Training Camps Open as Major Leagues Choose Spring Spots
Six weeks before the 1912 season, 11 of 16 clubs pick spring training grounds across the South. Hot Springs leads in popularity with New Orleans close behind. San Antonio, Corsicana, Marlin, and Columbus also host camps. Teams mix mineral baths with varied practice regimes as trades hover on the horizon.
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Monty
New York
Springs
Ark
National
Fred Tenney
Boston Red Sox
Fred Clarke
Pittsburg
Ahsley Deoin
Philadelphia
Bill Dahlen
Brooklyn
Puere
Monte Carlo
America
Hot Springs
New Orleans
Cleveland Americans
Harry Davis
Chicago Cubs
Frank Chance
Louis
Mound City
Bobby Wallace
Roger Bresnahan
St. Louis
Missouri
Connie Mack
San Antonio
Tex
Jimmy Callahan
Moses
White Sox
Corsicana
Marty Wolverton
New York Yankees
Atlanta
Clarke Griffith
Washington Senators
Charlottesville
Wax Muggsy McGraw
Giants
Marlin
Hanks’Day
Cincinnati Reds
Columbus
Boston Nationals
Jake Stahl
Athletics
Lone Star State
Wolgast Sees Packey McFarland, Welsh Rivalry in Talk
Ad Wolgast comments on potential opponents including Welsh, Packey McFarland, and Joe Rivers. He predicts larger houses with Welsh if matched, notes past misfires with Ritchie and Milwaukee, and mentions plans to travel east for eight months then join Jim Jeffries for a hunt in Alaska.
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Rivers
Wolgast
Joe Rivers
Los Angeles
Jim Jeffries
Alaska
Electric Pleasure Cars and the Reign of Tire Inventions
The article argues against solid tires on electric pleasure cars and warns that truck tires ruin such cars. It praises pneumatic tires but announces a new invention offering a tire as resilient as inflated rubber and more serviceable than solid tires.
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Motz Tire & Rubber Co
Akron
Ohio
Broadway
New York
Michigan Avenue
Chicago
Woodward Avenue
Detroit
East 15Th Street
Kansas City
Motz Cushion Tire market growth and claims
Motz Cushion Tire is advertised as ending tire troubles with no blowouts or punctures. The copy claims 75 percent of upkeep costs eliminated and that women can drive safely anywhere. It notes high demand from electric car builders and a mileage claim of 2 years or about 6 000 miles, urging readers to request letters and booklet 110.
Baseball’s 1927 pennant picks cast A’s Giants ahead
Writers expect the Athletics to dominate the American League with Detroit a distant runner up. The Giants gain advantage as the Cubs decline, with Pirates Phillies and possibly St Louis in pursuit. Early season chatter, with time before opening day.
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Athletics
Giants
Cubs
Detroit
Pirates
Phillies
St. Louis
Chicago
Wall Street
Acetylene Powers Car for 126 Miles After Gas Run Dry
Nyack motorist Paul Leggett proved acetylene can drive a car over 126 miles from Kingston to Chatham. He started with a third burnt in a dashboard tank and ran ferries at Rhinecliff and Roundout, finishing in four and a half hours despite Detroit experts doubting acetylene's power.
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Nyack
N. Y
Paul Legget
Nyack Automobile Authority
Legget
Chatham
Kingston
Catskill
Hudson River
Rhinecliff
Detroit
Leggett
Smith Wins on Four in Sydney Boxing Bout
In Sydney Jan a boxing match at the stadium saw Australian heavyweight Smith defeat Jack Lester of Cleelum Washington, former Australian heavyweight champion. The fourteen round contest ended with Smith declared the winner on a fol.
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Smith
Associated Press
Sydney
Australia
Jack Lester
Cleelum
Washington
Glorified Lights of the Ring From Ad Wolgast Viewpoint
Ad Wolgast in Venice by the Sea analyzes the lightweight field. He cites Saylor Mandot Hayes Baldwin Brown Bedell Murphy and praises One Round Hogan as the main challenger. Wolgast predicts Hogan will trouble him most and critiques Freddie Welsh and Willie Ritchies drawing power.
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Jim Flynn
Pueblo
Joe Mandot
Memphis
Brown
Hogan Freddie Walsh
Packey McFarland
W. W. Naughton
San Francisco
Venice By the Sea
Ad Wolgast
Wolgast
Saylor
Mandot
Hayes
Baldwin
Bedell
Murphy
Bat Nelson
Hogan
Grover Hayes
Freddie Welsh
Willie Ritchie
Pay nae poll tax. No booze for Bob on probation
Mrs. Bob Fitzsimmons, in vaudeville in Milwaukee, says she longs for her fighter husband to return. She notes he is on probation and hopes he can quit drinking, though past promises to give up liquor failed.
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Bob
Milwaukee
Wis
Bob Fitzsimmons
Fitzsimmons
Donovan Signs With Tigers For 1912 Season
DETROIT Jan 6 Pitcher Donovan of the Detroit American League club signed to remain with the team for 1912 at his old salary according to an official announcement made here today.
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Donovan
Tigers
the Light
Detroit
Mich
Fort Sam Houston to Meet Texas Longhorns in Jan. 23 Basketball Clash
The Fort Sam Houston basketball team has finalized plans to play the University of Texas in Austin on January 23. The university’s squad this year is regarded as particularly strong and the game is anticipated to be exciting.
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University
PEI
O the Light
Austin
Tex
Fort Sam Houston
University of Texas
Three Fingered Mordecai Brown Hints at Retirement From Baseball
Chicago reports Mordecai Brown may quit organized or outlaw baseball after returning from California. He discussed business plans with Alderman Tearney and said his contract expired last fall, asserting he owes nothing and prefers quitting now to being forced out. Brown noted Chance’s mild health and Overall’s unlikely Cubs return as context for his decision.
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Chicago
Mordecai Brown
Cub Slab
California
Ald. Tearney
Three-Eye
Mr. Brown
South Side
Brown
Chance
Glendora
Cub
Brownie
Cub Star
Cubs
Mr. Murphy
Baseball
Ald
Tearney
Overall
Angel's Camp
Big Jeff
Murphy
Panama
Wrestler Charlie Stone to Meet Chief Montour January 17
Canadian grappler Charlie Stone appears in a posed photo for The Light and will face Chief Montour at Beethoven Hall on the night of January 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montour
Beethoven Hall
Futurity Announced for 1912 Horse Foals in Detroit
Detroit announces the Horseman and Spirit of the Times futurity for foals of 1912 with total value of 20000 plus divisions for 2 year olds and 3 year olds on a half mile track. Three year old trotters race for 10000. 2 year old pacers 2000. 2 year old trotters 3000. 4 year old trotters 3000. older records 2000. Entries close March 15, 1912.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mich
Daniel W. Campau
M. Stake
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Welsh
Ritchie
Packey
Jimmy Giblin
Wolgaot
Duryea
Maxwells
Sterlings
I’ Franklin
Oakland
Auburns
Stoddard
Daytons
Hupmobiles
Cadillac Contition
Chalmers
Auto Repair Company New Phone 230
Oak Street
Ruby
Flinger
Three-Fingered Wonder
Charlie Stone
Ors
Hank Stubbs
Udge
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