Quiefielder Joins Bron Camp For San Antonio Season
Outfielder Booie arrived Wednesday and will join Broncho players at League Park. Manager Charley OLeary plans to field his best lineup for two games against the St Louis Cardinals, with new faces and a quick pitching look at Miller Huggins squad. May, Bruno Betzel, Cruise and Doak exchange notes as Hornsby negotiates 1917 pay.
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Mound City
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Bruno” Betzel
St. Louis
Doak
Pep” Hornsby
Levinsky defeats Moran in St. Louis heavyweight bout
Levinsky of New York outpointed Jack Moran of Springfield Illinois in a 12 round heavyweight boxing contest in St. Louis Tuesday night. Moran fought hard but Levinsky secured the decision.
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Battling Levinsky
New York
Jack Moran
Springfield
Academic Baseball Opens Big Wins Across City
The Academic baseball series opened Tuesday with Main Avenue High School defeating Brackenridge High School 16 to 1. St Mary's College beat West Texas 9 to 6 and San Antonio Academy toppled St Louis College 14 to 7.
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Brackenridge High School
St. Mary’s College
West Texas
San Antonio Academy
Downing St. Louis College
Hall and Gardner Win at Balk Line
Nathan Hall of Boston defeated Ledyard Blake of San Diego to take a commanding lead in the national amateur billiard championship balk line event. Hall reached 400 points in thirty innings as Blake scored 276. Edward F Gardiner of New York defeated Edward Rein of Chicago 510 to 400 in a marathon fifty two innings match lasting nearly four hours.
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Ledyard Blake
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Blake
Edward IF. Gardner
New York
Edward Rein
Chicago
Tein
Cubs Defeat Vernon in Exhibition Game
In Pasadena on Tuesday the Chicago Cubs beat Vernon 6 to 3. Wortman hit a fourth inning home run driving in two runs while all pitchers struggled with control.
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Cal
Chicago
Vernon Pacific Coast
Wortman
Pre season Major League Baseball Game Dates
A long list of pre season game dates with matchups among Brooklyn New York Boston Cincinnati Washington Detroit and others across multiple southern cities from March 11 to April 9. The schedule includes venues in Hot Springs Macon Dublin Memphis Louisville Little Rock and more.
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N. LL
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A. L
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N. L
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Macon
Dublin
Memphis
Little Rock
Cincinnati
Washington
Louisville
Dothan
Ala
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Tex
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N.L
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New Orleans
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Kan
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A.L
Manhattan
Indianapolis
Browns Headed for Corpus Christi Training Stop
The St. Louis Browns will spend ten to twelve days in Corpus Christi after training at Palestine as they prepare to open the major league season. Mayor Miller and others helped arrange the stop with multiple exhibition games set against local organizations at Camp Scurry. About forty players will join the party arriving March 17 with reservations at Nueces Hotel.
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Texas
St. Louis Browns
Palestine
Browns
Miller
Camp Scurry
Nueces Hotel
Cyclone Mitchell to Enter Mat Arena in Early Date
Cyclone Mitchell, middleweight title claimant, has planned a return to the mat after ribs were broken in a fall match with Pet Brown in Houston. Promoter Guy Turpin notes potential opponents include Young Zbyszko and Joe Lemle as Brown faces a weight challenge for the 158-pound limit. Baseball teams adopt a military style spring training with drill sergeants for players.
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Pet’ Brown
Houston
Guy Turpin
Pet” Brown
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Pet
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Adolph Ernst
Joe Lemle
Corpus Christi
Best drilled ball teams offered prize
In Chicago on March 7 the American League clubs in training camps will compete for drill honors. Captain Franklin R. Kenney announced President B B Johnson offers $500 to the best drilled team and $100 to the drill sergeant who instructed the winners. A board of army officers will review the competition in July.
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Army
Bond Breaks Record in Business Boys Jump Events
Jack Bond surged to the top of the Business Boys Class standings with a first jump of 17 feet 10 inches and a final 18 feet 1 inch for a new class record in Tuesday night YMCA competition. Forest Fesler and Clarence Boldt also posted strong marks as Van Cleave beat Foldt 15 to 4 in the nearby class basketball game.
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Menger
Rex Logan
William van Cleave
Clarence Foldt
Louis Green
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Inter League Series Schedule Discussed By Leagues
President Hickey of the American Association meets President Barrow of the International League to plan the 48 post-season inter league games. The first 24 contests run August 6 to 29 at AA parks, with the second half August 31 to September 22 on IL grounds. Jim Johnstone of Irvington New Jersey joins the umpiring staff. he previously worked as a major league umpire and for the Federal League.
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Hickey
American Association
Barrow
International League
Jim Johnstone
Irvington
N. J
Johnstone
Federal League
Mrs. Sawyer Granted Divorce in Wheaton Proceeding
Mrs. Helen Sawyer wife of Ned Sawyer former western amateur golf champion was granted a divorce on statutory grounds at Wheaton last Saturday as learned.
East West tennis tour opens with top duos in Los Angeles
Opening Wednesday of the East vs West tennis tournament features a doubles match with Theodore Roosevelt Pell and B Prentice for the East against Maurice McLaughlin and Willis E Davis for the West. A second event pairs Miss Molla Bjurstedt and George M Church against Mrs May Sutton Bundy.
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Cal
United States
Theodore Roosevelt Pell
B. §. Prentice
New Jersey
Maurice McLaughlin
Willis E. Davis
Molla Biurstedt
George M. Church
Orient
May Sutton-Bundy
West Team Highlight Includes Bundy and Thomas C Bundy
The report notes Thomas C Bundy, former national doubles champion, representing the West alongside teammate Bundy as part of the squad.
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Thomas C. Bundy
West
Zbyszko Defeats Michaloffs In Knoxville Bout
Zbyszko beat Russian wrestler Michaloffs in straight falls here Tuesday night. The first fall lasted 26 minutes and the second eight minutes.
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Tenn
Zbyszko
Michaloffs
John Wilson Quits Baseball Traded to St Paul
John Wilson the outfielder traded to St Paul by the St Louis Nationals for Walter Cruise has decided to quit the game and will not report to the local club according to a letter received from him Tuesday.
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John Wilson
St. Paul
St. Louis Nationals
Walter Cruise
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