Sweitzer Club Resumes Campaign Ahead of Chicago Mayoral Bid
The Robert M. Sweitzer Baseball Hoosters Club, now twenty thousand strong, resumes operations after a ten day rent in Shermat House and finishes a big campaign push with a grand stag. They vow a whirlwind drive to elect Mr. Sweitzer mayor as 4,000-plus turn away at the loop event. Officers listed. election-board notes on ward judges follow. The piece also mentions the Keg and Kettle restaurant and Irish Choral Society events at Orchestra Hall with forthcoming programs and a long list of alderman nominees from Democratic and Republican parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert M. Sweitzer
Chicago
Jack Campion
John M. Lowery
Gua Henricks
Little Bob Figg
Ed FM. McGarry
Ree
Neal T. Kelley
Eugene R. Pike
Thompson Campaign Committee
2D Ward
Thompson
Pike
Dennis J. Egan
Election Board
The
Irish Choral Society
Missiah
Orchestra Hall
Christine Miller
Helen Protheroe
Dan Beddoe
Gustaf Holmquist
Daniel Protheroe
West
John A
Stallings Fears Thirteenth Pennant Word for 1915
George T. StallingsBoston’s miracle man and Braves leader fears superstition over number 13 despite adding Sherwood Magee. He believes this year’s club is stronger, with promising pitchers sharing duties with Mac Rudolph, James and Tyler. He foresees tough NY opposition led by McGraw and Lobert and expects a hard fought season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George T. Stallings
Boston
Braves
Sherwood Magee
Stallings
Magee
Rudolph
James
Tyler
McGraw
Hans Lobert
Giants
New York
Sweitzer Campaign Leader Predicts Big Mayoral Win
Henry Stuckart, chairman of the Sweitzer Campaign Committee, forecasts Robert M. Sweitzer will win the city mayoralty by a larger plurality than in the Democratic primaries. He says Sweitzer will open his campaign next Monday with a united party behind him, and that opponents from the primaries are joining in without bitterness. He predicts a plurality exceeding 80,000 and a cooperative, citywide effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Stuckart
Sweitzer
Robert M. Sweitzer
Stuckart
Mr. Stuckart
Sherman House
Fortune Bros Brewing Ad Promotes Topaz Beer
An advertisement touts Topaz the High Grade Beer from Fortune Bros Brewing Company. Readers are directed to telephone Monroe 40 and 41 for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fortune Bros. Brewing Company
Monroe
Whitney Returns to Polo as Captain Whitney
Harry Payne Whitney, famed polo captain, returns to the saddle after recovering from a shoulder injury from last year. He plans to participate in several games this season though his return does not guarantee a place on the American team bound for England after the cup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Payne Whitney
Whitney
England
Gossip Among Sports: Polo Stars and Federal Salaries
Gossip notes a star Polo player may join the American four for 1916 if war conditions allow, Whitney training 26 polo ponies as the largest owner string in the country. Federals salaries exceed 600000 with many signings and 2400000 admissions expected. golf and boxing developments, player moves, and league politics fill the rest of sports chatter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fed
Federals
Dalton
Fischer
Allen
Brooklyn
Magee
Perritt
Cardinals
Ed Kenetehy
Pirates
Charley Deal
Leslie Mann
Braves
Berghammer
Reds
Marshall
Phillies
Bender
Plank
Athletics
Hagerman
Indians
Bedient
Yerkes
Red Sox
Young Bresnahan Signs with Washington at Seventeen
The Irish pitcher Roger Bresnahan, future Chicago Nationals manager, began with Washington in 1897 at age seventeen. He debuted August 27 in Lima Ohio, winning his first game 3 to 0 after a donor offered a suit of clothes, and finished the season with seven games pitched and one loss. Bresnahan was born in Dublin, Ireland, June 14, 1880.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Oakland
Ef Capablanca
Washington Club
Roger Bresnahan
Chicago Nationals
Bresnahan
Roger
Max Abel
Washington
Lima
Charles Nichols
Earl Wagner
Arlie Latham
St. Louis Brown
Latham
St. Louis
Dublin
Ireland
Fans Are Hard On Umpire During Louisville Columbus Game
An incident from a Louisville Columbus game last season is reprinted to warn fans who ride umpires. Scotty Ingerton tried to upstage Johnstone and was ejected after a kick amid a crowd protest. McLarry hit Westervelt with a ball, Osborne advanced to third, and Ingerton’s long argument sparked sustained crowd derision and police escort after the flare up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotty Ingerton
Johnstone
McLarry
Osborne
Westervelt
Ingerton
Jack Hayden
Rowland Nickname Foxy Boss Pants From Balldays
Clarence Rowland, new Chicago White Sox manager, is nicknamed Foxy by peers in the Three Eye circuit. He says his only real nickname is Boss, given by his players, while close friends call him Pants. The tale recalls his semipro days when he wore a brother’s oversized uniform, inspiring the moniker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rowland
Three Eye
Clarence Rowland
Chicago White Sox
Clarence
Personal Liberty Notes on Prohibition Debate in Chicago
Congressman Thomas Gallagher defends personal liberty against national prohibition describing it as unAmerican and an infringement on rights. The piece cites The Western Brewer and lists Chicago breweries and officers of the Illinois Brewers Association for 1915 1916, and notes support from Taft and The Eagle. It warns of loss of local government and internal revenue if prohibition becomes federal policy. It closes with an unrelated ad for Dobins Electric Soap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Gallagher
Chicago
Congress
Republic
United States
Western Brewer
Bartholomae
Leicht Brg. Co
Sedgwick St
Bartholomae & Roesing
M. Brand & Co
Elston Ave
River
Busch Brand Brewery Co
Cedar St
Chicago Union Brg. Co
27Th St. & Johnson Ave
J. Devereaux, Bt
Downer & Bemis Brg. Co
Park Ave
Eeeess
Fortune Bros
W. van Buren St
Ale & Lager
M., Gottfried
Archer Ave
Jno L. Hoerber
Ee Keeley Brg
Cotage Grove
Schmidt & Glade
Grant Pl
Peter Schoenhofen
Seward Peetre See
Conrad Seipp
Illinois Brewers’ Association
Ernest Fecker, Jr
Danville
George Reisch
Springfield
Edward C. Leisy
Peoria
Peter 8
Theater
William Legner
Robert Bethmann
East St. Louis
A. C. Radeke
Kankakee
Ernest Kunde
H. F. Piepenbrink
Joliet
H. A. Berthold
Au- Tora
National Council of the Chamber of Commerce of the
Thomas F. Keeley
United States Brewers Association
Austin J. Doyle
Taft
Bar Association of Boston
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Otis Block
F. Tobias Kuhn
Harry M. Quinn
John Oberg
Charles L. McGrane
B. M. Sharry
Herbert C. Kilens
William J. Lynch
Frank J. Carr
Calvin H. Wasson
Sim J. Stevenson
Winfield J. Held
John 8. Clark
W. 8. Troupe
Oscar DePriest
Edward J. Wer
Henry Schulenburg
Lewis D. Sitts
Carl T. Murray
Milton L. Levinson
Herman E. Miller
Charles T. Funke
J. Dochtermann
Thomas O. Wallace
Herman E. Gnadt
Henry D. Capitan
Frank J. Link
William F. Lipps
Wm. G. Wood
Harry E. Littler
John Hrubec
Alexander J. Buse
James A. Kearns
Albert J. Fisher
Robert M. Buck
Joseph C. Blaha
C. P. Jensen
George Stallings
Boston Braves
Orrin N. Carter
Supreme Bench
Polo
Mr. Whitney
Aee
Mike Gonzales
Huggins
Gilmore
Feds
Indianapolis
New York State Boxing Commission
Albany
Town
Chattanooga
St. Louis Browns
Eddie Justice
Witi Peoria
Ani
Dubuque
Joe Birmingham
Naps
Joe
Branch Rickey
Bert Shotton
White Sox
Vivian J. Woodward
Footballers’ Battalion
Kitchener's Army
John G. Anderson
Golf Professionals’ Association
Kid Herman
Herman
Ohio
Eberhard Anheuser
Anheuser-Busch Brewing Company
Eagle
John &. Traeger
Cook County
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