Two Mile Race Attracts Dozens Of Expected Runners
More than twenty athletes are expected to enter the two mile race to be held here on February 11. The event opens a series of distance races with prizes medals and trophies. Open to amateurs and semi pros living in the area. The course mirrors last year’s four mile races. Events proceed through San Jacinto and conclude near city hall.
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Narillo
Clements-Young Sporting Goods
San Jacinto Oni Third
City Hall
Fourth
Tyler Streets
Dutton Hall to Coach High Cinder Squad
Fifty high school students aim for spots on the Golden Sandstorm track team and nearly twenty more seek places on the tennis squad. Training begins after exams. coaches Hull and Dutton lead the season with Dutton handling field events and Hull directing runners and tennis.
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Dutton Hall
Hull
Dutton
Day of Best Seller Over Says Kansas City Bookmen
A Kansas City consensus of booksellers reports the era of a single best seller is over. Five years ago readers focused on one title, but now no one title dominates, with half a dozen or more titles sharing popularity.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Capudine Relief for Headache and Nervous Tension
Physicians describe headache as a cry of overtaxed nerves. Capudine is advertised as fast relief with two teaspoonfuls in water, claiming quick action compared to tablets. If headaches persist, consult an oculist or physician. refund offered if not satisfied. prices: family 60c, individual 30c.
Baseball War Quiet Before League Meet
Commissioner Landis returns to Chicago to face Ban Johnson and eight AL owners in a pivotal session on Ty Cobb and Tris Speaker amid suspicions they conspired to fix a 1919 Detroit Cleveland game. The talks followed two days of meetings at French Lick Springs Indiana to clear the cloud of suspicion surrounding the pair.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Kenesaw Mountain Landis
Baseball
Ban Johnson
Ty Cobb
Tris Speaker
Landis
French Lick Springs
Indiana
Johnson
Speaker
Cobb
Detroit
Cleveland
Prix de Nice Steeplechase Shocks Bettors in France
Jules Fribourg's Petit Frere surged to victory in the Prix de Nice steeplechase at Nice on January 19. The peasant's choice earned 500,000 francs from a 20 to 1 upset, while Henry Wertheim van Heuke lom's Smoke Cloud was runner-up and Arthur Weil-Picard's Saint Bernard finished third amid a muddy track and bad weather.
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Associated Press
Nice
France
Jules Fribourg
Petit Frere
Henry P. Wertheim van Heukelom
Smoke Cloud
Arthur Weil-Picard
Saint Bernard
National Guard To Be Paid Off Tonight
Members of the 142nd infantry will receive pay tonight, announced by Captain Arthur Ball. Officers and enlisted men are urged to be on hand promptly. One thousand men are working on the Brisbane section of the new railway to connect Brisbane and Kyogle, Australia.
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National Guard
142Nd Infantry
Arthur Ball
Brisbane
Kyogle
Australia
Leagues Agree On Rules For Draft Of Men
Major and Minor league baseball officials agreed on rules for player transfers and will seek league reform. The Class AA draft price of 7500 dollars was kept despite opposition from the American Association the International and the Pacific Coast League which had favored 10000 dollars.
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Associated Press
French Lick
Ind
American Association
International
Pacific Coast League
Amarillo Invited to State Cage Meet in Fort Worth
Amarillo has received an invitation to enter the Texas Amateur Athletic Federation state municipal basketball tournament in Fort Worth this March. Fort Worth Power and Light won last year. entry was requested by athletic director Robert C. Stow of Fort Worth.
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Amarillo
Texas Amateur Athletic Federation
Fort Worth
Robert C. Stow
Houston
San Antonio
Wichita Falls
Power and Light Company
Vinci Cod Liver and Iron Tonic Ad
Charlevoix Michigan resident G B Haig describes severe fatigue and revived energy after using Vinci tonic. The ad promotes Vinci cod liver and iron tonic as a long marketed remedy for weak and tired people including men women and children with a pleasant taste and no oil.
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Vinci
G. B. Haig
Charlevoix
Mich
Post Office Drug Co
Texas meet field expansion eyed for major cities
Dallas and Waco join the list while Amarillo Galveston Port Arthur and Beaumont are urged to field teams. Amarillo could field a squad capable of challenging the state’s big cities and a real battle may result.
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Dallas
Waco
Amarillo
Galveston
Port Arthur
Beaumont
Longtime Ballindalloch Coachman Charles Andrews Dies
Charles Andrews, forty-year coachman at Ballindalloch Castle in England and former postillion to Queen Victoria, died recently. He requested burial in Scotland.
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Charles Andrews
Ballindalloch Castle
England
Queen Victoria
Scotland
LaBarba Faces British Champion Frank Clark Friday at Madison Square Garden
Fidel LaBarba the world flyweight champion meets Elkie Clark of Britain in a Madison Square Garden title bout on Friday night. The card features Frankie Genaro vs Newsboy Brown and Trip Limboco against Billy Kelly in 10 round preliminary battles.
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New York
Fidel LaBarba
Madison Square Garden
Elkie Clark
Europe
LaBarba
Pancho Villa
Frankie Genaro
Clark
Alex Burke
Toronto
Newsboy Brown
Sioux City
Towa
Trip Limboco
Billy Kelly
Scranton
Quick Half Minute Chats On Local Happenings
Local residents comment on pleasant weather and growth. Remarks mention Baker hotel construction, personnel changes at Federal Clothing Store, and a national sales trip from National Cash Register in Cuba. Residents express pride and local pride amid ongoing city development.
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Metro‘ Goldwyn-Mayer
Antonio Moreno
Greta Garboine
Jamaica
Hollywood
NEA
George Young
Cassida
Catalina Channel
San Pedro
Calif
Catalina Island
William Wrigley
Young
Los Angeles
Panhandle
Royal Buttfet Lunch Room
New Lewis Hotel
Elk Hotel
Amarillo’s
Ness
Max Prezant
Royal Buffet
Texas
Madras
Polk
Madison Garden
J.C. Honen
B. T. McCormick
Baker Hotel
Dick Vogler
Tom Jackson
Porter
Federal Clothing Store
Thomas Burton
Jackson
Mississippi
Pat Flynn
J. Q. Barnes
Cuba
United States
Canada
D. EB. Wood
Armarillo
San Francisco
J. A. Thurman
Seventh Street
eRea Ee
FOX Drug Company
Leveritt’s Barber Shop
Sixth Street
Oliver-Earle Building
Barbera
O. J. Leveritt
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