Ralph De Palma Crowned 1912 Road Racing Champion
Ralph De Palma is named the individual road racing champion of America for 1912 by critics, with Fiat earning the car honors. He carried four wins in five races, succeeding Harvey Herrick, Ralph Mulford, and Bert Dingley. Teddy Tetzlaff is seen as runner up with three firsts, Harry Endicott next with two. The season ended with Phoenix desert races as Chicago Motor Age summarizes results.
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Ralph de Palma
America
Fiat
American Automobile Association
de Palma
Harvey Herrick
Ralph Mulford
Bert Dingley
Teddy Tetzlaff
Harry Endicott
C. G. Linsebaugh
Chicago Automobile Club
Motor Age
Odd Callings Found in Uncle Sam Census Feed
The thirteenth U S census lists unusual occupations across the United States. A Texas snake dealer sold over 150 000 rattlers and blacksnakes yearly. A shoe maker’s trade now employs diverse roles from judges to pancake-makers. A Seattle man profits by gathering walrus mustaches sold to China as toothpicks. Other odd jobs include a hat factory whirler, a longshore walloper, a clock plant vibrator, and an oyster related tanger.
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Texas
Kansas City
Seattle
Bering Strait
Pacific
China
Tests Confirm Danger of Stable Flies
Urgeon John F Anderson and Wade H Frost of the US Public Health Service report experiments confirming that infantile paralysis can be transmitted by the stable fly. Infected monkeys exposed to hundreds of stable fly bites developed paralysis. three additional monkeys, exposed to the same flies, also showed symptoms.
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Urgeon
John F. Anderson
Wade H. Frost
United States Public Health Service
Milton J. Roseneau
Harvard Medical School
Rosenau
Pr. Anderson
Frost
Rosnau
Washington
Capital Society Girls Embrace Art Classes Over Sports
A Washington society group of cabinet and military families abandons outdoor sports for painting at the Corcoran, led by E. C. Messer. Daughters Miss Nagel Miss Meyer and Miss Townsend study oil painting, with Townsend already in the life class. The class includes about a dozen from the city’s elite.
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Washington Society
Smart Set
E. C. Messer
Corcoran Art Gallery
Messer
Nagel
Miss Meyer
Miss Townsend
Portugal
Manuel
London
Hildegarde Nagel
Commerce and Labor
Miss Meyer Is the Daughter of the Secretary of the Navy
Washington
Playing managers valued but not as catchers Say Dooin on baseball leadership
Baseball owners favor active playing managers for team direction but Philadelphia’s Charlie Dooin argues a catcher cannot be a strong manager. He notes his own limited catching last season and recounts how Killifer behind the plate improved young pitchers and hitters, citing Kling and Bresnahan as examples.
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Charlie Dooin
Dooin
Killifer
Doom
Kling
Bresnahan
Umpires Name All Star Teams From Both Leagues
Major league umpires William Evans and Bill Klem pick two all star rosters. Evans selects the American League lineup led by Cobb and Speaker with Wagner at short and Milan as utility outfielder. Klem’s National League picks feature Mathewson and Tesreau as pitchers, Wagner and Zimsnerman infielding, and Magee Wilson and Rescher as outfielders.
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William Evans
Bill Klem
Evans
Klemn
Billy Evans
Stanage
Detroit
Johnson
Washington
Wagner
Boston
W. J. Klem
Archer
Chicago
Meyers
New York
Mathewson
Marquard
Tesreau
Rucker
Brooklyn
Daubert
Zimsnerman
Pittsburg
Rescher
Cincinnati
Magee
Philadelphia
Wilson
Pittsburgh
Schulte
Sweeney
Unusual handicap in golf tale from Kansas City
A nervous Kansas City golf fan faced a quirky handicap where a fat friend could stand behind him up to eighteen holes and shout Boo only three times. The nervous player trembled at the anticipated disruption, yet the fat friend remained quiet. The ploy backfired as the calm opponent prevailed.
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Kansas City
Kansas City Journal
Diamond belt restored to Wolgast after unsatisfactory finish
Promoter Tom McCarey initially withheld the diamond belt offered to the winner of the July 4 light weight title bout between Ad Wolgast and Joe Rivers. He relented as Wolgast was about to board a train to San Francisco, presenting the champion with the solid gold belt set with four large diamonds valued at $1,000, much to Wolgast’s surprise.
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Tom McCarey
McCarey
Wolgast
San Francisco
Gossip and Sports Wrangles Across Early Baseball Circles
A column mixes sports gossip from 1912 with notes on football, billiards and baseball. Mentions include Jeff Tesreau, William Oriet, Chief Bender, Miller Huggins and Buffalo club sales. Discusses team money, odds, and the funk of postgame conversations amid trades and league shifts.
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Carl Morris
Jeff Tesreau
Ironton
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Lat Nelson
Hegewisch
Memphis
William Oriet
Missoula
Union Association
Chief Bender
Buffalo International League
Montgomery
Little Rock
Miller Huggins
Cardinals
Boxing weights set for international rules adopted
The movement to establish a universal boxing rule set is now concrete as officials here and abroad agree on a new system. The American board has passed a weight scale and will forward it to Insurance and England for approval.
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America
England
France
Iurance
New Boxing Weight Scale Aims For Uniform Rules
The proposed scale raises weights in most classes except bantamweight fixed at 116 pounds. The new commission class targets fighters 175 pounds or less, including Gunboat Smith and Sailor Burke, to clash with lighter peers. Heavy class remains for those over 175 pounds as weigh ins occur at ringside. Uniform rules expected within six weeks to two months.
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Commission
Gunboat Smith
Sailor Burke
Stovall Reappointed as St. Louis Manager
George Stovall signs to manage the St. Louis American League club next season and seeks a price from Cincinnati for catcher Larry McLean.
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Stovall
George Stovall
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Larry McLean
Old Cy Young to Manage Portland Coast League Team
It is likely that Old Cy Young will manage the Portland Coast league team next season. Cy loves the game too well to quit it entirely.
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Cy Young
Cy” Young
Portland
Michigan Briefs Highlight State Liability and Local Incidents
Lansing reports David S. Wright of the Michigan School for the Blind filed a claim against the state under the workmen’s compensation act, the first personal injury against the state under the law. Battle Creek notes diphtheria closures with two deaths. Allegan covers Deputy Sheriff Kleis murder-charge shift. Ann Arbor grants $100 Japan Society prize for essays on Japan by U of M students.
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Lansing
David S. Wright
Michigan School For the Blind
Industrial Accident Board
Wright
Ann Arbor
H. B. Hutchins
Lindsey Russell
New York City
Japan Society of New York
U. of M
Japan
Japan Society
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Uncle Sam
Ashington
National
Albert E. Shrmaker
Anti-Saloon League
District of Columbia
Shoemaker
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Government Hospital For
Fisher
West Virginia
Joe
Capital Society
Catcher Killifer
Klem
Ad Wolgast
Joe Rivers
Michigan
Battle Creek
H. A. Powers
Mason
Lewis Doyle
Wheatfield Township
Doyle
Hastines
Charles Gage
Olive Stone
Henry Sawyer
Mrs. Sawyer
Wayne County Board of Election
Wayne County
Grand Rapids
Nellie Comstock
Niles
Phoebe Priest
Miss Priest
John
James Henry
Morrice
Roy Dunn
Perry
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