Indianapolis Man Aims For East Meets West Wrestling Title
Baltimore’s Gus Schoenlein known as Americus faces Charles 101R of Indianapolis in a catch as catch can heavyweight bout at the Lyric. Best two of three falls with $1,600 to winner and $400 to loser. Tim Hurst of New York to referee. Alden Olsen not well known in the East.
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Levey Leads Marion League Pinners With Big Scores
Levey of the Elks tops Marion club league with 214 in his third game and 200 in the second, Coval of the Pioneers close at 209. Pioneers win three from I. T. & T. Elks take two from the Marions. Monarchs beat Thirteens as Thirteens play short handed. Pioneers post 9 891 and 940 in strong showing. Summers expands lead in future league by beating Rhodes Burford Munters. Bulls edge Lambs.
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Sullivan Shill Heads for Ireland on Family Trip
Boston news reports catcher Billy Sullivan of the Chicago White Sox and his wife sailed for Ireland. Mrs. Sullivan recently inherited $80,000 from an uncle in the old country, making the trip partly business and partly pleasure. No retirement plans announced for Billy.
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Indiana Meets Notre Dame In Gridiron Clash At Washington Park
Notre Dame faces Indiana with shifts in lineup due to conference rules while Indiana hopes for a season boost. Sheldon’s Hoosiers rely on strong players like Netherton Hafield and Hackman as Notre Dame, led by Coach Place, substitutes Lenech and adjusts backs and ends for the test at Washington Park.
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Longboat Seeks Cash After Offer for Running Services
Tom Longboat was approached by a speculative representative offering $6,000 cash plus 5 percent of earnings and expenses for his services as a runner. He refused to sign, insisting he will wait for actual cash before committing, saying he is smarter than critics think and is out for the money.
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Papke Near Target Weight for Ketchel Bout
Billy Papke, in San Francisco, weighed 161 pounds in light lounging clothes, four pounds under his agreed fighting notch for the Ketchel bout on Thanksgiving Eve. He will begin training Sunday at Shannon's, sparring then before a crowd. Ketchel plans about 15 days of work to regain the championship lost at Los Angeles. Manager Joe OConnor backs Ketchel's confidence.
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Sheriff Bars Thanksgiving Fight In Fort Wayne
Allen County Sheriff Jesse Grice issued a statement vowing to arrest everyone at any prize fight in Fort Wayne Indiana and said he will not permit the Gardner Morgan Thanksgiving bout to occur while under orders from Governor Hanly.
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Four-Day Race Meet Set at Benning in November
Washington announces a four day race meeting at Benning starting Saturday November 14. Col Robert Neville announced after a gathering of local business men and horsemen detailing the plan and dates.
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Hughey McSovern Quits After Pounding By Teddy Maloney
In Philadelphia at the Broadway Athletic Club Teddy Maloney battered Hughey McSovern with repeated punches in the wind-up and the Brooklyn boxer quit in the fifth round.
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Baseball played by mound builders in prehistoric Ohio Indiana
Prof Frederick Starr of the University of Chicago asserts baseball originated with mound builders in the southern Ohio and Indiana regions. He describes geometrically perfect mounds like diamonds, skin balls, and sticks used as bats, noting up to ten players in ancient games. Evidence, he says, proves the pastime predates modern baseball.
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Stallings Signs to Manage the Yankees
New York, Nov. 6. George Stallings, then Newark manager in the Eastern league, has signed to become manager of the Yankees and will take charge when the team departs for the southern training ground early next year. Frank Farrell, owner of the Greater New York baseball club, verified the engagement, which has the approval of Ban Johnson and American League owners.
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Army drills return to basics at West Point
West Point cadets worked through an hour of fundamentals before practice yesterday. Coaches restarted routines as they lined up, bringing the team back to the season's start with tackling dummy work and charging machine drills.
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Three Yale TAR players badly injured this season
Three Yale TAR players, Wheaton and Kilpatrick among them, were badly hurt and unable to play again this year. The injuries ended their seasons, affecting the team’s lineup and prospects.
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Yale Loses Key Players to Injury in Practice
In New Haven on November 6 Yale football saw Naedede Kilpatrick and Wheaton sustain injuries during daily practice. Coach Bigelow and trainer John Mack reported all three are out for the season with no chance of return to the lineup this year.
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Browns VS Whites in Shortridge soccer clash ends 2 1
Rex Boyd of the Browns was carried off with a broken collar bone after a soccer match in the Shortridge league. The Browns defeated the Whites 2 to 1 while the Grays beat the Blues 4 to 0.
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Tebeau anxious to sell club in Louisville deal
George Tebeau denied selling the Colonels or Kansas City Blues to a Louisville syndicate and called rumors of a lowball price tiresome. He said offers come mainly for cheap advertising and he will stay in Louisville while negotiations proceed with President Thomas A Barker.
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Sheridan Faces Brownsburg in Indiana State Final
Sheridan Indiana November 6 The Sheridan high school football squad prepares for the state championship game at Washington Park in Indianapolis Saturday as a curtain-raiser to the Indiana Notre Dame clash. Both Sheridan and Brownsburg beat Muncie 11 to 0 and are evenly matched in weight. manager E W Montgomery predicts a close contest. The lineup includes Davis Elliot captain Mace Rykert Pickett Beck Richardson Briggs endings Endaly Gregg Dickey in the backfield.
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