Boxing and baseball notes from cities across the East
Reports from St Louis New York and Lexington detail boxing title defense plans featuring Bud Lewis and Renato Cardini and preliminary bouts with Gurkewicz Beth Nykolinis Cannon. Brooklyn Dodgers explore shortstop options Boley Hornsby and four rookie infield hopefuls. Willie Jackson retires citing domestic troubles. A Derby winner’s sire son appears in Kentucky and Minneapolis offers $100000 for a Firpo Gibbons bout scheduled in May.
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ST. Louis
Bud “Strangler” Lewis
Renato
Cardini
Josef Gurkewicz
William Beth
John Nykolinis
Tommy Cannon
New York
Brooklyn Dodgers
Baseball
Charles Ebbetts
Brooklyn
Joe Boley
Baltimore
Rogers Hornsby
Ebbetts
Hornsby
Largest offer for limited heavyweight bout acts in boxing circles
The Minneapolis syndicate led by Frank McCormick, president of the Minneapolis Boxing Club, forwarded a huge bid to Firpo for a limited heavyweight fight. The offer, tied to a Chicago connection with Walsh and Tommy, was described as the largest ever for such a match.
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Tommy, Walsh
Chicago
Firpo
Minneapolis
Frank McCormick
Minneapolis Boxing Club
Rat Poison Advertisement Promises Quick Rat Kill
A testimonial ad from Jease Smith of New Jersey praises Rat-Snap rat poison. It describes discarding a first product and switching to Rat-Snap in ready to use cake form. The piece lists prices 3¢ 65¢ and $1.25 and notes sale and guarantee by Chase Amman Drug Co.
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Jease Smith
N. J
Chase-Amman Drug CO
Ruth's Yankees deal confirms three more years at 52000
Babe Ruth's contract with the New York Yankees runs three more years at an annual 52000, with the option exercised from the 1922 three year pact. The payment plan includes monthly withholds until season end, when 36000 is paid, and Ruth's remarks on signing bonuses and a dice game with Col Houston add local color.
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New York
Eddie Collins
Keystone
Chicago White Sox
New York Yankees
Yankees
Collins
Ed Barrow
Harry Grobiner
Sox
Aaron Ward
Barrow
Boston
Col
Jacob Ruppert
Yankee
Ward
France Chance
Ware
Chance
Ruth
Dugan
Jones
Babe Ruth
Babe
Col. L. T. Houston
Col. Houston
Sidbury
Mass
Gandhi Released From Prison Amid Ill Health Reports
Gandhi reported seriously ill and released from prison without conditions, reunites with public. In other items, Father Hubert Dahme shot in Bridgeport. three convicts killed escaping Missouri penitentiary amid blizzard. Cardinal Mercier honors Wilson. blizzard disrupts East West wire, and Dodge estate taxes noted along with Selfridge’s death.
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Gandhi
Bombay Dispatches
Hubert Dahme
Bridgeport, Conn
Main Street
Jefferson City
Missouri Penitentiary
Tin Shop Offers Bargains and Roofing Materials
Local ad lists Kut Kash bargains with inch ridge roll and various per foot prices, plus galvanized valley and roofing gravel offers. J G Bell's Tin Shop at 410 Walnut St advertises metal work and roofing items while L W Gresham Mattress Factory markets beds and springs in West Monroe Louisiana.
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Kut Kash
Barrett
J. G. Bell
Walnut St
L. W. Gresham Mattress Factory
West Monroe
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Ratsie
Willie Jackson
Hot Springs
Ark
Lexington
sMorvich
Benjamin Block
Hayland's Farm
Billy McCain
Luis Angel Firpo
Tommy Gibbons
St. Paul
Dessard Street
Craha Daven
Jackson Street and
Lee Avenue
Joe Gregory
C. J. Johnson
M. L. Vickery
Atalox
Eason’s
Jackson St
Floyd Johnson
Towa
Yeh
Peete
Jack
Dempsey
Chamonix
France
Norway
DeSiard
Carpenters Union
S. Grand St
C. Sparks
Irvin Nerhood
Pennsylvania
Cuase-Amman Drug CO
Everett True
Cardinal Mercier
Woodrow Wilson
United States
John F. Dodge
Detroit
State of Michigan
Coolidge
Washington
Thomas Oliver Selfridge
Monroe
Shreveport
H. H. Miller
Levy
Monroe, LA
Louisiana
K. M. Campbell
Studebaker
Studebakers
Pheine
California
Oregon
Emerson Hough
Oliver
Monroe Farm Supply Company, Inc
Nor’ Monroe
Electric Shop
A Phi J. E
Plartt
Triumph
North Grand Street
Drag Cs., Inc
DeSiard St
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