Hitting Averages Highlight Coast League Stars
The article notes Cobb as the standout hitter with over 200 hits in organized baseball last season, Johnston of the Coast League matching his pace over a longer schedule after moving to the Federal League. It compares other sluggers Sharman Bennie Kauff Tobin Doyle and mentions season lengths affecting hitting pace.
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Tyrus Raymond Cobb
Cobb
Pacific Coast
Johnston
Haseen
Brooklyn Nationals
Sprone
Ohio
Sharman
Outh
Larry Doyle
Bennie Kauff
Federal
Giants
Boenne
Outlaws
Johnny Tobin
St. Louis
Kauff
McGraw
Rariden
Anderson
North Carolina
Boston Red Sox
Feds
Benny Kauff
Willard Moran Boxers Get 10000 Bonus for March 17 Bout
The bout in New York on March 17 will pay Jess Willard 7500 and Frank Moran 2500 as a signing bonus plus the standard 60000 purse with the champion to receive two thirds. Willard also gets 51 percent of moving picture rights. The bonus follows rival negotiations by Jack Curley and Tex Rickard. A separate note from Minneapolis reports John Arisen’s 25 mile ice skating world record at 1 hour 38 minutes 15 seconds at the Northwestern amateur meet.
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Jess Willard
Frank Moran
Willard
Moran
Jack Curley
Tex Rickard
Rickard
Minneapolis
Minn
John K. Arisen
J. F. Donohue
Stanford, Conn
Strangler Lewis Faces Stecher In High Stakes Mat Test
The college boy Joe Stecher meets the Nebraskan farmer boy wrestlers rival the Strangler Lewis in New York's big international tournament. Lewis, 23, 6 ft 1 in, 235 lb, claims mind control and plans to think himself to the championship. The winner earns $10,000. final likely Lewis vs Stecher.
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Joe Stecher
Nebraska
Frank Gotch
Strangler
Stecher
Marvel
Zbyszko
Kentucky State University
Kentuck State
Robert Friedrich
Evan Lewis
Farmer -Boy
Managers to impose strict rules on major league clubs
Major league clubs plan tougher spring training discipline. Clarke Griffith of Washington pledges an honest baseball motto and vows to cut dishonest players. Philadelphia's Moran led a strict camp last year, with players eager to win and comply.
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Washington Club
Griffith
Alexandria
Phillies
Quakers
Moran
New French Challengers Rise in Billiards Title Race
French players Firmin Cassignol and Pierre Maupome emerge as contenders for world cues titles. Cassignol, 18.1 18.2 balk line star, challenges Willie Hoppe but trails Yamada in form. Maupome, three cushion leader from St. Louis, could earn a title bout with Alfred De Oro if he tops the league.
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Pierre Maupome
Cassignol
Willie Hoppe
United States
New York
Hoppe
Yamada
California
Honolulu
Maupome
St. Louis
Alfred de Oro
Kieckhofer
Chicago
Mexico
Charley Peterson
Alabama to Play 36 Games of Ball in 1916
The 1916 Alabama baseball schedule lists 30 contests with multiple road trips. Alabama will not face Georgia Tech and will travel to Baton Rouge Jackson Mississippi A M and Nashville for games against LSU Millsaps College Vanderbilt and others through late May.
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Alabama
Crackers to Train Away From Home in 1916 Season
The Atlantic Southern Association club will hold spring practice in Valdosta Georgia from early March until just before the April opener. Six players from the St Louis Browns federation are moved to Nashville Louisville Sioux City and others. New signings include Tex McDonald and Eddie Lennox, with Lennox hitting 321 last season for Pittsburg Feds.
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Atlantic Southern Association
Charley Frank
Valdosta
St. Louis—American
Browns
Fielder Jones
William Lee
Ernest Herbert
al Bridwell
Art Kores
Nashville
O. Walsh
Louisville American Association
Charles Watson
Sioux City
Jones
Lee
Charlie Frank
Charlie
Tex) McDonald
Eddie Lennox
Lennox
Red Oakes
Pittsburg
Former NL Veterans Shine in Buffeds Lineup
Len Nox began with the Brooklyn Dodgers and moved to the Cubs while McDonald previously played for the Boston Braves before Manager Stallings era. Both men carried solid batting and slashing hitting credentials and joined the Buffeds contributing at .271 for McDonald.
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McDonald
Buffeds
Lennox
Brooklyn Dodgers
Cubs
Boston Braves
Stallings
New Owners Sought for Cleveland Club in New York
President Johnson of the American League announced a February 17 schedule meeting in New York City and said the Cleveland Club should be in new ownership by that date. The report notes the move comes as the league consolidates team ownership changes.
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Chicago
Johnson
American League
New York
City
Cleveland
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