Boys Club Team Defeats Wild Cats In City Tournament
The Boys' Club first team beat the Wild Cats 21 to 5 in the first half as Johnston Crowell and Ward led scoring. Ward was fouled out after halftime. Wild Cats closed gaps but fell short as Ramsey and Wade suffered defeats in the other game.
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Wild Cats
Johnston
Crowell
Ward
Brown
Hobby Snead
Ramsey
Wade
Nunan
Martin
French
Yade
Pirate Regulars And Yannigans Tie In Ninth Inning
Paso Robles Calif March 10 The Pirate regulars and the Yannigans battled to an 18 18 tie as manager Bill McKeehnie called the game after nine innings. Eddie Oere delivered a sharp drive that scored Joe Cronin from third with two out in a late rally. Joe Brown and Louis Koupal pitched for the Yannigans and Pirates in a see saw game featuring promising minor league recruits from South Carolina and other circuits.
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Paso Robles
Calif
Pirate
Yannigans
Bill McKeehnie
Joe Cronin
Lee Meadows
Yana
Eddie Oere
Cronin
Joe Brown
Louis Koupal
Brown
Meadows
Koupal
James Richardson
Buccaneers
South Carolina
Macadam Teams Top East Princeton Juniors In Pair Of Games
Macadam girls defeat East Princeton J H 8 by 48 to 16 advantage on Macadam Court. Miss Barger and Miss Bowling led scoring with Barger netting nine in the first half and Iscel Howling tallying eleven for the match. Macadam boys win 48 to 16 as Barlow scores 21 and Burgess 17 in a fast afternoon clash.
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East Princeton J. H
Misses Barger
Miss Barger
Iscel Howling
East Princeton
Low
Barlow
Macadam
Burgess
Jimmy De Forest Named Matchmaker for Polo Grounds
Jimmy De Forest, former trainer of Jack Dempsey and Luis Angel Firpo, was named matchmaker for the Polo Grounds home of the New York Giants for the coming summer. He will seek a matchmakers license from the New York state athletic commission and begin scheduling immediately. Tex Rickard recently gained control of Yankee Stadium nearby.
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New York
Jimmy Deforest
Jack Dempsey
Luis Angel Jirpo
Polo Grounds
New York Giants
Deforest
New York State Athletic Commission
Tex Rickard
Yankee Stadium
Harlem River
United States Steel rejects war amortization claims
New York March 10. Elbert H Gary chairman of United States Steel says the company was denied excessive war amortization deductions after a Senate committee review. He notes the amortization section fixed about 55 million as allowable deductions for 1914 15 and 1626 for investments in wartime production facilities. Gary emphasizes no delinquency or misrepresentation and asserts adherence to tax laws.
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New York
Senate
Internal Revenue
Reau
United States Steel Corporation
Elbert H. Gary
Internal Revenue Department
Gary
Explosion Shatters Homes in North Moundsville West Virginia
An explosion of eighteen kegs blasting powder and three coves of stick dynamite in a small frame building near Richland Marshall Coal Company shattered windows across three stories and many homes. The blast, heard 13 miles away in Wheeling, caused a mine rumor, but no casualties. A mysterious shed fire preceded the blast and workers were warned off.
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Moundsville
W. Va
Richland- Marshall Coal Company
North Moundsville
Wheeling
Mother Hannah Chaplin to Live in Vancouver
Hollywood report states Mrs Hannah Chaplin mother of Charles Chaplin must leave the United States by March 26 under immigration rulings. The studio says she will move to Vancouver and has been living at a beach home supplied by her son after coming to America three years ago amid wartime nerve shock. The exact departure date was not specified.
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Hollywood
Calif
Charles Chaplin
Hannah Chaplin
United States
Vancouver
California Baseball Team Plans Eastward Tour in June
Berkeley reports the University of California baseball squad will tour the East in June. The schedule includes Fordham University on June 8 and the University of Pennsylvania on June 11. Negotiations are under way with Yale, Harvard, and additional leading universities.
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Berkeley
Calif
University of California
Fordham University
University of Pennsylvania
Yale
Harvard
Fifteen Physicians Declare Wren Insane in Ohio
Harry Wren and his brother Ray fled from deputies in Bellefontaine Ohio for days before Ray was fatally wounded and Harry was captured. Fifteen physicians declared Harry Wren insane and Probate Judge S J Southard ordered commitment to Dayton state hospital.
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Bellefontaine
Ohio
Harry Wren
Ray Wren
Rey
Dayton State Hospital
S. J. Southard
Baseball’s Training Then and Now in Metropolis Headlines
Nostalgic look at early 20th century spring training compares old fashioned managers with modern camps. Describes fashion influenced culture, player grooming, and the shift from rough sport to fashionable athletic life. References Mathewson Bresnahan Ebbets and Vanity Fair.
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Mathewson
Bresnahan
Long Island
Candle Hidden By Bushel Prompting Park Idea At School
Letter urges opening a plaza between Mercer Street and Straley Avenue to reveal Princeton's new high school. Proposes funding from city, board of education, and private subscriptions to create a small campus and public view, benefiting hundreds of children and the area’s beauty.
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Mercer Street
Straley Avenue
Board of Education
Businessen
Princeton
No Action Yet To Force Answer From Dempsey
New York March 10 no word from Jack Dempsey or manager Jack Kearns reached the state athletic commission on challenges from Harry Wills and Tommy Gibbons. The board announced no action will occur until the champion replies within a 15 day limit. Tiger Flowers manager Walk Miller was indefinitely suspended for missing a summons to the commission office. The suspension covers his entire stable and lasts until Miller appears. Former chairman George E Brower did not attend but sent congratulations and said he would attend Friday's meeting.
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New York
Mar
Jack Dempsey
Jack Kearns
State Athletic Commission
Harry Wills
Tommy Gibbons
James A. Farley
Walk Miller
Tiger Flowers
Commission
No-Hit Baseball Dreams and Balkline Feats Stir Debate
The piece contrasts pitchers who prize no-hit games with Football and other sports feats, noting Red Grange and remarkable defensive plays. It highlights Jake Schaefer’s 400 in balkline and 581 run without a miss as extraordinary mental tests, and ponders whether mental prowess outweighs physical feats in sport.
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Jake Schaefer
Willie Lee
Erich Hagenslacher
Hoppe
Schaefer
Welker Cochran
Pittsburg Yellow Jackets Defeat St Paul 4 0 in Hockey
Pittsburg Yellow Jackets stay in race for first in western division by beating St Paul 4 to 0 in a United States Amateur Hockey Association game played tonight in Pittsburg.
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Pittsburg
Mar
Pittsburg Yellow Jackets
United States Amateur Hockey Association
St. Paul
Jury Carpenter Case Locked Up For Night
In Charleston West Virginia March 10 after three hours of deliberation the jury in the James Carpenter murder trial failed to agree and was locked up for the night by Sheriff Massey. The case concerns the December slaying of William Fraker at the Rayford Cabin Creek mine with closing arguments completed.
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Charleston
W. Va
James Carpenter
William Fraker
Rayford
Cabin Creek
Sheriff Massey
Carpenter
Fraker
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Ceeeee Johnson
Aires Sadge
Conpmod Soeen
Tee” Gibson
Hobby ‘Snead
SY Sidney Smith
Nol
WWE
Jolson
Mour
Jimmy DE Forest
Steel Corporation
California
Wren
van Dyke
Ty Cobb
Vanity Fair
Charley Ebbets
Dempsey
Billy Evanss
Ron
Red” Grange
Illinois
Michigan
Yellow Jackets
Dones
Princeton Ave
Bluefield
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