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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1911
Page
8
Local fight fans debate the decision as Mat Wells defeated Freddie Welsh in a twenty round contest in New York. Wells faced Welsh in a championship bout that ended on a half split decision, leaving observers puzzled by the result.
The article reviews Wells’s boxing career noting he faced mainly lesser opponents and failed to meet top national stars. It recalls July 19 last year when Wells beat Johnny Dohan for a popular decision in a tough ten-round bout at Falmmont A. C. and August when Paddy Sullivan defeated him in a ten-round match at Olympic A. C. The Fairmont A. C. clash with Jimmy Howard ended in a ninth-round foul claim with Howard advantaged before the foul.
The schedule lists teams and training locations across cities in the United States. American League clubs such as Metroit and Washington travel to Monroe and Atlanta while Chicago visits Mineral Wells and New York to Athens. National League teams include Chicago at New Orleans and Pittsburgh at Hot Springs with several other pairings across Texas Georgia and Tennessee.
Chicago report states the fifth Olympiad to be held in Stockholm next year will include a handicap for American competitors. The feature outlines the program for the United States entrants and the anticipated arrangements for participation.
New conditions govern javelin throw and shot put with left and right hand throws. Swedes and Germans adapt to the style, likely hindering many Americans. Competition begins June 23 with lawn tennis and target shooting, July 7 marks real events with the 100 meter race, and wrestling plus water sports share the program. Marathon race July 16 reduced to 24.85 miles from 26 miles 885 yards.
Cincinnati March 3 plans to counter a proposed future book on baseball will be discussed at a meeting of the national baseball commission next week. Chairman Herrmann and American League President Johnson will attend. Herrmann called the betting scheme the most serious menace to the game and vowed to act quickly.
Alfred De Oro the world pool champion will meet challenger Tommy Hueston in New York on March 6 in a 200 ball per night match. De Oro plans his last public appearance in pool as he shifts focus to three cushion billiards, where he is the title holder.
Chicago reports pitcher Orvie Overall of the National League club notified President Murphy he would not report to the team this season. He plans to quit baseball to watch developments on his gold mine in California.
Lieut. Benjamin Foulole and Phil Parmalee piloted an army biplane 106 miles between Laredo and Eagle Pass, Texas, in two hours seven minutes setting a new world aviation record as of March 3.
Buffalo, March 3. Frank Gotch defeats Paul Schmidt, the Boer wrestler, in a finish match here with two straight falls. First fall lasts 20 minutes 16 seconds, second fall 12 minutes 15 seconds.
Washington March 3 The retirement of 94 million dollars of Spanish War bonds outstanding could be a feature of Secretary MacVeagh's financial plan after a preliminary release of 26 to 50 million dollars of Panama bonds. The war bonds issued to 1864 were payable after 1908 and do not mature until 1918. About 20 million dollars are held by national banks as treasury security for holes and public deposits.
Douzy France March 4 Monis Roger Sommer piloted a large biplane with six passengers circling the aerodrome at eighty feet then flying to Romilly and back. The flight establishes a world record for cross country passenger carriage and adds new marks for total weight lifted. Sommer, with just over two years of flying, has previously set records for speed distance altitude and passenger carries. He notes that last April he carried three passengers for a total of four people over four and a half miles, while Farman and Breguet have carried more in other flights but for shorter distances.
K O Brown gained a popular decision over Ad Wolgast the lightweight champion in a ten round match at the National Sporting Club in New York. Brown pressed from the start and landed more punishment while Wolgast used generalship and sharp uppercuts. The bout remained even in spots and ended with both men upright as they clinched and rolled through the ropes in the final round.
London March 3 Premier Asquith ended four days of debate on a major constitutional reform by applying cloture as the veto bill won second reading by 368 to 243. The House then concluded its divisions on the measure.
Members clash over Austen Chamberlin's amendment as 121 vote against. Cheers follow the veto bill result before it is referred to a committee of the whole house. Government plans to delay further action to tackle financial business while opposition drafts additional amendments. The bill removes the Lords veto power.
Topeka March 3 The Kansas House saw a fist fight between Representative McCormick of Pittsburg and Representative Stone of Topeka after a close vote killed a bill to divorce the Emporia and Pittsburg Normal school. McCormick struck Stone during the noon recess. members separated them.
Washington lawmakers approve a $5,000 investigation into the phosphorus used in match manufacture. Representative Dalzell of Pennsylvania explains Ways and Means routing as the bill from Representative Each of Wisconsin aims to end the white and yellow phosphorus match industry while protecting Diamond Match Co. patents. The measure seeks to spare workers from jaw necrosis caused by phosphorus exposure.
The body found on the Santa Fe track near Starkville, Trinidad, is identified as John Nicholas of Ohio by a nickel identification check. A small testament with a genealogy of the Nichols family was found in a pocket, suggesting possible ties to an Ohio or Virginia lineage. The deceased may have been from a prominent family and recently worked hard before death.
New York March 3 Mrs William Mack Smith seeks relief in a abandonment suit claiming her wealthy husband left her after a 1893 marriage and has not supported her since. She says his income from real estate and tenements tops 20 000 to 25 000 yearly and that she is ill and destitute having earned washing and ironing. The husband denies being as wealthy as claimed in his answer to the separation suit.
Kansas House voted down presidential suffrage for women last night in Topeka with the measure rejected by the body as reported March 3.
In 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, but the proposal does not include a ballot for president.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson urges eating more cheese in a bulletin highlighting experiments that show cheese does not disturb general health. The report argues cheese can be eaten in large quantities without health danger and asks Americans to enjoy cheese.
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