Gibbons Seen As Top Middleweight Hope In Era
Mike Gibbons of St Paul is hailed as the best middleweight in boxing, aiming to clear rivals Eddie McGoorty and Jack Dillon to crown an unquestioned 158 pound champion since 1911. Yankees manager Bill Donovan orders outfielders to prove grounder skills, aided by Joe Kelley to improve fielding and hopping. Bob Shawkey reveals a cracked hand from the World Series, blaming Rabbit Maranville for the blow.
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Jack Dillion
Jimmie Clabby
Minnesota
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Yankees
Bill Donovan
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Ban Johnson
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Joe Kelley
Bob Shawkey
Shawkey
Rabbit Maranville
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Bob
Spring Training and League Shifts Stir Baseball News
George Stallings plans one inter league series with the Braves. Alex Klutch travels to Tampa with the Cubs to seek a regular berth on the West Siders. Ping Bodie joins San Francisco over Milwaukee. Birmingham Barons head to Orlando for spring training. Richmond moves to Rocky Mount to form an International league outfit. Portland’s McCredie fears the Coast league collapse as others wobble. If Pittsburg Feds train on Augusta grounds, Augusta may face penalties. Joe Jackson headlines his own musical comedy team. Pittsburgh fans form a Stove League to boost baseball. Two minor leaguers expected to win big yard jobs with Cleveland and Philadelphia.
Broad-High Jump Debuts In Occidental College Meet
A new athletic event appears in the Occidental College interclass meet program on the Pacific coast. Freshmen and juniors cleared four feet two inches in the modified broad-high jump where competitors leave the ground ten feet from the standards.
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Pacific Coast
Occidental College
YM G A boys in test for cup Schwar zenbach results
Results from Y M G A boys competition show top scorers in the Schwar zenbach cup tests across Juniors Apparatus Test A and B squads and Business Boys section. Notables include Deetz 92, Taylor 91, Cromwell 91, Widener 90.9 and Hartman 90.6 in the main test with multiple squads listed and scores ranging from the high 80s to 60s.
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Deetz
Taylor
Hartman
Cromwell
Schilling
Benjamin
Widener
Yeager
Sharer
Everstine
Martin
Bowie
Langham
Schwarzenbach
Cook
Sperry
Evans
Ankéeney
Winterberg
Bruce
Dryer
Bankers Beat Giants In Three Games At Frostburg
Frostburg February 8 The Bankers defeated the Giants two games to one with a tie in the second. Beall rolled 26 pins in the deciding roll. In the Majestic League the Neverslips swept Leaders in three straight to move Unknowns to second and Leaders to third with the tie broken in the Daylight League standings.
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Bankers
Giants
Beall
Neverslips
Unknowns
Veteran Bowler Sam Jackson Tops Three-Game Total
Sam Jackson the veteran bowler starred for his team with a high score of 162 and a three game total of 420 pins. The score summary shows 100 82 for Jemetee sccsessi and 106 04 in totals, with the Dodgers facing the Unknowns in today’s next game.
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Sam Jackson
Dodgers
Savoys Win First of $100 County Series
The Savoy bowling team won the opening game of a $100 purse Allegany county series at Firlie alleys South Cumberland by 80 pins. The next match is set for Friday night at the Savoy alleys. Last night’s scores were reported.
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Firlie
Cumberland
Savoy
Akron Promoters Eye Rival Fights At Madison Square Garden
Akron promoters seek to staged clashes featuring Phil Brock vs Joe Shugrue and other potential pairings with Jim my Duffy Willie Beecher and Sam Robideau. Jack Dillon bets five thousand to make middleweight limit and Freddie Welsh set to meet Shugrue February 9 and Willie Ritchie March 11 at Madison Square Garden.
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Phil Brock
Joe Shugrue
Jimmy Duffy
Willie Beecher
Sam Robideau
Freddie Welsh
Willie Ritchie
Madison Square Garden
Midland Quint Defeats Eckhart in Ward's Auditorium
In Midland Feb 3 the Midland Athletic Club Jr beat the Midland Jrs 8 to 7 with Blair scoring all points. The regular Midland team opened the season with a 40 to 27 win over Eckhart led by Brophy with 10 baskets and several long shots.
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Ward
Midland Athletic Club, Jr
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Eckhart
Brophy
Shearer
Wena Ve Marvzynaski
Cick
Delaney A
Bas Decker
Rto Boyle
Wee Watkins
Watkins
Bowen
I. Shultz
Marczynaski
Decker
DeVaney
Morgan Timer—Stevens
Pastor Arrested in Chicago Bread Riots
The Rev. Father Irwin St. John Tucker an Episcopalian minister was seized during Chicago bread riots. He bore the banner Give us this day our daily bread and joined marchers after rushing into the street when the banner fell torn from four girls amid clashes with police.
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Irwin St. John Tucker
Chicago
When Does Man Attain His Prime
A thoughtful essay examines the prime of life through multiple lenses. It cites Swift and Eliot on age, debates physical versus character prime, notes thirty as a likely threshold for character, and discusses youth conformity fading as people age into individuality.
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Dean Swift
George Eliot
Swift
Lfe
Jesus Christ
Republicans threaten extra session over ship bill fight
Senate minority leader Senator Gallinger of Vermont says Republicans are united and determined to block the administration ship purchase bill, potentially forcing President Wilson to call an extra session to pass the measure.
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Gallinger
Vermont
Senate
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