Industrial league forced to quit season early in Bridgeport
The Industrial league in Bridgeport ends its season after Prof. Quilty of Colonial hall rejects use for games tomorrow night. Remington Arms and Blue Ribbon teams lead, with manager Ashe challenging Leavy’s Blue Ribbon for city honors. Walnut Beach tops Pastimes 29 to 28 in Wallingford, Mooney Leonard and Bentz star, while next moves and practice details are noted.
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Latest horse racing news and notable industry moves
Lester Dore clocks 2 12 1 4 in bingo while Billy Fleming takes 15 Windsor stalls. Riss Colorado 2 19 1 2 buys at Illinois sale. Go shen and Dover races prep with midweek card. Dan Ackerman named NY State Fair commission secretary. Walnut Hall yearlings praised by Walter Cox.
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Norman Ross in Fine Shape After Inactivity
Norman Ross of San Francisco, attached to the army aviation camp at Berkeley, displays strong all round form returning to competition. He wins five events in a Berkeley Camp vs Olympic Club meet, including a 100 yard swim in 69 8-5, 294 yard in 2m 42s, and 700 yards, while setting marks and prompting talk of national records.
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Athletic News and Gossip Spur City Hall to Coney Island Hike
Army sprinter Andy Pendleton wins the 100 yard event in the preparedness games. The Walker's Club of America restricts starts to members for the City Hall to Coney Island hike next Friday. Eddie Garvey and Harry Wigser of Paulist Athletic Club praised for upcoming season. The Clark House Athletic Association hosts the first annual handicap and novice road race on Washington's Birthday, four and a half miles from the club house at Rivington and Cannon streets. Abel Kiviat ends running career to join Uncle Sam, robbing a likely mile duel with Gordon Devaney Overton and Anderson. Willie Gordon and W. C. Anderson expected to provide race excitement.
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All Sports Gossip From ALU Fields’s Column
A collage of sports chatter touching Cornell track, baseball contracts, Reds and Giants concerns, boxing shifts, and cricket of baseball fans in Pittsburgh. Bits on Matty leading the Reds, Grover Alexander moving to the Cubs, and heat jokes about storage and ice.
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Veteran Tales Of Boxing And Baseball In The News
Word from Cleveland says Smoky Joe Wood may trial again with the Indians next season as a pitcher. Boxers Lux and Coogan display skill in Kansas City and Newport. Frank Allen retires to tend a Alabama plantation. Boxing tourney in Pittsburgh looms. Jones brags of earnings as a manager. Brennan returns to Leo Wigan. Dempsey bout set for Milwaukee. Yankees trade rumors swirl around sight unseen. Pat Connor named NY Yankees coach. Reds ordered vaccinated by Mathewson. $80,000 plus from Red Cross golf tours. total may hit $100,000. Murphy’s Cubs rent dispute inflates Philadelphia tax on the Cubs yard.
Bushnell Named Acting Graduate Manager at Penn
Sidwart R. Bushnell is named acting graduate manager of the University of Pennsylvania during Major T. Pickering's absence. The War Department orders Pickering to report for duty with the aviation section of the Signal Corps.
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Card Game and Golf Bets Stir Social Play on Links
Card matching and golf betting fill clubs with lively, unusual bets. Players juggle multiple matches, signal bets with fingers, and sometimes use bisques to start ahead. Yorkshire handicapping and new stroke-start ideas spark debate among players and clubs.
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International League ends season start fears and suspensions
The International League plans to suspend play for the next season after a meeting of club owners. Providence is expected to lose baseball this year. Reorganization possibilities include an Eastern League franchise for Providence, with Jack Isgan discussing a return to baseball but current owners unlikely to back a restart. The Central and Western leagues face declines, while major league plans falter and player sales rise as teams reassess opening dates.
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Evansville
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Stahlhofer
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Penn Colleges Lead In Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball
Lehigh Lafayette and Penn State field strong, coachless five man teams led by captains McCarthy Anderson and Blakelee. Penn State and Penn pursue top honors as Penn clashes with Cornell and Dartmouth while Princeton meets Columbia in Tigertown. A water polo win over Yale ties the Red and Blue with New Boxen for the intercodegate title.
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Don Pourdhet
al Sharpe
Fred Walker
Penn
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Ernie Johnson Signs 1918 Contract
St Louis February 18 Ernie Johnson Brownies utility fielder has signed his 1918 contract He is wintering at Laguna Beach California and will start for St Louis March 1.
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