Polo Round Robin Features At Post Polo Event
A mixed polo round robin at Fort Sam Houston features teams from the Third Field Artillery San Antonio staff post Third Cavalry and Chicago players. The Third Field Artillery beat the Chicago contingent 6 to 3 in three chukkers with strong performances by Billy Blocker and Bill Meadows for San Antonio.
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Jon Trent
Fort Sam Hout
Third Field Artillery
San Antonio
Third Cavalry
Chicago
Staff Post
Billy Blocker
Bill Meadows
Adams
Raborg
C. ©. Lancaster
Fred Hayes
Reeves
Hawkins
Wallace
Brewer
Artilery
Raberg
Bill
Gus Meadows
Bill Blocker
Jack Lapham
Smith
Harris
Third
Mortimer and Pell Reach National Racquet Finals
In Boston on February 21 the national racquet singles championship semi finals produced Stanley G. Mortimer and G. C. Pell of Tuxedo advancing to the final round with Pell the defending champion.
Working the Wires A Willard Moran Pretext Comic
A light expose style piece notes Tom Jones and a press agent orchestrating a Willard Moran encounter. It hints the Kansas heavyweight champion may be ill or fit to fight, with the public fed rumors from dispatches and a playful misdirection.
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Tom Jones
Jess Willard
Kansas
Chicago
Willard
Moran
Jones, Willard
Tex” Rickard and Company
Pippin
Peterson's Bird Wins in San Antonio District Race
E. S. Peterson's bird captured first in the old bird series race held Sunday. The birds were released at Austin, covering about 75 miles in distance for the event.
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Peterson
E. S. Peterson
San Antonio
Austin
Suitor Reassures Father Over Dowry Delay
In a Boston Transcript item a suitor tells a wary father he can love his daughter for herself while he cannot provide a dowry now. The exchange highlights traditional marriage concerns and personal devotion amid financial constraint.
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Boston Transcript
Two Sunday YMCA ball games headline league title clash
Laurel Heights and West End Methodists sit tied atop the National League standings with seven wins and one loss as they meet in the opening game at 8 10 p m. Government Hill faces Evangelical Association in the American League. The article also argues trotting officials need a publicity bureau to boost coverage.
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Laurel Heights Methodists
West End Methodists
Government Hill Methodists
Evangelical Asociation
Laurel Heights
West End
West Enders
First Presbyterians
Central Christians
Government Hill
Evangelicals
Why Interest Wanes in the Harness Game
New York editorial faults daily papers for neglecting harness racing while urging officials to court publicity. It argues other sports publicize aggressively, noting colleges and leagues maintain publicity bureaus and press agents to keep news flowing to newspapers.
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Jockey Clubs
Grand Circuit
New York
Trotter
Pacer
Davis to Form National Municipal Athletic Association
Dwight F. Davis announced plans to organize a national municipal athletic association in St Louis. The group would start with tennis and golf using public courts and links with no admission fee to encourage workers to take part in free competitive sports across inter city contests.
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ST. Louis
Dwight F. Davis
Davis
New Boxing Weight Scale Announced by New York Commission
The New York State Athletic Commission issued boxing rules including a new weight scale. Weights listed are Paperweights 108 to 115, featherweight 123, lightweight 133, welterweight 144, middleweight 158, light heavyweight 175, and heavy over 175 pounds. also a guarantee requirement showing financial responsibility before matches.
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New York
New York State Athletic Commission
Commission
At the Music Store
A terse dialogue at a music shop features a shopper asking for a piano key while a clerk names the instrument. The exchange includes the line Cornell Widow as a possible reference or label within the scene.
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Cornell
Willard Back in Bed as Moran Fight Postponed
Chicago February 21 Jesse Willard was ordered to bed by his physicians after a relapse He may not be able to fight Frank Moran in New York on March 25 The doctors urged rest until light training could resume The article also recounts a humorous exchange between McGraw and Dummy Taylor over a $10 fine and a later sign language taunt during a following game
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Chicago
Jesse Willard
Frank Moran
Madison Square Garden
New York
Willard
St. Louis
Taylor
McGraw
John
Polo Grounds
Bob Emslie
Bob
Emslie
Rickard Denies Delay in Willard Moran Bout
New York report states promoter Tex Rickard dismissed rumors of postponing the Willard Moran fight. He cited Tom Jones saying Willard has recovered and will be ready by week’s end for a ten round match set at Madison Square Garden on March 25.
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Rickard
New York
Tex Rickard
Willard- Moran
Tom Jones
Willard
Jones
Madison Square Garden
Kilbane to boxing match with Mandot winner
Johnny Kilbane the featherweight champion will box six rounds against the winner of the Mandot Dundee fight in New Orleans Monday night. The bout will be staged in Philadelphia on March 22, with Dunn saying Mandot will get the title shot if he wins tonight. Smith Signs With Braves
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Hot Springs
Ark
Johnny Kilbane
Mandot-Dundee
New Orleans
Jimmy Dunn
Philadelphia
Dundee
Dunn
Mandot
Smith
Braves
Boston
Mass
J. C. Smith
Boston Nationals
George Davis
Harvard Law School
Panned by Dummy Taylor Lights Up McGraw Tale
New York recalls a wild Polo Grounds game when Dummy Taylor who could not speak used eye, face, and body to signal and joke his way through a muddy coaching scene. McGraw recounts how a ten dollar fine sparked the memorable prank.
Holy Name Juniors Defeat St Louis in 32 23 Bout
Holy Name Junior basketball team beat St Louis College Juniors 32 to 23 Sunday afternoon. Hagg scored 12 and Ahr 10 for Holy Name with Sweeney Moynahan and E Ducos adding others. Ferrara led St Louis with 14 points as Taft Coy split the remaining nine. Halves were 20 minutes.
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Holy Name
St. Louis College
Hagg and
Ahr
Sweeney
Moynahan
E. Ducos
Ferrara
St. Louis
Taft
Coy
Mbe Ois Kad
Coy Fire Occas
Campbell Sweeney
Ferrara E. Ducos
Taft Maspero
Walsh Moynahan
F. Ducos
Veteran railroad engineers die in wreck near Denison
Veterans O E Cassidy traveling engineer and James Alder engineer, both longtime Katy Railroad workers from Denison, were killed when the engine pulling passenger train No 12 derailed three miles from Henrietta. Fireman Calhoun of Denison was slightly injured. Cassidy served twenty years as a Katy engineer and Alder thirty years with the same road. Cassidy was promoted a year ago.
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Henrietta
Tex
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad
O. E. Cassidy
James Alder
Here
Denison
Calhoun
Cassidy
Katy
Alder
Rosa Luxemburg freed after year in German prison
Rosa Luxemburg, noted minor faction Socialist leader, was released from German detention after one year. The report was received by the Womanite Swiss correspondent.
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Paris
Rosa Luxemburg
Germany
Womanite
Rosa Luxemburg Tried for Allegations Against German Officers
Soon after the war began Rosa Luxemburg faced a trial on a charge that she accused German officers and non commissioned officers of abusing private soldiers. She was sentenced to prison.
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Rosa Luxemburg
Zeppelin Shed Damaged in German Storm
A Romanshorn dispatch reports the Friedrichshafen Zeppelin shed built to house four airships was partly destroyed by a storm last Tuesday. No casualties occurred and it is unclear if any Zeppelins suffered damage.
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Berne
Paris
Romanshorn
Friedrichshafen
Yanks Depart for Southern Training Camps
The first contingent of the New York American League team left for Macon Georgia on Sunday. Thirteen players traveled led by Captain T L Houston and manager William E Donovan who expects about fifteen men at the new training quarters. Additional players to be added in Washington and Baltimore.
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New York
Macon
T. L. Houston
William E. Donovan
Donovan
Washington
Baltimore
Zeppelins Tested Over Lake Constance
Friedrichshafen serves as the main site for building and repairing Zeppelins with initial tests typically conducted over Lake Constance. Romanshorn lies on the lake but within Swiss territory.
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Friedrichshafen
Lake Constance
Romanshorn
British Boxers Prepare For London Showdown Tonight
British heavyweight champion Bombardier Wells will box England's light heavyweight champ Dick Smith to decide the title. Middleweight champion Pat O'Keefe defends against Jim Sullivan with catch weights. All fighters are serving as NCOs in the Army. Wells weighed 189 pounds and Smith 178.
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London
Bombardier Wells
Dick Smith
England
Pat O'Keefe
Jim Sullivan
Wells
Smith
O'Keefe
Sullivan
Scott Leaves for Texas as White Sox Pitchers Report
Jim Scott the first White Sox pitcher to depart for the Mineral Wells Texas training camp. He left with his mother for Florida and will join Sox staff member Joe Benz and possibly Urban Faber with Jack Lapp to follow before the main squad departs Chicago March 12.
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White Sox
Mineral Wells
Chicago
Ill
Jim Scott
Tex
Scott
Florida
Joe Benz
Urban Faber
Sox
Jack Lapp
Texas
Sprint racing tightens lead in six day cycling event
In Kansas City the six day race saw seven teams tied at 417 miles one lap as Sunday’s sprinting boosted the field. Frank Corry suffered a shoulder dislocation in a bad spill and retired. Martin Ryan may rejoin with a new partner, penalized one lap under rules. Grimm and Madonna and Chrt and Rudi Russe trailed by two and three laps respectively.
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Kansas City
Convention Hall
Frank Corry
Corry-Ryan
Martin Ryan
Grimm
Madonna
Chrt
Rudi Russe
Greek cruiser Helle reaches Durazzo to shield Greeks
The Greek cruiser Helle arrived at Durazzo to safeguard Greek residents in the city and nearby areas should Bulgarians gain entry, according to Rome dispatches in the Petit Parisien.
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Paris
Helle
Durazzo
Rome
Petit Parisien
Austro Hungarian Take Near Bazar-Sjak North of Durazzo
An Austro Hungarian report dated February 20 says they seized an Italian position near Bazar-Sjak six and a quarter miles northeast of Durazzo. Earlier reports noted Bulgarian operations in Albania against Avlona, eighty miles south of Durazzo. The Greek cruiser Helle was bought from China by Greece in 1914.
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Bazar-Sjak
Durazzo
Albania
Avlona
Helle
Greece
China
Louisiana and Chavez to meet in fifteen round KC bout
Louisiana and Benny Chavez featherweights are matched for a fifteen round fight at convention hall in Kansas City on March 9. The men have had two ten round draws here recently and the bout would resume fifteen round fights in Kansas City.
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Louisiana
Chavez
Kansas City
Benny Chavez
Convention Hall
Comrie Castle Is Refloated After Reef Incident
The British steamship Comrie Castle, which ran aground on a reef near Mombasa in British East Africa last week, has been successfully refloated.
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Comrie Castle
London
Mombasa
British East Africa
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Dummy Taylor
John Nethaw
John McGraw
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Zeppelin
Bombadier Wells
Hart Schaffi
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