Johnson and Flynn Sign for Finish Fight
Chicago date line reports Jack Johnson the negro heavyweight champion signed to fight Jim Flynn a finish bout set for July 22 possibly at Windward or Metropolis Nevada Johnson to receive 21100 plus a share of film rights Flynn’s payment details vary both camps bar any future bouts until after the finish fight May 1 Flynn to box Al Kubiak in Toronto and possibly Al Palzer in New York before the signing date Johnson weighed 235 pounds Flynn 184 pounds and plans to train down for the clash
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Chicago
Jack Johnson
Jim Flyne
Pueblo
Nevada
Windward
Metropolis
Johnson
Mplynn
Jack Curley
Joineon
Bam McVey
Flynn
al Kubiak
Toronto
al Palzer
New York
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Gow
Playing Managers vs Bench Leaders in Baseball
Cincinnati, Jan. 6 Hank O Day argues bench managers excel over playing managers, citing Connie Mack Hugh Jennings and John McGraw as consistent leaders who rarely play. He notes few exceptional players become top managers, and managing twenty athletes requires distinct leadership traits beyond on field play.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Hank O'Day
Cincinnati Reds
Han
O'Day
Connie Mack
Hugh Jennings
John McGraw
Frank Chance
Fred Clarke
Bors
Fort Russell Horse Show Delights Crowd Despite Cold
Yesterday at the Fort Russell post riding hall the horse show drew a large crowd in bitter cold. Capt Schultz and Lieuts Nicholson and Robinson led the event, with prizes blue for first red for second. Mrs Dowell won best lady rider followed by Mrs Singleton. the Ninth Cavalry Band provided music as entries from every post unit competed.
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Fort Russell
Schults
Lieut. Nicholson
Lieut. Robinson
Denver
Ninth Cavalry
Beardop
11Th Infantry
Wall
Ems
Ty Cobb’s Slide and the Baseball Spiking Image
The piece discusses Ty Cobb known as The Peach and how spiking in baseball fed a public image that he injures opponents to gain bases. It argues Cobb never intended to injure a player, though his aggressive slides and the defender Wallace’s counter moves create a dangerous, masterful double play.
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Ty Cobb
Cobb
The
Peach
Tearno
Guardian
Tobb
Boppy Wallace
Wallace
Cal
Tyrus
Cavalry Team Event Winners Reported After Applause
A crowd applauded as winners were announced from a calvacade including the 9th Cavalry Bareback Squad and Mounted Fencing Squad led by Lieut McClellan and Capt Wheeler. Other victors included Private Lewis of the 5th Cavalry in Mounted Wrestling and arrangements for next season feature Ryan, Jackson, and Birmingham in out field duties. In New York boxing news Leach Cross was set to meet Tommy Murphy January 22 after a January 12 bout with Bert Keyes.
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McClellan
Cav
Wheeler
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Corp. Belcher
Sergt. Johnson
Dowell
Singleton
Chapin
Private Lewis
5Th Cavalry
Sth Cavalry
Lieut
Collins
Liuet. McClellan
Cravalry
New York
Leach Cross
Tommy Murphy
Murphy
Cross
Bert Keyes
Want License Chicago Wrestling Match Face Delay
Chief of Police has not issued a license for the Empire Athletic club to stage a March 1 match between Yussif Mahmout and Jess Pederson. Officials fear neither Mahmout nor Pederson will participate due to Mahmout being charged in a prior fake match and Pederson's related past incident.
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Chicago
MccWeeny
Empire Athletic Club
Yussif Mahmout
Jess Pederson
Mahmout
Zbyeco
Fong
Pederson
Will Meet McFarland and Hogan In Bout To Be Staged
Packey McFarland and One Round Hogan agreed to meet in a ten or twenty round lightweight bout in Chicago on January 6. Both managers met today and plan to sign once a club offers favorable terms.
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Chicago
Packey McFarland
Hogan
Holdout League to Inaugurate Season Amid Umpire Shuffle
The Holdout league plans a season start in about a month with Umpire Billy Pox of the American association staff slated to manage the Racine team next year. On April 10 Harvard meets the Boston Red Sox to begin its schedule.
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Billy Pox
American Association
Racine
Harvard
Boston Red Sox
Global Labor Notes Amid Wartime Strife and Union Activity
Reports show 75 000 Illinois workers idle and widespread union efforts across North America and Europe. Bulgarian child labor starts at 12. eight hour law upheld on Mississippi River. Canadian binders join federation. Brooklyn bakery workers push organizing. Vancouver Island mine district forming. Montreal considers civic pensions. St Louis taxi drivers demand union rights and pay terms. Scottish steelmakers seek 32 percent job reductions amid conciliation talks.
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Leipzig
Stuttgart
Nurnberg
Germany
Great Britain
Supreme Court of the
United States
Mississippi River
Stockton
Cal
Toronto
Can
Canadian Federation of Labor
Industrial Workers of the World
Brooklyn
N.Y
United Mine Workers of America
Vancouver Island
British Columbia
Board of Control
Montreal
Labor Council
Building Trades Council
Fresno
Nuremberg
Roads Department
St. Louis
van Duyn
Iowa
Greece
Board of Conciliation and Arbitration
Eqwiloyes
Ftsealer
International Printing Presa Assistants
Amena 1
Wild Game Plentiful in Yellowstone Park
The annual report of Yellowstone Park’s superintendent notes abundant wild animals this summer, with bears increasingly tame around hotels. Several bears were killed for safety, and animals were shipped to zoos. The fenced buffalo herd stands at 147 head, with 29 calves born this spring and one dying from a broken leg. Deer, elk, mountain sheep, and various small mammals and birds are reported, with pelicans sent to the National Zoo. Government breeding horses exhibit planned at the Denver show.
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Yellowstone Park
Department of the Interior
Zoological Society of Philadelphia
Riverdale Zoological Gardens
Toronto
Can
Brope Park Zoological Gardens
Kansas City
West Bend
National Museum
Washington, D. C
Lamare Valley
Mammoth Hot Springs
Fort Yellowstone
Montana
Yellowstone River
Mount Everts
Gardiner Canyon
Yellowstone Lake
National Zoological Park
Wishington
D. C
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