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Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Feb 16, 1909

Page

14

Fat Men Bowlers Win Triple-Defeat over Germans in City League

Fat Men Bowler team captured all three games on the Seengerbund alleys to beat the Germans, marking their first triple defeat this season. Miller scored 610 pins for three games with an average of 223, while Eckstein trailed closely with 214 222 28 scores. High individual game 257 by Burdine and Campbell led the Fat Men to a commanding lead in the pennant race as supporters cheered through tense standings.

Miller Seengerbund Raengerbund Acme Burdine Campbell Saenge Suengerbunds Fig Eckstein Hiis Fats Helmericks Ball Milovich Mackman Jona Clark Landies Carey Lord Eedman Fat Men Saengers Waters Mahler Alison Brosnan Fields Conroy Navy Yard League Wloun Calvary Myers Swargart A Roberts Hartman Milder Tedians Rusbaum Aalulz Benson Eb Codd Os Rogers Straton Haskins Monroe Rodgers Gow Cental MCA Tom RR Ymca Thomas Shatter M'Cauily Whitford Grove Ross Holland Hamner Chadwick

Sports Comment: Grillo on Pats and prep schools in game talk

Sporting commentator J Ed Grillo sketches PATS risk and skill in a windy road game. He notes execution, base, and movement as key factors while praising prep schools like Eastern Central Technical and Georgetown Prep for future talent.

Episcopal High School Baseball Schedule Revealed

The Post lists Episcopal High School with sixteen baseball games on the slate. Details mention dates, venues, and opponents, along with notes on lineups and potential changes for next season.

Episcopal High School

Mike Kahoe Fined by National Baseball Commission

Cincinnati February 15 The national baseball commission fined Mike Kahoe of the Washington American League team 959 with 160 suspended for playing against a Chicago outlaw team. On paying 50 he will be reinstated.

Cincinnati Mike Kahoe Washington National Baseball Commission Today Chicago Kahoe

Episcopal High School To Play Prep Schedule in 1900s

The Washington Peat reports Ep perce Hiss School Okay eat tt 1, Carle, the coach and manager. Six sign gems have been backet, and as Millen CTiNgements are not yet completed, he expects to secure a game with testless Igh School of Washington Fyisconal was unable to meet the Ua rieity of Virginia this season due to prep school dates opening with Alexanquians Emitenal. The lineup includes Hewitt Grant, Libs, Loyd, Wood, and Pendleton in various infield/outfield roles. The Washington prep schools already booked to play Episcopal include Central Technical and George Washington Preparatory. Schedule highlights: March 20 Alexandria Athletic Club at home. March 7 Technical High School at home. April 3 Central High School at home. April 7 Baltimore City College at home. April 14 Georgetown Preps at home. May 1 Eastern High School at home. May 8 Woodstock Forest School at Orange VA. May 10 Johns Hopkins University at home. May 15 Massanutten Military Academy at home. May 18 Jacob Tome Institute at Port Deposit MD. May 22 Shenandoah Military Academy at home. May 9 Settle Military Academy at home. Gardner Lowe signs with Portsmouth in Virginia League. Lowe, 17, debuted with Delmar locals and Delaware College, after last season.

Washington Peat Alewindna Okay Eat Carle Washington Virginia Schosk Azam Behnd DW Grant Colway Hewitt Grant Hitech Pendleton Hened Spiscopal Ters Central Tecnical George Fredarickshin Colleen Setiel Military Academy Hone

Automotive World Highlights 1909 Races and Standards

The page reviews early 1909 auto industry activity with mentions of Flint and Studebaker models, Reo output, and aims to insure drivers against accidents. It notes Daytona races upcoming March 2 to 12 and discusses antifreeze, car construction, and electric Woods vehicles from 1893. It quotes Hayden Sams on the Studebaker philosophy and cites local agents and manufacturers like Premier, Reo, and Woods.

Deaths in Philippines War Departm ent advis es fatalities among troops

War Department reports deaths of enlisted men stationed in the Philippines. Names and causes include Lory Warren Githesland January 6 due to dysentery, Henry Rayer February 3 due to ruptured aneurysm, Certer Osborne January 28 stabbed by a comrade, Orie Waduins January 22 malarial fever, Gustav L Walberg February 3 gunshot wound inflicted by a comrade, among others. Classified ads offer free Want Ads in The Post.

War Department Army Philippines Lory Warren Githesland Corps of Engineers Henry Rayer Ninth Cavalry Certer Osborne Coast Artifiers Ihroni Meningitia Oriel Waduins Fourteenth Infantry Gustav L Walberg Twenty-ninth Infantry

Fitzgerald Outpoints Decker in Six Round Boxing Bout

Philadelphia report details a six round contest at West End Athletic Club where Terry Fitzgerald outpointed George Decker in a rivalry showdown. Fitzgerald showed faster bursts, scoring a knockdown in round one, while Decker pressed in later rounds before Fitzgerald sealed a narrow win.

Washington Post Philadelphia Terry Fitagerald George Decker West End Athletic Club Fitzgerald Decker

Attell Driscoll Featherweights Set for Ten–Round Bout

Abe Attell and Johnny Driscoll finally signed for a ten round featherweight bout at the National A.C. next Friday with 126 pounds weigh in and $500 forfeits to bind the match. Charley White named referee as managers Linpe and Johnson confirmed the deal. Driscoll, famed for skillful attack and defense, has outpointed rivals but rarely scored knockouts, while Attell is a hard hitter and fast, likely tested by Moran in prior clashes.

Washington Pent New York Abe Attell Jem Driscoll Charley White al Linpe Attell Jimmy Johnson Driscoll Neil Driscoll Rin Owen Moran San Francisco Moran Attell Driscall Charley Griffin Australia Griffin

Hatchite relay chosen by Virginia for big entry day

Virginia aims for most entries in university relay meet to be held as part of the Federal Olympic trials. Notables include Willie Lewis and Marc Goucher set for bouts, with George Washington, Princeton, and Pennsylvania squads in competition. Tickets selling fast at Spalding and Hickman & White. intercity relay team trials at 7:30 pm in Y M A gym.

Willie Lewis Jeannette Marc Goucher Frante Paris George Lewis London Washington University Tom Thomas Jaiis Hopkes Curran W Smithson N Claggett H. Brahm Kemner Kang Sterrel Virginia Bredemus Vezir Parker Ward Martin Onole University Sterret George Washington Patterson Wenderoth Bayly Birney Curtis University of Virginia Lanigan Charlottesville Princeton Pennsylvania Philadelphia New York Porter Lester Newberry Randolph Halliday Goodwin Stanton Y. MA Spalding’s Hickman & White's Bateurdey

Winners and Placings at Oakland and Tampa Races

In Oakland tracks winners include Lighthouse defeating Inflection and Chartie Doherty beating Convent Selle. Other results list Fordelto, Hamper, Suregat, Ethan, King of the Mist, Rockstone, Uncle Jim, and Rockstone with varied margins. In Tampa Stillwell defeats Airship with No Quarter, Enlist, and Hooray in events.

Oakland McCarthy Keogh Steel Clark Chartie Doherty Scoville Archibald Fordelto Lee Los Angeles Shilling Suregat Ethan Shriner Evan Lawton Wiggins Mutherty King of the Mist

Los Angeles Racing Results Summary

Horse racing results from Los Angeles show six races with winners Likely Dieudonne, Sepulveda, Ethon, Jod Madden, King of the Mist, and Rockstone. Notable placings include Buck Thorne and Mary Van Duren as seconds. Multiple purses and distances are listed with times and jockeys.

Hampern Hilling Dieudonne Rice Buck Thorne Shinnky Azo Alien Lee Signor Autocrat Zolus Empire Expedition Hace—Belling Surexet Howard War Sepulveda Hirling Lucy Marle Jip Rap Rubicon John Louis Charley Heeney Dr White Miles Lawton Wiggins Butwall di Holleberg Sempronia King of the Mist Niblich Goldstein Adoration Butwell Keight Ivanhoz Vaneh Calmara Musgrave Crestan Blue Bottle Hannibal Bey Lena Lech Salvage Bir Barry Ganardy Rosslare Alec Ran

Oakland Race Results Summary Card

Oakland results list multiple races with winners and margins. Notable victors include Rosevale in the first race and Tipster in the second, along with a sequence of finishers and odds across seven events. Names such as McCarthy Gilbert Keogh Archibald and Hinchliffe appear among horses and jockeys.

Lightinuse McCarthy Rosevale Ill Gilbert Fulford Tcintyre Falo Alto Minnie Bright Gailada Novgorod Hannah George Kismet Kenmure Keogh Elfin Beau Leey Judge Henderson Napa Nick Quality Street Bay Streak Tugboat San Leandro Bien Gla Joe Rose Tess Em Dainty Melle Vanita Ba Thankful Peep Melar Hace Challe Doherty Scoville Tom Hasward Taplin Collector Jessup Sweeth Deutechland Qcea Seiling Convent Belle Archibald Kima Belle Deverich Figent Rosy Tine Louis Streuber Col ‘White Captain Hale Taos AL Ufblades We T Stoneman Solling Fordello Lee Osorine Everich Tai Tom Shaw Milter East End Fred Mulholland

Harvard Heat crew captain resigns for ill health

William Rotch Severance, captain of the Harvard varsity Heat crew, resigns due to rheumatic heart ailment. Elliott Carr Cutler is elected to succeed him, having rowed No 2 in the varsity eight last year.

Severance Harvard Cutler Wiliam Rotch Severance Elliott Carr Cutler Severance Cutler

Shep Herd College Normal Defeats Randolph-Macon Academy 42 to 22

In Shepherdstown West Virginia on February 15, the State Normal School basketball team defeated Randolph-Macon Academy of Front Royal by 42 to 22 in a fast, competitive afternoon contest.

Randolph-Macon Washington Shepherdstown Shepherd College State Normal School Randolph-Macon Acamedy Front Royal

Georgetown Baseball Cagers Hold Early Spring Practice

Georgetown players report for the first practice of the season on Georgetown field in mild weather. The advance squad, mainly catchers and pitchers, worked about 40 minutes with Cantwell and Wynard drawing attention. Eddie Miller showed strong form while Healy and OConnor labored through the session.

Georgetown George 1 Town Field Eternoon Cantwell Miller Healy O'Connor Wynerd Eckenrode Sidderling Smith Larry Sipith Capt Courtney Seiter F Fiest Wynard Eddie Miller McDonald Mullen Montgomery

Virginia Edges William and Mary In Tight Virginia Upset

Special to The Washington Post Richmond Va Feb 15 The basketball fives of the University of Virginia and William and Mary College battled two twenty minute halves at the Auditorium Virginia won by a four point margin final score 22 to 18 The game featured lead changes in both periods with Virginia securing the late run Driver Hughes and Schlosberg starred for William and Mary while Cochran and Ashby carried the Virginia attack The match was the closest Virginia game this season with Virginia outweighing their opponents and the referees Mall and Hebthard officiating the contest.

Washington Richmond University of Virgin and Wiliam and Mary College Virginia Willam and Mary Virginia May Williamsburg Plex Wiliam and Mary Virginia Cochran Ashby Williamsburg Folk Driver A Hughes jSchlosberg Virgina William and Wan Orward Gaul Cochran Ruard Schiavo Aubby Tapt A. Bughi Marding Geel Uh HP Hughes Garthapa Setlosiberg Gauls Imver H B Hughes Ff Mall University of Virginia Hebthard

Todays Racing Entries From Mixed Card at Local Track

Entries list across six races with numerous horses and owners. Notable names include Warrior 113 Yonder The Golden Hutterdy Genevieve Rome Indian Maid 314 and St Avan Ta Mab Molander Beile Kinney Exchequer 143. The card features selling races for four-year-olds and up with mile and furlong listings and multiple entries per horse from Tropic, Angel Face, and Bright Skies among others.

Genevieve Rome Ise Georgie Lena Merle Giy Myer Agnela Gen Hales Kukemo Bernardino Varian Gaver Lucy C Mal Dencen Catherine F St Francis Banll Duke Orleans Picton Gypsy King Jr

Unclear Racing Card Fragment With Mixed Names

Fragmentary OCR style listing includes horse names and odds, race numbers, and people such as Abe, Kate Garner, and Kent. Text is garbled with inconsistent spacing and punctuation, obscuring full details of events, participants, and results.

Big Hand Mon Hartie Cae Tye Rae Miles Ora Sudeull Tiln Kent Jupster Resterling and Wine Media Kate Garner

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