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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1913
Page
8
Editorial in University Magazine urges Coach A A Stagg to coach only football at the University of Chicago. The piece notes the strain of overseeing athletics year round and asks if younger men could handle track and baseball duties.
Chicago reports Packey McFarland and Jack Britton will meet in early March before the Garden Athletic Club of New York. The deal was finalized in a long distance call between McFarland manager Emil Thiery and promoter Billy Gibson ending weeks of posturing.
The line hints at enduring appeal of familiar meals and the sense of satisfaction they provide when hunger is present. It emphasizes nostalgia for simple, hearty dishes tied to home and family.
News from New York to Boston notes Jim Thorpe’s confession prompts investigations into college athletes with summer incomes. Penn, Harvard, Yale face inquiries into track football and baseball players while Carlisle coach Glen Warner links a Pirates scout to Thorpe’s unmasking. International views split on Thorpe’s amateur status and potential prizes.
Fight fans anticipate a top bout at Madison Square Garden as Leach Cross meets Young Shugrue. Cross recently drew with Joe Rivers and Shugrue brings a blemish free record and strong ambition.
A saying suggests progress for women hinges on support from male allies. The remark implies significant advancement requires cooperation between generations and genders.
An unclear clipping shows stray letters and digits with references to a state code and street notation. The fragment provides no coherent event or context beyond partial postal style markers and random characters. The readable bits hint at a location or code but lack dates names organizations or outcomes.
Fred Beell of Marshfield Wisconsin and Theodore Peter of the northwest are matched to dispute the light heavyweight title in St Paul on February 19 at 175 pounds. Beell, former American heavyweight champion after beating Frank Gotch, has defeated others in that weight class. Peter has defended his light heavyweight title against all challengers and neither has lost to a man in his weight.
In Fessenden North Dakota on January 29, Miss Ida Lundstedt secured a verdict for $10,000 against Frank Harper for breach of promise. The jury awarded the full amount requested.
Anders Hougen of Chippewa Falls won the Stoughton ski meet with 294 points after jumps of 128 and 132 feet, defeating 19 experts. Barney Riley took second in the professional class with 124 and 125 foot jumps. Sven Wellhagen won the amateur contest with 93 and 109 feet. Poor snow limited record jumps.
The text lists athletes Jno. Cuttormson Denes Fes 87 106 226 A Christianson Stoughton 85 103 217 A Nelson Stough BG SC ties 101 111 2081-3 A Lieber Chicago GO ae BS ates 79 96 202 2-3 and notes Tolles Sands of Stoughton with a longest standing jump of 119 feet.
Secretary Kraus of the Flambeau Athletic club said Char ley Cutler of Chicago would not appear here Friday night to wrestle Jess Westergaard of Des Moines Iowa. Kraus has secured the Mysterious Conductor of Chicago to meet the Iowan.
Duluth Minnesota January 29 members of the Duluth Boat Club rowing squad plan an eight-oared race against the University of Wisconsin varsity and freshmen crews. The senior Duluth eight aims to row the varsity and the club’s green junior eight seeks a test against UW first-year men.
After trying many remedies, Ab Adkins concludes that going barefoot is the only effective method to treat corns, expressing strong confidence in the unconventional approach.
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