Pollock Rates Weinert A Rising Heavyweight Prospect
Harry Pollok, famed boxing manager, touts Weinert and reviews contenders Moran Coffey Dillon Levinsky Willard Morris Fulton as potential threats. He ranks Willard and Dillon as the only credible champions, with others fitting the white hope label in a glowing but cautious appraisal.
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Weinert
Harry Pollok
Freddie Welsh
Jersey City
Moran
Coffey
Nick
Charler
Dillon
Levinsky
Charley
Jorney
Rattler
Welnert
Willard
Eddie Pitts
Colorado Springs
Morris
Mark
Oklahoma
Fred Fulton
Frederick
Frank
White Hope
Duck Hunting Season Opens Across State
The duck hunting season opened yesterday and runs until December 16. Justices of the peace issue licenses with fees from 1 to 2.50 dollars. Judges Housman and Edwards have issued about fifty licenses each. The small game duck license costs 1 dollar, while a 2.50 dollar license covers elk and other big game.
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Justices of the Peace
Oldest Kansas resident Abel Cartwright dies at 101
Abel Cartwright of Peabody Kansas died at his home near Peabody early today. He would have turned 102 on November 6, and was declared the oldest man in Kansas. He lived near Peabody.
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Kansas
Peabody
Kan
Abel Cartwright
Here
Kangaa
Tinker and Rowland Slated for Discard in Chicago
Rumors say managers Joe Tinker and Clarence Rowland may be replaced as Chicago clubs prepare for the new season. Club owners deny the reports, but fan pressure could push changes. Eddie Collings linked to Rowland, Art Wilson to Tinker pending decisions.
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Chicago
Joe Tinker
Clarence Rowland
Rowland
Tinker
Eddie Collings
Art Wilson
Pittsburg
Ganzel Earns 7800 for Loafing Position
John Ganzel receives 1300 per month for loafing but frowns on the easy life. He says he spent every summer of his adult life working and longs to manage a ball club again, having previously managed the Rochester Internationals.
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John Ganzsel
John
Rochester Internationals
Ward family signs long term contract for baseball figure
The excerpt describes John Ward being hired by the Ward family at 7 4000 per season after Lee Magee quits as pilot of the Breakline Peds. The Feds are no more but the contract endures until 1917, with Ward set to earn 15000 for “doing nothing” though he says he would rather work than visit the Ward factory twice a month to collect money.
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Lee Magee
Ward
John
Feds
Gansel
Robert B. Ward
Looted film haul leads to jail for teens in Clifton
In Clifton, NX, fifteen boys were jailed after stealing 1000 worth of motion pictures from a freight car. One boy had a film machine and a makeshift theatre was set up in a cellar as Charlie Chaplin reels drew business before police traced the theft. The incident coincides with reports of a ship sinking near France where the vessel Europe, a three master of 340 1008 gross, went down and eleven crew members were saved.
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New York
Clifton
Samang
Frange
Europe
Grose
Red Sox back Tris Speaker for hitting title chase
Washington Sept 14 The Boston club crowds behind Tris Speaker to beat out Cobb for the batting crown this season. They argue Cleveland infield speed and Fenway fence quirks favor Speaker while Boston managers grade errors stricter than Cleveland.
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Washington
Red Sox
Tris Speaker
Tygertown Ty
Tris
Cleveland
Fenway Park
Fenway
Boston
Baseball Results From National and American Leagues
National League games in New York Brooklyn Boston Philadelphia and St. Louis featured mixed results with batteries listed for each matchup. American League standings included Detroit Chicago and Cleveland with noted batters and pitchers. also mentions a birth in the community with Mr and Mrs Biles B. reporting a healthy newborn.
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Detroit
New York
Schocker and Walters
Mitchell and Stanage
World’s Series Horseshoe Pitchers Set for October
Kansas City report notes the yearly world championship for horseshoe pitchers due next month. The season ends October 8 with plans to hold the tourney the week of October 16, matching Missouri and Kansas players. Champ Jackson may pass the title to Hollingaworth, while Charles Maloy and Henry Meade lead selections for the two squads.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Charles Maloy
Euseka
Missouri
Henry Meade
Champ Jackson
Hollingaworth
Jackson
Usher Confused by Sunday Night Seat Mixup
In a church anecdote from The Wellington News reported by the Kansas City Star an usher aged about 80 mishandled seating when his companion entered with her mother. He attempted to seat them with a quip about moving to another sheet amid the mixup.
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Wellington News
Marden
Kansas City Star
Aviator Jack Miller Killed in High Wind Flight
Frederickburg Texas reports aviator Jack Miller of Cleburne died from injuries after his airplane plunged seventy five feet at the county fair. He had flown despite protesting the high wind conditions.
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Fredericksburg
Tex
Jack Miller
Cleburne
Hern
Miller
Fleeing War Chief Drowns After Tur Tukal Fall
Reports from Sofia via Overseas News Agency say General Regga rabesku, commander of the fortress at Tur tukal, tried to escape by boat after its fall. The vessel was sunk by Bulgarian artillery and he drowned.
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Sayville
Sofia
Reggarabesku
Turtukal
Three Men Hurt When Auto Turns Over at Laramie
In Laramie on September 14, John Travelle Ivan L Roach and William Bolthoff of Denver were injured when their car overturned near the Laramie river bridge. Roach drove the vehicle. the clutch problem caused the accident as the driver bent over to inspect it. Travelle and Roach escaped the wreck, Bolthoff was trapped under the car and rescued by George Starline. He was taken to the Travelle home where a doctor was summoned. All three suffered nervous shock and minor injuries.
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Laramie
John Travelle
Ivan L. Roach
William Bolthoff
Denver
Mr. Bolthoff
Laramie River
Travelle
Roach
George Starline
Fifth Street
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