Official Am. League Batting Records 1920 Highlights
The America League batting overview spotlights George Sisler’s .407 average leading Tris Speaker and Joe Jackson, Babe Ruth’s 54 home runs, 58 runs, and 137 RBIs, Ruth’s 173 at bats and 148 walks, plus Edgar Rice’s 62 stolen bases and Speaker’s 50 two-base hits and 97 walks in a season marked by a new ball and spitter usage.
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Liberty
Cobb
Tyrus Raymond Cobb
George Sisler
St. Louis
Tris Speaker
Cleveland
Joe Jackson
Chicago
Sisler
Jacobson
George H. Ruth
New York
Babe
Ruth
Meusel
Jimmy Dykes
Athletics
McInnis
Boston
Harry Hooper
Collins
Jac Vais
Seeeas
Evans
Chevland Axle
Peer Reese
Murph
Rice
Ington
Felseh
Milan
Washington
Philphia MB. Cae Esenes Ae
O'Neil
Witt
Philadelphia
Lynn
Amieson
Etn
Smith
Clveland Peers Eee
Snyder Washington
Pratt
Sesee
Looper
Brower
Gardner
Cleveland Ace
Detroit
Williams
St Louis
Schang
Pereas
Harris
Melnnis
Graney
Bodie
Hale
Edeon
St. Lou
Johnston
Hoffmann
Ellerbe
Seeagee
Young
Roth
Deeteveres
Ony O'Neill
Shorten
Myers
Cleve
Fewster
New i
Pipp
Seema Rene Ennns
Gerber
Sabeneee
Billings
Ereid
St. Louisee
Erickson
Manion
Ewereeeerines
Lewis
New
Walker
Bedereewerane
Shanks
Ruel
Risberg
Lawne Eee Eneaseeeneaey
Davis
Strunk
Phila
Bush
Zachary
Johnson
Perkins
Styles
Myatt
Pee Ebeneeres
Burne
Keefe
Aenean Eee
Hanneh
Woodall
Warnbsganss
Courtney Ashington
Troit
Annamith
Philadel
Eon
Oss
Eeeee
Shaw New York
Thomas
Phila.Wash
Webs
Brady
Iss
Seer Tecne Rasnas
Coveskie
Cawns
Os Acdc
Shocker
Sonens
Sotheron
Hormahlen
Thee
Wees
Ag Leibold
Eater
Vitt
Vick
Kiligon
Pete
Caldwell
Steveland
Strane Oe Eeereeeteere
Eonar Troit
Picinich
Win Ton
Okrie
Dewnit
Walters
McMullin
Sewees
Lunte
Anne
Schacht
Kasesett Ashington
Tocpe
Eeerereer Rere Rt
Iphin Were
Eeereeere
Hiker
Philaderee Eee
Burrus
Peete
Oldham
Peneesree Beuererereans
Hiller
Bayne
Louis
Gina
Thompson
Ot Louis
Burwell
Louie
York
Perry
Philadelpheeses
Kerr
Res
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Callin New York
Ghleich
Wiston
Harper
Belgian cue champ wins 400 to 7 in balk line match
Edouard Horemans of Belgium, Europe’s cue champ, defeated Louis Brunswick of Chicago in a 40 point balk line match in Chicago on December 13, finishing 400 to 7. Horemans dominated the event with precise shots and strategic safety play.
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Chicago
Edouard Horemans
Belgium
Europe
Louis Brunswick
Snooker Player Horemans Posts High Grand Average
The report details Horemans finishing in three innings with a 270 unfinished run in the third. He opened with 112 on his first table visit, attempted a tough 113th shot, scoring 18 in the second inning, then swept the table in the third to reach a grand average of 133 1 2.
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Horemans
Badge Saves Hunter Life in Deer Hunt Incident
In Plymouth on December 13, Phlip Je Morris of Carver survived a deer hunt ambush when a nickel deputy forester badge absorbed a buckshot that would have hit his heart. Morris, shot nine times during the fusillade by ten hunters, left Jordan Hospital with the badge dented but intact.
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Plymouth
Forester
Phlip Je. Morris
Carver
Ed Lewis to Wrestle Here This Week
Word from George Tuohey in New York states Ed Lewis will wrestle at the Grand Opera House on Thursday night regardless of the Madison Square Garden result with Joe Stecher. The bout in Boston tonight with Letcher is noted as Lewis final appearance for a long stay before a return to California.
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George Tuohey
New York
Ed Lewis
Joe Stecher
Madison Square Garden
Lewis
Grand Opera House
Wired Tuohey
Letcher
Boston
Lewi
California
Tuohey
Stecher-Lewis
Mechanics’ Building
St Joseph's to Stage Four Amateur Glove Bouts
The St Joseph T A Society announces its boxing show for tomorrow night at the Commercial A C rooms. Four weight classes 108 115 125 and 145 pounds will be contested with all divisions well filled.
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St. Joseph’s
St. Joseph T. A. Society
Commercial A. C
Will Default Ice Title St Paul
Everett McGowan of St Paul highlights a national and international ice title effort as Dec 13 coverage notes him as a key figure in the sport.
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ST. Paul
Amateur champion skips defending American title in Newburgh
The amateur champion announced he would not defend his American title at the national amateur skating meet in Newburgh New York on New Year s Day. Mild weather hindered his training and conditioning.
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Newburgh, N. Y
Dempsey V Brennan Remains Heavyweight Title Preview
Dempsey is favored to retain the heavyweight crown with a knockout inside three rounds against Brennan at Madison Square Garden. Harvard’s baseball future centers on Jack Slattery as the coach, while Princeton looms as a rising athletic power in college sports. Cornell cross country heads to England led by McDermott and Brown to face Oxford and Cambridge in a prestige duel.
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Vuck Dempsey
Jack
Brennan
Madison Square
Dempsey
Big Bill
K. O
Harvard
Jack Slattery
Braves
Crimson
Slattery
Princeton
Athletic College of America
Yale
Cornell
Tigers
Lee
England
Oxford
Cambridge
Massachusetts Deer Season Shows One in Hundred Hunters Succeed
State House statisticians report 973 total deer killed in 1920, 140 more than 1919, from about 95 000 licensed hunters. Franklin county led with 259 deer, Berkshire 192, while pheasant counts fell from 2577 to 1977. Officials note better shooting overall, with shorebird migration delayed by fine weather and calls from clubs to restrict partridge seasons.
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State House
Massachusetts
Franklin County
Berkshire
Franklin
Fifty Turnout for Track Work at Irvington Armory
Fifty B U men turned out for the first track practice held in the South Armory on Irvington street. Coach Ayres limited the session to an hour focusing on starts and general limbering. Anderson impressed as a starter with a 5 feet 11 inches jump.
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B. U
South Armory
Irvington Street
Ayres
Anderson
Worcester Tech
Springfield Y. M. C
Brown
Tigers to Play Off Penn Tie in Intercollegiate Split
Philadelphia December 13 The Princeton and Pennsylvania soccer teams may meet again this week on neutral grounds to decide the league championship. Douglas Stewart, coach of the Red and Blue, proposed a game at the Merion Cricket Club on Thursday after a 3-3 tie in a four extra inning title clash at Princeton.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Princeton
Douglas Stewart
Merion Cricket Club
Army Champ Summers to Box Flynn in Boston Saturday
Johnny Summers of New York former lightweight A. E. F. champion makes his ring debut in Boston Saturday night at the Scenic Temple. He faces Paddy Flynn of Everett in the Commonwealth A. C. tourney headline bout, a match seen as Summers’ tough test. The Thursday show in the same arena is scratched.
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Johnny Summers
New York
Boston
Paddy Flynn
Everett
Commonwealth A. C
Scenic Temple
Summers
Eddie Shevlin
Roxbury
Flynn
The Girls New Styles Stir Men on Tremont Street
A satirical column skewers current fashion trends and moral policing, praising few and lampooning backless gowns and tight waists. It mocks laws by comparing fashion to an unregulated stage, notes daylight saving reshaping evening wear, and pokes fun at designers, models, and society queens.
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Tremont Street
Middlesex Sportsmen Seek Car for Game Warden Goodwin
Members of the Middlesex Sportsman's Association raise funds to purchase an automobile for Game Warden Goodwin to improve mobility across the large territory. The group backs his work and aims to ease his heavy patrol duties with motor transport.
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Middlesex Sportsman's Association
Goodwin
Cary
Pittsfield Forms New Boxing Club To Run Matches
Pittsfield announces formation of the Pittsfield Athletic Club to run boxing at the Casino under the State Boxing Commission. Mike Garvey presides Dan Morey of Adams is matchmaker Joe Peacock, famed Canadian hockey figure, serves as secretary and Casino manager. Matches planned every fortnight beginning January 12.
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Pittsfield
Mike” Garvey
Dan"’ Morey
Adams Matchmaker
Joe’ Peacock
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Horemains
Brunswick
Lincoln
Baker Bros
Badge Saves
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LeGendre
Tiger
Boxing Commission
Frank Moran
Joe Beckett
States
Beckett
Pittsburger
Moran
Carpentier
Georges
Ty Cobb
Wild Bill Donovan
Quakers
Tommy McDermott
R. E. Brown
N. P. Brown
Bonsal
Stoehampton
London
New Haven
Jack Moakley
Carter
Ithcan
B. U. Athletics
PENN
Army Champ
Ireland
Poe
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Horace Partridge CO
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Athletic and Sporting Goods
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