Light Champion Freddie Welsh Nets Big Gate at Madison Square Garden
Hal Sheridan notes Freddie Welsh tops earnings with a $50 000 gate after a win over Young Shugrue at Madison Garden last Wednesday. He could reach $520 000 annual if the run continues, with cross era rivals like Shugrue and Brown named in future bouts. Cunningham praises Harvard star footballer and Western universities court him for next year. Princeton risks losing "Cunnt" if Western interest persuades him to move.
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Hal Sheridan
York
Dee
Freddie Welsh
Young Shugrue
Madi Ware Garden
Welsh
Ritchie
Cross
White
Woland Shugrue
Wolgast Techie
Ables
Een
Baldwin
Shugrue
Fred Yelle
Young Brown
Princeton
Yale
Cunningham
Stover League and Baseball Feuds Dominate December Dispatch
The United Press summary notes eight players who jumped to the Federals from Organized Baseball improved their batting averages, except Runt Walsh. It discusses football picks favoring Harvard, Yale’s bowl prospects, and the coming National League meeting to resolve Federals versus organized baseball tensions led by Ban Johnson figures and President Tenet.
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New York
Federals
Outlaws
Runt Walsh
First Cumberland City Basketball League games played
Crowded arena saw three games with Y M C A beating Tri-State 26 14, K O G 30 over Potomac Club 21, and Federals 32 over A C A 8. Bruce of Potomac injured. next league games scheduled Thursday.
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Tri-State Business College
Potomac Club
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Centrals
Tri-State Boys
Academy Five
Armbruster
Feds
Academy
K O. G
Potomac
Bruce
Tri-State
Webster Puri
Irs
Matean
Douglas Ee
Bisataln Shaffer
Kline
Fries
Baxley
Webster
Stokes
Major
Douglass
Kk. O. G
Potomac C
Kellar
McFarlane
R. Armbruster
Workman
IGN
Roemer
Ens
Aks
Dees Gould
Williams F
Pierce
VanSant
Streett
Gould
Roger Sce
Washington's star twirler quits organized baseball
Walter Johnson, star pitcher for the Washington Americans, signed with the Chicago Federals of the Federal League for two years. The move triggers a $17,500 yearly salary plus a $6,000 signing bonus, with Washington claiming an option on Johnson and vowing to sue to enforce it. Johnson’s departure unsettles teammates and fans, notably flagging the fate of Clyde Milan as speculation swirls about a Federal jump. Johnson’s career highlights and a seven-year Washington ledger accompany the report.
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Coffeyville
Kan
Walter Johnson
Washington Americans
Chicago
Joe Tinker
Chitedts
Johnson
Tinker
Washington
Kansas City
Chicago Federals
Washington American
Clark Griffith
Griffith
Milan
Clyde Milan
Arrow
Tacoma
Ida
Jack Coombs
Philadelphia Athletics
Missing Word Contest continues with harder clues
The sixth installment of the Missing Word Contest appears with growing interest. Readers chase words between ad phrases and prizes rise with effort. A Morrison Music Co missing word was amalgamate and a C F Keyser ad yielded distinctiveness.
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The
Morrison Music Company
C. F. Keyser
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