Shooting Cup Contests Promised at Butte Grounds
Weather draws shooters from Montana and beyond to Butte grounds for a multi date match starting February 7. Event results highlight Goddard’s repeat medal win and a schedule for the Prisco cup with eight dates and two 20 target shoots per date plus final four on June 27.
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Butte Grounds
Missoula
Larry Stephens
John Rochester
Chicago
Euch
Killeen
Stivers
Rockwood
Blackburn
Stanley
Kelley
Wood
Brown
Mueller
Spargo
Romaine
W. Steward
Alexander
Bryne
Knievel
Owen
Rockefeller
Joe O'Brien
Sachs
Yancey
Beaudro
Mertz
Hemisch
P. Allen
Carmichael
Klepetko
Nell
Breen
Burch
Murray
Ore
Parsons Goddard
Burgees
Rowe
A. Steward
Drummgoole
Woodworth
Smith
Pete Sullivan Seeks Top Opponent For Title Shot
Pete Sullivan signals willingness to travel to meet top fighters including Howard Baker or any topnotcher, as managers and promoters in the West eye his progress. Salt Lake reports Sullivan would fight Baker if arranged, while locals in Butte see him poised to challenge for the Dane's title with the right manager.
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Pete Sullivan
Thompson
Los Angeles
Preat I. Wood
Salt Lake
Pete
Howard Baker
Boulder
McCarey
Ofange
Roves
Sullivan
Jones
Maker
Baker
Butte
Jeannette to Fight Sam McVey in Paris
New York reports Jeannette and Sam McVey two American heavyweights now in Paris have been matched for a February 20 bout at Cirque de Paris. Jeannette accepted after knocking out Ben Taylor in three rounds at the Bowling Palace A. on Saturday. Officials expect the match to draw France’s largest boxing crowd.
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New York
Jax Jeannette
Sam McVey
Paris
Circe de Paris
Jeannette
Ben Taylor
Bowling Palace A
McVey
France
Nelson Packy McFarland bout eyed for St Patrick's Day
Promoter Coffroth eyes a March 17 lightweight title fight between Battling Nelson and Packy McFarland in San Francisco. Negotiations hinge on appearance and weight, with options including Johnny Thompson and Welsh. Nelson plans to train in California ahead of the coast bout.
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San Francisco
Janes
Battling Nelson
Packy McFarland
Jimmy Coffroth
Colma
West Virginia
Coffroth
Willus Beit
Jim
Harry Gilmore
Packy
Gilmore
Frisco
Penn Eleven Seeks Game With Army Next Fall
Pennsylvania plans to arrange a football game with West Point for next season. Dartmouth requested a game but was declined due to proximity to the Thanksgiving pairing and the Cornell clash. 1910 Dartmouth is slated to play in Philadelphia, with possible annual status emerging. Pennsylvania and West Point have not faced each other recently.
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Penn Eleven
ARMY
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
West Point
Kame Oof
Dartmouth
Cornell
George Woodruff
Hadron
Mike Hennett
Plaudit To Head Madden Stock Farm In France
Lexington Kentucky January 31 John B Maddens noted sire Plaudit winner of the Kentucky Derby and sire of Edward King James and other race horses has been selected by Eugene Leigh to head the Madden thoroughbred breeding stud to be established in France The selection was made in a cablegram from Leigh and the horse will be shipped this week Plaudit is by Himyar dam Cinderella dam of Hastings by Blue Ruin or Tomahawk He is 14 years old
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Lexington
John B. Madden
Plaudit
Edward
Eugene Leigh
Madden
France
Leigh
Himyar
Cinderella
Hastings
Blue Ruin
Butte Eyes Local Baseball Plan Against Intermountain League
Salt Lake magnate faces doubt over a proposed Intermountain league with Salt Lake Ogden Pocatello Boise Helena and Butte. John Gimlin rejects leading such an endeavor citing time and cost while urging a local four team league with Ogden Salt Lake and Murray. Butte boosters weigh limited travel costs against broader league prospects.
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Salt Lake
Dispatch
Portland
John S. Tobin
Dad
Gimlin
Ogden
Lucas
Grim
Boise
Montana
Murray
Butte
Inter-imountain
Salt Lake baseball market backed by Lucas and Grim
The plan for a new baseball scheme seems driven by President Lucas and northwestern team managers with Jack Grim advocating Salt Lake as a viable market releasing talk of profits and schemes.
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Lucas
Northwestern
Jack Grim
Salt Lake
Thompson vows to whip Nelson and McFarland
Chicago report says Cyclone Thompson of Sycamore angrily demands matches with Battling Nelson and Lew McFarland. He claims both boxers dodged him, vows to fight them first sight and win the lightweight title, threatening street action if denied a ring bout.
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Chicago
Cyclone" Thompson
Sycamore
Nelson
McFarland
Thompson
MclFarland
Packy
Frank Hart Knocks Out Dixon In Fourth Round
Missoula Idaho fighter Jack Dixon from Wallace fell to Taft lightweight Frank Hart in the fourth round in a bloodied Western Montana bout. Hart, 20 pounds lighter, knocked Dixon unconscious after a heart uppercut following a body blow, at a Taft Athletic Club event before a large crowd.
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Missoula
Frank Hart
Taft
Jack Dixon
Wallace
Idaho
Montana
Taft Athletic Club
Hart
Dixon
Cornell On Schedule Of Princeton Track Team
Princeton New Jersey January 31 The 1909 schedule of the Princeton track team is announced with a series of indoor meets starting February 13 with Columbia University in New York and continuing through late May with Yale at Princeton and Navy at Annapolis.
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Cornell
Princeton
N. J
Columbia University
New York
Federal Track and Field
Washington
Trenton Twin Cta
Trenton
Georgetown University
N.i Craa
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Yale
Ithaca
Navy
Annapolis
Boomer Weeks Seeks Ring Match With Dr Roller
Spokane heavy weight Boomer Weeks aims to break into boxing by challenging Dr Roller of Seattle. Weeks backs a bout with Roller, hopes to stage a San Francisco promoter mediated match, and offers to fight within three to four weeks if an arrangement can be made.
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Spokane
Boomer Weeks
Dr. Roller
Seattle
Boomer
Roller
Seattle Wonder
Coffroth
Mission Club of
San Francisco
Welsh and Memsic Set for Tense Ten-Round Bout
Freddie Welsh and George Memsic prepare for a decisive ten round fight in Los Angeles. Memsic trains hard, aware that defeat could end his career, while Welsh, overconfident, adds sparring partner Maurice Sayers as he tightens his camp routine. Memsic appears in top shape at the East Side Athletic Club.
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Los Angeles
Freddie Welsh
George Memsie
Memsie
Memsh
Welsh
Maurice Sayers
Milwaukee
Sayers
Spring Street
Memsic
East Side Athletic Club
Pole vault record set at annual handicap track meet
11 feet 8% inches indoor world record by 3L Clair Jacobs formerly of Chicago at the 15th annual handicap track meet hosted by the First Regiment Athletic Association last night in Chicago. The piece invites readers to engage with advertising about the association’s activity and growth.
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Chicago
Jan
Clair
Jacobs
De Rouen Muahmout Clash Draws Chicago Wrestling Night
Raoul de Rouen faces Yussif Muahmout in a Seventh Regiment Armory main event that could reshape plans toward a world title bout with Frank Gotch. The card includes Charley Cutler versus William Demetras and debuts Renny Yanger against Cotton Calvert, with Tom Connors possibly added to the bill.
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Chicago
Raoul de Rouen
Yussiff Muahmout
Seventh Regiment Armory
Mahmous
Frank Gotch
de Rouen
Charley Cutler
William Demetras
Renny Yanger
Cotton Calvert
Joliet
Tom Connors
Michigan baseball schedule largest ever arranged
Ann Arbor a Mich January 31 Director Baird released the Michigan baseball schedule described as the most elaborate yet arranged for a Michigan team. It features an eastern trip a southern trip two Notre Dame visits plus trips to Wooster and Lansing. He also confirmed six football games with a seventh undecided hinting at a possible Minnesota opponent despite conference rules.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Baird
Michigan
Notre Dame
Wooster
Lansing
Minnesota
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Butterd and Gun Club
J. H. Cumming
Ivory
Warner
Warner'safe Cure Co
Rochester
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Butte, Mont
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M'Farland-Nelson
Britt
Bat
Johnny
Syamoore
Fnally
Orton Brothers
North Main Street
Leggat
Chickering
Kimball
Hallet & Davis
J. & C. Fischer
Bush & Lane
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Strauss
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