Goldie Rapp Shines for Giants In Florida Winter Loop
Giants star Goldie Rapp, hitting .335 for the Florida Winter League, travels with St. Petersburg and faces clubs in Tampa Tarpon Springs and Sarasota. The $15,000 acquisition from St Paul boosts Gotham with McGraw backing a hot corner infield alongside Meusel and Bancroft while Paul Zahnizer and Joe DeBerry also see action. Fans pack sandlot parks as Rapp tours, drawing crowds and praise.
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Baseball’s rolling stone Bobby Roth to suit up for Yankees
Bobby Roth has worn nearly every American League uniform and now joins the New York Yankees this spring. His career path includes Kansas City to Chicago for 8000 dollars in 1938, stints with Cleveland, Athletics, Red Sox, Washington, and a 1921 move to the Yankees. He hints at more moves ahead and warns Huggins he will speak back to managers. The piece also notes Cevens, Chambers, Burke and Hudson in football positions, with Roth’s future uncertain.
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Two Earseal Babe Faces Tax Time in Old Tales
A folksy pastiche notes how a famed figure once rich and envied now endures income tax woes. The piece contrasts early fame with present financial burdens, highlighting public interest in his fortune and its taxation.
Eaton Five to Play Cheyenne Saturday
Eaton High’s five may face Cheyenne high basketball in Cheyenne Saturday night in a game moved from Kimball Nebraska after schedule negotiations led by Coach Hawes. Cheyenne beat Douglas 22 to 8 last Thursday to sharpen its defense, with Schoel at center and Storey and Sorensen contributing strongly.
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Big purse for Bob in London plans grow
Bob Martin of Terra Alta West Virginia weighs in as promoters push a $20000 purse for a single bout with the champion Fighting Bob Welch. Reports say a London ring may stage the bout and possibly match him with Joe Beckett, as Martin’s travel to England looms.
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Zbyszko Unable to Appear in Bout at Laramie
LARAMIE WY Jan 18 It is learned here that due to a leg injury Stanislaus Zbyszko cannot attend the scheduled bout with Bob Monogof for tomorrow night. The match has been postponed to a later date.
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Laramie
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Outlaw bravado and sporting chatter spill across pages
A rambled pastiche of sports notes and celebrity blurbs covers boxing aspirations in Jersey and New York, with Willard and Dempsey linked by rumors. It cites Jack Britton, Louis Bogash, and Norman Brookes, plus a Massachusetts bill on crooked players and a Poughkeepsie Hudson regatta plan.
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Honus Wagner Overlooked by Phillies For Return to Big Leagues
The veteran star Honus Wagner seeks a return to Major League Baseball with the Philadelphia Phillies. Club owners pass on his offer, leaving Wag ner frustrated as the Phillies remain cellar-dwellers and tight on payroll. Wagner believes the game’s love drew him back, hoping for an uphill fight and a chance to rekindle his star.
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Wrestling Bout Set for Wednesday at Opera House
Monogof, in town, is matched for a one fall to a finish bout with Toots Mondt of Fort Collins and Greeley. Mondt defeated DeCourt in Newport Beach in two hours, with an arm scissors jacknife. The planned match at the Opera House is under Lynch and Burbank management.
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Wyoming Legion Meeting Backs Boxing Legalization
Cheyenne post of the American Legion discussed proposals by Rep resentatives Story and DeLoney to legalize boxing in Wyoming. A large majority favored promoting clean sports and passing a boxing bill this legislative session. A resolution supported broader bills aiding ex-service men, with further hearings planned next Tuesday.
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Local Veteran Post Names Officers and Standing Committee
A veterans group appointed a five member committee B W Bennett W B Sammon Vincent Carter Guy A King and D B Miller to study boxing and bonus issues and likely support Maj A H Beach's tax exemption bill for ex soldiers properties up to 2000. Dr W K Mylar was chosen post commander for the coming year with Louie Griffin and William Oberg as vice commanders I W McConaghey as adjutant and Stewart Grier as finance officer joined by several others on the executive committee.
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W. K. Mylar
Louie Griffin
William Oberg
I. W. McConaghey
Stewart Grier
William B. Sammon
R. W. Riley
Hofshine
Earl Daniels
Guy Barlow
Mostyn Jones
Steve Johnson
Boxing and City Manager Bills Discussed Tonight
Representative C P Story of Sheridan will lead the boxing bill discussion and President Avery Haggard of the Cheyenne Lions club will discuss the city manager bill at an open forum of the Men's club of the First Congregational church in the church parlors at 8 o clock this evening. All Cheyenne men are invited to attend and participate, with Rotary and Lions club members and the legislature specially invited.
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More Teachers Than Parents at Meeting
At the regular monthly meeting of the High School Parent-Teachers association President Watts presided. James Blamey, a freshman, gave a fine vocal solo, accompanied by his sister Lillian Blamey, and Miss Bertha Stone played a piano solo. Superintendent A S Jessup spoke on Proposed School Legislation. The teachers outnumbered the parents in attendance. Light unaccompanied by heat is what science is after now.
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James Blamey
Bertha Stone
James
Lillian Blamey
A. S. Jessup
Wyoming Countys Divisions Stir Legislature's Early Session
Wyoming lawmakers face a push to create up to 29 counties from 21 as a relaxation of the $5 million minimum valuation rule could open density in county seats. Sublette and Star Valley proposals gain traction while Jackson seeks its own seat. budget talks and other bills move slowly through committees.
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Jenkins
Free On Payment Of Fine But Jailed Again
Fred Lee was released from county jail after paying a $90 fine on a prior charge, then rearrested on a second information by Forbes drug store owner and brought before Justice Frank Housman for examination. He was later released on $200 bail. The first release had been ordered by Justice W. H. Edwards who believed the fine would deter crime as effectively as a 90 day sentence, though Forbes contended justice was defeated. A second information followed after Lee was allegedly detected twice stealing toilet articles. he had earlier confessed to petit larceny and was fined $25 with three months jail, the judge noting penalties aim to deter crime, not merely punish.
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W.A. Forbes
Forbes
Justice of the Peace
Frank Housman
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W. H. Edwards
Edwards
Housman
Senate Files H B 34 35 36 on District Boundaries and Attachments
Senate files H B 34 from Mille relate to school district boundary lines H B 35 from Brower define minimum legal size of train CLOWB H B 36 from Smith pertain to manner of execution of order of attachment
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Smith
House Bills 5 F 8 Address State Treasury Draws
The bill limits and prescribes how certain funds may be drawn from the state treasury. It outlines authorized methods and procedures for disbursement and accountability in state finance.
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Fonda
Deadlock in Laramie Council May End by Mayor Tonight
In Laramie Wyoming on January 18 the reorganized council met with a new mayor and three new members. All mayoral appointments were approved but a tied vote for council president created a potential deciding vote for the mayor. The dispute centers on whether the mayor has a right to vote in that case. It is expected the mayor will cast the deciding vote for Knadler, who has six years on the council. The note also mentions the starch factory fire revealing scorched starch adhesive qualities.
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