Higgins backs Connery for Mayor in Democratic show of force
John F. Higgins a leading printing magnate and Democrat backs Francis D. Connery for Mayor, with Higgins also promoting Judge Thomas F. Scully for County Judge and supporting local Democratic clubs. The piece notes Higgins’s influence in the G D Steere Company and Regan Printing, his public safety magazine, and ties to city offices and Sanitary District.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Higgins
Francis D. Connery
John
G. D. Steere Company
Michigan Hurry Up Coach Yost Brings Fast Pace to Team
Michigan coach Fielding H. Yost pushes a rapid practice tempo as he tries to align players and charges amid anxious pregame buildup. The article labels him the "hurry up" man of football and notes his growing reputation for fast-paced drills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yost
Michigan
Workers Strive in Heat as Baseball Camp Hums with Activity
The piece describes a crowded baseball workout where coaches push players hard shouting Come on, Come on as Germany Schultz matches the tempo. It notes players end each day drenched and compares the effort to eight hour Italian labors, with observers praising the sport’s recuperative powers. It mentions Doak being passed up by Brooklyn and Hank Gowdy’s breakout season under McGraw’s leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany Schultz
Philadelphia Telegraph
English Coach Urges Year Round Outdoor Athletics
Vivian Nickalls, English rowing coach at the University of Pennsylvania, argues that American students over-specialize and lack outdoor exercise. He advocates compulsory athletic activity to build body and character and aims to get oarsmen into football in the fall. He notes personal balance between study and sport and warns against overdoing without exercise. Australians eye San Francisco trip for Panama-Pacific Exposition games as public schools adopt basketball, led by Eustace Peixotto’s touring team influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sne
Vivian Nickalls
University of Pennsylvania
Nickalls
Oxford
San Francisco
Colonies
Eustace Peixotte
Australia
Pirates Star Jimmy Viox Denies Federal League Move
Jimmy Viox asserts he has not signed with any Federal League agent and will remain with the Pittsburgh Pirates. He states he is satisfied with his present team and will continue to play as long as Fred Clarke wants him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy Viox
The
Pirates
Pittsburgh
Fred Clarke
Sproult Made President of Oxford University Athletic Association
Honor for Sproult G M Sproutt the Australian Rhoades scholar who joined the Oxford University four mile relay team at Penn last April has been named president of the Oxford University Athletic association succeeding A N 8 Jackson who won the race by a foot over Pennsylvania captain Wallace McCurdy in the final mile.
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Sproult
G. M. Sproutt
Rhoades
Oxford University
University of Pennsylvania
Oxford University Athletic Association
A. N. 8. Jackson
Wallace McCurdy
Pennsylvania
City committees listed for Dems and Reps in Chicago
The document catalogs Democratic county committee members from city wards with party affiliations and names, followed by lists for Republican and Progressive committees. It also notes endorsements and remarks about several local officials and judges, plus county institutions and addresses in Chicago.
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Athletics
Chicago
Sport and Politics
Jacob H. Hopkins
Thomas F. Scully
Edward Osgood Brown
Circuit Court
Sanitary District
John Haderlein
Sheriff
Joe Mendell
Haderlein
Sullivaners
John B. Maloney
George Noonan
Thomas A. Smyth
Sanitary District of
Stuckart
Sullivan
Great Lakes
Folowing
Associated Press
Fort William
Ont
Great
John R. Caverty
Philip P. Bregstone
Democratic Organizathon
Dobbins' Soap Mfg. Co
Phila
Ady
William Hale Thompson
Brickley
Charles &. Brickley
Harvard
Charles Hi. Brickley
Charlotteville
Virginia
Ihigan Squad
Doak
Brooklyn
Larry” Sutton
Willie” Doak
St Louis
Sutton
McGraw
Giants
Hank Gowdy
Braves
Germany
Schultz
Harry R. Gibbons
Democratic County Committee
Hearst-Harrison
Dunne
M. Wilson
Frank Sima
A. J. Sabath
A. J. Cermak
M. J. O Brien
M. F. Maher
T. P. Keane
J. Truschke
Kielczynski
J. J. Murray
J. Powers
M. J. Preib
J. A. Quinn
V. Schaeffer
J. L. Gill
F. F. Roeder
P. J. McKenna
H. A. Zender
Neil Murley
F. Paschen
J. Downey
L. O. Milord
M. K. Sheridan
Kelly
T. J. Crowe
Jos. Kostner
W. P. Feeney
Republican County Central Committee
F. P. Brady
F. P. Madden
R. R. Levy
G. J. Feser
E. R. Litsinger
Roy O. West
David Matchett
W. BE. Schmidt
E. E. Erstman
Thomas Curran
C. B. Barrett
A. W. Miller
D. W. Clark
J. A. Painter
J. J. McComb
J. P. Kinsella
L. D. Bitts
L. A. Rapp
Chris Mamer
Morris Eller
A. Bertrand
Arthur Josetti
E. J. Brundage
L. A. Brundage
Lewis Rinaker
J. C. Cannon
W. P. Arnold
J. F. Haas
E. Withall
T. J. Healy
Schmidt
L. G. Ross
W. F. Gailing
C. F. Thoms
W. Gieldzinski
C. J. Ryberg
J. R. Swift
Guy C. Crapple
Samuel Heller
T. J. Graydon
W. A. Burmeister
Jacob A. Hey
J. M. Mueller
E. A. Zimmerman
A. W. Stanmeyer
C. R. Bechtel
M. J. Dempsey
B. J. Wach
J. T. Simpson
Henry Knaus
W. B. Thorne
J. Beckwith
R. F P. Kolb
C. H. Janke
William Dillon Munhall
Bar Association
James C. Martin
Municipal Court
Ambrose A. Worsley
Henry Stuckart
South Town
Kickham Scanlan
John A. Cervenka
Henry L. Fick
John A. Mahoney
William Hate Thompson
Charles A Williams
Wallace G. Clark
John R. C . the Averly
Municipal
John K. Prindiville
Charles A. McDonald
Superior Court
Isaac N. Powell
Board of Review
Joseph Z. Ublir
Chi
Clark Street
Washington and
Randolph
Dearborn Avenue
Illinois Street
Michigan Street
Children's
Wood Street
Polk
Harrison and Honore Streets
County
Oak Forest
Rock Island Railroad
Wood
Wood and Polk
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