Comiskey Confirms Eddie Collins Purchase For Chicago
Chicago owner Charles Comiskey announced Eddie Collins was bought from the Philadelphia Americans for at least 110000 in a cash deal. He said the contract makes Collins captain and the manager position to be filled from among Collins and two other players, with Comiskey still seeking an outfielder and a first baseman of Collins’ caliber.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Eddie Collins
Philadelphia Americans
Comiskey
Chicago Club
New York
Collins
Callahan
Basketball League Opens Tonight At Local Y M C A
The Y M C A basketball league launches with a double header. The Emeralds face Crowns and the Empires play Team No 4. Games start promptly at 8 30. Strong practice form shown by all teams indicates competitive opening night.
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Emeralds
Empires
Negro convict escapes twice in five months at Banner Mine
Special to The Item. John Nickerson a Jefferson County burglary convict, made his second escape by prying open an air shaft cover at Banner Mine after first slipping away in July. He was recaptured in New Orleans and returned to serve his sentence. The Banner Mine guard was fined $10 and dismissed for neglect of duty.
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Montgomery
John Nickerson
Jefferson County
Nickerson
Banner Mine
New Orleans
Woman denies knowledge of Dorothy Arnold in Bible clue
In San Antonio on December 10 a young woman who had a Bible with the name Dorothy Arnold written on its fly leaf said she never knew the missing eastern heiress. Police find her statement credible after papers covering the inscription are removed, revealing Dora Arnold rather than Dorothy. Meanwhile Niagara Falls opens Mt. St. Marys Hospital.
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Associated Press
San Antonio
Tex
Dorothy Arnold
Dora Arnold
E. E. Barnes
John x
Liebknecht Says War Not Desired by Germans or Others
Dr Ludwig Liebknecht, a Socialist Reichstag member and the sole vote against the war credit, states in a Berlin article that the war stemmed from German and Austrian war parties and diplomatic secrecy, not popular will, and aims to crush the rising labor movement.
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Associated Press
Amsterdam
London
Ll. E. Liebknecht
Reichstag
Berlin
Elevated Trains Collide in New York Killing Two
Two men died and over a hundred were injured when rear collision of two crowded elevated trains occurred seventy five feet above ground in upper Eighth avenue. Fire broke out in both cars and firemen battled flames from rooftops. The dead are Joseph Coullins a guard and Gottlieb Minnich a clerk. A defective controller blamed for failing to operate the brakes.
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Associated Press
New York
Upper
Eighth Avenue
Joseph Coullins
Gottlieb Minnich
Sullivan and Kilrain Rivalry Defined Boxing Era
Historical overview recalls John L. Sullivan challenging Jake Kilrain for the world heavyweight title under London prize-ring rules in 1889. The bout near New Orleans drew massive crowds, lasted 75 rounds, and solidified Sullivan as American champion while Kilrain, a Baltimore native born John J. Fillion, claimed a contested world title prior to Sullivan’s 1882 crown.
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Jake Kilrain
John L
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Sully
Jake
Sullivan
London
Jawn
Kilrain
Toronto
America
New Orleans
Crescent City
John
Baltimore
Long Island
John J. Fillion
Paddy Ryan
Ryan
Joe Goss
Tom Allen
Mike MecConle
Bill Davis
Mack vows to stay with Philadelphia Athletics
Connie Mack declared he will not leave Philadelphia and will plan for the 1915 season with the Athletics. He said he is satisfied in Philadelphia, may need to rebuild the team, and has done so before.
Meat in training diet blamed for Harvard captain’s illness
Cambridge Mass December 10 Too much meat in the training diet of the Harvard football squad may have caused appendicitis that sidelined Captain Brickley for most of the season says Dr Richard C C Newton president of the New Jersey state health board In a letter he notes the belief that meat eating could underlie appendicitis and calls for study to clarify the issue.
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Associated Press
Cambridge
Mass
Harvard
Brickley
Richard CC. Newton
New Jersey State Board of Health
Newton
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic General Tonic Claim
Antique ad claims Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic is a general tonic with quinine and iron. It advertises malaria relief and overall health benefits, priced at 50 cents.
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Grove
National League Considers Waiver Rule And Commission Talks
National League owners in New York discuss a waiver rule to prevent teams from withdrawing waivers after players are asked. Other topics include Baltimore and Jersey City moves to Richmond and Syracuse and a six club plan. Talks also cover Ruppert buying the New York club and Tin Ker case settlement between Brooklyn and Cincinnati.
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New York
National League
International League
National Commission
Baltimore
Jersey City
Richmond
Syracuse
League
Barrow
American League
Jacob Ruppert, Jr
Presdent Johnson
Tener
Brooklyn
Cincinnati Clube
Dr John Kimbrough Jr Commissioned in Alabama Guard
Mobile physician Dr John Kimbrough Jr has been commissioned as First Lieutenant in the Alabama National Guard medical corps. The commission was issued yesterday by Adjutant General General Joseph B Scully and bears the governor's signature in Montgomery.
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Montgomery
John Kimbrough, Jr
Mobile
Alabama National Guard
Kimbrough
Joseph B.scully
Avondale Mills Increases Capital Stock
Notice filed with Secretary of State Cyrus B. Brown shows Avondale Mills Birmingham raising capital from 27500 dollars to 60000 dollars. B B Comer former Alabama governor serves as president of the mills.
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Montgomery
Avondale Mills
Birmigham
Cyrus B. Brown
B. B. Comer
Alabama
Mills
Germans Confiscate Belgian Copper Amid War Measures
A Maastricht telegram reported by the Daily Mail Rotterdam correspondent says German authorities are confiscating telephone wire and all copper domestic articles in Belgium as part of wartime controls.
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London
Maastricht
Holland
Daily Mail
Rotterdam
Belgium
New Secretary for Gulls Frank T Parker Named
Frank T Parker of Parker Bros named secretary of the Mobile Baseball Association succeeding Charles Z Colsson who resigned after five years. The group, led by President Theodore K Jackson, plans improvements to the baseball park and new patron engagement measures including grandstand telephones for patrons.
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Gulls
Frank T. Parker
Parker Bros
Mobile Baseball Association
Charles Z. Colsson
Parker
Theodore K. Jackson
Schmidt
Ypres and Furness Bombarded Again by German Artillery
A Daily News telegraph from Belgium reports heavy German bombardment on Ypres and Furness. Sixteen women and children were killed at Ypres. A shell hit the Furness railway station killing several soldiers. Mme Curier, radium co-discoverer with her husband, is at the Furness Red Cross hospital, where patients were not removed.
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Associated Press
London
Belgium
Ypres
Furness
Red Cross
Mme. Curier
Clabby Sets $10,000 Price for Mill Fight
Hammond fighter Jimmy Clabby demands ten thousand dollars for his next bout. He will rest until he gets his price, with Madison Square Garden and Milwaukee promoters bidding for his services against Mike Gibbons after both turned down eight thousand.
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Hammond
Ind
Madison Square Garden
Milwaukee
Jimmy Clabby
Jim
Mike Gibbons
James
New Game Warden for Randolph Appointed
S H Striplin of Roanoke named game warden for Randolph county by John H Wallace Jr game and fish commissioner with governor's approval. Executive appointments include Summers Foshee Knox Wells McLaughlin to Covington board of revenue. terms begin January 1 1915.
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Montgomery
Ala
S. H. Striplin
Roanoke
Randolph County
John H. Wallace
W. F. Summers
Andalusia
D. J. Foshee, Jr
Red Level
William M. Knox
B. L. Wells
Gantt
W. C. McLaughlin
Florala
Board of Revenue
Covington County
Herrick Returns to Cleveland After Paris Posting
Former ambassador Myron T. Herrick and Mrs. Herrick arrived in Cleveland on December 10. He said it feels good to be back and noted his Paris duties cost him about 400000 dollars. A public reception was planned for Herrick later in the day.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Myron T. Herrick
France
Billiard League Results From Three Cities
In Grand Rapids Calvin Demarest beat Sutton 300 to 164 in a billiards match. Averages and high runs list Sutton 17 21 61 and 18 14 22 60. In Indianapolis Harry Cline defeated Welker Lame 300 to 208 in a Players League match. In Jamestown Kert Cutler triumphed 300 to 79 with high runs 216 14 and 58 14 and 29.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Calvin Demarest
Sutton
Indianapolis
Ind
Harry Cline
Welker Lame
Cochran
Jamestown
N. Y
Kert Cutler
Jake
Cutler
Fer
Fred Clarke Re-signs With Pittsburgh Club
Fred Clarke renewed his contract to manage Pittsburgh for another year after sixteen seasons with the club. The agreement was finalized in Kansas and New York disclosures confirm Clarke will remain in charge as 1915 plans firmed with Barney Dreyfuss involved in the negotiations.
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Clarke
Pittsburgh Nij
New York
Pittsburgh
Fred Clarke
The
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