Luis Firpo Bound for U S with Title Bout Hopes
New York on January 10 1923 Luis Firpo the South American boxing giant sailed for the United States with hopes of a title bout with Jack Dempsey. His early journey shows a tale of struggle poverty and persistence as he sought training venues sponsorships and exhibition opportunities before breaking into the U S boxing scene.
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Red Sox Batting Marks Echo Past Greats
Irving M. Howe notes Boston in eighth in team batting with a .263 mark, matching Cleveland’s 1904 peak and trailing Detroit 1967. The piece highlights seven players with five hits in a game, Cobb doing so thrice, and multiple 12-base games led by Williams, Ruth, and Miller. Also covers consecutive hit streaks set by Smeirson and Cobb era leaders.
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Chicago
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Joe Sewell
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Leon Goslin
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St Louis
Trinity College Football Schedule Out
Hartford January 19 Trinity College announces its football schedule with games set for September 29 versus Connecticut Aggies October 6 Worcester Tech 18 Lowell Tech 20 Hobart 27 Union College November 3 Bates at Lewiston 10 Amherst at Amherst. Hobart game venue undecided but planned in Albany Geneva or Binghamton N Y. Greenwich High Girl’s Basketball beats Rye High 14-7.
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Yale Harvard Hockey Match Attracts 3000 Fans In New Haven
Yale prepares two forward combinations for the the arena game against Harvard with Reid Bulkely and Chisholm on the first line and Scott Turnbull Farnsworth on the second. O Hearn and Lindley likely to start defense with Jenkins in goal. Turnbull, a Hartford boy, has shown strong progress in practice. Franklin, Foote to referee, game at 8 pm with Harvard and Princeton drawing 8500 in Boston last week. 3000 tickets sold. Yale freshmen to face Dartmouth freshmen with Foote refereeing.
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Dodgers Weigh Ollie Mitchell as Lefty Pitching Add
Brooklyn Dodgers seek a southpaw to bolster their pitching and are negotiating for Ollie Mitchell from the San Francisco Pirates. Jock Miller and Uncle Wilbert Robinson discuss the move, with possible additions from Bernie X and Sherr Smith’s release affecting the roster.
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Kearney
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Milter
Thoms O'Connell
Little Bennis
Gore
Ebbets Field
Sherr Smith
Dodgers
Reuther
Clarence Mitchell
Harry Harper
Mitchell
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Harper
Robbi
Yankee
Larry Sutton
Brooklyn
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Vines
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Gordinier
Rochester
Mosberg and Coogan Return to America After Australia Trip
New York report says Sam Mosberg and Mel Coogan, local lightweights, returned from Australia without completing all promised bouts. Mosberg complains of poor pay and poor conditions, recounting fighting Jamaica’s top star for only 370 dollars and expending his own travel funds. Both boxers remain in California for several bouts before heading back to New York.
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Mel Coogan
Australia
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Jamaica
Auy
Coogan
California
Brown swimmers in five dual meets
Providence January 13 The Brown swimming schedule for next season announced by E P Morse lists five dual meets with three pending. The plan includes February 9 pending February 10 pending February 17 Dartmouth February 22 Rutgers February 24 Yale at New Haven March 3 MIT March 1 Wesleyan March 10 pending March 16 17 New England Intercollegiate at Boston March 24 Intercollegiates.
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E. P. Morse
Dartmouth
Rutgers
Yale
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Wesleyan
New England
Boston
THREE LEAGUE REVOLT AGAINST MAJORS ON DRAFT RULES
Chicago dispatch reports Al Tharne y president of the Three-League announces clubs will not take majors players under the new draft ruling. Tearney writes to Landis urging the commissioner to declare the minors acted in forefak e by rejecting the proposition before formal presentation.
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IK. M. Landis
Baseball
O.Chill’s Firing Sparks Umpire Shakeup in St. Louis
Clarence Rowland, longtime White Sox manager, is named as a new American League umpire amid controversy over Ollie Chill’s dismissal after a problematic call in New York. Ed Walsh and Bill Guthrie face removal with Johnson signaling a purge. Rowland, temperate and rule aware, debuted as an umpire against a backdrop of strikes and past ballpark disputes.
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Olle
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Runnner
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Ray Suspended by Central AAU Bars Joie Ray Again
New York January 19 Joie Ray of the Millday A C one of America's great middle distance runners is suspended again by the Central Association AAU for competing in an unsanctioned boxing tournament. The suspension runs to February 16 unless overruled and may keep him from key indoor meets including Millrose and the national indoor championships.
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22D Regiment Armory
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Ford Gives Gold Links in Dearborn Tract
Detroit on January 19 reports Henry Ord donated a 100 acre suburban tract to Dearborn for a public golf course. The parcel borders Ford’s state, shaping a new city recreation site and promoting community sport.
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Detroit
Henry Ord
Dearborn
Yale to Play Twenty Five Diamond Tilts
Yale announces a 1923 baseball schedule with 25 regular games, 20 at home, including new opponents Lafayette Georgetown and Crescent Athletic Club. Georgetown, Eastern champion last year, will be hosted on Decoration Day. Yale plans a southern training trip to Macon Georgia with top southern universities, then a three game series with the New Haven club likely April 1 to 18.
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New Haven
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Macon
Fordham Tiamond Meet heats up Gotham Armory events
Fordham University hosts the Tiamond Meet at Twenty second Armory in New York tonight with over 500 entries across thirteen events. The invitation sprints feature Bob McAllister and rivals such as Loren Murchison Eddie Farrell Sol Butler Vic Graeb Boots Lever and others in a keen 75 90 and 100 yard showdown. McAllister squares off with strong field as trainer Jake Walter expects a record break. The medley relay adds Georgetown and other teams in a five team field.
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Fordham University
Reelment Armory
Bob McAllister
Loren Murchison
Eddie Farrell
Fordham
Sol Butler
Defender Club
Victor Graeb
Colubbma University
Boots Lever
Pennsylvania
McAllister
Murchison
Jake Walter
McAlister
Farrell
Lever
Vic Graeb
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