DeZavala and Harris junior quintets clash in close light cup games
The Ruiz School basketball quintet suffered two tight losses in the Junior Lightcup series, 9 to 10 to DeZavala and 13 to 21 to Harris. Taylor starred for DeZavala while Bauer led Ruiz in the latter, as both sides showcased spirited team play and near finishes on Ruiz and Harris courts.
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Harris School
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Ruiz Court
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Leo O'Dowd
Fulton Meets Weinert in Madison Square Garden Bout
Announcement Friday night disclosed Charley Weinert of Newark New Jersey and Fred Fulton of Rochester Minnesota will fight February 12 at Madison Square Garden in an elimination bout to determine the world heavyweight championship challenger.
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New York
Charley Weinert
Newark
N. J
Fred Fulton
Rochester
Morris Five Wins Two Out Of Three
The Morris Company bowling quintet won the first and third games against the Households in the Commercial league, 692 to 639 and 672 to 618, with a total pin advantage of 32. Hamner and Cullen led Morris with 426 and 424 while Schwartz topped Households with 425. The match ended the week and included a postponed game from last week.
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Schwartz
Morris & Co
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Culion
Boxers Fined For Missing Weigh In
In St Paul Minnesota on January 27 fines of 100 dollars each were levied on Mike O Dowd and Jack Britton for missing the official weigh in time Thursday afternoon. They weighed at ringside before the bout but the boxing commission rejected that and ordered no purse payments until after creditors can attach shares. O Dowd's manager received his share before the bout began.
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O’dowd
Welling defeats Negro in ten round Chicago bout
Joe Welling of Chicago outfought Leo Johnson, a negro lightweight from New York, in every round of a ten round bout held Friday night. Welling weighed 135½ pounds and Johnson 134¼ pounds.
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New York
Joe Welling
Chicago
Leo Johnson
Welling
Johnson
Fultz Plans Mass Meetings On Players Fraternity Rift
President David L. Fultz of the Baseball Players' Fraternity says a mass meeting of local fans is being arranged to present the players side of the rift with organized baseball. The date is undecided, but success could lead to similar meetings in other cities.
Causey Edges Myers In Five Games In Handball Semi
Charles Causey won a five game marathon over William Myers to reach the Class C final of the YMCA handball tourney. Scores were 11-3, 9-11, 14-7, 7-11, 14-2, and 11-10. Causey edged ahead at 10-10 to take the deciding point as Walter Janert refereed.
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Charles Causey
William Myers
Myers
Causey
E.S. Gilbert
Walter Janert
Three dog teams now lead big race
ARDOCK N D January 27 With eight teams left drivers in the 522 mile Winnipeg to St Paul dog race expected to go south of Grand Forks Saturday The three leaders camped here 135 6 miles from Winnipeg while the other five rested at Minto 7 3 miles north Gunnar Tomasson Gimli Manitoba Mike Kelly Hecla Manitoba and Hintiri Prison Selkirk Manitoba held first positions after Friday’s nine hours 45 minutes running Fred Hartman one of two Americans ran the entire distance Friday with his four dog team after his lead dog killed in a fight and vowed to continue as long as feet hold out
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Winnipeg
St. Paul
Grand Forks
Minto
Gunnar Tomasson
Gimli
Man
Mike Kelly
Hecla
Big Island
Hintiri
Selkirk
Fred Hartman
Automobile Dealers Train To Chicago Show
A San Antonio Texas Special train of automobile dealers departed Saturday at 9 30 in the morning marked The San Antonio Texas Special to the Chicago Automobile Show. Six cars and sixty plus passengers started the journey with pickups at Austin Waco and Dallas to reach about 110 to 125 people. The group will be entertained in St Louis by the Business Men's League and then continue to Chicago arriving early Monday.
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Texas
Chicago
San Antonio Chamber of Commerce
San Antonio Automobile Trade Association
Austin
Waco
Dallas
St. Louis
Business Men’s League
City Club
Chicago & Alton
Snodgrass Quits Braves For Business After Salary Cut
Fred Snodgrass outfielder for the Boston Nationals announced he would not sign a new contract with the Braves and said he quit baseball. The Boston club reduced his salary from 8000 to about 4000 dollars a year. He remarked you spend money like water, while Dustin Stax retorted most of it is water.
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Cal
Fred Snodgrass
Boston National Baseball Club
Braves
Boston
Snodgrass
Dustin Stax
Washington Star
Doubts About Poetic Drama in Modern Stage
The last two lectures of Dr. Stockton Axson’s course on the modern drama at Beethoven Hall praised poetic drama's place in today’s sociological atmosphere. He cited childhood romance plays like Barrie’s Peter Pan Maeterlinck’s The Blue Bird Rostand’s Chantecler as examples and urged thoughtful entertainment alongside laughter.
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Rice Institute
Beethoven Hall
Axson
School Board
Carnegie Library
San Antonio
Barrie
Peter Pan
Maeterlinck
the Blue Bird
Rostand
Chantecler
England
America
Leidy to California as Yankee special agent aims for 1917 roster
George O. Leidy known as Cap leaves for California to secure catcher Wolters signature for the Yankees 1917 season. He will then meet in Los Angeles to finalize signatures with other players and discuss Beaumont club purchase with Art Griggs.
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Cap
San Antonio Bronchos
California
New York
Wolters
Yankees
Ellis Hardy
San Francisco
Frisco
Leidy
Los Angeles
Art Griggs
Beaumont
O'Leary
Doc” White
Dallas
Eighteen Die In Wreck In France
Paris dispatch reports eighteen killed and fifty injured in a collision between the Bon Paris Express and a freight train at Chateauneuf. Authorities began a full investigation into the cause as rescue teams worked at the wreck site.
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France
Paris
Chateauneuf
Parrot Vocabulary Sparks Witty Exchange in Yonkers
A Yonkers Statesman quip cites a Massachusetts man with a parrot boasting a 75 word vocabulary, prompting Crimbeak to joke about the abundance of swear words in existence. The brief item highlights local humor and wordplay in a regional paper.
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Massachusetts
Crimbeak
Yonkers Statesman
Stars Clash Tonight In Indoor Track Meet Showdown
Chicago hosts the indoor track and field meet of the Second Illinois Infantry tonight with top stars entered. Ted Meredith formerly of Penn leads a field including Bingo Dismond of Chicago, Jo Loomis and Andy Ward of the Chicago A A, Jose Ray of Illinois A C, Roy Morse of Brooklyn, So Butler of Dubuque German College and Irwin Mahl of Columbia A C St Louis.
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Ill
Second Illinois Infantry
Ted Meredith
University of Pennsylvania
Bingo Dismond
University of Chicago
Jo Loomis
Andy Ward
Chicago A. A
Jose Ray
Illinois A. C
Roy Morse
Brooklyn
So Butler
Dubuque German College
Irwin Mahl
Columbia A. C
St Louis
McNamara Leaves San Quentin To Work In Jute Mill
J B McNamara, serving life for the Los Angeles Times dynamiting, agreed to obey orders after twenty four days in the San Quentin dungeon. He began work in the prison jute mill following unsatisfactory service in the laundry and repeated refusals to work.
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San Quentin
Cal
J. B. McNamara
McNamara
Los Angeles Times
Polish youths parade in Warsaw over Wilson Polish plan
Polish youths paraded before the American consulate in Warsaw to express their gratitude for President Wilson mentioning the Polish problem in his Senate speech. Dispatches from Warsaw via overseas News Agency report the demonstration as a response to U.S. support.
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Senate
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Charters Issued In Texas Including Allen Oil and City Social Club
Charters filed for Allen Oil Company of Wichita Falls with 50000 capital, City Social Club of Waco, Galveston Jewelry Company with 30000 capital, Plain Price Store of Alto, Tyler Grocery Company of Tyler, and West Texas Conference Endowment Company of Austin. Amendments for American Junk Company increasing capital to 10000. Acme Products Company granted permit to operate in Texas with 50000 capital. Notices of dissolution for Brazos Packing, Nored-Spears, and Royse Ice and Electric.
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Wichita Falls
Capital Stock
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T. J. Taylor
R. 8. Allen
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George Bell
Sam Henderson
Galveston Jewelry Company
Port Arthur
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Baum
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Cherokee County
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R. Z. Gorbet
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Travis County
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J. H. Groseclose
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Dallas
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Texas
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Chicago
Niles City
Tarrant County
Postoffice Stockyards
Fort Worth
A. B. Case
Brazos Packing Company
Nored-Spears Commission Company
Royse Ice and Electric Company
Royce City
Matina Not Sunk Says Lloyds After Check
Lloyds announced that the report of the British steam ship Matina sinking is erroneous. Her owners confirm the vessel has reached port, contrasting earlier casualty claims.
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London
Matina
Lloyd’s
Potchernick Cup Awarded to Second Wisconsin Eleven
The Potchernick Cup for the consolation round winner in the Fort Sam Houston football championship went to the Second Wisconsin Infantry team. They forfeited the planned final with Third Illinois after a layoff, choosing an exhibition versus their own second squad, and won easily.
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Fort Sam Houstonn
Wisconsin Infantry
Wisconsin
Illinois
Wait C. Johnson
Illinois Combination
Illinois Central workers threaten system wide wage strike
A newly formed IL Central Railroad maintenance staff body warned of a strike across the system if wage increases and a standard wage scale are not granted. The move reflects growing labor pressure among railroad employees seeking higher pay and uniform pay rules.
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Illinois Central Railroad
Double Header Tonight In Sunday School Basketball League
The Y M C A hosts a double header featuring West End Methodists versus Evangelical Association in the American League and South Alamo Methodists challenging South Alamo’s league leaders. Evangelicals hold five wins in seven, West Endys three wins, three losses. South Alamo, cellar champs, show hot form and aim for a low score against last year’s champions.
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Evangelical Association
South Alamo
St. Mark's Episcopals
West End Methodist
Evangelical
Evangelicals
West Enders
South Alamo Methodists
Farrell comments on unions in sports from Auburn statement
J H Farrell secretary of the National Association of Baseball Clubs issued a statement in Auburn on Friday night reacting to President David L Fultz of the Baseball Players Fraternity announcing that Class B and C players would be admitted to the Baseball Players Federation He noted there are good friends of union labor who believe a labor union has no place in sports and that such unions belong outside the sport.
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N. Y
J. H. Farrell
National Association of Baseball Clubs
David L. Fultz
Baseball Players’ Fraternity
Baseball Players’ Federation
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