Giants Crowned Grand Tenpin League Champions After Losses
The Grand Tenpin League closed with the Giants as champions despite losing both match series to Thurman and Eagles. Quinn led Thurman with 221 high game, Cahill and Kohr starred for the Giants, and Eagles claimed a 258 single game league record by the southpaw. Cahill earned 180 average top honors.
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Giants
Thurman
Quinn
Barnes
Kohr
Cahill
Eagles
Howard
Household Bowlers Close Up On Leaders
The Household Furniture bowling team edged Maverick-Clarke in a three game Commercial Tenpin league set at Grand alleys. Captain Schwartz led with 231 in one game while Nolan added 539 across the series. Quinn paced Maverick-Clarke with a 172 average.
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Household Furniture Company
Maverick-Clarke Company
Quinn
Schwartz
Nolan
Gayle
Maverick-Clarke
Cyclists Pace Slows in Six Day Race at Madison Square Garden
At 8 p m on December 10 the six day bicycle race at Madison Square Garden showed teams still riding after 32 hours. The field had covered 676 miles plus one lap and led the record by eight miles eight laps. At 7 p m the distance exceeded the best previous mark by 13 miles, but the pace slowed in the next hour and no team had gained a clear lead.
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New York
Madison Square Garden
Lipton at New Orleans recalls youth and races
Sir Thomas Lipton, hosted by local yachtsmen, recalled his 1874 75 New Orleans boyhood days earning money for his parents and mentioned a nickel pie and the flying Horses. He visited sites from his youth and spoke at a Progressive Union luncheon about yachting and America's Cup rules.
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New Orleans
Thomas Lipton
Sir Thomas
Progressive Union
Weather talk stirs talk of presidential action
A weather forecaster or similar source in Washington or Medicine Hat may face trouble if he visits a warm venue where San Antonio golfers converse. There is discussion of asking the president to issue a proclamation or take similar action to ease conditions.
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Washington
Medicine Hat
San Antonio
Gibbons and McGeoffrey Fight Yields Empty Championship Buzz
Reporters say the middleweight duel between Gibbons and McGeoffrey failed to impress as top contenders once Stan Ketchel, Frankie Klaus, and Billy Papke left the scene. Crowds in New York grew restless as both fighters stalled and near chaos followed.
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Gibbons-McGeofrty
Stanley Ketchel
Frankie Klaus
Billy Papke
New York
Mandot Returns to New Orleans for Lightweight Title Prospects
Joe Mandot has returned to New Orleans where promoters plan a series of matches with the Markethouse scrapper as a trial horse for other likely lightweight contenders developed since Mandot moved up. A new celebrity may emerge once matchmaking concludes.
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Joe Mandot
New Orleans
Markethouse
Mandot
Bantam and Lightweight Boxers Sought in Town
Remarks invites bantams feath ers or lightweights to contact for a friendly test of skill and competition, seeking interested fighters to come forward.
Flynn Now Favorite in Fight With Luther McCarty
A flood of Flynn money made the Pueblo fireman a ten to eight favorite for tonight’s bout with Luther McCarty in Los Angeles. Flynn is weighed to around 190 pounds while McCarty is expected to carry 202 to 205 pounds, the weight handicap showing Flynn lighter than first thought.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Flynn
Pueblo
Luther McCarty
McCarty
Penn Football Receipts Top $59 Thousand for Year
University of Pennsylvania reports football receipts of $59 177 and expenses $25 775 for the year, presented to the athletic association last night in Philadelphia.
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Penn
Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
University’s Athletic Association
Brown Dominates East Side Lightweight Bout
In New York on December 10, Knock out Brown defeated Young Rilley in a ten round lightweight contest. Brown showcased superior speed and power for a decisive victory on the card featuring East Side fighters.
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K. O. Brown
New York
Brown
East Side
Young Rilley
Powell Studio promotes latest productions in artful photography
The Powell Studio advertises latest photography productions completed promptly in an artistic manner. Located at 5111 2 and 513 E. Houston St with contact phone 6059, Stevewood offers affordable rates.
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Powell Studio
Houston St
Bresnahan Claim to Be Settled by Arbitration Plan
The National League board indicated Bresnahan's_contract dispute with St Louis will likely be settled by an arbitration commission in St Louis under Missouri law. The meeting also opposed umpire Rigler’s $2200 claim against Philadelphia and seated Cornelius J Sullivan on the board.
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New York
Roger Bresnahan
St. Louis
National League
Charles Rigler
Philadelphia Club
Kixey
Cornelius J. Sullivan
New York Club
John T. Brush
Bresnahan
August Herrmann
Cincinnati
Joe Winker
Chicago
John J. McGraw
Court Adjourns Then Reopens for December Term in Texas
Deputy Clerk A I Campbell and Jury Commissioner James Duryee Stevenson were ordered by Judge T S Maxey to open court Monday December 16 and adjourn until 1 o clock Monday December 30 The December term will convene on the third Monday with a large docket including about 62 naturalization petitions to be acted upon on opening day and the deputy clerk preparing the docket for the term.
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A. I. Campbell
Federal Court of
Western District of Texas
T. S. Maxey
James Duryee Stevenson
Abandon Revival Plan In San Antonio
About thirty pastors gathered at the Y M C A in San Antonio to hear a committee report chaired by Rev. Hugh McClellan on bringing Evangelist M F Ham of Kentucky for an evangelistic campaign. The meeting concluded that conditions were not propitious and the cost of a 6000 seat tabernacle was prohibitive, so the proposal was dropped. Rev. E G Johnson presided, with Rev. C E McStravick serving as secretary.
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San Antonio
Ministerial Union
Hugh McClellan
M. F. Ham
Kentucky
E. G. Johnson
Evangelical Church
C. E. McStravick
United Presbyterian Church
No Decision Today In Habeas Corpus Cases At Fort Sam Houston
Judge T S Maxey of the federal court did not announce a decision on the writs of habeas corpus for General De La Fuente and Colonel Pascual Orozco. They are detained at Fort Sam Houston by order of the president. The judge had indicated a decision today but postponed it.
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Austin, Tex
T. S. Maxey
Federal Court
General de la Fuente
Pascual Orozco
Fort Sam Houston
Maxey
Parents to Share Custody in South Carolina Supreme Court Ruling
B. R. Tillman Jr. and Mrs. Lucy Dugas will share custody of their two children, per a state supreme court decision handed down here yesterday. The girls have lived with Mrs. Dugas since 1910 after the court placed them in her care.
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Columbia
S. C
B. R. Tillman Jr
United States
South Carolina
Lucy Dugas
Tillman
State Supreme Court
Brush Will Placed In Probate Trustees Named For Estate
The will of John T. Brush owner of the New York National League club, valued at about 1.5 million dollars, was filed for probate. The bulk of the estate including the ball club is placed in trust with Harry N. Hempstead and Ashley Lloyd as trustees who may retain or dispose of holdings as profitable. The will, signed in 1910 in San Antonio, was made in the presence of two nurses.
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Indianapolis
Ind
John T. Brush
New York National League Baseball Club
Brush
Ball Club
Harry N. Hempstead
Ashley Lloyd
Cincinnati
San Antonio
Tex
Governor halts main cocking show near Monroe
Governor Hall ordered the cocking main closed in Monroe after telegraphic instructions to the deputy sheriff. Despite the order, several contests occurred in a big tent near the city. Promoters appealed and a plan to move the main to an island in the Mississippi between Vicksburg and Delta Point was reported.
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Monroe
Hall
Mitchell
District Court
Mississippi River
Vicksburg
Déita Point
Jim Crow Applies to Sleeping Cars in Mississippi
Mississippi Supreme Court rules the jim crow law applies to sleeping cars as well as day coaches. In Pearl Morris v Alabama & Vicksburg Railroad, the court reduces a $15,000 verdict to $2,000, stating separate cars must be provided for African American passengers in sleeping accommodations.
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Jackson
Miss
Supreme Court of Mississippi
Mississippi
Osteopath Dr J R Cunningham Listed in Moore Blog
Dr J R Cunningham, osteopath, is listed in the Moore Blog with old phone reference 984-3 and an address line noted as ¢49 Moore Blog.
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Fielding
J. R. Cunningham
Moore
Danforth Wins Gap In Class B Golf Tourney
A. H. Danforth defeated O. Melihenny and Stanton Smith in the Class B cup final at Laurel Heights. Danforth led early with 45 on the front and 52 back to win by 5 up with 4 to play in a breezy, uneven round watched by a small crowd. Next Sunday the Class A final between J. L. Mellhenny and W. J. Lyons is set, with remaining C and D rounds to conclude.
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Laurel Heights
A. H. Danforth
O. Melihenny
Stanton Smith
Danforth
J. L. Mellhenny
W. J. Lyons
Symons
Boston Nationals Announce 1913 Spring Training Schedule
Secretary Henry Nickerson released the Boston Nationals spring training plan set for Athens Georgia starting March 3. The schedule lists two Atlanta trips, Toronto in Macon and Athens, Richmond, Washington and Baltimore venues through April 8, plus Nickerson confirming the club signed Cuban catcher Miguel Gonzales to a 1913 contract.
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New York
Henry Nickerson
Boston Nationals
Athens
Atlanta
Southern
Toronto
International
Macon
Buffalo
Charlotte
Richmond
Virginia
Washington
American
Baltimore
Nickerson
Miguel Gonzales
Summers Wins British Welterweight Title in London
Johnny Summers defeated Sid Burns on points to win the welterweight championship of Great Britain at the National Sporting Club in London. Both fighters are Londoners.
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London
Johnny Summers
Great Britain
Sid Burns
National Sporting Club
Warts Turf Laurels: W. Newton Bennington Plans Return to Racing
Warts Turf laurels holder W Newton Bennington, once a $1904 millionaire owner, declares in New York he will return to racing after leaving sanitariums and the state asylum since 1904. He has about $40,000 to fund a comeback and promises horses under his colors will win. He frames racing as sport or business and says he won’t advise others to bother with it.
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W. Newton Bennington
New York
Bennington
High Coron al Game Assured Between Coronal and San Marcos
San Marcos leaders drop contention for gate receipts as Coach Voight defends the title clash next Saturday at Electric Park. Officials accept referees Johnson and Baehr and school canvassing begins to ensure a large turnout for the southwest showdown.
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San Marcos
Voight
Coronal Institute
Coronal
Electric Park
Southwest
Johnson
Baehr
Kennel Club Elects Montgomery Officers After Derby Draw
In Montgomery Alabama on December 10 the kennel club elected officers following a large derby entry. Kirk Jackson was re elected president John H Wallace Jr was secretary E B Joseph treasurer L F Rogers Letohatchie Henry W Parrish and W A Blount Jr were named vice presidents due to the volume of entries.
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Montgomery
Ala
Kirk Jackson
John H. Wallace Jr
E. B. Joseph
L .F. Rogers
Letochatchie
Henry W. Parrish
W. A. Blount Jr
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