Rickard Bouts Carpentier With Willard Pick in New York
Tex Rickard says he will negotiate directly with Tom Jones and Jess Willard for a possible fight with Georges Carpentier in Madison Square Garden. He reports progress with Willard and Jones and contemplates pairing Carpentier against Darcy or another foe. Dan McKerrick asserts control if Carpentier fights in America, aiming for Weinert or another heavyweight. Rickard leads the field for the Garden lease.
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New York
Tex Rickard
Georges Carpentier
United Press Saturday
Jack Curley
Jess Willard
Tom Jones
Willard
Rickard
Madison Garden
Normal School Opens Basketball Season With New Prospects
Dr. South schedules class contest lineups at the normal to select 12 or 15 candidates for first and second teams. He plans to build around Hoeppner with Meinert and Grounds available if needed, aiming to challenge the 1915 champions on December 2.
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Dr. South
Meinert
Grounds
South
Hoeppner
Doc
Eau Claire Normal
National conference urges probe of livestock and packing trades
The national conference on marketing and farm credits adopted a resolution urging Congress to conduct a thorough federal inquiry into the livestock and meat packing industries. The probe should cover marketing, manufacture, sale of products, and extend to municipally owned aspects.
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Chicago
National Confercu.e
Congress
Federal Commission
Uncontrolled Market Aims Behind Slaughterhouse Cooperation
The passage discusses plans for joint slaughterhouse operations abroad to influence prices at home and curb abuses. It outlines a strategy to obtain an unregulated market in this country through international cooperation and reform.
Britton Robideau Fight Ends In No Contest
Cleveland boxing fans denounced a Friday night mixup that led to a no contest as Jack Britton did not fight while Robideau appeared outclassed. The incident drew swift criticism from local fight supporters.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Jack Britton
Britton
Robideau
Gibbons Beats Turner in Four-Round Bout
Gibbons defeats Turner in Sioux City Friday night, winning by four rounds as Turner lasts the distance through four rounds of boxing.
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Gibbons
Truner
Sioux City
Iowa
Mike Gibbons
Clay Turner
Sparta Company L Expected Home From Texas Dec 15
Sparta Wisconsin special report notes all members of Company L are alive and returning from Texas. A homecoming celebration will include a band at the station, a march to the Armory, a banquet, and a dance with West Salem orchestra. Citizens may attend for fifty cents per plate. a postbanquet reception follows. Captain Merrill coordinates employment for returning soldiers.
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Sparta
Wis
Assembly Hall
Co. L
Z. S. Rice
E. W. Dickerson
Fred H. Chamberlain
West Salem Orchestra
Captain Merrill
Fort Sheridan
Ill
Robt. A. Merrill
Hickey Elected President of American Association
Thomas Hickey of St. Paul was elected president of the American Association at the club owners meeting in Indianapolis during a midafternoon recess on Friday.
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Hickey
Bowling Benefit of Doubt Says More About Giver
A brief opinion column argues that giving a man the benefit of the doubt benefits the giver more than the recipient, citing psychology and fairness.
Rockford Bowler Near Alley Record At La Crosse
Charles Ayres of Rockford Illinois, visiting La Crosse, nearly tied the Lotus alley record with 285 Friday night. He rolled thirteen straight strikes, ten in the 285 game and three in the preceding frame, as Ed Erickson’s 288 mark last season stood as the record.
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Charles Ayres
Rockford
Ill
la Crosse
Lotus
Ed Erickson
Ayres
A A WANTS SERIES WITH INTERNATIONAL INDIANAPOLIS
A committee of American Association club owners moved to form an inter league series with International clubs. The association approved the plan and will meet International league reps in New York next Monday to arrange details. A third major league was not discussed. The group will adopt a schedule in Kansas City on February 24.
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Indianapolis
Ind
American Association
International League
New York
Kansas City
Girl Hurt In Auto Smash Near City Hall
At 1 o'clock a collision in front of the city hall injured Miss Annie Affeldt who rode with delivery truck driver William Fischer. The crash also damaged Dvorak's touring car and the truck, but neither vehicle was disabled. Affeldt was thrown from the truck onto the boulevard, suffering a painfully wrenched wrist.
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Annie Affeldt
William Fischer
Fischer
Wenzel Dvorak
Dvorak
Miss Affeldt
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Monroe County
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Tere
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Entrere
Quinn
Frank Quinn
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Tee Elliott
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