Red Sox Manager Criticizes Recruits At Spring Camp
In Hot Springs Arkansas on March 18 Manager Ed Barrow of the Boston Red Sox voiced frustration with young pitchers. He said their spring showings do not indicate big league promise as the team begins spring schedule against National League rivals.
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Harvey Bright Seeks Bouts in This City
Brooklyn high school boxer Harvey Bright, praised as the best looking 122 pounder by George Mulligan, defeated Frank Brisini in Waterbury. Promoter Mal Ugan aims to book Bright for a Star bout next Saturday but fears overlong matches. Bright, a youngster, is set for Philadelphia and Jersey City and hopes to appear in Bridgeport. Contact Clarence S. Gillespie in Richmond Hill, N.Y.
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Tommy Burns Knocks Out Jem Roche in Dublin Debut
Tommy Burns halted Jem Roche in the first round in Dublin on St Patrick's Day 1908. The Canadian heavyweight champion began a triumphant world tour, while Irish fans lamented Roche as Ireland’s hopeful. The match ended after 15 seconds, sparking disbelief and a burst of ticket sales.
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Cured His Piles Letter Boosts New Treatment
An elderly Michigan blacksmith Te Lyon of Homer praises a claimed internal piles cure. He reports years of relief after using the method and urges others to request a free trial by mail, promising prompt relief regardless of age or occupation. The message invites readers to send no money and mail a coupon today.
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Auto traffic death toll rises with more cars in use
A National Safety Council survey shows autos being the deadliest machine in America due to driver and pedestrian carelessness. With 7.6 million vehicles and 2 million more projected in 1920, fatalities rise in step with car numbers, from 2.33 per 100000 in 1910 to 9.16 in 1917, and questions how many will die in 1920.
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Britain to Fund Olympic Team for Antwerp Games
The British Olympic Association appeals for about 160000 dollars to finance a team to Antwerp in August. The king supports the effort and hopes the United Kingdom will be represented by its best athletes. He has personally donated 100 pounds to the funds.
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Peter Herman Starts Studying to Become Real Civil Engineer
New York March 18 Pete Herman world bantamweight champion has turned to books aiming for a civil engineering career. He recently left boxing to study at the New York Public Library with funds from the American Library Association Books For Everybody program. He plans a fallback career after boxing and wants knowledge to back up his future outside the ring.
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Revived 200 Year Old Opera At Cambridge
Purcell's The Fairy Queen was revived at the New Theatre in Cambridge after more than two centuries. The work, first staged in 1683, had its score lost and a 1701 London Gazette ad offered a reward for discovery. It reappeared exactly 200 years later in a dusty Royal Academy of Music cupboard among manuscript bequests.
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Scaffold fall injures worker at Bridgeport Brass Co
William Doherty of 1498 Park Avenue employed by William P. Kirt Co. fell twelve feet from a scaffold at the Bridgeport Brass Co. yesterday, injuring his back and he was taken to Bridgeport Hospital. Former farm laborers once settled for food. now a movie show is needed three nights weekly at the nearest crossroads center.
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Saint Patrick Story Shrouded In Antiquity
The account surveys Saint Patrick from birth in Glamorganshire about 389 A. D. to his missionary return to Ireland in 422. It notes his captivity, studies at Lerins, ordination in Auxerre, and efforts to convert Druidic Ireland, shaping Christian society and linking Ireland to Rome.
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St Louis Fur Market Remains Global Trade Hub
A St Louis firm has contracted for the delivery of the entire seal catch of Lobos Islands off Uruguay, underscoring St Louis position as the continent's leading fur market after London. The piece traces the historical pull of fur trade routes from Manhattan to Seattle, noting site choices and market evolution.
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Airplanes and balloons spark a growing war profiteering claim
A fragment suggests aviation firms betting on army training, with potential profits for experienced operators as fledgling deception is seen as an early but promising business model in the evolving military education market.
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