Wolgast Favored In Twenty Round Bout With Memsic
Los Angeles March 16 Ad Wolgast lightweight champion is favored 10 to 7 over George Memsic of Los Angeles in the Vernon arena Friday. Fans show heavy seat sales but little money, Memsic backers holding out for 2 to 1. Local fighter Wolgast’s heavier weight and recent modest i recovery after arrival dampen Memsic optimism.
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Los Angeles
Mar
Fiat
Ad Wolgast
George Memsic
Vernon Arena
Wolgast
Memsic
Brown to Pause After Resting Knockout Run
Knockout Brown, city lightweight sensation, will not fight for two months after manager Danny Morgan and doctors Dr. Creamer and Professor Taylor ordered eight weeks rest. Brown underwent a minor operation on a sprained tin ear and will tour five weeks earning 1200 dollars weekly with a stop in Philadelphia Brooklyn Baltimore Pittsburg and back to New York.
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New York
Brown
Danny Morgan
Creamer
Professor Taylor
Adam
Hammerstein's
Morgan
Begwn
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Baltimore
Pittsburg
Mathewson’s New Curve Wows New York Fans
Fans in New York report Christy Mathewson has developed a new slow double dip ball at the Marlin training camp. The ball reportedly floats up to the bat with all seams showing just before the plate, delivering a deceptive two part dip.
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New York
Mar
Christy Mathewson
New York Nationals
Giants
Giants Introduce Slow Spitter Pitch in Practice
Report notes Mathewson alters his grip by wetting fingers before delivering a new pitch dubbed the slow spitters by the Giants. The description frames it as a practiced, evolving part of their repertoire.
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Mathewson
Giants
Flights in Japan Impress 400,000 Onlookers
Bud Mars and Captain T. Baldwin perform three successful flights in Osaka in front of about 400,000 spectators. Prince Kuniyoshi Kuni, grandson of the emperor, attends and praises the aviators. The Asahi newspaper offers $5,000 for three days of demonstrations before Mars and Baldwin travel to Tokyo.
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Osaka
Japan
Bud Mars
T. 5
Baldwin
Kuniyoghi Kuni
Asahi
Mars
Tokio
English Athletes to Compete in Coronation Carnival
The Amateur Athletic Union reports England will host a major athletic carnival tied to coronation festivities at the Crystal Palace London. Events include running 100 and 220 yards, 880 and one mile, 120 yard hurdles, swimming 100 yards and one mile, catch-as-catch-can wrestling, boxing middle and heavy weights, and lawn tennis.
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New York
Mar
England
The
Amateur Athletic Union
Council of the Festival of
RAGS WANTED at the Leader office
The Leader announces a call for large clean rags. Readers are asked to bring usable cloth to the office for collection and redistribution.
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Leader
Denver and St Louis Billiardists Matched for 100-Point Bout
H B Leon of St Louis meets Fred Hames in a two-night, 50-point block match at the Kenmore next week. The 100-point three-cushion contest carries a $100 side bet and gate receipts. Leon recently defeated Joe Carney and Jeayne on the coast and in Salt Lake City.
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Denver
Western Bowlers Elect Officer in Spokane Congress
The Western Bowling congress elected Frank W. Smith of Spokane as president and A. L. Jenkins as secretary-treasurer. H. M. Reid of Los Angeles, H. Ball of Portland, and J. A. McIntyre of Vancouver were named first to third vice presidents. Los Angeles chosen for the 1912 congress.
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Spokane
Wash
Mar
Western Bowling Congress
Frank W. Smith
A.L. Jenkins
Prevent the Grip Laxative Bromos Q uine Item
An ad notes a remedy to prevent the grip with Laxative Brom Quin ine as the singular Bromo Quinine product priced at 25 cents and signed by E. W. Grove.
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E. W. Grove
Champion Gotch To Meet Any Wrestler
Frank Gotch defeated 260 pound German wrestlers Henry Baha by throwing him over the head injuring Baba. Gotch announced he had signed a contract to meet any wrestler in the world.
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Gotch
Chicago
Frank Goteh
Henry Baha
Baba
Bebo
Goteh
Columbus Driving Park withdraws from Grand Circuit
Columbus Driving Park company announces withdrawal from the Grand Circuit after a directors meeting. The decision affects membership and franchise status within the circuit, signaling a shift in connections with other track entities and racing events.
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Grand Chrovet Columbue O. Mat
Columbus Driving Park Company
Dore Against Invasion Plans Facing Michigan Fair Dates
Reports from the Michigan Fair circuit discuss scheduling conflicts and possible retirements to stay independent. Columbus plans a two week meeting with dates to be decided, aiming to avoid clashes with the Mid-Jean or Lexington meetings. Membership remains in the Western circuit, and efforts may resume the grand circuit if feasible.
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Dore
Michigan Fair
Columban
Columbus
Mid- Jean
Lexington
Michigan Fair Company
Columbia
Ninety Kemper cadets form insurrecto camp near Booneville
Ninety former Kemper Military Academy students, after a two day strike over pledges, set up an insurrecto camp two miles west of Booneville. They sleep in a barn loft and haystacks, cook by a campfire, and beg money from relatives as hunger grows. Some vow to fight on, name Gen Grant cited, unless two expelled boys are reinstated.
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Cash Boonville
Kemper Military Academy
Booneville
Gen. Grant
Military Academy
Ammunition Shipment Halt Ties to Mexican Frontier
Federal orders from Mexico threaten to stop the smuggling of arms across the El Paso border. Reports say fifteen Americans captured at Casas Grandes remain jailed. A circulated notice by Orosco claims insurgents have become bandits and abductors, with federal losses near Hermosillo.
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el Paso
Paso
E Paso
Qasas Grandes
Insurrecto Junta
Inslets
Atw Dero
Col. Cuellar
Imas
Casas Grandes
Mexico City
Orosco
Hermoaliio
Angulno
Improving Waterways of Country
The movement to develop international waterways expands with the nation. New Jersey considers purchasing land for a canal linking New York Bay to the Delaware River. The plan includes a coastwise canal from Bay Head to Cape May and enhancements to Newark and other ports. If approved, the project could influence federal action. Colonel Black notes Congress favors sections that help themselves.
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Washington
Mar
Continental
United States
New Jersey
New York
Tllinois
New York Bay
Delaware River
Maine
Florida Keys
Commonwealth
Senate
State House
Trenton
J. Hampton Moore
Pennsylvania
J. H. Small
North Carolina
Woodrow Wilson
Princeton
Leavitt
Bay Head
Barnegat Bay
Cape May
Hackensack River
Perth Amboy
Camden
Congress
Ool
Black
United States Corps of Engineers
Cremation of Siam King Declared Simple and Cheap
Bangkok reports the cremation of King Chulalonkorn followed a frugal plan. The late monarch left a rescript guiding a modest ceremony to spare the people costly rituals, contrasting with prior Siamese royal funerals which ran into the millions.
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Bangkok
Siam
Mar
Chulalonkorn
Deathbed Promise Sues for Life Insurance Transfer
Mrs Rose Miezel sues Modern Woodmen in district court to force payment of her late husband Samuel Miezel status to her, claiming a deathbed promise to transfer the $1000 policy to her father. Attorney John M Macfarland argues the pledge may be enforceable even if never carried out.
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Omaha
Mar
Rose Miesel
Samuel Miezel
John M. Macfarland
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