Butte Lad Frankie Osner Rated World Featherweight Prospect
A Butte born boxer Frankie Osner, raised in Alton, Ill, gains fame as a top bantamweight prospect. Reports from the Alton Times recount his strong bout with the Zulu Kid of Brooklyn at the Temple theater, noting Osner outboxed each round and landed powerful punches, with crowd reaction and technical detail highlighting his open fighting style and near-knockout chances.
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Alton Times
Frankie Osner
Alton
Brooklyn
Temple Theater
Osner
Osmer
Osner and Zulu Kid Shine in Local Boxing Return
The city’s boxing crowd saw Osner improve in a win over his opponent as the eighth round ended with the bell. Frankie Osner’s rapid progress draws praise as local fans hail his performance. A preliminary wrestling match featured Harry Schaefer versus Jess Willames, both strong locals. In the heavyweight bout, Cecil Huff defeated Fred Boehn in a 1% pound contest.
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Pride
Frankie
Harry Schaefer
Jess Wil-lames
Cecil Huff
Fred Boehn
Huff
Boehn
Depth bomb to football dates and racing bets across states
A sports round up notes a TNT club incident, universities scheduling football dates with Mines on Oct 16 and 23, and Oregon backing its team. It covers Resolutions praising a university squad after a New Year game, large betting on Berlin races, English classic calendars, Scott Perry’s return to pitching, Bob Martin’s planned bout with Harlan Bunker, Mare Island boxing plans, Pacific fleet boxing prospects, 1920 English flat racing with Lincoln Springs March events, Liverpool Spring meeting highlights, New Orleans betting losses, and a sharp shooting element taking profits.
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England
Lincoln
Lincolnshire
Liverpool
Montana 15 Left Out in New Ball League
Seattle and Vancouver push plans for a six club class B Northwest league to replace the old circuit with Seattle Tacoma Vancouver Spokane and Yakima sure to join. Wenatchee Bellingham or Victoria compete for the sixth spot while Montana cities Butte and Great Falls are excluded due to distance and profitability concerns. Seattle aims to host continuous summer games when the Pacific Coast league team travels.
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Dickering
Bob Brown
Vancouver
John Barnes
Seattle
Butte
Great Falls
Brown
Montana
Wash
Robert Brown
British Columbia
Tacoma
Spokane
Yakima
Barnes
Pacific Coast League
Lady James Douglas Wins Oaks With Gainsborough’s Offspring
Lady James Douglas owned gainsborough son in 1919 season earned 28000 dollars after gainsborough won the Oaks at Epsom following the 1918 Derby feat. Bayuda was also linked to the filly’s owner through the season’s victories.
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Lady James Douglas
Gainsborough
Bayuda
Epsom
Deschamps Demands 200000 for Carpentier Title Bid
Deschamps appears to have caught the high price tendency from the Dempsey camp. He now demands $200,000 for Carpentier's share of the proposed championship mill.
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Deschamps
Dempsey
Carpentier
Reeves Wins Narrow Decision in Scrappy San Francisco Bout
In a San Francisco match between Al Sommers and Jack Reeves Reeves secured the decision after a mostly wrestling and clinching display with little boxing on show Reeves acted as the aggressor while Sommers offered limited offense.
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al Sommers
Jack Reeves
San Francisco
Reeves
Slip Between Cup and Lip Hint at Potential Mishap
A common warning surfaces about the gap between intention and outcome. The phrase implies that plans may derail before action, suggesting caution in execution and the need for careful steps.
Legion Posts Rally for World War Veterans Games
The American Legion posts in Colorado push to mobilize support for the first World War veterans Olympic games to be held November 11 to 13. Tris Speaker expresses confidence with Babe Ruth and the Yankees. He warns the Indians must watch the Detroit Tigers and St Louis Browns in the 1920 pennant race. Jeffries advises Dempsey to fight more. Jeffries claims insight.
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Colorado
Denver
Tristram Speaker
Babe Ruth
Yankees
Detroit Tigers
S J. Louis Browns
Indians
Draw between Frankie Murphy and Pat Gilbert in Salt Lake City
Frankie Murphy of Denver and Pat Gilbert of Salt Lake City fought to a 10 round draw in Salt Lake City on January 19 under the American Legion for wool growers delegates. Referee was Tom Painter, a prominent wool grower and mayor of Evanston Wyoming.
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Utah
Frankie Murphy
Denver
Pat Gilbert
The
American Legion
Wool Growers’ Convention
Tom Painter
Evanston
Wyoe
Pacific Coast Baseball League拒不接纳圣迭戈
San Francisco Jan. 1. 博盲 McCarthy 宣布 本赛季圣地亚哥不能被接纳入太平洋海岸棒球联盟 该联盟主席称 改变安排已走得太远 无法加入当季比赛现场报道显示 年内计划已定 未新增队伍影响赛程进展
Coach resigns to take Carlton college AD post
Claude J. Hunt, football coach and athletics director at the University of Washington, submitted his resignation to Graduate Manager Darwin Meisnest and announced his acceptance of an athletic director position at Carlton College, where he once taught football.
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Seattle
Claude J. Hunt
University of Washington
Darwin Meisnest
Carlton College
Yale to England Track Meet Likely This Spring
Yale University probably will accept the invitation for a track meet in England this spring, announced by Prof. Clarence W. Mendell chairman of Yale's athletic board of control. It is understood Harvard will be unable to accompany Yale on this trip as in the past.
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New Haven
Conn
Yale University
England
Clarence W. Mendell
Athletic Board of Control
Yale
Harvard
Australian pair triumph in Davis Cup doubles
In Sydney on January 19 Norman Brookes and Gerald Patterson of Australia defeated A R Kingscote and A E Beamisp of Great Britain in straight sets 6 0 6 2 to win the doubles match for the Davis Cup championship.
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Sydney
Norman Brookes
Gerald Patterson
Australia Today
Kingscote
A. E. Beamisp
Great Britain
Montana Athletics Jump to the Front in Scheduling
The Grizzlies of Missoula will play the University of Washington in Seattle on October 16, a signing hailed as a boost for Montana athletics. The move follows past Washington refusals and reflects growing strength. Montana expects a strong squad next fall with many freshmen, and Coach Bierman may return to guide the team.
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Missoula
University of Washington
Seattle
Montana
Washington
Gilmore Dobie
Bruins
Washington State
Idaho
Whitman
Oregon
Northwest
Bierman
Emerald Horses Go Good in 1919 Irish Racing
Irish racing statistics show 1919 the most successful season in turf history with record purses. English owner W Parrish led winning owners with 14 horses winning 24 events and $28 500 in prizes. Irish trainer J J Parkinson topped trainers with 34 wins from 56 starts, once linked to Richard Croker’s runners.
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W. Parrish
Curragh
Wildare
Parrish
J. J. Parkinson
Parkinson
Richard Croker
Ireland
England
Mines Basketball Schedule Shows Eight Games Remaining
Mines basketball team has eight games left in the schedule. Key home dates include Gonzaga on February 12 and Idaho on March 4, with a tough February stretch of four games in as many days. Matches listed: Deer Lodge in Deer Lodge January 23. Missoula January 23. Gonzaga in Anaconda February 11. Gonzaga in Butte February 12. Mount St. Charles in Helena February 13. Wesleyan in Helena February 14. State College in Bozeman February 21. Idaho in Butte March 4.
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Mines
Gonzaga
Idaho
Deer Lodge Ramblers
Deer Lodge
Oe University
Missoula
Anaconda
Butte
Mount St. Charles
Helena
Wesleyan
State College
Bozeman
England Racing Regains Stride After Armistice
Reports from foreign countries indicate racing quickly resumed after the armistice signing. The sport is among the first to swing into its stride again, with records noted as back in action across venues in January.
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New York
English Turf Owners Prosperous 1919 Season
Lord Glanely heads the winning owners list after 1919 with Grand Parade bought as a foal for 420 guineas. The Derby winner had a strong two year old Irish circuit, while stable mate Dominion was the Derby favorite early but underperformed at Epsom. Grand Parade is sired by Orby, a former Derby winner owned bred and trained by Richard Croker.
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Lord Glanely
Carreer
Dominion
Epsom Downs
Grand Parade
Orby
Richard Croker
Mines to Face Deer Lodge Ramblers Without Captain Hale
The Montana Mines basketball team will play Deer Lodge Friday without captain Hale who injured his knee last week. Guard McKay will replace him, bringing speed and experience, while Ladic remains sidelined with a thumb injury. The Ramblers beat the Aggies last Saturday, posing a tough test for Mines.
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School of Mines
Deer Lodge Ramblers
Deer Lodge
Hale
Aggie
McKay
Ladic
Scott
Missoula
Ramblers
Aggies
Big fight may not be put on in United States
New York Jan 19 C B Cochrane English boxing promoter announced receipt of a cable from M Deschamps manager of Georges Carpentier supporting his claim he is the only one who can stage a worlds championship bout in 1920. He said he paid 25000 dollars to Deschamps for Carpentiers services this year. The message awaits his decision has entertained no other offers will not do so until released by you. Cochrane who will sail for home next Saturday intimated he would hold the boat in England if he can sign up Jack Dempsey.
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New York
C. B. Cochrane
M. Deschamps
Georges Carpentier
Cochrane
Deschamps
Carpentier
England
Jack Dempsey
International News Service
Gunboat Smith
San Francisco
Warren Brown
Dempsey
Klaus
Papke
Beckett
Wells
US Olympic ice hockey team to be chosen in NHA elimination
The National Hockey Association met in annual session to decide that the ultimate winner of elimination matches among Boston Pittsburg Cleveland and St Paul teams will represent the United States in the Olympic ice hockey games at Antwerp in April. Cornelius Fellows was elected president of the International Skating Union.
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National Hockey Association
Pittsburg
Cleveland
St. Paul
United States
Antwerp
Cornelius Fellows
International Skating Union
National Association
Ketonen Retains World Middleweight Title in Two Falls
Boston January 19 Waino Ketonen retained the world middleweight wrestling championship by gaining two falls over Mike Yokel of Salt Lake City Utah the former title holder in a locally reported bout.
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Boston
Waino Ketonen
Mike Yokel
Salt Lake City
Utah
Strangler Lewis Beats Li In Rough Wrestling Bout
Ed Strangler Lewis defeated Ivan Li in a wrestling match tonight in Wichita. Li was injured badly and could not return to the mat.
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Wichita
Nan
Strangler
Lewis
Ivan Linow
Linow
Mike Ertle to Meet Jimmy Wilde in Milwaukee Bout
Mike Ertle of St Paul was signed to meet Jimmy Wilde of England in Milwaukee on January 29 in a 10 round boxing bout. The announcement came in Minneapolis on January 19.
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Wilde
Minneapolis
Mike Ertle
St. Paul
Jimmy Wilde
England
Milwaukee
Ten to Draw Fought in Peroria Boxing Bout
Jack Wolfe of Cleveland and Joe Burman of Chicago fought ten fast rounds to a draw in Peroria New York tonight.
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Peroria
Jack Wolfe
Cleveland
Joe Burman
Chicago
Carpentier Dempsey debate sparks gunboat Smith view
Gunboat Smith in San Francisco discusses the Carpentier Dempsey bout with Warren Brown. He rates Carpentier as a real fighter and says Dempsey has yet to face a truly equal foe, doubting his claim to superstardom until extended in a real test.
Hector Wins Decision In Bremerton Bout
Hector, the Bremerton light heavyweight, defeated Jim Flynn of Pueblo by decision in a six round headliner at an American Legion smoker honoring Gen. J. J. Pershing in Seattle on January 19.
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Hector
Seattle
Young Hector
Bremerton
Jim Flynn
Pueblo
American Legion
J. J. Pershing
Pay your debts boy keep your credit good
A brief exchange from the Louisville Courier Journal features a creditor urging a young person to settle debts and maintain a good credit standing, while the youth protests the constant payments. The item reflects social attitudes about debt and financial responsibility in the period.
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Louisville Courier- Journal
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