Illinois Jockey Club to Air 81 Day Meeting at Washington Park
Horsemen to divide 375000 in purses as the Illinois Jockey Club stages an 81 day meeting at the new Washington Park course. The American Derby for three year olds returns with added value of 1000000 and runs July 10. The Debutante Stakes for two year old fillies opens the program on inaugural day. Three stakes of 10000 added are also listed.
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Chicago
Tlinois Jockey Club
Washington Park Course
Harvard Leads In Tennis Courts Among U S Universities
The article notes Harvard has more tennis courts than the combined total of two other universities and highlights various sports topics including prospects in 1926 27 Princeton hockey captaincy, a German champion touring the U S, and a Middlebury football policy limiting opponents. It also mentions a Guadalajara stadium project and Wisconsin rowing coaching.
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Harvard
Austin IT. Davis
Princeton
Harvard Names Horween as New Football Coach
Arnold Horween, formerly a Forween halfback and fullback at Harvard in 1920 21, is appointed football coach by Athletic Director Bill Bingham after coming from Chicago.
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Arnold Horween
Harvard
Bill Bingham
Forween
Chicago
Adolfo Luque Baseball Career Highlights and 1923 Peak
Adolfo Luque briefly joined the Boston Braves in 1914 then returned to Cincinnati in 1918. His best season came in 1923 with 27 wins and 8 losses and an ERA around 1.93. He led NL pitchers in ERA that year and ranked second to Dazzy Vance with 140 strikeouts. in the World Series he allowed one hit in six innings and struck out six.
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Adolfo Luque
Boston Braves
Cincinnati
Dazzy” Vance
Big Tax Questioned on Golf Club Greens Fees
James Francis Burke of the United States Golf Association says golf clubs paid hundreds of thousands to the government in taxes for greens fees that should not be taxed. He notes the tax bill does not change the law but recent rulings by the Treasury Department and the U S District Court of Massachusetts exempt greens fees from taxation, making them non taxable for this year.
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James Francis Burke
United States Golf Association
Burke
Greens
Sp Oon
Eneasury Department
United States District Court of Massachusetts Nave
Baseball Player Moves and Signings Across Minor Leagues
The report lists players signing with clubs in the American Association, Southern, New York-Pennsylvania, Western, and Tri-State leagues. Notable items include Lefty Vonmy signing with Toledo, Joe Martin released by Cincinnati Reds, Grace joining Little Rock, and multiple Cuban players joining Washington. Manager moves and minor league signings fill the week’s baseball activity.
Belting Beauties Back This Season For Yankees
The New York Yankees expect a stronger hitting lineup this season led by Sermin Truth Meusel Combs Paschal Gehrig and rookie Tony Lazzere. Experts predict a combined batting around .320 with 125 or more homers from Ruth Meusel Gehrig Paschal and Lazzere. Miller Huggins aims to build a solid pitching staff to make the Yanks pennant contenders.
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Paschal
Gehrig
Tony Lazzere
Yankee
Shakespeare
Combs
Ruth
Meusel
Lazzere
Miller Huggins
Yankees
Dodgers Land Star In Trade For Six Dodgers
Johnny Butler, brilliant infielder from Minneapolis, is secured by the Brooklyn Dodgers. Manager Wilbert Robinson is forced to surrender six Dodgers players to obtain the young star.
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Johnny Butler
Minneapolis
Brooklyn Dodgers
Wilbert Robinson
Dodgers
Ohio State Golf Coach Returns After Player Support
Ohio State golf coach George W. Eckelberry resigned last fall citing time pressure from his accounting department duties. The Buckeye players urged him to stay and he agreed to resume coaching the team amid admiration from his squad and faculty.
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Ohio State
Big Ten
George W. Eckelberry
Eckelberry
College of Commerce and Journalism
Athletic Board
Eek
Bao Dai Returns to Paris for French School
Bao Dai, twelve year old successor to Annam’s emperor, has returned to Paris to study in a French high school.
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Bao Dai
Annam
Paris
Yamamoto Named President of Oregon Older Girls Conference
Sumie Yamamoto of Linfield College in Linfield McMinnville Oregon succeeds Ruth Ross as president of the Older Girls' Conference of Oregon. She is elected one of four delegates to attend the national summer conference at Geneva Glen Colorado. She has lived in the United States for fourteen years.
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Sumie Yamamoto
Linfield College
McMinnville
Ore
Ruth Ross
Oregon
Geneva Glen
Colo
United States
Perkins and Backstops Vie for Athletics Depth
Cy Perkins may sit on the bench again for the Athletics as two young catchers rise. Mickey Cochrane and Fox, both strong hitters and solid behind the plate, compete for starting or back up roles. Cochrane led the Mackan catching last year. Fox is described as a promising prospect with a chance at the second-string job.
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Perkins
Cy Perkins
Athletics
Mickey Cochrane
Jimmy Fox
Cochrane
Fox
Noel Workman Named Town State Coach at Ames
Noel Workman former Ohio State star and Simpson College athletic director is appointed head football coach at Town State College Ames succeeding Sam Willaman Willaman moves to Ohio State as freshman coach Workman’s Simpson team won 22 of 27 games in three years
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Noel Workman
Ohio State
Simpson College
Town State College
Ames
Sam Willaman
Willaman
Workman
Simpson
English Cup Victor Barlam tops amateur billiards in England
English Cup victor Joseph Barlam a 20 year old from Runcorn defeated F Parmenter in the first heat of the amateur billiard championship in London by 1000 to 701. Bar lamb made a 435 break in qualifying and his best 153 in the heat. In the second heat T E Booth beat W W Thornton 1000 to 913.
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Joseph Barlam
Runcorn
Liverpool
F. Parmenter
England
London
Parmenter
T. E. Booth
Everton
W. W. Thornton
Ghiberti Finishes Florentine Gates After 21 Years
The bronze gates of the baptistry at St. John the Baptist in Florence were designed by Ghiberti and took 21 years to complete from 1403 to 1424. They were erected as thanks for deliverance from the plague of 1400.
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St. John the Baptist Church
Florence
Ghiberti
Sphinx in a New Role for Mr Cowland’s Timber
A New Zealand paper reports Mr George Cowland’s timber arrives to enable rebuilding his house with a sphinx like feature rising from ashes, signaling a new architectural role for the mythic creature.
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Sphinx
Boston Transcript
New Zealand
George Cowland
Various Global Reforms and Labor Notes in Early 20th Century
A survey cites Massachusetts 1912 as the first state with a minimum wage for women. China’s workers earn under 50 dollars annually for over 90 percent of the population. Peru plans a plebiscite tax on sugar to fund Tacna Arica affairs and domestic mail. French law allows condemning private vacant land to build athletic fields. In London, two women operate a sewing service ironing buttons for bachelors near the Bank of England.
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Massachusetts
China
Peru
Tacna-Arica
Fred Stones First Triumph in Wellington Greased Pole Contest
Fred Stone recalls his first public appearance in Wellington Kansas where at nine he won the greased pole event during the Fourth of July celebration. He clutched the top flag and received a five dollar order on the National Bank, marking a proud early moment before his Broadway career.
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McCall's
Fred Stone
Wellington
Ivan
Tee
Sehool
Tay Breser
Eddie
Chan P
Wee
Studebaker
Kansas
Fred
Broadway
First National Bank
Time Spent in Shaving Statistics
Pathfinder Magazine reports that five minutes daily shaving costs at least 75 days of life. The study estimates 30 hours yearly spent shaving and about 68 inches of facial area per shave, projecting roughly 17 square miles of whiskers removed over 60 years.
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Pathfinder Magazine
Chinese Farewell by the Roadside in Hearst Cosmopolitan
Kermit Roosevelt recalls a Chinese farewell custom near a roadside house where travelers drink tea and share nuts, raisins, watermelons, and colorful candies. The scene captures a courteous parting ritual as guests depart town.
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Ambun
Kermit Roosevelt
Hearst
International Cosmopolitan
Gardiner Man Rescued From Snowbank After Roof Fall
Stephen J. Slonaghan of Gardiner Maine slid from his roof into a deep snowbank. He dropped about 20 feet but escaped injury as the snow was soft and deep. He wandered briefly in confusion before climbing out. Indianapolis News report.
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Stephen J. Slonaghan
Gardiner
Maine
Indianapolis News
Hair Cloth Production Fitted in Amiens Factory
A large Amiens factory is being set up to manufacture cloth from human hair. The material, sourced from China and Japan, will be used to filter heavy oil and similar products, the hair’s phenomenal strength allowing it to withstand high pressures.
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Amiens
France
China
Japan
Tramp and Lady Bargain Over Cake in Street Exchange
A terse street scene shows a tramp asking for a cake from a woman and she replies she has only one cake for her husband. The tramp suggests a deal offering a quarter in exchange for the cake.
Reproducer Sales Talk Sparks House Rule Debate
A salesman touts gramophones as excellent reproducers while a customer objects to having many small models scattered around the home. The exchange highlights consumer desires for quality sound with tidy, uncluttered spaces.
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Germany
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Mexico
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Harry Hinchman
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Fordham University
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