President Ebbets Through With Joe Tinker Contract Talks
New York December reports Brooklyn club president Charles H. Ebbets stated no further inducements would be offered to Joe Tinker to sign a three year contract. He said salary would match ability and that the $10,000 bonus plus a high annual figure would make Tinker one of baseballs top earners. The salary was not disclosed but believed between 5000 and 6000 dollars yearly.
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Charles H. Ebbets
Brooklyn
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Balary Con
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Tinker
Notable Figure Is Retired From Billings Stable
New York, Dec. retirement of Dr Charlew Tanner from the management of C K Billings stable of trotters and pacers ends a storied era in harness racing. Tanner, in frail health for two years, agrees to lease his trotting interests to Billings who plans to base breeding operations in Abloo Kentucky. Horses to be stationed include Lou Dillon and The Harvester.
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New York
Charlew ‘Vyanner
C.K. A. Billings
Tanner
Billings
Tig
United States
Lexington
Memphis
Abloo
Lou Dillon
Harvester
Chicago to Host Harmsworth Motorboat Trials Next Summer
Chicago, Michigan December 5 1923 motorboat racing will select American challengers for the Harmsworth trophy. The event marks the West receiving top honors in world speedboat racing. Commodore H H Melville of the Motor Boat Club of America announced Chicago will host the eliminations.
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West
Motorboat. Com
Hi. H. Melville
Motor Boat.Club of America
Franty
Yeaterday
Thompson
Pugh
Melville
Ohio State May Be Successor to Iowa on Chicago Schedule
Ohio State may replace Iowa on the Chicago football slate next fall due to a quarrel over dates between Hawkeye and Maroon management. Stage seeks an early season game against Iowa, but local authorities resist. if no agreement is reached, Chicago Phone will be fixed for the future.
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Iowa
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Hawkeye
Maroon
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Smith Favorite In Match With Pelkey
San Francisco on December 28 Gunboat Smith is installed favorite to defeat Arthur Pelkey at Coffroth’s Daly City arena next day. Smith’s knockout record fuels bets while Pelkey remains the white hope Smith has not decisioned, shaping the hype.
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Gunbdat Smith
Arthur Pelkey
Coffroth
Daly City Arena
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Pelkey
Smith
Intercollegiate chess tourney ends in Yale Columbia tie
In New York December the third and final round of the intercollegiate chess tournament finished with a tie between Columbia and Yale. Princeton gained the dead heat, while Harvard and Yale recorded strong showings. Final totals show Columbia six wins four losses, Yale six wins four losses, Princeton six wins, Harvard three.
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Yale
Columbia
New York
Dee
Danish vessel wrecks near West Indies during long expedition
A Danish ship named Danish, led by Captain Margrethe, faced a vexing expedition in the West Indies. After many months, the vessel sustained wrecks, with total damage reported as the most severe in the voyage. The article notes Indies, Dos 25 and mentions the Dantah research context.
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Indies
Margrethe
West ‘Indies
Brooklyn Secures a Cuban Shortstop Tammy Romanach
The Brooklyn Nationals League club announced negotiations completed with Tammy Romanach the 18 year old shortstop from the Almandarog club in Cubitt Cuba. Captain Jake Dau bert showed strong interest while the Brooklyn team was in Cuba last month and tipped President Ebbets off about Romanach.
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Almandarog
Cubitt
Cuba
Jake Daubert
Romanach
Ebbets
Romanack
Wireless Greeting Sent To Explorers On Crockerland Expedition
New York December 5 a wireless message from sponsors of the Crockerland expedition sped to Donald MacMillan and his party at Etah Greenland, 1600 miles away. The Christmas greeting from the American Museum of Natural History the American Geographical Society and the University of Illinois conveyed best wishes and confidence in their work despite difficulties. The message was relayed through Canadian channels but the wireless outfit cannot send a reply.
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New York
N.Y
Hovey
Greatinga
Schools Arranging County Spelling Contests at Wilton
County superintendent announces spelling contests to precede the county farmers institute at Wilton late January. District schools plan early next month events, with township matches to follow. The top three from each school will advance to the county meet at Wilton. Mina Grace Carden, 404 West Second Street, departed yesterday afternoon for a brief visit with relatives and friends at Morning Sun.
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County Farmers’. Institute
Wilton
Ite
Achogls
Elistale
Sotinty Linatch
Mina Grace Carden
West
Second ‘Street
Business Suspension In Muscatine On Christmas Day
Downtown Muscatine observed a Sabbath like Christmas Day with all stores and factories closed. Cafes, confectionaries, cigar stores and pharmacies remained open. banks and public buildings closed. Morning traffic showed a quiet business district while trains brought holiday visitors and family reunions.
Fire destroys Weber Smith Button Co hay shed
Fire at the Weber Smith Button company near Hanover Street destroyed a hay shed and a large quantity of baled hay stored inside. Alarm around 6 to 6:30 a.m. drew Roach Musser and Relief Hose teams. flames spread and the shed burned out by 8:30 a.m. Origin under speculation, investigation hindered by the blaze.
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Roach & Musser
Hadeen
Barry Farms
Mtubat
Haunted by crime says young bandit
John Bostick a young amateur bandit taunted by the crime of killing HB Montague a passenger agent during a South Pacific train holdup near El Monte California three weeks earlier He told Sheriff Hammet he had not had a single night's sleep since the incident while en route from San Francisco to Los Angeles where he was captured and gave his confession near the scene of the holdup.
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Cal
Montague
Syble
San Franciinco
Hammet
Judge Howell May Become a Candidate for Congress
Judge R P Howell district court may seek Republican nomination for congressman seat left vacant by I S Papper's death. He is regarded as the strongest GOP candidate and the only Republican holding office in the county. In a separate case J A Carlin sues Mrs Clarence Shay and Miss Catherine Baluff for 9000 alleging they alienated his wife's affections by pressuring her that she was not legally married by a Catholic priest, causing separation.
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R. P. Howell
District Court
I. S. Papper
Howell
Saga
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Misa
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J. A. Carlin
Auit
Carn Alloges
Elks Donate Toward Feeding City Poor
Members of the Muscatine lodge contributed over $100 for Christmas aid to the poor. A special committee solicited funds with excellent results and the money was spent yesterday through local grocers for deserving families.
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