Boxing Gossip From Newark Reflects Shifting Fight Scene
Reports from Newark say boxers and promoters take profits unevenly after the Lewis Leonard bout. Promoters plan to publish accounts, amateurs seek more shows, and ring names like Britton Britt Valgar Dempsey Levinsky Turner Miske MacCaffery Kroll figure in plans for future fights and camps.
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Newark
Angels
Philadelphia
Lewis- Leonard
Lewis
Leonard
Jack Britton
Boston
Benny Leonard
Mike Gibbons
Johnny Kilbane
Camp Gordon
Georgia
Jack Dempsey
Levinsky
Olympia A. A
Dempsey
Meehan
Clay Turner
Quaker City
Billy Miske
Madonna Linart Charity Race At Revere Track
Madonna Linart race behind the motors has been shifted to a charity meet for the Italian Red Cross on Columbus Day afternoon at Revere cycle track. Goulette and Rollins will run a special sprint, with amateurs and pros invited. George Turco will handle reservations. Proceeds go to the Italian Red Cross.
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Madonna Linart
Revere
Revere Street
Linehan Eyes Harvard S A T C Post
Charlie Linehan, Ridge Technical athletic coach, applied for admission to Harvard S A T C and would likely become an instructor for student soldiers in athletics. He has a strong football record at Cambridge School and would boost the Crimson staff of athletic directors.
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Bridgeport
New England
Coogan
Bogash
Dummy Burns
Frankie Britt
Borash
Bridgeport Pavers
Charlie Linehan
The
Ridge Technical Teams
Harvard
Cambridge
Crimson
Support Our Leaders Call to Action for Bonds
The message urges unity behind leaders and calls the public to support bonds by purchasing them today, framing the effort as a patriotic duty and national rallying cry.
Colleges May Play Football Under War Department Plan
The War Department prohibits full schedules but allows four November games for SATC schools with two home and two abroad. Inter-company trials in October will form university teams, with eligibility limited to fit soldiers. October practice capped at 1.5 hours daily. no October games extending to taps. November trips limited to two, with furloughs covering absences.
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Washington
War Department
Army Training Corps
Rees
Sudens
Boy Killed Playing War in Marblehead Barn
Oct 16 Bellville age 16 was accidentally shot by William W Taff age 14 while playing war in a Marblehead barn. The rifle discharged as they came down stairs catching on Taffs clothing. Bellville died soon after at a hospital.
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Uoward Bellville
William W. Taff
Taff
Young Bellville
German Front Crumbling Says Frankfort Zeitung
Paris reports the Frankfort Zeitung says the German western front is grave and crumbling under Allied attack. It notes the Meuse fighting with American assaults just beginning and parts of Chemin des Dames abandoned. Evacuation of Belgium discussed openly in Berlin.
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Havas
Frankfort Zeitung
Meuse
Chemin Des Dames
Belgium
Berlin
Buy bonds and help pay the purchase price of victory
The brief urges readers to purchase bonds today to fund a victory effort. It frames the action as civic support and investment in success, emphasizing immediate participation and collective contribution.
Lost Over Bowie Lines Airmans First Patrol Tales
An Indianapolis airman and a Missouri pilot recount their first patrols during World War I. Lieutenant Max Perry describes veering into Germany after compass trouble and a four-plane chase, landing behind allied lines but under German fire. Lieutenant Leroy Prinz details a two-Albatross engagement that ended with a crash landing after a propeller-less touchdown. Both call the experience the funniest thing in the air despite danger.
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Indianapolis
Missouri
Max O. Perry
New York
Washington Square
Leroy Prinz
St. Joseph
Germany
Perry
Prinz
France
Archie
D Annunzio Flies From French Front To Milan
Italian author aviator Gabriele D Annunzio completed a return flight from the French front to Milan in three hours and 10 minutes, following his September 26 nonstop Turin to Chalons route behind the front.
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Rome
Gabriele D’annunzio
Turin
Chalons
Milan
British Torpedo Gunboat Sunk with 53 Missing
The British admiralty said fifty three men are missing after a torpedo gunboat sank in a collision with a merchant vessel on September thirty.
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London
Admiralty
Turks Withdraw From Persia Ordered by Constantinople
Turkiye forces in Persia have been ordered to leave at once, per a Teheran report to the State Department. The withdrawal follows the Turkish disaster in Palestine, prompting an immediate withdrawal action.
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Washington
Persia
Constantinople
State Department
Teheran
Palestine
German troops withdrawn from Swiss border report
A Swiss despatch says since the western Allied offensive began, Germany has pulled troops from the German Swiss frontier and replaced them with Bavarian Landsturm detachments. Deserters reach Swiss outposts daily, and a Bavarian officer notes very low morale and claims Germany has done enough fighting for the King of Prussia.
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Washington
Switzerland
Bavarian Landsturm
Bavaran
Prussia
Buy a Small Bond and Start Your Part
A call to readers to purchase a bond worth one hundred or fifty dollars and then buy another, framing the act as starting to contribute to the effort. The message emphasizes immediate participation and personal responsibility.
Carpentier Pledged for Y M C A War Work Tour
Jack Eller reports Georges Carpentier nearly crossed to the United States to box four rounders for the Y M C A War Work Fund. The Y M C A did not request or promise to back the plan, and Carpentier would have weighed about 185 pounds and resembled Jim Corbett in his prime.
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New York
Georges Carpentier
Jack Eller
Carpentier
Eller
Jim Corbett
Lieutenant Sullivan Reported Safe From Sinking Vessel
Lieutenant Joseph B. Sullivan of South Boston with the U S S Buena Ventura was reported safe by the Navy Department after the ship was torpedoed off the coast of Spain on September 21. He is 24, educated at Lincoln Grammar School Mechanics' Arts High School and Massachusetts Nautical Training School, with a brother serving in France.
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U. S
Spain
Joseph B. Sullivan
I, Street
John W. Sullivan
France
D Company
101St Engineers
Germans Removing Alsace Inhabitants
German military authorities are relocating residents of Alsace, targeting about 20 villages including Ferrette Goutavon and Winkel as fears of Franco American action rise. Some evacuees have reached Bavaria or escaped to Switzerland amid growing unrest and food shortages.
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Democrate
Ferrette
Goutavon
Winkel
Bavaria
Alsace-Lorraine
Food and Tobacco Sent Yanks in the Argonne
Paris dispatch says twenty truckloads of food and tobacco valued at $20000 were distributed to American troops on the Argonne forest front. About 300 Y M C A workers aided the effort and most provisions went to men under fire. Thousands of gallons of hot chocolate were served at Y M C A headquarters while field kitchens were prepared. Marjorie Skeltding of Southbury Connecticut helped bake doughnuts for the front line men.
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Paris
Argonne Forest
Marjorie Skeltding
Southbury
Conn
Fighting Fourth at Bat Prompts Baseball Revival Talk
Arthur Duffey notes baseball as an American institution reviving after the war. Ban Johnson returns to targets the Red Sox while Huggins becomes athletic director at Pelham Bay Navy camp. Navy football prospects at Annapolis and boxing disputes draw attention amid sport and public notices.
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New York Yankees
Pelham Bay Naval Training Station
Huggins
Navy Department
Ance
No Football on Saturdays at Harvard S A T C Games
The Harvard S A T C and other college units will not play football on Saturday afternoons due to student soldiers needing to attend courses. Most Crimson soldiers must keep college commitments, making an eleven unlikely. Sunday appears to be the only free day for military leaders and football lovers to seek a regular game if Sabbath contests gain permission.
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Crimson Army
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K O C Plans Harrier Race in Worcester
Alhambra Council of the Knights of Columbus Worcester announces its fourth annual cross country run on the Knights of Columbus Gymnasium Worcester Polytechnic course on Columbus Day October 12. The Holmes cup stays with Wakefield High after last year’s top team finish. The cup becomes permanent if a club wins it three times. Eight individual prizes accompany the team trophy. Entries due October 11 to J Fred Powers at the Knights of Columbus building 10 Elm Street Worcester.
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Knights of Columbus of Worcester
Knights of Columbus
Worcester Polytechnic Course
Wakefield High School
Wakefield High
J. Fred Powers
Elm Street
Worcester
Providence Gun Club Trap Tournament For Red Cross
The Providence Gun Club will hold a benefit trap shoot at Arlington grounds on Saturday under the National Red Cross committee chaired by Ralph L. Spotts. All net proceeds go to the local Red Cross chapter to assist service members both at home and abroad. War Savings Stamps replace usual prizes.
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Providence Gun Club
Red Cross
Arlington Grounds
National Red Cross Trap Shooting Committee
Ralph L. Spotts
Saoot
Miss Bowker Leaves Arlington For Leominster Trainer Role
Miss Helen R. Bowker of Cambridge, who supervised girls physical training at Arlington High School this year, accepts a similar post in Leominster. She will keep duties at the Perkins Institute in Watertown.
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Helen R. Bowker
Cambridge
Arlington High School
Leominster
Perkins Institute
Watertown
Arlington High delays game as influenza extends break
Arlington public schools extend vacation to Oct 14 due to Spanish influenza. The football game with Woburn High School scheduled for Oct 12 on Columbus Day is postponed, delaying Arlington High School’s season.
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Arlington Public Schools
Arlington High School
Woburn High School
Arlington
Mitchell Military School opens with initial football practice
A good sized squad reported to Faculty Coach Frank H. Leighton for the first practice session at Mitchell Military Boys' School as the season opened yesterday. Hartwell R. Cragin assists and leads military instruction this year.
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Hillerica
Frank H. Leighton
Mitchell Military Boys
Leighton
Hartwell R. Cragin
Open Golf Tourney For Concord Club Raises Red Cross Funds
The third annual open golf tournament at Concord Country Club opens for two days under Massachusetts Golf Association direction. The handicap event benefits the American Red Cross and showcases competitive play.
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Concord Country Club
Massachusetts Golf Association
American Red Cross
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