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Newspaper

Quincy Whig

Location

Quincy, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Mar 03, 1917

Page

5

Brazelton Star Performer Leads Faculty Past High School Team

The Brazelton faculty basketball squad, led by coach Brazelton, dominated the high school team 75 to 10. Waters scored eight field goals, Lummis seven, Welch seven, with Bravelton contributing four and Bush three. Attendance was 230 as refereed by Becker.

Marl Braselton Maine Street Altster Bravelton Pation Blue and White Bush Murt Waters A. R. Sewrey Grover Pfeiffer Horace Jellison Edgar Schaefer Turner High School Paul E. Morrison Tarold Brazelton High School Hy Lummis Welch Schaefer Pfeiffer Bush Tellison Leindecker Morrigan Lummis Leindecker Bratton

St Francis.

St Francis bowling beats St Boniface two of three games on Friday night. O'Connor tops with 201 high score. lineups include May, O'Connor, Kraus, Strutesky for St Francis and Bang, Dehimer, Harel, Baustine, Erhardt for St Boniface. Other items note Cubs defeat LA in exhibition and Norway furniture machinery need.

Hendersons St Boniface Stolze I. Druffel Druffel Cannes van Steel Ty Bernbrock Renget Davis St. Francis St. Boniface May O'Connor Kraus Strutesky Bang Dehimer Harel Baustine Erhardt

Eight Cities in Volleyball Meet

A team from the local YMC A will travel to Keokuk Iowa on March 15 for the second annual eight city volleyball tournament. Participants include Quincy Jacksonville Burlington Mt Pleasant Ottawa Oskaloosa Hannibal and Keokuk. Hannibal enters for the first time. schedules and program details are pending.

M. CA Keokkouk Iowa Tilinois Missouri Hannibal M.C. Avs Quincey Jacksonvile Burlington Mt. Pleasant Ottawa Oskalaousa Keokuk

Intercollegiate results from Decatur meet reported

Morning events show McWendree Carbondale Shurtleff Eureka and Aubursta m leading in various weight classes and scores while afternoon sessions include Charleston and Linen Lombard contests. In Wichita Kansas, a Western basketball club owner disclosed a fire incident with Des Moines connections.

Decatur Pwinois Intercollegiate Athletic Association McWendree Carbondale Macomb Shurtleff Eureka Hradley Aubrustam North

Scenic Route 10 Saloriki Tanan Scene in Greece Rail Plan

A fragmentary report from Greece on March 3 describes the allied plan to repurpose the Piraeus Salonika railway for military use. The route would run from Saloniki toward Brato then by road to the port of Iα, passing Delphi and the Tempe Gorge, with Mt. Olympus and Mt. Ossa forming dramatic backdrops.

Epralo Greece Piraeus Salonika Old Greece Saloniki Brato I:a Gulf of Corinth Apollo Delphi Axios Mt. Olympus Chaladie Peninsula Gulf of Saloniki New York Vale of Tempe Piatamionsa Mt. Ossa

Mike Gibbons Declares World Middleweight Title Claim

Mike Gibbons of St Paul proclaims himself the world middleweight champion and says he will defend the title against all challengers. He lowers weight to 150 pounds plus or minus two, demanding suitable payment, and seeks a bout with Les Dares while addressing potential rivals and past champions. The campaign contrasts his classic style with modern expectations, and his manager states they are not actively pursuing Dares but will honor contract terms.

Mike Gibbons St. Paul Dorleck Gibbons Les Dares Australia Sora Fisht O'Sullivan Carey Alamecoy Chip Tie Joe Gans Marvel England Jem Driscoll United States Wei Edefie Kane

Lake and Waterfall for Club Grounds at Spring Lake

A. TI Beitman engineer with J. J. Fischer Rudolph Tenk and Frank Tenk toured the 90 acre Spring Lake club grounds Friday to discuss laying out the site into a park like estate. Troman falls will be included and the landscape work aims to create one of the region's finest clubs as the creek will be dammed to form a lake.

A. Ti, Beitman J. J. Fischer Rudolph Tenk Frank Tenk Spring Lake Club Troman Falls

Paroled after child abandonment case in county court

Charles Coulson, tried in county court Friday on a child abandonment charge, was released on parole. He agreed to pay $60 weekly for his children's support. A related item notes a candidate will take West Point entrance exams next month with one alternate from the state, per a government list.

Coulson Charles Coulson Tie West Paul WK Wells Mre A Wells West Point Military Academy

Adams County Basketball Championship Battle Today

Four Adams county teams compete for the county title in the Y M C A gym this day. Mendon faces Payson at 10 45 AM with Payson Camp Point and Quincy considered evenly matched. Mendon’s floor troubles noted. Afternoon games begin at 1 30 PM Quincy plays Camp Point, then losers meet for third place. final at 7 30 PM.

ADAMS Adams County Y. M. C. Alymmnasium Mendon Payson Camp Point Quincy Ouiney Paysen Gyme Nere Hanbrook Potter Shepherd Miller Hillmay C. Nut G. Nut Rowbotham W. Nut Myers Dunn Brown Krapp Hibbard Maher Morgan Rice Albsmeyer MecCullum Duincy Steinbeck Farnsworth H.eee Winters Schelp Farrar van Steet

Verdant Vale Walls Decay Under Ivy and Clematis

In the summer ivy drapes the rock walls of the Vale and colors of fall transform the scene. The decaying ramparts of the lastrous Qoracas, built to defend the western entrance to the de file, crumble beneath years of ivy and wild clematis.

Aes

American envoy Balfour talks long with Lloyd George in London

March 3 Walter Hines Page the American ambassador held a lengthy conference with Arthur J. Balfour at the foreign office. They then visited Premier Lloyd George at his official residence for an extended discussion.

London Walter Hines Page Arthur J. Balfour Foreign Office Premier Lloyd George

Navy man settles in East End flat

Hof. Wempen in charge of the naval recruiting station opened in the post office building. He has secured a flat at 12343 South Fourteenth Street and, with Mrs. Wempen, moved from the Hotel Newcomb. Wempen expects to sign many Quincy men for the navy as inquiries begin on the station’s first day.

Hof. Wempen Nval H Street

Record Beet and Sugar Acreage Hit U.S. Highs This Year

The United States produced about 918000 tons of sugar beets on 680000 acres, setting new records for both acreage and output this year.

United States

Bluefields Seaport Towns in Central America and Jamaica

Bluefields refers to a seaport town and capital of the former Mosquito Reserve now Zelaya department in Nicaragua on the Caribbean coast near Bluefields River. A separate Bluefields exists on Jamaica’s western coast.

Bluefields Mosquito Indian Reservation Department of Zelaya Nicaragua Carribbean Sea Jamaica

Intercollegiate Indoor Meet Arrives in Philadelphia

Athletes from across the east gather in Philadelphia for the third annual indoor meet of the Intercollegiate Association of Amateur Athletes of America at the Commercial Museum. Events span two to twelve laps, medley relay, sprints, hurdles, jumps, pole vault, shot put, and graduate relay.

Philadelphia East Intercollegiate Association of Amateur Athletes of America Commercial Museum

Formation of American academy of engineers named by Goethals

Major General George W. Goethals designated ten leading engineers to form a nucleus for a proposed American academy of engineers. They will select forty more, with four incorporators seeking a congressional charter. plan to grow to about one hundred members. Names include Chandler, Goss, Hering, Herschel, Mailloux, Stratton, Talbot, Waddell, Rand and Stevenson Parlor.

Washington American Academy of Engineers George W. Goethals Congress Goethals Redfield Goetthals FL Chandler New York W. EF. M. Goss Urbana Carl Hering Philadelphia Clemens Herschel New York City C. O. Mailloux C. S. Stratton AL TE Talbot Stevenson Parlor AL EL. Waddell Kansas City Charles RK. Rand

Theaters Today Orpheum Suffraget Revue Showings

The Orpheum presents Suffraget Revue in three performances today including a matinee at an early afternoon time and shows at 7:30 and 9 p.m. The tabloid style bill highlights musical numbers and stage acts in a lively theater outing.

Orpheum

Jim Grimsby’s Boy brings Enid Markey to Triangle western

Enid Markey co stars with Frank Keenan in Jim Grimsby’s Boy a Triangle western drama about a gold miner Jim Grimsby who raises his dead son’s orphaned baby as a boy and battles a sheriff and fate to keep his son. The plot features Markey in trousers and gun as the story unfolds amid mistaken parenthood and frontier justice.

Belasco Vivian Martin Frank Keenan Markey Jim Grimsby Star Pauline Frederick Spider Savoy W. S. Hart Gem Grimsey the Bellhop Sage Scoundrel Little Meena Romar Dorothy Gish Enid Markey Triangle Jim Gray Jim Bill Grimsby

French steamer LaTourain arrives in New York

New York March 3 The French steamer LaTourain arrived Friday night from Bordeaux with passengers. No submarines were sighted but the vessel's commander steered a tortuous course through the harbor, making the voyage longer than usual. The LaTourain left Bordeaux December 19 and may carry plans for new chemical manufacturing ventures tied to fruit growers and sulfur compounds.

New Yon LaTourain Bordeaux

Japan's autumn cocoons yield 9,473,000 bushels

The autumn crop of cocoons in Japan was large, totaling 9,473,000 bushels gathered.

Japan

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