San Antonio Sports Week Promises Busy Schedule
Local clubs prepare for a packed week with the opening of the San Antonio Driving Club season at the fair grounds next Friday. The Turner basketball club draws players and fans as six city teams enter for the pennant while the Turner Ninepin league plans its schedule.
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Yale Captain Ill With Tonsillitis During Holidays
Yale captain-elect Jesse Spalding is ill at his Chicago home with a severe tonsillitis case that was first mis diagnosed as diphtheria. He was to return to studies next week. Call a taxi. Both phones 123.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Jesse Spalding
Yale
Spalding
San Antonio Winter League Seeks Playoff Plans
League managers will meet to decide how to complete four postponed games in the second series. Two plans are discussed including double-headers at Texas League Park and Krisch Park. Officials will review contracted players to prevent in town training for pros and publish lineup changes.
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Texas League Park
Krisch Park
Cobb Says Training Trips Detrimental to Veterans
Detroit on January 6 reports T Raymond Cobb criticizing spring training. He argues one week with the team suffices for conditioning and questions the need for long trips. Cobb notes he will join the Tigers about a week before the season begins. Pay your poll tax.
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Idle Groundkeeper comments spark open season for bugs and heroes
The idle groundkeeper weighs fan opinions on dusting home plate and the role of aides. Pop Anson dismisses hero status after lake rescue. Frank Gotch hints at a comeback pending hefty purse. Frank Baker retires from sales to farm life near Trappe Maryland with properties totaling 270 acres.
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Favorite's Form Bad at Juarez Races as Leopold Wins
A large Juarez crowd saw Leopold win the fourth race amid betting favorites in poor form. Results include Hawthorne, Kootenay, Angelus, Leopold, W H Ford, and Juan winning their respective races with times ranging from :45 2-5 to 2:07. The report notes Collins injured in a year railway wreck, seeking a match with Texas wrestlers. promoter Tom Head notes a potential bout with Stone or Montour after next week’s match.
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Montour Fast Impresses Eddie Collins Ahead of Stone Bout
Eddie Collins of Oklahoma City praises Indian wrestler Montour as one of the cleverest in his weight class. Collins, en route to Galveston via San Antonio, expects a tough test for Charlie Stone in Beethoven hall on January 17.
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Nation's Hope in Antagonistic Sports Spotlight
Northwestern University athletic director Charles E Hammett told a Y M C A audience in Evanston that boxing wrestling and other antagonistic sports along with football offer the best chance for development of young men in the city.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Charles E. Hammett
Northwestern University
Evanston
Pirates Set Earliest Training Start For Coming Season
Pittsburg. President Barney Dreyfuss announced the Pirates will start training earlier than ever. Manager Fred Clarke will gather pitchers and catchers at West Baden Ind March 4 for light work and baths. Battery men join March 11, full squad to Hot Springs Ark March 17.
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Italian heavyweight Ross loses to Cotton in Pittsburg bout
Tony Ross of Newcastle Pa. was defeated by Kid Cotton of Pittsburgh in a six round fight. Cotton dominated from the start and Ross only lasted the limit by clinging in clinches when in danger.
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Luttbeg Defends Lightweight Title in City Bout
Max Luttbeg of Cincinnati successfully defended his lightweight wrestling title against Al Wasem of St. Louis in a one hour match. The referee awarded Luttbeg the decision as he pressed Wasem on the mat for most of the bout, with Wasem briefly on the defensive for ten minutes.
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Sporting Annual Issued by Milwaukee Writer
Andrews of Milwaukee has published the 1912 sporting annual record book featuring 112 noted fighters, trotting, pacing, running, bowling, athletic, baseball, automobile, and aeroplane records with illustrations of world prominent athletes. It is one of the leading county sporting annuals of the era.
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Four Black Heavyweights Urged to Stage a Battle Royal
The piece argues Johnson Langford Jeannette and McVea dominate boxing and would draw big crowds in a battle royal. It notes their long careers from 1899 to 1906 with numerous fights in Chicago Paris New York and Sydney and suggests a bout among them would be a great show.
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Toppy Flinger Rubber Carriage Tires by Staacke Bros
Staacke Bros offer Kelly Springfield rubber for carriages and buggies. The ad claims these are the best available, urging readers to choose their rubber options for improved durability and performance.
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Sundays Feature Days on Olympic Program
American Olympic committee receives official Stockholm schedule for the 1912 games. Opening events are June 29 with football lawn tennis and shooting, stadium contests begin July 6. The heaviest days fall on Sunday July 7 and Sunday July 14.
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New York
American Olympic Committee
Stockholm
No targets fired at Chicago Gun Club amid cold weather
On the first Sunday in over twenty years no target flew from Chicago Gun Club traps at Kensington. No marksmen appeared and a special double target match at Long Lake was postponed due to extreme cold.
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Chicago
Kensington
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Intercollegiate fencing championships slated for New York
The annual intercollegiate fencing championships will be held in New York likely March 29 and 30. Funds are sought to send West Point and Annapolis fencers to the Olympics with approval from War Secretary Stimson and Navy Secretary Meyer.
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