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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1911
Page
8
William Bolger, winner of the 1910 Glidden tour, endorses the AAAs reliability tour for 1911. He says the event, not the trophy, is the key motor test, stressing car quality, smart driving, and self control as decisive factors in long endurance rallies over sixteen days and 2 355 miles.
The C A C five meets Three Rivers Wisconsin on the Keefe hall floor in a regionally watched indoor game. The two teams are evenly matched as they close the season, with Three Rivers having one win in four prior meetings against Portage. Oscar Lamm of C A C bids farewell in Cheyenne before leaving mid month for business on the Pacific coast.
Denver promoter Bert Connors has issued a challenge to meet any 132-140 pounder for his protege Phil Kearney with Muggsy Stheel favored. He also seeks a pro debut for Harry Riede of Aspen after his regional amateur title, noting Riede’s wins over Marty Lub Young Abe Attell and Willie Clark.
Keefe Hall hosts a basketball game in Two Rivers Wisconsin with general admission priced at 60 cents and seating available for everyone.
New York reports the Intercollegiate Basketball league may arrange an intersectional series for the first time since 1908. If negotiations succeed Columbia, eastern champion, would meet Purdue, western title hopeful, with the same lineup used by Columbia for two undefeated seasons.
Coach Stang of the University of Chicago announces the tenth annual maroon inter echolastic track meet for high schools and preparatory schools of the middle west. The event will be held June 10 in Chicago.
Local sports note outlines an intended match involving Phil Kearney and regional figure Kid Pern. The piece mentions Denver in March and references J J D Brock, the Manchreaker of the Upton Athletic era, with Inez offering Kearney before a tie club date.
In a military aviation meet at San Francisco Lieutenant Paul Beck and Philip Parmalee flew a Wright biplane to about 500 feet. They sent wireless telegraph messages across the field with clear reception, showing the aeroplane's wireless operation is feasible at altitude and speed.
Brook says Kid Ferns, welterweight champion of the south, will weigh in at 142 pounds for the Denver bout. Kearney notes he can do 13 percent more and will not pin the match unless a $300 stake is involved, win lose or draw.
Denver telegram reports Walter Morgan, prosecuting attorney for the district including Edgewater, has declared no change in his opposition to the pugilistic sport. The Sullivan versus O Keefe bout, set for next Tuesday in Edgewater, is to be cannot proceed.
The athletic club arranged a bout but attorney Morgan served notice that the event would not be permitted. He warned he could arrest the proposers if an attempt occurred.
Union Pacific will begin double tracking the main line from North Platte to Julesburg Colorado on March first. The eighty one mile stretch will take two to three months to complete with about thirty miles already finished. The Denver to Chicago segment will be double tracked except for a 150 mile section between Lasalle and Julesburg.
Joseph W. Folk former Missouri governor arrived in Denver and spoke to the Teachers' club on The Era of Conscience. He urged Democrats to curb privilege in the party and warned against letting selfish interests steer the group.
A historic call for a people centered approach argues the party must serve the public rather than self. It credits 1910 voting as a rebuke of the Republican party and predicts a Democratic landslide in 1912 if reforms prove true.
Denver march 1 Dexter T. Sapp of Gunnison and J Knox Birton of Pueblo each received one vote in the Democratic senate race. There was no major ballot change and state leader Want Ady brine best results.
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