Welsh Fights Long Road Back To Lightweight Title
The piece profiles Freddie Welsh plotting a return to the lightweight crown after Leonard’s 1917 defeat and a Newark bout vs Chicago Willie Green. It notes Welsh’s health farm training base, past title reigns, his cautious fighting style, and the lure of money. It suggests many challengers doubt a true comeback.
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Hddie Welsh
Bethy Leonard
Pontypridd
New Jersey
Chicago
Willie Green
Newark
Willie
Freddie
O Leonard
Willie Jackson
Richie Mitchell
Lew Tenled
Wildie Fitzsimmons
Willie Richie
Belgium Display Marks Real Rival for Hoppe in Billiards
Edouard Horemans of Belgium arrives in New York as a genuine challenger to Willie Hoppe. Reportedly master of the masse shot, Horemans impresses cue snobs with high runs and poised play and hopes to meet Hoppe in international balkline matches for 18.1 and 18.2 events totaling up to 2,000 points.
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Trance
Belgium
Jvho
Willie Hoppe
Edouard Horemans
New York
Cue Sharks
Hoppe
Green Cloth Fraternity
Horemans
Ole Stars
Jhigh
America
Shepherd G. Barclay
Tieremans
Harvard star Eddie Casey To Coach Mount Union 3 Years
Former Harvard grid great Eddie Casey signs a three year contract to coach Mount Union College. He spent last year as a football mentor and will continue in that role for the next three seasons.
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Cleveland
Edldie Casey
Harvard
Mount Union College
Two Europas and a Short Bout in Boxing History
A playful look at boxing legends Bill Brennan and Dempsey. Brennan lands a single punch then joins a touring act, while Dempsey delivers power yet earns only a knock in a three round fight described with humorous rhythm.
New Bantam King Believes Crucifix Won Title for Him
New York report says Joe Lynch credited a tiny crucifix given by his mother two months before her death for his title win. Lynch wore the crucifix during second Sharkey bout and again in victory over Pete Herman. He asserts he cannot lose while wearing it and plans to keep wearing it at defenses.
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Crucifix
New York
Joe Lynch
Joe
Jack Sharkey
Sharkey
Pete Herman
Six Strangers in Detroit Birdhouse Managers Split
Six Strangers occupy a Detroit birdhouse with six major league managers. Mitchell, Donovan and Leavers head National League compartments while Duffy, Cobb and Fohl run American League changes.
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Detroit
Mitchell
Donovan
Leavers
Duffy
Cobb
Fohl
Cubans Tame Babe Ruth in Winter Exhibition Tour
Babe Ruth played in Cuba with Cuban pitchers who held him in check, earning $1,000 per game. He left with limited homers, perhaps due to different pitching or focus, and later earned more in Capri two months than six summers with the Yankees. He declined cheaper offers, returning home as a high-priced star.
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Babe Ruth
Bambino
Babe
Capriam
Yankees
King of
Swats
Ruth
Goliath of
Baseball Finance
Hearings Set on Emergency and Permanent Tariffs
Washington January 15 two congressional committees prepare hearings on tariff policy. The Senate Finance Committee will study the Fordney emergency tariff bill for farmers with five days of testimony. The House Ways and Means Committee will begin revision hearings on permanent tariffs starting with Schedule A chemicals paints and oils.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Fordney
House Ways and Means Committee
Ways and Means
Penrose
United States Tariff Commission
House
Bullfighting Sparks Debate Over Use of Horses
In Mexico City a letter-writer argues horses in bullfights deplete city transport stock, while fans defend the horses as a necessary aid to the picador. President Obregon attended a Sunday bout as Rodolfo Gaona and Ernesto Pastor fought, triggering a near trumpeted anthem moment when the dying bull lapsed. The crowd noted a remarkably strange scene as the bull staggered and fell. A government payroll statistic notes one in every 159 Americans held a civil service job on July 31, 1920.
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Mexico City
United States
Obregon
Rodolfo Gaona
Ernesto Pastor
Pastor
Government Civil Service
Amazing Michelson Solves Star Measurement Mystery
Chicago January 5 Professor A A Michelson leading physicist claims a world changing solution about star measurement. He describes a device at Mount Wilson Observatory that measures to one ten thousandth of a degree and references a Weinstein theory. He invites readers to write for details if they think they understand.
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Hicago
A. A. Michelsen
Michelson
Mount McKinley
Great Telescope
Mount Wilson Observatory
California
Morley
Gloveland
Weinstein
Germany
America
Annapolis Naval Academy
Navy
Physics Department
University of Chicago
Notable Tips from Fighters and Farmers Across the Nation
A mix of boxing legends and farm topics fills the page. Joe Lynch, son of a moving man, proclaims a comeback while other bouts and racers share odds and results. Pinehurst hosts 200 plus shooters for 13000 dollars in prizes as hunting licenses rise nationally.
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Joe Lynch
Oils and Shippings Sink as Market Opens Steadily
New York early stock trading shows dullness with losses in Mexican Petroleum Pan-American and Royal Dutch and declines in rails and steel. Advances limited to obscurer industrials while commodities like zinc and various papers hold. call money steady at 7 percent.
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New York
Pan-American Petroleums
Royal Dutch
Lackawanna Steel
Virginia-Carolina Chemical
American International
Atlantic Gulf
Endicott- Johnson
People’s Gas
Ray Cooper
General Asphalt
American Tobacco
Sears- Roebuck
Reading
Great Northern
Pacifics
Chesapeake & Ohio
Baldwin
Crucible
Metal Prices Note Gold and Silver Markets
METALS NEW YORK January 6 Metal quotes show domestic bar silver unchanged while foreign at 675% cents and Mexican dollars quoted at billet.
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New York
Exchange Rates and Money Market Brief
Sterling at 3.58 percent exchange rate and Francs at 5.90 cents are reported. Lize shows 3,4144 cents with Marks at 1,334 cents and money at 7 percent in the market update.
Grain prices at Omaha markets on January 6
Wheat quotes ranged from No. 2 hard at 1.71 to No. 6 spring at 1.60. No. 2 white corn sold at 61 cents, No. 3 white 58 to 69, No. 3 yellow 60 to 61, No. 4 yellow 56 to 58, No. 8 mixed 56 to 9, No. 4 mixed 6 cents. Oats showed No. 2 white 44 cents and No. 8 white 43 to 44 cents.
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Chicago
Omaha
Neb
Live Stock Markets in Chicago Slower Cattle Trade
Live stock report from Chicago shows cattle receipts of 11 000 with best steers slow and near steady. Canners and heifers steady while stockers and feeders show strength. bulls steady. real calves down about 50 cents. Hogs receipts 25 000 opened steady to 10 cents lower, then steady to 10 cents higher with top price around 9.00 on underweights and bulk around 9.50 to 9.75.
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United States Bureau of Markets
Denver
Chicago
Minneapolis Grain Prices and Receipts Short Report
Minneapolis fire grain market report notes flour unchanged to 20 cents lower in carload lots with patents at 10.00 to 10.40 per barrel in 98 pound sacks. Bran ranged 26.00 to 27.00 as receipts show 245 cars versus 286 a year ago. Cash No 1 northern listed at 1.74 to 1.78 and futures for March at 1.56 and May at 1.684.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Northern
Prosperity for All Who Grasp It Says Business Executive
Chicago January 5 1921 Charles D Mitchell president National City Company of New York forecast prosperity for 1921 for those who seize opportunities he spoke to the Chicago Association of Commerce. He urged liquidation in trade circles opposed delays in public utility improvements criticized the federal excess profits tax and warned on government waste including the 1921 army budget exceeding debt service needs.
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Chicago
Charles D. Mitchell
National City Company of New York
Chicago Association of Commerce Today
Mitchell
McGraw Benches 19 Prospects as He Seeks Veterans
New York manager John McGraw sent 19 players back to the minor leagues while pursuing veteran stars through purchases or trades, signaling a clear focus on upgrading the major league roster.
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New York
John McGraw
Paris hotels sell used stationery for Red Cross aid
Paris hotel men have solved losses from writing room guests by selling five envelopes and five sheets for 25 centimes. The proceeds go to the Red Cross for war victims.
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Paris
Red Cross
Pink cour After for who altig new with Mra Harl Rice
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