Bronson Back Chowing as Welter Title Contender
In Indianapolis Ray Bronson, the welterweight, dominated Jimmy Perry in a one sided bout after early losses this year. Bronson plans to fight Tommy Howell and Spike Kelly next, while Mike Gibbons weighs in at 145 pounds with a possible side bet. Bronson adds Jimmy Anderson to his camp, famed as "Human Maud," and Chick Hayes pushes toward a Coulon bout to sharpen the bantam title hopes.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Ray Bronson
Jimmy Perry
Pittsburg
Indianapoe Athletic Club
Bronson
Perry
Billy Griffith
Cincinnati
Tommy Howell
Philadelphia
Spike Kelly
Chicago
Howell
Kansas City
Keily Sad
Bronson Sill
Kelly
Teakes
Mike Gibbons
Gibbons
St. Paul
E. Anderson
Jimmy Anderson
Maud
Anderson
Jimmy
Chick Hayes
Bronson Stable
Chick
Football rule changes limit end zone forward pass cases
The amalgamated intercollegiate and old rules committee approved minor updates to football rules on February 5. Changes include allowing teams to choose player numbering for spectators, restricting forward passes from behind the goal line, snapping the ball only by hand, removing the five yard kick restriction, and lowering substitute reporting penalties from 15 to 5 yards with possible disqualification for illegal returns.
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New York
Amalgamated Intercollegiate and Old Rules Committee
Business Boys Lose to St Mark's Sunday School 25 to 14
St Mark's Sunday School team defeated the YMCA Business Boys 25 to 14 on the St Mark's court in a fast game noted for clean play. Haas led with six field goals and four foul shots, while Bedell scored for Business Boys with three field goals and four free throws. The lineup included McAlpin captaining Business Boys and Koester captaining St Mark's with refereeing by Scofield. halves were 20 minutes.
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Business Boys
St. Mark’s
St. Mark's Court
Haas
Bedell
Business Bays
Eeee Bedell
Olivera Ocsas
Players Union Calls for Major League Discipline Aid
The Baseball Players Fraternity formed with large MLB/NL and AL membership offers to work with teams. President David L. Fultz says the group aims to raise professional standards and contract respect, requesting managers send detailed discipline breaches for cooperative handling and mutual benefit.
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New York
Baseball Players’ Fraternity
David L. Fultz
Local basketball title races spark multiple series
The city clubs push toward the basketball crown as the Y and St. Mark's church teams organize series. The Y meets the Far Squares Tuesday after a banquet, while St. Mark's faces the Turners Wednesday at St. Mark's gym and Turn Verein Hall if needed. The St. Mark's Sunday School squad also contests Brackenridge High after last week's 16 to 10 setback.
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St. Mark's Church
St. Mark's
Turners
Church
St. Mark’s
Turn Verein Hall
Brackenridge High Five
Jones Meal Ticket in Wolgast Murphy Training Tie
Ad Wolgast former world lightweight champion arrived in San Francisco from Portland to begin training for the February 23 bout with Harlem Tommy Murphy. He weighed 138 1 2 pounds, his heaviest since starting his ring career, and said he and manager Tom Jones had re established business relations with Jones remaining his manager.
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Jones
San Francisco
Ad Wolgast
McCarty Match Off as Wells Bout Arranged for March
Garden Athletic Club announced negotiations with Luther McCarty to fight Bombardier Wells had failed and Gunboldt Smith would meet the English heavyweight champion. The ten round bout is set for March 7 or March 17 with Wells.
City Ninepinners Roll Great Match in Bowling Tie
In a championship City Ninepin League clash the Owls and Pelicans each won one game tying the standings at four clubs atop the table with one week left. The Pelicans led the first game 302 to 297, then the Owls surged to 365 to 301 in the second, with Collis Huntress Geyer Clemens Goldbeck and Cahill among the top scorers.
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Owls
Pelicans
The
Night Birds
Collis
Huntress
Geyer
Clemens
Goldbeck
Cahill
City Baseball League teams schedule first practice on fair Sunday
With fair weather forecast several clubs plan season openers. Stowers meets Harlandale in a morning practice game at Harlandale. Louis Book Store faces Cowboy Steers at 2 30 on South Presa grounds. Dalkowitz and Higgins Company practice at Electric Park and Army Post cavalry diamond respectively. Frank Bros. manager Mortelo to field men on South Flores diamond Sunday.
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City Baseball League
Stowers Club
Harlandale Club
Louis Book Store
Cowboy Steers
South Presa Street Circus
Stowers
Harlandale
Book Store
Dalkowitz
Higgins Company
Electric Park
Army Post
Cavalry Diamond
Mortelo
Frank Bros
South Flores Street
Banks Wins Senior Class Jump at Y M C A Meet
Bruce Banks won the Senior class hop, step and jump with a 26 feet 81 2 inch record at the Y M C A last night. Rex Logan finished second with 26 feet even, Birdwell and Babe Weet placed third and fourth with 25 feet 6 inches and 22 feet 5 inches. An exhibition broad jump by Banks reached 9 feet 8 inches, surpassing Logan’s prior mark of 9 feet 6 12 inches.
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Bruce Banks
Rex Logan
Birdwell
Babe Weet
Banks
Markeset
Logan
McFarland Cancels Britton Bout In Favor Of Welsh Clash
Chicago February 15 Packey McFarland canceled the planned bout with Jack Britton citing a ten thousand dollar offer to fight Freddie Welsh before the National Sporting Club in London as the decisive reason. The decision ends a long delay and reshapes the ring schedule for McFarland.
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McFarland
Chicago
Packey McFarland
Jack Britton
Freddie Welsh
National Sporting Club
London
Davis Cup Challenge and Tennis Rule Revisions
New York Feb 15 The United States National Lawn Tennis Association met and decided on a Davis Cup challenge and major changes to tournament regulations. A proposed ban on amateurs receiving board lodging or transportation failed to pass. New rules define amateur status and authorize a 1913 women’s ranking committee. The Southern championships were awarded to the New Orleans Tennis Club with Robert D. Wrenn reelected president.
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New York
United States National Lawn Tennis Association
New Orleans
Robert D. Wrenn
H. W. Slocum
Trade Rumor Links Boston and New York Clubs
Rumors say Boston and New York NL clubs near a major swap before the Giants South trip. Boston seeks Tyler and Campbell while New York targets McGraw’s wish list including Wiltie Ames Crandall and De vore Snodgrass McCormick Groh Stock. Stallings could offer three or four players with limits on pitcher and outfielder counts.
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Boston
Giants
South
Stallings
McGraw
Tyler
Campbell
Wiltie
Ames
Crandall
Devore
Snodgrass
McCormick
Groh
Stock
Indoor Net Scores in National In door Lawn Tennis
New York reports T R Pell Olympic player Gustav Touchard and Walter M Hall reached the fourth round of the national in door lawn tennis championship Pell beat Dr William Rosenbaum 6 3 6 0 Touchard beat Remsen Schenck 6 3 6 0 Hall beat Arthur Lovibond 6 4 6 4 and 6 2 6 2 He and Craigin Jr won doubles 6 4 6 0 over Washburn Cushman
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New York
T. R. Pell
Gustav F. Touchard
Walter M. Hall
Pell
William Rosenbaum
Touchard
Remsen Schenck
Park Slope
Hall
Arthur M. Lovibond
Hamilton Grange Club
Carroll J. Post
William K. Craigin Jr
Watson M. Washburn
Harvard
James &. Cushman
Golf Cup Finals Planned at Laurel Heights Course
San Antonio opens the Fielding Golf Cup finals to all golfers with an afternoon final next week at Laurel Heights. Chanler Dich faces the winner of the Dillon Symons Jr. match, scheduled for tomorrow morning. Greens are in prime condition after steady week rains. Large crowds expected as mild weather returns.
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San Antonio
Symons
Laurel Heights
Chanler Dich
Dillon-Symons Jr
High Kick Record Set at University Meet
Meyers the big sophomore set a claimed world indoor high kick record at the Charter Day meet in Lincoln Nebraska lifting his toe to nine feet nine inches, surpassing the prior mark by half an inch. The piece ends with an unrelated medical ad noting eye care by Dr J Harvey Moore in the Gunther building.
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Lincoln
Neb
University of Nebraska
Meyers
Turner Ninepin League week four ends with Koch and Klaus tied
Koch and Klaus teams each win one game in the Turner Ninepin League week four, tying them for fifth place with Huntress Waters and Baetz. Leader Gutzeits hold second, with Gloeckners and Connings tied for third. Klaus and Koch stars praised for strong scoring efforts.
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Klaus
Huntress
Waters
Baetz
Lowthers
Gutzeits
Gloeckners
Connings
Schaefer
Schmiedekind
Gs Oo
Telescope for Umpires
President Ban Johnson of the American League intends to investigate a device from Medford Massachusetts that allegedly helps umpires call balls and strikes without error. A letter to the league president outlines a telescope like invention that could become a valuable baseball tool if its claims hold true. A. Collman, plumber, phones 397.
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Ban Johnson
Massachusetts
Chicago
Medford
Mass
Not a Dollar Need Be Paid Until Cured
An advertisement promises complete restoration of health and vitality for chronic nervous and blood diseases. It highlights treatments for impotence, stricture, prostatitis, and other stubborn ailments, urging readers to write full case descriptions if they cannot travel to the clinic.
Cubs set for Tampa training camp voyage
Chicago players, including Heine Zimmerman and Ed Reulbach, gather in Chicago as the Chicago National League Baseball Club prepares to start its 1913 pennant drive with a training trip to Tampa Fla. Manager Evers and Treasurer Williams lead the arrangement, with about forty in the party and several players’ wives.
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Chicago
Tampa
Fla
Evers
Williams
Heine Zimmerman
Fred Toney
Rudy Summers
Art Phelan
Ed Reulbach
Heck Inger
Larry Cheney
South
Ralph Rose Breaks Indoor Shot Put Mark at Pastime Meet
In San Francisco Ralph Rose launched the 24 pound shot 29 feet 1 4 inches to establish a new indoor record at the Pastime Athletic Club meet. The previous best was 38 feet 10 11/16 inches set by Patrick McDonald of the Irish American Athletic Club, New York.
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San Francisco
Cal
Ralph Rose
Pastime Athletic Club
Patrick McDonald
Martin Beck Team Drained After Six Day Race Finish
St Louis Feb 15 The Martin Beck team trailed six laps in the six day bike race as the field covered a full 600 miles by night’s end leaving the leaders well ahead in the event.
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ST. Louis
Martin- Beck
Auxiliary 10 Meet With Motor Club in San Antonio
The San Antonio Automobile Club holds a members meeting at the new clubhouse on the north loop road while a separate meeting of women members and wives forms an auxiliary to the club. Committees have worked to build interest and back social activities. The main club meeting will consider the contest committee report and plans for a spring race meet. Both gatherings begin at 8 o clock with emphasis on feminine attendance.
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San Antonio Automobile Club
North Loop Road
W. E. Milligan
J.J. Stevens
W. A. Hering
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