Michigan Alumni Push Return to Western Conference
Michigan alumni in Chicago press for Wolverines rejoining the Western Conference amid talks at the Big Eight meeting. They demand faculty control of athletics before acceptance and Purdue to host next year's meet. Officials from Wisconsin Illinois Minnesota Purdue Iowa and Northwestern attend.
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Wisconsin
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Badger Athletics
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Evanston
H. W. Johnson
Indiana
A. A. Stage
James Paige
Minnesota
J. W. Ehier
A. J. Goodenouch
Illinois
Thomas Moran
Waldo
A. J. Smith
Iowa
R. ¥. Wilson
Northwestern
Eleventh Hour Protest Rules Adopted By Big High Conference
Chicago reports set of conference measures after a Saturday meeting. New rules ban teams from playing against universities that left the conference and require two weeks protest notice before an athlete is barred. Aimed to curb late protests as seen with Wisconsin against Picker ing of Minnesota. A tabled resolution attempted to limit university control over amateur athletics to school season and bar paid summer play.
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Gopher Grads Still Ruffl ed over Wisconsin ban
Minnesota alumni in Glenwood protest the blocking of Captain Pickering by Wisconsin officials before a game. A nationwide petition circulates urging Minnesota to sever athletic relations until Wisconsin authorities adopt fair play standards.
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University of Wisconsin
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Wisconsin High School Title May Be Decided This Week
Fort Atkinson and West Green Bay negotiate a Saturday game staged by Milwaukee south division to decide the state championship. Weather delays Fort Atkinson may push a final decision to Monday. Oshkosh exits after losing to Marionette. West High beat Marionette 5 to 0.
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Wisconsin
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West Green Bay
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Oshkosh
Marinette
West High
Lynch May Get His Release
National League president Thomas J. Lynch faces a strong challenge at the December 12 meeting as rivals Charles Ebbets Horace Fogel and Charles Murphy seek Joseph D. O’Brien’s election. Ebbets argues Lynch’s exclusion from the schedule committee fuels the contest while Fogel protests Lynch’s ban of Magee after the Finneran incident. Murphy’s motive remains unclear.
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Thomas J. Lynch
National League
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Chicago
Horace Fogel
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Marquis of Waterford Drowns in River Clodagh
The Marquis of Waterford, aged 26 and a leading Irish noble, was found drowned in the Clodagh River on Saturday. Authorities believe he fell in while hunting.
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Dublin
Waterford
Dogs and Ponies at Head of Bill Riot of Fun
A lively pageant headlines a bill featuring dogs and ponies in a crowd-pleasing event. Performers stage playful acts and share playful chaos as spectators watch with joy.
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Majestic Opens Week With Petram's Circus and Diverse Vaudeville
Dainty Mae Rowlands and a trio of musical artists headline the Majestic bill. Petram's Circus features a trained dog and pony act with comedy by clowns, while Maisie Rowlands mimics and piano alongside a childlike impersonation. Alice Kindley’s Her Own Mother draws laughs with a matrimonial ruse. William McDonald and partners deliver a rich bass trio with Old Black Joe and ragtime pieces. Eddie Badger closes with a classy comedy musical act that delights patrons.
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Committee visits normals to examine graduation candidates
Madison Wis Dec 4 The committee on graduation of the state board of normal regents will visit eight normal schools this week and the following to examine candidates for graduation about 75 in total. Diplomas will be issued in January. The committee includes Duncan McGregor Platteville John Harrington Oshkosh Theodore Youmans Waukesha and H O Hamilton Whitewater.
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Wis
State Board of Normal Regents
Duncan McGregor
Platteville
John Harrington
Oshkosh
Theodore Youmans
Waukesha
H. O. Hamilton
Whitewater
Morrison Asked About Higher Ups
Secretary Morrison of the American Federation of Labor denounces talk of higher connections at the McNamara meeting. He says he only knows what has appeared in newspapers and questions the purpose of such inquiries.
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McNamara Ways and Means Committee
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American Federation of Labor
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McNamaras’ confession signals perilous industrial struggle
Representative Henry George Jr. warned that the McNamaras confession marks a drastic turn in the nation’s labor conflict. He said the industrial situation shows despondency over peaceful reforms and ballot remedies, with unionists resorting to dynamite as perceived last resort.
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Men and Religion Forward movement opens in St Louis
Four thousand men attended the opening exercises in St Louis as Fred B. Smith predicted the movement will revolutionize the country.
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ST. Louis
Fred B. Smith
400 Horses Burned to Death in Newark Fire
A massive blaze at the United States Express building in Jersey City destroyed records and killed about 400 horses. Firemen estimated losses at 1 million dollars as hundreds of workers fled the snow on cold December morning. A night watchman, Fred Ockrey, is believed missing and presumed dead.
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United States Express Company
Fred Ockrey
Rng
Gambling gear burned in Centralia raid
A confiscated gambling apparatus valued at about 1000 was burned in Centralia after a raid on a fashionable gambling joint months earlier. Police reported the device had been seized during the operation.
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