Leonard predicts many crowns will fall in sportcoms squared circle
Benny Leonard world lightweight boxing champion predicts many title changes in the coming year in Sportcoms squared circle. Leonard, famed for winning the title by KO in New York on May 28, 1917, is now in Southern California filming The Evil Eye for Ascher Enterprises.
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Leonard
Sportcom
Squared
Benny Leonard
California
the Ascher Enterprises
Freddie Welsh
New York City
Five Titles Expected to Change Hands in Next Boxing Year
Boxing analyst Benny Leonard predicts major upheaval as New York legalizes boxing across the state. He foresees thousands of boxers, rising stars, and early title changes including a likely Dempsey Carpentier bout in Gotha and shifts in bantamweight and other divisions.
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New York City
New York State
Jack Dempsey
Georges Carpentiers
Gotham
Dempsey
Jimmy Wilde
Charley Ledoux
Pete Herman
New York
Benny Walger
Johnny Kilbane
Jack Britton
Ted Lewis
England
Mike O'Day
Frank Frisch
John McGraw
Harry McCormick
Bucknell
Dave Robertson
Dave
Notchers
America
Wilde
Sharkey
New Jersey
Aggies Train With English Folk Dance For Football
Massachusetts Agricultural College candidates use folk dancing to improve coordination for football. About thirty men learn Laudanum Bunches and other steps to keep players on their toes and enhance mind body coordination during spring training.
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Amherst
Mass
Massachusetts Agricultural College
Aggies
Greek immigrant Peter Trivoulidas wins Boston Marathon
Norman E Brown notes Peter Trivoulidas, a Greek-born runner living in America since the early 1920s, wins the Boston Marathon in 2 29 31 despite a strong headwind. The piece highlights his Greek heritage, arrival in 3 years ago, potential Olympic Antwerp bid, and his two citizenship applications hindered by language.
Greek runner Trivoulidas eyes U S for classic entry
Trivoulidas born Sparta 29 years ago may represent the United States in the marathon if papers arrive in time. The Hellenic Association of Boston offers to fund travel to Greece if he competes for that country. He previously ran Athens Marathon 1944 third, Boston Marathon 194? seventh, and held Greek navy service in WWI.
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United States
Hellenig Association of
Boston
Greece
Trivoulidas
Sparta
Athens
Peter
New York
Metropolitan
Ijle's A Bussboy
Elk's Dance at May 6 Featuring Shembeck's Orchestra
The Elk's Dance nights present music by Shembeck's Orchestra on Thursday May 6 with admission set at four dollars fifty cents per couple.
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Shembeck
Plumb Plan Lecture Tonight At Parish House
Mr. Gallup from Washington DC representing the Plumb Plan League will speak on the Plumb Plan at the Parish house at 8 o clock tonight. The public is invited and admission is free.
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Gallup
Washington, D. C
Plumb Plan League
Beteta Seeks Global Press Congress Support Abroad
Virgilio Rodriguez Beteta, organizer and president of the Associated Press of Central America, travels to the United States to drum up support for the world press congress to be held in Australia next October. He will also visit Latin American countries and Spain on the mission. Beteta publishes El Diario de Centro America in Guatemala City.
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Virgilio Rodriguez Beteta
Associated Press of
Central America
United States
World Press Congress
Australia
Spain
el Diario de Centro America
Guatemala City
Big Joe Cox Eyes Dempsey Carpentier bout push
Big Joe Cox, a heavy weight hopeful, plans a hard campaign aiming to force Jack Dempsey and Georges Carpentier into a title bout. He has dropped from 498 pounds to 192 and shows greater speed thus far. The piece also notes Hughie Jennings urging Tigers to focus on baseball, Bodie’s Yankees resurgence, and various boxing world figures including Welsh Wilde Frisch McGraw quotes.
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Big Joe Cox
Puglist
Jack Dempsey
Georges Carpentier
Cox
Boxers weigh the return to ring as retirement looms
The piece argues boxers chase more money abroad, notes Wilde and Leonard bargaining power, cites Packey McFarland’s career choices, and discusses welterweight dangers and fan interest. It mentions Leonard’s possible retirement and the White Sox’s loss after a six game start.
Spoilers Draw Large Crowds at Cheyenne Atlas Theater
The Spoilers showing at the Atlas for its last day drew enthusiastic crowds in Cheyenne. Rex Beach's Alaska tale features William Farnum and Kathryn Williams delivering a lively cinema performance with no dull moments during the run.
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Rex Beach
Alaska
William Farnum
Kathryn Williams
Nick Altrock Eyes Cheaters While With Senators
Nick Altrock jokes about possibly needing cheaters due to dimming eyesight and mentions some trouble with his dogs. Despite this he retains his pep and continues his comedic, entertaining work this season with the Senators.
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Nick Altrock
Nick
Senators
The Spoilers Reach the Atlas Big Program
A film program at the Atlas features The Spoilers praised for its realism and passion with red blooded characters. A Supreme comedy titled Mixed Husbands is included, promising broad crowd appeal to motion picture patrons.
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The
Atlas
Highways Report From Cheyenne Traffic Update
East bound traffic moves toward Sidney via the south road. South routes to Greeley and Fort Collins show muddy sections near Cheyenne but improve further south. West routes are passable to Laramie with a bad stretch from Sherman Monument to Tie Siding. North routes open to Douglas but Pole Creek to Bear Creek is hard with good sections near Chugwater.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Sidney
Greeley
Fort Gollins
Laramie
Sherman Monument
Douglas
Pole Creek
Bear Creek
Chugwater
Baseball Scores From Evening Card of Games
In Chicago Pittsburg and New York Brooklyn and Cincinnati St Louis and Philadelphia the clubs faced batterries featuring M O Far rel Adams Schmidt Mitchell Grimes Kruger Winter Barnes Snyder Lisith Ruether Wingo Doak Clemmons McQuillen Gaw dy O Neil Rixey Wheat Withorow.
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Nn. HW. F. Brooklyn
New York
Mitchell
Grimes
Kruger
Winter
Barnes and Snyder
Lisith
Rn. H
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Ruether
Wingo
Doak
Clemmons
N. H. &E. Boson
Philadelphia
McQuillen
Gawdy
O'Neil
Rixey
Wheat
Baseball Scores From Early League Play
Stated lines show American League clubs with team records and battery pairings for New York Washington St Louis Detroit Cleveland Philadelphia Boston. The text lists hitters pitchers and pitchers’ batteries for each matchup as part of a standings or box score snippet from a historical period. Paragraph note on Turkish women learning to read and write follows.
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