Pat Connolly and Yussif Huss Wrestle Tomorrow Night
Wrestlers Pat Connolly and Yussif Huss, top contenders, rest ahead of tomorrow’s Empire Theater bout. Both report strong conditioning after a week of training with multiple partners. Previous meetings ended in draws. Hassane fears a long match while Connolly holds local support and betting. No preliminaries scheduled.
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Pat Connolly
Yussif Huss
Empire Thater
Connolly
Hassane
Pat
Butte
Omaha
Henderson Meets Idaho Wrestler Monday Night
Morton Henderson travels to Boise to face Frank McCarroll in a Monday night wrestling match. McCarroll, the Northwest champion bulldogger, weighs about 185 pounds and holds a strong record against top U.S. opponents. Henderson mentors connects for the matchup while training for Connolly and Hasane.
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Mort Henderson
Pat Connolly
Boise
Idaho
Frank McCarroll
Henderson
McCarroll
Northwest
Connolly
Hassane
Turk
Jack Curley
New York
Darcy Story of a Young Australian Pugilist
The article profiles James Leslie Darcy born in West Maitland Australia. It recounts his early life from farm work to blacksmith apprentice and rail gang labor. It notes his first fight at age 21 costing three dollars and his rise as a famed boxer after moving to America and back home.
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Les Darcy
Wenty
West Maitland
Sydney
Australia
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Realhhood
United States
Lex Darcy
America
Tam
Mme
Talwage
Navy
Mick” Hawking
Maitland
Rlgume
Pugiliats
Hawkins
Ime
Leareer
Rink
Weet
Martin
Boxing Hero Sketch: From Blacksmith to Fighter
A candid profile traces the boxer's rise from blacksmithing to boxing glory. He credits family influence and tent bouts in Australia for shaping tactics, stressing relentless aggression and strategic mind games. He envisions enduring ten to twenty four round fights, preferring the longer distance for victory.
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Australia
Coud
New York State
World of Sport Echoes in Creeked Commentary
A sprawling sports column surveys boxing Willard Darcy plans golf tales and baseball chatter. It notes promoter bids of 120000 for Willard Carpentier clash and a 4000000 purse for a Melcher Lloyd bout, while recounting a Kansas City short-drive anecdote and lingering baseball defense talk. Iowa Three-I league reshaping plans emerge with C N Conroy A J Strub and Helden Hill to meet in Chicago for redistricting.
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Lloyd’ Georke
Cone Witlam
Hanna
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Pred
Poole
Alston
Alfiend
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Iowa
A. R. Tearney
Central Association
C. N. Conroy
Mason City
A. J. Strub
Marshalltown
Helden Hill
Central
Western League
Chicago
Top Paid Baseball Players of 1916 and Wartime Tales
The article recalls Te Cobb and Tris Speaker among high earners in 1916 with Vean Gregg earning about 5000 annually plus large series purses bringing near 10000. It notes Gregg pitched in official games in 1918 and briefly for Buffalo. It references Sammy Strang’s 1905 World Series remark about pay, and shifts to ski records in Chicago by Krist Kjellum. It also mentions Carey, Bombardier Billy Wells, and a Jockey Club rule change on selling races, with fairness concerns about surplus distribution among starters.
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Ty Cobb
Tris
Vean Gregg
Red Sox
Gregg
S Tx
Buffalo
Sammy Strang
Glante
Athletics
Strang
Tes Carey
Kay
United States
Billy Wells
England
Wells
India
Brooklyn Eagle
Jockey Club
You Need Not Suffer From Catarrh
An advertisement explains catarrh as a blood infection and promotes Swift’s Specific No. 1 as a permanent remedy. It claims the tonic purifies the blood, relieves throat mucous, nostril sores, bad breath, and hawking. Druggists stock it. medical advice is free from the Swift Laboratory in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Gatom, Sss
Change in racing rules to curb bidder abuse
Poorer owners once abused racing profits by entering horses unlikely to win and bidding up the winner’s selling price to create surplus. Under new rules at the Jockey Club final meeting, surplus money will go to the association, reducing withdrawals by owners and boosting purses. Also notes Evans to California to coach Cubs and Kilbane’s featherweight fight setup with Richie, 133-pound limit.
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Jockey Club
Association
New York Evening Sun
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