TEAAG LEAGUE Men In Uniform Among War Efforts
Texas League players and club personnel are serving in World War I units across the country. Houston leads with fifteen players in service, San Antonio ten, and Dallas Fort Worth eight each. Notables include Jack Harper overseas with a repair unit and Barney Wareh wounded in France, with others in Frances and at Camp Travis reflecting the league's wartime contribution.
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Houston
Broncs
San Antonio
Waco
Shreveport
Dallay
Fort Worth
Jack Harper
Jack
Johnny Baggan
Bensenitchers
Brones
Theien
Foss
Europe
Long list of players and service assignments across teams
The text lists numerous players by name and position alongside their wartime service placements in factories shipyards banks and plants. It mentions Harry Purcell Anderson Everett Leander Roose Gene Corhene Clyde Barfoot Letty Townsend Ovid Mullins and many others serving in May sites from Pascagoula Miss to Dayton Ohio and Atlanta. It also references the Boston Buffaloes and names many affiliates and duties across Nashua Suneriar Shreveport Fort Worth and Dallas.
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ALE
Harry Purcell
Ditto Anderson
Everett
Leander Rooe
Third Army
Germy
Frank Gibson
Lurley
Clarence Jonnard
Tylur Merchant Intiine
Pascagoula
Gene Correhens
Pitcher
Comatey
Luling
Clyde Barfoot
Hog Ishind
Letty Leo Townsend
Ovid Mullins
Jonnard
Furl Syken
Sacker
Sigueshiggler
Paris
Wright Tirashers Airplane
Dayton
Ohio
Cle Fon Perry
Bastata
Takes Shipbulding
Suneriar
Wis
Samway Hale
Gibson
Iurley
Slimmy Stewart
Sheffield
Duddy Rezza
Ocean Springs
Miss
Slub Narthen
Navy
Polson
D.y Neill
Brown
Snyds
Beresky
Miske Knocks Out Flynn in Second Round Fight
Billy Miske of St Paul defeats Jim Flynn of Pueblo Cole by knockout in the second round of a scheduled fifteen round bout at Miske arena in Vulsa Oklahoma Monday night. Flynn was floored twice in the first round and twice more in the second before the finish. The ending blow was a right cross to the ear followed by a short jab to the chin.
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Vulsa
Okla
Billy Miske
St. Paul
Jim Flynn
Pueblo
Cole
Flynn
Fiysin
Dreamland
Tie
Southern Association names Memphis man president and sets season rules
The Southern Association directors meet in Birmingham and elect John Martin of Memphis as league president after Roe Baugh resigns. They plan a May start and a 140 game schedule. New rules cap rosters at 50 percent for Class A players, require players to stay with one team up to three years, ban options from the water market, and fix the salary cap at 22000 for all players.
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Birmingham
Ala
Southern Association of Professional Baseball Clubs
John Martin
Memphis
Sireece Roe Baugh
Wateré
Moore Gun Club hosts sparse Brackenridge Park shoot
A small Moore Gun Club shoot at Brackenridge Park drew nine shooters amid influenza restrictions. Scores included Saunders 48/50 and Faurote 41/50. amid ammo shortages, crowds were limited as war needs ease. A next shoot is planned, weathering blue rock shortages and demobilization.
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Moore Gun Club
Brackenridge Park
Saunders
VF. M. Faurote
LE. C.hieu
Tom Turner
C. C. Johnson
RC. Alexander
Charles Barbera
R. C. Cline
R. A. Arthur
Sergt
Mitchell
Moore Gan Club
Kelly Basketball Team to Play First Big Game Wednesday
Lieut. N Malefski, basketball officer, will read charges against the 45th Wield Artillery from Camp Stanley Wednesday night in the gymnasium of the W. OC A. The Kelly post debut is expected to draw a crowd. Tip-off is at 8 o clock.
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Camp Stanley
Kelly
McLaughlin
Wahn
Tieutenant Malefski
Tieutenant Toudenback
Dempsey Stops Morris in First Round in New Orleans
Dempsey of Utah knocked out Carl Morris of Oklahoma in one minute of the opening round in a heavyweight bout in New Orleans. The match drew about 7,000 spectators with Romy Dorr as referee. purses were $4000 for Dempsey and $1250 for Morris.
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Dempsey
Utah
Carl Morris
Oklahoma
Herve Monday Stright
Sonitch
Morris
Stone Morris
Ola
Homan
Romy Dorr
New Orleans
Billy Mieke
Mort Dempsey
Fistic Festival Sparks Christmas Eve Boxing At Kelly
San Antonio hosts a bustling boxing and wrestling program at Kelly No.1 with Lt Vanocker arranging matches amid quarantine for influenza safety. The card features Shelly champs, Quinn versus Atwood, and a host of notable fighters from Camp John Wise and the aeronauts.
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Vanecker
Field Stadium
Shelly Champs
Doe Quinn
Campravis
Kid Atwood
Aeronauts
Hartman
Ames
Thomas
O'Brien
Helma
John Wis
Bouts Set at Aviation Post Crown Night of Action
Kelly Field hosts a midweight card led by Bumble Bee Davis versus Cotton after a recent decision reshuffle at Mayfield. Dixon and Atwood clash as rivals seek rebound with Soldier Selmars ruling the circuit, plus six other six and four round fights featuring Amos McAuliffe Baker Small doni Lush and Cronk Winkler.
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Bumble Bee
Davis
Mayfield
Kelly
Kid Atwood
Paul Dixon
Brooklyn Hbearcat
Fort
Sam Houston
Dixon
Atwood
Soldier Selmars
Dallas
The
Aviation Post
Helis
Amos
Iuanderyou
McAuliffe
Baker
Smalldoni
Hernandesz
Lush
Cronk
Kelly No
Winkler
She Ames-Helms
Pe Ee
Christmas Day Baseball Set as Kelly Faces Laredo
Kelly field team travels to Laredo on December 25 and 26 for a two game series. Manager Kent Miller confirms Laredo City as the opponent with a lineup featuring Semple, Madre, Miller, Brown, Kelly, Crittenden, Wy lans, Jett and Blevins among others.
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Tavedo
Kelly Field
Nev
Kent Miller
Kelly Hull
Che
Miller
Lareda City
Lareda
Kellymen
San Antonians
Avitars
Hay
Bon Anfonio
Arm
Chers
Madre
Brown
Stary
Kelly
Crittenden
Wylans
Jett
Blevins
Frazee Denies Rumor on Boston Americans Sale
Larry J. Frazee, owner of the Boston Americans, called rumors attributed to Van J. Johnson, league president, that he would be driven out of baseball and forced to sell the club as ridiculous and absurd.
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New York
Wlarry J. Prazee
Boston Americans
van J. Johnson
Toston
Cobb Hints at Quitting Baseball After War Return
New York reports star hitter Ty Cobb may quit baseball after returning from military service in France. Cobb and Babe Adams arrived from Europe aboard the Leviathan, with Adams serving in the Y M C A and Cobb recently back from Army captaincy in the Tank Corps. Neither offered a definite decision, though Cobb called baseball a powerful lure.
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New York
Cobb
Detroit
Tieso
Mranve
Adams Barn
Tank Corps
Babe” Adams
Kansas City
Pittsburg Pirates
France
Leviathan
Adams
Y. M. Gla
Bernhardt Returns to France After U S Visit
The famed French actress Sarah Bernhardt has left the United States and returned to France. In an interview soon after arrival she voiced satisfaction at again trodding French soil during the war. She had previously said she would return to France when her country was free.
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Sarah Bernhardt
United States
France
Mme. Bernhardt
America
Tondon Mail
Notable Guests At San Antonio Hotels
The report lists several visitors staying at San Antonio hotels including J B Lizard of El Paso and Mrs J L Baldridge of Rockdale at the Menger and Gunter. Others include J J Bivens Amarillo at the Lanier J C Motter Dallas at St Anthony and E Gough Chicago at the Menger.
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J. B. Lizard
el Paso
Menger
J. L. Baldridge
Rockdale
Gunter
J. J. Bivens
Amarillo
Lanier
J.C. Motter
Dallas
St. Anthony
E. Gough
Chicago
Wy. J. Odom
HL. P. Bradley
Lubbock
J.P. Fitch
Yoakum
Hi. R. Iis
Lancaster
Raymond Chare
Buffalo
J. A. McGill
Paris
A. F. Dill
Kansas City, Mo
Tack
Weatherford
Ben FF. Wilson
Kingsville
B. Wilkes
Atlanta
Warner
Los Angeles
Ig Replaterad
More Japanese freighters to be delivered to Seattle
Five Japanese steel freighters of 9000 to 10000 tons will be delivered to the United States Shipping Board in January by the Trans Oceanic Company. Built at Kobe by Kawanishi yards, they used steel furnished by the U S government under wartime steel agreements. The seventh ship, the Kasterling, is due December 26.
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Seattle
Wash
United States Shipping Board
Trans-Oceanic Company
Kawashi
Kobe
America
Rectum
S Jhief
Kasterling
Dee
Responsibility for Punishing War Crimes Rest With Governments
A Westminster Gazette letter argues that governments, not courts or juries, must bear the responsibility to punish war crimes. It cites atrocities in Belgium, prisoner mistreatment, and executions of Captain Fryatt and Edith Cavell as acts that can be attributed to individual persons but require state action for punishment.
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London
Responsibility and punishment of German leaders debated
The text argues that former German emperor and top officials should be surrendered and punished by executive acts. It urges swift action over legal technicalities, warning that justice must be administered by governments, not jurists, with possible execution or removal to prevent future mischief.
Have Been Beauty Versus Never Wasser Debate
In a railway station waiting room two actresses, a widow and a married woman, converse about beauty. The widow boasts of being a former beauty while the other quips that better to be a has-been than a never-wasser. The exchange is cited from the Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph.
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Pittsburg
English Bombard Bolshevik Positions on Gulf of Finland Front
Stockholm reports an English squadron bombarded Bolshevik positions along the south coast of the Gulf of Finland. Bolshevik forces were repulsed and the enemy advance on the Assarian front said to be stopped. Esthonian mobilization progresses and allied support strengthens public resolve.
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Gulf of Finland
Stockholm
New Dutch Policy Moves Toward Closer Entente Ties
A Hague dispatch to the Matin reports a growing movement in Dutch commercial political and financial circles favoring a new foreign policy direction toward closer relations with the entente nations. The Dutch Economical League leader at Harlem urged internationalizing the River Schuldt.
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Paris
Hague
Holland
Dutch Economical League
Harlem
Schuldt
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Barney) Wareh
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Losoya St
Cireles
Kansag City Journal
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Aw Yves Re
Percy Tyrrell, Mawacen
Gunter Cafe
St. Anthony Hotel
T. B. Baker
Southern Pacific
Moustan
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Air Coneher
Victoria Division
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Sunset Limited
KL Push
Pacific Coast
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Hone
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Msi
Galveston
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N. St. Mary's Street
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