Camp Athletes to Box at Beethoven Hall Tonight
Inter camp boxing and wrestling meet between Corpus Christi soldiers and Kelly Field lads moves from Kelly Field to Beethoven Hall due to rain. Free admission for civilians, but seating limited and under 18s not admitted. Gates open 7 pm, show begins 8 pm with six or seven bouts featuring Carl Wieming and Bobby O Keefe among the top entrants.
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Kelly Field
Beethoven Hall
M. C. Salassa
Army Y. M. C. A
Corpus Christi
Carpenters
Reid
Kelly Wield
Jupiter Pluvius
Army
Carl Wieming
Oklahoma
Corpus Christh
Mwleming
O’ Keefe
Corpus Christ
Bobby O' Keefe
Philly
O'Keefe
Baumgarden
Newark
Mayfield
Denver
Priests Bell, Corps Christi Boxers to Arrive for San Antonio Meet
The article lists top contenders from Kelly Field and Salassa's camp for ring and wrestling events. Notables include 122 pound Boyd of Chicago and middleweight contenders Ervin Atwood and Dude Clark. Tufts wrestler Sherburne at 165 pounds and Frenchman Chauvy are set to face coast rivals under a 39 minute limit. Officials named: Referee Frank Noel judges Israel and Harrison timekeepers Furlong and Fomby. Lieutenant Reed and M C Salassa serve as matchmaker.
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Kelly Field
O'Keefe
Boyd
Chicago
Ervin Atwood
Denver
Clark
Frisco
Salassa
Sherburne
Chauvy
Corpus Christi
San Antonio
Frank Noel
Israel
Harrison
Bill Furlong
Ed Fomby
Lieutenant Reed
M. C. Salassa
McNeil Defeats Creely In Ten-Round Lightweight Bout
Benny McNeil of England earned a decision over Johnny Creely of Cincinnati in ten rounds at Hot Springs Arkansas on Friday night. McNeil controlled most of the infighting and pressed the pace, though Creely landed two hard rights in the third round.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Benny McNeil
England
Johnny Creely
Cincinnati
McNeil
Creely
Plestina Beats Cutler In Straight Falls
Serbian wrestler Plestina defeated Charley Cutler of Chicago in straight falls in Houston Friday night. First fall at 7 8 1 2 minutes, second fall in minutes. Plestina weighed 215, Cutler 230 pounds.
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Houston
Tex
Plestina
Charley Cutler
Chicago
D Plestina
Culler
Revolver Club to Stage Shoot Tonight at Range
The San Antonio Revolver Club plans its first shoot tonight at 8 pm on the municipal rifle range. Sergeant H H Mitchell reports the range is fully prepared with lighting weather protection and a wooden booth. The club requires members to compete weekly to earn national recognition and medals, listing twelve revolver experts including Capt. T fH Clarke and I E Walsh on the roster.
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San Antonio Revolver Club
Sergt. H. H. Mitchell
Mitchell
National Association
Capt
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A. Rieber
G W. Richter
G. W. Sweet
Intercollegiate sports forecast after conference talks in New Haven
In New Haven Connecticut on February 16 a conference with Dean Briggs Harvard Dean McLenahan Princeton and Yale faculty representative Professor Corwin forecast a continued inter collegiate sports program. Grover Land former major league catcher of Frankfort Iowa has enlisted in the Coast Artillery in Louisville Kentucky and his wife will offer Red Cross services in Washington. Land plans return to Virginia after the war and resume work with a mining firm and hopes again to star for the Iron Pans.
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Conn
Pet
Dean Briggs
Harvard
Dean McLenahan
Princeton
Professor Corwin
Yale
Grover Tain
Louisville
Grover Land
Frankfort
St. Paul
Virginia
Minn
Coast Artillery
Land
Washington
Red Crogs
Paduccah, iKy
Pittsburg
Vievoland
Brooklyn Federals
Toledo
Minneapolis
Cobb May Go to New York in Big League Deal
Rumors floated Friday after a long meeting between Miller Huggins, the Yankees manager, and Frank Navin, Detroit club president. It was widely believed Ty Cobb would be transferred from Detroit to New York in the proposed exchange between the New York and Detroit American League clubs.
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Cobb
New York
Detroit
Miller Huggins
Yankee
Frank Na Vin
Ty Cobb
Gardner inter-collegiate champion and golf star in Army service
Lieutenant Robert A. Gardner once the 1912 inter collegiate pole vault king and 1915 national amateur golf champion, serves in the 338th Field Artillery at Camp Devens. His Yale start, 13 ft 1 in pole vault mark, 1915 Detroit Country Club title, and Evans pairing details reveal a notable athletic career interrupted by military duty. Also noted are Joe Evans of the Cleveland team facing altered play due to medical reserve status and wrestlers Jack Fisher and John Makiy facing a postponed match after Fisher dislocated his shoulder.
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Cambridge
Mass
Gardner
Innsdale Golf Club
Clarendonills
Detroit
J. G. Anderson
Chick Evans
Jerry Travers
Onimet
Evans
Lecce
Thos
Oo Evans
Indians
Cleveland
Army Medical Reserve
Joe Evans
Cleveland Americans
Medical Reserve
Camp Pike
University of Mississippi
ST. Louis
Jack Fisher
John Makiy
Boston
Brackenridge High Romps Past St Anthony Quintet
Brackenridge High School overwhelmed St Anthony 60 to 12 as Virgil Winters led with twenty points and six field baskets. Herrera Engelbert Hamilton Connell and O’Connell contributed for Brackenridge while Connell and O’Connell fought for St Anthony. The Brackenridge lead stood 26 to 1 at halftime and the team maintained dominance to finish clear victors.
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Brackenridge High School
St. Anthony
Brackenridge
Campbell
Virgil Winters
Hererra
Englebert
Hamilton
Connell
St Anthony
Jengsue
Grant
Aee Grant
Stout to Return After War as Track Rivalries Play Out
Joe Stout, former Chicago star distance runner, stationed in Michigan with the aviation corps, plans a postwar assault on track rival Jose Shey after war duties. He recently ran a 6:57 mile and a half at Madison Square Garden, finishing third while claiming pacing errors cost him.
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Pelrov
Mich
Joe Stout
University of Chicago
Aviation Corps
Mort Weyre
Jose Shey
Stout
Melrose Athletic Club
Madison Square Garden
New York
Ray
Stout Aims to Break Mile Record Against Overton Benchmark
A secret goal surfaces to challenge the mile mark of 4 minutes 16 seconds set by Johnny Overton last year. While at the University of Chicago, Stout previously captured the conference two mile title in 9 minutes 29 and 3 tenths seconds.
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Johnny Overton
Stout
University of Chicago
Will Play Tennis US Association to Resume Activities
The United States National Lawn Tennis Association voted to resume championship tournaments with proceeds to the War Department's training camp activities. The 1918 national outdoor championships were awarded to West Side Club Forest Hills for men singles, Longwood Cricket Club Boston for men doubles, and Philadelphia Country Club for women events. Officers elected include Maj. George Adee president and Julian Myrick vice president with Mowill Fuller Torrey secretary and George W. Wightman treasurer. Sectional delegates serve until 1919, including Southwestern A RB Adoug from Atlas Texas.
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New York
United States National Lawn Tennis Association
V Department
West Side Club
Forest Hills
N. Y
Longwood Cricket Club
Boston
Philadelphia
Maj
George ‘T. Adee
Julian Myrick
Mdwil Fuller Torrey
Clinton
X. Yar
George W. Wightman
Southwestern
Dempsey Wins Fifteen Round Fight At Bloomingdale Club
In one of the greats here, Pueblo duck Dempsey beat Australian Jack Henderson after fifteen rounds. Dempsey showed long distance skill and used his ten pound weight advantage late to wear down the challenger. Crowd over fourteen hundred attended the bout at Gilly Purples Club, Bloomingloam. The 1917 Indiana University football season netted about 22000 dollars in receipts. Coach Stielini to schedule an extra home contest with Camp Shelby or Fort Benjamin Harrison on November 9, replacing Purdue. Mathewson seeks two pitchers as Yankees plan for military duty.
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Dempsey
Jack" Jiend
Antipodes
Keng
Httle
Gilly Purples Club
Bloomingloa
Sud
Ree
Indiince University
Stlelini
Camp Shelby
Camp Taylor
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Purdue
Tigers Sign Coveleskie and Finneran for 1918 Season
Detroit Americans announce contracts with Harry Coveleskie and Joe Finneran. Coveleskie, once considered finished, says his arm is strong again as he aims to prove himself. Finneran joins from the American Association amid optimism he can develop into a solid contributor. Coveleskie will join the first training camp group heading to Waxahachie, Texas.
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Mich
Detroit Americans
Harry Coveleskie
Joe Finneran
American Association
Swinneran
Jennings
Coveleskie
Cannes fax Wins from Maupome in Billiard Tourney
Chicago February 16 Bob Cannes fax of St. Louis defeated Pierre Maupome of Cleveland 50 to 49 in the ambulance fund three cushion billiard tournament. Both players are challengers to Augie Siecks hefer for the title. Cannes fax has now lost two close 50 to 49 games in two days. John Moore of Chicago beat Ray Palmer of Detroit 50 to 37, overcoming Palmer after a run of twelve.
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Bob Cannesfax
St. Louis
Pierre Maupome
Cleveland
Ambulance Fund
Augie Siecks
Hefer
Cannes Fax
de Oro
Capron
John Moore
Ray Palmer
Detroit
Palmer
Moore
Henshaw wins wing-shot at mid-winter trap meet
Elmer Henshaw of Spirit Lake Iowa won the national amateur wing-shot handi can at the fourteenth annual mid-winter trap shoot in Kansas City Missouri after a shoot-off over Roy Armsworth of Larned Kansas both hitting jd targets. The international amateur event heads to Saturday with twenty entries and a purse of at least $2000. Packey McFarland seeks army service and a commission, eyeing France duty at Camp Taylor.
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Elmer Henshaw
Spirit Lake
Henshaw
Roy Armsworth
Larned
Kan
Packey
Louisville
Packey McFarland
Camp Taylor
McFarland
France
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