Williams Burns Fight Ends In A Draw
In New Orleans on December 7 Kid Am s of Baltimore and Frankie Burns of Jersey City fought twenty rounds to a draw for the world bantamweight title. Referee Ed Smith ruled the bout even as both weighed 118 pounds. Burns pressed early with reach and height advantage, while Williams forced the action in the middle rounds.
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Orleans
Kidams
Baltimore
Frankie Urns
Jersey City
Ed Smith
Ide
Williams
Burns
Mobile Tigers Prepare for Fort Morgan Football Game
The Mobile Tigers select a 13 man squad including Doyle and Steber to play Fort Morgan at Monroe Park on Saturday. The charity game benefits the Christmas Poor Fund. Fort Morgan calls its team the strongest ever as Mobile trains daily with new college plays. Kickoff is 3 p.m. Tickets go on sale at downtown stores and an indoor practice is planned tonight at the local YMCA.
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Mobile Tigers
Fort Morgan
Monroe Park
Doyle
Tte
Steber
Wilson
Holmes
Farell
Hieronymus
Sheffield
Crenshaw
McQuillan
Hinman
Cunningham
Groom
Tigers
Om. Cc. A
Gulf Coast to Meet Chamberlain-Hunt for Prep School Title
Biloxi Miss December 7 The Gulf Coast Military Academy football team will play Chamberlain Hunt at Gulf Coast Military Academy for the preparatory schools football championship next Wednesday at 3 oclock. Both teams are evenly matched and a fine contest is expected.
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Biloxi
Miss
Gulf Coast Military Academy
Chamberlain-Hunt Aoad
Simple Way to End Dandruff Adv Claim
An advertisement promises to cure dandruff by applying about four ounces of liquid argon at night to moisten the scalp. The claim asserts most or all dandruff vanishes by morning and fully dissolves after three or four more uses, with immediate relief from itching and improved hair texture.
Dancing Children Win City Approval for Summer Concerts
A city official doubted children dancing in Bienville Square. After a mysterious approving act a $5 donation arrived with I was mis taken. The chamber of commerce backs annual dances and a dancing pavilion, with petitions signed by local business people, to create a permanent children’s dancing program. A committee was formed to present the petition to the city commission.
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Bienville Square
Chamber of Commerce
The
Ways and Means Committee
Uncle Wiggily and the Big Snowball in Woodland
In Woodland the animal boys Billie Wagtail and friends join a snowball fight after a snowstorm. They roll a big snowball and push it against Grandfather Goosey’s pen door, then Uncle Wiggily discovers the prank and plans to teach them a lesson.
Uncle Wiggily Tricks Snowball Into Lesson for Boys
Uncle Wiggily hides inside a hollow snowball placed on Grandfather Goosey's steps. The naughty Sammie Littletail Billie Wagtail and Bushytail squirrels are startled as the rolling snowball comes toward them, then is toppled to teach a lesson. They promise to behave and clean the mess.
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Sammie Littletail
Billie Wagtail
Mr. Longears
Mr. Gander
Uncle Wiggily
Grandpa Goosey
Animal
Grandfather Goosey
Sammie
Animal Boys
Wiggily
Detectives Find Whisky Hidden Under Floor
Detectives from Chief Rondeau's force searched a noon Monday raid on a soft drink stand at Joachim and St. Michael streets and uncovered forty eight half pint bottles of whisky beneath a bed in an upstairs room. Occupants John Bowen Wilson and Charles Medicus were docketed for violating the prohibition law. The floor was removed to reach the liquor. Medicus says he knew nothing of its presence.
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Joachim and
St. Michael Streets
Murphy, Lacey, Burch and Pearson
Rondeau
John Bowen Wilson
Charles Medicus
Medicus
Marriage licenses issued by the probate court Monday
The probate court issued licenses including White Joseph Charles Heutschel and Mary A. Koonie and Archie Piez and Mary Russell. An unrelated ad promotes Grove's Tonic as a fall fortifier against cold weather with implied statements about its use.
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Joseph Charles Heutschel
Mary A. Koonie
Piez Archie
Mary Russell
Grove
Dogs in Trials End Birds at Southern Field Trials
Under ideal weather an unusually large crowd watched eleven braces compete in the derby stake at Letohatchie. Judges announced ten of twenty-two starters would run in the second series with litter birds reported in abundance. Officers elected at the annual meeting include H. W. Parrish as president and W. A. Blount Jr as third vice president, with a Montgomery slate on the board of directors.
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Montgomery
Ala
Derby
Southern Field Trials Club
Letohatchle
Here
W. A. Blount, Jr
Pensacola
Fla
F. M. DeGraffenreid
Seal
W. K. Terry
Birmingham
Armorette
Gunner
C. H. Babcock
H. Fishel
Ferris
Manitoba
Billionaire, Jr
E. P. Calvin
Miss Pansy
W. C. Howard
J. L. Holloway
J. T. Jones
Dan
Jessie Foster
H. W. Parrish
W. W. Graves
L. H. Lee
E. B. Joseph
R. J. Goode
Gasténsburg
J. Kirk Jackson
A. G. Co
Sage
New York City
John H. Wallace, Jr
S. H. Roberts
Spring Hill Junior Team to Meet U M S Side
The June Bugs of Spring Hill College junior division, a third team, face a ninety five pound UMS team at the Hill grid Wednesday at 3 30 in the afternoon with no charge. Standout Mobile players E Murray at quarterback J Drahan center and W Ching tackle may star.
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Spring Hill College
University Military School
Hill
E. Murray
J. Drahan
W. Ching
Victor Rosenthal Named Tulane Captain for 1916 Eleven
Victor Rosenthal was elected captain of Tulane University's 1916 football eleven in New Orleans. He has played guard for three years, leading the squad in the coming season.
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Tulane
New Orleans
Victor Rosenthal
Tulane University
Biloxi Girls Top Pascagoula 13–4 in High School Clash
Biloxi high school girls defeated Pascagoula 13 to 4 in a Saturday game at Pascagoula. Biloxi boys lost to Pascagoula 28 to 20 in the same event, with both teams competing Saturday afternoon.
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Biloxi
Miss
Biloxi High School
Pascagoula
YMCA Plans School Basketball and Boxing Programs
The Y M C A class at the gym will train Mondays Wednesdays and Thursdays at 3 30 PM with a four team basketball league to follow. A boxing class led by Mr Hahn will meet Tuesdays and Thursdays at 8 PM. City league talks include Barton Academy Wrights Medical College and the Y M C A with a meeting set for Wednesday at 6 PM to set a schedule.
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Marriott
Hahn
Martin
Bauer
Cunningham
Ollinger
Barton Academy
Wright's
Medical College
McCants
Barton
Overton
Dr. Toulmin Gaines
Memphis Moguls Name Dolly Stark Manager
John D. Mastin, president of the Memphis Baseball Association, announced that Randolph Dolly Stark was appointed manager of the Memphis Southern Association club replacing Briscoe Lord. Stark, a Memphis resident, previously played for Nashville last season.
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Memphis
Tenn
John D. Mastin
Memphis Baseball Association
Randolph
Dolly”) Stark
Southern Association
Briscoe Lord
Stark
Nashville
Pal Moore Knocks Out Artie Armstrong in Memphis Bout
Pal Moore of Memphis knocked out Artie Armstrong of Chicago in the second round of an eight round bout at 116 pounds. The fight occurred Monday night in Memphis, with ringside witnesses noting Moore's decisive victory.
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Pal Moore
Memphis
Tenn
Artie Armstrong
Chi
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