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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1907
Page
12
A garbled sports commentary blends teams, players, fouls, and formations in a chaotic OCR fragment. It mentions Chicago, St Louis, Cleveland, and evolving plays with unclear outcomes, concluding with general remarks about the season’s excitement and strong material.
Detroit Tigers win game one 3 2 at St Louis while dropping game two 6 3. Kuan and Howell deliver solid at bats but Farmer fortune favors the mound. Mullin and Palty duel as pitching keeps the score tight. Detroit suffers a pennant setback as St Louis shows strength in the rematch.
South Bend and Sept 15 report the Central League season closed with Springfield securing the pennant at 87 wins and 49 losses despite widespread bad weather. Wheeling finished second, with Canton Evansville Dayton Terre Haute Grand Rapids and South Bend trailing. overall the season was unusually successful.
Washington Cricket Club defeated St George Club by 8 to in Chevyl Chase afternoon cricket match. Washingtons led 27 in first inning before time expired. Standout batsmen included Don by Wit Wremner John Migott Tony Bown and Lart Cannon. Fielding by Scltz Roberts Stocky and Jose saved key plays. George Davis bowled superbly.
Shevlin to coach Yale football this season with plans to arrive from the West as early as possible and stay through the Harvard game. Frank Hinkly and Carl Flanders also to enlist with coach Knox. Flanders strengthened Yale previously and later moved to Carlisle. Stronger coaching lineup expected before Princeton and Harvard clashes. Ell players to assemble soon for early training as the season opens with several solid tests.
Columbus Ohio launches two weeks of Grand Circuit racing at the Columbus Driving Association track. Nearly 9 entrants compete in a seventy and anly 400 heroes are guaec ered at the track. The frat week features six big stakes races including the Hartman Hotel Stake 9000 207 and 2.14 pacerata. The Foster Columbus Browarlex Trot for 10,000 and Kentucky Stock Farm Stakes for three year old pacers headline opening day events.
Five games with huties in four days. Ganley impressed with Sanford despite New York defeat. Nationals to play a double header with Boston this afternoon. Cantillon to pitch Smith and Hughes. Thudrot game at 2. Linford comments on Sanford and Clymer to return today. Chicago faces Cleveland setback. battle for AL lead tightens as Detroit and Chicago must win.
In Washington Post coverage from Chicago, Liebhardt outsduels Walsh as Cleveland edges Chicago 3-2. The crowd set a record for the American League club. Lajoie doubled and Liebhardt singled in key runs, while Walsh struck out batters but could not prevent the decisive run in the sixth.
In a rugged baseball clash Chicago extends its winning streak to four by mauIing Cincinnati 8 to 1. Hitt leads with eleven singles while Lundgren, Tinker and Byars contribute key hits as Chicago paces early and maintains control through the game. Umpire Mr Exaile notes the five strikeouts and a 1 hour 4 minute duration.
Columbus Ohio today clinched the American Association of Baseball Clubs pennant by defeating Louisville 10 to 4 in the first game then winning the second 10 to 2 Louisville ceded the title after Columbus extended its lead to a third straight championship Toledo had led earlier but finished second in the standings.
Pirates beat St Louis to take the game by scoring in the Afth and sixth innings. Myron, Gita, and Ron each contributed RBIs as the offense rallied late. Pitching by McGlyan and Leaver held the visitors to key runs, with St Louis capitalizing on timely hits and defensive plays.
A sprawling Victorian sports page outlines racing entries at Gravesend with horses such as Morse Roseben and Gemma among others, alongside training reports for Georgetown and other local clubs. Boxing shows a major bout lineup, plus sailing regattas on the Potomac and a busy track and field week with school teams preparing for autumn schedules.
The Washington Post reports Sheepshead Bay racecourse will be rebuilt to a 1 mile 3 furlongs circumference, with the old mile chutes removed and starting points shifted. Suburban Day will inaugurate the change, followed by Gravesend events featuring the Batshore Stakes and Willow Handicap among others.
A jumble of personal names, places, and titles appears in a garbled OCR fragment. It mentions many individuals such as Murphy, England, Atwater, Jack, and Carl, plus place names and possible titles, with no clear event or narrative to anchor a concise news item.
New York Seprey reports twenty one Eastern colleges attended a conference of the central board of officials and the American intercollegiate football rules committee. The meeting discussed selecting meal plans for upcoming games and improving the accredited officials list. Dr Babbitt of Haverford urged schools to submit corrections and schedules for prompt accreditation. A follow up meeting is planned for September 27 in the city to finalize arrangements and extend cooperation across New England.
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