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Dunster's nine, sporting new uniforms purchased out of the House treasury, won its 2 to 1 victory on the strength of two home runs hit by Jack Harney It was a pitcher's battle all the way, as the Adams twirler successfully held the Funsters in check until Harney blasted out his two four-masters...
Dunster-p, Steuer; c, Smart; 1b, Torrey; 2b, Aldrich; ss, Weeks; 3b, Harney; lf, Harwood; cf, Murphy; rf, MacDonald. Adams-c, Russel; lf, Smith; cf, Archambault; rf, Hatton; 1b, Livermore; 3b, Liller; ss, Heath; 2b, Golger; p. Nanaff...
...lineups: Dunster: le, Murphy, McCrosky; lt, Heller; lg, Johnson; c, Weeks; rg, Lewis, Bruce; rt, McKittrick, Coyne; re, Graham; backs, Muller, Horgan, Critchlow, Torrey, MacDonald, Jackson, Aldrich, Harney...
John James Harney...
...Pianist Harney, who had toured the West and Midwest long before he started the craze in Manhattan, launched a nation-wide school of ragtime composers, active during the early 1900s. Prominent followers included Lucky Roberts (Pork and Beans), Scott Joplin (Maple Leaf Rag), Northrup & Confare (Cannon Ball), George Botsford (Texas Steer Rag), and Earl K. Smith (Hot Ashes). Oldtimers who heard Harney do his stuff, recall that his playing sounded very much like that of Zez Confrey (Kitten on the Keys), a little like Fats Waller...