McGraw Predicts Cubs to Beat Athletics in Series
John J McGraw argues the Cubs must be better than ever to win the National League title and repeat as champions. He notes Chicago’s past, cites Giants losses in 1905 and 1906, and predicts the Cubs would top Mack’s Athletics in a fall world series, praising pitchers and criticizing Mack’s lineup.
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Orvie Overall
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Johnny Kling
Frank Chance
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Frank Schulte
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Plans for Tour by Star Teams
Cincinnati promoters back a $100000 all star tour with two major league squads. Twelve games to start after the World Series with Frank Bancroft as business manager. National League and American League lineups assign Bresnahan and Street as catchers, Mathewson and Walsh as pitchers, Cobb and Speaker headliners. Managers are McGraw for the NL and Jennings for the AL.
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Lord
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Speaker
Cobb
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Crawford
William Evans
Robert Emalie
John McGraw
New York Nationals
Hugh Jennings
Detroits
Gordon to Defend Title at Potomac Cup
In Cumberland Maryland on August 25 the Potomac Cup tourney advances to the Alleghany finals. S Jarvis Adams of Pittsburg faces H J Rendall of Philadelphia for a chance to meet Spencer Gordon of Washington who holds the cup. Adams beat A Hunterford 6 2 6 2 and Rendall beat M A Colton 7 5 6 0. Mixed doubles saw Turle of Baltimore and Cochrane of Cumberland defeat Merrick and Merrick 6 1 6 1. Men’s doubles ended with McLain of Washington and Grean of Baltimore beating Drennen and Watson 3 6 6 3 7 5.
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Potomac Cub
Alleghany Mountains
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Philadelphia
Spencer Gordon
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Miss Turle
Miss Cochrane
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Mr. Merrick
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Drennen and Watson
Fairmont
Noted of the Nationals Detroit game report
Detroit and Nationals battled with Walker Reisling and Stroud Pernell in action. Bush hampered by lame feet tried steals. Ainsmith threw out baserunners. Moriarty and Crawford struggled at the plate. Gessler hit the post on a near homer as Washington hoped for a late rally. crowd urged less bench boister.
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Reisling
Nationals
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Pernell
Tigers
Jennings
Innes Crawford
Bush
Schmidt
Davy Jones
New York
Crawford
Moriarty
McBride
Tom Jones
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Ainsmith
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Geasler
Tolen
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Gane
Cobb Drives Home Run in 11th to Upset Detroit Series
In an overtime finish the Nationals fell 3 to 3 as Joe and Jackson describe Cobb’s seventh inning thunder. A towering homer over Milan gave Detroit a 3 to 0 tie, then Washington capitalized early opportunities while Detroit’s offense faltered, leaving Detroit at 78 and Washington with 56 victories in a tight pennant race.
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Naps
T. Cobb
Milan
Nationals
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Tigers
Iike
Botti
Detroit Tigers Outsmarts Washington In Eleven Innings
Senators Milan Schaefer and Gessler lead early, Detroit rallies with Cobb triple and late go ahead hit. Works and grooming pitchers trade chances. Cobb silent blast in eleventh seals 4-3 Detroit win over Washington in extra frames.
Rickard Under the Ban on Baseball Tour
Cincinnati August 2 The national commission rejects Tex Rickard as head of any tour of the country by baseball clubs under its control saying the plan would void signed contracts and bar players from participation. Chairman Herrmann vows to reveal organizers if promoter D A Fletcher refuses to name them.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
National Commission
Tex Rickard
Herrmann
Commission
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Beck
Herrman
D. A. Fletcher
Richard
Tailenders Rally Fails to Top Browns in Slugfest
Philadelphia on August 26 saw the Browns beat the Athletics 9 to 6 in a heavy hitting game. Murphy led with a home run a triple a double and two singles as Truesdale Stone Newnam and others collected key hits. Connie Mack used four pitchers in a long effort to stop the onslaught.
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Linne
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Goonolly
Collisower
Aquatic Sports Include Novel Canoe Tilting At Spa Creek
An Annapolis Severn Boat Club event in Spa Creek featured shell and canoe races, swimming, and a quirky canoe tilting contest with padded lances. The unusual program had no measured courses or timed events, with crews from Severn, Spa, and Severna highlighted and multiple simple results noted.
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Pirates in Twelfth Steals Home in Final Round
Pirates rally over Brooklyn in a dramatic twelve inning game as Byrne stretches a single to a double and steals home after reaching third. Outfield defense shines Wheat with ten putouts and Brooklyn fielding totaling twenty. Clarke adds seven, while Leifield and Bell split pitching duties in a 2 to 12 loss readout.
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Phillies Clinch Easy Win Over Cincinnati on Road
Philadelphia routed Cincinnati with a dominant hitting display to win the game 6-2 in the series opener. Suggs allowed timely hits and Moren worked through trouble after the third as Phillies pulled away early. Moren 7 innings, Benton finished.
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Bransfeld
Moren
Branefield
Lobert
Egan
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Hy Maren
Mpires
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Emilie
Yankees Beat White Sox For Third Straight Win
New York Americans defeated Chicago 8 to 4 in front of a home crowd. Pitcher Hughes held the White Sox to one scratch hit through eight innings before Chicago pushed five safeties for four runs in the ninth. Key contributors included Zeider Meloan Dougherty Scott Walter Laporte and Roach for New York, with Chase Knight and Roach logging multiple extra-base hits for Chicago.
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Plee
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Lange
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Egan
Red Sox Rally To Beat Naps In Fortified Turnaround
Boston, Aug 25, rallied in the eighth to chase Mitchell from the mound and win 7 to 4 over Cleveland. The crowd watched a tense game with Boston mounting a six-run surge in the frame to steal the victory despite an apparently hopeless start.
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Wlenow
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C Smith
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Lewis
Engle
Wood
Lipith
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Herkness
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fies—Hall
Kletnan
Balla
Peaker
Messrs Perrine
Dineen
Snyder Goes to New Haven Heavy-Hitting Navy Yard Star
Ewald Snyder, a leading amateur hitter from the Navy Yard team in the Capital City League, leaves for New Haven Connecticut to join the New Haven team in the Connecticut State League. Since 1907 he has drawn offers to turn professional and led the Marquette League that year.
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Ewald Snyder
Navy’s Yard
New Haven
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Leagge
Larned Wins Fourth United States Singles Title
William A Larned of Summit New Jersey defeats Thomas C Bundy of Los Angeles in the US championship final at Newport on the Casino courts. Larned takes the fifth set 6 1 after a hard fought match that saw Bundy lead in several sets.
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William A Larned
Summit
N. J
United States
Thomas C. Bundy
Los Angeles
Cal
California
Larned
Bundy
Gay
Billy
Casino
Doves Rally Past St Louis as Boston Wins Battling At Bat
Boston defeated St Louis 4 to 3 as Willis struggled in late innings. Mattern allowed a pair of triples in the ninth while Miller Kanetchy Sweeney drove in key runs. Boston capitalized on St Louis errors and stole two bases, with Bresnahan and Evans contributing on the basepaths.
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Giants Fall to Cubs in Chicago Victory
Chicago defeated New York 6 1 as Hofman homered Zimmerman and Tinker hit triples and Doyle saved the game with a late triple. Cubs built a 3 run lead early and extended it with two more in the fifth while Wiltsie allowed ten hits in six innings. Doyle's triple in the ninth spared New York from a shutout.
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Keeler
Crusade for Sunday Baseball Spreads in Albany
A campaign for Sunday baseball emerges in Albany with buttons reading Sun day baseball sold by the Lotus club for a small price. The buttons grant admission to Chadwick Park where Albany and Binghamton State League clubs will stage an exhibition game, as Gov Hughes opposes Sunday ball for revenue reasons.
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Lotus
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Jockey Coburn Arrested for Forgery and Burglary
Chicago authorities arrested jockey Coburn and Charles Babcock on forgery and burglary charges. They allegedly entered John J. Brittain's office and stole admission tickets worth 1509 dollars and a blank checkbook. Coburn once claimed annual earnings of 15000 to 20000 dollars but said he is now penniless and jobless.
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John J. Brittain
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New World's Pacing Mare Sets Two Minute Record
Galesburg August 25 Minor Heir set a two minute world pacing record in a Great Western circuit harness meet race. M J S Hersey Savage Minn drove Minor Heir to victory over Hedgewood Bay as a 29 second third quarter aided by a brisk cool wind. He said the wind and cold kept times slower than ideal but this drive was his greatest.
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