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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1915
Page
7
The Wisconsin State boxing commission enforces strict rules to ensure fair pay, medical exams, proper conduct, and licensed bouts. It bans pre ring payments and towel fanning, mandates referees oversee infractions, and requires spectators to behave, aiming to reduce cheating and improve public trust.
A brief notice notes Streett's Cakes outperform home baking in a local comparison event running from December 14 to 21 with prices listed at 26 and 309 cents.
Canada and sports fans honor "Glad" Murphy of the Toronto Argonauts after a rugby injury left him paralyzed from the neck down. Notables visit, including the Marquis of Aberdeen and mayors from Toronto and Winnipeg, as Hamilton Tigers donate to the fund. The benefit game raised 5,000 dollars.
Frank Moran of Pittsburgh and Jim Coffee were matched for ten rounds at Madison Square Garden. The bout is set for January 7 with possible date changes to January 6 or 8. Moran demands 85 percent of the gate receipts. the terms are signed.
Allegany County High School defeated LaSalle Institute 51 to 25 in a rough opening game. Zimmerman scored 12 baskets while Deetz hit 9 of 15 and Gieson contributed 5 goals as A C H S moved the ball well and forced turnovers. The Blue and White travel next to Terra Alta High, West Virginia.
A historical tally compares fatalities in hunting, baseball, and football. Hunting shows high death counts but shorter seasons, while baseball, with far more participants and a longer season, registers similar deaths though spread across nine months. Football deaths align with hunting duration but at a lower toll.
Omar Bearse aged 19 son of E C Bearse a coal operator and timber dealer from Omar West Virginia has enlisted in the British army to fight the Germans. Bearse attended Marshall College and Culver Military Academy and recently visited Honolulu to see an uncle. His friends say his baseball failure led him to enlist amid rumors of strain.
The Supreme Court ruled the 1912 law banning import of prize fight films for public showings constitutional. The decision arose from Newark New Jersey objections to a Willard Johnson Havana fight film. Applications for Automobile Club of Maryland memberships available at The Press Office.
Johnny Kilbane is too ill to box Richie Mitchell in Cincinnati and the bout, moved from Monday to Wednesday, is off. Manager Jimmy Dunn reports a Philadelphia wire saying Freddie Welsh’s manager Harry Pollock may arrange a six round Kilbane bout in the near future in Philadelphia.
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