Kardow injured in Burns bout ends match early
Paul Kardow dislocated his right shoulder in a fast 25 minute handicap match with Cyclone Burns at Floresville Texas. The injury halted the bout and Burns refused to be declared winner under the circumstances. Kardow will be laid up for several weeks while recovering. Burns plans to leave for Boston Sunday night. Referee Joe Kellar offered Burns a San Antonio match against Walt Evans or Dan McLeod but no agreement was reached. The opera house was crowded and the town regrets Kardow's injury.
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Floresville
Tex
Paul Kardow
Cyclone Burns
Kardow
Burns
Boston
Joe Kellar
San Antonio
Walt Evans
Knoxville
Tenn
Dan McLeod
Southwest Texas League announces season schedule and umpires
President B L Dickinson unveiled the league schedule for 1923 with opening games April 20 in Laredo Brownsville and Beeville and running to August 20. Umpires named include J D Jeffries S H Lorts W S Grover W C Dovern and A C Sullivan. Fourth of July matchups and early openings listed. Corpus Christi filed its charter in Austin.
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Austin
Tex
B. L. Dickinson
Southwest Texas League Today
Laredo
Brownsville
Beeville
Dickinson
Corpus Christi
J. D. Jeffries
S. H. Lorts
W.S. Grover
Illinois
Missouri
W. C. Dovern
A. C. Sullivan
Bay City
Victoria
Mrs Britton Poised to Lead Cardinals Amid Sale Talks
In Denver and Cleveland reports indicate Helen Hathaway Robison Britton, 32, the principal holder of the St. Louis National League club, will likely become president of the team at a stockholders meeting in St Louis early next week. Negotiations for a sale are hinted as major owners weigh the future of the franchise and Britton plans to travel to St Louis with her husband to discuss organization and contract clearances before the season opens.
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Denver
Colo
Helen Hathaway
James C. McGill
McGill
Cleveland
Ohio
Helen Hathaway Robison Britton
M. Stanley Robison
St. Louis Baseball Club
National League
St. Louis
Britton
Robison
Roger Bresnahap
St. Louis Cardinals
Mrs. Britton
Jones at Fifty-Five Is Match for Local Tenpin Bowlers
J Culver Jones of Lee's Summit Mo a longtime winter visitor to San Antonio excels at tenpins on Century alleys. Though 55 he bowls daily with endurance and rising scores often reaching two hundred. As a banker he remains a noted local figure and draws crowds during contests unveiling his veteran skill.
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San Antonio
J. Culver Jones
Lee's Summit
Jones
Lee’s Summit
Kansas City
Veteran bowler posts high scores on local alleys
A 55 year old bowler rolls fifteen to twenty games in a session and consistently scores over two hundred. He has won the tenpin prize on local alleys several times and is regarded as a great spot bowler.
Local bowler Jones dominates lanes with city record
Jones, a spot bowler born in Missouri but with San Antonio as his second home, set a city tenpin record by rolling 85 consecutive frames without a miss during a practice with Summerfield. He leads the weekly standings with a 257 high, while Reach and Thomas push him for the top spot. A next Wednesday rematch at Century alleys is anticipated by a large crowd. Nichols, once a star pitcher for Boston, now runs a Kansas City billiard and bowling parlor and occasionally faces Jones in practice.
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Reach
Thomas
Summerfield
Jones
Roslers
San Antonio
Kid” Nichols
Boston
Nichols
Kansas City
Oxford Wins Boat Race Sets World Record Time
Oxford defeated Cambridge in the sixty-seventh annual Boat Race on the Thames at Putney. The four and a half mile course was completed in 18 minutes 29 seconds, beating the previous record of 18 minutes 47 seconds set by Oxford in 1898.
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London
Cambridge
Oxford
Putney
Thames
Surrey
Dark Blues
Claude-Grahame White
Prince of Wales
Prince Albert
Averages of Century Ninepin Tourney Recalled
Boston writer notes cash paid for Cy Yount by Cleveland at 12 000 would buy veteran three times over today. The remark questions past figures and calls attention to lingering memory of the event.
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Boston
Cy Yount
Cleveland
Oteran
Anis
Barry deposits cash in bout challenge to Carl Morris
Jim Barry the Chicago heavyweight posted 1000 dollars in a Tulsa bank as a forfeit if he cannot KO Carl Morris within fifteen rounds. Barry’s manager Harry Gilmore said Morris must name details like time and place, but Barry vows to finish the fight anytime with Morris free to choose weapons and venue.
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Tulsa
Okla
Jim Barry
Chicago
Carl Morris
Oklahoma
Carl
Morris
Barry
Harry Gilmore
Tulsa_ bank
Lawson appointed Everitt 30 district manager in San Antonio
O W Lawson formerly with L A Motor Car wires that he has been named district manager for the Everitt 30 by the Metzer Motor Car company and shipped three cars from Detroit to open the agency in San Antonio. He notes a strong spring 1911 prospects with more automobile business and new commercial vehicle makers starting in Detroit.
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O. W. Lawson
L. A. Motor Car Company
Everitt
Metzer Motor Car Company
Detroit
San Antonio
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Score Report From Toledo Game
In a brief sports note a Toledo team edged a rival with a close tally. Key players and exact scores are unreadable in the fragment but the report records a competitive outcome and game location.
Coulon Conley Bantam Title Bout Set for 45 Rounds
Johnny Coulon and Frankie Conley agree to a 45 round bantamweight championship fight on the Pacific coast within six weeks. Articles name Jim Coffroth of San Francisco or Tom McCarey of Los Angeles as promoters with Colma and Los Angeles venues. Each fighter must post $2000 side bets, weigh in at 116 pounds, and the belt goes to the winner.
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Chicago
Ills
Johnny Coulon
Frankie Conley
Pacific Coast
Jim Coffroth
San Francisco
Tom McCarey
Los Angeles
Coffroth
Colma
McCarey
Conlon
Johnny
Darby Kelly
Joe Conley
Frankie
Conley
Monte Attell
Battling Ram George Reimschissel Heads to Dayton Tour
Lightweight fighter known as George Reimschissel departs with John Kindell for Dayton Ohio. He plans multiple ring bouts with stops in Helena Arkansas Memphis and Indianapolis before arriving at the target venue. The journey proceeds by bicycle with several layovers en route.
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Battering Ram
George Reimschissel
John Kindell
Dayton
Ohio
Battler
Helena
Ark
Battling Minor
Reimschissel
Memphis
Indianapolis
J H Kirkpatrick Buys Pierce Arrow 48 Limousine
J H Kirkpatrick purchased a Pierce Arrow 48 limousine from Auto Sales and Supply last week to be delivered to New York City in June. He and his family plan a summer tour of New England states and the Thousand Islands in the new car.
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J. H. Kirkpatrick
Auto Sales and Supply Company
New York City
New England States
Thousand Islands
At Columbia Mo Missouri University Marshall College
An item notes a location in Columbia Missouri mentioning Missouri University and Marshall College. The terse line suggests a collegiate context or pairing of institutions without additional details or events.
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Columbia, Mo
Missouri University, Marshall College
Attell Hurt Arm Forcing Long Ring Layoff
Abe Attell defeated Frankie Burns Friday night but suffered a strained left arm. The injury mirrors a prior hurt from six weeks ago against Kilbane in Philadelphia, likely keeping Attell out for several weeks.
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Abe Attell
New York
Frankie Burns
Kilbane
Philadelphia
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