Capital City Duckpin League forms with six teams
The Capital City Duckpin League organized by the Capital City Baseball League opens with six evenly matched teams: Market House North Capitola Centrals Buckeyes The Yean and Diamonds. Eddie Handibog elected president with C J Nairn secretay and W C Hellmuller treasurer. Season starts with Market House vs Diamonds at the Diamond alleys on 6 G etreat northwest.
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Capital City Baseball League
Eddie Handibog
Capital City League
Market House
North Capitola
Centrels
Buckeyes
the Yean
Diamonds
Eddie Handibo
C. J. Nairn
Arthur Fenton
W. C. Hellmuller
J. Gundersheimer
Vernesday
Getreat
North Capitolie
J Cooper
H.R. Nairn
al Fenton
Art Fenton
Fenton
F. Blues
George Garner
J W. Dancahower
W. ©. Heltmuler
I. A. Heltmuller
J. Gundershelmer
H. Gundershelmer
F. Neoman
Parker
Donnelts
the Diamonds
Ed Handthos
F. H. Marks
E. H. Smith
F. G. Gehaifer
W. M. Fuchs
A. W. Handford
H. Bonstack
Contrels
L C.F. Voepler
J. H. Simmons
W. Hile
L. Ernest
M. Erneat
Gregory
Jor Farkitl
Ea Bhert
W. Wisher
Hirsch
D. Engen
A. Smith
North Capitela Va
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Gans En Goldfield Fight News From Nevada
Special to The Washington Post from Tonopah Nevada reports Joe Gans lost about 1100 dollars at craps in Goldfield while preparing for the rematch with Battling Nelson. Horman attempted a fast trip to Goldfield but snow blocked the way. Gans trains with road work and light gymnastics as a referee decision remains unsettled.
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Foxes Elude Hounds At Arcola Week-End Run
Special to The Washington Post Leesburg Va December fox hounds from Middlesex met at Arcola for a weekend chase with a large turnout. A hunter from England joined A Henry Higginson M F H and the field rode a long course toward Aldie, losing the trail briefly before a second fox was started. The ride featured ten jumps, with the field dismounting at times. The fox reached cover between Oatlands and Arcola before the chase ended. Loudoun Hounds meet at Round Hill. Middlesex pack to be cast at Leesburg kennels near Leesburg on January 2. Game Association executive committee to meet Tuesday evening.
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Middlesex
Leesburg
Arcola
A. Henry Higginson
Robert Caterworth
England
Aldie
Oatlands
Loudoun
Round Hi
Spain
Baseball Meeting Sparks Power Struggle Over Pulliam and Schedules
In New York and Chicago, magnates prepare for a pivotal winter gathering. Gerry Herrmann declares against Pulliam without reasons, while Ban Johnson braces for preplanned moves in the American League. Harry Pulliam returns from Europe for the NL meeting as talks on shorter schedules and a longer world series unfold.
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Harry Pulliam
National League
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Jordan
Lumley
Giants
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National Commission
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Pullian
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Ban Johnson
Ban
Echoes of the Diamond in Major League Talk
Baseball executives, players and owners discuss shifts for 190? seasons. Notables named include Cy Young George Davis Tinkerows Jim McGuire Sack OConnor and Lavie Grose in the American League and Kid Gleason Tommy Corcoran Jake Beckley in the National League. Talks cover Philadelphia bids Chicago meetings and possible trades while New York and Boston franchise moves loom and Corcoran is said to be on the market.
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Cy? Toung
George Davis
Tink'* Lows
Jim McGuire
Sack’ O'Connor
Lave Grose
Kid Glexeon
Tommy Corcoran
Jake Beckley
Beaumont
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New York
Jimmy Collins
Griffin
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Boston Americar
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Chicago
Charley Comiskey
Chamblen Dot
Ban Johnson
American League
Nickie
Sox
Mexico
Cae
Cincinnati Enquirer
Tommy Corcoran Tor Cabtela
St. Louis
Keats Likely To Sign With Watkins Indianapolis Team
Former Georgetown star Billy Keats, now with Toledo in the American Association, is expected to sign with W H Watkins Indianapolis in the same league next season. Keats gained fame at Georgetown and would likely have played with EC Grilly if not for a trade that sent Grilly elsewhere. Keats left Toledo after a few weeks, moved to Cumberland in the PO Me League, then finished the season in Norfolk and the Virginia Leagues.
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Billy Keats
Keane
Toledo
Cumberland
P.O. Me
Norfolk
Virginie
Michigan after White Washington refuses Ann Arbor offer
Doc White, famed southpaw, says he cannot coach Michigan baseball this spring due to his Washington duties and a new sporting goods venture with Charley Hickman. He will spend any spare time on the business, leaving Georgetown options to coach his alma mater’s team uncertain.
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Comiskey
Baird
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Six-Day Ragers Open At Madison Square Garden For Gotham Gold
A packed crowd fills Madison Square Garden as the 14th International six day cycle race begins tonight. Thirty-two teams from Belgium France Italy Australia Germany Canada and the United States compete in a grueling event spanning through next Saturday. The opening ceremonies feature teams parading with national banners and a wheeled display on the ten-lap-to-the-mile board track as fans endure police presence and early show of endurance.
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Lawyer Clements heads to Richmond for writ of error
Washington Post Bureau Alexandria reports James E. Clements will travel to Richmond to apply for a writ of error to stay the execution of John Wright, a Black defendant condemned for assault in Alexandria County. Crandall Mackey dismisses fear of reversal and notes Wright’s case rests on jury conviction. Wright awaits Friday execution. mother visits and Wright prays, while Wright’s music tastes and jail life are described. Community notices include a long list of local deaths, a coroner ruling, and a new Eagles board appointment for 1907.
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Supreme Court of Appeals
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Alexandria
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Alexandra County
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Commonwealth
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Race card and shell find dot public harbor note
A busy race card lists horses and odds for several races at the city track, naming horses like Wat Horse Beecher and Meadow Breeze along with distances and entries. A late item reports Fred Keys finding a Civil War era leafed shell near the naval station pier, nine inches long with a percussion cap, handed to harbor master Lieut. Sutton.
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George M Dutcher Named Georgetown Captain for 1907
At a Georgetown Athletic Association meeting in Gaston Hall, George M. Dutcher of Milwaukee was elected to lead the Blue and Grays football team for 1907. James McLaughlin withdrew his candidacy. Thomas McCann resigned as manager and James Fitzgerald was named assistant manager. The Virginia game is slated as the championship contest, and a group of players received the new "G" sweater insignia.
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George Washington
Chargetown University
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Milwaukee
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Jockey Club to consider racing rule changes
Special to Ine Waarington ross New York Dec 9 The Jockey Club will likely adopt rule changes at its January 18 1907 meeting led by H K Knapp J H Bradford and T Hitchcock Jr Bradford urges fining for entry errors to cover but avoid future complications Knapp seeks stricter starter rules requiring a horse to be in the paddock 30 minutes before race time Also note no Tri State Association meeting in Harriburg rescheduled after league sessions in Chicago and New York Foreign text mentions Xmas gifts Elk Grove coupons.
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Cincinnati
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Veasel
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J. H. Bradford
T. Hitchcock
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York Athletics Association
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Michigan Pines For East Admission To Intercollegiate Body
Manager Baird of Michigan asks Intercollegiate Athletic Association president Rawle Gevelin to admit Michigan before the next intercollegiate games. The move shows Michigan’s dissatisfaction with the Western conference. Admission seems unlikely as Michigan has not fielded a team at meets since 190, and by rules members must enter a team every two years and pay dues, which Michigan has also neglected.
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Baird
Michigan
Rawle Gevelin
Intercollegiate Athletic Association
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Wisconsin Club Officers Elect At District Meeting
The Wisconsin Association of the District of Columbia met at the Badger Club rooms, Knights of Pythias Temple, electing George C. Hazelton as president and J. C. Monaghan as first vice president. Also named were Byron J. Price second vice president Philip Buettner secretary Charles H. Becker treasurer and C Edmond La Vigne Lloyd Wrightson Lee Rulman Ira J. Wilson and Miss May T. Hudd as executive committee. Evening talks by Hazelton and La Vigne accompanied the year book release and distribution plans.
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J. C. Monaghan
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James C. Monaghan
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le Vigne
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Garrett's Call in Vain Leaves Albatross Commander Lost
Honolulu reports new details on the loss of Lieut Commander Le Roy M. Garrett, commander of the U S S Albatross. The ship sailed from Yokohama toward Honolulu at eleven knots, sailing heavy seas as Garrett, in a chair on the poop deck, was hurled overboard during a storm. A rescue failed. daylight search found no trace. Garrett, 49, a New York native and unmarried, would have been promoted on return from a successful Asiatic scientific cruise.
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