McCarey to Offer Burns a Match With Big Joe
Ed McBride recalls career highs and lows as a boxing referee. He describes Dick O'Brien’s upset of Lewiston’s Weinig, the Ferns Smith clash with a near riot, and O’Rourke’s sharp retorts. McBride reflects on the dirtiest fighting and enduring friendship with O’Rourke.
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Tom
Andrews
Ed McBride
Buffalo
Dick O'Brien
Lewiston
al Welnig
Weinig
McBride
O'Brien
Reed
Rube Ferns
Billy Smith
Smith
Fern
Tom O'Rourke
O'Rourke
Odd Bits of Sport from a Detroit to Belgium Pigeon Return
Julius DeJonkcheere of Detroit returns from Belgium with twenty four blooded homing pigeons for Noahs Ark Homing club Detroit to use in races. Eddie Durnan of Toronto retires after failed bid to race Richard Arnst on Toronto bay this summer. Oxford Cambridge may skip hammer throw and shot put due to Stockholm Olympics. Princeton football honor with sleeve links and Sam White given a gin filled silver cigar box soil from Yale touchdown.
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Julius DeJonkcheere
Detroit
Belgium
Noah's Ark
Eddie Durnan
Toronto
America
Durnan
Richard Arnst
Toronto Bay
Arnst
Oxford
Cambridge
Harvard
Stockholm
Princeton University
Sam” White
Yale
Purses Worth 35500 At Oregon State Fair Harness Events
Purses totaling 35500 will be hung at the Oregon state fair with the Lewis and Clark 5000 purse for the 2 12 trot and the Greater Oregon purse 5000 for 2 08 pacers. Marty Wolverton signs semipro catcher Edwin Bergen for his Yankees with a pledge that the name will endure in the majors if he can help it.
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Salem
Oregon
Marty Wolverton
Edwin Bergen
Yankees
Boxing prospects hinge on McCarey match choices
Reb. 20 tom McCarey may offer Tommy Burns a match with Joe Jeanette at Vernon. Jeanette may get the chance if McCarey selects him. The obstacle is McCarey’s reluctance to reveal more black and white details to the public. Portland scene features John Berg and Cyclone Frankenstein set for a coast title bout tonight with the mystery man withholding comments.
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Tom McCarey
Tommy Burns
Joe Jeanette
Vernon
McCarey
Jeanette
Portland, Or
John Berg
Frankenstein
Wolff Plans Second 40 Mile Boat After Record Run
Elated by the 39 foot motor boat Oregon Wolff breaking the 40 mile world record in 42 minutes 14.25 seconds, owner and builder John Wolff said he would build another boat for the 1915 Pacific races. The Diete TV from St. Louis previously held the record at 44 minutes 22.15 seconds.
Double Championship Match Seals Hazel Hotchkiss Marriage
Berkeley resident Miss Hazel Hotchkiss, United States women's tennis champion, wed George William Wightman in a ceremony at her parents home. The pair then sought a marriage license in Oakland to formalize matrimony as a playful “set.” The bride, 26, born in California, and her groom, 21, unnamed occupation, anticipate a future in law on the East. The service was officiated by Reverend George C. Hidredge.
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Hazel
Oakland
Wightman
Riley
East
John W Considine Praises Field Trials as Hobby Sport
John W Considine of the Sullivan and Considine vaudeville circuit extols field trials as the cleanest sport in the world. He keeps dog kennels in California and Alabama, noting his income from forty six vaudeville theaters supports his passion. English setters compete nationwide in trials where birds are not killed, only watched for their skill.
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John W. Considine
Sullivan and Considine
Considine
Bakersfield
Calif
Three Notch
Alabama
Acre
Sevel Vaudelilie
Tigers Shuffle Roster Amid Farm and Signings
Detroit reports frequent player movements as Cleveland releases Gus Williams to the Montgomery Club of the Southern League. West Point hope Robert Myatt expands his role beyond pitching while Robinson from Waco won’t train with Pittsburg. Elmer Mitchell, the farm assignment in Providence, surprised observers after being seen as a seasonal fixture.
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Cleveland
Gus Wiliams
St. Louis Browne
Montgomery
Robert Myatt
West Point
Tigers
Providence
Elmer Mitchell
Mitchell
Kilbane and Attell Dismiss San Francisco Bout Offer
San Francisco fans debate a Kilbane Attell rematch with promoter Eddie Graney’s $10,000 purse for a 20 round title bout on March 22. The rivals have not commented, and Los Angeles reports quote Jimmy Dunn saying Kilbane will not discuss business for six months.
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San Francisco
Johnny Kilbane
Abe Attell
Eddie Graney
Graney
Attell
Kilbane
Johnny
Dunn
Los Angeles
Jimmy Dunn
Eddie Greney
Cleveland
McCarey
Dann
Port Commission Case Highlights Shifts in Land Costs 1908
The Milwaukee Terminals moved to Tacoma after facing $40 000 per acre land asks here, securing $1 500 an acre there, boosting Tacoma’s share of regional commerce from 46 to 92 percent in three years. The Berlin Machine Works moved to Portland for $1 000 an acre, far below $20 000 here, among many similar moves altering industry locations.
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Milwaukee
Tacoma
Seattle
Berlin Machine Works
Portland
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