Northwest sports notes and league ambitions from 1915 era
Reports reveal Charles Irby promoting a Montana State league for 1916 including Butte Helena and Missoula to challenge the Northwestern league. Harry Pollak seeks $100 to recruit Freddy Welsh for a $12 500 offer. Stokke returns to Tacoma under Portland control. Football fades as hockey rises with early season shenanigans. Dobie resigns while criticisms of sportsmanship follow. Hap Miller eyed by Multnomah Club as he pursues a law degree and more football after an injury.
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Charles Irby
Northwestern
Union Association
Montana
Butte
Helena
Missoula
Northwestern League
Harry Pollak
Freddy Welsh
Charley White
New York
Chicago
Multnomah
Portland
Hap” Miller
Washington
Hap
Vancouver
Wash
Badger Athletes Won’t Travel To California Meet
Wisconsin faculty again blocks an away trip for the Badger track team. The athletic council canceled the planned California meet with the University of California after ruling that players would be pulled from studies for too long, despite California offering to cover costs.
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Madison
Wis
University of Wisconsin
Badger
California
University of California
Athletic Council
Wisconsin
Hockey gear as protective armor for Gunboat players
A spectator notes the heavy padding hockey players wear in a Seattle Victoria game. Goaltenders carry about 20 pounds of protective weight while others don elbow guards, fiber shoulder pads, thick underwear, knee guards, steel toe shoes, abdominal guards, and padded gloves.
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Arena
Seattle Victoria
B. V
Collins seniors defeat Hiawatha centers 83 to 43
Collins took a commanding 83 to 43 victory over Hiawatha centers at Collins Playfield with Coby and Bean starring for Collins while Rose and Bothwell led Hawatha. Ballard intermediates routed South Park 70 to 7 at Adams Playfield. Forfeitures: Hiawatha intermediates to Collins and South Park seniors to Ballard.
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Collins
Hiawatha
Coby
Bean
Rose
Bothwell
Hawatha
Ballard
South Park
Adams
Hallard
Day
University Boys’ Club
Harvard Quartback Watson Tops 1915 Fast Horse Class
Cambridge December 9 Watson of Harvard was named by Coach Haughton as the best quarterback of the 1915 season in the Fast. Haughton ranked Glick of Princeton and Barrett of Cornell in the same class but said they should have been halfbacks and are not as good as Watson at quarterback.
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Cambridge
Watson
Harvard
Haughton
Glick
Princeton
Barrett
Cornell
Coffey seeks Moran as training partner after bout
Jim Coffey says he bears no ill will toward Frank Moran for their recent decisive fight ending with a right hand blow. He invites Moran to Crotona Lake for a training session with padded mitts seeking a fresh, stiff workout before the next bout.
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New York
Jim Coffey
Frank Moran
Coffey
Moran
Crotona Lake
Majors Pay High for Bush Stars
Charley Comiskey paid more money for one ball player Eddie Collins than all the major league outfits last fall paid for 34 players drafted from the minors. Fifty thousand dollars changed hands when Connie Mack allowed Comiskey to have Collins, while the minors spent 45,250 for 24 men this fall an average of about 1,334 per player. Comiskey also bought Jon Jackson from Cleveland for 235,000 cash and three players.
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Charley Comiskey
Eddie Collins
Connie Mack
Comiskey
Jon Jackson
Cleveland
Confessions of a Wife and a Downfall of a Saint
Margie recalls a newspaper tale accusing Herbert Spencer a prominent divine of breach of promise and indiscreet love making. The story links his apparent sanctimony with a nurse friend who cared for his child after his wife’s death. Dick mocks the saint while Margie questions fidelity propinquity and romance after marriage.
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Kitty Maliam
Herbert
Spencer
Misa Hleathecott
Norrowa
Margie
Kitty
Marete
Mr. Stuart
Williams and Pauper Among Boxing Champions
The report notes William Williams as one of the poorest current champions earning little pay, contrasts with Ad Wolgast and Freddie Welsh who made fortunes from boxing titles, and mentions Johnny Conlon and Johnny Kilbane as wealthy titleholders. It discusses upcoming bantamweight prospects including Kid Wiambe of Baltimore and the financial disparity among champions.
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Kid Wildame
Maltimore
Williama
Johnny Conlon
Baltimore
Ring
Conlon
Chicago
Johnny
Paper Champ Abe Gordon Seeks Seattle Boxing Bout
Abe Gordon, the 105 pound Pacific Coast champion, wants a match with any 105 pounder in the Northwest. In eight bouts he has never been beaten with one draw and three knockouts. Jimmy Howe from Walla Walla earned a draw with Gordon. in a rematch Gordon won the decision.
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Abe Gordon
Pacific Coast
Northwest
Gordon
Jimmy Howe
Walla Walla
University forms inter mutual basketball league
Dr H C Hall physical director at the university announces a new inter mutual basketball league. Teams from dormitories non fraternity housing colleges and independent bodies will enter. The league mirrors the inter fraternity league started last year.
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H. C. Hall
Somers May Lose Cleveland Team Control
Cleveland Ohio, Dec 9. Chas Somers may lose control of the Cleveland American League club due to the financial difficulties of the diamond magnate. The rumor circulated as investors weigh options for the franchise amid mounting debts and potential sale.
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Cleveland, C
Chas. Somers
Cleveland
Juniors Win Interclass Championship At Broadway
The Juniors defeated the Sophomores by 21 to 4 to claim the inter class basketball title at Broadway on Tuesday.
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Broadway
Golf clubs to ask Wilson about grass
The National Golf Association will urge President Wilson to direct the Department of Agriculture to study grasses best suited for golf courses. A committee has been formed to brief the president, who is a noted golf enthusiast.
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Wilson
The
National Golf Association
Department of Agriculture
Frank Gotch Sought to Coach Iowa Wrestling Next Year
Iowa university wrestling authorities disclosed negotiations with Frank Gotch to coach the Hawkeye squad for the next season. The talks focus on leadership and training plans for the team based in Iowa City.
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Iowa City
Ilowa University
Frank Gotch
Hawkeye
Five Clubs in Eastern League Schedule Set
Montreal Dec 9 The National Hockey Association president T Emmett Quinn said the season will feature only five clubs with 12 home and 12 away games for each. The opening matches begin December 18 with the schedule adopted at the next meeting and the season starting earlier due to Christmas and New Year falling on Saturday.
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Montreal
T. Emmett Quinn
National Hockey Association
Princeton picks Frank T. Hogg as next football captain
Princeton New Jersey announced Frank T. Hogg of Pittsburgh was elected to lead the football team next season. Hogg, a guard, was chosen at a campus meeting last night.
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Princeton
N. J
Frank T. Hogg
Pittsburg
Poorest Season in Years at Washington Football
The University of Washington faced a deficit over 2,500 dollars against its budget for the year. The 1915 football season was marked as the worst financially, with guarantees of 2,000 to California and 2,500 to Colorado exceeding gate receipts. Ralph Robinson resigned as basketball coach due to outside duties. The board of control moved to appoint three members with an alumnus to help find a new football coach to replace Gilmour Dowie.
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University of Washington
Board of Control
J. Arthur Younger
Washington
California
Colorado
Ralph Robinson
Gilmour Dowie
Boxers Eye Tia Juana Bout As Fans Await Cards
People of Tia Juana, Mexico, stand ready as Welsh and White likely will box there. The tentative plans suggest a local ring event drawing interest from regional fans.
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Tia Juana
Mexico
Best $2.50 Glasses on Earth Ex amine Them Free
Dr J R Binyon Jr offers free examinations and asserts his reputation will ensure only necessary glasses are prescribed. pricing emphasis notes $2.50 glasses as the best value.
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Kilbane
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Kid Williams
Paper Champ
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