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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1914
Page
19
La Crosse high school announces two basketball games with rival Sparta. The first game is Saturday night March 6 at home, the second on March 20 at Sparta. Horne's team trains daily, with a large squad and several returning players, aiming to trim to about fifteen after Christmas vacation.
Mike and Tommy Gibbons left for Buffalo New York to box K O Brennan Monday night at the Queensberry club promoted by C J Murray. This will be the second meeting between Mike Gibbons and K O Brennan after a one round no decision bout in 1912. Tommy Gibbons is likely to face Al Rogers before December 21 with contracts not yet signed.
An Atchison Globe note states Hoity-toity has fallen out of use and there is no reason for concern, reframing social jargon as outdated.
At a New York meeting of baseball magnates, the National League agreed to pension Harry Pulliam's sister Mrs Mary Johnson. Other topics, including players contracts and waiver rule simplification, were deferred. Ban Johnson announced the New York Americans likely would be sold to Jacob Ruppert. price with Farrell and Devery to be settled.
Madison Wis Dec 11 The Badger basketball schedule worries coach Meanwell as five games loom ahead. The opener is tonight in Madison against Beloit followed by Grinnell College and Lawrence before Christmas vacation.
Members of the two UW Madison rowing clubs launched a campaign to persuade the faculty and board of regents to reconsider abolishing rowing as an intercollegiate sport. The Badger oarsmen seek to race on the Pacific coast next year and in the Poughkeepsie regatta.
The buildings and grounds committee of the board of supervisors will meet Saturday December 12 1914 at 10 am to set bids for bonding county officers for two years. For information call the county clerk. Bids due by 10 am December 12. The fire insurance on the jail expires January 1 1915 and will be discussed under the same conditions. Signed Moran Kayl or Pein for the committee.
In New York at the Fairmont Athletic club Dec 11 Jim Johnson lacked form and judgment in a ten round bout against Sam McVey who out boxed him throughout. Johnson's single clean punch landed on McVey’s head, McVey’s defense proving superior.
Brewers set three records during the meet including team score, individual high score, and overall marks. The standout performance featured a new high in points and a record score for the squad across the competition.
Gunds beat Eagle firsts by seven pins and set a three game team mark of 2757 in La Crosse Bowling last night. Paulson rolled 255 in the first game and Gunds totals included 22 by Affeldt and Stannard as the squad topped previous records of 2640 and 936 with Thompson of the Cubs holding an individual high of 228.
The Chicago speedway construction has awarded contracts and will be completed by June 1 1915. The first race meeting is planned for June and promoters estimate a cost near 1 900 000 dollars with stands seating 300 000 spectators.
Ivan B. Boughton of Columbus was elected captain of the 1915 Ohio State football team. A junior, Boughton has held the right tackle position for two seasons and leads the squad with leadership qualities.
A family quip shows Howard vowing to emulate his father. The child says he will boast how good he was as a kid to scold his own mischievous offspring. The humor centers on parental role modeling and childlike vanity.
A fragment notes a strange volume of real life in the postman’s packet and mentions eternal love paired with instant payment. Quotations from Douglas Jerrold capture a brisk, wry mood.
A compact quotation attributed to George Eliot stating that the living memory preserves the dead beyond physical presence. The line underscores enduring remembrance as a form of tribute and continuity of affection.
Milwaukee police raided Sam Hirtz and 15 year old Agnes Spoehr at the downtown studio known for teaching piano by day and hosting a “love parlor” at night. Hirtz confessed naming several girls who entered via skylight as detectives described the scheme.
Mrs. Mary E. Flavelle, a Chicago social worker, died from pistol wounds suffered when attacked and robbed on a train between Florence and Assisi on May 21, 1914. Relatives announce plans to press prosecution through the U S State Department against an Italian student linked to the assault and in Italian custody.
A Milwaukee motorman on the Milwaukee Racine and Kenosha interurban line was severely injured Thursday evening when two cars collided at Willow Creek siding near Racine.
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