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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1911
Page
16
Local fans debate Mat Wells victory over Freddie Welsh in a twenty round decision for the light weight championship of Great Britain. Wells arrived in New York amid strong opinions on the result and Welsh's chances.
The article recounts Wells facing several local and lesser opponents without notable success. He drew with Johnny Dohan in a close ten-round decision at Falmmont A. C. on July 19 last year, then lost to Paddy Sullivan at Olympic A. C. in a ten-round bout. A Chicago rival, Jimmy Howard, defeated Wells until a ninth-round foul halted their match at the Fairmont A. C. with Wells alleging a low blow.
A schedule of spring training sites is listed for both leagues. Teams like the Mets Metroit at Monroe Washington at Atlanta Chicago at Mineral Wells Athletics at Savannah Rostor at Redende New York at Athens Cleveland at Alexandra St. Louis at Hot Springs and National League teams Chicago at New Orleans New York at Marlin Pittsburg Cincinnati Brooklyn St. Louis Philadelphia in Mimtingham and Boston at Augusta are shown.
Chicago news letters report the fifth Olympiad to be held in Stockholm next year with plans to handicap Americans cited as a notable feature of the program.
Unfamiliar events appear on the program with new rules for javelin and shot put and alternating left and right handed throws. Swedes and Germans excel in these styles but Americans may be at a handicap. Competitions run from June 23 with lawn tennis and target shooting, July 7 marks real track events starting 100 metres, wrestling and aquatic events featured, and the Marathon on July 16 covering 24.85 miles instead of the standard 26 miles 885 yards.
National baseball commission plans to meet in Cincinnati with Herrmann and American League President Johnson to discuss efforts to curb gamblers who announced a plan to place future bets on baseball. Herrmann calls the menace the most serious he has known and vows immediate action.
Alfred De Oro, the defending world pool champion, faces challenger Tommy Hueston in New York next week with a 200-ball format each night. De Oro says this will be his last public pool appearance as he shifts focus to three-cushion billiards, where he holds the title.
Chicago reports pitcher Orvie Overall of the Chicago National League club will not report to the team this season. He plans to quit baseball to watch developments on his California gold mine.
Lieut. Benjamin Foulole and Phil Parmalee set a new world aviation record by flying an army biplane 106 miles from Laredo to Eagle Pass in two hours and seven minutes, marking a remarkable feat in early flight records.
Buffalo New York March 3 Frank Gotch defeated Paul Schmidt the Boer wrestler in a finish match here night in two straight falls the first in 20 16 and the second in 12 15.
Washington March 3 reports say the retirement of $94,000,000 of five percent Spanish War bonds now outstanding could be a feature of Secretary MacVeagh's financial plan after the treasury weighs a preliminary issue of $26,000,000 to $50,000,000 of Panama bonds. The bonds issued to 1864 mature after 1908 and do not mature until 1918. About $20,000,000 are held by national banks and used as security for public deposits.
In Douzy France on March 4 Roger Sommer piloted a large biplane with six passengers circling the aerodrome at one hundred feet then flying to Romilly and back. The mission set a world record for cross-country flight with passengers and a new total weight lifted mark. Sommer, with about two years of flying experience, has previously set records for speed distance altitude and passenger carrying.
K O Brown wins a popular decision over Ad Wolgast in ten rounds at the National Sporting Club New York March 3. Brown forces the action from the start and lands more punishment while Wolgast uses superior generalship at close quarters. Spectators hissed at roughness as the two clinched and rolled through the ropes in the final round.
London March 3 Premier Asquith used cloture to end four days of debate on a major constitutional reform veto bill. The measure cleared the second reading by a 368 to 243 vote, a majority of 125. The house then proceeded to further divisions.
The house supported the Austen Chamberlin amendment 121 to reject it while cheers greeted the veto bill figures. The premier moved to commit the bill to a committee of the whole house, with deferral likely to allow handling of financial business. Opposition leaders draft amendments. the bill would remove veto power from the House of Lords.
Topeka article reports Representative McCormick of Pittsburg punched Representative Stone of Topeka during the noon recess. The altercation followed a close vote that killed a bill to separate the Emporia and Pittsburg Normal schools. Members separated the combatants.
Washington March House assigns 5000 dollars to investigate phosphorus use in match manufacture. The move follows Rep Dalzell claims the Ways and Means panel can advance Rep Eachs bill to end white and yellow phosphorus matches. The aim is to spare workers from jaw osteonecrosis linked to these phosphors while addressing Diamond Match Co patents.
The body found mangled on the Santa Fe near Trinidad Colorado is identified as John Nicholas of Ohio. A small printed genealogy in his pocket ties him to a Nichols family line, suggesting possible Ohio or Virginia origins and former means, though his condition implies recent hard labor. The death occurred near Starkville.
Mrs William Mack Smith files for abandonment alleging her husband earns 20000 to 25000 annually from real estate and tenements. She says she is ill and destitute after supporting herself by washing and ironing since their 1893 marriage. He counters he is not as wealthy as claimed.
The Kansas House defeated presidential suffrage for women in a late night vote in Topeka on March 3. The decision ends efforts to amend state law to grant women nationwide voting rights via presidential suffrage.
In the committee of the whole the measure passed 50 to 48 after Senate action. Both houses have voted to submit a woman suffrage constitutional amendment to voters, though the proposal excludes a ballot for president.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson promotes American cheese in a bulletin on experiments. He declares cheese is healthful and can be eaten in large quantities without disturbing general health, arguing against discrimination toward cheese.
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