Long Tom Hughes battles umpire in Yamgans loss
In Charlottes on March 8 the Regulars beat the Yamgans 4 to 1 as Captain Stahl’s team benefited from a disputed call. Umpire Quirk ruled Yamgan captain out on strikes, stirring Long Tom Hughes who then allowed a string of hits. Key moments included strong catches by Hull and Cassidy, with Stahl driving in two runs and Townsend, Heydon, and others contributing.
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Quirk
Stahl
Hull
Cassidy
Washington Post
Charlottes
Tom' Hughes
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Everstiing
Yamgans
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Hughes
Taade
Shaughnessy
Kanigans
Heiilows
Yelav Gids
Hall
Stahl Hughes
Woadie
Ja K Hall
Heydon
Hut
Stink Om
Brat
Coop
Hugh
Anghes Po
Townsend
Qacobaun
Tewpala
Farid
Vanigans
Eree Chegulars
Jns
Staighnessy Soo
Townsend & Ly
Chesbro In Fine Form For New York Americans
Chesbro, star pitcher of the New York Americans, arrives from Cambridge where he trained Harvard pitchers. He plans to join the rotation this spring, predicting new pitching methods will reshape the game. Also notes an early schedule with Haverford and a reserve manager preparing varsity players and opening games.
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Washington East
New York
Chesbro
Fituher
New York Americans
Tom Cambrdge
Harvard
Cambridge
Revere
Ixiyttown University
Hiaverford
Alge
Traverford
Herbert Dosle
Roanoke College Loses Opener to West Virginia
Special to ree Washington Post March 30 Roanoke College fell 121 to 11 in a season opener versus West Virginia. The game stayed tight with a near even score early before WVU pulled away in the late innings.
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Washington Post Serem
Roanoke College
West Virginia
Roanoke
George Washington Opens Season Against Villanova at Home
George Washington gears up for the season's first home game against Villanova at University Field on Seventeenth Street NW, 4:30 p.m. The Buff and Blue show a strong batting emphasis with players Price, Bradley, Stevenson, Bielaski, Weber, and Orrison. Infield and outfield shuffles place Stevenson at left field with Van Vielt at second, McMahon in right field, and Hutchinson starting as pitcher.
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van Ness Park
George
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van Vielt
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Hutchinson
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Rnce
Bradley
Bielaski
Weber
Orrison
van Vieli
Hutchingon
Gallaudet Falls to Villanova in Lopsided Kendall Green Loss
Gallaudet baseball suffers a 22 to 1 defeat at Kendall Green as Villanova dominates with timely hits. Star catcher Matzner breaks a leg sliding into second and will miss the season. Dillon and Murray deliver key moments despite the heavy setback.
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O Donnell
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Dillon
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Crane
WeGerhan
Savage Crane
Driscoll
Pitther
Seely
Mr Cooler
Powers in Full Control of Eastern League Presidency
Powers wrests influence in the Eastern League by thwarting a conspiracy to oust him. He schedules the annual meeting for next Tuesday at the Victoria Hotel with strong support from six clubs. A letter seeking resignations targets Howard C Griffith and mandates changes, backed by Wiliam J Murray and others, amid Newark owner M. B. Pruden’s repudiation of Burnham.
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Washington Post
New York
PT Powers
League
Victoria Hotel
Powers
Edward Hanson
Baltimore
George Stallings
Buffalo
Howard C Griffith
Jersey City
W W Burnham
Mark
Hanlon
Stallings
Griffith
Wiliam J Murray
M. B. Pruden
Newark
Burnham
Roanoke College Announces 191? Baseball Schedule
Roanoke College coach Stemke completes the season schedule featuring Virginia and out of state rivals. Games include West Virginia University in Roanoke on March 31, Norfolk and Western in Salem on April 5, VA Tech in Blacksburg April 11, Emory and Henry in multiple locations, Richmond College in Roanoke April 17 and 25, plus matches against George Washington University, William and Mary, Fredericksburg College, Woodberry Forest, and others through May 23.
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Washington Post
Salem
Stemke
Roanoke College
Virginia
West Virginia University
Roanoke
Norfolk and Western
Apt
Virginia Folytechnic Institute
Blacksburg
Emory and Henry
Emory Va
Wiliamsburg
Fredericksbugg College
Fredericksburg
Woodberry Forest
Locust Dale
Locust Date
Fishburne Military Institute
Waynesboro
Washington and Les University
Lexington
Miller School
Columbus Wins Bowling Cup In Southeastern Meet
Columbus Georgia captured the Southeastern Bowling Association championship, winning the alloy loving cup and all prizes. Leutje had the season’s top average at 24 pins, Capt Dixon topped the top score with 2 ½. Columbus totaled 23 923 across 27 games, Brunswick was second at 23 875, with Jacksonville Atlanta Charleston Tampa Savannah and Macon trailing. Butler Wins Bicycle Contest.
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Southeastern Bowling Association
Leutje
Capt. Dixon
Brunswick
Jacksonville
Atlanta
Charleston
Tampa
Savannah
Macon
Big Frank Felton Free on bail in fatal Broadway shooting
Stewart A. Felton known as Big Frank, jailed on first degree murder charges for killing gambler Guy Roche in crowded Broadway theater district. Roche identified Felton before dying, a dramatic hospital scene noted. Justice Kenefick ruled conviction unlikely and any offense doubtful, releasing Felton on $5,000 bail.
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New York
Stewart A. Felton
Big Frank
Tomba
Guy Roche
Roche
Broadway
Felton
Frank
Kenefick
Fireman dies saving colleague in subway cave-in
In New York a cave-in at the 168th Street station during a fire cleanup killed Fireman Samuel Lillie. He shielded comrade Cavanaugh from collapsing roof, saving him but losing his life. Lillie left three motherless children, the eldest aged sixteen.
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New York
Samuel Lillie
168Th Street
Liife
Tilllie
Lillie
Cavanaugh
Lilie
Andrew Freedman Engaged to Miss Elsie Rothschild
The engagement of Miss Elsie Rothschild to Andrew Freedman, prominent financier and baseball magnate, was announced at her home 31 West Fifty-seventh Street. Attendees included Capt Louis Wendel with Wendel's Battery brass band. Rothschild's father owns the Hotel Majestic and extensive New York real estate holdings. Freedman's fortune is estimated above $1,000,000.
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Apecal
Washington Boat
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Andrew Freedman
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West Fifty-seventh Street
Wendel's Battery
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Freedman
Majestic
Central Park West
Seventh-second Street
Kathryn Kidder Engaged to Louise Anspacher
Special to The Washington Post March 30 reports actress Kathryn Kidder engaged to Louise Anspacher son of Leopold Anspacher. His objection cites age disparity. Anspacher is 27 while Kidder is 45. Kidder stars in Tren ton. Anspacher a Columbia graduate and psychology lecturer. Kidder born Newark New Jersey, raised Evansville Indiana. father Col H Kidder sits on the Chicago Board of Trade.
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Louise Anspacher
Leopold Anspacher
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Miss Kidder
Trenton
Young Anspacher
Columbia University
Kathryn Hodder
Newark
Evansville
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The
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Col H . Kidder
Chicago Board of Trade
Girls robbed by men in New York apartment
Two Pennsylvania nineteen year olds Miss Margaret Britz and Miss Anna Williamen Bach came to New York to seek department store work when two men broke into their room at No 4 Commerce Street. They beat them into unconsciousness and robbed them. Suspects were captured and remanded on $2,500 bail by Magistrate Barlow at Jefferson Market Court.
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New York
Pennsylvania
No. 4
Commerce Street
Barlow
Jefferson Market Court
Margaret Britz
Anna Williamen Bach
Mapch Chunk
Ality
Butler Case Transferred as Supreme Court Rules Offense Not a Felony
Jefferson City March 34 The Missouri Supreme Court en banc ruled Circuit Judge Foster cannot try Edward Butler on bribery charges involving Charles F Kelly. The court holds the act alleged was a misdemeanor, so the case moves from St Louis Criminal Court to the Court of Criminal Correction. Prairie fires near Coshocton rage across about 600 acres as residents fight the blaze. Milega7 fence and acres of forest burn with no homes reported lost.
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Supreme Court
En Banc
Foster
St Louis
Edward Butler
Butler
Charles F Kelly
St. Louis
House of Delegates
Kelley
Criminal Court of St Louis
Court of Criminal Correction
Coshocton
Ohio
Burglars Double Life Leads to Four Years In House of Crime
London dispatch details Joseph Machin Hirst a self styled private detective turned prolific burglar. Police say he staged forty burglaries in six months at Balham with a rumored tally of seventeen at one residence. A clever thief who used skeleton keys and a cipher notebook to plan heists, Hirst was finally caught after a landlord provided a check link and detectives traced the stolen entries. He confessed partial guilt and expressed remorse while denying direct burglary charges. He faces four years penal servitude.
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Washington Post
London
Joseph Machin Hirst
Newington Sessions
Hirst
Ramsoden Road
Balham
Ipp
Yale
Sergt. Fipp
Hergt Fipp
McConnell
Sergi
Snd
Slater
Grand Jury
Electrician seeks long-lost Miller parents after dream
Philip Miller, 24, of 307 Olive Street, places ads across Missouri and the nation claiming to dream his mother is in distress and asking for his parents J. J. and Matilda Miller. He says he was placed at the New York House of Reception as a baby and later learned those guardians were not his parents.
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St. Louis
Philip Miller
Olive Street
J. J
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New York
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New York Institution
Hhnois
Bribery Accusations Fly Over Morris Canal Abandonment
In Trenton the House of Assembly debated bribery claims tied to the Morris Canal Abandonment bill. An investigation found no solid evidence and, per Attorney General McCarter, the committee lacked power to compel witnesses. The matter was sent to Mercer County prosecutors for possible action.
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Mercer County
H. D. Conover
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Ege
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Negro Smallpox Suspect Sent to Quarantine Station
A colored woman Rebecca Bush of Third Street near Providence Hospital and her companion Alice Dorsey were sent to the quarantine station by order of Dr. Fowler chief health inspector after a local physician labeled the Bush case suspicious for smallpox. Dr. Fowler said a determination would be made the next morning whether the woman has the disease.
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Health Department
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Third Street
Providence Hospital
Alice Dorsey
The Marriage of William Ashe receives praise
Harper's Book News notes rapid praise for Mrs. Humphry Ward's new novel The Marriage of William Ashe. New York Times calls it essential among enduring works while New York Globe, Brooklyn Eagle, and others hail its vivid heroines and strong craftsmanship.
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Brooklyn Eagle
Ward
William Ashe
Fined for interrupting services at a negro chapel
Police arrested John Abbott Daniel Blakely Phillip Smith James Baylor James Washington John Jackson all colored for interrupting a religious service at Eleventh and R streets NW. In Police Court Judge Scott fined Baylor and Washington. others were discharged. Edward Welch forfeited $10 collateral. Emily Glass vs Mrs Florence Channing ended with verdict for Mrs Channing. Glass sought 10000 in damages for malicious prosecution. Channing denied malice. Strong and short in stature J M Strong seeks police force ruling. examiner ready any time. Verdicts in two policy cases: Sellhausen acquitted. Knoll found guilty on first count, not guilty on second. bond 1000.
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Daniel Blakely
Phillip Smith
James Baylor
James Washington
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Baylor
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Edward Welch
Justice Barnard
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Florence Channing
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Richmond
Hayden Johnson
J McD Carington
Justice Wright
William F. Sellhausen
Albert Sillers
Taylor Knoll
Col
Perry Carson
Elaborate subway scheme to cost hundreds of millions proposed for New York
A report to the rapid transit commission outlines a vast underground system for Greater New York with fourteen routes. It includes two full-length Manhattan subways, a Bronx extension, cross-town lines, an East River tunnel to Brooklyn, loops linking the Williamsburg and Brooklyn bridges, and Brooklyn extensions. The committee notes assurances that multiple interests are ready to fund construction and operation without city credit.
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Juvenile arraigned for orange theft in Philadelphia
Edwin Palen, fourteen, was arraigned in juvenile court for stealing a box of oranges from a railroad freight car at Twelfth street and Maryland avenue. Valued at ten dollars. Probation Officer Copp testified Palen has a reputation as a bad boy. He was committed to the Reform School.
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Daylight Diamond Theft Stuns Minneapolis Store
Two men stole unset diamonds valued at $3,000 from the John J. Allen jewelry store in Minneapolis. One man talked with a clerk while the other grabbed the gems and they escaped. Police searched the area but found no trace of the suspects.
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Testimony in gas case over $3,000,000 claim
Testimony in the Bay State Gas Company of Delaware v Henry H Rogers and others is being taken by Special Examiner Causton Brown in the United States Circuit Court. The plaintiff alleges Rogers received 3 3 million from the New England Gas and Coke Company in a deal involving interests owned by him, said to belong to Bay State under a trust agreement.
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Man Blows Himself Up in Mahanoy Plain Home
Joseph Rogist aged twenty five committed death by own action at his home in Mahanoy Plain near Mahanoy City late last night by detonating dynamite placed in his clothing. The blast tore his body to fragments. Family and local officials suspect inner turmoil after a six month marriage.
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Mahanoy City
Joseph Rogist
Runaway team in Benning kills horse, damages wagon
M B Leapley of Benning DC reported a runaway two horse team at Ninth and KK streets NW last evening. One horse was instantly killed under a milk wagon when dragged under the wagon as it crashed. Leapley estimates total loss at about 360 dollars. no one was in the wagon. several pedestrians narrowly escaped harm.
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Benning
Ninth and
Aged Negress Falla Dead on Street
Elizabeth Robinson an aged negro woman dropped dead on Four and a half street near Pennsylvania avenue last night. She was sent to the morgue identified by friends. The deceased worked as a cook for Mrs James Hoover at 2814 Fourteenth street northwest. Her daughter in Chicago was notified. Coroner Nevitt issued a certificate of death from heart disease.
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Elizabeth Robinson
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James Hoover
Fourteenth Street
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