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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1912
Page
10
Columbia University dropped out of the intercollegiate hockey league over rules on freshman playing eligibility and a three year limit. Princeton and Dartmouth will contest a winter championship as Columbia joins the independents with Yale and Harvard.
Koji Yamada of Japan beats Ora Morningstar in a high scoring billiards match in Pittsburg. The final score is 400 to 383, marking another title win for Yamada.
Mayor Newton D Baker in Cleveland bans so called boxing bouts at athletic clubs calling them prize fights and illegal. He refused a permit to the Tuxedo club for a bout this month and warned he will block the Joe Rivers Phil Brock fight set for January 9 with Rivers guaranteed 3000 dollars.
Chicago December 17 Joe Tinker new Reds manager will travel to Cincinnati tonight to sign his historic contract with President Herrmann He will meet Mugsy McGraw there and discuss a deal for Art.
Chicago Dec 17 Two good pitchers stand between the Cubs and another National League pennant according to Charles W Murphy president of the club He has pending deals to acquire top arms but withholds names Some name Rixey of the Phillies and Lefty Taylor of the Boston Nationals as possible targets
Dennis Reardon, a painter, is killed instantly when a scaffold cable snaps, sending him from the thirteenth floor to the sidewalk at the Security Clothes building. August Falk, another painter, clings to the scaffold for five minutes before coworkers pull him to safety through a thirteenth-floor window.
Kenosha Wis December 17 Packey McFarland clearly outpointed Eddie Murphy in ten rounds with decisive aggression and a late knockdown. Despite no official decision the crowd and experts agreed on McFarland’s superiority throughout the bout and his punching power. Murphy staggered McFarland in round six, but Packey recovered and pressed the attack, delivering a final knockdown before the bell.
The Harvard Bulletin objects to secret football practice as excessive and urges the rules committee to limit it. It argues that secret work does not win games and harms player support by keeping undergraduates and the team strangers, urging a reduction in secret sessions.
Frank Wyley a jeweler is wounded in the left hip after a shooting in Waverly Illinois yesterday. Dr. W Bradley aged 80 posted $500 bond on an assault with attempt to kill charge. Hearing set for December 24.
The body of William Penn of Lake Mills, son of the town mayor, was recovered from Rock Lake in Madison. He and companion Howard Fargo broke through the ice while skating last Friday night. Fargo's body was found the next morning.
Mordecai Brown, once a premier Cubs pitcher, is described as a “has been” by some due to a weak knee and injury. Frank Chance believes he may return. Brown’s career with the Cubs began in 1903 after a stint with St. Louis, totaling 282 games, 188 victories, 94 defeats, and a .667 winning percentage over ten NL seasons. He faced top clubs and ranked second in pitching averages in 1906 and 1907. W T Irvine’s jewelry store will stay open until 9:30 PM each night until Christmas.
Twenty young women with Votes for Women banners begin a march from Broadway and 242nd Street toward Albany. They plan to march up to ten miles daily and arrive December 30 to petition Governor-elect Sulzer for women's suffrage. Only twelve of the twenty starters will complete the hike.
Indianapolis dispatch reports the dynamite conspiracy trial nears its end. Cleveland defendants Peter Smith and George Anderson remain charged with conspiracy in two explosions. Twenty six of forty one defendants have testified as the defense prepares its closing statements ahead of two weeks of arguments.
The suit filed by Beatrice Dreyfus De Acosta against Joseph F Butler Jr a Youngstown steel heir over a $53000 promised settlement was dismissed by Justice Davis in the New York Supreme Court. The court blamed plaintiff counsel for misconduct and implied the case was never to be tried. Butler's lawyers called the action blackmail.
Freddie Welsh retains the lightweight championship by defeating Australian Hugh Mehegan on points after twenty rounds in London. Mehegan fights well but Welsh secures the decision and keeps the crown.
David L. Fultz president of the Baseball Players' fraternity sent a letter to the national commission outlining measures to curb Towdyism on major league fields. He urges posted signs, better policing, and greater authority for umpires to handle abusive conduct and incidents in parks.
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