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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1911
Page
16
Denver March 1 William Bolger, winner of the 1910 Glidden tour, advocates the AAAs reliability tour as the premier motor test of the season. He stresses car quality, smart driving, and self control behind the wheel as decisive factors in long endurance runs.
The C A C five meets Three Rivers Wisconsin at Keefe hall in Cheyenne for the season finale. The teams are evenly matched and have split four previous games with Three Rivers winning once against Portage. This also marks the last Cheyenne appearance of Oscar Lamm who leaves for the Pacific coast midmonth for business.
Denver sportsman Bert Connors has issued a challenge on behalf of Phil Kearney to meet any 132-140 pounder, with Muggsy Stheel of Denver favored. Kearney recently defeated Bruce in a fifteen round bout at Fo Collins, and Connors aims to arrange a professional match in Denver for Harry Riede, the Aspen standout, who after winning the Rocky Mountain amateur title has shown championship potential and defeated Marty Lub, Young Abe Attell, and Willie Clark among top bantamweights.
The entry lists a basketball game between C A C Va and Two Rivers Wis at Keefe Hall with general admission 60 cents and seats for everybody.
New York March 1Intercollegiate Basketball league plans an intersectional series for the first time since 1908 if negotiations succeed. Columbia, eastern champion, would face Purdue, western title favorite, with a lineup featuring Kienda Mahon Alexander Lee and Benson as guards and forwards and center respectively.
Chicago March 1 Coach Stang of the University of Chicago announced the tenth annual Maroon inter scholastic track meet will be held June 10 in Chicago. High schools and preparatory schools of the middle west will be invited to compete.
A disordered item mentions Phil Kearney and a proposed match with Kid Pern. It references Denver, J.J. D. Brock, and the Upton Athletic era in Oklahoma City with ties to Inez. Details are unclear but imply a local boxing or athletic pairing consideration.
In San Francisco a military aviation meet featured an aerial wireless test. Lieutenant Paul Beck and Philip Parmalee flew a Wright biplane to about 500 feet while messages were sent across the field and received clearly. Beck reported smooth operation and believed higher altitude and speed would pose no problem.
Brook says Kid Ferns, welterweight champion of the south, will weigh in at 142 pounds for the Denver match. Kearney counters that he can make 13 percent and refuses to pin the bout unless $300 is slid as a win lose or draw stake.
Denver March 1 The Sullivan versus O Keefe boxing bout in Edgewater is canceled as Walter Morgan the district attorney stands firm against the pugilistic sport. Sullivan was to fight O Keefe next Tuesday in Edgewater and Morgan remains opposed to the event.
The athletic club arranged a bout and the arena stood ready. Attorney Morgan served notice that the event will not be permitted and warned he would arrest the proposers if any attempt occurred.
Union Pacific will begin double tracking the main line from North Platte to Julesburg, Colorado, starting today. The 81 mile stretch will take two to three months to complete, with about 30 miles already finished. The Denver to Chicago segment will be double tracked except for 150 miles between Lasalle and Julesburg.
In Denver on March 1 Joseph W. Folk former Missouri governor told the Teachers' club at Trinity Mem church that democracy would triumph in 1912 unless the party deserts the people for privilege He warned against limiting the influence of privilege in the party and keeping it from controlling the organization Folk viewed the Colorado senatorial contest as of interest but declined to discuss it and urged Democrats to oppose selfish interests and monopolies.
A newspaper column discusses a national Independent mood, urging the party to focus on what it can do for the people rather than self interest. It argues the last election showed discontent with the Republicans and predicts a Democratic victory if promises are fulfilled.
Dexter T. Sapp of Gunnison and J Knox Birton of Pueblo picked up one vote apiece as Democratic candidates for the U S Senate in Colorado. The ballot showed no radical change and state leader Want Ady brine reported best results.
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