Republican panel names potential mayor nominees
The Republican County Central Committee lists ward nominees Marcus Kavanaugh John R Thompson David E Shanahan and others as candidates to rally Progressive voters. The piece notes stakes include Supreme Court balance with Justice Carter and potential party control of Illinois House, amid wet and dry factions influencing Speaker hopes.
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Marcus Kavanaugh
John R. Thompson
David E. Shanahan
Thomas J. Healy
Albert J. Fisher
Bernard A. Eckhart
Harry E. Littler
Theodore K. Long
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Frank I. Bennett
Edwin W. Sims
James E. MacMurray
Isaac N. Powell
Charles N
Progressive Party
Orrin N. Carter
Supreme Bench
Carter
Supreme Court
Illinois
Springfield
Wets
Season proves professional coaching outperforms amateurs
The piece argues that professional coaches boost football teams with Harvard hiring Percy Haughton and Michigan under Huston Yost. It notes Yale Princeton Washington and Jefferson Pittsburgh Carlisle also used professionals and achieved strong results. Anecdote about Yost shows his impatience and hustle.
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Harvard
Percy Haughton
Haughton
Crimson
Yale
Princeton
Michigan
Yost
Washington and Jefferson
Bob Folwell
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh
Carlisle
Baseball News Mix From The Majors
Dunn the veteran Atlanta catcher may manage Dallas next season. McGraw is happy over capturing Bob Marshall star catcher of the Three I. New York couldn't handle Tilly Shafer yet the Feds pursue him. Matty McIntyre goes to Lincoln in the Western league as manager for next season.
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Dunn
Atlanta
Dallas
Eee McGraw
Bob Marshall
Boston
New York
Tilly Shafer
Feds
Matty McIntyre
Detroit
White Sox
Lincoln
Coulon to Try Come Back in Two New Orleans Fights
Former bantamweight champion Johnny Coulon aims to return to boxing with two fights offered in New Orleans. His uncle Fred Coulon confirms Johnny will start training this week to get in shape for the matches. Mrs. Barlow from Merion Cricket Club dominates golf season but fails to win the big championship.
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New Orleans
Fred Coulon
Johnny Coulon
Johnny
P. McFarland's Honeymoon Confession Sparks Change
The boxer declares he is done with boxing and will settle with his bride to practice law. He shifts his stance remarking Freddie Welsh remains the sole man for whom he would rejoin the light weight limit.
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P. McFarland
Freddie Welsh
Coach Copeland Returns as Austrians War Abroad Ends
Alexander F. Copeland, the American athletic trainer who went to Europe last spring to coach Austrian candidates for the next Olympic meet, has returned home. he says conscription depleted both Austria and Germany. He doubts the 1916 Berlin Olympics will be held and does not expect to return soon to his post.
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Alexander F. Copeland
Europe
Austria
Germany
Copeland
New York
Berlin
Harvard Yale Game Gates and Coaching Swirls
The Harvard Yale gate receipts reached 137000 dollars. Eddie Hart is eyed as Princeton head coach by students and alumni. Darias is linked to succeeding Bill Juneau at Madison. Illinois defeats Chicago ending the Maroon’s long undefeated run. Chicago had 21 straight games with one tie. Princeton may play a western eleven in 1915 and eyes former coaches Logan Cunningham or Keene Fitzpatrick for next year.
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Eddie Hart
Princeton
Darias
Notre Dame
Bill Juneau
Madison
Penn
Cornell
Harvard
Yale
Tiger
Logan Cunningham
North Carolina
Keene Fitzpatrick
Wilson
Pugilism bout set as McFarland meets Welsh in January
New York will host the bout between Packey McFarland and Freddie Welsh in January. California legislators challenge the anti boxing amendment arguing it targets a class of sport. Willie Beecher shows promise as a lightweight under a talkative manager Jeff Smith. New Zealand's Mack King defeats New South Wales challenger in Sydney on points over 20 rounds for the Antipodes title.
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Packey McFarland
Freddie Welsh
New York
Willie Beecher
Jeff Smith
Ty Mack King
Sydney
Etawah the 2.03 champion eyes return after sight loss
Owner Jones says Etawah four year old has recovered his sight and may race in the Cox stable next year after being bought by a Denver buyer. Montreal Jockey Club plans American mutual betting machines to replace French pari mutuels. Grand Circuit drivers who won ten or more races include Murphy George Cox Snow McDonald Garrison and Men.
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Denver
Cox
Montreal
Jockey Club
Murphy
George
Snow
McDonald
Garrison
Men
Gotch Times and Cracow Tension Report
Frank Gotch trains in Iowa raising beef on his broad acres in the Hawkeye state. Zbyasko is detained for a short visit with friends in Petrograd as shelling bears on Cracow.
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Frank Gotch
Hawkeye State
Zbyasko
Petrograd
Cracow
McDermott to Visit West With Nicholls
John J. McDermott, two time national open champion and recent western open winner, plans a Pacific coast exhibition tour this winter with Gil Nicholls. After a serious Atlantic City auto accident, McDermott has recovered enough to walk about and may travel from Atlantic City in February for a Far West tour that could include year round golf in favorable climates.
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Pacific Coast
Gil Nicholls
John J. McDermott
Atlantic City
Nicholls
Far West
McDermott
Billiards gains traction as Kling leads three-cushion tour
English billiards attracts American players with Chicago and New York interest. Johnny Kling posts a .750 pace and tops the interstate three-cushion tour. The United States Golf Association dinner is rescheduled to January 8 in New York.
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Chicago
New York
Johnny Kling
United States Golf Association
Chicago political rumors mix engineers and civic figures
John J. O Connor and Frank Hembes are named for alderman bids in the 35th ward. William Hale Thompson is linked to Chicago playgrounds and war scenes. Stillman B. Jamieson is touted as a coming Republican, while Oscar F. Mayer is described as a public-spirited North Side citizen facing some doom.
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John J. O'Connor
William Hale Thompson
Children’s Playgrounds of
Chicago
Oscar F. Mayer
North Side
Chicago Mayors and Aldermen Highlighted in City Race
The passage notes William J. Healy of the Eighteenth Ward as a mayoral possibility and Joseph Keady’s return from travel to seek the Democratic nomination for City Treasurer. It also praises Alderman Jacob A Hey of the Twenty third Ward as a strong contender who would make a great mayor, reflecting entrenched political factions in Chicago.
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William J. Healy
Jacob A
Giants plan South America tour with Comiskey
Manager McGraw of the Giants announces plans with Charley Comiskey for a Giants-White Sox exhibition tour in South America next winter. The annual American checker tournament opens January 11 in Chicago with 40 to 50 entries, likely to exceed any prior tourney in the United States.
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South America
McGraw
The
Giants
Charley Comiskey
Chicago
America
Notable Athletes Return and Rumor of Death
Dr. Albert Kraenzlein returns to America after coaching the German Olympic team. Le Andre, a famed French all around athlete, was reported killed in action but this proved untrue. Hannes Kolehmainen, the Flying Finn, won the senior cross country title at Prospect Park Brooklyn finishing well ahead of T. Barden.
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Albert Kraenzlein
America
le Andre
Hannes Kolehmainen
T. Barden
Prospect Park
Brooklyn
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