Connie Mack Builds New York Athletics Spring Camp
Connie Mack trains a large Philadelphia Athletics squad in Lake Charles Louisiana aiming to assemble a pennant hopeful in 1920. The article notes key players drafted from Des Moines Houston Atlanta and Regina among others with Perry Naylor Eckert Herbst and Burns among pitchers and Griffin Dugan Dykes Walker Williams and Witt among infielders and outfielders as Mack splits the squad into two units under captains Davis and Murph y.
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Philadelphia Athletics
Lake Charles
Connie
Philadelphia
Southland
Athletics
Dixie
Batterymen
Mack
Cy Perkins
Scotty Perry
Walker
Des Moines
Sykes
Aloogy
Alabama University
Atlanta
Mynt
Houston
Texas
Harrig
Scott Perry
Scott
Kinney
Naylor
Martin
Binghamen
Eckert
Suffolk
Cleveland Indians
Gibson
Regina
Hasty
Atlanta Bunch
Keefe
Reading
Moore
Waco
Pierson
He Athletics
Rommel
Newark
Bigbee
Seattle
Frank Herbst
Waterbury
Griffin
3Urrus
Columbia
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Er‘atic
Atsman
Dugan
Galloway
McCann
Geuligway
Thomas
Brazil
Brazill
Patsman
Tillie Walker
Wingo
Amos Strunk
Frank Welsh
Virginia Lescue
Amos
George Burns
Charles Migh
St. Louis
Whitley Witt
Harry Davis
Danny Murphy
Davis
The
Marathon Route in Fighting and The Length of Rounds
The column discusses boxing round limits and their impact on fighters. It contrasts twenty-five round bouts with shorter limits and cites champions like Corbett and Nelson to illustrate how stamina and era shape outcomes. It questions whether champions would prevail under shorter rounds and notes fighters who thrived beyond long distances.
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New York
Jim Corbett
Fitzsimmons
Carson City
Jim Jeffries
Nelson
Hanlon
Canole
Brit
Gans
Unclear bar scene at Tijuana race track sparks joke
Jim Griffin recalls a man at the Tijuana race track bar who giggled and whispered a line to the dealer. The bartender asks if he spoke, the man nods and mutters a hazy quip about not waking someone. The exchange ends with a smile and a muffled punchline.
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Jim Griffin
Tijuana
Jim
Lincoln Stood Alone In History Says Ingersoll
R G Ingersoll wrote about Abe Lincoln saying he had no ancestors and no fellows or successors. The remark frames Lincoln as a solitary figure in history.
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R. G. Ingersoll
Abe Lincoln
Lincoln
Billy Sunday and Bryan Promote 25 Years of World Betterment
The notice touts Billy Sunday and W. J. Bryan along with an odd name, claiming twenty five years of efforts to better the world. The fragment hints at a public promotion or speech but provides no firm details.
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Billy Sunday
W. J. Bryan
and ‘“‘Pussvfsot
Johnson
A Word to the Stallers Boxers urged to fight harder in revival
A local scribe criticizes the trend of no-decision bouts and urges fighters to take action. He argues boxing is in a revival phase needing real competitors rather than flashy promoters. He emphasizes fighting merit over business style.
Old-fashion Ed Guy’s Waving Remark Recalled
The question recalls an old fashioned man who used to say no more for me I know when I wave enough. The phrase invites reflection on his habit of signaling completion with a wave.
Canada Cal's Cheerful Chirps
The piece notes saloons in Chicago becoming coffee houses and comments on price rises for mattresses while feathers stay the same. It observes air travel elevating certain people and recounts the Powhatan passengers saved from a watery grave who returned to America. It mentions a Boston National League player contract and a Penn red man treaty, then the census and profiteers.
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Canada
Cal
Chicago
Powhatan
America
Penn
Cy Feels Youthful in Spring Training Down on Ohio Farm
PEOL Ohio March 3 Denton T Young known as Cy Young former major league pitcher now a successful farmer works his spring training in his fields. He raises hogs sheep cattle and wheat and still gets the baseball fever each spring.
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Peol
Ohio
Denton T
Cy) Young
Young
May Lose Arm for Red Bank Ice Accident
Edwin M. Wild Baltrusol Golf Club champion and country amateur ranking twelfth may lose his left arm after an aero sled propeller struck him on the ice at Red Bank New Jersey shattering the bone.
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Edwin M. Wild
Red Bank
N. J
Wills to Enter Wrestling Mat After Ring Career
New York March 3. Harry Wills the negro heavyweight plans to switch from boxing to wrestling due to lack of opponents in his division. The move would end his boxing career as he seeks new competition in mat events.
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Wills
New York
Harry Wills
Schupp Aims Return For Cardinals This Season
Ferdie Schupp, southpaw pitcher for the Cardinals, plans a comeback in article. He left Hot Springs for Brownsville to join St. Louis as he gets his pitching arm in shape after a boiling out process and light work. He expects to take his regular turn when the season opens.
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Schupp
Hot Springs
Ark
Ferdie Schupp
Cardinals
Branch Rickey
St. Louis
Brownsville
Tex
Sexson
Altizer Enlists as Umpire on Hickey Staff
Dave Altizer long time Millers shortstop joins President Hickey’s umpire staff for the season. He will continue to steer pitchers with authority, now backed by official sanction.
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Altizer
Minneapolis
Minn
Dave Altizer
Millers
American Association
Dave
Hickey
Australia claims real superman of golf links
Sydney reports J. H. Kirk broken several course records across Australia. Courtly notes list Kirkwood's scores at Royal Sydney 69 Riverdale 69 Victoria 66 Metropolitan 66 Manley 69 Killara 67 Elsternwick 66, establishing him as a leading figure in Antipodean golf.
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Sydney
Australia
J. H. Kirkbroken
Riverdale Club
Kirkwood
Royal Sydney
Riverdale
Victoria
Metropolitan
Manley
Killara
Elsterwich
Black-Draught praised for digestion and liver aid in Meadowsville
Mrs. Cinthia Higginbotham, 65, reports improved digestion and stronger health after using Thedford’s Black-Draught. The ad extols Black-Draught as a standard household remedy for constipation indigestion and liver issues with a gentle prompt action.
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Thedford
Boxing and Racing Highlights From Havana New Orleans and Detroit
Boxing bouts include Jimmy Ide against Patsy Wallace in Philadelphia and Jack Sharkey versus Roy Moore in Detroit. Other events cover Johnny Conlon against Charles Le doux in Paris and Charlie OConnell against Don Curley in Sandusky. Racing features include the American Jockey Club meeting in Havana and a Winter meeting in New Orleans with local associations.
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Sutine
Cubenerican Jockey Club
Havana
Charlie O'Connell
Don Curley
Sandusky
Pretty Miss Smoking Startles Ohio Town
Urbana residents were shook when a stylish woman walked downtown on March 1 smoking a cigarette with a long holder. Her bold display drew crowds and a mix of astonishment as the cosmopolitan scene touched the small Ohio town.
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Ohio
Urbana
New York City
Army air service accepts new automatic aircraft motor
New York March 3 Accept ance by the army air service of an airplane motor which while flying a plane automatically shoots in rapid succession shells 1 and 1-2 inches in diameter weighing a pound was announced here today by the Manufacturers' Aircraft Association. The motor cannon of the Wright-Hispano design was built to pierce armored airplanes tanks and submarines.
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New York
Army Air Service
Manufacturers’ Aircraft Association
Indiana light heavyweight Chuck Wiggins aims seven bout campaign
Chuck Wiggins, Indiana light heavyweight who just returned from Australia undefeated, outlines plans for bouts with Battling Levinsky, Harry Greb, Tommy Gibbons, Bob Moha, Willie Meehan, Gunboat Smith, and Bill Brennan.
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Chuck Wiggins
Indiana
Australia
Battling Levinsky
Harry Greb
Tommy Gibbons
Bob Moha
Willie Meehan
Gunboat Smith
Bill Brennan
Tanlac Restores Springfield Man to Health says he kept payroll
G C James of 1419 Franklin Ave Springfield Wisconsin credits Tanlac with curing years of rheumatism stomach trouble and indigestion. He says the medicine ended dizzy spells improved sleep and kidney relief and has him weighing 38 pounds more and feeling twenty years younger. Tanlac sold in High Point by J A Hart Drug Co.
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Illinois Meter Co
Tanlac
G. C. James
Franklin Ave
Springfield
Taniac
High Point
J. A. Hart Drug Co
Indianapolis Man Denies First Wife in Bigamy Case
Ivan Hummel, brought from Florida, faces grand jury indictment for bigamy. He says he was never married to the woman suing for divorce who claims two children. The plaintiff alleges he married Grace Hull and invited her to live with his second wife.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Ivan Hummel
Florida
Hummel
Grace Hull
Minsurance
Girl in coma after funeral dream lasting twenty one hours
Ade line Ruick, fifteen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Ruick of Newton Kansas, fell asleep after attending her grandmother's funeral and remained in a coma for twenty one hours. She woke and reported dreaming about many dead persons.
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Newton
Kan
Adeline Ruick
Thomas Ruick
Jacks to furnish main boat at Detroit March 10
The report notes Jack Britton and Jack Bloomfield will furnish the main boat in Detroit on March 10 with both Jacks serving as closers rather than openers in the event.
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Jack Britton
Jack Bloomfield
Detroit
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