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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1916
Page
2
The Lyric presents In Walked Jimmy this week featuring Marty Clay Blaney as Jimmy. A cheerful optimist helps restore the Cinderella Shoe Factory owned by John Trellevan, transforming ruin into bustling enterprise with romance and humor.
The Empire Girls headline Polis first half of the week with vocal and instrumental numbers. Tom Santschi stars in The Country that God Forgot photoplay. Pathe News, Sid Lewis comedy, Julia Ring and her company in Twice a Week, Alvin and Williams dances, and the Losaki juggling novelty complete the program.
Advertises William Hart in The Man of Draw Egan and Oh Please Mr Detective with musical acts Gold Lawrence Howard Cooper Hartman Yaltos and a Keystone comedy. Announces Charles J. Collins reopening Wednesday dancing class at 8:30 in Masonic Temple Broad Street. Mentions mayor London Tales London Taps and dance call details. Ends noting cartoonist R L Goldberg wed Miss Ima Seeman. groom-to-be age 33 born in San Francisco.
Princeton beat Tufts 3 to 0 in a slugged contest with many fumbles. Coach Speedy Rush criticized the Tigers for poor ball handling and a lack of hard football when a score was within reach. The game exposed Princeton’s inconsistent offense despite a defensive shutout by Tufts.
The Cornell Alumni News expresses strong confidence in the 1916 football squad built on last year’s success. Despite losing Barrett Cool Shelton Collins and Jameson, practice shows a capable team with 50 players, good coaching, and a durable fighting spirit as Oberlin and Gettysburg games shift.
On October 16, 1913 the Portland club of the Pacific Coast League finally allowed a run after 82 consecutive innings without one. The Angels scored in the fourth inning breaking the streak that had stood since 1910.
Johnny Kilbane aims to dethrone Freddie Welsh and believes no foe within 12 to 15 pounds can beat him. Kilbane’s manager maps a campaign to force a Welsh fight while both camps eye a Garden bout as a major attraction.
In New York on 1908, Kid McCoy aged 34 or 35, a former welterweight and middleweight champ, boxed six rounds with Jim Stewart. McCoy baited the challenger with a bold first round then used a single crushing punch to shake Stewart, finishing five more rounds with careful defense and claim of regained form.
Today marks the tenth anniversary of Roseben's world record seven furlongs in 1 32 with Willie Shaw aboard. The big gelding carried 126 pounds and sprinted from the start, holding speed to the wire as bookmakers faced a rare loss for betting against the record.
Authorities stopped a track betting scheme after about 35000 dollars were laid on a stunt at even money. The incident ties to Rose ben and a prior seven furlong mark of 1 23 1 2 set by Bella B at Monmouth Park in 1890 carrying 103 pounds.
The Kongo River stretches about 3000 miles, mouth twenty miles wide, second only to the Amazon in water discharge. Its basin exceeds the Mississippi in area, spanning over 1,400 miles across and more than a million square miles.
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