Peace talks move to Cincinnati as leagues seek Federal league end
Chicago reports a peace accord would keep 70 Federal players under iron clad contracts through 1917 with salaries totaling over 300000 yearly while backers are reimbursed from player sales. Weeghman and Sinclair viewed as buyers. Browns ownership signals possible Chicago sales.
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Charles Weeghman
Chicago Federals
Harry Sinclair
Newark
Chicago Nationals
St. Louis
St. Louis Browns
Weeghman
Cubs
Boxing and Track Notes Highlight Local Sports Scene
Charitable appeals and boxing news mix with track chatter from Maine to California. Mike Devanney bets on a repeat win in Portland, Wild Bill Fleming draws Maine crowds, Ted Meredith faces Sloman in California, Harvard's hockey squad shows potential, and a Boston wrestling rebuke anchors a column of early season notes.
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Hrriend Duffey
Boston
Tuohey
Patr
No Signed Peace Agreement Between Baseball Leagues
Cincinnati December 19 August Herrmann chairman of the National Baseball Commission denied any truth to reports that an agreement had been signed toward peace between organized baseball and the Federal League. He spoke after being shown the statement from the unidentified source.
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Chicago
New York
Mr. Herrmann
Cincinnati
Organized Baseball
Federal League
August Herrmann
National Baseball Commission
Sinclair May Buy an Oklahoma Club
Harry F. Sinclair of Tulsa, a financial backer of the Federal league, was mentioned at the Western Association of Baseball Clubs meeting in M Ales ter Oklahoma as a possible purchaser of the Tulsa club if peace is declared between the Federal and organized baseball interests.
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M’alester
Okla
Harry F. Sinclair
Tulsa
Federal League
Western Association of Baseball Clubs
Meredith Faces Rival Sloman In National 440 Meet
California sprinter Frank Sloman emerges as a top challenger to Ted Meredith in next summer’s national 440 yard dash. Sloman aims to avenge a Panama Pacific Games defeat and may improve by next year, threatening Meredith’s title defense at Newark.
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California
Ted Meredith
Frank Sloman
Meredith
Sloman
Newark
Ted
Frisco
San Francisco
Columbia to expand 1916 football schedule to eight or nine games
Columbia University plans to release its 1916 football opponents after a committee meeting. All games will be at South Field with no away trips for three years. West Point is off the slate, Brown may be hosted on Thanksgiving, and Carlisle could skip next season.
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New York
Columbia
University
Morningside Heights University
South Field
West Point
Army
Brown University
Carlisle
Brown
Providence
Rhode Island University
Army Navy Game to Be Played in Philadelphia in 1916
Philadelphia announces the Army Navy football game will be held here in 1916 with E J Berlet stating a Navy Athletic Association letter confirms Philadelphia as the site others note the Navy can select grounds while New York hosts Army selection rights.
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Philadelphia
E. J. Berlet
Army-Navy
A. P. Fairfield
Navy Athletic Association
New York
Army Athletic Council
Willard Offered $20,000 For 1916 Bout In Newark
A Newark syndicate led by Mark Herbs offers Jess Willard twenty thousand dollars for a ten round heavyweight title bout to be staged in Newark or New York on or before May 30 1916. Jack Bulger of Charley Weinert’s camp negotiates the offer for Willard’s consideration.
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Jess Willard
Charley Weinert
New York
Newark
Mark Herbs
Jack Bulger
Willard
Weinert as Newark contender for Willard title offer
An offer outlines $20,000 for a Willard Weinert bout with staged payments and possible Newark venue during the 250th anniversary year. Promoter remarks praise Weinert’s wins over Coffey Moran Savage and Gunboat Smith, with Curley and Bulger commenting on his potential and appeal in New York or Newark.
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Mr. Herbs
Newark
Trenton
New York City
Weinert
Willard
Jim Coffey
Gunboat Smith
Jess Willard
Jim Savage
Frank Moran
Savage
Jack Dillon
Dillon
Coffey
Moran
Jack Curley
Willard-Johnson
Fred Fulton
Rochester
New Orleans
Giants and Yankees agree on spring exhibition series
New York reports the Giants and Yankees will play a three game spring series at Polo Grounds on April 7 8 and 10 before the regular season opening. Secretary Foster and Harry Sparrow signed the papers marking the first such cross town exhibition in Gotham despite prior opposition to these games.
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New York
Charles Hercules Ebbets
Giants
Yankees
Foster
Harry Sparrow
Yanks
Gotham
Superbas
Macon
Christmas Ice Opens In Lexington High School Rivalry
Lexington High School seven meets Tremont Athletic Club alumni team on Christmas Day with both clubs preparing for the season. A meeting this week will elect a captain for the high school squad.
Greenkeepers and Golf Associations Could Forge United Front
The article urges forming a national professional golfers and greenkeepers union to share knowledge and advance grass care. It cites Massachusetts Golf Association efforts, prize essays by greenskeepers, and the value of lectures and cross club cooperation to improve links, seeds, turf, and course design.
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United States
United States Golf Association
Massachusetts Golf Association
Great Britain
Chip and Loughery Ready for 12 Round Middleweight Clash
A slugging 12 round bout headlines tomorrow night at the Armory A A as George Chip meets Frank Loughery. Loughery, three years in Europe and Australia, returns confident to challenge local middleweight contenders. Also on the card Willis Green faces Charley Sheppard in six rounds and Cy Goodwin meets John Camp in six rounds.
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Armory
A. A
George Chip
Frank Loughery
Loughery
Joe Chick
Johnny Kid Alberts
Chip
Walter Butler
George Alger
Willis Green
Charley Sheppard
Cy Goodwin
John Camp
O'Donnell May Coach At Exeter
Cleo O'Donnell the Everett football coach may succeed Tad Jones as Exeter head coach next fall if Jones leaves Yale 1916 squad. Syracuse University faculty also seeks to hire O'Donnell after Buck O'Neil's resignation to bolster the program.
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Cleo O'Donnell
Everett
Tad Jones
Exeter
Yale
Syracuse University
O’donnell
Buck O’neil
New York College
O'Neil
O'Donnell Entangled in Yale Chief Decision Amid Exeter Support
O'Donnell has met with a Syracuse man about the Yale chief post but remains noncommittal until a decision on Jones. Exeter backers include top officials who praise his work with green material at Everett. Joe Wehner, 1916 Exeter captain, backs him, having learned football from Cleo and earning all scholastic center honors.
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O'Donnell
Syracuse
Jones
Yale
Powers-That-Be
Exeter
O’donnell
Everett
Joe Wehner
Wehner
Cleo
Wolgast May Be Suspended
Charges of breach of contract and obtaining money under false pretences will be brought against Ad Wolgast at the New York State Athletic Commission meeting tomorrow. Chairman Fred Wenck will recommend six months suspension for boxing on December 14 in Atlanta in violation of a Harlem Sporting Club contract and for appearing here while not in fit physical condition.
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New York
Ad Wolgast
New York State Athletic Commission
Fred Wenck
Pugilist
Wolgast
Harlem Sporting Club
Atlanta
Johnny Dundee Boston Fight Opponent Recalled
The article recalls a Boston bout involving Johnny Dundee with a cited 112 round match against Gallant, noting it as one of the worst bouts at the local club. It also mentions fan George Sisler of the St. Louis Browns as a 22 year old southpaw, 5 feet 10 inches tall, recruited from college by Branch Rickey.
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Dundee
Gallant
George Sisler
St. Louis Browns
Branch Rickey
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