Handballists Triumph in Three Matches at Y M C A
Walter Janert beat Edwin Reichert to win the Business Boys class and Joyce claimed the Intermediate title with straight-game wins over Ernest Green. W J Van Wart defeated E S Garrett, while Janert and Reichert also posted straight-game wins in Tuesday’s three-match session at the YMCA.
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Robert Joyce
Ernest Green
W. J. van Wart
E. S. Garrett
Walter Janert
Business Boys
Edwin Reichert
Joyce
Green
van Wart
Garrett
LSU Coach McDonnell Resigns Amid University Pressure
E T McDonnell announced his resignation as LSU football coach after a request from Prof T W Atkinson head of the athletic council. Atkinson declined to comment. Star linesman Arthur Klock retires for the season upon learning of the resignation. The team’s Arkansas game at Shreveport next Saturday remains on schedule.
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Baton Rouge
E. T. McDonnell
Louisiana State University
McDonnell
T. W. Atkinson
University Athletic Council
Atkinson
Arthur Klock
Arkansas
Shreveport
Sunday School League Eyes New Basketball Race
Six quintets applied to enter the Sunday School Athletic League race with St Mark's and Laurel Heights Methodist among entrants. Government Hill Methodist Calvary Baptist First Presbyterian and McKinley Avenue Methodist join, Utica Presbyterian plans to participate, first twelve entries receive preference. Committee led by A H Muffr and including Emil Mueller P P Smith Frank Cunningham and Physical Director Wheeler aims for a strong fifth season.
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Sunday School Athletic League
I. M
St. Mark's
Laurel Heights Methodist
Government Hill Methodist
Calvary Baptist
First Presbyterian
McKinley Avenue Methodist
Utica Presbyterian
A. H.mufr
Emil Mueller
P. P. Smith
Frank Cunningham
Wheeler
Baptist Girls Triumph In Tight San Marcos Contest
In San Marcos Texas on November 1 the Baptist Academy girls edged San Marcos High 24 to 22 with a last minute winner. The game stayed tied until the final minutes as Miss Albertson delivered the deciding goal and Miss Rogers starred for the high school amid a hard fought, well played match.
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San Marcos
Tex
Girls of the Baptist Academy
Academy
Albertson
Miss Rogers
R. & S. Team to Meet in Winter League Session
The R. and S S baseball team of the Winter League will hold a meeting at Alexander's Billiard Parlors Thursday night at 8 o'clock. All members are requested to be on hand. An English inventor has mounted a searchlight under the rifle muzzle to help hunters aim at night using current from a storage battery in the stock.
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Alexander's
Hoppe Builds Big Lead in Balk-Line Billiards Match
In St Louis on Tuesday night William F. Hoppe of New York forged a large lead over G Butler Sutton of Chicago in the 1500 point balk-line contest. Hoppe reached 1000 points to Sutton 413 with a high run of 147 while Sutton scored 69 without a miss. The match concluded in seventeen innings.
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Hoppe
ST. Louis
William F. Hoppe
New York
G. Butler Sutton
Chicago
Sutton
Gascos Sweep Rivals in Commercial League Bowling
The Gasco s five defeated Service Engraving Co 757 601 748 642 and 685 630 for a 2190 total. Captain Brockhausen led the loss with 517 pins including a 201 game in session three, first to break 500 this series. Menger topped Gascos with 485, Ahr 455. three newcomers impressed. Next night Sunsets vs Postoffice Prides.
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Gas & Electric Company
Brockhausen
Smith
Duffy
Mitchell
Menger
Gascos
Ahr
Quint
Sunsets
Postoffice Prides
Sears
Halliday
Patterson
Fitchell
Witte
Mushall
The Curiosity and the smiths warning on shoes
The smith questions the value of shoes for the stout animal saying the beast may carry away more than four while the owner insists four are enough. The note also mentions British government female clerks earning six dollars twenty five cents a week.
All golfers urged to attend meeting at St Anthony Hotel
Every San Antonian with an interest in golf is invited to a Wednesday 8 p.m. meeting at the St Anthony Hotel to form a permanent body, likely named the San Antonio Golf Association, to run the annual city championship and related events. trophies from last week’s Brackenridge Park tournament will be awarded to Frank Lewis, Mrs. J H Lapham, John Brogan, and R Israel. Runners up medals go to Maule, Walthall, Staudt, and Merriam.
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St. Anthony
San Antonio
Frank Lewis
J. H. Lapham
St. Anthony Hotel
John Brogan
Gunter Hotel
R. Israel
Harpoon Company
French terms for baseball aid Worcester college study
Assumption College Worcester faculty released a manual translating baseball positions into French to boost popularity among French speaking players. The glossary renames pitcher as lanceur catcher as receveur shortstop as bloquer with other base and field terms. The effort draws on French soldier usage observed in France and aims to ease teachers’ adoption.
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Assumption College
Worcester
Mass
Agasseur
France
Willard to Face Any Top Heavyweight Says Sporting Editor
Jack Curley, famed boxing and wrestling impresario, in town at the St. Anthony, discusses heavyweight prospects. He backs Jess Willard to defeat any challenger, notes Fulton as a likely foe and Levinsky as tentative, and recalls the Havana Johnson bout where Willard pressed for a stoppage. He predicts Willard as champion for years.
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Jack Curley
Havana
Jack
St. Anthony
Sells-Floto Circus
Willard
Fulton
Levinsky
Jess
Jack Johnson
K. O
Tom Jonie
Jones
Joe Walcott the Barbadoes Demon Returns as A Stoker
Joe Walcott once known as The Barbadoes Demon and Black Marvel reappears in New York as a coal stoker aboard the Aros Castle after a long ring career starting in 1890. He fought Choynski in 1900 and last boxed Robinson in 1908 before vanishing, with rumors of his death circulating among fans.
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Joe” Walcott
New York City
Aros Castle
Australia
Walcott
Ring
Kid" Lavigne
Joe” Choynski
Jack” Robinson
Ban Johnson takes issue with D Fultz
Chicago November 1 B B Johnson president of the American League disputed a charge by David L Fultz president of the Baseball Players Fraternity that players in the American League were not paid while injured. Johnson telegraphed Fultz to produce the contracts or retract the charges.
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Chicago
B. B. Johnson
David L. Fultz
Baseball Players’ Fraternity
Fultz
National Commission
Johnson
Kansas State Star Stam Foster suffers knee injury setback
Lawrence Kan Nov 1 Kansas State University faces Oklahoma after Stam Foster wrenched his knee in practice. Eddie Todd also out with a prior injury, forcing lineup shifts. Captain Lindsey expected to start at quarterback versus the Sooners.
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Kansas
Lawrence
Kan
Kansas State University
Oklahoma
Foster
Eddie Todd
Lindsey
Sooners
Oysters and Champagne Banter in a Berlin Cartoon
A humorous caption from Lustige Blatter depicts a waiter offering champagne and oysters while a jesting exchange unfolds about ordering wine. The dialogue centers on whether to drink wine with shellfish, highlighting social dining banter in a Berlin humor periodical.
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Lustige Blatter
Berlin
Amateur A A definitions revised by Amateur Athletic Union
The Amateur Athletic Union drafts a revised constitution and by laws to be voted on November 20 in New York. Changes protect college student representation when terms end before June and allow participation without consecutive-semester attendance. An amateur is defined as pursuing sport for pleasure and benefits, with several ineligibility rules outlined and a pardoning power for restoration under conditions.
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New York
Amateur Athletic Union
Intercollegiate Association of Amateur Athletes
Kener
Board of Governors
Coleman to meet Turkish wrestler Hussane on circus card
San Antonio heavyweight wrestler Jack Coleman will face Yusif Hussane in a fifteen minute handicap bout on the Sells Floto circus program. Promoter Jack Curley plans the match with referee Frank Noel. Hussane has not lost a match this year and Willard will box three rounds with sparring partner Walter Monahan.
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Jack Coleman
San Antonio
Yusif Hussane
Sells- Floto Circus
Coleman
Jack Curley
St. Anthony
Curley
Gotch
Stecher
Turk
Frank Noel
the Light
Hussane
Frank Gotch
Jess Willard
Walter Monahan
Miser’s Hoard Revealed in London Times Tale
The London Times reports Mark Kemp and his wife lived at Newlyn in poverty for years, often begging neighbors for aid. They had previously lived in Arizona and lately the wife was sent to an asylum, with the couple’s condition deteriorating.
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London Times
Mark Kemp
Newlyn
Arizona
Yan Asylum
Removal to Workhouse Over Husband Decline
A court ordered a husband’s removal to the workhouse after his behavior prompted officials to visit the cottage. A sanitary inspector and a constable searched the home and found a pioneer miner’s belt in a kitchen trunk containing sovereigns and half sovereigns totaling 1000 pounds.
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Husband
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Commercial Tenpin League
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Franklin Taxicab Co
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