Welsh Is a Vegetarian Ready to Face Wolgast
Freddie Welsh, British featherweight champion, promotes a meat free diet and will fight Ad Wolgast on Thanksgiving Day in Los Angeles. He describes learning boxing in the United States and blending English and American styles, asserting confidence in handling Wolgast's pace and tactics.
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W. W. Naughton
San Francisco
Cal
Freddy Welsh
Queensbury
Freddie
Ad Wolgast
Los Angeles
Wolgast
Moran
Freddie Welsh
Welsh
America
United States
Philadelphia
Boxer reflects on title pursuit and confidence in his weight class
The speaker recalls wanting to box Battling Nelson, praises Ad Wolgast for taking the title, and asserts readiness to face Wolgast now that a match is secured. He claims no one can beat him at his weight, admits past mistakes when opponents outweighed him, and emphasizes belief in his own strength.
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Freddie Welsh
Los Angeles
Matty Baldwin
Welsh
Knockout Brown
Wolgast
New York
Philadelphia
Packey McFarland
Chicago
McFarland
Nelson
Ad Wolgast
Battler
Eastern League Baseball Row: Montreal and Rochester Split
In a doubleheader, Montreal beat Newark 6 4 in the first game, then Rochester defeated Jersey City 13 to 5. Batteries featured Burke Curtis Smith Cady for Montreal and McConnell Mitchell for Rochester. Second pair saw Toronto sweep Providence 6 1 with Bachman Phelps batteries, and Mueller Phelps in another game.
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Montreal
Newark
Burke and
Curtis
Smith Cady
Rochester
Jersey City
McConnell
Mitchell Ny
Frill, Jones and Tanneman
R. H. E. Neussdig
Eoossess
Schutz and McAllister
Frock and
Egan
Uffalo
Brennan
McAllister
Dygert
R. H.E. Toronto
Providence
Seneed
Bachman
Phelps
Lavender
Radeau
Toronto
Teeeeeereneereses
IL T
Mueller
Ehryer
Peterson
St. Paul Pitcher Marty O'Toole Sold To Pittsburg Club
Barney Dreyfuss signed a 22500 dollar check to the St. Paul baseball club making Marty O'Toole the property of the Pittsburgh club. Dreyfuss and scout William Murray traveled to St Paul after O'Toole dazzled the Minneapolis Millers 7 to 1, striking out ten with six hits allowed.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Barney Dreyfuss
Marty O'Toole
Pittsburg
Dreyfuss
William Murray
O'Toole
Minneapolis
Millers
Murray
Kelly
Scott Murray
O'Toole Sale Sets Baseball Cash Record
O'Toole sold for 12 500 cash plus 2 500 in equipment, Lefmon gains 22 500 cash and 2 500 gear, price surpasses all prior baseball sales. President Dreyfuss valued O'Toole at 25 000 and provided a 2 500 pitcher. Previously the highest was 12 000 by the Athletics for Tony Russell.
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O'Toole
Lefmon
Dreyfuss
Athletics
Tony Russell
Memory loss grips Cincinnati doctor wandering on streetcar
Dr. John Oaks of Fairview Heights was found on a Crosstown car unable to recall his name or address. He rode to the end of the line and back until passengers alerted the conductor. Patrolman Lemminck later identified him from letters and returned him home as memory returned. A note adds Frederick Kempster of Essex as the tallest man in England at seven feet two and a quarter inches aged 21.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
John Oaks
Fairview Avenue
Fairview Heights
Frederick Kempster
Essex
England
Air pressure self starting device for 1912 Chalmers cars
The 1912 Chalmers self starter uses compressed air stored in a tank under the body to turn the engine. A dash valve releases air through a distributor geared to the magneto, firing cylinders in sequence. The system requires no cranking and starts in one to three seconds, with the distributor as the only continuously moving part.
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Chalmers
William Steinhardt
Auto Sales and Supply Company
Winter wood comes rolling in as maple tree falls
Johnnie Egan of 89 Miller Street chats with a huckster when a windstorm topples a maple onto the Egan house. Volunteers clear the debris and the family laughs off the danger as they begin gathering their winter wood, promising to store it in the cellar.
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Johnnie Egan
Miller Street
Utica
Johnnie
Egan
Mr. Egan
Jessie
Albany Burgesses Corps faces charter repeal challenge
Led by Adjutant-General Verbeck the State National Guard seeks to repeal the Alba ny Burgesses Corps charter amid claims its social masquerade undercuts its military guise. The group, once esteemed with figures like Cardinal Gibbons and J P Morgan, staged a Hudson Fulton ball in New York that drew criticism from critics as part of its dubious impression.
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Verbeck
State National Guard
Albany Burgesses Corps
Cleveland Grays
Old Guard of
New York
Ancient and Honorable Artillery of
Boston
Albany News Dispatch
Orients
Cardinal Gibbons
John D. Rockefeller
J. P. Morgan
Andrew Carnegie
Chauncey M. Depew
King Edward
Albany
Prince of Wales
Metropolitan Opera House
Hudson-Fulton
Injuries Hit AL Teams As Season Warms Up
The American League faces a hotter, tighter race as key players return from injuries. Detroit misses Gainor at first base while Delehanty steps up. Cleveland awaits Lajoie’s return to boost both defense and bat. White Sox cope with Corhan and McConnell injuries. Yankees recover from Hal Chase’s absence. Washington’s Walter Johnson sidelined. Boston deals with Purtell and Wagner out, adjusting at third.
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New York
Detroit
Gainor
Tigers
Delehanty
Cleveland
Larry Lajoie
Naps
Philadelphia
Barry
Collins
White Sox
Windy City
Chicago
Sox
Corhan
Ford
McConnell
Yankees
Hal Chase
Sterling
Washington
Walter Johnson
Senators
Walter
Purtell
Boston Red Sox
Wagner
Bill Burtill
Red Sox
John S. Taylor
Lord
Smith
Boston
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Bedell Bldg
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Pirates
American Association
NEW Chalmers
Australia
Society
New York Adjutant
Charter of Albany Burgesses Corps
Uhipo
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