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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1909
Page
2
The Y M C A basketball team travels to Winona for a decisive game against the La Crosse squad. Both teams enter confident as the season’s fastest pace is expected, with a large crowd anticipated. A preliminary Winona High game and a second clash in La Crosse follow.
La Crosse officials promoted a Winona club in the new Northwestern Baseball league forming in St Paul. An enthusiastic crowd pledged funds up to 1500 in person and 1000 in subscriptions, with 800 fans at the Armory despite bad weather. Organizers plan a St Paul meeting to finalize stock and park needs.
New York on January 29 reports another exodus of American fighters for Europe. Young Otto, famed for a long list of knockouts, will leave Saturday. He is soon followed by Honey Mellody, the Boston scrapper who sold his drug store, as both seek fistic honors overseas.
In Philadelphia on January 29, Jack Robinson defeated Mickey McDonough of Brooklyn in six rounds. He had just learned his baby had died in Chicago and chose to continue the bout to satisfy the large crowd, delivering one of the era’s best performances in Junker City boxing history.
The Y M C A Swastika basketball team departs for Hinona to face the Winona Y Juniors in their first out of town clash this season. Coach Lockman reports the squad in excellent shape and ready to play their best. lineup includes Strum Taylor Dornbach Lee Couloum with substitutes Hohenbeck and Shipley.
Racine will host a club in the Lake Shore league this season and will share the park with the W. L. league. The Racine clubs will play on the Racine team’s off days, maximizing use of the venue.
An advertisement explains how taste reflects stomach health and promotes Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets. It claims tablets restore appetite, digestion, breath, and blood quality, urging readers to send name and address for a free trial from F A Stuart Co Marshall, Mich.
Amateur wrestlers at the C A A gymnasium say Yussiff Mahmout is in peak condition for his match with Raoul de Rouen the giant Frenchman. Judah a club member notes Mahmout is stronger quicker and more educated in catch as catch can style from recent sparring with Beell Americus and Olson. He expects Mahmout to win straight falls and pose a challenge to Frank Gotch. Ronen trains daily at New I A C with Luhdin and Mike Dwyer guiding him.
August Belmont rests comfortably at General Memorial hospital after an appendectomy performed yesterday. Doctors say he should recover fully within about two weeks.
Fond du Lac backers announce efforts to keep the city in the Wisconsin-Illinois baseball league with $3,000 raised of $3,600 goal amid Moll's approval. Wausau desires readmission after Fond du Lac’s commitment, with league directors set to discuss a 128 game schedule and a $1,350 salary limit. Appleton elects officers and forms plans for a new park site.
A wartime style advertisement touts a single dose remedy titled Bromo that claims to cure a cold in one day. It instructs readers to seek the signature of W. Grove and notes the product is sold worldwide for 25 cents.
Princeton in New Jersey will hold a joint meeting of university athletic association committees on February 13 to discuss the general system of Princeton's athletics and implement likely radical changes.
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