Penn Team Seeks Andy Smith Retention For 1912
The University of Pennsylvania football team circulated a petition urging that head coach Andrew Latham Smith be reappointed for the 1912 season. Captain Roy Mercer led signatures from players who praised Smith amid a difficult season, noting the team’s potential and urging the board of directors to retain him.
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University of Pennsylvania
Andrew Latham Smith
Roy Mercer
Smith
Mercer
Andy
E. Leroy Mercer
L. A. Young
Lon W. Jourdet
Robert B. Hill
R. A. Greene
Chester A. Minds
Edwin Thayer
W. W. W. Crawford
Russell Spruance
Norman L. Barr
S. W. Harrington
C. C. Wolforth
William O. Findelsen
H. Bell
H. M. Morris
Industrial League Basketball Saturday Schedule
Industrial League meeting in City Clerk Stephen Bouchers office reports last game a success. Next games Dec 16 at Eagles hall with Maloney’s orchestra for dancing. Schedule lists multiple Crane No 1 Crane No 2 Singer Loco matchups and price cut for ladies to 15 cents.
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Industrial Basket Ball League
Stephen Boucher
Eagles’ Hall
Maloney
Singer
Crane
Loco
Avick Forfeits Ring Fight Against Sailor Burke
After nine hard rounds Billy Avick of Omaha ran from the Roy ale Athletic Club ring to avoid Sailor Burke in the tenth. Burke held the advantage as Avick was nearly blind with Burke’s punches scoring on his left eye. The crowd watched as Avick vaulted the ropes and fled to the dressing room while his seconds frantically protested, calling him a coward.
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Billy Avick
Omaha
Neb
Royale A
Burke
Uvick
Billy
Morris defeats Al Williams in third round
In Cleveland last night Carl Morris known as the Oklahoma Giant knocked out Al Williams in the third round. Williams faced heavy punishment and was left helpless against Morris’s jabs as the taller fighter pressed in close in a bloody, short-arm infighting contest.
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Carl Morris
AL Williams
Cleveland
Oklahoma
Williams
Morris
National League Tries to Avert Baseball War with AL
National League chief Garry Herrmann refuses to join Ban Johnson’s brinkmanship and vows full investigation of the ticket scandal. He urges both leagues to avoid a costly major clash while AL magnates seek facts and possible culprits. Johnson’s questions probe ticketing schemes and collusion amid ongoing midwinter tensions.
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United Press
New York
Garry Herrmann
Ban Johnson
National Commission
Herrmann
Astor House
National League
Lynch
Johnson
Big League Gossip From Cuba Trails Phillies Players
Sherwood Magee returns from Cuba praising the island's talent and predicting Cuban players rising to major league level within a decade. Otto Knabe earns the nickname Little Thunderbolt amid quirky tales, while Jim Magee signings and brotherly hopes surface. Dave Danforth’s Texas hounds, Eddie Plank Bris Lord and Chief Bender, and Chalmers Walsh Havana carriage race add color as Fred Lake signs to manage St. Louis Browns.
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Sherwood Magee
Phillies
Cuba
Atlantic Ocean
Otto Knabe
Knabe
Jim Magee
Panama Canal
St. Louis Americans
Sherwood
Magee
Dave Danforth
Lone Star State
Dave
Texas
Eddie Plank Bris Lord
Bender
San Antonio
Secretary Rogers to Print New Meriden Ballots
Meriden December 13 sample ballots for next Tuesday's election use 1909 law directions instead of 1911 law. Secretary of State Rogers was alerted and immediately promised to print new ballots.
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Rogers
Meriden
United Press
Tris Speaker from Hubbard City Texas to Houston
The piece traces Tristram Speaker’s Texas roots from Hubbard City to his rise in baseball. It recounts his early nickname origin, left handed pitching and batting shifts after a childhood injury, high school captaincies, and progression from local scrub games to the Cleburne and Houston clubs with a $65 monthly start and eventual move to professional baseball in 1906.
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Tris
Boston
Texas
Tristram
Sys
Hubbard City
Tex
Polytechnic School
Fort Worth
Duke Roberts
Cleburne
Houston
Polo star Johnny Bond returns to Hart ford team
Snapshots on Sports notes Johnny Bond, Hartford National League player, back from a hometown visit and in strong form this season. Jim McGuire, Bridgeport-born, stars for Worcester, previously with Singer Shop League team. Eddie Bridges loses Montreal wage claim. Bud Sharpe named Oakland manager. Bill Yale sought by Albany. Bill Page eyed by Los Angeles. Frank Hilt tied to Lawrence. Hilt’s $500 payoff dispute settled. Hilt to report or lose claim. Hill marries Ida O Rourke.
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Wagner
Johnny Bond
Hartford
Johnny
Bridgeport
Jim McGuire
Worcester
McGuire
Singer
New Britain
Bill Yale
Albany
Albany Argua
Northampton
Yale
Tamsett
Jimmy
Frank Hilt
National Board
Lawrence
Hill
Lawre
Ida O’rourke
James H. ‘O'Rourke
Connecticut League
Hank O'Day to Manage Cincinnati Reds in 1912
The article announces Hank O'Day the veteran umpire as the appointed manager of the Cincinnati Reds for 1912. It notes his fifteen years as an umpire including early playing days with a Giants pitcher stint, his Washington club battery pairing with Connie Mack in 1886, and his high standing among umpires.
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Harry Davis
Reliable
Nans
Chesapeake Bay
Connie Mack
Sam Kennedy
Philadelphia
Cleveland Pilot
Garry Herrmann
Cincinnati Reds
Hank O’day
Cincinnat
O'Day
O’day
Washington Club
American Association
Giants
Frank Bancroft
Reds
Cincinnati
Never. Dictionary Deceptions and Everyday Promises
A collection of snippets on how the word never is used to mean short time in common speech. Includes jokes about broken promises by women and men, a reporter’s miscue about a mother with three legs, and a map fact about John o Groats to Land's End.
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Commission
New York Club
Hoffman House
Vincent, Hilliard
Abrahams
W. M. Gray
John o’Groat
Land’s. End
England
Land's End
Assam
Washington Irvigg
Wouter van Twiller
Canada
Tit For Tat in Lab Banter and Remote Missionary Tale
A Boston Transcript quip contrasts male and female lab discussions on faults. The piece includes a missionary anecdote about isolation where the speaker’s wife never saw a white face for a year, followed by a sympathetic remark and a classic maxim about watching enemies who discover one’s faults.
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Boston Transcript
German Calculator Shaves Time For Insurance Clerks
A compact German invention resembles a music box and rapidly performs sums in addi tion subtraction multiplication and division. It handles long calculations with knob settings and handle turns and advances slides to yield the product 491 544 900 for 531 975 times 924.
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London Globe
Strange Timekeepers and a Fight Over Licking
Excerpted lines describe diverse timekeeping ideas from Indigenous and regional groups and a brief anecdote about a boy boasting family licks in a Youngstown Telegram item. The piece surveys quirky methods of measuring time and a brief fighter scene among children.
The Green Man of Brighton Trims Life to Green
In October 1806 at Brighton an eccentric man appeared daily in full green attire and lived in a green dominated home. He ate only green fruit and vegetables, maintaining a continuous green theme in his belongings. He leapt from a window into the street and then again from a nearby rooftop, ending a cautionary, unnamed incident.
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Brighton
England
Ned Hanson Will Lead Boston Club
The Boston National League Baseball club near sale after William Hepburn’s death sees Ned Hanson take leadership. James B. Conn a business associate of Charles even a heater of Tammany hall handles stock, with Roseclle as executor at 575000, John M. Ward named club head, and Ed Hanlon appointed manager. Gaffney and Ward attend NL meeting as vote for president looms. Ward urged for president but to serve Bowton club, Gaffney voting for Lynch. Sale completed through W B Winslow for Mrs Russell as Gaffney takes over 45 shares of capital.
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Boston National League Baseball Club
William Hepburn
James B.conn
Charles
Tammany Hall
Roseclle
Gaffney
John M. Ward
Giants
Ed Hanlon Baltimore
Ward
Boston
National League
Bowton Club
Lynch
W. B. Winslow
Russell
Root And Bedell Out Of 6 Day Race
New York dispatch reports Root and Bedell exit a six day race after serious injuries. Bedell badly hurt, unconscious for hours, with suspected internal damage. Root sustains severe knee injury and cannot ride for weeks. Race standings show teams shuffled and distances logged through the night with leaders near 1,200 miles.
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Root
Bedell
United Press
New York
Resuls
Jon Bedell
Menus Bedell
Mengs Bedell
Jackie Clarke
Clarke
Cameron
Walter DeMara
Preddi
Lloyd Thomas
Lorene
Saldow
Georget
Brocco
Lapre
Howart
Pye and
Collin
Kram and Moran
Pogier _rke
Palmer Nodells
Halstead Sod Drobach
Cameron and
Magin
DeMara
Lawrence
Thomas and Stein
Wiley
Galvin
Bédie
Positi
Trouble of Fogel with Doom in Baseball Fracas
Horace Fogel and Charlie Doom drew near to a clash over franchise moves and control of a club. Doom claimed Fogel urged a deal to free him in exchange for money, while Fogel pressed that all business go through the club office. Doom vowed to pursue free agency if offered $35,000, arguing his aim was building a stronger club for next year despite propping up his own interests.
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Gray
Commission
Chicago
Horace Fogel
Philadelphia Nationals
Red Dooin
Boston
Tyler
Rariden
Miller
Dooin
Moore
Pittsburg
Camnitz
Gibson
Leach
Brooklyn
Rucker
Erwin
Wheat
Philadelphia
Doomn
Archer
Brown
New York
Otis Johnson
John Martin
Rochester
Chalmers
Walsh
Havana
George
Charlie Doom
Fogel
Dooli
Detroit
Doom
Siew
Scum
King Georges Capital Move Draws Sharp Criticism
Special from United Press Calcutta December reports King George plans to move the imperial capital from Calcutta to Delhi, facing severe criticism. Critics say no gains would result and a $25,000,000 expenditure would be wasted. English residents fear the proposal.
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United Press
Calcutta
King Geers
Delhi
Etiv
Italians Battled Turkish Forces in Recent Engagement
Government dispatch reports a recent clash where Italian troops faced heavy losses against Turkish forces. The Rome press today carries yesterday’s battle coverage, noting a significant defeat for Italy and detailing the tactical situation observed on the field.
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United Press
Rome
Setordanes
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St. Louis Browns
Fred
Tris Speaker
Sam Harris
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New York State League
Eddie Bridges
New Haven
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Wilkesbarre
Bud Sharpe
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Harry Wolverton
New York Americans
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Wolverton
Los Angeles Club
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Springfield
Berry
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Youngstown Telegram
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King George
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