Rogers Hornsby Threatens to Leave Cards If Traded
New York December 12 United Press Henry Farrell reports Rogers Hornsby may jump organized baseball if not traded before next season. A Chicago semi pro offer of 15000 dollars a season was mentioned and Hornsby said he would only play for Chicago or New York, preferring Bill Killefer and a Chicago home.
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Henry Farrell
United Press
New York
Rogers Hornsby
Hornsby
St. Louis
Chicago
Bill Killefer
Klyn
Cubs
Giants
John McGraw
Europe
Trigesmen Make Good Draw to a Season's Opener
The Indians under Jack Hendricks draw the Minneapolis Millers for the 1924 opener at Washington Park April 15. The American Association schedules 168 games April 15 to Sept 28 with owners largely backing the length. Mike Kelley will manage the Millers. Ownie Bush eyed for St. Paul. draft plans cloud talent battles.
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Chicago
Indians
Jack Hendricks
Minneapolis Millers
Washington Park
American Association
Smith
Millers
Indianapolis
Mike Kelley
Ownie Bush
Kelley
St. Paul
A. A
Bush
Wabash to Open Net Card December 18
Crawfordsville Ind December 12 At a banquet Ham Staples was elected captain of the Wabash football team for next year. Varsity letters were awarded to a long list of players and the Wabash basketball season opens December 18 versus Rose Poly with a schedule through February including Purdue Notre Dame Butler Franklin and Hanover.
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Crawfordsvilee
Ind
Ham Staples
Milstead
Yale
Aul
Elliott
Logan
Johnson
Staples
Wise
Duffin
Wyatt
McFarlane
Thorn Seidensticker
Ds Pauw
Rose Poly
Franklin
Notre Dame
Butler
Hanover
de Pauw
Y P C S Plan Busy Time For St Anthony Team
The St Anthony s Y P C basketball unit will clash with St Joseph s Business Men s Club at St Anthony s Hall Thursday. They plan a heavy slate including Collegian All Stars South Bend Turks Newcastle K of C Lafayette Y M C A Oaklandon and Indianapolis Celts with remaining open dates inviting fast state and local teams call Frank Hanley at Belmont 2825.
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St. Anthony
Frank Hanley
Belmont
Em-Roes Defeat Meadow Golds 36 to 21 at Muncie
Em-Roe basketball team defeated Muncie Meadow Golds 36 to 21 Tuesday night in Muncie. Montgomery and Williams led the Em-Roes scoring, while Cat Adams and Schafer starred for their teams. The Em-Roes travel to Dayton on Saturday to face Koors-29, a top independent squad in western Ohio.
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Em-Roe
Muncie
Butler Sophs Open A A U League Action at South Side Hall
Two Indianapolis A A U League games slated at South Side Turner Hall. The Butler Sophs debut in league play versus Hoosier A C while St Joseph Business Men face S 8S Turners. De Molay and Communais idle. First game at 8 o'clock.
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Indianapolis
Turner Hall
Butler Sophs
Hoosier A. C
St. Joseph Business Men
S. 8S
Turners. de Molay and
Communais
Evansville Pilot Joe Dunn Named to Boss River Three I Team
Joe Dunn formerly with Bloomington Club of the I League signed today as man of the Evansville team in the same league. He succeeds Johnny Nee.
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Joe Dunn
Boss River
United Preas
Chicago
Bloomington
Evansville
Ind
Johnny Nee
Haverhill St James Gridders Prep for Colorado Springs Game
The St James High School football team from Haverhill Mass starts its road trip to Colorado Springs for a post season showdown with the high school squad there. The December 12 telegraph dispatch notes the departure and anticipation of the game.
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United Press
Zev to Meet Epinard in Series Next Summer
Pierre Wertheimer said after talks with August Belmont and Harry F. Sinclair that Zev’s French rival Epinard is likely to race against Zev in a series next summer in New York or France.
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United Press
New York
August Belmont
Jockey Club
Harry F. Sinclair
Zev
Pierre Werthemer
Epinard
France
Butler College Defeats Seymour Independents in Pair of Scores
Butler College tops Seymour Independents 62 to 16 while Ohio State University defeats Ohio Wesleyan 31 to 20. Indianapolis Em-Rees beat Meadow Golds 36 to 21 in the same roundup.
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Butler College
Seymour Independents
Ohio State “U
Ohio Wesleyan
Indianapolis
Em-Rees
Meadow Golds
Muncie
Independent Basketball Hopes With Local Junior Plays Open
The Ohara Sans, Haras, Fair Plays, St Mathews Midgets and McLean Trolley Five seek games and gym access. Junior Fair Plays open season at Clermont with players meeting at 5:30 p m. Other teams like Cumberland Independent schedule heavy Dec–Feb games. Call numbers and contact names provided for arranging matches and gym access.
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Ohara Sans Desire
Dass
Haras
Webster
Howard
Harold Ransopher
Clermont
Bledstein
Rosenthal
Baker
Glazier
Huntman
Naperstick
Joseph
Drexel
Max
Olive Branch Troop
Notics
McLean Trolley
Heath Memorial
Mapleton
Capitol Ave
Trolly
F. L. Crist
W. Nineteenth St
Harrison
Connie Mack Buys Paul Strand From Salt Lake Club
Connie Mack of the Philadelphia Athletics buys Paul Strand, Salt Lake Club outfielder, for 50 000 dollars cash or 35 000 dollars plus three players. The winter meetings discuss bids for Rogers Hornsby and Mays trade moves and league realignments with teams like MinneapOLIS, Moline, Rockford, Springfield, Quincy, and Peoria noted.
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Paul Strand
Salt Lake Club
Mack
Reds
Mays
United Press
Chicago
Connie Mack
Philadelphia Athletics
Salt Lake
Beaumont
Texas
Minneapolis
Moline
Rockford
Springfield
Quincy
H. J. Fitzgerald
Péoria
Ford
Boston Braves
Cubs
Cub Dicker
Rabbit Maranville
Pirates
Ring Results From Three States Highlight Ten Round Bouts
In Philadelphia two light heavyweights Stone and Nelson opened a ten round bout. Alex Hart of Cleveland won all ten rounds against Fred Jacks of England. Bud Christine of Philadelphia beat Joe Reno of Trenton on a decision over ten rounds. Downey and Fay fought to a ten round draw in Canton. Dundee of Mansfield won a ten round newspaper decision over Mike O Dowd of Columbus. Boyle of New York halted Vic Hirsch of Malden in the fifth round in Boston.
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Philadelphia
Alex Hart
Cleveland
Freddie Jacks
England
Bud Christine
Joe Reno
Trenton
Canton
Ohio
Anthony Downey
Columbus
Harry Fay
McKeeeport
Mansfield
al Dundee
Mike O'Dowd
Boston
Paul Boyle
New York
Vic Hirsch
Malden
Keeping in Trim with Jerry LuVadis Napsey
AY flat on the back body and Ri legs straight with hands at the sides little fingers touching hips. Then lift legs straight up in the air as far as possible using minimal hand leverage. Lower legs slowly and repeat twelve times. Exercise develops the stomach and back.
City Bowling Tourney Final Standings and Doubles
Final standings list five man teams with Blacker's Products Coca Cola Central etc. Doubles pairs include Speicher Irish and Reynolis King. Singles feature Ballard Ice Cream Company and Naughton Speicher Schneiderman among others.
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Ballard Ice Cream Company
Rickard Plans Title Bouts in New York This Year
Promoter Tex Rickard aims to stage world light heavyweight and middleweight title fights in New York before year’s end. McTigue-Tunney is targeted for light heavies and Greb-Wilson for middleweights, with Carpentier possibly facing McTigue if Tunney signs elsewhere. Other potential opponents include Battling Siki, Tommy Gibbons, or Tunney for Carpentier.
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United Press
New York
Tex Rickard
McTigue-Tunney
Greb-Wilson
McTigue
Tunney
Rickard
Georges Carpentier
Siki
Tommy Gibbons
Mitchell Wins Three-Cushion Billiards at Board of Trade
Mitchell defeated Rouse 50 to 37 in a three cushion billiard meet at the Board of Trade parlors on Tuesday night. Lewis and Thompson were set to play tonight for points.
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Ity
Board of Trade
Mitchell
Rouse
Lewis
Thompson
Manual Team Faces Trio of Tough Matches This Week
Manual high school basketball schedules three major tests this week starting at Franklin tonight. The Red and White travel to Frankfort for another key game before hosting Ben Davis on Saturday. Meanwhile Shortridge meets Cumberland and Litton, Technical makes its daylight debut at Tech gym against Sheridan, and Monrovia plays at Broad Ripple Saturday.
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Franklin
Frankfort
Manual
Ben Davis
Jones
Shortridge
Cumberland
Litton
Burton
Technical
Tech Gym
Sheridan
Monrovia
Broad Ripple
DePauw Faces Illini in Urbana Test
DePauw basketball travels to Urbana to meet Illinois in a stern test. The Methodists have practiced hard and expect a terrific fight against the Illini tonight.
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Greencastle
Ind
de Pauw
Illinois Five
Urbana
Methodists
Henderson Chosen Cornell 1924 Team Captain
Frank L. Henderson of Detroit was elected captain of the 1924 Cornell football team after playing left end for two years. The announcement came in Ithaca as the new season plans were revealed.
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United Press
Ithaca
N. Y
Frank L. Henderson
Detroit
Cornell
Notre Dame 1924 Grid Schedule Set After Notre Dame Game
South Bend Ind Dec 12 Notre Dame completes eight game plan for 1924 with Lombard and Wabash at Notre Dame Army at New York Princeton at Notre Dame Georgia Tech homecoming Wisconsin at Wisconsin Nebraska at Notre Dame Carnegie Tech at Pittsburgh Rockne names 26 players to receive monograms for 1923 and says 1924 captain will be elected December 16 at a banquet.
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Ind
Carnegie Tech
Notre Dame
Lombard
Wabash
Army
New York
Princeton
Georgia Ti
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Pittsburgh
Rockne
Beebe Named Purdue Pitching Coach For Season
Fred Beebe, former major league pitcher and Oshkosh manager, will coach Purdue pitchers this season. He joins in February and stays through April before rejoining his Wisconsin State League duties. Beebe played at Illinois and helped win the 1903 college championship, later spending years in the majors with several clubs.
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Fred Beebe
Purdue
Acerae Speot
Lafayette
Ind
Oshkosh
Kellogg
Purdue University
Beebe
Whem
Illinois University
Louisville
Roberts Ferraris Bout Added To Monday Card
Matchmaker Harter adds Beamer Roberts of Indianapolis to Fighting Ferraris of Ft. Thomas for an eight round bout. Also on the card Merle Aire meets Tommy Sparks in another eight round bout. Promoter aims for five bouts total with several ten roundters.
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Harter
Tomlinson Hall
Beamer Roberts
Indianapolis
Ferraris
Ft. Thomas
Merle Aire
Tommy Sparks
Cincinnati
Sparks
Jimmy Brown
Alte
Young Jack Dillon
Nashville
Frankie Jones
Pacific Coast
Sidney Glick
Hamp Brown
Oklahoma City
Merle Aice
Fighting Verraris
National League backs Landis as owners rally around him
The American and National Leagues meet amid a Landis support show. NL owners commend the commissioner for duty and firm on traditions. Rumors swirl that Ban Johnson may curb Landis, while AL owners reportedly back Johnson. Arbitration censures Wrigley, Killefer, and Lockard in Coast League ruling.
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James Kolbert
Chicago
Des
Kenesaw Landis
Landis
Johnson
Harry Williams
Board of Arbitration
William Wrigley, Jr
Cubs
Los Angeles
Wade Killefer
Wrigley links in Seattle vote split and Giants trade talk
The Wrigley connection to the Seattle club turnover to Killefer and Lockard fueled a fight for the presidency between McCarthy and Williams. Seattle’s vote was disputed though Williams still led 4 to 3. Giants talk centers on Lefty Groves from Baltimore with McGraw in London and a $100,000 price tag reportedly rebuffed. Johnny Evers reportedly agreed to coach with Frank Chance in Chicago.
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Seattle
Killefer
Lockard
William McCarthy
Williams
McCarthy
Giants
Groves
Baltimore
John McGraw
Giant
London
Jim Tierney
McGraw
Johnny Evers
Frank Chance
Chicago White Sox
Evers
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