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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1910
Page
2
Paris reports of a $25 000 purse for a Langford Jeannette winner clash denied by Jack Johnson in Chicago. He states he will fight in the United States with a fair judge and that he alone will sign articles and arrange his future fights until he appoints a manager.
Fred Tenney, newly named Boston Nationals manager, seeks surplus NY Giants talent and McGraw prospects. Tenney meets McGraw in New York and says Boston owners will pay top dollar for real players to improve the club.
Dispatches from Montreal and Des Moines say George Hackenschmidt the Russian lion and Frank Gotch the world’s champion wrestler will soon clash in a finish catch as catch can match for a $20 000 side bet and world title. Frank Curley Hackenschmidt’s manager heads to Chicago to seal the deal. Gotch vows to remain a few weeks to show he is master of the ring and scoffs at the Farmers Burns side pot.
Denver report states Jim Flynn, paired to fight Tom Caponi in a twenty round match Monday night at Los Angeles, will go to Paris if he wins. Al Lippe, Paris matchmaker, offered Flynn two thousand dollars to meet Sam McVey in a twenty round bout with travel and expenses.
The society held its semi annual meeting last evening and reported good financial condition. New officers for six months are President L C Moe first vice Martin Olsen second vice L Muller Secretary An son Bue Assistant secretary Carl Johnson Treasurer John S Bergh Trustee Olaf J Johnson.
Pleading guilty to indecent exposure, Harry Davis of Unity Wisconsin was sentenced to three months in the county jail and fined 50 dollars by Judge Brindley in county court. Davis caused a disturbance Wednesday evening by assaulting a young woman on the street and insulting a woman at a house where he called for a girl who did not live there.
Jimmy Dunn of New York state and Bert ODonnell of Wilkesbarre Pa featherweights fought a fast six round draw before a local club in Scranton last night O Donnell was the aggressor and looked the cleverer but fans favored the draw decision
Kansas City welterweight Harry Brewer returns from Paris to face Clarence English of Omaha in a fifteen round bout at the Union Athletic Club in Oklahoma City tonight.
Two major wrestling bouts headline a Chicago program. Geo Hackenschmidt challenges Frank Gooch rival Leo Pardello in one match, while Demetral the Greek faces Haji Osman the Turk. If Osman defeats Demetral, Demetral will pursue Mahmout and Zbyezko next.
Pittsburg Pa December 39 Deacon Phillippe veteran pitcher for 12 years signs again with the Pirates. President Barney Dreyfuss questions his nerve as Phillippe hands over the contract and recalls breaking into baseball in 1898.
Yale hockey team, reeling from a Princeton series loss, heads to Chicago for a game with Cornell. Next week Yale plays Case and Western Reserve in Cleveland after a marathon 3 3 tie that required an extra period before Princeton clinched the win.
Packey McFarland the Chicago lightweight will meet Johnny Mc Carthy the Pacific coast champion in a ten round bout at the Hippodrome Kansas City on January 9. The fighters will weigh 135 pounds at three o clock.
An old advertisement promotes Bromo Quinine Laxative with a bold claim to cure a cold in one day and features the signature FE. W. Grove. The copy notes the product used worldwide and priced at 25 cents. A side line jokes about a millionaire and a daughter’s title.
The Yale Cornell hockey series starts at the Ice Palace in Chicago tonight introducing regular college hockey to the public. Dartmouth reports a growing season with veterans competing against freshmen pushing for ice time as the varsity lineup includes Eaton Wells Strucklin Luhman Patten and Morris.
The piece profiles Oscar Battling Nelson contemplating a Hamlet vaudeville turn, Knockout Brown's delayed return from injury delaying a January 5 Empire club bout with Tommy Murphy, and a flurry of boxer tidbits. Moran of Pittsburg at 23, six feet, 185 pounds emerges as a high type. Packey McFarland plans a New York stay to challenge lightweight rivals. Tommy Houck touts German fighters. Lew Powell pursues One Round Hogan after a Johnson’s Road House bout, aiming for a coast showdown.
Haverford College eleven wraps western holiday swing in Ha verford Pa. Andy Brown formerly of Philadelphia Hibernians now plays for Glasgow Rangers. He scored the winning goal as the Hibernians beat the Pilgrims last season. Oak Park high of Chicago makes longest prep school trip, journeying to Portland and beyond to set game and distance records.
The piece surveys baseball outlook with talks of White Sox trades for infield strength, three year contracts for Jack Knight and Mike Dolan, Daly returning to the American league as a Naps scout, and winter training by Bugs Raymond. It notes Billy Gilbert recruiting Erie players and catcher Murray of Baltimore, plus a quip on John E. Bruce’s commission tale about truthfulness in game hearings.
Racing star Vincent Powers has been hired by J H McCormick to ride in Germany next year with a salary of 10000 dollars. Racing in Pensacola Florida may pause after this season which closed at a heavy loss. Purses averaged 750 dollars daily forcing one owner to win four races daily to match real purses as each race yielded about a quarter dollar.
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