Chance Denies Salary Talk and Official Offer
Frank Chance says no official message has been received about managing the New York Americans or any team. He has not decided on returning to baseball and wants an official offer before acting. He may wait to discuss terms after learning more through proper channels.
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Los Angeles
Frank Chance
New York American
Chicago National
Highlanders
Chance
New York Americans
Reds president Herrenmann to meet Joe Tinker for contract signing
New York December 13 August Herrmann president of the Cincinnati Reds said he had arranged to meet former Chicago star Joe Tinker next Wednesday to sign his contract after the big trade announced this week in Cincinnati. Herrmann said they had agreed on terms and there would be no trouble signing Tinker. He then left for his home town after making the statement.
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New York
Worrmann
Cincinnati Reds
Joe Tinker
Cincinnati
Chicago
Mr. Herrmann
Tinker
Herrmann
Wrestling show snowballs into big local bout rumors
In Butte Ernest Miller Robert Cote and Jack Neville train for a Dec match in a handshake style challenge with Miller promising to throw each opponent within two hours. Miller boasted a recent win over Cote in a 1 hour 5 minute fall and 12 minute second fall, with onlookers comparing the bout to famed Chicago matches. The piece notes a push for local mild athletic training and mentions upcoming midweight clashes between Kid Brunell and Leo Benz. It ends with word of a Butte Hockey Club meeting to finalize season schedules as four teams compete.
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Ernest Miller
Robert Cote
Jack Neville
T. Miller
Cote
Neville
Miller
Challenge of British Polo Team Is Accepted
New York December 1 The polo association executive committee accepted the English challenge for the Hurlingham cup next summer. United States and England will compete for world championship honors in a series of matches on dates to be decided. Harry Payne Whitney chosen to captain the American defense team of 1915, with tryouts to be held in various polo contests across the United States to form the best combination for the series.
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New York
Polo Association
United States
England
Harry Payne Whitney
Whitney
Fire destroys St. Regis and Riverview hotels at St. Regis
A pair of Montana hotels, the St. Regis and Riverview, burned today causing one death and $25,000 in losses. Unknown lumberjack occupant perished in the St. Regis room, while Hugh Gavin narrowly escaped and aided guests. Fire origin uncertain though a tossed cigar or lamp blamed. coroner investigating.
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Missoula
St. Regis
Riverview
Marsh
Nquor
Hugh Gavin
St. Regis Hotel
Gavin
Eifforts
Louis Gagnon
Riverview Hotel
Gagnon
St. Regis Junction
Northern Pacific
Paradise
McCarty Declines In Exclusive Polo Game
Tos Angeles December 19. Father McCarty Poginet will not play polo tomorrow with the exclusive Pasadena club. Frank C Hogan president protests that invitations require executive committee sanction and none was issued. McCarty says he accepted an informal invite and postponed a mountain trip. He adds he will not participate if invitation doubt remains.
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McCarty
Poginet
Pasadena
Canada
Frank C. Hogan
Entries at Juarez Five and a Half Furlong Races
Racing card for Juarez with five and a half furlong races listing selling horses in first, second, fourth, and fifth races plus a handicap, and a sixth race at one mile and a sixteenth. Weather clear and track fast. Participants include Mother Katcham Bene tek Bula Welsh Mercurium Garter Sharper Knight Lauria Sprightly Miss Swift sure Connaught Lady Young Kiora Ulfrun Minco Jimmie Bred well Orbed Lad Cantem Iron Queen Butter Ball frank G Hogan Hidden Hard Rosey Posey Native Son Ethel Sampson Cama rada Duke of Bridgewater Auto Girl Ah Moon Hazel Song of Rocks Galena Gale Ervan Salvage Lady Willie Zool Pedro Pan Zareta Lady Panchita Kootenay Cracker Box Pawhuska I Chapultepec Ocean Queen Frazzle Puskpa Sir Alvescot Colinet Chapultepec Orperth Rosevale Maizie Girl Gretchen G Lilly Paxton Rose O'Neil Compton Weather details noted.
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Benetek
Bula Welsh
Mercurium
Garter
Sharper Knight
Lauria
Sprightly Miss
Swiftsure
Connaught
Lady Young
Kiora
Ulfrun
Minco Jimmie
Bredwell
Orbed Lad
Salvage
Lady Willie
Zool
Pedro
Pan Zareta
Lady Panchita
Kootenay
Cracker Box
Pawhuska
Ocean Queen
Frazzle
Puskpa
Sir Alvescot
Colinet
Philbrook May Be Coach at Montana
George H. Philbrook, Olympic team member and Notre Dame star, arrived in Missoula en route to Seattle to confer with University of Montana President Craighead about a potential role as instructor in science and coach of the 1918 football eleven. He ranks among top all around athletes, comparing himself to Jim Thorpe, and his appointment is being strongly urged.
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Missoula
George H. Philbrook
Notre Dame
Seattle
Craighead
University of Montana
Philbrook
Jim Thorpe
Carlisle
Montana Aggies to Play Christmas Week Road Games
Bozeman December 18 coach Dockstader announced Montana Agricultural College will travel for three games before Christmas. The schedule includes a game at Cowley Wyoming on December 19, a visit to Lowell Wyoming on December 18, and a season opener against the Triple B's of Billings on December 20 in Billings.
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Bozeman
Dockstader
Montana Agricultural College
Lowell
Wyo
Cowley
Billings
Nashville Pitcher Roy Walker Found Guilty in Assault Trial
Roy Walker, pitcher under contract to the Cleveland Americans, was found guilty in Nashville on charges of assault with intent to kill. He was arrested in Peoria, Alabama, and returned to Nashville with two other youths for trial. Walker received a ten year prison sentence.
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Nashville
Tenn
Roy Walker
Cleveland Americans
Peoria
Jimmy Austin Seeks Ring Return After Retirement
Los Angeles on December 13 Jimmy Austin who claims the world title for 10 pound class says he is eager to return to the ring after a retirement caused by difficulty in finding opponents in his weight division.
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Los Angeles
Jimmy Austin
Freddie Daniels to Meet Packey McFarland in Eight Rounds
St Joseph resident Freddie Daniels was matched today to box Packey McFarland of Chicago for eight rounds in Omaha on December 27. The pairing announced in St Joseph reflects a Chicago versus Missouri matchup set for late December. Daniels seeks an upset in the outdoor arena and McFarland aims to extend his winning record.
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Freddie Daniels
St. Joe
Packey McFarland
Chicago
Omaha
Garden of Allah wins first race at 5½ furlongs selling
Garden of Allah with Schwebig aboard takes the opener over Loan Shark and Azurea. Time 1 08 1-5. Second race goes to Black Mate at six furlongs with Bye White second and Godfather third in 1 14 3-5.
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Loan Shark
Robbins
Azurea
Buxton
Black Mate
Gross
Bye White
Godfather
Gentry
Ratcliffe
Lehigh
Groth
Force
Loftus
Milton Street
Lowem
Hill
G. M. Miller
Tilford Thomas
Mimorioso
Evelina
Cornell to Row Harvard on Cayuga Lake May Twenty Fourth
Ithaca N Y December 18 Cornell will row Harvard on Cayuga lake May 24 in varsity and freshmen eight oared races announced by the athletic council today.
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N. Y
Cornell
Harvard
Cayuga Lake
Athletic Council Today
Hogue Signs with Boston Nationals
Ira B. Hogue, who pitched for the Anderson club of the Carolina association last season, signed with the Boston Nationals today in Boston.
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Boston
Ira B. Hogue
Anderson Baseball Club
Carolina Association
Boston Nationals
George Brown Wins 10 Round Bout Over Mahoney in Racine
George Brown known as Knock out Brown from Chicago defeated Racine’s Young Mahoney in a spectacular 10 round match. Brown scored a knockdown in the eighth round and dominated the remainder of the bout.
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Wis
Dee
George
Brown
Chicago
Young Mahoney
Christmas Standard Mail-In Request Prompts Subscriptions
The message urges readers to order the Christmas Standard tomorrow by sending a list of names with six cents per copy to ensure delivery for holiday readers. It emphasizes not disappointing friends who will expect a copy.
Underworld Bees to Be Protected
New York reports secret meetings of women linked to the underworld aim to improve their condition and seek police reform. They plan to petition Mayor Gaynor for a commission on the social evil with segregation favored as a solution, while DA Whitman intensifies police corruption probes connected to the Rosenthal case.
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New York
Mary Goode
Goode
Gaynor
Rosenthal
Becker
Whitman
Mrs. Goode
Eight Teams Left With Clean Score At Madison Square Garden
New York December 13 The six day bicycle riders at Madison Square Garden moved through 12 minutes of sprinting and spills reducing fields from 14 to 8 with 9 o clock hour. Egg escaped unhurt while Ryan suffered a broken collarbone and was removed to hospital joining Magin injured Tuesday. Ryan is from Newark New Jersey. Collins fined 25 dollars for stalling as Grenda Pye and others faced penalties.
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Kramer- Moran
Grenda-Pye
Perchiot-Egg
Root-Hehir
Fogler-Butt
Clarke-Hill
Bedell-Mitten
Drobach-Collins
Cameron-Walthour
Walker-Wells
Broco-Birthet
Suter Brothers
Carman-Loftes
New York
Madison Square Garden
Egg
Ryan
Magin
Newark
N. J
Collins
Prince of Wales Not a Snob in New York Sun Tales
Oxford is full of stories about the prince of Wales as a puppet figurehead yet with revolutionary sentiments. A telegram to Lord Roberts shows apparent support, while others doubt the prince will be valued under the current system. He is nicknamed Little Pretty amid campus talk.
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New York Sun
Oxford
Prince of Wales
Prince
Lord Roberts
Post Office
Hansell
Wireless links mountains and coal reserves noted
A report states mountains in Peru and Brazil once isolated are now connected by wireless telegraphy. Geological survey estimates show only about one half of one percent of U S coal deposits have been mined.
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Peru
Brazil
Geological Survey
United States
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