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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1912
Page
12
Bruce Noel the wandering southpaw who pitched for the Brewers last season will receive another tryout with Milwaukee next spring. Manager Clark plans to develop him into a winner, with Noel still on the Brewer reserve list after a loan to Oshkosh last season.
The Garden Athletic club in New York opened talks for a ten round bout between Fred Welsh England lightweight champion and Packey McFarland or Willie Ritchie who just won the world title from Ad Wolgast. Ritchie demands a 10000 guarantee making McFarland look likelier. Welsh and McFarland have met three times totaling fifty five rounds. If Welsh fights McFarland he would sail from England next week for an early January bout.
Madison Wis Dec 7 The athletic board adopted a new intra mural constitution and discussed emblem grants while granting letters to Davis and Castle for meritorious work A proposal would require a baseball player to play forty innings for an emblem and pitchers twenty A cross country and track program would be combined The Dec 10 swimming meet was postponed to Dec 17 The short course agricultural students program was placed under Dr Elson Wrestling boxing swimming and tug of war teams will be organized A basketball league will begin and the annual tug of war is the season’s big feature.
Chicago Dec 7 The White Sox will ban gloves for a full week after spring training begins to prevent sore arms. Manager Callahan says the plan will stop players from throwing swiftly to each other and protect young recruits from handicapped arms.
Madison Dec 7 Wisconsin starts its basketball season with a game against Ripon College. Coach Meanwell expresses confidence despite a strong Ripon lineup. Starters include Van Ghent Ward Sands Johnson Van Riper Harper. A freshman game may precede the varsity.
Cleveland papers report Roger Bresnahan aims to gain control of the Toledo American Association club from Charles Somers. William Armour is named as Bresnahan’s associate in the proposed deal. No confirmations have been made and Bresnahan previously pursued the team but failed.
West Point announces Benjamin F. Hodge has been chosen captain for the 1913 Army football team. The sophomore left end, 21, is popular in the corps and serves as quartermaster in the cadet battalion.
Notice by county board committee invites bids for surety bonds for county officers to begin January 1913. Lists amounts for treasurer clerk circuit court sheriff district attorney register of deeds coroner surveyor and superintendent of poor with two year terms and one three year term. Bids due December 18 1912 by 2 PM with right to reject all bids.
Speedy Washington baserunner Milan leads the American League with 88 steals this season. A rain-shortened game against the Browns erased three credited steals, while Jupiter Plavius’s intervention kept the record at 88. Milan's big season featured 27 steals against Cleveland, plus strong showings against St. Louis Detroit Chicago New York Philadelphia and Boston. He played 154 games, stealing in 61 and topping July with 19 steals.
State of Wisconsin summons in La Crosse County requires Bridget Laura Ettie Armour McCoy to appear within twenty days after service to defend the action. failure to respond may yield judgment as demanded in the complaint on file with the Clerk of Circuit Court La Crosse County. attorney L Kleeber of La Crosse is listed.
With most football players leaving Marquette University to join a strike against the Medical branch of the Catholic school and enroll at the Wisconsin College of Physicians and Surgeons, the selection of next year s captain for the team was postponed today.
Washington high of Portland, the undefeated Pacific coast football claimant, has accepted a game with Wendell Phillips high of Chicago. On Christmas day they will stop at Boise City, Idaho, en route, and on January 1 the Chicago boys will play at Astoria.
Madison Wis Dec 7 Alitl Tandberg star fullback on the Wisonsin varsity football team for past two years was yesterday chosen captain of the 1913 team Tandberg comes from Chippewa Falls and played on the school team before joining the university He is regarded as the best plungers in the west and is slated for western honors He is 21 18 years old stands five feet ten and weighs 180 pounds and is a senior in the commerce course Next will be his last year of football.
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