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Newspaper

Chicago Eagle

Location

Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Feb 20, 1915

Page

2

Chicago Ward Ballot Roll Call and Mayor Candidate Speech

A long list of ward by ward Republican and Democratic candidates with addresses, plus a Chicago mayoral speech by William Hale Thompson at Cort theater. Thompson pledges to pursue a cleaner healthier Chicago and urges Judge Olson to respond to voter questions or let primary voters decide.

Fourteenth Ward James H. Lawley Chicago Avenue William Kells Sawyer Avenue Henry At Patel Sacramento Avenue Peter A. Anderson California Avenue Thomas P. Keane Iowa Street Joseph Strauss Division Street Jenge A. Dott North Hoyne Avenue Leopold J. Arnstein Crystal Street Robert R. Noap Claremont Avenue Edward J. Kaund Sixteenth Ward Janiey H. Kunz Noble Str Vincent Zwietka Ashland Avenue Seventeenth Ward Lewis D. Sitts W. Grand Ave Stanley Sielczynski William Hale Thompson Cort Theater Chicago Olson Thompson Commodore Thompson Lorimer

Ruppert Wins New York Baseball Ownership Move

Colonel Jacob Ruppert, a New York brewer and four term congressman, gains control of the Highlanders signaling a new big park for New York akin to Polo Grounds and Comiskey Park. Players threaten to jump teams over salary limit rules while Magee joins Braves to bolster their outfield.

Baker as a Speed Marvel and Baseball Salaries Rise

Homer Baker, born Buffalo 1893, rose to major sprint glory in 1914 with a record British half mile, European wins over top rivals, and a Travers Island triumph over Olympic star Meredith. Separately, pro baseball salaries reveal minor leagues pay about 3.1 million yearly with roughly 20 thousand dollars daily to players. Cleveland’s team name change flags Indians branding in the American League.

Mercury Homer Baker Buffalo N. Y United States Europe Wide Sweden Braun Germany Travers Island

Baseball scraps and signings echo 1915 season prep

Summary of 1915 season chatter includes Buffalo Feds planning a suit against Ray Caldwell, Lee Marty O Toole’s trial with the Red Sox after release by Pittsburgh, the Chinese University of Hawaii baseball team touring the U S, Charlie Herzog naming Alexandria Louisiana as Reds spring training camp, Harry McCormick’s .338 batting mark in the Southern League, and St Louis American League staff adding 17 pitchers with a combined height of 102 feet.

Buffalo Feds Ray Caldwell Lee Marty O'Toole Pittsburgh McGraw Boston Red Sox Charlie Herzog Reds Alexandria Cleveland Naps St. Louis

Horse Racing Notes on Etawah Anvil and Other Entries

Etawah and Anvil to debut season at Castleton farm near Lexington. Mr. Billings may exhibit Harvester and Uhlan at the San Francisco fair. Dr. J A Scott of Jackson bought Loretta Woodcliffe, a 3-year-old winner of Michigan breeders stake in 1913 at 2.28 percent. Among trotters from last year’s 2:30 Het race, 200 were aged ten or older, Gertrude by Elyria the oldest at twenty-one with a 2:27 mark.

Billings San Francisco J. A. Scott Jackson Loretta Woodcliffe Michigan Gertrude Elyria

Notre Dame Star Ray Eichenlaub May Lead St Louis Eleven

Notre Dame star Ray Eichenlaub could become coach of the St Louis University football team next fall. A gridiron argument looms as Fordham faces Carlisle, with Notre Dame and Harvard's 1914 captain Charles Brickley set to assist in spring practice under Percy D. Houghton.

Ray Eichenlaub Notre Dame St. Louis University Gotham Fordham Carlisle Red Man Charles Brickley Harvard Percy D. Houghton

Pugilist Fame Hopes Highlight Papke Brothers

Bill Papke's brother Jack aims for fame in boxing while Jess Willard helps shovel snow and cites a good use for never gun. The New York boxing commission probes the Reich Flynn bout with allegations Flynn won improperly.

Bill Papke Jack Jess Willard Texas New York State Boxing Commission Reich-Flynn Jim Flynn

A. A. U. Star Homer Baker Slowed by Illness

Procrastination aside the national half mile champion Homer Baker is unable to perform due to illness. The piece notes Duke Kahanomoku's claimed time and references the Panama-Pacific Exposition events. The A. A. U. downplays the Meredith dispute and dismisses regional concerns.

Homer Baker

National League Forty Years Old Forty Years and Spiders Named

A meeting of club officials and baseball writers settled on retiring the name Naps for Napoleon Lajoie after his move to the Philadelphia Americans and adopting Spiders as the Cleveland American Association team name. The National League marks its 40th anniversary this year, formed in 1875 at the Broad Street Central hotel in New York with ex governor Bulkeley as its first president. A G Mills and N E Young remain among the living former presidents.

Cision Naps Napoleon Lajoie Philadelphia Americans Spiders Cleveland American Association National League Broadway Central New York City Bulkeley Connecticut A. G. Mills N. E. Young

Coombs Aims to Return as Pitcher and Minor League Manager

Jack Coombs, wintering in Texas, plans to train with the aim of returning to pitching next year. If he recovers his form, he hopes to land a managerial job with a minor league club, preferably in New England.

Lcombs Jack Coombs Texas Ing New England

Prohibition Pushes Beyond Liquor Into Coffee and More

A serialized critique argues that Arizona style prohibition threatens tea coffee cigars and chocolates as well as clothing and cosmetics. It contrasts liquor with other beverages and warns national prohibition would overburden government while targeting everyday choices. The piece cites Taft on enforcement and lists officers of the Illinois Brewers Association for 1915 16.

Arizona Hobson St. Louis

Tolman and Moloney Play Notable Roles in Circuit Court Race

Major Edgar B. Tolman, a prominent lawyer and former Corporation Counsel, is repeatedly named as a candidate for Circuit Court judge. General Maurice T. Moloney of Ottawa, ex attorney general, is cited as a leading, popular Democrat in the state.

Edgar B. Tolman Circuit Court Maurice T. Moloney Ottawa

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