Braves Ought to Surprise League By Norman E Brown
The 1921 Boston Braves lineup shows Nicholson Hewell Southworth Holke Ford Barbare Boeckel Oscheer Watson Fillingim Rudolph McQuillan Gowdy ONeill under manager Fred Mitchell. A careful read suggests Mitchell can lift the team from the hopeless class toward the first division, with a solid outfield and pitching depth behind Grant’s backing.
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Fred Mitchell
Boston Braves
Mitchell
Braves
Grant
Maranville
Billy Southworth
Walter Barbee
Nicholson
Howell
Southworth
Barbare
Holke
Goune Boecker
Ford
Dan Fillingim
Joe Oescheer
Dick Rudolph
McQuillan
Rudolph
City league softball planned by Muskogee firms
Muskogee to start a city league with six banking and commercial firms, contingent on business turnout. Pawhuska aims to set up tryouts and practices for local baseball club berths. Exhibition games are planned once the Pawhuska roster is finalized.
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Muskogee
PAW Huska
Pawhuska
Legion post forms base ball team in Ardmore
The Ardmore American Legion post organized a base ball team at a recent meeting with more than 25 members signaling their intent to try out for the squad.
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Ardmore
American Legion
Okmulgee Team to Play White Sox in April Exhibition
The Okmulgee club from the Western association schedules its first major exhibition against the Chicago White Sox on April 4 in town. Additional exhibition games are planned for the weekend.
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Okmulgee
Western Association
Chicago White Sox
Enid to Open With Drumright in Opening Exhibition
Enid plans the first association game with Drumright on April 27 and schedules additional exhibition games before the regular season begins.
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Enid
Drumright
Oklahoma City to Host Coursing Meet After Tulsa Event
Greyhound owners will enter their dogs in a coursing meet to be held in Oklahoma City next week, following the conclusion of the meet now being held in Tulsa.
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Oklahoma City
Tulsa
Henryetta Western Association season opens at Chickasha
Henryetta begins its Western association season with a game at Chickasha on April 20. The local team will also face Ardmore of the Texas Oklahoma league this weekend in a warm up.
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Henryetta
Western Association
Chickasha
Ardmore
Local club to open season April 21 with Miami series
Muskogee club of the Southwestern league opens its season April 21 with a three game series against Miami. The schedule shows only one off day, July 23, before the team continues play.
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Muskogee
Miami
Baseball Team Hits Exhibition Tour in Kansas and Oklahoma
The club is on an exhibition tour of northern Oklahoma and southern Kansas. The roster stood at 22 men before the trip began.
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Okmulgee
Oklahoma
Kansas
Tulsa High School Track Schedule Highlights Four Meets
Tulsa high school announces four track meets this season including a dual with Sapulpa on April 1, an invitational at Okmulgee on April 22, a Big Ten conference meet at Oklahoma City on April 29, and the scholastic meet at Norman on May 6 7.
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Tulsa
Tulsa High School
Sapulpa
Okmulgee
Oklahomaity
Norman
Norman Announces 59 Non athletic Contests in Program
A Norman listing outlines a full program of 59 non athletic contests to be conducted. The schedule details events across venues with organizers and expected audience participation.
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Norman
Indoor track events announced by Lew Salter
University of Oklahoma hosts inter scholastic meet officials announce indoor event schedule with Lew Salter in charge.
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University of Oklahoma
Lewis Salter
Young Cecil Burkett to face jury for first degree murder
Cecil Burkett, age eleven, will be tried by jury in Starke County, Indiana, on a first degree murder charge for the Thanksgiving Day shooting of 7 year old Bennie Slavin at Ora. The case marks him as possibly the state’s youngest indicted on this charge. his bond is set at 10,000 dollars. Witnesses include his younger brother.
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Cecil
Mack Burkett
Indiana
Burkett Lad
Oklahoma Cotton Growers Association reports 350000 bale quota
In a campaign closed Saturday night the Oklahoma Cotton Growers Association signed up more than 350000 bales of cotton to be marketed through the association for the next seven years. Announcement from headquarters cites incomplete returns from about a portion of growers.
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Oklahoma
McClain County
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Cotton Growers Association
Bernard Shaw Rejects European Stage Over Exchange Rates
Playwright Bernard Shaw informs theaters in Europe he will not allow production of his plays due to unfavorable exchange rates hurting financial viability. He cites current currency values as the reason for withholding consent.
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Bernard Shaw
A Tale of Blood and Vitality by Dr Pierce
A dated testimonial themed notice explains blood as steam for the body and promotes Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. It claims the remedy restores digestion, energy, and general well being and offers a 10 cent trial package from Dr. Pierce's Invalids' Hotel, Buffalo, New York.
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Dr. Pierce
Parks sets Michigan record with 18 wins in two seasons
Vernon L. Parks, Michigan baseball captain, resigns after disclosure he pitched for Portland in the Pacific Coast League last year. He helped Michigan win Big Ten titles in 1919 and 1920 with 18 wins of 19 decisions and a 269 batting average in 1919, plus 99 strikeouts in 1920. He plans a tryout with the Detroit Americans after graduating in June.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
University of Michigan
Vernon L. Parks
Wolverine
Portland
Parks
Michigan
Illinois
Detroit Americans
Olympic Club Defends Water Polo Title in National Meet
The Olympic Club water polo team will defend its national amateur title at Chicago on April 6 and 7. Five of seven players were on the 1920 championship squad, led by captain Otto Schults. new members George Schroth and John Howell join sprint swimmers Smith, Schroth, and Howell. Howell will travel to Detroit for the 440-yard breaststroke before returning to San Francisco for the national title events.
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San. Francisco
Cal
Olympic Club
National Amateur Athletic Union
Chicago
Illinois Athletic Club
Otto Schults
James Carson
James Resleure
Earnest Smith
Preston Steiger
George Schroth
John Howell
Smith
Schroth
Howell
Detroit
San Francisco
Carson
Steiger
Detroit Yacht Club plans new island houses
Detroit Yacht Club directors draft plans for a $350000 clubhouse on an artificial island off Belle Isle's north shore. The expansion would raise membership from 800 to 1200 initially and later to 3000, funded by two bonds with no initiation fees. A TT dock, 50 foot bridge, year round operation, and added social facilities are planned, with city planners cooperating.
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Deroit
Mich
Detroit Yacht Club
Belle Isle
City Plan Commission
Department of Parks’ and Boulevards
Club
Channel
Belle Island
Garment and Textile Leaders Gather for 24th Convention
Cleveland set to host the twenty fourth annual convention bringing together garment and textile men from England Canada and the United States for industry talks and exhibits.
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Cleveland
England
Canada
United States
French Army Officer Major Zinovi Pechkoff Leads U S Lecture Tour
Major Zinovi Pechkoff of the French army and former French foreign office official visits American cities on a lecture tour to aid his devastated homeland.
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Zinovi Pechkoff
Foreign Office
U. S
Brothers Have Reunion in Confederate Service Style
Five Moore brothers, veterans of the Confederate army, met at a Christiansburg reunion. Adolph 83, Mansfield 80, O M 78, E T 75, and Benjamin 73 Moore, all Virginians from Spanishburg, Cambria, Elliston, Bradshaw and Shawsville, likely the last living set of five Virginia-born Civil War veterans.
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Richmond
Christiansburg
Adolph Moore
Spanishburg
Mansfield M. ‘Moore
Cambrai
O. M. Moore
Elliston
E. T. Moore
Bradshaw, Va
Benjamin Moore
Shawsville
Moore Brothers
Virginia
Eighth annual textile and machinery exposition set
The International Association of Garment Manufacturers will host its eighth annual textile and machinery exposition from May 10 to 13. A directors meeting is scheduled for May 9, followed by a comprehensive officers and leadership meeting of state vice presidents and regional cost council chairs before the opening convention.
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International Association of Garment Manufacturers
Association
Gish Sisters Plan Home Purchase in Massillon
Lillian and Dorothy Gish and their mother Mae Gish intend to buy a house in Massillon Ohio as their residence when not working, converting the former family home while on a visit with Mae Gish.
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Massillon
Ohio
Lillian
Dorothy Gish
Mae Gish
Lillian Gish
Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Aided Mrs Haydock
In Chicago Mrs E H Haydock credits 22 bottles of Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound with curing a severe female illness without surgery. The letter cites four doctors’ opinions, an operation proposal, and says she has remained well, recommending the remedy to others.
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Chicago
Ill
Lydia E. Pinkham
E. H. Haydock
St. Lawrence Avenue
Illinois
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John Scott
Schoot
Cubville
Walter Cruise
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Oiniment
Sloan's
Sloan
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Cotton Growers Association
Symphony Lawn
Crane’s Linen Lawn
Highland Linen
Twirler
Bers
ADA Service
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Katy
Ada, Oklahoma
Ada
U.S
Major Zinovi Pechkoff
E. C. Harlow
Ardmore, Okla
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Moser’s Department Store
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Henry Roquemore
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