Dempsey Origins and Early Ring Setbacks
The article recalls Jack Dempsey losing to four opponents early in his career. It notes a one round KO by Jim Flynn in Salt Lake City in 1917 and a rematch where Flynn won again. It mentions a later exhibition defeat to Willie Meehan and a ten round loss to John Lester Johnson in 1916 seen as a boost for Dempsey.
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Unique nine hole course winds through Macfarlane Park
Macfarlane Park in West Tampa features a unique nine hole golf course laid out across a seventy acre city park. The course weaves around driveways the mole and a baseball diamond and is maintained by the city with no ground fees charged.
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Macfarlane Park
Tampa
Shine-ball pitcher Eller Horaece Hiller born in Muncie Indiana
Horaece A Hiller known as the shine ball pitcher was born July 6 1894 in Muncie Indiana He started with Champaign club in 1913 moved to Danville and Moline Illinois and in 1916 tried with the Chicago White Sox before returning to Moline Then he joined the army on the Mexican border was reinstated in September and drafted by Cincinnati Last May he pitched a no hit game against the Cardinals.
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Danville
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Chicago White Sox
Cincinnati
Cardinals
Smaller Diamond For Boys Marks Youth Baseball Reform
The joint rules committee of the majors approves a smaller diamond for players under sixteen to curb arm strain. Bases are set 32 feet apart and the pitching distance is 50 feet. The youth ball weighs four and a half ounces. Municipal officials will receive copies to adopt the changes locally.
Upland Pursues Frank Baker As Captain for 1916 Season
Upland manager negotiates to sign Home Run Baker for the next year. If he joins, Baker would be named captain. Baker, who played for Upland in 1915, earned about $5,000 in that season with the Yankees holdout.
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Delaware
Yankees
Upland
Baker
Yankee
New Hampshire State College to Build New Athletic Field
The college will unveil a new athletic field next year funded by a $25,000 alumni pledge. The existing oval and gridiron will be rebuilt for football and track and a new baseball diamond laid out in Durham.
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Alumni Association
New Hampshire State College
Durhan
Navy Plans Olympic Entries From Navy and Marine Corps
The Navy Department announced plans to enter sailors and Marines in nearly all events at the Antwerp Olympics next summer. Planned sports include swimming rowing boxing wrestling track and shooting with Navy crews and individuals competing across multiple disciplines.
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Marine Corps
Antwerp
Navy Department
Baseball Gossip and Player Moves Across Leagues 1920
Association critics rate the league schedule as a major improvement for 1920. Amos Strunk named Athletes field captain. Talks of roster swaps include McHenry Heathcote to Brooklyn, Pfeffer trade talk, and Peters joining Birmingham. Roy Mitchell quits baseball for Texas farming. Peters, O'Dowd, and Carpentier contrasts noted.
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Association
Yeee
Amos Strunk
Diverse World News Snapshots From Early 20th Century Reports
Yale students moved by religion in large gatherings. Argentina imported vast US goods in 1918. Texas railroad repurposed auto engines on boxcars. An English pump uses an endless chain spiral coil for water. Judge Hunter blocked Harry Gardiner from courthouse ascent. Paraguay’s main railroad spans 425 kilometers. A boy warns coasting carries drawbacks. Many join clubs to avoid home life. Of 56 signers, six were Freemasons. Milk bottle caps double as handles for carriers. 84 American bred Hereford bulls arrive in Buenos Aires. Ferroconcrete ship launched at Warrenpoint, Ireland, with more barges planned for government orders.
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Yale University
Argentina
United States
Texas
Hindu temple portico shipped for memorial in Gibson's honor
A complete Hindu temple portico from India arrives to honor Adeline Pepper Gibson who died abroad in service. The display will be set up as a memorial with a figure shown in a praying pose.
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India
Adeline Pepper Gibson
Sarah Anna McGuinness Celebrates Second Century Birthday
Miss Sarah Anna McGuinness began her second century with a tide celebration at the Bronx Home for the Aged, hosted by friends in her honor. The event marked the milestone in a quiet, community gathering.
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Sarah Anna McGuinness
Bronx
Tag Your Books With Personal Lending Records
The passage counsels book lovers to tag lent volumes with borrower names and dates and to use reminders and bookplates. It urges timely return and notes that old rules apply to books and life, including returning what you borrow.
Robber Alarm Confusion Cites Boston Transcript Quote
A quip from the Boston Transcript notes a homeowner who believed a burglar alarm was just an alarm clock, leading to a late response after a night of theft. The exchange highlights humorous misperception during a crime incident.
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Boston Transcript
That young fellow kisses your great deal
Georgette remarks on a young man’s behavior while Tricotine notes his charm and social awkwardness in a social scene as described by a Louisville Courier-Journal column fragment.
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Tricotine
Louisville Courier-Journal
Last Major League Chance for Roth with Washington
Bobby Roth the hard hitting outfielder traded from Boston to Washington with Shannon for Harper Foster and Menosky faces his last major league chance. Clarke Griffith vows friendship if Roth complies with guidance as Roth welcomes the move and eyes a fresh start with the GrIfith organization while remaining a top hitter and defender.
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Washington
Boston Red Sox
Shannon
Harper
Foster
Menosky
District of Columbia
Roth
Clarke Griffith
Griffith
Griff
American Olympic committee ruling on rowing entries and national sport notes
The report covers the Olympic committee asked to rule on rowing entries, Buffalo awarded the 1921 Bowling Congress tournament, English women field hockey challenge Philadelphia, Toronto caps revive annual track meet, Billy Kopf’s athletic family links, Princeton boxing tournament in March, New York Shipbuilding A A fields a $75 000 athletic ground, Los Angeles aims for 1921 NA A track championships with a mammoth stadium, New England Amateur Rowing reelects Magrath president and Corrigan secretary, Eddie Mahoney groomed for middleweight title, Stanford to add women’s athletic field, Syracuse and Cornell lacrosse dual in Ithaca on May 21, Missouri plans a large Yale-like stadium bowl, Kanaguri plans a U S sightseeing trip after a New York to San Francisco run attempt.
Richards Medicine Co Seeks Enemy of Japanese Beetle
The United States Department of Agriculture has sent a specialist to Japan to locate natural enemies of the Japanese beetle. The plan: import these enemies to New Jersey where the pest is established, to aid control. The agent, familiar with Japanese conditions, may stay two to three years. Field study is needed to learn how parasites attack the beetle.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Japan
New Jersey
Mark Twain and the Hannibal rope tale at banquet
A New York banquet featured a naval officer comparing war stories to Mark Twain. He recalled Twain's stage lie about rescuing Hankinson from a burning Hannibal house using a rope as a punchline to highlight tall tales.
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Mark Twain
Mark
Hannibal
Hankinson
Old Man
Chaplain Says Front Line Still Smooth in Home Sector
An artillery lieutenant asks how things stand as the chaplain returns from the front. The chaplain jokes that their machine guns haven’t jammed. the lieutenant notes few prisoners. The scene contrasts optimism with war weariness. The second item reports Austria’s new republic ending its first year with a 13 million crown deficit.
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Leutenant
Hit Hard and Humorous Notes From Rural Life
A New England village minister goes miles to officiate at a farmer's wife funeral. The husband quips that misfortunes come in pairs, noting he lost his best hogs days earlier. Harper's Weekly. English clergymen form a trade union for better pay and conditions. The average man shuns heroism when unobserved.
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New England
Yans
Harper’s Weekly
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