Willard Moran Bout Moved To March 8 At Madison Square Garden
World heavyweight champion Jess Willard and challenger Frank Moran will fight in a ten round match at Madison Square Garden on March 8 with a purse of 70000 dollars. Text from promoter Tex Rickard states Garden charges 7600 dollars for use with no percentages and the purse remains 60000 dollars with a 10000 dollar bonus. Willard to receive 47500 dollars and Moran 22500. Seating to be constructed.
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Sloan's Liniment Widely Praised For Pain Relief
Reader testimonial from Mervin H. Leister of Berkeley California describes relief from neck stiffness after walking in Panama Exposition with wet feet. He used Sloan's Liniment and reports rapid improvement within hours after a second application. Advertisement from March 1915 notes price 25 cents.
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Deception the Basis for Haughton’s Success at Harvard
Percy Haughton has coached Harvard football since 1908 and Yale has not crossed Harvard’s goal line since then. Harvard and Princeton renewed relations in 1911, and the Tigers have scored only two touchdowns against the Crimson. Haughton’s system relies on deception to overcome beef and brawn as Yale fought hard but often lost track of the ball.
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Rickard plans 15 thousand crowd for big bout
Promoters aim to stage a ten round fight with a 120000 dollar gross target to yield profit. Tickets priced from 50 dollars ringside to 3 dollars rear, with 7.5 percent state tax and an average 9 dollar seat value if capacity is reached. The purse and garden rental plus tax drive the total cost, a figure rivaled only by the Johnson Jeffries Reno fight.
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Charley Hall Returns to Majors with Cardinals
Charley Hall to make his third major league appearance after twelve years in the minors. He joins the St Louis Cardinals after the club acquired three players from St Paul of the American Association for him. Hall previously played for Seattle Cincinnati Boston Red Sox and St Paul, posting 24 wins and 10 losses last season in the American Association, including a 16 game winning streak.
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Y M C A Sport Highlights From Tuesday Basketball
The Crown Theatre team of the Commercial Basket Ball League beat Martins 38 to 28 with only four players in the second half. Albright & Wood defeated Bauers 27 to 18 led by strong shooting. Pensacola Y M C A first team pursues a game with Mobile first team in Pensacola with possible follow up games and lineup changes.
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Tanner Williams Wins over Wilmer in Low-Scoring Bout
In Wilmer Alabama on February 9 Tanner Williams defeated Wilmer by seven to five. Effie Dykes starred with sharp goal shooting.
Food for Fandom and Baseball Biz News
A rapid-fire sports roundup notes Fred Toney predicting 25 wins and hints he may not pitch for the Reds again. Yale plans a spring game in the Yale Bowl, Hal Chase faces AL ban, and Rube Oldring signs a 1916 deal with C Mack. Various trades, bids, and contracts stir the baseball world as clubs eye players and waivers.
Giants show top NL batting title elusive for two decades
The Giants have long avoided a league batting champion in twenty years until Larry Doyle, the second baseman, led last year. Mike Donlin and Cy Seymour were frequent near tops while with the Giants, and Seymour had previously topped the circuit in 1905 with Cincinnati.
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Marion Defeats Tuscaloosa Y M C A In Fast Game
In Marion Alabama on Tuesday night the Marion team beat Tuscaloosa Y M C A 56 to 18. Marion’s sharp forwards hit long difficult shots with Argo at center also adept at shooting. Bowman and Moore starred for Tuscaloosa.
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Capa Blanca Triumphs Over Janowski in Rice Memorial Chess
Jose Capa blanca of Havana defeated D Janowski of Paris in the third round of finals in New York. Capa blanca played a queen's gambit declined and won after exchanges and a rook attack, forcing Janowski to resign in forty six moves. Chajes and Kupchik drew after thirty four moves in the same event.
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Dillon Outfights Battling Levinsky in Brooklyn Bout
Jack Dillon of Indianapolis outfought Battling Levinsky of New York in a ten-round Brooklyn bout. Dillon weighed 168 1 2, Levinsky 175 1 4. Noted woman golfer dead in Maine. E C Wheeler, long active in national championships since 1901, died at Poland Springs. Red Wing the setter won the all age stake near Houston. Adam and Joe Muncie placed second and third.
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Meredith wins 500 yard special at New York A C games
Ted Meredith of the University of Pennsylvania captures the feature 500 yard special scratch race at the New York A C events held at the 22d Regiment Armory. H P Drew of California clocks 100 yards in ten seconds, while W J Bryan of Boston A A wins the Baxter mile in 4 minutes 40 3 4 seconds.
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Louisiana State Defeats Alabama In Tight Basketball Game
Louisiana State University defeated the University of Alabama 25 to 18 in a well played game here. Superior passing keyed LSU’s win with captain Wilkinson and Pearce starring for the visitors. It was Alabama’s first defeat of the season.
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