Kilbane Welsh Clash Promised for Toledo Title Bout
Chicago reports a planned 136 pound Welsh Kilbane fight set for Toledo with $12,000 purse and two February dates in mind. Mitchell backs a twenty round test at New Orleans, while Darcy era rumors and prior ring antics fill the ringside talk as promoters seek a fair referee and big events this season.
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Chicago
Les Darcy
Freddie Welsh
Johnny Kilbane
Feathers
Harry Polick
Welsh
Toledo
Ohio
Kilbane
Matt Hinkle
Cleveland
Ed McDaniel
Joe Rivers
Grand Rapids
Mich
Hal Stewart
Fort Wayne
Ritchie Mitchell
New Orleans
Mitchell
Australia
America
Mick King
Baker
King
India
Africa
Canary Islands
Gibraltar
Genoa
Naples
Marseilles
London
Mike Gibbons
Jick Dillon
George
Knockout) Brown
Billy Miske
George Chip
Brown
Chip
Darcy
Miske
New York
Fulton Deserves Consideration After Cowler Knockout
New York January 20 Fred Fulton whooped Tom Cowler in the first round proving his power with both hands. He aims for Moran and Willard if he beats Moran in New York or Havana, claiming he can win and should be rated a serious contender.
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New York
Fred Fulton
Tom Cowler
Fulton
Cowler
Cumberland Man Mountain
Jack Dillon
Porky Flynn
New Orleans
Andre Anderson
Milwaukee
Anderson
Frank Force
Jess Willard
Minnesota
Frank Moran
Pittsburg
Moran
Havana
Willard
Jess
Jack Johnson
Comiskey backs Rowland for 1917 White Sox captaincy
Charley Comiskey expresses strong faith in Clarence Rowland as manager and believes he can win a championship for Chicago. The owner praised Rowland and named him manager for 1917, noting the White Sox appeared strong on paper and aim to improve on last season’s pennant bid.
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Charley Comiskey
Clarence Rowland
Rowland
Chicago
White Sox
Ddie Collins
Shane Collins
Jack Fournier
Sox
Sunday School League Leads and Scoring Records
The first round statistics for the Sunday School Basket Ball League, compiled by Roger Stokes, show Tommie Gish of St. Mark's Episcopal leading with 94 points in five games. George Spencer and William Myers follow, while Alvin Icke and Russell Hill contend for fifth. Team totals place St. Mark's Episco pal atop with 196 points and strong defense with 43 points allowed.
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Roger Stokes
Parliament
Tommie Gish
St. Mark’s Episcopal Five
Gish
George Spencer
Laurel Heights
William Myers
McKinley Avenue Methodist
Edwin Reichert
Evangelical Association
Alvin Icke
First Presbyterian
Russell Hill
Government Hill Methodist
St. Mark’s Episcopal
Laurel Heights Methodist
Vangelical Association
St. Mark’s
Walter Janert
St. Mark's
Government Hill
Milton Arnold
William van Cleave
Frank Erben
Watson
A. Spencer
Homer Smith
St. Mark's Episcopal
Johnnie Strange
West End
Henry Lutz
McKinley
W. T. Strange
West End Methodist
Forest Fessler
Icke
Fessler
Strange
St. Marks
Utica Presbyterians
Higgey’ Simmang
Calvary Baptist
Willard Alley
Prospect Hill Baptist
Wilson Sloan
South Alamo Methodist
Little Ethridge
Eilenberger
Beacon Hill Baptist
Simmang
Utica Presbyterian
Hilenberger
Cessesseeree
G. Spencer
Laurel Heights Methodis
Oo Reichert
Ccese
Myers
Sheen Nena
Hill
Arnold
West End Methodist A
Hall
Coeeee
O. K. Jackson
Steffler
Erben
van Cleave
Government His Methodist
Folts
Green
Ccereeeeeese
Bullitt
Ceeese
Alley
McKinley Avenue
Eeveee
Smyth
Laurel Helehts Methodist
Smith
A L. Lacks
Cecsseeee
Ferguson
Erree
J. Strange
Seesree
Leary
Ethridge
Government All Methodis
Sloan
Straughan
Sae
Wilcox
Janert
Lutz
Tee
Tee Winters
Tee Williams
Lasseter
Tee Bledsoe
Eeeees Reimchisel
Tee Pieper
A. C. Schoultz
Ee Kurth
Roemer
P. Lacks
Cross
Loessburg
Bartlett
Russel
Tee Cowles
Abbott
Issereee Gulley
Esseee Hays
Prospect Hill
Eeeee Gildemeister
Jackson
Barr
Calvary
Serrssreereeee King
Calvary Taptist
St. Mark’s Episopal—Gish
Laurel
McKinley Ave
Assn
Reichert
The
Alamo Meth
Beacon Hill
Eeeeeesenenesee Icke
Peete Ween
Calvary Ba Pere
Coach Rowland Faces Crucial Season After 1916 Rally
The article notes Rowland has new talent on the roster and aims to improve on last spring. A failure could spell the end of his tenure at season's close.
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Rowland
Kohlemainen in Good Standing
New York report notes Hannes Kohlemainen once the world’s top amateur distance runner remains in good standing despite changes in his career. The item highlights ongoing debates about his status and public interest in his athletic legacy.
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Kohlemainen
New York
Hannes Kohlemainen
Celtics Retain Finn For Distances In Track Team
The Finn will again compete for the Celtic Athletic Club, per Holmer Baker the star middle distance runner. The move strengthens the club’s distance lineup as they prepare to enter track athletics this season with renewed vigor.
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Tive Athletic Club
Holmer Baker
George Foster's Days as Pitcher Numbered
Boston Red Sox retiree George Foster, the "little giant," hints at retirement after a storied career. The right hander battled a deltoid injury, wore a strap to steady his pitching arm, and finished with key World Series appearances including a no hit game against the Yankees.
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New York
Boston Red Sox
George Foster
Boston Hurling Corps
Red Sox
Foster
Hughie Jennings
Boston
Diamond
Ozarks
Whispering Pines
Fenway Park
Quakers
Bill Carrigan
Fosher
New York Yankees
Y Athletes Schedule Week at YMCA
The YMCA lists a busy week of events across classes. Monday includes Junior A basketball and Business Men volleyball, with Senior Class basketball in the evening. Tuesday features Intermediate basketball and Business Boys basketball, plus Sunday School and other league games.
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Young Men's Christian Association
Business Boys
Beacon Hill
First Presbyterian
Panthers
Business Men
West End
Evangelical
South Alamo Methodist
McKinley
Size And Weight Not Factors In Trapshooting
Homer Clark of Alton Illinois proved size and weight do not limit trapshooting performance by hitting 2055 of 2100 targets for a 98 percent average. The piece notes Clark’s dominance, outlines amateur and professional leaders since 1908, and gives upcoming Grand American and subsidiary handicap event dates.
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Homer Clark
Alton
Ill
Interstate Association
Clark
William H. Heer
America
St. Louis
Bill Crosby
Crosby
Fred Harlow
Newark
Harlow
Heer
Day
Henderson
Kentucky
Columbus
Mark Anne
Thomasboro
A. B. Richardson
Dover
Del
H. B. Bonsar
C. H. Peck
Remington, Ind
F. A. Graper
Custer Park
R. A. Ins. Delta
Col
J. R. Jahn
Davenport, Ia
A. G. Skutt
Morton, N. Y
Middle West
East
Indoor season heats up as clubs scramble for space
New York faces a crowded indoor schedule over the next three months as promoters seek enough floor space for meets. The A A A A may struggle to find an indoor site for intercollegiate events since Madison Square Garden promoters will not install an indoor track. Milrose and Irish American, Young Men's Democratic League meets loom this month, with N Y A C and Fordham set for February as the A A U runs its senior championship tonight.
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New York
Milrose Athletic Club
Madison Square Garden
Milrose
Young Men's Democratic League
Ane N. Y. A. C
Fordham
Amateur Athletic Union
Bum Sawyer Prisoner What! Defender Quips on Innocence
A fragment quotes a Boston Transcript line in which Bum Sawyer is referenced as a prisoner and a defender questions his ability to clear an innocent person. The brief text centers on legal accusation and public defense of character.
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Bum Sawyer
Boston Transcript
Jennings eyeing young hurlers to back Tigers pitching
-New York Jan 20 Hughie Jennings plans spring training focused on developing 15 pitchers for the Detroit Tigers with six veterans and a crop of promising youngsters. Veterans Davis Coveleskie Boland James Cunningham and Mitchell anchor the staff while Ehmke Couch and others vie to prove ready for major league action. Nine games against the Giants are slated as part of team plans.
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New York
Hughie Jennings
Bengals
Jennings
Bis
Tigers
George Davis
Coveleskie
Boland
James
Cunningham
Mitchell
Ehmke
Scranton
Jones
Clinton
Iowa
Couch
San Francisco
Woods
Auten
Portsmouth
Flanagan
Muscatine
Watson
Denison
Tex
Acten
Swartz
Boston
Tigs
Hughie
Waxahachie
McKee
Stanage
Yelle
Spencer
Cobb
Crawford
Veach
Heisman
Harper
Nicholson
Allison
Tiger Uuns
Burns
Bush
Vitt
Young
Dyer
Ellison
Fuller
Texas
Giants
Portland Team May Train in Honolulu for Spring
E Wood a Hawaiian promoter aiming to bring the Portland baseball squad to Honolulu for spring training. Wood reportedly offered a tempting deal to train on the island and play a series of games with his managed team. Judge McCredle, Portland manager and owner, is said to favor the plan.
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Honolulu
Portland
Oré
Wood
Judge McCredle
Time recorder uses phono graph cylinder for clock sound
A novel device records the clock strike and voices of workers on a phono graph cylinder. In Argentina forest land region an estimate shows at least 1,000,000 pine trees large enough for profitable lumbering.
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Argentina
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St. Joseph
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