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Newspaper

Chicago Eagle

Location

Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Feb 13, 1915

Page

2

Debate Over Paying College Athletes Splits University Echoes

The Daily Maroon editorial argues for pay for athletes especially football players noting football profits exceed expenses. Critics including Paul Des Jardien Walter McCornack Pat Page and others warn commercialism would ruin college athletics and turn players into professionals while editors debaters and athletes respond from a range of perspectives.

Daily Maroon University of Chicago The Maroon Paul Des Jardien Walter E. McCornack Dartmouth College H. O Pat") Page Walter C. Bteffen Midway Gridiron

Baseball notes on players and managers in early 1900s

The passage discusses Dave Bancroft as a Phillies recruit and Bob Wicker set to manage the Spokane team. It notes Clarence Rowland seeking speed with brains, Jack Dalton’s odd behavior, Lee Hank Gowdy turning down a $30,000 Fed offer, Bill Donovan blaming poker for harming clubs, and Jack Warner staying on as Fordham coach. It also remarks on players jumping to the Feds and back.

Dave Bancroft Phillies Eee Bob Wicker Spokane

Golf Challenging Amateur Rules and National Tournament

Frank L. Woodward new U S G A president says the present golf amateur definition is adequate but evasion methods need scrutiny. He notes about 5 000 courses and half a million players in the United States and Canada. The next women’s national tournament at Onwentsia hints at Eastern golfers boycotting a far West site.

United States Canada Frank L. Woodward Onwentsia

Chicago Ward Ballot Listings and Election Notices

A dense roster lists Democratic and Republican candidates by ward with addresses and terms across Chicago. The long ledger includes names such as Charles M. Panta, Thomas Nash, and John J. McNeill along with wards like Fifth, Sixth, and Twenty-second, plus a note of a baseball event and a mayoral critique of a municipal work relief fund by William Hale Thompson.

Agnee Grand Boulevard Charles A. Griffin Prairie Avenue al Russell South Michigan Avenue John F. O'Connor South Park Avenue Edward J. Werner East Forty-fifth Street Nathaniel A. Stern Clifford L. Butler South Michigan Avenue W. J. Katzenberg Ellis Avenue Charles M. Panta Drexel Boulevard Thomas D. Nash Charles M. Banta Joseph Keim East Fortyninth Street Bernard Busch Fifth Avenue Fourth Ward David R. Hickey Stark Street Joseph F. Ryan Lowe Avenue Fifth Ward Arthur E. Petratz Lincoln Street Charles F. Kramp Winchester Avenue Charles Martin Emerald Avenue John J. Sheahan Thirty-fifth Street John True Beynon Oakley Avenue Sixth Ward Joseph Frank East Fifty-fifth Place Hugo M. Friend Hiram I. Keck East Fifty-third Street William R. Kerr Blackstone Avenue Seventh Ward Charles E. Merriam University Avenue Eighth Ward John H. Jones Bond Avenue August M. Waller Minnickcourt John R. Emerson East Seventy-seventh Street Ninth Ward Hiram W. Vanderbilt East Fourteenth Pl Joseph Daroczius Kensington Avenue Tenth Ward Joseph Curin Fisk Street Frank Klaus South Racine Avenue John J. McNeill Washburne Avenue James J. Marek West Twentieth Street Eleventh Ward Gerhard H. Lohman Edward F. Cullerton West Harrison Street Christ Bullinger West Twelfth Street Otto A. Wulfer Heath Avenue Fourteenth Ward James H. Lawley Chicago Avenue William Kells Sawyer Avenue Henry At Patel Sacramento Avenue Peter A. Anderson California Avenue Thomas P. Keane Town Joseph Strauss Division Street Keane A. Duff North Hoyne Avenue Leopold J. Arnatein Crystal Street Hoyne Bernard J. Grogan Racine Avenue Patrick J. Flaherty Adams Street Peter Sullivan Loomis Street James Bailey Ashland Avenue John Powers Macalister Place Twentieth Ward Herman G. Miller West Twenty-first Street Matt Franz South Halsted Street Twenty-first Henry F. Wubbell Wella Street Samuel A. Stern Maple Street W. Collins Lamb Ohio Street Ellie Geiger Cass Timothy R. Sammons North Clark Street Thomas J. Murphy East Grand Avenue William P. Ellison West North Avenue Victor J. Schaeffer North Halsted Street Thomas ©. Wallace Andrew G. Johnson Henry Klein Frank J. Harrington James N. Kearns Walter F. Brophy Herman E. Gnadt John H. Fichter Democrat Frank M. Becker Charles L. MecGilliin August Krumholz John T. Meyers Twenty-fifth Ward Harry Quinn Waveland Avenue Henry M. Walker Leland Avenue Henry D. Capitain Kenilworth Avenue Frank J. Link Magnolia Avenue George R. Reese North Racine Avenue Charles Plotke Clarendon Avenue John N. Chapman Wilton Avenue Twenty-sixth Ward William F. Lipps Wilson Avenue Arthur W. Hausburg North Western Avenue Chris L. McGrane Kenneth Avenue Paul P. Tamillo North Central Park Avenue Harry E. Littler North Washtenaw Avenue Ben M. Sharvey North Campbell Avenue Hubert Kilens Emmett Whealan Felix Janovaky West Forty-seventh Street Albert Levera South Honore Street Joseph E. Gross Laflin Street Thirtieth Ward Geo. P. Latchford Union Avenue Wm. J. Lynch West Forty-third Place Axel J. Runs James A. Kearns Garfield Boulevard Robert R. Pegram Sangamon Street Frank J. Carr Sixtieth Street Albert J. Fisher Seventy-second Street Irwin R. Hazen Midway Park Robert M. Buck Erie Street Sim J. Stevenson Waller Avenue Marshall Solberg Long Avenue Lars Larsen Thirty-fourth Ward Joseph C. Blaha Douglas Boulevard L. M. Gordon South Homan Avenue Charles Weseley Ogden Avenue W. J. Held West Twenty-sixth Street William H. Marks Municipal Industrial Fund Chicago William Hale Thompson Industrial Commission Municipal Administration of

1:50 trotters and the race to 110 seconds

Many American horsemen believe the 1 50 trotter will soon be developed to traverse the big ring in 110 seconds as scientific trotting breeders push toward this peak. In 1914 seventy nine sires presented five or more standard performers, a growth from sixty nine the year prior signaling rapid industry progress.

Ed Geers Plans June San Francisco Meet With Driving Role

Veteran driver Ed Geers outlines plans for the June San Francisco meet where he will drive. European war boosts American stud stock en route to the 1917 futurity Grand Circuit, as many European stallions imported during the war enter the event. Frank Bogash Jr. recovers from a lame spell after a strong Michigan State Fair showing and Twinkling Dan 2 06% is set to race again for Charley De Ryder in the big San Francisco stakes.

Ed Geers San Francisco Frank Bogash, Jr Twinkling Dan Charley de Ryder

Football moves in early 1910s era colleges

Dirk Harley named to coach Georgetown football. Walter Camp resigns from Yale athletic council. C Brickley sidelined by appendicitis ending Crimson track bid. Bob Zuppke to coach Harvard football in spring.

Dirk Harley Georgetown University Walter Camp Yale Athletic Council C. Brickley Crimson Bob Zuppke Harvard

Tennis movement to move all comers tour to Forest Hills West Side

A round robin signed by 100 top players urges moving the all comers tennis tour from Newport to Forest Hills West Side Club. International play next spring and summer may be on the Aisne. Des Moines will host a winter league in the Coliseum. Pan-American sports and other athletic items appear amid a wartime setting.

Akana McCredie Portland Club Pacific Coast League The Eines University Cen Newport West Side Forest Hills Ian Aisne England France Germany Australasia Yes Des Moines Iowa

Illinois Brewers Officials Named for 1916-17

Personal Liberty Notes lists officers of the Illinois Brewers Association for 1916 17 with President Ernest Fecker Jr of Danville and others in Springfield Peoria Chicago and East St Louis The piece also covers anti prohibition editorials from The Indianapolis Star and Taft remarks on national prohibition as a dangerous move and a threat to local government and revenue. The Western Brewer comments on revenue loss and burdens if national prohibition becomes law.

Illinois Brewers’ Association Ernest Fecker, Jr Danville George Relsch Springfield Edward C Lessy Peoria Peter 8. Theurer Chicago William Legner Robert Bethmann East St. Louis A. C Radeke Kankakee Ernest Kunde H. F. Piepenbrink Joliet H. A. Berthold Au- Tora Indianapolis Star Iowa Towa South Dakota Taft Bar Association of Boston

Keeley Brewery upgrades power plant and adds rail switch

Keeley Brewing Co remodels its powerhouse and expands equipment. It will operate an electric engine on a new switch track to the Illinois Central railroad. Chicago voters are urged to join the safety First movement while concerns about fast newspaper vans and sidewalk clutter are noted. James B Hopkins praised as a capable circuit judge.

Keeley Brewing Co Illinois Central Railroad

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Clarence Rowland Jack Dalton Feds Lee Hank Gowdy Indianapolis Bill Donovan Jack Warner Fordham FALR Twelfth Ward Otto Kerner Clifton Park Avenue Thirteenth Ward John P. Cahill William F. Cramer Monroe Street Thomas J. Ahern John Brady Jackson Boulevard George A. Dalton Claremont Avenue Ea Baseball Players Baseball Players of Robert M. Sweitzer Musicians Hall West Washington Street Bob Sweitzer Jimmy Callahan Buck” Weaver Andy Slight Tom Loftis Johnny Farrel Eddie Stack Eddie McGoorty Harvard University Bowdoin College Cambridge Dickering Corhan Leard Paul Meloan Venice Wolverton Roy Corhan Fielder Jones Campbell Phillips Vincent Campbell Duluth Winnipeg Abel Kiviat Hannes Kolehmainen New York San University of Iowa Lee L. L. Chapman Santa Rosa Leland Stanford University Crystal Palace London Adam Ortseifen McAvoy and Wacker & Birk Brewing Companies Anti- Saloon League Illinois Brewery Workers’ Journal James Hopkins J. Hamilton Lewis
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