Harvard Crew Heads to Ithaca for Cornell Race
Harvard Varsity crew departs Cambridge for Ithaca to race Cornell on Lake Cayuga Thursday afternoon. Coaches say conditions have not improved much since the Columbia race with some men overworked. Glass sidelined by mumps. Lineup includes Farley stroke Richardson Beacon Severance Lunt Faulkner Fish Tappan Blagden coxswain.
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Season Opens with Washington Cricket Club Decoration Day
Season to open Thursday with Washington and Agriculture Cricket Clubs facing off on Decoration Day at Washington Cricket Club grounds near Chevy Chase ernie. Gates open at noon and a Washington club team from the Agriculture Department will join. Principal officers include Gen. Cec Clay as president and William Warren as vice president.
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G W A and Georgetown to clash in deciding game today
George Washington and Georgetown meet on Georgetown Field at 4 pm for the second game of the series. Coach Cummings shifts Orrison from short to third base and Doyle to shortstop. Will carry pitch for the Hatchetttes while Gantwell starts for Georgetown. The two teams have been preparing intensely as the season wrap approaches.
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Rain Delays Inter-High Meet at Van Ness Park
Heavy rain has postponed the inter-high track and field games from today at Van Ness Park to tomorrow at 3:30 PM. The venue's flooded conditions prompted officials to delay to secure a fast track, with several records expected to fall.
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Leaders Lose to Richmond in Tight Danville Derby
Danville and Roanoke clashed with Richmond in a close league contest ending with Danville losing after a ninth inning rally. McKetitt and Henn homered for Danville but only two runs scored as rain interrupted other games in Norfolk and Portsmouth arising from a May 27 slate.
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Sunday baseball banned in Norfolk County
Commonwealth's Attorney B C Marshall of Norfolk County said if Sunday baseball is attempted again he will order county constables to arrest ticket sellers and players and jail them on the Portsmouth side before bail. He said only one arrest a day would be made if efforts resume and players are rearrested after bond.
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Amateur Baseball Club Seeks Washington Opponents
The Eckingtorg baseball club seeks to arrange games with teams in Washington averaging eighteen years. Contact B. Brooke at 1836 North Capitol Street. The Brightwood Athletic Club is involved for a game on May 30 at Brightwood. Address 9G Piney Branch Road, Tekoma, D. C.
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Connie Mack criticizes Eastern team condition in Texas note
News notes Mack laments lack of early-season conditioning among Eastern players after a failed West trip. He cites Knight and other youngsters lacking confidence, praises certain prospects, and notes New York series setup with Clark Griffiths’ Nationals. Weather fair and cool. four-game Nationals vs New York start today.
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Four Hits Off Beebe In St Louis Win At Pittsburg
St Louis beats Pittsburg 2 to 0 as Beebe fans 12 and St Louis pitchers limit the Pirates. Murray and Noonan drive in runs, with Hallman Wagner Abbaticchio Clymer and Gibgot stealing bases. Beebe pitched well despite the loss in a 96 minute game at St Louis.
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Schreck Likely To TKO Hart In Tonopah Bout
Boxing note by J Ed Grillo predicts Mike Schreck will stop Marvin Hart on Decoration Day in Tonopah. Slugging duel expected. Schreck trained by Matt, with Hart as a relentless rushing swinger. Also reports Eyton McCarey gambling bets off over a Burns Brien affair and criticism of Ban Johnson and major league conduct. Racing notes praise John Marrs, a top two year old in the Rainey stable, and recap minor league standings and postponed games.
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Cincinnati Beats Chicago in Narrow Late Rally
May 27 Cincinnati scored the winning run on a daring second–base dash by Huggins as Davis drove the ball past Lundgren. Chicago's Lundgren and Coakley struggled. final line score shows Cincinnati 8 Chicago 2 with Huggins, McLean, Ganzel, and Tinker among the run scorers.
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Mason Goes On Strike Over Payment Promise
Cincinnati May 27 There is trouble in the Reds camp Jel Mason one of Ned Hanton s pitchers went on strike today and walked out of the park before warming up for a game against Chicago He says he was promised part of the purchase money Cincinnati paid Baltimore but Hanton has refused to pay him He will not pitch another ball for Banton until he receives the promised sum.
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Local Drivers Enter Cars for National Meet
Washington automobilists marshal for the Benning national circuit race with at least three locals in a 106 mile event. A L McCormick John A Lutz and D M Moore drive sixty horse power cars while rivals Mangini Maynes and Mrs J Cuneo bring seasoned speed. Mangini heads from Wilkes Barre to rebuild after a Philadelphia crash and Mrs Cuneo sails in from Richmond to compete.
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Mrs Cuneo Leads Long Island Auto racing season
Mrs Cuneo, a prominent Long Island real estate figure and leading woman driver, will race her 6 horsepower car by express. She has driven a mile in one minute flat on the Poughkeepsie track and a straightaway mile in forty three seconds at Ormond Beach. This season marks three years since she toured abroad, having previously covered Nordic and Swedish roads. In England she won the mile women’s championship over Miss Dorothy Revell, niece of Napier. She favors American cars over foreign makes, of which she owns two. The track opens for trial work this afternoon and entries close tonight.
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Keen field under rain for fifth annual women golf meet
Boston May 27 A rain soaked Country Club course tested players in the fifth annual Women's Golf Association championship with 101 strokes needed to qualify. Harriet S Curtis and Mary B Adams each shot 90, Fanny C Osgood 94, Margaret Curtis 98, Mrs George W Roope 98, Pauline Mackay 101, Mary Dutton 101, Alice Underwood 101, while twenty four others began and most finished.
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Tactical Officers Win in Virginia Military Institute Game
Lexington May 27 A district match on parade grounds pitted Institute Tactical officers against an alumni team from Washington and Lee University and Virginia Military Institute. The officers triumphed 19 to 1 amid numerous errors and long sluggers. McElwee and Hunt stood out for runs. Batteries listed as Hunt Ragland for Alumni and Hopkins Letcher Hugh White and McElwee for Institute.
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Rainey Buys John Marrs in 12000 Bid for Unbeaten Colt
Willam Garth representing Paul J Rainey of Cleveland paid William Grater & Co 12000 for John Marrs an unbeaten two year old colt. The colt will be shipped to Belmont Park. In college baseball results Macon Alabama 6 Mercer 1.
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Tennis tourney postponed for wet grounds at Bachelors' Club
The single Atlantic States tennis tournament on the Bachelors' Club courts in M Street between Seventeenth and Connecticut avenues was postponed to 2:30 PM due to wet grounds. Thirty four entries closed yesterday, with numerous matchups in men singles and doubles, and entries for ladies singles and mixed doubles closing at the postponed time.
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Fight to Save Prisoners at Tombs Court
A crowd attempted to rescue pickpocket Isaac Glazer after a six month sentence for vagrancy. Detectives Cavoni and Finn subdued the mob, tripped Wolitsky, and locked doors to prevent escape, with Wolitsky singled out as the ringleader and arraigned before Magistrate Crane.
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