Signals for Balls and Strikes At Washington Park
William H. Wakins of the local baseball club pushes signals for balls and strikes at Washington Park. He forecasts a discussion at the next league meeting and expects the scheme to be used this season to satisfy huge crowds. His design included colored sleeve signals to show balls and strikes for all spectators. Indications suggest fans will be offered a clear signaling system for each pitched ball or strike.
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William H. Wakins
Wattie
Washington Park
Watkins
Railing Signs Contract with Boston Americans
Decatur Jad Feb 2 Special to The Saw rail ing former offbearer on local brickyards who gained renown as a Texas leaguer has signed the contract sent by the Boston Americans who gave him a trial last fall. He reports to join the Bostons at their Texas training camp for 2300 dollars a year for his pitching arm.
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Jad
Yom Railing
Boston Americans
Railing
Bostons
Texas
Negro Taylor Great Athlete Promises Greater Fame
Special to The Sun Philadelphia Feb 21 John B Taylor Jr of the University of Pennsylvania is hailed as the nation’s greatest negro runner and possibly the best quarter miler outside Maxey Long. At 6 feet and 160 pounds he is intercollegiate champion at 440 yards with a 49.15 second time set in 1904. Born in Philadelphia 24, he possesses keen pace judgment, a springy stride, and top speed in the stretch. He may run both half and quarter miles at the upcoming intercollegiate championships.
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John B. Taylor, Jr
University of Pennsylvania
Joe Gans
Taylor
America
Maxey Long
Quaker Institution
Philadelphia
Hir
Mathewson Ready for Opening of Season
New York reports Christy Mathewson upbeat about the coming season. He expects a strong trip and pennant chances, notes salary talk is private, and hopes Mike Donlin makes base hits next summer. Mathewson says he has signed and awaits the season start.
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Donlin
Mike
Horace Greeley
Youngstown to remain in Ohio and Pennsylvania League
At a meeting of league magnates at the Hollenden hotel Cleveland February 21 Youngstown was kept in the circuit and league personnel will not change. The sale of Youngstown to Zanesville was not ratified keeping an eight club league with Zanesville Sandusky and Erie out. Sre will remain in the Interstate League.
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Cleveland
Hollenden Hotel
Youngstown
Drug and Liquor Habit Cure Advertised At Sanitarium
An advertisement offers a drug and liquor habit cure claiming painless treatment at a sanitarium with strict privacy. It promises perfect care and no home treatment, noting patients are not required to pay and that information is provided free to interested individuals, including women.
Walsh to box Carroll in bantam bout in March
Jimmy Walsh the Boston bantam who claims the title after Frankie Neil declined a match has been paired with Jimmy Carroll of San Francisco for a likely March 8 bout staged by Manager McCarry. Walsh pressed Neil for months. Neil avoided him at 116 pounds. Carroll, regarded as San Francisco’s fastest bantam, has beaten every bantam in the city.
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the Sun
Los Angeles
Cal
Jimmy Walsh
Frankie Neil
Jimmy Carrol
San Francisco
McCarry
Walsh
Neil
Frankie
Riley
Tonopah
Carroll
Conners Sold to Toronto Team Signs Contract
South Bend first baseman John Buck Conners was sold to Toronto of the Eastern league with pitcher Winner Moffit and has signed a $250 contract. Cecil Ferguson, former South Bend pitcher, will join the New York Nationals Saturday.
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Sun
South Bend
Ind
John (Buck) Conners
Toronto
Moffit
Cecil Ferguson
New York Nationals
Burns Sees Chance at Jeffries Fight in Talk with Tom
New Yorker recounts Tommy Burns predicting he can beat Jeffries by getting under his punches and delivering power. He recalls past bouts with Marvin Hart Schreck and O Brien, notes a LA barroom meeting with Jeffries, and says promoter money talks. Burns praises Leo Squires as a potential rival and insists Jeffries is his rightful challenge.
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Marvin Hart
Schreck
Jeffries
O’ Brien
Los Angeles
Tommy
Burns
Tommy Burns
Melbourne
Australia
Bill Squires
Frison
Squires
Shimp
Berger
Scareek
O'Brien
Big Jim
Thomas Burns
Race winners and listings from New Orleans and Oakland
A scanned page lists race winners and times across venues in New Orleans and Oakland, featuring Kaiserhoff and Tom Dolan among others with odds and placements. Also includes ads for a cold remedy Brom Quin ine and a coal and cement company with contact details.
Abolition of Special Contracts in American League
Chicago NL Feb 21 It became known that the American league considers abolishing all special contracts with ball players except for one temperance clause. The plan aims to make all players equal in pay and remove goodwill bonuses for pitching and catching. Only the temperance clause may be retained to ensure best service.
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Chicago
Sports Lettters Season Busy With Mixed News Across Leagues
The piece notes training trips for AL clubs with March start dates and NY spring plans, lists athletes facing injuries and records, and mentions racing, rugby at Stanford, betting cautions in Memphis, horse show participation, and a billiard tournament starting March 4. It also covers Vanderbilt sending 27 ribbons to London and various athlete movements.
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Alfred G. Vanderbilt
England
London
Umpire Alloway Fines Dummy in Laughing Midgame
In a Central league game at South Bend, umpire Alloway fined a dummy wearing a South Bend uniform ten dollars after the dummy, placed by Buck Connors’s team foe, amused fans by acting as a player. The prank escalated when Alloway, angered, tried to eject it and the head fell off, ending his officiating for the day.
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Bobbie Grogan
Mer Central
Dayton
Wes
South Bend
Buck Connors
Chicago bowlers accept Cleveland challenge for team match
Chicago at February 21, 1921. Stand ready to accept Cleveland's five-man match offer. Chicago aims to fight for the national championship alleys in St. Louis with a team featuring Frank Brill, Jimmy Blouin, Robert Rolfe, Gus Seele, Olympian champion, and Will Flenner, a former city champion, for $1 a side.
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Chicago
St. Louis
Frank Brill
Jimmy Blouin
Robert Rolfe
Gus Seele
Will Flenner
Robson Beats Murphy in Six Rounds in Philadelphia
Spike Robson, the English lightweight champion, defeated Harlem Tommy Murphy in six rounds in Philadelphia on February 21. Robson opened with strong jabs in the later rounds, giving Murphy a battered look as the fight ended.
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Philadelphia
Spike Robson
Harlem
Tommy Murphy
Hartemite
Robson
Murphy
Purdue Loses Game In Narrow 23 22 Setback
Special to The Suan. GREENCASLE Ind Feb 2 Purdue lost at basketball Wednesday night by 23 to 22. DePauw dominated in the second half as McKee starred. DePauw 23 Purdue 22 with field goals by McKee Fairfield Sheetz Holdson Collins Sartor and Hellopeter. Purdue scorers were Lewis Holdson Collins Sartor Geicher and Holdson. Referee McCormick Terra Haute.
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Ind
Purdue
DePauw
Boilermakers
McKeee
Pruitt, Sheetz
Lewis McKee
Holdson
Collins
Sartor
Geicher
McCormick
Terra Haute
Bill to fund U S team for London Olympian games
In New York on February 1 a bill will be introduced in Congress to appropriate 100000 dollars to cover expenses for a representative American athletes team to compete at the Olympian games to be held at Shepherdsbush London in 1998. President James F Sullivan and Amateur Athletic union back the move as national in scope.
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Sun
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Congress
Shepherdsbush
London
United States
England
James F. Sullivan
Amateur Athletic Union
Carr to Manage Hoosiers as Wattie Roles Defined
Charley Carr and owner Watt Watkins appeared reconciled on Wednesday as Carr announced he will manage the Indianapolis Hoosiers next season. Wattie’s exact duties are uncertain but likely advisory. Carr praised the team’s shape, noted key signings McSeade Coulter and Himes, and referenced trades and target players for the 1st place bid.
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Charley Carr
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Hoosiers
Wattie
1Ce
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Coulter
Himes
Carr Annaunres
Barbeau
Tolédo
Toledo
New York
Jimmy Jackson
Cleveland
Columbus
Herger Aud Winchman
Watkins
Emil Fertig
Grand Hotel
Zanesville Fans Sore Over Franchise Talks
Special to The Sun Zanesville Ohio February 21 local baseball fans are disappointed and may sue McDonald of Youngstown to force turnover of the team after a bona fide sale. Negotiations to buy the Mansfield franchise likely will be renewed with Marty Hogan set to helm the local effort.
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McDonald
Mansfield
Marty Hogan
Syndicate Rumored to Buy Kentucky Track
Lexington reports strong talk among horsemen that the Kentucky Racing Association track may be bought by the Tilles Adter Celia syndicate and that the spring meeting could be staged under its management.
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Kentucky Racing Association
Tilles-Adter-Celia
Head Coach at Yale
New Haven Conn Feb 2 Special to The Sam Guy Hutchinson head football coach in Amherst last year has been offered Yale head coach for next fall by Captain Bigelow Sammy Morse captain of last year's team has declined due to plans to enter business Hutchinson was All American quarterback in 1905 He lives in Morristown New Jersey and is nephew of James A Bailey millionaire circus proprietor of Barnum Bailey's shows who died last year.
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Conn
Guy Hutchinson
Amherst
Yale
Capt. Bigelow
Sammy Morse
Hutchinson
Morristown
N. J
James A. Bailey
Barnum & Bailey’s
Wandering Jew Huelsman Finds New Route in Kansas City
Frank Huelsman, dubbed the Wandering Jew of baseball, describes a career bounced among teams from Chicago to St. Louis Detroit Washington New York Montreal Pittsburgh and now Kansas City. The long trade path reflects his value and the Wabash line’s travel tales as he eyes a fresh start with the Kansas City American Association club.
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New York
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Boston
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Brooklyn
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Pittsburg
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Chicago White Sox
Comiskey
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Kansas City American Association
Shortridge Baseball Schedule Released With One Date Open
Shortridge announces its baseball schedule with one date unfilled. Listed games include April 26 at Crawfordsville High School in Crawfordsville, April 27 against Owen, May 4 at Frankfort High School in Frankfort, May 11 at Crawfordsville High School in Indianapolis, May 18 at Lafayette High School in Lafayette, and May 2 against MTIS.
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Crawfordsville
Owen
Frankfort
Puro Distilled Water Ad With New and Old Phones
An old style ad lists Puro Distilled Water with a new phone number 2177 and an old one Main 778. It advertises wire-gal packages at 40 cents and 12 half-gallon bottles at 60 cents.
Park View Sanatorium Ad for Cancer and Disease Treatments
Park View Sanatorium advertises treatment for cancer, skin, uterine and rectal diseases. Dr L T Leach, with offices in New York and California records.
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Park View Sanatorium
L. T. Leach
New York and
California-sts
Cure for Cancer and Tumor Promoted by Originator
Advertisement notes a claimed cure named The Combination Oll Cure for Cancer and Tumor as a recognized success. It warns against imitators and urges readers to write to the originator at 336 N Illinois St Indianapolis Ind for free books.
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D. M. Bye
Illinois St
Indianapolis
Ind
Salary cap eyed as major leagues seek wage limits
Reports indicate a movement among prominent club owners to set a salary ceiling across leagues, with figures whispered around 1500 to 2400 dollars per year for players. Advocates say limits would curb rising pay while players in lower tiers fear reduced earnings and contract options.
Accordion dress plaiting at Odd Fellows Building room 8
Buttons recovered. Location cited as Penn and Washington streets in the Odd Fellows' Building.
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Odd Fellows’ Building
Penn
Wash
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