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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1920
Page
9
Eight teams clash in the Commercial Basketball league preliminaries at the Y M C A Cambridge Illinois. Horst Strieter face Batterson Stores while Retail Grocers meet Insurance Men. Winners advance to semi finals and a Friday night final preceding the city curtain raiser.
The national three cushion billiard championship narrows to Robert Cannefax and John Layton as final round action begins. Layton leads the field with Cannefax seeking a win to force a playoff for the $1,500 prize and the $2,400 yearly salary. Layton defeated Augie Kieckhefer and Clarence Jackson, while Cannefax faltered against Jackson.
Washington and Columbus Junction American Legion basketball teams square off Thursday night in Columbus Junction Iowa. Anticipation runs high for a close hard fought game expected to draw hundreds of fans on the local floor.
Harvard baseball heads to Atlanta for four days of spring training with Georgia Tech facilities and games against GT and Georgia. A return clash with Columbia is set in New York on April 25. Eddie Fitzsimmons will replace Willie Jackson against Lew Tendler in Milwaukee. Jackson withdrew with a shoulder injury. Arthur Brock earns a Detroit Americans tryout. Chaney meets Kabakoff in St Louis. Thorpe coaches Minnesota after guiding St Paul players. captains Holmes Lanpher Grow among early reporters. A schedule features meets with Iowa Wisconsin Northwestern Illinois.
Davenport Iowa December nine plans are under way to bring professional Staley football to Bettendorf next season. Manager George Halas agreed to sign the team if players receive six hours work daily. A new baseball and football park will accompany the program. Mackenson's committee has appointed W McGregor to handle transfer details.
The six day bicycle race in Madison Square Garden nearly broke up in a free for all that drew a riot call. A quarrel over a chair sparked the clash, delaying racers twenty minutes and leaving minor injuries. At eight a.m. Brocco and Coburn led with 1,394 miles seven laps, with Debaetes Persyn Venhevel and Vandenburgh close behind at 1,304 miles six laps. The 80 hour mark shows six teams tied at 1,304 miles five laps, toward the 1,588 miles eight laps record set in 1914.
New York officials anticipate formal arrangements for two championship billiard matches between Willie Hoppe the world champion and Edouard Horemans the Belgian expert after a conference between their representatives.
Planning officials in Jane New York learned that the intercollegiate regatta will be held on the Hudson near Poughkeepsie next June after a lapse of several years The Naval Academy crew may be invited to participate.
Public health service guidance explains dislocations involve bone movement in joints with possible ligament and vessel injury. First aid avoids reduction, keeps limb immobile, uses hot or cold cloths, and calls a doctor promptly. Also defines lung congestion as sluggish blood flow through the lungs.
Ames Iowa December 9 Pearl s Lady a two year old Clydesdale mare owned by Iowa State college won first place at the International Livestock show and was judged junior champion of the breed. After a long struggle she was beaten for the grand championship by Rosalind the highest valued horse present valued at 20000 dollars Rosalind is a Scotch horse and recently won the Cowdery cup the highest award given in Scotland to a horse. The Iowa mare also won first and was grand champion Clydesdale mare at the Iowa state fair this fall.
Selection of a jury began in circuit court in St Louis for the trial of Mrs. Lilian Woodlock 36 charged with first degree murder in the death of her first husband Thomas P Broderick shot October 6 1916. She is also indicted for alleged complicity in the murder of her second husband Joseph F Woodlock whose daughter Ursula Broderick 17 was recently convicted and sentenced to ten years.
New York officials were ordered to enforce the boxing law requiring one inch felt padding under canvas after the death of Mickey Shannon from injuries sustained in a bout with Al Roberts in Jersey City.
A preliminary pneumonia stage may follow a cold or result from irritants such as poison gas. Medical discussion notes how exposure to irritants can trigger lung inflammation and progression to pneumonia, urging attention to symptoms and protective measures.
The article explains evergreen plants keep year round leaves in harsh climates to maximize scarce winter sunshine. Evergreens have stronger, narrower leaves designed to resist wind and snow, enabling efficient use of limited light. It notes many trees hibernate in warmer regions, while evergreen types persist year round.
In Marion on December 9 the trial of Settino de Santis and Frank Bianca, both miners, proceeds for the killings of Amiel Calcaterra, 14, and Tony Hemphill, 17. Relatives of Calcaterra may provide crucial evidence on the riot linked West Frankfort unrest and alleged Black Hand involvement.
Sammy Terrin of St Paul and Harvey Thorpe of Kansas City set for a 10 round welterweight bout in Davenport on December 16. It will be their second meeting as a sensational clash is predicted. Davenport’s Jack Racer faces Battling Johnson in the semi windup at the Bur t is theater as locals Elmer Kelly Randall Kent open and a local bout precedes.
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