All-American Baseball Averages for 1911 Listed by Positions
A compiled list names the top averages for 1911 with players from Kansas City Minneapolis Milwaukee Louisville St. Paul Kan. City Toledo and others. Notable marks include Ritter .991 Peters .786 Jones .991 Hulswitz .971 McCormick .941 McCormick .939 Shannon .988 Burns .978 Sullivan .977. A note adds batting averages as an important factor.
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Pet. Ritter
Kansas City
Peters
Minneapolis
T. Jones
Milwaukee
Hulswitz
Louisville
M. McCormick
St. Paul
B. McCormick
Shannon
Outfield
Kan
Burns
Toledo
D. Sullivan
Faculty Defeated by High School Team in Local Gym
High school basketball squad overpowers faculty 34 to 10 in a rural gym. Weisse and Chamberlain lead with multiple baskets while Rand tops the faculty, and eleven prospects vie for the school’s regular five.
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Rand
Chamberlain
Weisse
Strump
Strum
Mien
Cenpters
Stavrum
Taylor
Schwalbe
Fay
Hayes
Zeisler
Jungbluth
Dornbach
Carter
Benezet
Gouldin
Kline
Elliot
Zensler
Elliott
Hyde
Marshall
Ad Wolgast Plans Honolulu Winter Halt for Ring Comeback
CADILLAC Mich Dec 16 Friends of convalescent lightweight champion Ad Wolgast report he will spend the winter in Honolulu. He hopes to regain fitness and be ready for another ring battle by March.
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Cadillac, Mich
Wolgast
Honolulu
Preacher Flags Free Will Offering Paradox
A preacher argues that the so named free will offering may constrain generosity rather than free choice, provoking discussion on voluntary giving and church finance practices.
Afraid to Win Pennant Sparks NL Row
New York dispatch reports Garry Herrmann opposed a 25 percent World Series fund from pennant winners and playfully urged an exemption for clubs that never won a pennant. Herrmann later said he would surrender the cut if the Reds won. Harry Wolverton departs for Oakland to wrap up business affairs as Yankees prepare for 1912.
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New York
Garry Herrmann
Cincinnati
Barney Dreyfus
Chicago
Pittsburg
Garry
Oakland
Cal
Kitties
Hogan to Fight Nelson Attell Brown in December
New York December 16 Hogan the California fighter will be kept busy for four weeks. His first bout is with Battling Nelson on December 22 at 133 pounds six p m. His second bout is with Abe Attell on December 29 and his third with Knockout Brown all ten round fights.
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New York
Hogan
California
Nelson
Abe Attell
Brown
Ban on Absinthe Enforced by Pure Food Board
Washington officials report Dr. Wiley's pure food board has banned absinthe. Beginning after the first of next month importation of the drink into the United States will be prohibited as a menace to health.
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Washington
Sorrowful drinking leads to persistent sorrow
A reflective saying notes that those who drink to drown sorrow often find their melancholy continues, as drinking tends to perpetuate the very sadness it seeks to erase.
Badger Alumni to Play Game in Milwaukee
Prof Emmet Dunn Angell new Milwau kee State Normal physical director and coach plans basketball contests between embryo teachers and Wisconsin university alumni. He aims to rally former stars from the state to face Normal players, with several varsity players now in Milwaukee. The Normal eleven awaits selection and will likely meet a mixed group of juniors and seniors.
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Milwaukee Normal
Badger Stars
Milwaukee
Wis
Emmet Dunn Angell
Middle West Basketball League
Milwaukee State Normal School
Wisconsin University
Angell
Steinmetz
Lindeman
Teschan
Boren
Normal Athletic Association
Normalite
Knockout Brown to Fight Ledgh Cross at Empire Club
New York December 16. A scheduled boxing bout pits knockout Brown against Ledgh Cross before the Empire Athletic Club next Wednesday night. Brown is known for a powerful punch while Cross is described as a highly scientific ring general.
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New York
Brown
Ledgh Cross
Empire Athletic Club
Cross
Fighters Arrested Over Prize Fight in Nevada Missouri
Nevada Mo Dec 16 The prosecuting attorney filed an information against Kid Ferns and Knockout Brown charging feloniously engaging in a prize fight in the city last night Ferns was arrested and released on a $1000 bond to await a preliminary hearing Friday Brown departed by train to Kansas City where officers were notified to arrest him
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Nevada
Lee Ewing
Kid Ferns
Brown
Ferns
Kansas City
Local residents keep busy with visits and events
Mrs. Jack Friell returns from Mayo Hospital Rochester after Mrs Bascomb’s operation. Mrs Bascomb recovering in Clark South Dakota. Several locals visit relatives in Caledonia and La Crosse. Spas both Charlies and Miss Stintzi appear as shoppers. A rabbit hunt, theater at Concordia hall, and multiple news visits fill the week.
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Jack Friell
Rochester
Minn
B. D. Basecomb
Nellie Kneen
Mayo Brothers’ Hospital
Bascomb
Clark
S. D
D. C. Merlo
Caledonia
F. C. Witt
Dakota
Anna Cosgriff
Sparta
Hanley
Mabel Merlo
A. J. Bernie
Tomah
N. Elsen
Andrew Wolf
la Crosse
George Olson
Clinton Davy
Louis Siedenberg
Concordia Hall
Joe Stinzzi
Madison
Peter Burbach
Elsen Buffet
Gus Groezinger
Henry Dowe
Will Smith
EF. J. Kneen
Mary Stintzi
Wausau
Joe Stintzi
Roy Wakeman
Will Jones
Charlie Youncke
Anna Stevens
Grover Friell
Clark S. D
Charles Cavadini
E. Mer
Evans Couple Depart on Midwest Trip
Mr and Mrs M L Evans left for Chicago then plan to proceed to Kansas City continuing their machinery and harness business engagements.
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M. L. Evans
Chicago
Kansas City
House Committee Endorses Public Buildings Bill
Washington December 16 The House Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds approved the public buildings bill by 14 to 3 after a spirited session despite Representative Underwood opposing any pork barrel legislation at the current congress.
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Washington
Underwood
Congress
House Committee On Public Buildings and
Shaffer Ill With Erysipelas In Madison Home
C E Shaffer chief clerk of the last three assemblies and a possible Republican candidate for secretary of state is seriously ill at his Madison home with erysipelas.
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Cc. E. Shaffer
Madison
Wis
C. E. Shaffer
Trust rail methods told Washington
Addison Smith, third vice president of the Louisville and Nashville railroad, explained to the Stanley Steel committee details of railroads controlled by the United States Steel corporation. He described the Birmingham Southern railway, a short line owned by the Steel trust, which handles a large share of through shipments.
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Washingon
United States Steel Corporation
Stanley Steel Committee
Addison Smith
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Smith
Birmingham Southern Railway
The
Steel Trust
Emperor Sees Races in Delhi State Pageant
Races and a military tournament occupied attention with a grand state progress through Delhi. Nearly half of India’s elephants will take part. The king plans a wild game hunt in Nersi next week while the Queen travels to Aggra.
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Delhi
India
Nersi
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C. Knight
A. A
Sporting News
Hibs
Hermann
Herrmann
Ream
Kentucky
M. Pfeiffer Distributor
St. Trager CO
Distillers
the Majestic
SULLY
Hussey
Hubbard’s
Concert Orchestra
Valoise Bros
Lockhart
Badger
Bangor, Wis
Standard Oil Company (Incorporated
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