Welsh Outpointed by Young Shugrue in Madison Square Garden
Jersey City lightweight Shugrue defeated World Champion Welsh in a decisive 8 of 9 round outboxing at Madison Square Garden. Welsh opened with jabs and held at times, but Shugrue pressurized, landed body blows, and edged ahead each round, ending with a fierce tenth round exchange and a sharp finish.
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New York
Young Shusrue
Jersey City
Welent
Fred Me Welsh
England
Madison Square Garden
Shughe
Welsh
Bower
Shugrue
Bhugruc
Fon
Shurrve
Billings Proposes Game After Butte Disbands Team
Billings offered to pay a guarantee and travel expenses to a game with Butte after Butte’s high school team reportedly disbanded. Principal Milliken replied that a game was impossible, and a further offer was sent to Illinois to invite the East Aurora team to travel west for a contest reflecting national interscholastic hopes.
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Billings
Butte
Milliken
Wa. Ht
McGall
Illinois
Copper Street Rovers Defeat the Shamrocks
The Copper Street Rovers beat the Shamrocks 4 to unknown on the circus grounds yesterday. Tom Dougherty scored the opening goal within three minutes. The Rovers next face Meaderville on Sunday afternoon with Danny Martin refereeing.
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Copper Street Rovers
ShamRocks
Circus
Tom Dougherty
Rover
Rovers
Meaderville
Danny Martin
Centerville Club Basketball Squad Opens Practice
The Centerville Young Men's club basketball team begins practice under City Basket Ball league auspices for winter play. Thirty five members will try out for spots on the team. Central High School plans a team and will practice against Centerville, adding a local winter basketball rivalry.
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Centerville
Thames
Central High School
Bad weather cancels Juarez races. action resumes Dec. 6
El Paso dispatch reports track conditions forced cancellation of races at Juarez on December 2 after storms left the course in poor shape. Stewards announced racing would resume Sunday, December 6, as teams prepare for a restart.
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el Paso
Texas
Juarez Track
Juarez Cours
Plank Signage and Meeting Motions At City Hall
Fragmentary OCR notes reference a plank signing and council actions in a city setting. Mentions include Plank, a meeting, and references to locations such as Chicago. Details are garbled with many unreadable words and names.
Leo Bens Favored In Early Betting In Ring Match
Betters favor Leo Bens over Joe Chip for next Monday night boxing bout at 154 pounds. Chip praised as harder hitter and stronger contender, with Dime backing him to beat most 154-pounders except Clabby and Gibbons. Bens seen as favorite though Chip’s recent form impresses observers.
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Leo Bens
Joe Chip
Bens
Petroskey
Chis
Chip
Sailor Petroskey
Beng
Bens-Chip
Rafe
Timmie Dime
Dime
Jimmy Clabby
Mike Gibbons
Riots Over Tram Tariffs Hit Valparais Area
Two small riots erupted last night in Valparaiso as the German Electric Tram Company raised tariffs. A few windows were broken and several tram cars damaged. Isolated anti Germany shouts were heard among the mob. Players Valparais Unie Lee were noted in reports.
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Valparais
Unie
Lee
Germany
Connie Mack Cleaned House After Long Athletics Reign
The article reflects on Connie Mack's Philadelphia Athletics era, noting a history of domination from 1910 to 1912 with World Series wins, the 1913 slump, and Mack's move to rebuild by releasing veteran stars. It also mentions taxonomies of other teams, players, and management shifts in the era of early 20th century baseball.
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Connie Mack
Cubs
Athletion
Giants
Christy Mathewson
Mackinena
Team
Athletien
Boston Red Sox
Mack
Athletics
Braves
Rudolph
James
Hank Gowdy
Cincinnati Emirer
Red Sox
Frank Baker
Gary Gardner
Carrigan
Baker
Washington Star
Taft And Baseball Impacts Questioned By Pittsburgh Gazette Times
The Pittsburgh Gazette Times questions President Taft's role in baseball, noting his interest is purely financial and asking how many games he attends and what he has done to advance the sport since buying the Cubs. The piece critiques Taft's influence on the national league and Pagaball progress.
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Johnson
American
Frank Farrell
Nes
Connie Mack
Rube Oldring
Jack Lapp
Yanks
Ray Caldwell
Parrell
Clu
New York
Polo Grounds
Giants
Gures
Cubs
Charles P. Taft
C. P. Patt
Mr. Taft
Charles Webb Murphy
Horace Fogel
Fogel
Murphy
Phillies
Mr. Tatts
Chicago
CP. Taft
Pittsburg Gazette Times
Two Negroes Lynched for Killing Postmaster in Sylvester
Shreveport La Dec 2 Tobe Lewis and Monroe Dirden two negroes accused of murdering Charles M Hicks postmaster at Sylvester station were lynched by a mob this afternoon Mack Knight who confessed that he and Dirden and Tobe and Watkins Lewis robbed and murdered the postmaster and burned body was released by the mob Watkins Lewis was saved from the mob Sheriff Flournoy and lodged in Jail.
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Shreveport
Tobe Lewis
Monroe Dirden
Charles M. Hicks
Sylvester Station
Mack Knight
Dirden
Tobe
Watkns Lewis
Watkins Lewis
Flournoy
Eight instead of eleven to hang at Florence prison
Phoenix Arizona December 2 eight men will die at Arizona's hanging bee at the Florence prison on December 19 as a result of a stay of execution granted to three men today by Governor Hunt. The board of control has decided they will lose their lives one by one rather than simultaneously as previously agreed by the Governor and Warden R B Sims.
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Phoenix
Anz
Arizona
Florence
Hunt
Board of Control
R. B. Sims
Sweden sells five million in two year treasury notes
New York reports the Swedish government sold five million dollars of two year treasury notes to a syndicate of international bankers. The notes will be offered in the United States at par with interest details not yet disclosed. Proceeds are said to fund general merchandise and material within the country. A local appeal invites the Coliseum dance on Friday December 4 under the Butte Mutual Relief Association for the needy with an eight piece orchestra.
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John K. Tener
Pennsylvania
Teague
Tener
Iit
Harrisburg
Bia
Nacional
United
Philadelphia
New York
Sweden
Butte Mutual Relef Association
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