Benny Leonard edges toward comeback for $200000 endgame
Friends say Benny Leonard plans a final ring appearance next summer to face Micky Walker for the welterweight title with potential earnings near $200,000. They cite his need to support his mother and sustain vaudeville work, noting his $3,000 weekly stage income won’t last forever.
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New York
Benny Leonard
Pathos
Mother Love
Leonard
Micky Walker
Feam
Benny
Wall Street
Benjamin
Fichter
Farmer Lad Stars With Ohio State's 1925 Track Team
Ohio State coach Dr. F R Castleman cheers a rising Buckeyes squad led by Harold W Kennedy a farmer lad from Ohio who won the four mile relay and the medley relay at the indoor quadrangular meet. Kennedy anchored the four mile relay in 4 35 and split 4 30 in the medley as OSU posted strong times.
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Columbus
F. R. Castleman
Buckeyes
Walter Wikoff
Couch
Russell Payne
Dr. Castlemen
Ohio Wesleyan
Delaware
Helms
Evanston
Wisconsin
Chicago
Northwestern
Badgers
Kenenedy
Ohio
Kennedy
Bourke
Rourke
Castleman
Red Killefer Declines Major League Offers to Manage
Wade "Red" Killefer, manager of the Seattle Pacific Coast League team, reportedly refused two major league managerial offers. He said he would return to third base coaching and cited financial interest in Seattle as sufficient for his future.
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Wade
Red” Killefer
Seattle
Killefer
Commission May Name Wills as Dempsey Challenger
New York report says the State Athletic Commission will place Harry Wills ahead of Tom Gibbons as Dempsey challenger at its meeting tomorrow. Wills filed a formal challenge with a $2,500 good faith pledge. commission shifts from neutrality. Gibbons holds a standing challenge after Knocking out Kid Norfolk in December.
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New York
State Athletic Commission
Harry Wills
Tom Gibbons
Jack Dempsey
Wills
Dempsey
Gibbons
Kid Norfolk
The 13th Hole JOE WILLIAMS RANCIS OUIMET Remembered
In a famed 1920s match at Flosmoor, Max Marston sank a long eagle two on the thirteenth hole while Francis Ouimet failed a two-footer after mud on his ball. The hole, nicknamed the devil, tested Ouimet and sparked debate over luck versus skill and a possible Boy Scout incident claim.
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Rancis Ouimet
Australia
Joe Kirkwood
Flosmoor
Max Marston
Philadelphia
Boston
Marston
Qouimet
Ouimet
Francis
Diumcet
Talking Ball at Chauncey
Chauncey base ball directors met, with J Edward Minister Jr absent. A probable season schedule was outlined and new faces may join under new management. Simmie Simpson returns, promising top semi professional play for Chauncey fans in the Hocking and Sunday Creek valleys.
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Chauncey
Chauncey Base Ball Association
J. Edward Minister, Jr
Hocking
Sunday Creek
Simmie Simpson
Chauncey and
Cubs Catcher Born in Waukegan Ill 1896
Chicago Cubs catcher born in Waukegan Illinois on October 19 1896 began major league career with the Cubs in 1918 after a stint with Peoria of the Central League He had a prior trial with the Cubs in 1915 His notable feats include a .324 batting average in 1922 and 1928 totals with 549 chances of which 118 were assists.
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Waukegan, Ill
Cubs
Peoria
Top NL players by games pitched and starts this season
Vance and Grimes led in victories and also faced the most complete games with 39. Dazzy logged 35 appearances and Grimes 38. Kremer and Morrison of Pittsburgh each worked 41 contests, the most recorded.
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Vance
Grimes
Dazzy
Kremer
Morrison
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvanias 1924 Quaker football team tops era list
Pennsylvania's 1924 football eleven ranked among the best at the school since 1900s greats Hollenbeck Kenn ath and Folwell. The team went undefeated in the regular season but lost to California in a postseason brush.
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Pennsylvania
Hollenbeck
Kennath
Folwell
California
Cubs' Arnold Statz tops NL in assists last season
Arnold Statz of the Cubs led NL outfielders with 22 assists in 131 games last season. Hazen Cuyler of Pittsburgh and Jack Smith of St Louis followed with 19 and 18 assists respectively, Cuyler in 114 games and Smith in 114.
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Arnold Statz
Cubs
Hazen Cuyler
Pittsburg
Jack Smith
Cardinals
Cuyler
Smith
Munn Impresses Chicago Fans in Title Bout
Wrestling fans in Chicago watched Wayne Munn of Nebraska defeat Mike Romano in two falls. Munn won the first fall in 6 minutes 3 seconds with a crotch and a half Nelson. the second fall came in 46 seconds.
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Chicago
Wayne Munn
Nebraska
Munn
Mike Romano
Grange Resting Comfortably After Mumps Illness
Harold Red Grange star football player, bedridden in Richmond Michigan with the mumps, rested easily and remained under observation for another week as physicians noted a high fever subsiding. He had been isolated after giving a speech at a local banquet.
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Richmond
Mich
Harold “Red” Grange
Grange
Boston Fans Welcome Baseball Season Through April 14
Residents of Boston have until April 14 to enjoy the start of the baseball season. The note signals opening excitement and city-wide interest in games, likely highlighting local teams and schedules.
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Boston
Hoppe Leads Cannefax in Six Hundred Point Match
Willie Hoppe stretched a 21 point advantage as he neared the end of a six hundred point billiards match with Bob Cannefax in New York. Cannefax had shown flashes of brilliance with a 10 point run and two sevens, but Hoppe controlled play with steady safety billiards and limited openings for his rival.
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New York
Willie Hoppe
Bob Cannefax
Hoppe
Cannefax
Willie
Seliom
Simmons Seeks Crown in New York Elimination Tourney
Alf Simmons, British lightweight champion, arrives in New York to enter an elimination tourney to decide a successor to Benny Leonard. A win would crown him world champion.
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Alf Simmons
Great Britain
Benny Leonard
Simmons
New York
Leonard
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