Oregon Basketball Champions Seek City Match Next Month
The Oregon team from Dallas Oregon, two year Pacific coast champions, plans a game in La Crosse with Co B or the Y M C A team through agent H B Stout. They face a schedule including Billings Billings Y M C A Hotchomps Stillwater Hudson Red Wing before a world championship game with the Buffalo Germans in Buffalo Ohio January 20.
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Burns Favorite Over Johnson In World Title Fight
The Sydney report says Tom Burns, world champion, is a ten to seven favorite to defeat Jack Johnson for the world championship. Despite Johnson's advantages, Burns draws heavy betting and an estimated $200,000 will be wagered. About 30,000 fans expected at ring entry around 11 am Saturday. Burns asserts peak form and confidence to beat Johnson within ten rounds.
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Witness the fastest game ever played here
A brief remark notes the crowd's chance to witness what may be the fastest game ever played at this venue. No further details are provided about teams, dates, or outcomes, leaving the event as a speculative highlight.
Johnson Eyes Victory in Burns Bout as Referee Is Chosen
The fighter Johnson exudes confidence vowing to lick Burns when they meet in the ring. Burns lacks a fighting background yet rose to the top, while Johnson predicts a dramatic facing of his life. After a three day deadlock, Hugh McIntosh was finally named referee. Ticket sales are extraordinary with receipts projected beyond $60,000.
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Lumley May Boss Brooklyn Dodgers Next Season
New York December 25 Harry Lumley may manage the Brooklyn Dodgers next season. President Eb bets wants a daily in game leader and Lumley appears his choice. Donovan’s successor will not be a bench ornament, and Eb bets says no Washington Parkers decision before January 1. Jack Dunn and Bill Dahlen are unlikely due to pace of National League race. Dunn remains young but not strong enough as a private for McGraw four years ago.
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The Objection Poem Stirs Gentle Tea Virtue Debate
A light verse from Bohemian imagines a young woman famed for virtue and tea as her sole diet. The poem playfully notes the diet is dry yet charming, framing a humorous portrait of restraint and wit.
Stomach Not Sole Cause of Dyspepsia and Cure Claims
An advertisement extols Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as correcting lacking gastric juices and enabling normal digestion. It describes digestion, the role of gastric juices, and the supposed spread of disease from impure nourishment, claiming 40,000 physicians endorse the product and offering a free sample by mail from F A Stuart Co Marshail Michigan.
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Ketchel Not 10 Meet Kelley Yet In Boxing Prospect
Chicago December 25 Stanley Ketchel shows no plan to box Hugo Kelly saying no purse justifies training for weeks and manager Joe OConnor objects to a bout. Ketchel weighs about 185 pounds and may target Burns if Johnson falls. He may drop to 165 to fight again, considering Milwaukee as a site. He plans rest and may discuss matching with Kelly on the return trip.
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Hugo Kelly
Grand Rapids
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Milwaukee
Jimmy Coffroth
Tom MacCarey
Jim Jeffries
Shrubb to Run Twelve Mile Relay Challenge
Alfred Shrubb signed an agreement to run a twelve mile race against a relay team of three men in New York on December 25. The athlete plans a solo run against a combined relay effort, aiming to surpass standard distance times.
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Alfred Shrubb
Public to choose trio for four mile race at Madison Square Garden
The article notes the top three middle distance men will run four miles at Madison Square Garden to meet the English challenger. Management invites public suggestions on the race makeup while a five mile professional handicap is added. Shrubb will base in New York after New Years to train for both Garden races.
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Cubs Chief to Patch Break with Pulliam in Spring
President Murphy of the Chicago Cubs plans a Christmas peace offering to Harry Pulliam head of the National League. Manager Frank Chance hints he will be in Chicago in the spring to lend his strongest efforts to win another championship for the Cubs on the West Side.
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Murphy
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Chicago
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West Side
City by the Lake Sparks Water Cooler Feud
Pulliam smiles when asked about the Chance matter and shows satisfaction that the world champions leader is only displaying a boyish streak as he clashes with the team's principal owner during contract talks.
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Gotch vs Mahmout Could Surpass Hak Wrestle Duel
Gus Schoenlein says Gotch versus Mahmout would be one of the best bouts in wrestling history. He calls Mahmout the quickest and strongest big man, but notes Gotch looks better on the mat. Schoenlein believes Gotch has a chance and says a Gotch Mahmout match would top Gotch Hackenschmidt in excitement.
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