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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1908
Page
22
Major Leagues will adopt the 1908 playing schedules with few rule changes. Pnibam and Hermann plan to settle differences as leagues align calendars and discuss proposed adjustments across the season.
Georgetown and Fordham may play a decisive third game after Fordham edged Georgetown in New York Saturday. Manager O Niel hoped to schedule a Convention Hall showdown on February 21, but Fordham already has West Point on that date. a later date could be set if ties cannot be resolved.
The article sketches looming spring meetings of major league magnates at Hotel Breslin and Waldorf as they shape playing rules and schedules. It highlights tensions over rule changes, personalities like Pulliam and Herrmann, and plans for an international concerted effort among baseball and bowling bodies.
The report lists Cartmell and Taylor likely out for the winter season, weakening the Red and Blue squad. Mike Murphy doubts their return before outdoor work begins, while other names appear in a wide roster of athletes and a note on the Kentucky Futurity heat format remains unchanged.
Tourney will be followed by Canadian Championships and the National Thing. Week president Herrmann proposes a Bowling Commission of representatives. No lines to be drawn.
Garry Herrmann led the way in a major bowling tourney in Columbus with record scores and a long list of participants. The event echoed to national series with prizes and a Canadian championship in Toronto and a Rochester competition starting March 2.
Entertainment for the Capital City Baseball League opening night aims to draw a large crowd at Carroll Institute Hall to support the league financially as it plans a new season and a fence at first and BI streets. The Carroll Institute Dramatic Club will present comedy and talent including D E Connell J O Allen J McKee Misses Margaret and Alma Wright and Miss Margaret Corcoran with Thomas J Trodden humorous dialect tales Frank J Wieght a coon song vocalist Al Fennell and Stephen Laut. organizer praise the event as a promising success.
Ty Cobb the Detroit outfielder and future star once drew only $4 a month as a rookie, with manager Don Strothers recalling Cobb’s relentless energy and how a late return to Augusta led to Detroit purchasing his rights for $750. The tale traces Cobb’s fierce drive and the era’s small pay scale.
Special to The Washington Post reports from New York that Albany trainer McDonald challenged Crabtree Stable manager Frank Smith to a $5000 a side race between George G 20514 and Sonoma Girl 2014. The challenge could be open until Detroit grand circuit start. Sonoma Girl, owned by Miss Totta Crabtree, is in California, with Mr South to notify. No decisive steps yet, though both mares were in peak form last season. Sonoma Girl’s future driver with Mr McHenry remains in question.
Lafayette College baseball announces a March to June 2021 schedule with multiple non conference games. The list includes matches against Albright Dickinson Rutgers Princeton NYU Fordham Columbia Delaware Fordham Foster teams and venues in Easton Princeton Middletown New York and Annapolis with several dates in March April May and June.
Ernest Schmaltz of Pittston, from a famed baseball family, accepts terms with Franklin Pa club of the Interstate League to manage, captain, and play second base this season. He last year led the league in fielding and ranked high in batting averages. He will immediately begin signing players. Readers of The Post edition feature the first 3% pictures of the Educational Contest now on sale at The Post office.
Former Central High School star Sid Kent will likely run for Wesleyan in the one mile relay at the Georgetown meet. The relay lineup may shift as talented runners from Georgetown and other eastern colleges compete, with Yale and Virginia among likely entries and extensive field-event focus planned. Reserved seats are on sale at Hickman & Whites, with entries closing February 29.
Columbia University athletics reports delivery of a new eight-oared shell at the Gould Boathouse. The craft matches last year’s model aside from sixteen steel braces replacing wooden ones. Coach Rice oversaw manufacture and believes it will suit the crew. Several decommissioned boats were sold, while the papier-mache eight moved to Hudson Boat Club. Two older boats were renovated for extra crews, with sixty five candidates already testing rowing machines. ninety men expected by season end.
Providence boxer Frank Wantel faces Kid Farmer in Chicago while Larry Penote meets Joe Walcott in Maryville on February 27. Bert Keyes fights Lounge Lougarey March 3 at Sharke Club. Packy McFarland beat Freddie Welsh in Milwaukee and eyes Los Angeles matchups. Abe Attell and Owen Moran reportedly set for a May 3 bout. Johnny Coulon and Young Terry McGovern to clash in a splinter weight title in Los Angeles. Robe Wad dell heads to French Lick Springs for training as others from St Louis Browns join him.
A stained article fragment discusses plans for Browns and Cardinals spring games in St Louis with Hank O Da Jack Sheridan chosen to oversee indicators. It notes Dodgers seeking a left fielder for about 200 dollars, mentions McGraw eyeing Merkia as second baseman, and reports Larry Doyle rumors and Detroit Tigers veteran endurance.
Boston Mass Tech reports a monument to George Dixon the boxer will be unveiled on Memorial Day. Joe Humphries of New York led the committee that funded the bronze statue, contracted with a Quincy craftsman. The six foot bronze figure depicts Dixon in boxing attire with an inscription honoring the sport-going public of America.
John L Sullivan and Jake Kilrain, famed boxers, will attend a Sporting Writers dinner in Philadelphia at the Hotel Majestic. Presidents Ban Johnson and Garry Herrmann will be present, and the National Baseball Commission postponed a meeting to allow attendance. Nick Young plans to join, and a special escort will accompany the ex champs to the banquet hall.
The plan for the London Olympic events spreads contests across multiple sites in England. English and foreign officials, including Lord Desborough and James Sully, coordinate diplomas for winners and medals for top finishers. Events cover target shooting, rowing on the Thames, clay shooting, lawn tennis, racquets, golf, and swimming, with a provisional schedule running ten weeks and venues at Wimbledon Queens Club Henley Sandwich Beal, and other grounds.
Frank Sherman and Im Ing Tong of New York clash tonight at Brunswick pool parlors near Sixth and C streets NW. Tong says he is in prime form and will force Sherman to play the game of his life to win, with the bout slated to begin at the usual hour.
The document lists multiple equity and circuit court assignments for today in District of Columbia courts, naming judges Clabaugh Gould and others, with cases such as La Flecche, La Flesche, Otis Hlevaor Company, and various civil and national bank matters. Attornies include Weyser Hayden Johnson and Lipscomb Ellerson, among others, plus numerous case numbers and party names.
Albany observers expect a decisive Senate vote Wednesday on Otto Kelsey’s removal as State Superintendent of Vocational Training. A predicted tally has Republicans splitting with a Democratic majority for the measure, signaling a possible removal after Gov Hughes’s recommendation.
Readable note announces prices for products produced in house across all sizes. Emphasizes in house production and availability in multiple sizes. No dates, names, or locations provided.
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