Would Fix Common Scale Of Weights For Boxing
San Francisco December reports discuss establishing an international weight scale for professional boxing led by New York State Athletic Commission secretary Charles J. Harvey. The plan aims to unify weights across countries, consult France’s union, and coordinate with promoters to reduce discrepancies in champions’ limits while improving fighters’ conditioning and public interest.
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Christmas swimming race wins in Paris crowd cheers winner
Paris crowds watched the Christmas swimming race across the Seine at Alexander Is bridge. Gerard Meismer won the 16 meter event in 1 minute 4 seconds with Rene Mortier finishing last after a sprain, receiving cheers.
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Knockout Brown Stops Gradwell in Seventh Round
New York reports that "Knockout" Brown defeated Young Gradwell of Newark in a ten round Brooklyn bout the referee stopping the fight in the seventh. Chicago notes Huggins offers the Chicago Nationals four thousand dollars for Jimmie Scheckard as owner Murphy weighs the deal after prior trades.
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Pirates of Pennants at the Waldorf in a Chicago satire
From the Chicago Evening Post comes a New York produced stage piece featuring Thomas J. Lynch Helen Britton and Alfred Wiler. The spoof portrays a graft tainted meeting of magnates led by Horace Fogel and Garry Herrmann with a chorus of openers. Mischief, money striving, and a dramatic exit reinforce a satire of baseball and politics in a theatrical whirl.
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Red Sox prospects loom as 1915 season nears
A rugged review of the Red Sox lineup amid expected changes. Joe Wood’s past dominance is noted but doubts arise about repeat form next season. Weak spots in pitching and infield raise questions as veteran players Heine Wagner, Yerkes, Gardiner, and others are evaluated. The piece also discusses potential trades involving Sam Crawford, Larry Lajoie, and Tuck Turner, with Callahan and Navin’ s talks and speculation about Captain Harry Lord and Tyrone Ward.
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Frank Chance Rivalry Over Yankee Manager Position
Baseball fans debate Frank Chance status with the New York club after a tense exchange with Frank Farrell. Chance limited Eastward travel, Farrell postponed trip to Chicago, and rumors swirl about Chance’s future with the Yankees while Herrmann says Chance is not released by Cincinnati.
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Story of the Underworld Told by Jack Rose
Jack Rose announces a six Sunday serial in The Standard recounting the underworld from his twenty years of personal experience. He promises frank, unobjectionable detail aimed at public reform and righteousness, comparing his authority to Morgan in banking and Edison in electricity.
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Boise High Beats Chicago by One Pass in Hard Fought Game
Boise High edged Chicago 7 6 in a defensive battle with Bolte scoring the decisive third quarter touchdown. The teams traded drives with end runs and forward passes in the second half amid heavy penalties and momentum shifts.
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Griffin to referee two important bouts
Jim Griffin who gave the decision that crowned Wolgast world light weight champion will referee two upcoming bouts. He will judge the Gunboat Smith versus Frank Moran heavyweight match on Friday and pick the winner of the Harlem Tommy Murphy versus Frankie Burns bout on New Year’s Day. Burns and Murphy weigh in at 135 pounds ringside. A warrant charging Smith with abandonment and non-support has been sworn by his wife Elinore and will be served after his fight, under California law a felony.
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Cutler Loses Two Falls to European Champion
Boston reports Charles Cutler of Chicago, claiming the world's heavyweight title, losing two straight falls to Zbysko the European champion. The first fall followed 1 hour 12 minutes of scrappy exchanges with both men tumbling from the ring thrice. A disputed blow appeared to drop Cutler, awarding the fall to Zbysko. The second fall came in 18 minutes 10 seconds by a head over shoulder hold.
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Wreck Injures Chicago Man and Driver in Speeding Crash
Chicago, vec, as nastalion Chit Thomas Hackett and his driver were seriously injured in a wreck of their vehicle early today while speeding to a free which destroyed St. Andrew's Episcopal Automobile, driven at high speed, washed Into the DugBy and demolished A. Hackett and the driver were hurled 0 feet. Both were taken to hospital. The edifice, valued at $0100, was totally destroyed. The flea, according to a public health report on Flea Destruction, resists many insecticides but succumbs to a soap and water mixture.
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Keckie Moll Famous U W Quarter Is Dead
Madison Wis Dec 7 John Moll known in football circles as Seckie Moll died at a hospital today after a short illness from typhoid fever. Moll coached the Purdue University eleven this year and was an "all Western" choice for the University of Wisconsin team in LL.
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Sterilization Recommend as Nation Benefit
Salt Lake City Utah December 25 whole report from the state board of insanity and the superintendent of the state mental hospital advocates sterilization of persons to prevent offspring. Proposes creation of a state board of eugenics to control marriage and leave certificates for entry. amend penal code to empower upper courts to order sterilization for certain crimes. allow parole sterilization as a condition of pardon when deemed necessary by the board. In Pittsboro Pennsylvania December 6 six men died from smoke and $100000 damage when the Westinghouse warehouse burned due to damaged wiring.
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