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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1911
Page
16
Miss Blanche Whitney of Philadelphia, claimed champion woman wrestler, weighs 155 pounds and returns from a western tour. She champions fencing and bowling, trains at a local gym, coaches girls, and envisions a future where suffragists influence sports and independence.
A laconic Monroe dispatch notes a young ball player unfamiliar with the name Chase. The slice of baseball chatter reveals limited background on the pitcher now with the Tiger squad and hints at broader gaps in public awareness of the game.
Yale, New Haven, announces a ten game football schedule for the coming season with nine games at home or on campus. The slate drops Vanderbilt and Tufts and adds Virginia Polytechnic Institute and New York University with matches against Wesleyan Holy Cross Syracuse Colgate West Point Princeton Harvard and Brown.
Cambridge Mass March 16 The spring practice for Harvard football baseball lacrosse track and crew is underway on Soldiers field Fifty five lacrosse candidates represent the largest number on record Track Coach Donovan will start handling the awkward squad soon and must develop new material for nearly every event Harvard students discuss a possible Harvard Yale England coronation match against Oxford and Cambridge athletes later this summer Also an advertisement for The New Idea Millinery Parlors at 1805 Capitol Ave offers hats at reduced prices.
New York March 15 reports that about a dozen cities will send teams to an April 22 bowling competition for a prize cup donated by Col Rob M Thompson of the New York Athletic Club. Teams will bowl on home alleys and telegraph scores to New York at the end of each frame. Entries include Montreal Athletic Association Crescent Athletic Association Ullinele Athletic Association Piratesburg Athletic Association Seattle Amateur Athletic Association and Mereland Athletic Club.
The Cheyenne business district sees over one million dollars in new blocks and six months of growth. New and ongoing projects include the Masonic temple extension about 50 000 dollars the Gleason building a four story structure and several blocks along Central avenue and Seventeenth Street. Residents note hundreds of hammers and saws signal a busy spring as more than a million dollars in building proceeds and many residences rise.
George Momert, jailed in Omaha after Chicago arrest for stealing clothes and jewelry from George Duncan. Momert says two years of fruitless search for a wife he married on a bet drove him to crime. he was married to a Seattle chorus girl and has not seen her since. He waived preliminary exam and is bound over to district court. bond set at $500.
Reports from the Mexico border describe insurrectionists attacking barracks in the town center. Guards fired from the roof, two insurrectos were downed, several federals hurt. officials deny fatalities and remain vague on damage as tense protests and bridge rushes ensue.
Notice is given of teachers certificates examinations to be held at the high school buildings in Cheyenne Wheatland Torrington starting 8 50 a m on March 21 and April 1 1911 The program lists subjects for Friday morning and afternoon Saturday morning and afternoon with various education and science topics signed by Mamie E Hefaron Superintendent of Schools March iv 1911
Boulder, March 15. Carl Diamiami, a striking con miner, has won his freedom after a courtroom exchange centered on a color necktie. The incident arose during an assault trial with a guard, and the decision highlights a striking procedural twist.
Witnesses recall a man with a red necktie, Diamlami, and note Carl Diamlami swapped neckties with his cousin Mike. Most witnesses identify Mike as the assailant, prompting the district attorney to seek Mike's arrest.
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