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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1911
Page
8
New York news describes champion Frank Gotch revolutionizing wrestling by emphasizing speed, stamina, and mat control over brute force. It notes his rival Mackenachmidt's size and Gotch’s shift to a science based plan to avoid being forced to the mat while wearing down opponents.
Carl Morris, Oklahoma boxing hopeful, gains F B Ufer as backer after a 25 000 deal with W F Stone. Morris will train in a 5 000 gym in Tulna with coaches Bob Armstrong Joe Choynski and others, moving from Sapulpa to Tulsa as Mayes claims Waco as home.
Amarillo Texas Jan 31 Joe McCray of Longmont Colo heavyweight wrestling champion of Colorado died at 1250 AM from a dislocated neck suffered in a bout here Saturday night McCray wrestled as Stanley Lake His opponent listed as Harry Mayes may be the Colorado wrestler Billy Edwards The match was billed with McCray claiming Nebraska championship honors
A new base ball league called the Interstate Baseball Association launches in New York with twenty eloba as members. It aims to enroll all permanent amateur and professional clubs in New York New Jersey Pennsylvania and Connecticut to promote the game and protect clubs with standard players. The board of directors will settle disputes and arbitrate playing rules during the season.
John Ingersoll, Dartmouth star quarterback, will coach Colgate University football team next fall. The announcement names Colgate in Hamilton North Carolina as the engagement location in January.
Hacken Schmidt tours the United States under a novel two month contract with manager Jack Curley paying $20 000, $10 000 of which is due on completion. Schmidt has earned most of the money already and faces seven weeks more on the road. A match with Gotch or Zybezko could adjust the deal, as scheduling and training time are deducted from Curley’s agreement.
Plans by Billy Moore Billy Neuman and Tom Lloyd aim to elevate the New Polo A A of Harlem into top city boxing circles. A Feb 10 program features Young Otto Kid Burns Sammy Keller Digger Stanley and Young Ahearn vs Matty Baldwin in ten round bouts.
Salt Lake City Utah January 31 The monotony of sheep herding relayed around Rock Springs Wyoming when a herder uncovered a tin can containing a letter signed Missouri Pete and Wyoming Jack confessing to a Union Pacific train robbery thirty years past Covey and Blaney flockmasters were informed by a Wyoming man of the find and its claims.
New York Jan Gil notes an early revolution in commerce as ships adopt internal combustion engines and oil burning steamers. Experts foresee rapid shift in power with $500,000,000 invested at risk, as large ocean vessels test oil fueled propulsion.
Anna Holstrom of Montclair donated most of her maid earnings to fund a $7,000 Salvation Army Scandinavian armory in Montclair. Employed eleven years in Upper Montaint area, she helped found the local corps. She previously gave $500 for the site and building, now adds $2,200 with the property to be titled to her while debt is paid. She will cover mortgage interest charges.
In Brooklyn at William H. Maire & Co wallpaper factory, foreman James Einan was trapped on the fourth floor. Ex-sailor and neighbor Hmil Perinovich lowered a rope and bedspread from a roof, pulling Einan to safety despite burns as the crowd looked on.
Gerald Hughes, son of late Senator Charles J. Hughes, named administrator of the estate by County Judge Dixon. The widow waived rights and joined in the appointment. Bond set at 1,000,000 with relatives as bondsmen. Personal estate valued at 500,000. realty to be determined after investigation. Total value expected near 1,000,000.
After his death Senator Hughes left an estate estimated at five million dollars. He died intestate so one half goes to his widow and the other half to be split equally among four children Gerald Berian Lafayette Hughes and Mrs William Wallace Woodruff of Tennessee. A few small claims against the state exist.
A fragment from President John Quincy Adams famed elm will be used for the gavel handle at the Southern Commercial congress in Atlanta March 9 and 10. The gavel head will feature sixteen pieces symbolizing the region’s forest wealth with contributions from each state.
The passage notes the significance of wood from the White House and Georgia marble as a symbol to unite the Southern States, the national capital, and memories of a prominent New England president, aiming to build a greater nation and South through business lines.
At the Nassau County Bar association annual dinner a committee was chosen to draft a bill for the legislature. The bill would require all justices of the peace to hold a certificate proving they have been admitted to the bar.
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