Baseball Umpire Selection Set for January Meeting
The Houston league sets January 12 to name four umpires from a pool including Harry Howell William McKee D J Mullaney George Leidy and Charles Van Sickle. Bronchos owner Block voices optimism over Austin franchise disposition and an early 1912 schedule as contracts flood in and action nears.
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Orris Block
Peagee
Allen
Hous
Harry Howell
William McKee
D. J. Mullaney
George Leidy
Charles van Sickle
Houston
Austin
San Antonio
Block
Iglehart
Austin Rise
Shreveport
Louisiana
Savant Matt and Savant Jeff Add to Tryout List
Pitcher Spake announced yesterday becomes the fifteenth pitcher added to a tryout list that also includes five catchers and over a dozen fielders. Owner Block oversees grandstand construction at the new Block's league park on South Presa street, while managing other business cares.
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Spake
Block
League Park
South Presa Street
Nag
San Antonio
Garros completes long Tunis to Rome air journey
French aviator Roland Garros ends a record flight from Tunis to Trapani Sicily then Naples and Rome. He covers about 160 miles over the Mediterranean, lands in Rome an hour and a half ahead of schedule, and sustains minor plane damage without injury before attending a banquet and continuing to Paris by train.
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Rome
Tunis
Africa
Garros
Trapini
Sicily
Mediterranean Sea
Naples
Aero Club
Paris
Harvard tops Yale in intercollegiate chess opener
Harvard defeated Yale 3 to 1 in the first round of the twenty first annual intercollegiate chess tournament of the Columbia Harvard Yale Princeton league held yesterday. Harvard won two games and two drawn. Princeton did not appear for the match. Columbia did not claim a default and a postponed match may be set for Christmas day. The second round begins with Columbia vs Harvard and Yale vs Princeton. Lap robes advertised by Woodward Carriage Company.
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New York
Harvard
Yale
Columbia
Princeton
Grammar School Basketball League Planned for 1912 13
Athletic Director Wheeler of the Y M C A announces two class division for grammar school play with older boys up to 14 in regular league and younger nine man teams under seven in a rules game. Principal support cited by Professor Cook links basketball to body culture and school life benefits.
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Wheeler
Cook
San Antonio
A Aa
New York Sets Boxing Rules and Commission Weight Scale
The New York state athletic commission announced a complete set of rules for ring contests after December 24 and issued an official weight scale. The light heavyweight class 158 to 175 pounds is designated commission weight. Referees must be inside the ring. decisions in professional bouts are barred, while AAU jurisdiction allows decisions. Main bouts must end by 10 p.m. Lightweight fighters cannot face opponents ten pounds heavier. Weight classes range from paperweight 108 to heavyweight over 175.
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New York
State Athletic Commission
National Sporting Club of
London
Amateur Athletic Union
Artie Griggs Likely Reassigned From Majors To Louisville
Cleveland reports Artie Griggs once of the Bronchos is set to return to the minors, probably Louisville. Once a favored Texas league asset, Griggs is described as big and even tempered but lacking pep and aggressiveness, signaling retirement for a promising Texas league player.
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Cleveland
Artie Griggs
Louisville
Griggs
Christmas Sport Program Is Brief and Slow
The upcoming Christmas week offers little action in sports with rain and holidays delaying events. Golf at Laurel Heights hinges on fair weather. basketball and school games are scarce. the Y plans a big New Year program. football and harness racing are off the card. Fans may gossip about past seasons while awaiting better conditions.
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Santa Claus
Symons
Laurel Heights
Texas
Willie Ritchie Tops New Lightweight Buzz in Valleville
Willie Ritchie, the new lightweight champion, is attracting attention on the Valleville stage as New York fans discuss his self confidence. He reportedly earned £39,000 for a ten round bout, signaling his rising status in the division.
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Willie Ritchie
Valleville
New York
Ritchie
New York City Bout Sparks Public Debate Over Price
The report notes a contentious boxing bout in New York City with talks of a high price provoking strong reactions among local fans and critics. No formal decision has been announced.
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Bition
New York City
Gotham
Westerners urged to lower prices due to unspecified reason
Brief line urges Westerners to reduce prices citing a vague reason described only as because. No names, dates, or clear entities provided.
May Change Olympiad Germans Prefer Skating to Boxing
Berlin 1916 planners outline a central German federation with regional committees and an $800000 stadium in Berlin. Diem reports boxing is opposed as barbarous while boxing gains support from England the United States Sweden and Denmark.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Berlin
Diem
Associated Press
Germany
England
United States
Denmark
Indiana proposes athletic fraternity Sigma Delta Psi plan
Dr C P Hutchins of Indiana University calls central west universities to Indianapolis during holidays to form Sigma Delta Psi a Greek letter athletic fraternity. The charter outlines two member classes with strict athletic benchmarks including sprints hurdles jumps throws and distance runs. Packey McFarland adds a $2500 purse to his mother’s Christmas fund after a Kenosha bout with Eddie Murphy.
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Bloomington
Ind
C. P. Hutchins
Indiana University
Central West
Indianapolis
Sigma Delta Psi
Packey McFarland
Eddie Murphy
Kenosha
Wis
Dwarfs to Meet Intermediates in Y League Showdown
The Dwarfs of the Y Senior Basketball league face the Intermediates tonight in a top rivalry clash to settle which team holds supremacy this season. Both teams boast high tempo play and a tight race this year with no weeknight games scheduled afterward.
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Wheeler
McKinley Avenue
Government Hill Baraca
Turners
Local Delicatessen Ad Promotes Boxed Choco Lates
An advertisement touts chocolate treats made on site and sold in attractive boxes. It lists Riegler's at 231 East Houston Street and plumber A. Collinan of 416 Main Ax as contacts or references.
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Riegler’s
East
Houston Street
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