Baseball turmoil swirls as Landis and Johnson near resignation
News from Chicago and St Louis outlines a brewing crisis as Ban Johnson and Kennesaw Landis face possible resignations amid baseball league tensions. A meeting in St Louis aims at reconciliation while trades between the Browns and Yankees hint at reshaped rosters for 1916.
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Kenesaw
AL Judis
National’ League
Hetican League
Landis
Anyon
Johnson
Louis
Offins
Olive
Jake Ppert
New York
Tom Shibe
Madelphia
Barney Barnard
Reland
Harry Williams
Ifk
Landis Ao
Kerrville Woman Tops Local Buck Harvest
In Kerr County Mrs. Louis Real of Turtle Creek reports her third buck of the season, the first Kerr County woman to reach the limit, with five pointers and a large eight pointer. Her steady season marks lead as hunters trade talks swirl around major league dealings.
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Kerrville
Tex
Louis “Real
Turtle Creek
Kerr County
Ballerino Beats Sullivan In Ten Round Junior Lightweight Bout
Bayonne’s Mike Ballerino defeats Brooklyn’s Steve Sullivan in a ten round no decision bout in Milwaukee. Ballerino presses the action from the start driving Sullivan to the ropes with body punches. Sullivan lands cleaner blows but cannot halt the Irish attack. Weight figures noted and a separate foul in the featherweight bout is mentioned by Chicago official Eddie Shea.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Mike Ballerino
Bayonne
N. J
Steve “Kid” Sullivan
Brooklyn
Ballerina
Sullivan
Crimson
Ballerino
Eddie Shea
Chicago
Pete Sarmiento
Fipine
Sarmiento
Shea
Will Hunter to Turn Pro on January First
Willie I. Hunter former British amateur golf champion will begin his professional career January 1 at Brentwood Country Club. He will take over the Brentwood post vacated by George Merritt who has held the job for several years.
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Los Angeles
Willie I. Hunter
Brentwood Country Club
Martin Leach
Brentwood Greens
Hunter
George Merritt
Brentwood
Hahn to be among rivals for Nurmi in fall meet
Lloyd Hahn Nebraska sprint rep in the 1922 Olympic games left his home for Hast to meet Paavo Nurmi and other premier runners in a series of races. Missouri opens season in Columbia facing Central Wesleyan with a trip through the Missouri Valley Conference slated to start January.
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Neb
Lloyd Hahn
Nebraska
Paavo’ Nurmi
Missouri
Columbia
University of Missouri
Central Wesleyan
Warrenton
Tigers
Ames
Drake
Grin- Tell
Daniel Baker Honors 21 Players With Football Letters
Twenty-one Hill Billies received letters at a Daniel Baker College banquet at Goggin Memorial chapel. Red Smith was named captain. Burns Lane and Pluto LeMay depart after graduation. several players pledged to return for 194? season as coaches praised the team’s effort and predicted a strong next fall.
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Brownwood
Tex
Hill Billies
Daniel Baker
Goggin Memorial ‘Chapel
Fatty? Gibbs
Grady Higginbotham
Gibbs
Sevon
Burns Lane
Pluto” LeMay
Brags
Taker
Stringer
FL Stringer
Neil
Miller
McInnis
Smith
Flint
Patterson
Knox
Scott
Club Signs Sandlot Stars From Kansas City
George Strohmeyer and Bryan Young from Kansas City have signed with the Oklahoma City club of the Western League. Strohmeyer is a right handed pitcher and Young an infielder.
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George Strohmeyer
Bryan Young
Oklahoma City
Western Teague
Strohmeyer
Young
Londos Wins One Fall in Tokyo Show Split Double Bill
Kansas City December 16 Jim Londos defeated Tarra Magiki in a one fall main event after 53 minutes of grappling. Wladek Zbyszko beat Jack Roberts twice, and Dick Daviscourt and Renato Gardini wrestled to a draw. Field basketball teams split the double header with Keathool Group Be Hoke, Gov Hill quintet winning 25 to 4. Putnam led with 12 points and Me Murtray scored eleven for the losers. Yale bowler Louis Wienecke top scored for 21 games with an average of 1.868 to win the university bowling title.
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Jim Londons
Tarra Magiki
Londos
Wladek Zbyszko
Jack Roberts
Dick Daviscourt
Renato Gardini
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Koly
Divisie
Nisats
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O'Rourke
Hill
Temple
MecMurtray
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Lane
Vickery
White
Hay
Perkin
D0th Squadron
Ackerman
Porter
Arbuckle
Carrola
Sepeda
Velliquette
Fisher
Dundee
Mares
Causby
Hartington
Ellis
Ena
YALE
New Haven
Conn
Louis G. Wienecke
Tulsa
Okla
Wienecke
Charles A. Moore
Southern magnates discuss meeting agenda at Memphis
Southern Association baseball officials enter day two of their winter meeting in Memphis with key issues to resolve. They aim to fund smaller-city clubs, revise the constitution, and set dates for the 1925 pennant race. Also noted Bert Schneider won in Canton and Indiana University basketball beat Washington University 30 to 18 in Bloomington.
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Southern Association
Indiana
Bloomington
Ind
Dee
Indiana University
Washington
University of St. Louis
Fort Sam Houston Whips Win Polo Meet in Mexico City
The Fort Sam Houston second team, the Whips, defeated the Mexican Polo Club second team 14 to 2 in Mexico City as part of a three week U S polo tour. The Yellowjackets, Fort Sam Houston first team, beat first-string Mexicans 9 to 1 in an opening game. Mexicans showed strong play in the second half while U S officers led big first-half scoring. The U S polo party enjoys hospitality, meeting President Calles and Mexican officials, with social events and diplomat visits continuing through their stay.
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Mexico City
Fort Sam Houston
The
Whips
Yellowjackets
Amerian
United States
Polo Party
Calles
Rodgers to Lead Oklahoma Aggies Next Year
Donald I. Rodgers of Jet Oklahoma was elected captain of the Oklahoma Aggies football team for the next year. Rodgers is a junior in the school of agriculture and has played guard for two seasons. He is also a catcher on the college baseball team.
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Okla
Donald I. Rodgers
Jet
Oklahoma Aggies
Rodgers
School of Agriculture
Colege
Flowers finishes Townsend in fifth
Philadelphia reports Tiger Wowers of Atlanta scored a technical knockout in the fifth round of a ten round bout against Jack Townsend of Buffalo New York. The bout was staged last night with Townsend described as a brawny rival.
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Tiger Wowers
Atlanta
Jack Townsend
Buffalo
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