Major League Magnates Confer At National League Meet
National League magnates held the first session of their annual meeting in New York with a morning conference of directors. They awarded the 1916 pennant to Brooklyn, abolished the disability list, and adopted a 22-player limit from May 16 to August 31 in 1917. A protest on the draft rule and a desire for a major minor league arbitration board were tabled for later. Attendance and peace in baseball were noted as at a record high.
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New York
National League
Brooklyn
American Association
National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues
Tener
Heydler
Co K Quint Edges Russell Giants In Tight Bowling Duel
In a razor close tenpin match on Tuesday the Co K Third Illinois Infantry defeated the Russell Giants by two pins 2386 to 2384. Wilson anchored the Co K five with 646 including a 213 game while Hanus led the Giants with 509 and Pape had 196 in a single frame. Next Friday night the teams meet again to settle the series.
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Illinois Infantry
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Co.l
Hanus
Pape
Intersectional football contests to feature 1917 season
Eastern college elevens to play more intersectional games next autumn with East versus South and Mid West matchups. In 1916 Eastern teams won 15 of 18 intersectionals, tied 2, lost 1, scoring 373 to 100 overall.
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New York
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Middle
Far West
Middle Western
Michigan
Syracuse
Wolverines
Pennsylvania
Cornell
West Virginia
Dartmouth
Rutgers
Washington and Lee
South
University of Pittsburg
Georgetown University
Georgetown
Thomas Defeats Colf in Tenpin Championship Match
Local bowler Pat Thomas defeated H A Colf of Los Angeles in a five game Grand Alleys match by 61 pins. Thomas opened with a 246 to Colfs 172, scoring seven strikes and three spares. Colf won four games by small margins and remains a Pacific coast champion.
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H. A. Colf
Los Angeles
Cal
Pat
Colt
Colf
Pacific Coast
Anoth
Individual bowling match results preview next week
The report notes an upcoming individual bowling match with finalists Thomas and Colt. Scorers listed include Thomas 990 and Colt 929 with per-game scores 193 197 161 193 and 199 198 166 194 respectively. George Wood is named scorer and Jim Petrocelli as umpire.
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Thomas
George Wood
Jim Petrocelli
Comanche Rap Wins Southern Field Trials Derby
Comanche Rap owned by William Ziegler Jr. of New York won the derby at the Southern Field Trials Club in Letchatchie Alabama. The all age event began the previous Wednesday and concluded Tuesday on the club course.
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Ala
William Ziegler Jr
New York
Southern Field Trials Club
Rip Rap
Letohatchie
William Ziegler
Royal Flush
Mary Montrose
Comanche Frank
Fisher’s Frank
G. A. C. Halff
Joe Shiner
John of
Woolton’s Lass
Joe
Charters Issued in Texas Record Pending
Charters issued for Bray & Company of El Paso with 75000 capital stock for merchandising. L. J. Hebert estate of Beaumont with 150000 stock for real estate. T. A. Couzens Incorporated of El Paso with 10000 stock for merchandising. Security Jewelry Company of El Paso with 4000 stock for security loan. Zork Smith Fruit Company of El Paso with 25000 stock. Amendments filed include Copperston? Noted: Russell Coleman. Cotton Oil Company of San Antonio reduces capital stock from 200000 to 100000. Hoff men Deep Well Company of Houston changes name and raises capital from 100000 to 500000. Final payment proofs filed for Texas Construction Company of Dallas, Bennett Dry Goods Company of Frost, American Grocery Company of El Paso.
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Tex
Bray & Company
el Paso
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Reed Sr
T. S. Reed Jr
L. J. Hebert Estate
Beaumont
Capital Stock
Burt Hoopes
B. B. Hebert
B. C. Hebert
T. A. Couzens, Incorporated
T. A. Couzens
B. Foote
A. W. Norcop
Security Jewelry Company
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F. E. Gardner
Harold Potash
Security Loan Company of
Corpus Christi High School Builds Basketball Teams
Corpus Christi Texas December 13 High school athletes shift from football to basketball as several candidates seek permanent positions. Heath and Wilson, known for football, were elected captain and manager. Xmas bicycles advertised from $8 to $40 at Portage Tire Co 221 South Alamo Street Adv.
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Tex
Heath
Wilson
Xmas
Portage Tire Co
South Alamo Street
Finklea Leads Rival Bowlers With 528 In Tenpin Contest
Tuesday night Finklea topped the Guarantees in the Commercial League series with a 528 high for three matches. His 244 in the second game boosted his team to three straight wins 764 to 702, 841 to 673 and 709 to 657 while Staudt led the opposition with 489 total. Wednesday will see Gas and Electric Company five oppose the Sunsets in three games.
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Guarantee Service Company
Tenpin
Guarantees
Staudt
Mitchell
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The
Sunsets
Oick Finklea
Faagmee
Griffing
Schneider
Business Boys Pull-Up Contest At Y M C A
The Business Boys class held a Tuesday night contest at the Y M C A featuring pull-up on parallel bars. Erich Menger won with 16 repetitions, Chowning 14 and Clarence Boldt 13 among 14 participants. Basketball followed with Boldt’s team losing to Menger’s 6 2 and Reimschissel’s team beating Menger’s 5 2 due to sharp passing and defense.
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Charles Chowning
Clarence Boldt
R. Steffler
Charles Chowing
Chowning
Steffler
Reimschissel
Menger
Football Kills Another Youth in Oklahoma City
Buell N. Frogge sixteen of Bearden Oklahoma died in a local hospital from a broken neck suffered in a football game two weeks earlier.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Buell N. Frogge
Bearden
Chicago to Meet Vanderbilt on Oct 13 in Chicago
The University of Chicago announced its 1917 football schedule including a first ever game with Vanderbilt University of Nashville. The teams will clash October 13 in Chicago.
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Vanderbilt
University of Chicago
Vanderbilt University of Nashville
Tenn
McCain Chosen Captain of Oklahoma 1917 Team
Norman Oklahoma December 13 Frank McCain end and halfback was elected captain of the 1917 Sooners football squad at the University of Oklahoma. The selection places McCain in a leadership role for the upcoming season.
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Sooners
Norman
Okla
Frank McCain
University of Oklahoma
Langford Knocks Out Jim Johnson in Twelfth Round
Sam Langford of Boston knocked out Jim Johnson of New York in the twelfth round of a boxing match in St. Louis. The heavies had 30 seconds more to go when Langford secured the victory on Tuesday night.
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K. O
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Sam Langford
Boston
Jim Johnson
New York
Strangler Lewis Defeats Ad Santel In Weight Advantage Bout
In San Francisco on December 13, Strangler Lewis of Kentucky with a 42 pound weight advantage defeated Ad Santel, Pacific coast champion, in a two hour wrestling match. Lewis won the lone fall in one hour forty two minutes using a head lock and face hold on their feet.
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San Francisco
Cal
Lewis
Kentucky
Ad Santel
Pacific Coast
Wrestling marvel Ernst tops Lewis then links to Rip Rap lineage
Adolph Ernst known as Ad Santel defeated Strangler Lewis for over an hour before a fall in Frisco after weighing forty two pounds lighter. The piece places Ernst among the world’s best light aerial wrestlers and celebrates Rip Rap’s lasting impact on field trials and canine champions like Comanche Rap and Royal Flush under breeder William Ziegler.
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Ad Santel
Frisco
Lewis
Joe Stecher
Kansas
Stecher
Ernst
San Antonio
Parasitism and the Parasite Wife Theme Explored
Anne Steele Richardson argues in McClure's Magazine that parasitism concerns the soul, not the pay, contrasting with the old phrase parasitic wife coined by a public speaker who warned of women detached from the mistress.
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Anne Steele Richardson
McClure’s
Parasitic View Of Working Women Sparks Debate
The article condemns women who do not work as parasitic while praising the intelligent wife and mother aided by servants. It contrasts industrious women who contribute to church and charity with those seen as economically independent and criticized as parasites in factories, stores, and offices. It argues economic pressure drives some women to work and labels their effort as minimal.
Noted by-election clash ends with bald insult
In a by election a man in the audience repeatedly cried you re wrong sir to a speaker who attacked the government. The candidate grew irritated and claimed he could tell the critic something to make his hair stand on end as the crowd roared. The critic removed his hat revealing a bald head.
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