Pirates in Spring Training Showcase Solid Pitching and Outfield
The Pirates under George Gibson begin workouts at Hot Springs Arkansas with a promising, not oversized, squad. Max Carey Billy Southworth George White Casey Stenzel and Sharley Grimm headline a strong outfield and infield while Walter Schmidt backs an experienced catching staff. Prospects include pitchers Babe Adams Frank Miller Harold Carlson and C P Hinl with young arms Wisner Herbst and others. The article predicts a competitive season for Smoketown if manager Gibson can extract peak performance from his lineup.
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Moore Fights Sharkey in Ten Round Bantam Clash
Detroit report says Roy Moore of St. Paul and Jack Sharkey of New York battled ten rounds with Sharkey having the edge in seven. Moore absorbed hard punches, dropped a foe in the second round, and withstood a fierce eighth round flurry as both fighters traded power blows in a dramatic bantamweight bout.
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Standard
Detroit
Jack Sharkey
New York
Jimmy Wide
Roy Moore
St. Paul
Moore
Carpentier to wed his first love in Paris ceremony
Georges Carpentier the European heavyweight champion will marry Georgette El Sasse in Paris next Monday. The couple have known each other since childhood and the match ends years of romance. El Sasse, 24, was from Lens country and rumored to attract a wealthy widow, but Carpentier stayed true to his boyhood love. The bride will accompany him to America when he sails March 18.
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Europe
Georgette el- Sasse
Carpentier
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Reds Face Higher Pay Claims as 1920 Season Looms
Chicago dispatch details salary demands by Cincinnati Reds players amid Prohibition era changes. Herrmann and Bancroft outline payroll pressures, citing raises from 4000 to 20000 and potential boosts totaling about 72000, with Dutch Reuther signing as part of a bid to keep the champion lineup intact.
Aging Gloves and Fights of the Past in New York
New York reports on boxing history and potential rule changes. The piece recalls 26 round bouts and champions like Jim Crowe and Jim Jeffries while musing on 10 round limits and endurance. It weaves in quips from Stutter Jim Griffin and Abe Lincoln references, highlighting a mix of sports lore and humorous vignettes from Urbece sor CWeitten.
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New York
Jim Core
Fitzsimmons
Carson City
Jim Jeffries
Nelson
Hanlon
Canole
Britt
Gans
Dempsey to Meet Kellar in Four Round Exhibition
Los Angeles March 3 Jack Dempsey world heavyweight champion will fight Terry Kellar of New York in a four round exhibition here Friday night The match follows Kellar s record including a decision over Joe Beckett English champion and a 21 1 round draw with Dempsey Ithaca New York March 3 Cornell coach Charles E Courtney criticizes faculty for lack of cooperation depriving him of the entire starboard side of the varsity crew One side of the first eight eliminated from rowing with two months to the first race Spokane March Theft from a hotel room of an opal necklace valued at 1700 reported to police by Mrs Elva Mackay
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Los Angeles
Cal
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Terry Kellar
New York
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Dempsey
Ithaca
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March
Mus Elva
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American Legion Smoker to Feature Boxing and Vaudeville
The American Legion will host a smoker at their headquarters next Saturday evening with three boxing bouts totaling 18 rounds and a four round sparring exhibition plus vaudeville acts. Middleweights Bill McGoorty and Paul Stilers box eight rounds, lightweights Hancock Mooney Monahan six rounds, Ed Sullivan and Walter Rooney four rounds, and Slugger Sullivan with Tom Noonan stage a four round exhibition. Merle Davis of Pantages Theater offers one act, with Harry Miller performing a new piano solo act. Additional acts planned between bouts.
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American Legion
Editorium
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Paul Stilers
Hancock
Mooney
Frank Monahan
Ed Sullivan
Walter Rooney
Sullivan
Tom Noonan
Merle Davis
Pantages Theater
Harry Miller
Th Legion Minstrels
Price hikes hit Manhattan bakers in 2 cent loaf raise
Manhattan master bakers announce a 2 cent rise in bread with regular loaves at 12 cents and rolls four for a nickel. Doughnuts and fancy cakes up as workers seek a $1 daily raise totaling $8 a day for bakers and $32 weekly for helpers. Also note government to pay expenses for returning American servicemen dead from Europe. In Quebec a blaze kills four children and an elderly couple at Gaudios Dupont’s farm. Mrs Dupont survives.
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Manhattan
Quebec
Gaudios Dupont
St Fereol
Montmorenci County
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