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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1909
Page
22
McAleer, accompanied by manager MaAleer, travels from Norfolk to scout training grounds and discuss preparations. He favors a southern camp to acclimate players before returning home to begin spring workouts, aiming to avoid long exhibition travel and ensure players are ready for regular-season play.
Charlottesville Virginia November 7 Charles Rigier one of the top National League umpires has enrolled at the University of Virginia as a law student Virginia now boasts one of the most scientific arbiters in the county Rigier umpired the Chicago game watched by President Taft and last officiated in New York during the point season series between the Giants and the Boston Red Sox
The regulars defeated the reserves in a Sunday morning scrimmage. Bull Cowan reported for practice and impressed with speed and ball handling. Canutt and Schlosser delivered strong showings as Captain Coll led a high effort, signaling key development for the squad under Coach Joyce.
News from Wilshington New York indicates a trial of oral betting systems on a moderate scale. Thomas Williams of the Jockey Club foresees smooth execution while Geerse Xiuth departs for Oakland to oversee advance information sales and track speculation. Juarez opens bookmakers under permits as a new track costing 390600 gears to race December 1 under Matt Wynn with major stakes planned.
Georgetown freshman trainer Munger Graham announced last night that Annapolis has canceled the planned gridiron clash between the Plebes and the Blue and Gray year-men this month. The scheduling conflict arose from afternoon classes at Annapolis and morning classes at Georgetown, leaving no suitable hour under regulations, and the game was thus cancelled.
The column argues football causes many fatalities and should reform rather than be abandoned. It notes efforts to curb danger, compares to baseball incidents, and discusses league politics with calls for change in management and rules.
Former lightweight champion Jack McAuliffe shares views in the New York American on Jeffries preparing to face Johnson. He urges Jeffries to fight outsiders to regain distance and pace, warns of the danger of a layoff, and recalls past rivals and champions to illustrate the required buildup before a title bout.
George Washington faces V P I next Friday in a bid to measure up after a Carlisle game. Crafts Morse and Hickhot are nursing injuries while White, end, and substitutes Powell Bayliss Bullough Porter appear ready. V P I, top southern side, beat North Carolina 38 to 0 and aims to avenge last year’s 6 to 0 Georgetown win.
Eddie Graney, retired fight promoter, travels to bid on the Jeffries Johnson mill with plans for a 46 round bout. California figures McCarey Gleason and Costroth join Graney to compete for the promotion in San Francisco.
A long list of horse entries for six races is provided including names like Ethel W and Leamence with various odds and prices across six events. A separate report notes Rey Graham, a 3 year old, died from injuries after a pennant-raising incident at Red Cedar Park following a football game between East High and West High in Waterloo, Iowa.
Baltimore dispatch notes Fitzherbert as clear favorite in the Bowie Stakes with 205 pounds, while a tight battle for second shapes the card. Hildreth shifts to winter quarters, Jack Atkin clashes with High Private, and a strong supporting field including Blue Book and Superstition contest the second event amid Baltimore’s best racing season in 25 years.
A list of numerous person names and place-like terms appears in a scrambled OCR style. Readers may trace entities such as Susy, Jack Atkin, Tekshira, Jeanne d Arc, Firestone, Tad of Langdane, King Avondale, Aqueduct, and Newes among others, though many items resemble garbled or fictionalized entries.
Walter S. Loren Yale right end suffers a badly torn interior knee in Saturday’s game and will be sidelined for the year. Logan, who played ten minutes, was carried off in visible pain. Captain Coy ill, Logan Way acts captain. Harry Vaughan likely to start at end.
Detroit defeats the Havana club 5 to 3 in ten innings to decide a今日 game. McIntyre drove four hits, three scoring runs, as Ownie Bust delivered a sensational play. George Mullin joined the Tigers, playing right field amid a crowd that reportedly broke attendance records. The Havana nine featured several players born in the United States.
A Plymouth mayor writes to Sir Edward Bruford proposing the euthanasia of the feebleminded to save public funds. He claims medical science allows painless death and urges redirecting money to maternity institutions and nurseries in a sensational letter that stuns readers.
Edward A Trevillyan aged 50 in Cambridge learns of a large estate from an uncle who died in London. The notification arrives November 7 but Trevillyan, employed at a North Cambridge hotel, refuses comment and avoids his sudden fortune. His employer notes prior hints of inheritance and past offers to sign over rights, which he declined.
Fred Fanning confessed to murdering Mrs. Mary Short in Topeka to gain her property and implicated Mrs. Engilah as an accomplice. He claimed he poisoned the coffee and that Mrs. English threatened him, describing plans to partner in a restaurant and alleging she influenced the crime to obtain about $149.
New York police court held two alleged kidnapers Antonio Treferin and Giovanni Gangs on $10,000 bail after a two year chase to the West and back. Rosie Gardano, seven, kidnapped in 1907, identified them. Her mother Mrs Pietro Gardano said she paid and feared a ransom demand. Eight days into the abduction the girl was found near her home.
Ithaca Nov 7 Cornell says star weight thrower J Talbot, a member of the Olympic team last year, will transfer to Pennsylvania State College after a faulty track studio incident hampered his season. Talbot, champion weight thrower, announced the move amid intercollegiate track events this year.
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