting, with Fern rook three lengths back and Gainer third. Will, the favorite, failed to find a path at the start. Rhomb captured the Lake George steeplechase in easy fashion, paying 7 to 6, after Racebrook fell. Omar Khayyam, at 6 to 1, carried the silks of C K G Billings to victory for the first time this season. Ninety Simplex upset long shots in race one at 25 to 1.
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Plan Reopening of Alexandria Public Schools
Plans for reopening Alexandria public schools were nearly finished after a school board meeting. White students’ permits scheduled for Sept 5 6 7 and colored students Sept 8. The board allocated 750 for repairs to the old Howell building to house primary pupils.
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del Ray
Alexandria County
Cupid Wins Over Youth in Washington Wedding
Special to The Washington Post Rockville Maryland reports two marriages at a minister’s home today. Miss Anne Elizabeth Jones aged 18 and Rufus Earle Bryant aged 21, both Winston-Salem North Carolina, wed by Rev John H Schooley with the license clerk initially doubting the groom’s age. Earlier a Heenes was refused a license in Washington due to doubts about the bridegroom’s appearance. Miss Pearl Louise Raley aged 18 and Joseph Fralick aged 21, both Washington, were also married today by Pr Schooley.
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John H Schooley
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Edward C Davidson Dead Patent Lawyer Dies at 61
Edward Crawford Davidson, patent lawyer with New York offices, died at his Bayhead New Jersey summer home at age 61 from overwork tied to defending Goodwin film patents. Born in Washington DC, he hailed from Maryland and Virginia families. He leaves a wife, one son and four daughters.
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Edward Crawford Davidson
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Blue to command the Texas battleship after resignation
President Wilson accepted the resignation of Capt Victor Blue as chief of the Bureau of Navigation and ordered him to command the battleship Texas. Commander Lee C Palmer will succeed Blue, moving from chief of staff under Vice Admiral Coffman in the Atlantic fleet, with Blue holding the rank and pay of rear admiral.
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Danish Pact Promises Greenland Rights to U S
Senator Lodge warned the Danish pact may let Greenland drift to a European power, risking conflict under the Monroe doctrine. He urged quick U S ownership citing St Thomas harbor for naval needs, strategic value in the West Indies, and a small population so annexation would not raise statehood issues.
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Reticent On Tax Proposal At Capitol Hearing
Bankers Association delegates visited the Capitol for an opinion on the Sterling amendment to the District bill. A one quarter of one percent tax on intangible property was seen as likely to pass conference without modification. The bankers’ committee pressed for a hearing to continue advocacy for the amendment.
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STEPS TO UNITE METHODISTS
Baltimore August 4 Bishop Alpheus W Wilson of this city chairs the committee of the Methodist Episcopal Church South appointed to select the commission on unification. A meeting is called for August at Tate Springs Tennessee to choose 38 Southern representatives to confer with the Northern church. Findings to be presented in 1918. Southern committee includes Bishop Wilson Bishop Collins Denny Richmond Bishop E E Hose Oklahoma Reverend Frank M Thoman Louisville Reverend Dr W J Young Atlanta Reverend Dr John M Moore Neabville and three laymen PD M Madden Nashville Mr Walton Atlanta H N Snyder Spartanburg.
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Louisville
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Atlanta
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Neabville
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Nashville
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Spartanburg
Caves of ancient cliff dwellers found by explorers
Field headquarters report that Capt George F Patten and Hugh S Johnson discovered caves of ancient cliff dwellers in the Escondidos Mountains during a hunting trip. The caves contained smoke-grimed interiors and scattered fragments of pottery with no writing or characters, resembling dwellings near Flagstaff Arizona.
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1000 join in manhunt for oilman slayer in Oklahoma
Nearly 1000 oil workers from Morris Okmulgee and Hoffman search for Charles Vaughn a wealthy oilman whose mutilated body is found in his car in Hoffman. A colored man with bloodstained clothes is captured in a cornfield and taken to Okmulgee. A mob hundreds strong heads from field toward Okmulgee with intent to lynch him.
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Men’s suits priced by quality and fabric tone
A catalog of suit prices ranges from $35 to $40 at $26.75 and $30 to $35 at $21.75 in rich wool fabrics with high tailoring. $25 to $30 suits are $18.75 and $20 to $25 suits $15.75, highlighting value and quality while signaling a balance between appearance and economy.
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