Martin Lewis Vows to Beat Brown in Beethoven Hall Bout
Martin Lewis arrives in town for a Friday night finish bout with Pet Brown, the world middleweight champion, at Beethoven hall. He asserts peak form and says defeat by Ernst would be excusable only in a future that favors Ernst, while praising his own wrestling peers and listing rivals he has defeated.
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Martin Lewis
Strangler
Pet” Brown
Beethoven Hall
Taylor
Lewis
Adolph Ernst
San Antonio
San Francisco
Ernst
Joe Stecher
Charley Challender
Travis Club
Dillon Accepts Challenge to Meet Darcy in Brooklyn Bout
Jack Dillon the Indianapolis light heavyweight accepted an offer to fight Les Darcy the Australian champion before a Brooklyn sporting club. The purse and date were not specified.
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Dillon
Darcy
Indianapolis
Ind
Jack Dillon
Les Darcy
Brooklyn
N. Y
Sporting Club
Newell W Banks Demonstrates Chess and Checkers Mastery
Newell W. Banks, famed checker expert and top American chess player, is warmly welcomed in San Antonio at the Gunter Hotel en route to Los Angeles for a New Year’s Day world title contest with Alfred Jordan. He defeats local players in a two session exhibition, with W. J. Barringer of Des Moines the sole master held to a draw. Banks plans further exhibitions at the Y M C A showcasing several playing styles.
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Newell W. Banks
America
San Antonio
Gunter Hotel
Mr. Banks
Los Angeles
Alfred Jordan
M. A. Moncure
Whit Morris
N. C. Rigg
C. W. Shauer
Banks
W. J. Barringer
Des Moines
Barringer
White Sox Announce Exhibitions for Spring Trip
Chicago announces four exhibition games for the 1930 spring training trip. Team No 1 will play in Houston March 24 and 25 while Team No 2 is set for Dallas March 17 and Fort Worth March 18. The squad departs for Mineral Wells Texas training camp around March 9 or 10.
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White Sox
Chicago
Chicago Americans
Houston
Tex
Dallas
Fort Worth
Mineral Wells
Penn Eleven Arrives for Rose Bowl trip
The University of Pennsylvania football team reached Pasadena on Wednesday ahead of a New Year’s Day Rose Bowl game against the University of Oregon. Oregon players also arrived for the matchup with the Quakers set to face the Ducks.
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Penn
Pasadena
Cal
University of Pennsylvania
University of Oregon
Oregon
Sam the cowman and the London diamond boast
Sam returns from London with a tiny “diamond” pin that his fellow villagers debate. He dismisses questions on value while his employer finally asks if it is real. Sam’s reply: if it isn’t real, he’s still been out half a crown.
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Sam
London
O Leary Named Manager for San Antonio Texas League Club
Comment by Jack Velock notes Charley O Leary will take the reins of the San Antonio club next spring. Former Detroit Tigers figure praised by insiders for managerial skill and coaching ability with the St Paul Saints.
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O'Leary
Jack Velock
International News Service
San Antonio
Charley O'Leary
Detroit Tigers
Texas
St. Paul Saints
Mike Kelley
Saints
Retrenchment under way in National League payrolls 1917
The National League plans budget cuts, shedding veterans to lower leagues as war era salaries end. Boston, Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Cincinnati and St. Louis report trimmed rosters while New York and Chicago adjust sums to keep major league balance. The American League maintains more veterans and similar seating costs, echoing Ban Johnson’s reform approach.
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Charles Ebbet
Sean
Boston
Fred Mitchell
Cubs
Bill James
Mitchell
Joe Winker
Columbus
Chicago
Brooklyn
Meyers
Rucker
Dodger
New York Giants
Mathewson
Doyle
Dooin
Roush
Herzog
Zimmerman
Philly Quakers
Bender
Chalmers
McQuillan
National League
American League
Ban Johnson
Joffre
Nationals
New York
Tennis Association Proposes Changes for Championships
United States National Lawn Tennis Association plans February 9 meeting to discuss changes in holding championships, constitutional amendments, and wording of championship titles. The executive committee received letters urging cooperation with the saving daylight movement to gain more afternoon tennis playtime by setting clocks back one hour.
Trans-Mississippi Golf Tourney Set for St Joseph Course
The Trans-Mississippi Golf Association selects June 18 to 23 for its 1917 annual tournament at St Joseph Country Club. Sixty-six clubs will compete in the event.
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ST Joseph
trans-Mississippi Golf Association
St. Joseph Country Club
Chick Evans to teach Cubs batting form in Pasadena
Chicago December 28 Chick Evans national amateur and open golf champion will instruct Cubs batters on batting form during spring training in Pasadena Cal He accepts Weeghams invitation as a guest trainer with no pay and his amateur status remains intact Weeghman believes Evans can improve the teams hitters by applying golf swing principles from great players like Frank Schulte and Heinie Zimmerman
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Chicago
Chick” Evans
Chicago National League Baseball Club
Evans
Weegham
Pasadena
Cal
Weeghman
Frank Schulte
Heinie Zimmerman
Schulte
Y M C A City League Triumph Over Steves
The Y M C A City League defeated Steves combination 47 to 18 on St Mark's court in a fast practice game. Triangles led 17 to 7 at halftime. Kelly and Jennings starred for Steves in the first half before fading in the second.
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Povoes
Sre
Ise Skeavres
Corot SU
Hutchison
Dain Coats Armstrong
Minstrel War Medal Recipient Journeys to Pittsburg
Peter Perunovic, a Montenegrin war veteran, earned two medals and a leave to recuperate. Now visiting Pittsburg, he stays connected with the Serbian Orthodox Society and is famed among Serbian soldiers for his gusle bowing music that inspired bravest deeds.
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Pittsburg
Peter Perunovic
Perunovic
St. Sava
Milos Obilis
Serbia
Gustar
Beware 1879 silver dollar fakes from the mint release
The Los Angeles Express warns readers not to intrude federal offices for a silver dollar dated 1879 that looks genuine. It notes hundreds of these coins have been released from the mint and may appear fresh and shiny, with some issues kept back for silver certificates.
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Federal
United States Secret Service
Los Angeles Express
Ashington
Gettell Links Football to Civilizational Drive and Teamwork
Professor Raymond Gettell of Amherst argues in a National Collegiate Athletic Association address that football embodies organized effort and discipline. He cites history from Greece and Rome, notes criticisms, and praises football for fostering cooperation, self-control, loyalty, and the pursuit of higher ideals.
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New York
National Collegiate Athletic Association
Raymond Garfield Gettell
Amherst College
Greece
Rome
Farmers Buy A Newspaper In North Dakota
Fargo's morning Courier-News has been sold to the Nonpartisan Publishing Company, publisher of the Nonpartisan Leader, official organ of the Farmers' Nonpartisan Political League. The paper will be independent and not the organ of any party. Robert Gaston becomes managing editor.
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Fargo
N. D
Courier-News
Nonpartisan Publishing Company
Nonpartisan Leader
Farmers’ Nonpartisan Political League
North Dakota
Robert Gaston
Honest Man Confesses Weakness for Poetry
The excerpt presents an unnamed speaker, the Honest Man, admitting his poor familiarity with literature and his inability to identify the author of Gray's Elegy. The moment humorously underscores self-awareness about literary knowledge.
Alarm Clock Rooster Wakes Dalton Family Daily
W. D. King of Dalton Georgia owns a rooster that acts as an alarm clock. The bird crows at 6 o clock on weekdays beneath a southwest window and wakes the family. On Sundays it crowings at 6 30 AM, since the family sleeps later. The rooster is praised for punctuality and the household defends against any alarm failure by shooing him away.
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Dalton
W. D
Can You Cook Her Way to a Job in Boston Home
In a Boston kitchen scene a job applicant is asked if she can cook. The woman questions and answers about cooking and punctuality. The applicant secures the position, claiming her cooking will ensure the husband stays home and awake for breakfast.
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Mrs. Worried
Boston
Tim
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