GEO BROWN CHAMPION HEEL-AND-TOE WALKER
World walking champion George N. Brown and partner Billie B. Weston perform at the Majestic Theater this week after winning 133 races in 87 starts. He holds records from one to ten miles and challenges local college walkers to a race on stage. Brown notes eight years of travel and 12 000 miles covered with plans for more as he eyes a possible 10 000 more. His amateur times include one mile in 6 44 and ten miles in 73 43.
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George N. Brown
Billie B. Weston
Majestic Theater
Brown
Daddy
Weston
Arre ns Ott Tie Samsco in City Tenpin League Night
Excitement at Grand alleys as Ahrens & Ott five edge Joske quint in three games to pull even with Sams Company for top in City League second series. Eddie Kehr stars with 611 total and four strikes late as Plumbers tally 46 more pins, while Stephens leads losers with 599 and 231 single game. Montgomery signs Green to South Atlantic League contract after night of bowling and table news.
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Ahrens & Ott Tenpin Five
Joske Quint
Sams Company Quint
Plumbing” Brigade
Eddie Kehr
Ahrens & Otts
Stephens
Deibler
Mitchell
Kohr
Wahl
Jonas
Eddie Kohr
Pat Thomas
Frank Brothers and
Wolff & Marx Quints
Golf gear now on display at Brackenridge Park
Brackenridge Park Golf Club House displays a large line of foreign and domestic clubs bags and balls. Clubs made to order. Lessons offered at one dollar per hour.
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Brackenridge Park Golf Club
Rejuvenated Texas League sets April 12 opener
The Texas League will begin its season in seven Texas cities and Shreveport on April 12. New managers and parks highlight the circuit with Waco, Dallas, Fort Worth, San Antonio, Beaumont, Galveston, Houston, and Shreveport fielding strengthened lineups as players train in pre season exhibitions with major league clubs.
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Dallas
Tex
Texas
Shreveport
Beaumont
Houston
Galveston
Farrell
National Commission
Waco
Harry Welch
Atlanta
Mique Finn
Joe Jenkins
Sledd Allen
Cipiano
Leslie Tullos
Fort Worth
San Antonio
Frierson
Mowry
Shaw
Friersson
Northen
Henry
Garner
Criss
Rose
Edmondson
Glenn
Napier
Pat Newnam
Bond's Team Wins Regular Class Contest at Y M C A
Jack Bond led his team to first place in the regular class Business Boys series at the Y M C A with a two standing broad jumps event. Bond earned individual honors by leaping 17 feet 8½ inches, while Creslie Morris surged to 16 feet 2½ inches and Walter Janert followed in third. Janert pitched both indoor baseball games. Erich Menger's team won a double-header 1–0 and 2–1, with Frank Erben's team runner-up and Arthur Lancaster third.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Bond
Bond
Erich Menger
Jules Reimschissel
Charles Chowning
Frank Erben
Arthur Lancaster
William van Cleave
Creslie Morris
Walter Janert
Raymond Farrington
Morris
Janert
Farrington
J. Floyd Smith
Armstrong Wins Heavyweight Crown In National Boxing Tourney
In Boston on April 5 Carlo Armstrong 161 pounds defeated George Hook 200 pounds to win the heavyweight title at the national amateur boxing championships. Eugene Brosseau 145 pounds outpointed M Stark Joe Landrieu 158 pounds defeated Adolph Kaufman. Thomas Murphy 135 pounds beat Johnny Marto in a fast finals bout.
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Boston
Mass
Carlo Armstrong
George Hook
Pittsburg
Eugene Brosseau
Montreal
M. Stark
New York
Adolph Kaufman
Brooklyn
Joseph Landrieu
New Orleans
Thomas Murphy
Kansas City
Johnny Marto
Baldwin's Birds Take 1st and 2nd in 300 Mile Race
P Baldwin's pigeons won first and second honors in a 300 mile Alamo City District race of the National Association and International Federation of Homering. Birds liberated at Longview Texas by I W Stinchomb at 7 15 a m to weather fair conditions, first bird arriving at 3 11 p m. Next race set from Hope Arkansas on April 17 with listed speeds and the owner Reg No and yards per minute.
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P. Baldwin
Alamo City
National Association and
International Federation of Homering
Longview
Texas
I. W. Stinchomb
Hope
Ark
Names and amounts listed for multiple accounts
A sequence of names followed by dollar amounts appears, including P Baldwin and T J Reneburg with four figure values, Geo M Heberer, F J Vollmer, A Engelken, and J F Onion Jr, each linked to codes like FB OB JEB AV. The items resemble a ledger or payroll excerpt with varied cents and a mix of punctuation.
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P. Baldwin
T. J. Reneburg
Geo
M. Heberer
F. J. Vollmer
Riley Wins Event at YMCA Intermedate Series
Harald Riley took first in the regular class running high jump in the YMCA Inter mediate series Tuesday with 4 feet 10 inches. George Sexauer placed second at 4 feet 6 inches, Madden Hill third at 4 feet 4 inches. Individual points show Riley leading, Sexauer with 3, Hill with 1 or 2. Contestants included Harold Riley George Sexauer Forrest Fessler Madden Hill Bruce Cross Robert Joyce Aubrey Schofield P Rodriguez F Mendez Henry Herndon T J Hart. At Arkadelphia Ouachita 20 Henderson Brown 4. Clemson 8 Wofford 0. Georgia 2 Virginia 1. West Virginia Wesleyan 8 Washington and Lee 7. Guilford College 6 South Carolina 2.
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Harald Riley
George Sexauer
Riley
Sexauer
Madden Hill
Hill
Harold Riley
Forrest Fessler
Bruce Cross
Robert Joyce
Aubrey Schofield
P. Rodriguez
F. Mendez
Henry Herndon
T. J. Hart
Forest
Pessieri
George Bexauer
Ernest Green
Arkadelphia
Ark
Ouachita
Henderson Brown
Clemson College
Clemson
Wofford
Athens
Virginia
Georgia
Lexington
West Virginia Wesleyan
Washington and Lee
Columbia
Guilford College
South Carolina
Aged athlete Donald Dinnie dies in London
London mourns Donald Dinnie 79 famed as Scotland s greatest athlete He won 11 000 contests across wrestling hammer throwing running and jumping with several victories on American tracks marking a remarkable athletic career
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London
Donald Dinnie
Scotland
Prelim 10 Monday Bout Announced for Moose Hall card
Promoter Jack Robins announces the first match on the Moose Hall program set for next Monday night. Panama Red and Kid Ross, both 150-pounders, will open the card before the main bout featuring the Masked Marvel and the New Orleans grappler. Word from New Orleans says the Pelican City phenom will arrive soon.
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Masked Marvel
Strangler
Lewis
Moose Hall
Jack Robins
Panama Red
Kid” Ross
New Orleans
Pelican City
Sunday School Five Wins Church Championship Faceoff
The Government Hill Church Sunday school basketball team beat the Church quintet 26 to 12 in the deciding three game series at the Y M C A on Tuesday night. Janett scored 12 and Wight 10 to lead the winners while Smith Crabtree and Withers paced the losers.
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Government Hill Church
Janett
Wight
Smith
Crabtree
Withers
Church
van Cleave
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International News Service
George McManus
von Hair
Nightingale
MR. Jiggs
George N, Brown
Arrens & Ott
Samsco
City Tenpin League
Montgomery
Ala
Green
Little Rock
Sams Co. Sear
Ahrens & Otton
Joskes
Stein
P. Blessan
Bessan
Essastal
Total Ee Ee
Ahrens & Ott. Names
Ttl
Wiemers Sane
Seer
Kohr Te Eee
Shee
Hofner
Roach
Golf Goods
Will H. Symons
Waco Navigators
Hardy
Bittle
Crichlow
Closman
Zinn
Naylor
Causey
Ball
Gainesville
Jacobs
Santa Clara University
Harrison J. Benson
Dunckel
Love
Balenti
Westerzil
Benson
George ©. Leidy
J. W. Gardner
Dallas Giants
Harry Welchonce
Welchonce
Don Curtiss
Greenville
Southern Association
Welch
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Pandry
Baltimore Federals
Josefson
Thompson
McDonough
Mackey
Adams, Shipe, Bono
Conley and
Hagan
Oilers
Jim Delehanty
Finn
Delehanty
Sid Fraith
Gassers
Ray Bernsen
Phil Wells
Jack Diamond
Duffy
Leverett
Sloan
Fort Worth Panthers
Fred Hunter
Jake Atz
Bobby Stow
Otto Mclver
Jordan
Panthers
Woodhall
Manda
Trotter
McLaurin
Paul Sentell
Pirates
Pirate
Barfoot
Allen
Chelette
Schmidt
Brenham
Tom Wilson
Scott
Tarleton
Bope
Hille
Stuart
Sentell
Short
Cluett, Peabody & Co., Inc
Auto Livery CO
Travis
Crockett
Soledad St
Y.me. A
Baldwin’s Birds
College
Panama
Red
Ross
Town
Church Quint
Tanert
Aseer
Eewee ‘Crabtree-Voigt
Caruth
Fessler
J. K. Weber
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco CO
Winston-Salem
N.C
Sie
Ics
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