Grounders and World Series Hopes Stir Baseball Talk
Des Moines manager George Davis predicts a Cubs vs Athletics series while other notes mention players eyeing winter ball, Topeka’s franchise risk, vaudeville tours, and the season’s rising costs. Includes remarks on Evers, Myers, and Eddie Collins, plus league meeting plans in Chicago and Cleveland’s hopes in the Ohio title race.
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Kentucky Futurity Two Year Old Stakes Won by Justice Brooke
Justice Brooke a brown colt by Baron Gale Expectation owned by Promare farm La Clair Michigan won the two year old division of the Kentucky Futurity in Lexington Kentucky and broke the world record for two year olds in the second mile in 2 09 1 2 The colt also set a new record for the two heat race by two year old trotters in the same event The program lists additional pace and trot events with unnamed winners and times in the Kentucky Futurity card
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Montgomery Ousted if Club Fails to Pay Fine
President Kavanaugh of the Southern Baseball League threatens to forfeit the Montgomery club for not paying a 1250 fine. Montgomery officials refuse to pay, claiming league action will not prevail and the franchise should remain with Montgomery. The dispute centers on testimony that a pitcher received extra salary above contract terms.
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Fletcher Plans Wealth in His Baseball League
Cincinnatic Oo 5 On 1 A Fletcher scheme seeks to form a rival baseball league. He aims to sign about eighty major leaguers through option contracts with $10,000 signing bonuses and then form eight teams of ten across key cities. He plans to recruit wealthy backers to finance the venture, starting this fall and expanding if the league materializes.
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Hawkeyes Target Speed Boost, Coach Hawley Says
Coach Hawley stresses speed as the needed asset for Iowa. He says the backfield must run faster with the ball and the line must accelerate its blocking. He argues lack of speed is the chief weakness and eliminating it would yield a formidable eleven.
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Baseball Scores From Yesterday Revealed
In the National League the St Louis vs St Louis game was postponed due to rain. In the American League Detroit beat Cleveland 4 to 3 while Philadelphia defeated New York 8 to 4.
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Philadelphia 4, At Washington Washington 5
Athletics result fragment shows Philadelphia scoring four runs to Washington Washington five in a game context with Boston as an opponent.
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Son Escapes Awful Death in Los Angeles Disaster
Mrs. 8. J. Finley of 825 Fourth Street West fears for her son Harold M. Finley editor of real estate and development at the Los Angeles Times. A card from him says he left the building minutes before the catastrophe and that he is safe. He has worked at the Times for about a year after earlier sociological research in New York and Yale.
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Stoves and Ranges Offer Long-Lasting Value at Lower Price
If you want a stove or steel range that will last at least twice as long as any ordinary stove or range at, shout one half the money you would pay for a poorer one. Call and see THE A. RYAN CO. 621 825 Mulberry Street.
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No More Misery In The Stomach
Advertisement for Pape's Diapepsin promising rapid relief from indigestion and dyspepsia. Claims to cure sour stomach gas heartburn and related discomfort in five minutes with a chewable tablet costing 60 cents. Promotes widespread use and grocery shelf presence with persuasive language.
Big acquisition to Iowa's squad strengthens team
Willis Warren of Des Moines returned to play for the Town university eleven after a season of grind. Warren, who starred at center in 1909, rejoined the lineup with improved schoolwork and will share center duties with Clemens for the remainder of the season as Northwestern looms.
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Notes of sports Cubs Money in Philadelphia
In Philadelphia fans split between Phillies and Shibe park, fueling Cubs money. Betting often even money, occasionally Cubs at 10 to 1. Bettors focus on pitchers Coombs and Bender who will pitch in Philadelphia and Chicago. A trotter owner wagered $300 on the Athletics, covered by a New York jeweler.
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Notary Notice on Catarrh Cure Claim in Toledo
A sworn affidavit by Frank J. Viesny of the firm Cheney & Co asserts payment of one thousand dollars for incurable catarrh claimed from TAILS Catarrh Cure. The document, dated December 6, 1886, appears before Notary A. W. Gleason in Toledo.
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