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Newspaper

La Crosse Tribune

Location

La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America

Date

Dec 21, 1912

Page

12

Y M C A Billiard Tourney Set to Begin Monday

Forty two players enter the YMCA billiard tournament scheduled to start Monday with two matches per player weekly. Players are split into three classes A B and C with handicaps assigned. The week of December 23 to 28 features listed first round pairings and handicaps for each class.

Salzer Dickens Dahlgren Ulrich Mills Pope Mallette Bearmore Gran Kline Wheaton Kurtenacker Moss Carter Roeher Larson Taylor Mitsoplos Muenster Ash Amundson Tetley Weisse Schultz Erb Bentley Simmerling Tuteur Anderson Volz Simon Lassig Robertson Howe Brink Romanowsky Stavrum Hughes Houlihan Wiedner Ehrman Stow

Chance to Manage Team From Bench in New York

Frank Chance may take the New York Americans bench role if hired as manager. He said he would not play as first baseman again and would manage from the dugout, as he did in Chicago last season. Fans had hoped for him at first base with Chase elsewhere. Negotiations with President Farrell could be set for January.

New York Frank Chance New York Americans Chance Chicago Chase Farrell

Reds March on Mordecai Brown Touches Reds Interested

Chicago Dec 21 Manager Joe Tinker of the Cincinnati Reds will meet Mordecai Brown in Chicago to discuss a possible contract. Brown is under Louisville contract but Louisville may trade him. the deal hinges on terms. Tinker also awaits word from Roger Bresnahan on his St. Louis dispute and readiness to sign.

Chicago Joe Tinker Cincinnati Reds Mordecai Brown Brown Louisville Colonels Reds Tinker Roger Bresnahan St. Louis

Phillies Acquire Charles Schneider From Louisville

Philadelphia manager Dooin purchased the release of Charles Schneider from Louisville. The pitcher appeared in eleven games last season for the Colonels and had a 3 3 record in the American Association official averages.

Philadelphia Phillies Dooin Charles Schneider Louisville Schneider Colonels American Association

New Club House Planned by Chicago Golf Club

Chicago golfers will get a new 75000 dollar club house after the Chicago Golf Club directors voted a 100000 dollar bond issue to replace the building burned down last September.

Chicago Chicago Golf Club

Horse Runs Quick But Cannot Ditch Its Tail Proverb

A Russian proverb notes a horse may move swiftly yet cannot escape its own tail. The saying emphasizes inescapable consequences and inherent traits in a concise folk wisdom form.

Normal Alumni Quint Defeats Normal Alumni Quint

Two basketball games at the normal gym last night featured the Normal team beat by the alumni 29 to 16 in the second game. Alumni players Neprud Sig Stavrum Bradish Ed Stavrum and Hayes starred for the visiting squad.

Normal Krause Bonneville Hyde Rand Neprud Sig Stavrum Bradish Ed Stavrum Hayes Normall Dahl Swancutt Josephs Griffin Sub Glassbrenner Olson Schmitz

Wisconsin Badgers Honor on Gridiron Roll of Honor

Wisconsin football players Hoeffle Ofstie Butler Lamp Gelein Gillette Van Riper and Tanberg are among 57 players named on the Outing Magazine gridiron Roll of Honor. Wisconsin leads with eight names followed by Harvard six and Princeton Chicago next with five.

Fight University of Wisconsin Outing Magazine Badgers Hoeffle Ofstie Butler Lamp Gelein Gillette van Riper Tanberg O’hearn Cornell Jourdet Pennsylvania Brownlee Kansas Wisconsin Vruwink Chicago Bomeister Yale Very Penn Staite Ashborough Brown Barton Missouri Burnham Harmon Nebraska Davis Indiana Englehorn Dartmouth Storer Harvard Devore Army Probst Syracuse Phillips Princeton Pearson Hanson Iowa Pennock Navy Center—Des Jardiens Parmenter Ketcham Morgan Vanderbilt Bluthenthal Hurst Ames Lewis Williams Hightower Northwestern Baker Rodes Crowther Simons Drake Oliphant Purdue Norgren Morey Brickley Hardwick Thorpe Indians McAlmon Minnesota Lambe Knoebel Hardage Mercer Purdy McGinnis Wendell Mauthe Penn State DeWitt

Baker is Hero as Princeton Trounces Williams 14–1

Captain Hobey Baker led Princeton to a lopsided 14 to 1 victory over Williams at the St. Nicholas rink. Baker netted eight goals and assisted on three of the remaining six as he delivered a dominant performance.

New York Hobey” Baker Princeton Williams College St. Nicholas Baker

Slander and Time Reveal Fraud, Demosthenes Quip

A concise historical aphorism notes that slander is easily fixed but time exposes its fraud, attributed to Demosthenes in a Latinized form. The remark contrasts swift remedy with eventual truth, underscoring accountability through passage of time.

Demosthenes

Y M C A Men’s Meetings Grow in Popularity

Sunday afternoon sessions at the Young Men’s Christian Association draw an average of over a hundred men. Prof. J. O. Engleman will speak on The Factors in the Making of a Man at 3 30 p m. All men invited with no admission charge.

Young Men’s Christian Association J. O. Engleman

German law requires teachers to seek marriage permission

In Schwarzburg-Son derhausen Germany male teachers must obtain consent from school authorities before marriage under a new law. The warning states permission will be denied if the teacher shows an obvious inability to support a family.

Schwarzburg-Sonderhausen Germany

Wolgast Denies Using Foul Language After Ritchie Fight

Ad Wolgast rejected reports he used foul language toward Willie Ritchie after their Thanksgiving Day bout in San Francisco. He said he never talks foully to opponents and only teased Ritchie. he will stay in Los Angeles for the winter to recover his sore hand and may not be ready for his next bout.

Los Angeles Cal Ad Wolgast Willie Ritchie San Francisco Ritchie Cadillac

Ordeman defeats Hercules Johnson in straight falls

In Minneapolis on December 21 Henry Ordeman defeated Hercules Johnson before a crowd of several thousand Scandinavians, proving his superiority with straight falls after Johnson had challenged him multiple times in recent months.

Minneapolis Minn Henry Ordeman Hercules

Zbysko challenged for heavyweight title amid protests

Protests pour in from promoters over Zbysko claiming the heavyweight championship. They contend he cannot claim the title until he defeats Frank Gotch following Gotch’s easy victory.

Chicago Zbysko Frank Gotch

International rugby ties to shape international play

W. W. Hill, secretary of the Amateur Rugby Union of Australia, said in Toronto that international rugby with the United States Australia New Zealand Canada South Africa England Scotland Wales is the goal. He travels to the London conference where plans for matches next season and uniform playing rules will be set, including aligning Canada with western coast and other nations.

Toronto Ont United States Australia New Zealand Canada South Africa England Setland Wales W. W. Hill Rugby Union of Londo Hill London America

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