No More Bouts Allowed Over Garages and Gasoline Tanks
Chief Cummings orders the Gate City Athletic Club and the adjoining garages in the same building to vacate before next Tuesday due to fire trap conditions. Fire Inspector Mattis reports gasoline in the building, inadequate exits, and a faulty fire escape, risking a deadly blaze during a boxing show. Boston’s Hub boxing closure premedge cited as precedent.
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Baseball Gossip and Rumors Circulate Among Clubs
President Comiskey introduces a mechanical device to cover and uncover the ballpark. Charley Frank may acquire Bill Lindsay and George Stone from Portland, while Hal Chase’s sacrifice play is mocked. Ed Goes woes and umpire Spencer’s Pekin Kankakee out call cause talk. Stovall to manage Browns, Leach linked to Cubs, and Doyle remains Giants’ prized asset amid league chatter.
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Bill Lindsay
George Stone
Portland
George Stovall
Browns
Bobby Wallace
L. C. Davis
Boxing Late News and Views
Boxing gossip and upcoming bouts across cities. Promoter Tom O'Day talks of a twenty round title fight vs Willie Richie on the coast June 29. Local shows planned by Billy Gibson aim to develop a winter headliner for Garden A. C. New York. Jake Abel trains for a ten rounder in New Orleans next Monday.
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Yankee athletes may perform in France exhibition plan
Paris June 7. A European tour for the American Olympic team is being organized after Stockholm. Americans in France are arranging a monster meeting in Paris to face top French athletes soon after the games.
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McFarland Knocks Down Brennan Before Police Stop Bout
In Muskegon on June 7 Packey MacFarland nearly kayoed Frank Brennan, claiming Canada’s welterweight title. After three easy rounds, MacFarland pressed in the fourth, knocking Brennan down twice, the second for a nine count, before police halted the fight.
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Frank Brennan
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Great field of Olympic candidates in tryouts
Boston June 7 The Eastern Olympic try outs at Harvard stadium showcase 188 top athletes from the East in 18 events. Competitors include leading sprinters runners jumpers and weight throwers with races using metric timing while field events use feet and inches. Two timer groups will record times for 400 800 and 1550 meter events.
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Lajoie Drives Wasted Balls For Two Safe Hits
Cleveland summary notes Larry Lajoie homered? no. he hit a single and a double off Russ Ford in a Yankee against Naps game. Ford tried to walk him twice, but Lajoie refused to take bases. He swung at high pitches for hard hits, showcasing his hitting prowess.
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Rowan Former Cracker Joined Denver Club
Pitcher Jack Rowan, once a big league hopeful, was traded yesterday from Louisville to Denver. Previously owned by Cincinnati via the Cubs, he came from Detroit and was later acquired by Atlanta, marking another career move as his big league prospects fade.
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Lefty Russell Here as Coleman Is Missing
Lefty Russell is here and Twelve thousand dollars worth of good southpaw, attached to an elongated young twirler, pulled in yesterday and reported at the ball park this morning. Third Baseman Coleman is not with us yet. baseball headquarters insist he is not lost merely misplaced. They don’t know where he is and the New York club has lost track of him, but he isn’t lost.
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Wolgast Offered 50 000 For Five Gotham Fights
New York June 7 Fifty thousand dollars has been offered to Lightweight Champion Ad Wolgast if he will consent to meet five lightweights picked by Manager William Gibson of the Garden Athletic club at Madison Square Garden. Wolgast is heading to the Pacific coast to train for his bout with Joe Rivers on July 4 and has no definite answer.
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Wolgast to Meet Rivers on July Fourth
Ad Wolgast will fight Joe Rivers in the ring on July 4, manager Tom McCarey of the Corona Athletic club said. The report that Abe Attell would replace Wolgast was denied and Wolgast’s condition was questioned.
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Japanese Grappler Captures 133-Lb Wrestling Title
In Toledo Ohio on June 7 a Japanese grappler defeated Johnny Billiter to become the world lightweight wrestling champion. Matsuda won two straight falls, the first in 61 minutes and the second in 12 minutes.
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Lumley Fired as Binghamton Manager in State League
Harry Lumley, former manager of the Brooklyn National League club, was today released unconditionally as manager of the Binghamton team in the New York State league in Binghamton New York on June 7.
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Atlanta Struggles in Amateur Golf and Tennis Progress
The piece argues Atlanta’s lack of a leisure class hinders amateur sports, noting New Orleans’ golf and tennis success due to wealth and time for sport. It highlights figures like Alexa Stirling and the need for youth development at the Atlanta Athletic Club to lift golf and tennis in the city.
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Albert Schwartz
New Orleans
Atlanta Athletic Club
Walter Travis
Alexa Stirling
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