Round-Up on Baseball Prospects and War Time Plans
Boston notes discuss baseball's return after World War I, noting Baker's stance and draft limits as factors delaying professional play. Shipyard teams may rise, with games on weekends drawing big crowds, while Georgetown emphasizes athletics under military discipline and notable former players De Saulles and Cochran are recalled for historical context.
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Atlantic
Baltimore
Alexandria
Washington
Shipyard Hall
Georgetown
Hiistoppers
Former Big Leaguers Named Station Athletic Directors
Walter Camn navy commissioner announces appointments at naval stations Ro. 4 Thomaa London Conn Baltimore Prospect Park station Brooklyn Reginald Wentworth University of Texas Marine Aeronautic Training Camp Miami class John Longwell Pennsylvania star Cape May station Willie Jackson New York boxer Pelham Bay station Izey Winters Yale wrestling coach Pelham Ray wrestling instructor Pelham.
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Walter Camn
Navy
Naval Stations
Thomaa
University of Pennsylvania
Submarine Stase
London
Fred Jacklitsch
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
The
Prospect
Park Station
Reginald D Wentworth
Wiliams
University of Texas
Marine Aeronautic
Miami
Flair John B Longwell
Pennsylvania
Cape May Station
Willie Jackson
New York
Pelham Bay Station
Izey"” Winters
Yale
Pelham Ray
No sports at Franklin and Marshall amid wartime cancelation
Lancaster Pa Sept 8 President S H Apple back from Plattsboro announces all athletics at Franklin and Marshall College are cancelled until the war ends, the entire leisure time of Blue and White men to be devoted to military training.
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Lancaster
S H Apple
Plattsboro
Franklin and Marshall
Schauer Signs With Globe Shipyard Duluth Team
Former New York National League pitcher Rube Schauer has been signed by the Globe Shipyard team in Duluth Minnesota as of September 8.
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Duluth
Minn
Rube Schauer
Globe Shipyard
Ruth and Tyler to Face in Fourth Game of Series
Babe Ruth and George Tyler will start the opening game of the world series in Boston. Both pitchers are reported in good shape with a likely close, hard fought contest. The Red Sox are favorites to win as they host the Cubs at Fenway Park with tickets selling briskly and weather promising uncertainty.
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Tyler
J. W. Fitzgerald
Boston
Mass
Babe Ruth
George Tyler
Chicago
Sox
Red Sox
Aantah
Fenway Park
Barrow
Jones
Mays
Cubs
Bit Vaughn
Mitchell
Vaughn
Turler
Agam
Emplire
Bill Kiem
Otto Knabe
Heiniec Wagner
Wm Chicago
Garry Herrmann
National Commission
Royal Rooters
Tessie
Lawrence Graver
Cage Ball Becomes Popular Diversion at Training Camps
Cage ball, a new War Department training camp activity, draws soldiers and sailors with its mix of football, basketball, and rough play. Invented by Lt. Emmet Angell at Great Lakes naval station, the game supports any number of players, uses a large canvas ball, and features rope Goal cages. The objective is to drive the ball into the opponent’s cage while not kicking it, creating a vigorous, battlefield like spectacle.
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War Department Commission On
Emmet Dunny Angell
USNR
Great Takes Naval Training Station
Angell
Made in Title Trap Events in Shoot Championships
Shoot championships across 45 states yielded high averages with no winner under 30 of 100. Fred Blair earned two possibles in California Nevada, G L Osborne achieved a perfect 100 in Massachusetts. Mrs M Buchanan won South Dakota with 5 per cent, Rod Morgan took Washington Maryland DC title with 97. Over ten percent of colleges schedule football games despite wartime unsettled conditions.
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Fred Blair
Hureka
Massachusetts
G L Osborne
Brookdine
M Buchanan
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
Rod Morgan
Washington
Maryland
District of Columbia
Tennis Rivalry Prompts Pairing At Princeton Club
The Racketers of A L Krapp face Princeton and Mount Pleasant Junior teams in a likely upcoming District junior title clash on Princeton Club courts. Interior and Smithaonian set to meet in the Departmental Tennis League 1 match tomorrow as Jean Holmead again defeats Jack Dudley in straight sets. The Long Island women's championship opens at Woodmere Club with key players Eleanor Goss and M Zinderstein among entrants at New York Tennis Club next week.
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A.L Krapp
Princeton
Mount Pleasant
Ge Princeton
Mount Pleasant Racketers
Interior
Smithaonian
Long Island
Woodmere Club
New York Tennis Club
Eleanor Goss
G W Wightman
Green
M Zinderstein
H Potack
N Browning
Nance Wagner
Navy course to make men fit at Annapolis
Annapolis Sept 8 A physical survey of the 550 new midshipmen at the Naval Academy tests strength and weaknesses with a 40 test battery. Abram Snively Jr. leads the group with the highest total, 171 pounds at 5 feet 9½ inches. Weaknesses are corrected via tailored plans, summer work, and a second exam after three months. The medical officer in charge is Rosenthal, formerly a Minnesota center. Charlie Pich plays second base for Chicago in the World Series, from Halifax county Virginia.
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Boston
Sept
Baker
Ball
Annapolis
Neval Academy
Miyat
Academy
Abram
Snively,.Jr
Mercersburg Academy
Department of Physical Training
Boles A. Rosenthal
University of Minnesota
Danville
Charlie Pich
Chicago Nationals
Halifax County
Virginia
South Boston
London Se Sept 8 Gay Crusade to Retire After Season
London reports Gay Crusade will end racing this season after entering 19 of the Jockey Club stakes worth 25 000 dollars at Newmarket on October 8. The English thoroughbred will be sent to stud duties thereafter.
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London
Newmarket
Elkhart Back on Map Through Sport Star Henry
Elkhart, Ind rests on its regional page again as John Dean Henry, famed for breaking 97 targets in the Grand American Handicap, revives local attention. Henry, the trapevocoter who toppled Hank Pendergast in a dramatic shoot-off, brings renewed press interest to the town once spotlighted by George Cuppy’s AL career.
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George Cuppy
Elkhart
Ind
John Dean Henry
Hank” Pendergast
Phoenix
Navy Players Start Plans for Football
Navy announces extensive fall football program in the Sixth naval district based in Charleston. Walter D Powell district athletic director says unit teams will form and a representative camp team will play Southern colleges and army teams. Practice starts September 15 with games on October 1 coached by Powell, a former Wisconsin star.
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Charleston
Walter D Powell
Navy Department
Southern Colleges
Army
Powell
Wisconsin
Hazards on the Golf Course Are Mental Not Material
Advice by Francis Olimet emphasizes mental hazards over physical ones in golf. He cautions novices to avoid fixating on clearing hazards and describes how nerves and expectations can cause misplays, urging players to focus, build skill, and create their own luck.
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Olimet
Hy Francis Olimet
Baltusrol
Hell Syndicate Inc
Sunny Slope to Race in Maryland at Havre de Grace
Havre de Grace Maryland September 8 The Beach stable purchased the Astronomer colt Sunny Slope from William Martin New York will race him this fall in Maryland trainer Richard F Carman in charge He plans Dixie National Laurel Park and Pimlico starts after Havre de Grace engagement Jack Hare jr Hendrie and other horses prepare for fall campaigns at the track
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Sunny Slope
Beach
William Martin
New York
Havre du Grace
Richard F Carman
Bosch
Carman
Sunny Siope
Maryland
Aqueduct
Jamaica
Yonkers
Laurel Park
Pimlico
Baltimore
Washington
Frank Weir
King Worth
Heroilton A
Brish
Ambassador LE
Tetley
Sunningdale
Jack Hare
Charlie Leydecker
Weir
Nines Play a Series for Soldiers Fund
A series of baseball games raises funds for the War Department commission on training camp activities to supply athletic equipment for soldiers and sailors. Over 5,000 $1 tickets sold in Canton. final game September 14 features Hoover team of North Canton against star Canton players. proceeds go to the athletic fund.
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War Department
Canton
Reiie
Industrial Baseball League
Ohio City
Hoover
North Canton
Fiw
Commission On
National Baseball Federation
V M L Has Promising Football Prospects
Lexington Virginia Military Institute begins football practice as Coach Abell calls last year’s squad to enroll. About 30 responded including seven monogram men. New quarterback needed to replace Witt who joined the Marine Corps. Backfield loses Leech and others. Marshall Woodward Gibson and Goodman also missing. Abell aided by C R Williams former Virginia star. Opening game vs Hampden Sidney set for September 28.
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Lexington
Virginia Military Institute
Abell
Witt
Marine Corps
Leech
Mariniés
Marshall
Woodward
Futurity Field Dazzles Yet With Two-Year-Olds Absent
Belmont Park promises a Futurity still strong in speed and depth despite missing the top 2-year-olds. Notable rivals include Dunnbown’s winner Dunboyne and Saratoga standout Vindex, while Banner contenders from Brighton Stable and Robert Gerry’s stable, including Lady Rosehurd and Delaware, prep for the last week of racing.
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Billy Kelly
Vinter Feril Er
Eterny
Moarcers
Pride of India
Henry A Porter
Audie
Mresson
Dunnbown
Silks
Brighton
Jaimes Rowe
Whitney
Saratoga
Richard T Wilson
Saratoga Association
Gmind
KL Rose
Montreal
Sir Barton
Saod
Martin
J FL Madden C
Micklewaites
Madras Gingham
Sariloga
Robert Gerry
Lady Rosehurd
Delaware
Od Rosehud
Ormondale
Mitchell Superstitions Stop Uniform Change for World Series
Manager Tred Mitchell advised President Weeghman against buying new uniforms for the World Series, saying it was not about economy but a superstition about changing into new attire for big games.
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Tred Mitchell
Weeghman
Mitchell
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