Banner Year Seen for Nationwide Trapshooting
The article envisions 1920 as a banner year for trapshooters with 36 states and four Canadian provinces enrolled in registrations and tournaments. The season opens in April in Arizona and extends to the Grand American Handicap in Cleveland, with August 25-28 busy at the traps. Sectional handicaps and major state championships are expected to draw large fields under the American Trapshooting Association.
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Arizona
Cleveland
Sanctioned by the ruling body events list
A sanctioned calendar lists grand American at Cleveland from August 25 to 2, Southern Washington events on dates in May and June, Pacific Coast in Walla Walla June 14 to 16, Eastern Lancatera in July, Great Lakes event in Mason City Iowa July 97 to 25, and Omaha Nebraska from August 31 to September 2.
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Grand American
Cleveland
Southern Washington
DD. C
Pacific Coast
Walla Walla
Wash
Lancatera
Great Lakes
Mason City
Iowa
New York Fans Ponder Wilde Dempsey Match Ups
A New York observer speculates Wilde might step out of Dempsey’s class and outlines imagined bouts with Lynch Foy Fox Benn Dundee Leonard Britton Levinsky Dowd Turner and others. The note cites rumoured matchups and purse details as a parsing of ring legends.
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New York
Jammy Wilde
Jack Dempsey
Foucht
Bat Levins
Levinsky
Juck Dempsey
Burt
Agan
Jimmy Wilde
Jack Dempses
St Louis NL Club Invites Ex-Lobos Star to Trial
Former forest seed school star Lucett Stovd, noted for semi pro work in Colorado and Wyoming, gets a trial invitation from the St Louis National League club at Brownsville Texas. Providence Broad Jumper Irving Reid, 18, from Moses Brown School, aims for Olympic team place with a 10 feet 4 inches best and 10 feet 6 inches in practice. American title this season goes to William Cheago of the White Sox at 10 feet 5 1-7 inches.
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Boulder Col Apol
Stovd Lucett
Lorest
Colorado
Wyoming
Brownsville
Tex
Irving Reid
Moses Brown
Reid
William Cheago
White Sox
Schalk Near A Record in Chicago Baseball
Ray Schalk premier catcher of the American League will hang up a record of 1000 games behind the bat for the Chicago White Sox this season unless injuries prevent him from playing. He is about forty games behind the mark after eight years catching. Bill Kunze of the Cubs is Schalks nearest rival in work with the wind pad and mask.
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Schalk
Chicago
Ray Schalk
White Sox
Agene Sears
Bill Kunltfer
Cubs
Schalis
Risberg Quits Baseball For Restaurant Venture
Xorman El Brown notes White Sox shortstop Risberg says there is more money in running a restaurant than in baseball. The San Francisco native born October 1894 left the game after 1919 World Series, having played with the Sox starting 1917 and hitting a triple and a pair of hits in that World Series.
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Xorman EL Brown
Risberg
White Sox
San Francisco
Fresco
Los Angeles
Warte Sox
Elyria Woman Praises Doan's Kidney Pills for Backache
Mrs Albert Smith of 190 Erie St Elyria describes severe backache dizziness and fatigue two years ago. After using three boxes of Doans Kidney Pills purchased at Phillips Drug Store she reports full relief and ongoing good health.
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Elyria
Doan
Albert Smith
Erie St
Elima
Dean
Phillips’ Drug Store
Baseball notes and a fall at the plant site
Jim Williams survived a 82 foot fall from a plant structure when a guy wire struck him as he landed feet first in soft earth. San Antonio observer reports Manager Covey and Giants manager John McGraw comment on pitching reforms and their impact on the game.
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John McGraw
Giants
McGraw
Phil Douglas
Covelskie Walks Ruth as Yankees Rally in Cleveland Tilt
In a Cleveland tilt, Stanley Covelskie pitched to Babe Ruth with two runs needed in the ninth. Ruth, facing a full count, swung hard but was walked, preserving a tense moment that reflected Ruth’s feared bat and Covelskie’s cautious respect.
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Cevey
New York
Stanley Covelskie
Cleveland
Habe Ruth
Cotel- Saio
Ruth
Yanks
Covelskie
Spitball Pitcher Faces Challenge Amid Team Tensions
A brittle remark hints at a pitcher who relies on spitball technique while teammates push for smoother mass delivery. The exchange signals brewing friction within the squad as coaches seek cohesion.
Chesterfield Blend Guarded Secret Flavor Claim
An advertising copy touts Chesterfield cigarettes as having a guarded secret flavor that cannot be copied or imitated. It highlights a moisture proof package designed to maintain moisture and weather resistance as reasons for their consistent quality.
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Fred McMullin
Dick Kerr
Kid Gleason
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Gleason
Bia
Lyria
Robinson & Hancock Co
Wichita
Kays
Jim Williams
Foh
Covey
Jue
San Antonio, Tex
Burnett
Second St
Elks’ Club
Buick CO
Cedar & Broad
Ate Ae Sa AP
Cf. C. E. Brodbegk
Osteopathic
East Ave
the Geiger-Jones Company
Investment Securities Canton
Cnio
Fred Bauman
Manhattan
Sandusky
Ohio
Chesterfield
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