Roller Faces Ordeman By Seattle Mat Show
Beattie fans push Dr. Roller's challenge to meet Henry Ordeman after a heated exchange. Curley, handling Roller, notes orders and timing may bend to arrange a Seattle confrontation as Roller vows to prove he is Ordeman’s master.
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Utah
Seattle Star
Seattle
Wash
Star
Ordeman
Frazee
Jack Curley
Ordman
Beattie
Will Motifn
Europe
Goteh
B. F. Roller
Beattie Sport
Dr. Roller
Henry Ordeman
Minneapolis
L Ie
Oreman
Curley
Roller
Hotel Savoy
Rolher
Os Jeffries
Frank Gotch
Focal
Rotter
Get Down to Biz, Tex and Jack by Wright
A quarrel between Tex Rickard and Jack Gleason over the Johnson detirica fight draws public ire. The writer urges them to stop the bickering and settle the matter, noting the public fatigue with endless talking and stressing the controversy centers on racial supremacy, not the bout itself.
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Tex
Jack
Tip Wright
Rickard
Jack Gleason
San Francisco
Salt Lake City
Jericho
Utah
Alifornia
Filly Lou Billings Promises Sprinting Greatness
The purple bred filly Lou Billings, daughter of trotting queen Lou Dillon, is expected to become a champion. With speed in her size and strong dam lineage, she has shown 2:40 pace and 26 second quarters. Trained in Memphis, owner C K G Billings may enter her in future stakes for public viewing.
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Louw Billings
Lou Dillon
Lou Billings
John A. McKerron
Gorems
Memphis
C.K. G. Billings
California Kennel Club to Promote Coast Shows Westward
The California Kennel Club plans to send top dogs to the east to boost California show interest. Fourteen five man teams from Maine to California compete in the United States Revolver Association league, aiming telegraphic shoots with a March 4 deadline. Bowlers chase Lee John's 276 three game average, while Hitness A C drops marathon racing as 26 miles 385 yards too long.
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California Kennel Club
Puros
California
Maine
United States Revolver Association League
Lee John
Hitness A. C
Johnson on manliness and sobriety lecture by boxing champ
New York January 14. Tuck Johnson lectured to the Y M C A in this city on manliness and sobriety. He urged the audience to study the psychology of pugilism and to value sobriety as the touchstone of success, noting that confidence and control come from disciplined habit.
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Fy United
New York
Tuck Johnseson
Shampion
Chempagne
Johnson
Corbett
Sharkey
Jeffries
Jeffries V Johnson Fight Style Compared to Corbett era
The article analyzes how Jeffries might approach a Johnson title bout versus Corbett's handling of Sullivan. It notes Jeffries is cautious while Sullivan was bold, suggesting Johnson could win if Jeffries fights Johnson like Sullivan did Corbett, but doubts that outcome given the differences between the two eras and fighters.
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Gans
Johanson
Corbett
Auliivan
Johnson
Jett
Sullivan
Jeffries
Johneon
Cortett
Bullivan
Ten Eyck Family Made by Rows and Oarsmen Legend
The Ten Eyck family, famed watermen, are linked to rowing greatness across generations from New York to the Hudson and beyond. Jim Ten Eyck of Syracuse University trains elite crews and aims to beat Cornell and Pennsylvania at the June regatta while the family’s stroke is revered as a four generation legacy.
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N.Y
Phon
Ten Eyck
Amertcan
New York
Golden Gate
Theseas
Naples
Jim Ten Eyck
Mudeon
Washington
Delaware
Jim
Hudson
Art
Gee
Ned
Syracuse University
Oh Jim
Ten Fyck
Mancelier
Cornell
Pennsylvania
Hank O Day Umpired Debut Earns Regular Berth
In Chicago Hank O Day, then a city clerk, filled in as umpire when James Hart could not reach the game against Cleveland. After impressing president Nick Young and manager Patey TeBeau with his impartial officiating in a 2 to 1, 12 inning loss, O Day was urged to join the league as a regular arbiter and remained with the organization thereafter.
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Hank O'Day
Unire
O'Day
Lynch
Hank
O'Dey
City Recorder
Chicago
James Hart
Cleveland
Patey Tebeau
The
Spiders
Tebeau
Nick Ydtirng
Whitman Coach Arrested on Serious Charge
Whitman University football coach J Mere Blanchard was arrested in Walla Walla on a Hillahoree North Dakota warrant for a grave statutory offense involving a 16 year old girl met last summer while coaching a Hillsboro baseball team. Blanchard is a well known Northwest college athletics figure and was taken into custody with the sheriff serving the paper.
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Walla Walla
J. Mere Blanchard
Whitman University
Hillahoree
N. D
Blanchard
Hillsboro
Iacolle
Northwest
Welsh Is A Rare Joker In Light Heavy Title Affair
Wreddy Welsh defends his eight title against Packey McFarland in a disputed weight bout amid claims Nelson will quit if the weight limit is not honored. The upset potential centers on whether Welsh can retain the title on the same terms as won it.
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Wreddy Welsh
Packey McParland
Welsh
Nelson
McFarland
Hans Wagner for Congress in States Race
The piece argues Hans Wagner could defeat Burchfield, who currently represents the district and has fallen from favor. It notes Wagner as the sole Republican alternative with a potential path to Washington, citing belief in his strength to win.
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Hans Wagner
Congress
Hanus
Burchfield
Wagner
Best Ball Play Louis Mann Saw on the Diamond
Louis Mann recalls a defining baseball feat when Joe Birmingham of the New York Highlanders threw out Willie Keeler at home from deep center field in Polo Grounds memory. The article notes Forbes Field in Pittsburgh will shorten the outfield to improve sightlines to home plate.
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Louis Mann
Toas
Ow York Highlanders
Ball Park
Joe Birmingham
Napa
Willie Keeler
Birmingham
Keeler
Baseball contracts defended by American league president
Chicago January 4 United Press says President Ron Johnson of the American league defends new contracts that forbid barnstorming trips without owner permission. He argues the rules protect clubs and prevent teams from being misrepresented by substitute players on road tours.
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Chicago
Ron Johnson
Johnson
Oriental Pool Rooms Largest World Pool Club
The Oriental Pool Rooms offer 45 pool tables and 25 solo tables with a bar restaurant cigar stand and seven chair barber shop. This is promoted as the largest place of its kind in the world with a daily ten dollar cash giveaway. Located at 1419 Third Ave between Pike and Union.
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Pike
Union
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