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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1912
Page
8
New York, Feb. 6. President Thomas J. Lynch of the National League and joint rules committee member says players largely do not know the rules. He argues no rule changes are needed and that polishing the current code would better serve fans and maintain a brisk, entertaining game.
The article notes no practical change since the foul strike rule took effect, stating there has been virtually no difference in how the playing area is used or called by officials.
Word from New Orleans states Bantam Champion Johnny Coulon travels there to start twenty round preparation for his February 18 challenge to Frankie Burns. Chicago reports a Cubs spring game set for April 9 in Springfield Ohio with Dayton and New Orleans seeking early contests.
Advance seats for the Detroit at Cleveland hockey games next Friday and Saturday nights are selling fast. W. and Hancock of Toronto has been named referee for both games by Secretary Hewitt of the Ontario Hockey Club.
San Francisco promoter Jimmy Coffroth aims to stage a British bantamweight clash between Johnny Coulan of England and Sid Smith. The proposed match would showcase two top contenders in a nationally watched contest.
Interest in the Abe Attell versus Johnny Kilbane bout in Los Angeles on February 22 centers on Attell’s absence from twenty round bouts for years and how the extended distance might affect him.
Milburn Saylor of Indianapolis will meet Freddie Daniela of St Joseph in a six round bout at 133 pounds in St Louis on February 15. The card includes Schrader from Salt Lake City noted for footwork and a series of local seconds: Matthews Erlenhorn Malone and An hols.
World champion checker player N W Banks of Detroit gave a remarkable exhibition at the Industrial club last night. He played two chess and three checkers games simultaneously against Theo F Clark Wilbur W Tupper Jack Bristol and others, with several wins and a dramatic blindfolded checkers display.
Packey Mc Farland of Chicago defeated Kid Burns of New York over nine clear rounds in a ten round bout at the Fairmont Athletic Club. Burns was cut and bled from the mouth and nose by the end, with no knockdowns recorded.
The veteran amateur Robbie Boston received a rousing reception as he entered the ring last night. Bovbre showed great pleasure in boxing in the annual tournaments. Joe Mauldon defeated Kim last year.
The Ft. Russell Reveille reports Cheyenne doctors at the medical society meeting in Major Skinner’s office and talks of discharged and re enlisted soldiers. Ed Jones re enlisted, Daniel Sullivan heads to Michigan with guard duties, and Daniel Smoker plans Cheyenne residence after discharge. An artillery dance, a proposed dramatic club, and staff changes at the post hospital are noted along with post exchange performance and transit fare updates.
Mr. C B Richardson, tied to the Chihuahua Mexico Lumber and Manufacturing Co, argues Madero will struggle to quell the current disturbance. He cites Madero's revolt era teachings that encouraged natives to take by force and notes seventy eight Americans were shot near El Paso and Douglas.
The text notes Mrs Kennedy riding astride a mule during the 1849 gold rush in California. It mentions she was among the first women to register when suffrage laws were enacted in the state and attributes her long life to simple ailment relief.
We the People M T Terrill of Laramie and several residents visit Laramie on various business. Laramie hosts include B J Erwin of Douglas and C W Gibson of Cheyenne. Mrs Allen Zumbrun returns to Cheyenne after months away. Local travelers also report visits by L. Gray J W Crawford RB ONeill and Charles DeHart of Barnett Mercantile.
Ireland Hampton testified that Captain A G Boyce tried to flee as ZR Snead prepared to shoot him. He said the lobby meeting appeared intentional not accidental as Snead looked in through the hotel lobby window minutes before entering and killing Boyce.
In Healdsburg California on March 6 102 candles lit her cake marking her 102nd birthday. Grandma Electra Kennedy born 1810 in Derby VI faced a Mexican War era life and recalls escapes from Mexicans during a night of peril with her husband’s cotton mill.
The U S civil service commission announces a stenographer and typewriter examination in Cheyenne on March 12, 1912. Eligible applicants are urged to apply. entrance salary is $900 per year with good promotion prospects. Information and blanks available from the Eleventh Civil Service District secretary in Seattle.
Urusla St. George stars as Rebecca in Klaw and Erlanger’s Capitol Theatre production set in Riverboro Maine. The drama, based on Rebecca of Sunnsbrook Farm, follows Puritan town austerity upset by sunshine on a group of five bright girls. St. George, eighteen, combines youth and decade of stage training to portray Rebecca with seasoned technique.
Cambridge, Feb 6 Harvard Comparative Literature class finds ignorance on Aristotle living era. Perry Stearns notes American college zealots overlook civic and historical knowledge as graduates face wages ranging from 3 to 15 dollars weekly depending on field.
Baltimore reports Wise Josephine Patton bought tight shoes a month ago. Tightness caused irritation at the right foot which grew into an ulcer and swelling up the leg. She sought Mercy Hospital care for a gangrenous infection and underwent treatment.
Physicians ordered immediate amputation to halt a virulent infection. The leg was removed just below the hip with careful removal of infected tissue to prevent spreading.
Washington D. C. Feb. 1 The Senate passed a bill reducing the settlement requirement on homesteads from five to three years. The measure has not yet been taken up by the House.
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