Important Change in New Contracts for Baseball Players
Manager Boyle reports new player contracts approved by the Central Association and the National Association. The hiring club now bears two weeks salary for total injury, after which the player may be released. earlier terms caused hardship for minor associations, especially Class D. Notre Dame beats Texas 30 to 7 in Austin on Thanksgiving Day.
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Frank Boyle
Muscatine
M. B. Justice
Central Association
Baseball Association
W National Association
The
Mable
Emall
Notre Dame Triumph Highlighted by Score Mix Up
A game report notes Notre Dame led 66 to 7 instead of 29 to 7 due to a misreading of Notre Dame’s last touchdown foul. Dornia, Notre Dame’s quarterback, kicked the ball.
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Notre Dame
Dornia
Packey McFarland Declared Largely Backed for State Senate
Chicago ward club members endorsed Packey McFarland for state senator from the Eleventh district. The district covers the Thirty first, Thirty second wards and part of the Seventh. Long proposed the name and the hall erupted in approval with cheers.
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Chicago
Packey McFarland
McFarland
James Long
Stock Yard
South Halsted Strest
Vie Ghorce
Long
Foeud
Joint workout threatens fast local basketball season
Liseus West and Carl Jinut z join the High and Y MC A squads at the Y gym for a joint drill. The Y team gains Carl Mautz and Liseus Wert boosting depth as Kant and Wast join, reshaping guard and forward options with Hahn Kautz Gould and Hermann in the mix for a strong season. The High school squad, though deep, awaits seasoning as aldermen cooperation provides joint training for both programs.
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Y. MC. A
Carl Mautz
Liseus- Wert
wWe
Kant
Wast
Thuber
Hag
Hahn
Kautz
Gould
West
Brinnow
Bloom
Callan
Charles Hermann
Hermann
Alder
Dead wrestler Mahmout found alive in Paris report
A dispatch from Paris states Mahmout, a famed wrestler once reported killed in the Bulwkin war, is alive and competing in an athletic tournament. The letter to Austrian wrestler Henry Ksiinger confirms Mahmout’s survival, countering earlier dispatches.
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Minneapolis
Winn. Des
Mahm Mout
Mahmout
Henry
Ksiinger
Irslinger
Teteter
Paris
Talbott to Lead the Blue in 1914
Nelson Strobridge Talbott of Dayton Ohio was unanimously elected Yale football captain for 1914 at the annual banquet, succeeding Henry Kotcham of Brooklyn who retired. Talbott, a Sheffield Scientific School junior, has played left tackle for two seasons, with Archie MacLeish of Chicago receiving some votes.
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New Haven
Langford Targets Johnson in Europe Boxing Tour
Sam Langford, the Black heavyweight, sailed for Burundi with trainers to press Jack Johnson in France. Agent Dr Carl Hirschman, representing Austria, studied American training methods and praised them.
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New York
Dee
Sam Langford
Bhurone
Jack Johnson
France
Carl Hirschman
Hero
Austria
Daubert and Brooklyn Players Return From Cuba Tour
Brooklyn National League team members, who played exhibition games in Cuba after the season, sailed home yesterday and will reach New York Friday. Since Daubert joined the club he has taken players on tours after the season ends. They celebrated their leader with a clister fin containing sixteen diamonds.
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New York
Worl
Janke ‘Daubert
Brooklyn National League
Cuba
Daubert
Brooklyn
St Louis Day Featured At Midwest Bowling Meet
St Louis hosts the seventh annual Midwest Bowling Association tournament as eighteen local teams compete in the five man events on December 8 in St Louis. Fourteen teams come from St Louis with Des Moines and Waterloo also represented. twenty six local men and ten from Iowa cities enter individual events.
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St. Louie
Middle West Owling Association
St. Louis
Des Moines
Waterloo
Iowa Altiea
Willard Suspension Lifted for Madison Square Garden Bout
New York December 1 Jess Willard is free to box Carly Morrig at Madison Square Garden tonight. The suspension dating from last January for failing to keep an engagement to fight Oné Round Davis was lifted by the state athletic commission after Charles Murray reported the Queensberry Club and Kansas clash had been amicably settled. Willard has agreed to box Davis in Buffalo on December 14.
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New York
Tess Willard
Carly Morrig
Madison Square Garden
Willard
Davis
Queensberry
Clup
Buffalo
State Athletic Commission
Charles Murray
Queensberry Club
Kansas Glance
Roumas discharged from hospital and jailed for weapon threats
George Roumas a Greek wrestler from Burlington was released from the hospital after a botched suicide attempt by poison. He was immediately arrested for carrying concealed weapons after allegedly threatening his wife before the self poisoning. Other items note local residents in White Prairie and Muscatine, including students at Brown's Business College and travel between Cedar Rapids and Texas.
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Burlington
George Roumas
Roumas
White Prairie
Dee
Haohn
Geo. Brown
Kansas City
Mrs. Brown
Iowa
Texas
Dr. Thislen
Grundy Center
Join Brown
Hiney Doerfer
Rainbow
John Heisier
Dandelions Bloom Early in South Muscatine
Damp mild weather brings out unusually large dandelions in South End lots. Residents report blossoms of spring greens, with several plants found by locals and on display at the Journal office for verification.
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Muscatine
Mill workers return to eight hour shifts at South Muscatine
South Muscatine Box company workers resume activity after Thanksgiving shutdown. The mill will operate on an eight hour daily schedule. Several locals are noted as sick or recently returning from work in Missouri. South Muscatine streets show paving progress as crews renew street work after mud.
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South Muscatine Box Company
Sarah Ryan
Nebraska Street
Wilson
Mia‘gouri
Rock Island Railroad
Muscatine
Holidays Grow Across Coal Fields Hampering Industry
Charleston dispatch reports that fifty nationalities in West Virginia coal fields observe varied holidays causing lost work time. Operators and United Mine Workers officials have raised the issue to standardize celebrations. Last year some mines lost 47 working days due to these observances.
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Charleston
W. Va
Dee
West Virginia
United Mine Workers
Amerex
Association of Fairs Meets to Set 1914 Dates
Sixty representatives from state and district fair associations began a two day session in Chicago to arrange fair dates for the 1914 season and discuss features of the fair business. J O Simpson of Minnesota and C N Melvaine of South Dakota presented as speakers.
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Seaxon
Chicago
Fair Association
American Association of Fairs
J. O. Simpson
Minnesota
Melvaine
South
Dakota
County Judge approves age exemption for election clerks
County Judge Owens granted a waiver allowing clerks of elections to be appointed without stating ages. The decision marks that "legal age" will satisfy age qualification. Nearly 300 women have applied to serve as judges or clerks, with appointments expected in about two weeks.
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Owens
Will Take Dotson to Federal Court
Francis Dotson, held on a charge of abduction, is expected to face a federal indictment for violating the Mann White Slave Act. County and federal officers plan to transfer him to federal custody, with Dotson allegedly abducting Esther Borgstadt from Nichols to Rock Island, Illinois.
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Francis Dotson
Jai
David Vanatta
U.S
Frank Hardy
Dotson
Esther Borgstadt
Nichols
Rock Island
Plinols
Muscatine County
Grand Jury
No Ticket No Berth Rule Considered for Sleepers
In a Chicago discussion tomorrow, western rail officials may require travelers to buy sleeping car tickets before berths can be reserved. The proposal, if adopted, would change current reservation practices for future trips.
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Chicago
Berth Reservations Echo Unpaid Tickets Warn Western Association
Railroad men note many berths are booked before tickets are bought. When travelers learn they cannot travel they often fail to cancel reservations, causing losses for railways and disrupting seating.
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Maeeting
The
Western Passenger Association
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