Pollock Boosts Weinert in Heavyweight Talk
Harry Pollok labels Weinert a top heavyweight prospect and names several rivals. He cites Willard Dillon Levinsky and Fulton as potential tests while criticising others as light or not up to the mark. Pollok notes Weinert’s suitability against Freddie Welsh era rivals and predicts a tough future for the field.
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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 began yesterday and runs to December 16. Licenses are required and issued only by state justices of the peace. Local justices have issued many permits with Judge Housman and Judge Edwards each distributing about fifty licenses. Fees range from 1 to 2.50 dollars, with 2.50 dollars covering duck and small game and big game like elk.
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Justices of the Peace
Oldest Kansas Resident, 102, Dies in Peabody
Abel Cartwright died at his home near Peabody Kansas after reaching nearly 102 years old. He would have celebrated his birthday on November 6. He was declared the oldest man in Kansas.
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Kansas
Peabody
Kan
Abel Cartwright
Here
Kangaa
Tinker and Rowland Slated for Discard
Rumor says Chicago's two MLB managers Joe Tinker and Clarence Rowland face dismissal as season opens. Owners deny, but fan pressure grows. Eddie Collings may replace Rowland and Art Wilson could take over for Tinker after reports from Pittsburgh.
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Chicago
Joe Tinker
Clarence Rowland
Rowland
Tinker
Eddie Collings
Art Wilson
Pittsburg
Ganzel Reemerges in Loafing Role with $7800 Salary
John Ganzel receives 7800 dollars for a loafing position, earning 1300 dollars monthly. He laments the easy life, saying he prefers managing a ball club and longs to return to the Rochester Internationals, where he once managed.
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John Ganzsel
John
Rochester Internationals
Ward family hires John at a high seasor contract
In 1915 Lee Magee quits as pilot of the Breakline Peds. The Ward family hires John at 7400 per season under a personal agreement with the late Robert B. Ward. The contract, lasting through 1917, guarantees John 15000 for doing nothing. John says he would rather work than collect money without labor.
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Lee Magee
Ward
John
Feds
Gansel
Robert B. Ward
Fifteen Boys Arrested Over Theft of Film Stock
In Clifton NX police seized films worth 1000 from a freight car after fifteen boys were involved in the theft. One boy possessed a motion picture machine and a makeshift theatre was set up in a cellar. The incident followed a run of Chaplin reels and other prints.
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New York
Clifton
Red Sox back Tris Speaker for hitting title
Washington dispatch notes Boston bets on Tris Speaker to beat Ty Cobb for the hitting crown. Supporters cite Cleveland infield speed and a short right field fence as aiding Speaker while Boston scorers are harsher on errors elsewhere.
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Red Sox
Tris Speaker
Tygertown Ty
Tris
Cleveland
Fenway Park
Fenway
Boston
Baseball Results Across Leagues Yesterday
National League games featured New York defeating Cincinnati with Mouley and Huhn noted as catchers and Tew reau McCarty handling the mound. Brooklyn beat Pittsburg as Grimes and Ww pitched with Wag ner Cheng and Miller behind the plate. Boston toppled Chicago with Perry Wilson and Archer at bat and Ragan Gowdy catching in 11 innings. Philadelphia traded blows with St Louis as Watson Gonzales Mayer Bender and Kibler contributed. American League saw Detroit beat New York with Schocker Walters and Mitchell Stanage in action, while Chicago beat Washington. St Louis and OsbrR matched up with Shore and Cady, Rumler, and Dellerry performing. Cleveland hosted Philadelphia with Nebors Gould and Dellerry in the mix. A Lincoln Nebraska scoreline appears amid a separate Denver-Lincoln note. A birth announced: Mrs Biles B. welcomed a son Wednesday evening, both mother and child reported well.
World’s Series Horseshoe Pitchers Set for October
Kansas City report notes the annual world series of horseshoe pitchers is planned for the week of October 16 after the season closes October 8. Last year Kansas won. Missouri hopes to field a strong team with Charles Maloy to select eight players and Henry Meade guiding the Kansas squad. Champ Jackson is favored to win, but Hollingaworth may defend the tie. a winner versus champion format is favored to decide the title.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Charles Maloy
Euseka
Missouri
Henry Meade
Champ Jackson
Hollingaworth
Jackson
Church usher 80 mistaken by seating mother and daughter
The Wellington News reports an elderly church usher, 80, confusion over seating when a woman and her mother arrived Sunday night. He apologized awkwardly, saying he would show them to another pew after mixing up the seating.
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Wellington News
Marden
Kansas City Star
Aviator Jack Miller Dies After Protest Flight
Fredericksburg Texas September 4. Jack Miller of Cleburne an aviator is dead from injuries after his plane fell seventy five feet during a county fair flight. Miller flew under protest because of the high wind.
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Fredericksburg
Tex
Jack Miller
Cleburne
Hern
Miller
Escape attempt of Tur tukal commander ends in drowning
Reports from Sofia via the Overseas News Agency say General Regga rabesku, commander of Tur tukal fortress, tried to flee by boat after its capture. The boat was sunk by Bulgarian artillery and the general was drowned.
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Sayville
Sofia
Reggarabesku
Turtukal
Three Men Hurt When Auto Tips Over at Laramie
Three men Travelle Roach and Bolthoff were injured when their car overturned near the Laramie river bridge. Roach drove, Travelle and Roach escaped the wreck while Bolthoff, of Denver, was pinned under the car and later taken to the Travelle home for a physician.
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Auto
Laramie
John Travelle
Ivan L. Roach
William Bolthoff
Denver
Mr. Bolthoff
Laramie River
Travelle
Roach
George Starline
Fifth Street
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