Neff to Box Sullivan at Tivoli Theatre Saturday night
Chet Neff and Frankie Sullivan sign to meet in a four round bout at the Tivoli Theatre as Local Defense league action draws heavy interest. Sullivan has impressed with recent showings while Neff has held rivals to draws and aims to halt Madden’s run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chet Neff
Frankie Sullivan
Tivoli Theatre
Sullivan
Eddie Pinkman
Elks
Eddie Miller
Moore
Chester
Neff
Wyard
Madden
Casey
Harry Casey
Frenchy
Valse
Harry
Vaise
Reas
Houck
Dan Saltman
Navy
Leo
Uncle Sam's Boys
Misa Thurman Shatters Records In Sports Film Work
Los Angeles February report notes actress and athlete Misa Mary Thurman excelled in multiple sports to keep her Keystone Comedy job. She reportedly broke two Vassar women's intercollegiate marks in 60 and 75 and 100 yard dashes, set a 69 feet 8 inch javelin throw, and demonstrated broad and high jumping prowess. Thurman credits coaches and Los Angeles athletes for guidance, underscoring a strenuous but athletic film career.
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Los Angeles
Misa Mary Thurman
Vassar
Misa Thurman
Keystone Comedy Company
Miss Thurman
Sporta
California
Fred Kelly
Stockholm
Darcy Fans Eye Darcy versus Al McCoy Fight in New York
United Green staff correspondent reports the New York boxing commission will decide today if Les Darcy may fight Al McCoy in a ten‑round bout. Promoters Brown and Weis mantel push for McCoy while Weismantel objects, and Dillon may replace McCoy if he wins at New Orleans.
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United Green
New York
Les Darcy
al McCoy
New York Boxing Commission
Grant Hugh Brown
John Weismantel
Madison Square Garden
Broadway Sporting Club
McCoy
Jack Dillon
Weismantel
Welsmantel
Commission
New Orleans
Five Entered in S A C Marathon
Five entries have been handed in for the S A C annual eight mile marathon race to be run on city streets Thursday. A L Goldsmith will act as referee of the event.
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A. L. Goldsmith
Hall Signing Up Huskies For His Tacoma B B Club
Nick Williams has little on Russ Hall of the Tacoma club but the manager is assembling a large squad for training. Hall adds pitcher Herman Pillett of St. Paul Oregon who stands 6 2 and over 200 pounds. Joe McGinnity saw Pillett in a spring tryout but deemed him inexperienced. Bonner recommended Pillett as a potential spring asset.
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Nick Williams
Russ Hall
Tacoma
Hall
Spokane
Herman Pillett
St. Paul
Joe McGinnity
Putte
Tigers
MecGlinnity
Are Many More at Home Like Freddy and His Family
Rochester report highlights Fred Fulton a 6 ft 4 in 218 pound heavyweight as part of a large Beatrice Nebraska family. The siblings range up to 6 ft 6 in and 210 215 pounds with a 17 year old Earl and 15 year old Pearl. Father deceased at 6 ft 4 1 2 in 240 pounds mother 6 ft 200 pounds.
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Freddy
Rochester
Minn
Fred Fulton
Jess Willard
Fred
Beatrice
Neb
John
George
Roy
Vernie
Earl
Pearl
Seattle Ice Hockey Closes Season With Spokane, Portland Games
Seattle has three remaining games in the season. A planned game with Spokane may be played in Seattle, with Spokane visiting Friday night. Vancouver defeated Seattle Saturday as Seattle wraps the season at Portland next week.
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Seattle
Spokane
Portland
Vancouver
Joe Stecher Prepared For His Match With Ad Santel
San Francisco February 19 Joe Stecher says he is in shape for Thursday’s bout with Ad Santel. He trained two hours at the Olympic Club while Santel conducted outdoor workouts on the beach, running and tumbling.
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San Francisco
Althe Joe Stecher
Ad Santel
Olympic Club
Santel
Wrestler Says He Can Beat World Champion Boxer
Al Williams, wrestling instructor at the Olympic Club in San Francisco, declares wrestling is more effective than boxing. He offers to meet any boxer, including Jess Willard, in a rough-and-tumble test and guarantees the boxer will be pinned to the mat quickly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
al Williams
Olympic Club
Jess Willard
Williams
Polo Tourney to End on Thursday
New York Feb 19 The polo tournament at Riverside California begun February 12 will close Thursday with a large international British American game championship. The event brings together many of America's top polo stars in a historic US gathering.
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New York
Riverside
Cal
United States
Pinkman Leads Scrappers in Everett Defense League Standings
Leading the elimination tournament standings, Pinkman tops the list as matchups progress. The next bout is set for Saturday at the Tivoli with Chet Neff facing Frankie Sullivan in the main event of the Everett Defense league show.
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Tivoli
Chet Neff
Frankie Sullivan
Everett Defense League
He's Coming Champ Says Lichtenstein on Metrie Prospect
Larney Lichtenstein, manager of Ad Wolgast, promotes lightweight contender Charlie Metrie as a miniature Jack Dillon. Metrie has not lost in 34 bouts and is described as the only Syrian boxer in the world.
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Larney Lichtenstein
Ad Wolgast
Charlie Metrie
Jack Dillon
Metrie
Sunday Soccer Results From Local League
Dry Dock defeated Black Diamond 6 to 0 and Woodland Park beat Celtica 1 to 0 in Sunday matches. The results highlight Dry Dock’s dominant offense and Woodland Park securing a clean road win.
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Dry Dock
Black Diamond
Woodland Park
Celtica
Baseball Would Jump Back Into Old Place Following War
New York speculation links war to baseball revival as veterans return from conflict. Dave Fultz, president of the Baseball Players Fraternity, says hostilities would pause while players serve but the game would resume at the earliest moment. Comments recall Civil War and Spanish American War era boosts, with military athletics fueling leagues and attendance. The Federal League’s rise is cited as a setback in past conflicts.
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New York
United States
Germany
Dave Fultz
Baseball Players’ Fraternity
United States Army
Cuba
Federal League
Lightweights Battle Tonight and Cubs Training News
Report notes Les Darcy and Al McCoy as betting interests while Charley Weeghman plans to send a valet for the Cubs training trip. Heine Zim has departed, Brooklyn wins a chess tournament, and Quincy club offers baseball players at 85 dollars each with Connie Mack involved.
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Les Darcy
Nate Lewis
al McCoy
Charley Weeghman
Cubs
Heine Zim
Brooklyn
Quincy Club
Connie Mack
Tom Uren Captures Australian Middleweight Title
Tom Uren outpointed Jimmy Clabby in a 20 round bout in Sydney to win the Middleweight championship of Australia. Both fighters took heavy punishment, but Uren scored in more rounds.
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Sydney
S. W
Tom Uren
Jimmy Clabby
Australia
Uren
Barnes High Gun at Sunday Shoot at Green Lake
Barnes shot 49 of 50 to be high gun in Sundays shoot at Green Lake Harbor Island hosted a 100 target event where Hugh Flemming led with 49 of 50 tying with three others in the 50 target segment.
Broadway and Quays Finish Race in Tie
The high school basketball season closed Saturday with Broadway and Queen Anne tied for first at six wins two losses. Lincoln Ballard and Franklin followed in that order, and Franklin lost all eight games.
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Broadway
Queen Anne
Lincoln
Ballard
Franklin
Trapshooting Gains Across Clubs and Colleges in 1916
The article notes 119 clubs in the US and Canada with trapshooting gear. Yale swept the Intercollegiate championship for the fourteenth time in 1916, while Princeton and Harvard each claimed six titles. Bayside Yacht Club trapped 26 326 targets in 1916. several yacht clubs formed a trapshooting league. The Maryland Trapshooters league forms with Parkton Aberdeen Oriolo Baltimore and Prospect Shooting. Pennsylvania Railroad employees held a championship. W W Williams of Philadelphia won, Pitcairn team won team honors. New clubs arise at Malba and New Cumberland Trapshooting association in Marysville Pa.
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Yale
Princeton
Harvard
Bayside, L. 1
Trapshooting League
Maryland Trapshooters' League
Parkton, Aberdeen, Oriole of
Baltimore
Baltimore Shooting Association
Prospect Shooting Association
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
W. W. Williams
Philadelphia
Pitcairn, Pa
Willard Fulton Title Fight Articles Signed in Chicago
Tom Jones and Frank Force to sign for Jess Willard versus Fred Fulton in Chicago today after weeks of negotiation. Willard guaranteed 50,000 plus a 51 percent share of movie rights or 20,000 cash. Madison Square Garden promoter Grant Brown likely to stage the bout as bidders submit offers. In Philadelphia Chief Bender to be arraigned over a fatal auto accident involving a 61 year old man after surrendering at police headquarters.
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Chicago
Tom Jones
Frank Force
Jess Willard
Fred Fulton
Willard
Grant Hugh Wurown
Madison Square Garden
Philadelphia
Bender
The
Athletics
Robinson
Folsoa
Records Made in Wind at Pullman Likely to be Thrown Out
Three record track marks set at the Pullman conference meet last June may be discarded after the Northwest record committee ruled they were wind aided. If rejected, Luther McCroskey would regain conference low hurdles title, while Hoover of Whitman and Kadderly of OAC would lose marks. The meet happened on Rogers Field June 3 with Oregon led by McFee and Muirhead. Idaho, OAC, WSC, and Whitman followed.
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Pullman
Board of Managers
Luther McCroskey
Hoover
Whitman
McCroskey
Kadderly
Muirhead
Rogers Field
University of Oregon
McFee
Idaho
Washington State College
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Darcy
AL M’coy
Shone
University
Gosite Fraser
Huskies
al Bonner
Pille
Methoff
Butte
John Ganzel
Kansas City
Fieldher Jones
Oe Jones
Smale Bros
Northern Bank
Elliott
Joe Stecher
Julie Page
Star Today
Kathleen Norris
Julia Page
Pinkman
Boxer
the Madden
Sonny Teebens
Lichenstein
Charlie
Metrill
Rae
Yezza
Cmera
Clabby
Broadway and Quays
Peter B. Carney
Canada
Vincent Oliver
George Lyon
Interstate Association For the Encouragement of
Ore
Portland Gun Club
Messrs. Kennedy
Fawcett
Bertz
Goodwin
Cronin
Sporting Writers
Malba, L. J
Field and Marine Club
Marysville
New Cumberland Trapshooting Association
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Omar
Omaromar
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