Christmas wishes from the era era via athletics figures
A collection of holiday requests from coaches players and sports figures. Fans officials and club members ask for equipment handicaps and favors from rowing to golf to hockey and football with names including Duffey Parisien Brennen Mack and Camp among others in a lighthearted plea for next season.
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Gabby Jones
Albemarle Golf Club
Fred Wright, Jr
Massachusetts Golf Association
Dan Horan
Florida clubs seek major leaguers for winter league
In Tampa on December 24 details emerged that the Florida West Coast winter baseball league considers hiring Babe Ruth Ty Cobb Tris Speaker and other stars. Proposals from St Petersburg and Sarasota clubs suggest league management could assemble a competitive team by bidding for big names and awarding slots to weaker clubs.
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J. A. Cigar Wishes Happy Holidays and New Year
The message thanks thousands of friends for Christmas wishes and patrons of the J. A. cigar. It pledges to continue making the best cigar and to maintain a high standard that has made the brand supreme for fifty seven years.
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A Guy Can Grab Off a Million in Oil If He's on the Selling End
A satirical tale recounts Joe Gimp promoting Yap Yap Oil with grand promises, stock schemes, and fake prospects in Texas. Investors rush in despite lack of pipelines, later facing a severe decline as Joe escapes with ill-gotten gains. The piece closes with a moral favoring castor oil over fraudulent oil ventures.
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Midas
Texas
Atlanta
Boxing Promoters Signal Interest in Big Fights and Venues
Promoters discuss heavier gloves for Dempsey and Carpentier with a 45 percent gate share, while Tex Rickard urges Gov Millers to avoid meddling with a July 4 event. Talks include a Young Kirby bout in a hall twice Madison Square Garden capacity, and plans for more champions like Her man plus a New England title shot with Terry Martin.
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Young Kirby
Madison Square Garden
Jack Britton
Red Sox still dodges Derrill Pratt despite offer
Report persists that Derrill Pratt will not join the Red Sox as Harry Frazee claims Pratt has been offered a substantial salary raise. Michigan maintains an ironclad three year contract barring league play, asserting Pratt cannot play elsewhere.
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Buckeye Eleven Braced for Grand Beating at Pasadena
Reports say the University of California eleven will pose a strong challenge to Ohio State in the New Year showdown at Pasadena. An observer praises the Far Westerners as rangy fast and well drilled, confident of victory next week.
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Indians Fear Yankees After Trade Shock
Cleveland voices concern over the Yankees Red Sox exchange saying New York is strengthened and Boston is seen as a farm system for the Yankees. A Cleveland writer calls the claim that Boston serves as a farm club for New York asininity.
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Rabbit Maranville Returns to Indoor Basketball Play
The report questions how Rabbit Maranville, famed for baseball, could participate in indoor basketball and how any club would permit a star of his caliber to compete in the sport.
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Minky Dees
Red Sox
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Beckett Loses to Moran in London Heavyweight Report
London on December 15 reports Beckett losing to Moran in a heavyweight bout. The piece reflects on English prospects and questions whether Beckett is truly English, suggesting the sport may wait another half century for a genuine big man.
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Beckett’s Fight Defeat Labeled Poor and Aimless
A writer critiques Beckett as a quitter with a lackadaisical style and uncertain strategy in the Moran bout. He recalls Beckett’s 1919 highs and Carpentier setback, notes Moran’s clever play, Mary Ann jab, and Beckett’s nervous misjudgment before a four-minute bout, then adds a war-era RAF anecdote with Prince Albert.
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Beckett
Carpentier
Gilderoy
Moran
Mary Ann
Billy Wells
Boxing and boxing people in Christmas thoughts and hopes
A Christmas column praises boxing’s noble spirit and urges a boxing pause in the state. It discusses Johnson Frazee friction in baseball, rival Georges V influence in wrestling and hockey, Pete Herman vs Wilde prospects, and Dempsey Brennan profits. It notes Professor Roberts and changes to indoor relay mile events and hints at the Hunter trophy race. The piece wraps with optimism for sport cooperation.
Brown honored with gold watch at Back Bay club
George W. Brown, longtime athletic manager of the Boston Athletic Association, received a gold watch from many friends at the Back Bay club. Hugh C. Mc Grath presented it, praising Brown’s services to the club and local sports. Brown will soon assume management of the new Boston Arena and focus on the organization.
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Miller Huggins Targets New Outfielder After Season
After the holidays Miller Huggins plans to pursue a new outfielder as many suitors are said to be available. The market could widen if trades fall into place with Heilman possibly moving and Cobb taking charge of the Tigers.
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First Boston bout of Tel Kid Lewis in 1915
In Boston during August 1915 Tel Kid Lewis fought his first match, with records showing Mike Glover as the opponent. Other notes mention bantamweight champion Joey Lynch losing to Jimmy Wilde in London on December 11. No Haston professional hockey selection announced yet.
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Braves May Land Kauf for Waugh Trade Possibility
Manager I red Mitchell eyes Benny Kauff as the marquee outfielder target for a Braves trade with Boston. Kauff, entangled by legal trouble in New York and sent to Toronto, could join the Braves if negotiations with John McGraw yield a favorable exchange. Maranville could be involved if multi-player terms entice McGraw.
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