Monster Classic Set for Chicago June 28
Chicago, March 20. Harold McCormick announces a Monster Athletic Carnival as part of an Olympiad program to run from June 26 to July 6 at Grant Park. The event follows the full Olympic program, including track and field, powerlifting, cycling, yacht racing, fencing, and equestrian events, citing European teams’ travel costs as a reason for bringing the games to the United States.
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Big Year Ahead for US Athletes in International Sports
New York March 20. The coming year promises an unusually full international sporting calendar with Americans set to compete in about a dozen sports from chess to yachting. The season features foreign entrants in baseball cricket tennis polo and automobiling with tours to England France and Germany and a Marblehead yacht race trials August 16 to 28.
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Vernon Welterweight Champion Heads to Training Camp
Vernon welterweight champion begins training today for planned championship bouts in Vernon California on April 1 with opponent John Dundee of New York.
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Three-I League adjusts Muskies schedule for season
Muskies face disrupted plan as Davenport cancels two April games and the Threes move a long season start to April 24. Manager Frank Boyle negotiates a potential pre-season trip, with Cedar Rapids Waterloo and Davenport among teams dropped or reshaped to balance costs and travel.
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Collegiants Meet to Promote Fellowship Across Universities
Representatives from Yale Harvard Penna Williams Wesleyan Brown Swarthmore John Hopkins Syracuse and several others met at Columbia University today for the annual convention of the inter-collegiate union of German clubs. The organization aims to foster good fellowship and closer ties between U S and German universities and to help foreign students feel at home in either country.
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Booster Committees Plan Push For Muscatine Club Funds
Booster committees meet at the Commercial club to outline plans for financing the Muscatine base ball club through 1919. Leaders expect to raise about 6000 dollars with fans likely contributing more than 4000 already, aiming to finish by week’s end.
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Bunnies Schedule Two Dozen Preseason Exhibitions
Reviaing Finn to Determination to Retain Waterloo on Schedule First Game April 15. Belden and Pull arrange a Cedar Rapids hub lineup. The Bunnies meet Dubuque Rockford Davenport and Waterloo with Cedar Rapids facing Rockford April 21 and 22 and then traveling to Dubuque April 24 and 25. Dubuque plays on the Bunnies' lot April 28 and 29. Cedar Rapids vs Davenport in Cedar Rapids April 12.
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Cedar Rapids and Davenport Meet Schedule Dates
The schedule lists Cedar Rapids at Davenport on April 19 and 20 followed by Waterloo visiting Cedar Rapids on April 26 and 27.
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Dubuque Surrenders Claim to G A Catcher
The Gazette reports Dubuque sports figures and writers voicing promiscuous claims about athletes. Manager Barry McCormick of the Dubuque club surrendered his dam to Catcher Bart Simon of Cedar Rapids. Oscar Heuser is also mentioned in connection with the unfolding news.
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College pill propell er sparks city team tug of war
The Muscatine club claims St. Joseph pitcher Heuser, while Dubuque asserts ownership. Cedar Rapids Gazette reports Bar J. Simon to Cedar Rapids after manager Rowland of Dubuque backs away from Indianapolis recruit Belden Hill. Writers in Dubuque sparked multiple player-ownership rumors.
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The Neal Treatment Offers Cure For Alcohol Habit
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