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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1912
Page
8
Fragmentary shopper notes praise Wilson's Shoe Bhop for Father’s Day gifts with lines about slippers and style. Mentions unremarkable value and a “Tooet unmarkable value” while touting French Toe and Bantam styles as ahead in fashion.
Keokuk business men urge continuation of the national pastime as the Industrial Association weighs the future of the local team. A Keokuk Baseball Association meeting, with Sen. MacManus and ex-president Griffey, favors keeping baseball alive another year despite uncertainty about franchise status and central association decisions.
Minneapolis Minn Dec 1 After several days confer ence with university of Minnesota athletic authorities Coach B O Stehin of the University of Nebraska left for home Having completed arrangements for a basketball game here between the two universities and a track meet The basketball game probably will be played Jan 25 and the meet held May 17 Minnesota will meet Nebraska next year in football at Lincoln date to be determined later.
Worth Mitten of Davenport finished second in the six day bicycle race at Madison Square Garden New York last week teamed with Frank Bedell who had one time finished second when his brother Ralph Bedell was his partner.
Chicago manager Frank Chance’s pending move to the New York American league club hit another snag as Cincinnati President August Herrmann said he had not released Chance. Reports claimed Chance would manage the Highlanders next season, but Herrmann denied any official knowledge of the deal.
Minneapolis reports receipts from Minnesota football finals with details for each opponent. Wisconsin showing about 12,000 dollars. South Dakota 1.68. Ames 20. Nebraska 0.891. Iowa 0.87. Illinois 0.390. Chicago 14,000. McBean confirms overall accounting for the season’s games.
Local notices describe upcoming performances at the Louisiana opera house on December 19 and 20 with residents and visitors planning to attend. Several city members and out-of-town guests are listed as stopping in for gatherings, shopping, and social visits, with notes on travel and local sales.
An evening program at the YMCA features two basketball games and a volleyball match between Davenport and Muscatine associations. The YMCA city championship hinges on a decisive volleyball series and the basketball games determine the opening round.
Chicago Dec 18 No record of games won and lost by American league pitchers will appear in official averages for 1913. President Ban Johnson said he opposes the present method of rating hurlers and the won and lost column will be absent in the next pitching figures.
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