Week in sports features national tennis and global chess events
The week promises the national singles and doubles tennis final in Newport with Beals Wright and James Little facing Hackett and Alexander. Chess masters Jasker and Tarrasch begin world championship games at Dusseldorf. Also on tap are motorboat races, golf majors at Deal Beach and Chicago area clubs, and boxing bouts in New York San Francisco.
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Mount Pleasant to join Dartmouth football squad
Mount Pleasant the star Carlisle back plans to attend Dartmouth this fall after Carlisle season ends. He may be eligible to play at Dartmouth though questions remain about Indian eligibility and Dartmouth policies. The piece also lists standings from several minor leagues and teams.
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Reds Win Double-Header in Cincinnati Split with Brooklyn
Cincinnati defeats Brooklyn in both games with varied hitting. Campbell scattered hits in game one as Volz Coulson and Pearce debut. game two ends early to let Brooklyn catch a train. Kane, Suggins, Paskert and Mclean homeruns propel the Reds while Lebert and Coulgon lead the visiting lineup with key hits.
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Phillies Still Winning in Chicago Showdown
Aug. 16 in Chicago, Magee hit a two-base single in the second, Magee scored the only Phillies run. Pitchers McQuillen and Pfeister delivered stellar efforts with strong support. Fielding miscues and bases on balls shaped a tightly contested game as Chicago failed to plate a run against Philadelphia. Magee had the key two-base hit and the Phillies held on for the win.
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Giants Double Defeat In Pennant Race
St Louis beat New York 6 5 in game one and 2 0 in the second, with poor fielding and ineffective pitching blamed for New York’s losses. Key players include Shaw and Murray for St Louis and DeVins, Bridwell, and Konetchy for New York, in a tightdoubleheader that left both teams scoreless after late innings and illustrated the pennant race tension.
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Pennant Race Heats Up As Browns Target Title
In Chicago era feuilleton style, Doc White eyes Wichita move while White Sox fight to the end. Fielder Jones predicts a late surge, with St. Louis and Detroit set to test the pennant race as pitchers Powell Dineen Howell Addell star for the Browns and the Tigers. Emmett Heidrick enlists to bolster McAleer’s squad, and Cantillon signals potential waivers as White contemplates a minor league magnate plan.
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Yesterday's Attendance in National League Games
Attendance figures from yesterday's National League games include Chicago versus Philadelphia with 9 600 attendees, St Louis versus New York drawing 19 500, and Cincinnati against Brooklyn attracting 10 540 spectators.
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Local Griketers Beaten Final Score 116 to 99
Baltimore report on an intercity cricket match at Sutton Md between Washington Cricket Club and Sons of St. George of Baltimore. Washington won 116 to 2 as King starred, Morley and Norman excelled in bowling and fielding, Oldham bowled a key Yorker to dismiss Sousa.
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Monumentals Edge Baltimore In Dramat ic Baseball Clash
Head to foot Outfitters notes a mercurial tilt as Monumentals led by Tempest Ainsworth Craven delivered strong fielding and batting. Scoring details are garbled but name lines include Springham Barr Craven Oldham Tempest Me cuphin Roberts Quinn Algeworth and more in a tense capital city contest against Baltimore with outs and totals recorded.
Cornell Makes September 21 Start For First Practice
Ithaca N Y Aug 16 Cornell football coaches set September 21 as the first practice call out, a week later than usual to avoid the heat. Injured left end C H Watson may miss this fall after spring leg injuries. George Jr and an Andover guard expected to enter, with Bonnie Larkin Sam Halliday and Ned ar covering the conference in the city.
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Will Not Defend Title Says Frank Greer
Worcester Aug 1 1902 national champion amateur sculler Frank Greer says he will not defend the title won yesterday from Harry Bennett, citing personal reasons and urging by Robert J. Donnelly. He explains plans to regain the title only if circumstances change and notes Donnelly’s urging influenced his decision.
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Yonkers Handicap Field Praised and Empire City Race Outlook
A leading turfman hails Yonkers handicap at Empire City as one of the year's best fields with top horses like Ballet from James R. Keene and Ballot carrying 139 pounds set to race in the Empire City handicap next Saturday. Butler's meeting draws strong entries and the track is described as one of the fastest in the world, promising a major event.
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Labor Day Jubilee Promises Big Race Card at Burkes Track
Henry Copperthite opens a new race track in Burkes Virginia with a Labor Day program. A free-for-all trot or pace offers 150 dollar purse, a 2 27 trotters or 2 20 pacers race pays 100 dollars, and three running lanes each carry a purse. A tournament offers 50 dollars, with Washington Maryland and Virginia riders already agreeing to attend. Baseball game prize awarded. Special Southern Railroad train for Washington attendees.
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Fort Erie Racing Entries Chronicle
Racing card details from Fort Erie lists seven races with mammoth fields. Entrants include Splendida Wood lands Rove and Anile Flower Beauty, various odds, distances from five furlongs to seven furlongs, plus several handicap and selling heats with numerous named horses and owners across multiple events.
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Cyclist Sonny Briggs Killed in Stadium Motor Pace Crash
Sonny Briggs former amateur lightweight boxing champion and pacemaker to Jimmy Michaels was killed when his motor paced machine crashed at Clifton stadium before a race against Jimmy Moran. The crash hurled Briggs 59 feet into the air and left him with fatal injuries en route to St Josephs Hospital. Briggs, 28, born in Waltham Massachusetts, began racing with Moran and Dutch Walter and had acted as pacemaker for Michaels in the United States.
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