Remarkable Upsets Mark 1914 in Sports History
Frank G. Menke looks back at 1914 as the most astonishing year in sport with upsets across baseball football tennis and rowing. The Boston Braves pennant chase and world series title, Yale's 30 to 0 defeat of Harvard, and Williams over McLaughlin for the American tennis crown highlight a year of surprising results and fading legends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank G. Menke
New York
Boston Braves
Slong
Harvard
Yale
England
Australia
Maurice E. McLaughlin
R. Norris Williams
United States
Willams
NcLaughlin
Williams
Willie Ritchie
Freddie Welsh
Ritchie
Welsh
Kid Willams
Baltimore
John
Honus Wagner
Pittsburg
Larry Lajoie
Naps
Ban Johnson
Garry Herrmann
Feds
Athletic Directors Meet in Chicago Reviews Amateurism Debate
Chicago hosts three big gatherings as the Society of Directors of Physical Education in Colleges, the Athletic Research Society, and the NCAA close a three day meeting. Topics include amateur status in sport, honor codes, and central control. Speakers include Briggs Savage Angell and Naismith. The discussion notes Olympic goodwill fostered by sports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Society of Directors of Physical Education
Athletic Research Society
National Collegiate Athletic Association
Dean LeBaron R. Briggs
Harvard
C. W. Savage
Oberlin
Frank Angell
Leland Stanford, Jr. University
J. A. Naismith
University of Kansas
How To Give Quisine To Children
Unclear fragmented text discusses feeding children and possible parental guidance. Reads as garbled OCR with no coherent events or named entities to identify.
Ghetto Praises Johnny Lustig as Emerging Lightweight Hope
New York report profiles Johnny Young Lustig as the ghetto’s new idol and a rising lightweight contender. It notes his rapid ascent from obscurity to near the top ranks, surpassing former idol Leache Cross after passing on a $1250 offer to fight Lustig.
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New York
Johnny
Lustig
Leache Cross
Leache
Lustle
Calendar of Weekly Sports Events Listed Across Cities
Friday schedule shows tennis at Tuxedo New York track games with the 65th regiment in Buffalo boxing bouts in Washington Waterbury Williamsport Peru and more hockey in Boston and an assortment of fairs and auto shows. Notable matchups include K O Brown vs Tommy Lowe Battling Levin vs Sky Dan Daly vs Jack Taylor Joe Welling vs Joe Sherman and Kit Graves vs Jack Britton among others.
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Tuxedo
N. Y
65Th Regiment
Buffalo
K. O. Brown
Tommy Lowe
Washington, D. C
Gunboat Smith
Battling Levinsky
Waterbury
Conn
Dan Daly
Jack Taylor
Williamsport
Mike Synder
Jack Doig
Peru
Ind
Hal Stewart
Battling Terry
Grand Rapids
Mich
Joe Welling
Joe Sherman
Kenosha
Wis
Tony Capron
Clevel Hawkins
Montreal
Kit Graves
Jack Britton
Broklyn
Willie Beechey
Phil Brock
Columbus
Tom MecMaham
al Norton
Kansas City
Notice to Creditors in Burns Estate Calhoun County Alabama
Letters of Testamentary on the estate of J B Burns deceased were granted on December 31 1914 by Judge John M Crook of Probate Court Calhoun County Alabama. All persons with claims against the estate must present them within the legal period or be barred. Martha E Burns Executrix.
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J. B. Burns
John M. Crook
Calhoun County
Alabama
A. D
Don’t Wear a Truss Offer for Free Book on Rapture Cure
A promotional notice invites readers to request a free illustrated book claiming to cure hernias without salves or harnesses. It promises instant relief after trying other methods and cites testimonials from "hundreds of patients" with a mailed coupon to receive the material and prices.
Appliance for the cure of rupture offer request
A reader from Marshall Michigan requests by mail an illustrated book and full information about an appliance for rupture cure. The note provides name address city and state for processing.
Prohibition Issue Seen After Legislature Vote Outlook
Legislators may override a gubernatorial veto to restore state wide prohibition. A 54 representative and 18 senator majority could enact the measure over the veto. The election of R B Burns to the city court bench raised interest due to his apparent prohibition stance. Dispatches report Burns as a straight out prohibitionist who supported the constitutional amendment.
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Burns
Marion H. Sims
Talladega
John R. Chatman
R. B. Burns
Henderson
Private Lewis McFarland Discharged From Alabama Guard
Montgomery reports Private Lewis McFarland of Company I Fourth Infantry Opeliks is dishonorably discharged for selling an army shirt and disobeying orders. The state military department announced the order, effective immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mfarland
Montgomery
Lewis McFarland
Company I
Fourth Infantry
Opeliks
Alabama National Guard
State Military Department
New York settlement romance to culminate in Carrollton wedding
In Carrollton Missouri on December 31 1920 Dr Robbins Gillman formerly of University Settlement New York and head of Northeast Neighborhood House Minneapolis will wed Catherine Cooke once his aide in uplift work Miss Cooke daughter of Jeremiah A Cooke of Carrollton Gillman son of Theodore Gillman a New York banker is about 40 years old
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Carrollton
New York
Robbins Gillman
University Settlement
Catherine Cooka
Dr. Gillman
Northeast
Minneapolis
Theodore Gillman
Miss Cooke
Jeremiah A. Cooke
Ear Cure Claim Promises Deafness Relief Through Catarrh Cure
An OCR fragment markets a deafness cure claiming to fix hearing by removing a supposed indamed emotion of the murane Notes of Hustechion Tube. It promises a beltets reward for catarrh related deafness and advertises Hall's Catarrh Cure and Toke Tisul's Family Pills for constipation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
Te. Toke Tisul
Ousted Teacher Seeks Work as Reinstatement Fights On
Henrietta Rodman, suspended public school teacher for ten months over criticism of the school board on motherhood, seeks employment while pursuing reinstatement. She plans to reapply after January first when eight board members leave and eight new ones take seats. If denied she will appeal to Commissioner Finley and, if needed, to the supreme court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Henrietta Rodman
Scho
Board of Education
Rodman
Finley
Supreme Court
Dissolution of Union Co-Operative Mercantile Co Alabama
The article records the dissolution of the Union Co-Operative Mercantile Company of Alabama with signatures of H Shaw W W Stickney and E Lier dated December 30 1914 and a probate certification on December 31 1914 in Calhoun County Alabama. A later certification dated December 1934 confirms the dissolution filing.
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Anniston
Ala
H. Shaw
W. W. Stickney
E. Lier
Calhoun
Alabama
FE. Lier
State of
T, Cok. Young
Union Co-Operative Mercantile Company of Alabama
EB. Lier
EF. Lier
CH. Young
Calhoun County
C. H. Young
Col. Young
Als
John M. Crook
State of Alabama
Union Co-Operative Mercantile Alabama
Ee. Mie Bist
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