Flynn Exits Heavyweight Ring Seeks Commission Weight Matches
Jim Flynn, Pueblo fireman and two time heavyweight challenger this year, says he is through as a heavyweight. He plans to pursue fights in the new commission weight division just created by the New York state athletic commission while spending a few days in New York City.
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New York
Jim Flynn
Pueblo
Jack Johnson
Luther McCarty
Flynn
Commission
New York State Athletic Commission
Nebraska Eleven Champs of Fleet
Norfolk Va December 24 The Nebraska football team on the battleship Nebraska won the Atlantic fleet title by defeating the Michigan battleship squad 9 to 0. Ensign Brown promised 14 days leave if they won, and the Nebraskans played the Wolverines to a standstill.
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Norfolk
Nebraska
Atlantic
Michigan
Ensign Brown
Nebraskans
Ad Wants Another Fight With Champ
Willie Ritchie announced plans to fight either Jose Rivers Packey McFarland or Ad Wolgast on July 4 in addition to a potential bout with Leach Cross in New York earlier. The champion aimed to force 133 pounds for all contenders. Wolgast also expressed eagerness to meet the champion during his stay in Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Willie Ritchie
Jose Rivers
Packey McFarland
Ad Wolgast
Leach Cross
New York
Ritchie
Papke Plans Middleweight Title Shot After Paris Bout
Billy Papke, returning from Paris, will box Frank Klaus in Paris on March 5 and then challenge Eddie McGoorty for the middleweight title next spring. Papke is currently in Chicago on his way home to Kewaunee Illinois.
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Chicago
Billy Papke
Paris
Kewaunee
Ill
Eddie McGoorty
Frank Klaus
McGoorty
Archer demands $10,000 a year from Cubs star catcher
Syracuse report says Jim Archer, Cubs catcher, will not play next season without a substantial raise. He claims not signed for 1923 and threatens to quit if offered less than $10,000. He notes a .283 batting average and .966 fielding in 120 games, and cites pinch hitting as key to wins.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Jimmy Archer
Cubs
Cinter
Archer
Toronto
Jacksonville
Buffalo
Diphilus Quote on Money and Sense
A compact reflection notes that an obsession with money dulls perception and blinds the mind to other values. It underscores money as a destructive fixation rather than a noble pursuit.
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Diphilus
John E. O Rourke Dies in the East
John E. O Rourke an old professional oarsman from Philadelphia dies at home after a short illness. He swam against Ellis Ward Ward Hanlon and Jim Ten Eyck and was regarded as one of the Schuylkill’s sweep oarsmen. He coached Beach Ballard and many college rowers in a prior generation.
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Philadelphia
John E. O’rourke
Ellis Ward
Ward Hanlon
Jim Ten Eyck
O’rourke
Schuylkill
Beach, Ballard
Two Hundred Teams To Bowl In Wisconsin Tournament
In Milwaukee on December 24 the secretary of the State Bowling Association says about 200 teams with over 1000 bowlers will enter the state bowling tournament at Beaver Dam next month. Entry closes January 1.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Beaver Dam
State
Frank Frisch
Berlin Population Provisional Census Report
A provisional census indicates Berlin and suburbs house about 3,400,000 people. The Jordan river is noted as the most crooked river, measured at 213 miles over a 60 mile distance.
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Berlin
Jordan
Cub Pitcher Lew Richie Receives $1000 Christmas Gift
Chicago news reports that Lew Richie received a $1000 check from Cub owner Charles W. Murphy after the no. He had failed to reach 60 percent of his games two years ago but surpassed the target last year, prompting the gift. Richie is presently in Montezuma Georgia.
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Chicago
Lew Richie
Charles W. Murphy
Cub
Richie
Lew Ritchie
Murphy
Montezuma
Cubs Pick Florida as Spring Training Home
Chicago reports Tampa, Florida is favored by Cubs president Charles W. Murphy as the spring training headquarters for next season. Murphy will visit Florida soon to inspect facilities.
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Florida
Chicago
Tampa
Fla
Charles W. Murphy
The
Murphy
Good Fellows aid in Milwaukee Christmas drive
Milwaukee citizens donated gifts for a "good fellow" campaign as eight large motor trucks distributed presents all day and into the night, with workers ensuring delivery across the city.
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Good Fellows
Milwaukee
Wis
Good Fellow
Close Race in La Crosse Billiard Tourney
Lead changes mark the sixth week at the La Crosse club as players in classes A B C and D remain tightly bunched with six weeks left. The Wisconsin Amateur Billiard Association 18 2 balkline tournament is eyed for Elks club late January or early February with funds raised and invitations extended.
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la Crosse Club
A. Hankerson
B. Hurtgen
A. B. Moll
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Boyd
Michel
Sal_zer
Holley
Gelatt
Salzer
Beisel
Langenbach
Whelpley
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Langdon
Jorris
Spence
A. L. Moll
Schweizer
White
Farnam
Law
Higbee
Burns
Schwalbe
Bryant
Bjorkman
Pettingill
Sessels
Tisdale
Bradfield
Mahoney
Felber
Hogan
Noble
Harmony Items Featured In Sash and Fixture Display
A local showroom showcases Harmony brand sash doors hardwood interior finish and flooring options along with fixtures for store offices banks bars art glass mouldings screens and screen doors.
Year Book Boost for Mississippi Valley Power Boat Group
The Mississippi Valley Power Boat association prepares its year book for three thousand members across the middle west. It includes history etiquette speed tables river distances police rules race records and emergency procedures. Elks club seats will be limited and reserved through the La Crosse club or Elks for a St Louis show audience.
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Mississippi Valley Power Boat Association
Middle West
W. V. Kidder
la Crosse
St. Paul
St. Louis
Association
Coliseum
Ordeman to Wrestle Minneapolis for Heavyweight Title
Des Moines youth Jess Westerward, age 12, and Henry Ordeman of Minneapolis will wrestle here January 7 for the heavyweight championship of America. Minneapolis promoters expect to secure Frank Gotch’s heavyweight champion to referee the match.
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Minn
Jess Westerward
Des Moines
Henry Ordeman
Minneape
America
Frank Gotch
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