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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1920
Page
5
At forty he led Richmond in the minor leagues to a pennant while attempting a second sport. He left his wife to help build up the Tolviloi club amid a career marked by bold moves and strategic pivots.
Mrs. C G Wellington hosted the Kensington club at her home with refreshments after business. The Congregational church Missionary society met at Mrs. CG G Carlisle's home with twenty ladies present. The Churchill school children received a Christmas party with a tree, Santa, and 325 attendees, organized by the Parent-Teachers Association. Fort area hunts on Wednesdays and Sundays include a future supper. a New Year’s Eve hop drew about seventy couples with black and white decor and prizes. Colonel and Mrs. Bigelow hosted dinner in honor of Miss Poore with a guest list. New Year open house at Fort DLA. Major Dean welcomed Miss Poore’s birthday surprise with a procession of white-clad figures and refreshments.
City Engineer EB W Glateke reports 1919 permit fees totaling 4941.74, triple prior years. building permits alone brought 953, with 473,966 estimated construction value. Hynds building and International Harvester projects boosted activity, aided by Cheyenne Home Builders and J M & Broth er's Y W C A building.
The year 1920 promises renewed thrills as 1919 champions face retention tests in boxing baseball tennis and football. Dempsey defeated Willard for the heavyweight title while Roush repeated as National League batting champion. Patterson Brookes won doubles tennis titles, and notable college teams led by Centre and Syracuse highlighted the season. Indiana beat Ohio State for the Western Conference crown. Jim Thorpe posted a .327 average in 60 games.
The list catalogs 1919 champions across sports and disciplines. Notable names include boxing stars Jack Dempsey and Benny Leonard, baseball leaders Ty Cobb and Eddie Roush, racing figures Man O War and Purchase, and multiple national titles in cycling golf tennis and rowing.
Del Gainer, veteran of ten Major League seasons with the Red Sox, will join the Milwaukee club next season after leaving the Tigers where he played from 1910 to 1914.
The passage mentions men and women in business and hiring for large financial houses and overseas trades. It also references butterflies in Australia, aborigines, ostriches as large flightless birds with wings pressed in cakes, noting birds of eight feet and about three hundred pounds.
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