New Orleans promoter Tortorich and ten day race meet at Mobile
Dominick Tortorich known as Take a Chance Promoter, famed for bold bout ideas, has long staged fights and sometimes guaranteed purses. He once tried a Willard Fulton match and has promoted five championship bouts, while facing mixed profits and tough bargaining with fighters.
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Dominick Tortorich
New Orleans
Tortorich
Jess Willard
Fred Fulton
Fulton
Freddy Welsh
Ad Wolgast
Joe Mandot
Dominick
Clabby
Gardner
Attell
Conley
Coulon
Burns
Williams
Mobile to Host Big Ten Day Race Meet During Mardi Gras
Mobile will host a ten day racing meet starting March 4 at the Fair Grounds Track under Alabama law with Judge Dunne presiding. Up to two hundred top horses are expected from New Orleans, with purses totaling around 1 000 a day and a program featuring several races daily.
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New Orleans
Mobile
Pat Dunne
Kansas City
W. H. Bickers
Mobile Carnival Association
Bickers
Judge Dunne
Gulf Coast Fair Association
C. B. Stevens
Bascombe
Ed Corrigan
Hawthorne Park Fame
Sam S. Brown
Pittsburgh
Louis Martin
Pat Civil
William Walker
Ed Cooke
James Johnson
Fizer Stable
Elrod
A. J. Elrod
A. N. Elrod
New York
Baltimore
Levy
Stevens
Reno
Nev
San Francisco
Cal
Skaters Show Speed Amid Snow in Newburgh Race
Eastern skaters pressed through a heavy snowstorm at the Eastern outdoor amateur championships on Downing Park lake Newburgh N Y Feb 12. E T Logan of Montreal A A A won the quarter mile in 43 1 5 seconds and the mile in 3 20 2 5. Keuhne of New York A C won the half mile in 1 32 4 5 with Baker second.
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Newburgh
Downing Park Lake
E. T Logan
Montreal
Keuhne
New York
Baker
New York A. C
Joe Miller
Archie Rogers
Arlington
Keihne
Rogers
M LOUGHLIN TO INVade EAST AGAIN THIS SUMMER
Maurice McLoughlin former national tennis champion plans another trip to the East next summer despite the US National Lawn Tennis Association threatening to brand him a professional. He vows to be in condition and will start a night training system due to daytime business obligations.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Maurice McLoughlin
United States National Lawn Tennis Association
Phillips Furniture Company Great Sale Announcement
Attend the Phillips Furniture Company great sale at 216 Dauphin Street, Pigeon. A sacrifice of the finest stock of furniture in the South will take place.
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Phillips Furniture Company
Dauphin Street
Pigeon
South
Andv
Willard Outweighs Moran In March 17 Heavyweight Clash
Jess Willard, the heavyweight champion, is about 275 pounds, six inches taller than Frank Moran at 6 feet 7 inches, with an 83 1/4 inch reach. Moran plans to target Willard's midsection while Willard uses reach and height to keep Moran at bay. The bout in New York marks Willard's first title defense since beating Jack Johnson nearly a year ago.
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Jess Willard
Frank Moran
New York
Willard
Jack Johnson
Johnson
Moran
Jess
New York S. P. A
Jim Corbett
Paris
Havana
Corbett
Jim Coffey
Chicago
Walter Monahan
Monahan
Dodgers? Giants? Record Shows Light Hitting Era in Baseball
The passage notes Larry Doyle of the Giants leading the National League with a .320 average, the lightest hitting seasons in baseball history, with only five .300 hitters that year. It compares 1914 and prior seasons, cites Jake Daubert and early 1910s leaders, and records team batting averages for the era, mentioning the Cardinals and Brooklyn.
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Larry Doyle
Doyle
Jake Daubert
Brooklyn
Ear
Yingling
Heinie Zimmerman
Cobb
Dautert
St. Louis Cardinals
Giants
Stock Increase Shapes St Louis Baseball Ownership Split
The St Louis American League Baseball Company raised capital from 80000 to 400000 and distributed stock among new owners led by Phil Ball Otto F Stifel James W Garneau L B Von Weise and H S Swarts. Ex Cracker Harry Chapman may be released by manager Jones of the Browns after his strong 1913 Atlanta season.
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St. Louis American League Baseball Company
St. Louis
Federal League Club
Phil Ball
Otto F. Stifel
James W. Garneau
L. B. von Weise
L. Swarts
Harry Chapman
Atlanta Crackers
Bill Smith
Jones
St. Louis Browns
Chapman
St. Louis Feds
Fielder Jones
Browns
Atlanta
Benny Kauf
Fedstar
New York Giants
Eddie Plank
Kauff
Dave Davenport
McConnell
Chicago
Plank
Davenport
Like Father Like Son in Youth Sports Across Courts and Fields
The piece profiles three young athletes in Chicago and California families, tracing athletic fire from parents to offspring. Lonnie Stagg II excels in football and tennis with guidance from his father Lonnie Stagg Sr. Tom Bundy and May Sutton’s son Nate shows promise in tennis. Tommy Leach’s son follows a baseball lineage and is expected to reach major league play.
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Lonnie” Stagg
Thomas
Mrs. Bundy
California
Bundy
Tommy Leach
Sity
Chicago
Niee
Lonnie
Stagg
Hyde Park High School
Pigskin Brigade
Tos
Tom Bundy
May Sutton
Nate
Annapolis Middies Sweep Four In Four Sports
Annapolis fenced New York A C 6 3 but Navy swimmers defeated City College of New York in a dual meet. Navy basketball beat Crescent A C 26 to 21. Rutgers gymnasts lost to Navy turners 871 2 to 161 2 and nautical wrestlers beat Pennsylvania four bouts to one.
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Annapolis
Navy Today
Middies
New York A. C
Navy
College of the City of New York
Crescent A. C
Rutgers College
Navy Turners
Pennsylvania
Boxing and sports notes from a chaotic era
A collage of boxing bouts and football chatter notes Fred Fulton faces tougher foes after beating Andre Anderson Charley White seeks rest and Al McCoy remains middleweight champion Jess Willard pays a fine and Dan O Leary walked 1000 miles in 1000 hours amid other sports curiosities and town opinions
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Andre Anderson
Fred Fulton
Freddy Welsh
Ad Wol- Rast
Charley White
Milburn Saylor
al McCoy
Jess Willard
Oklahoma
Dan O'Leary
St. Louis
New York Giants
Alfred Schmidt
Wisconsin
Europe
Chick Evans
Illinois
Georgia
Ty Cobb
Bobby Reynolds
Kilbane
Chaney
Reynolds
Jimmy Britt
Walter Camp
Eddie Mahan
Harvard
Barrett
Cornell
Coffey
Gunboat Smith
Phillips Furniture Ad Promotes Monday Sale at Dauphin Street
A text ad urges readers to visit Phillips Furniture Company at 216 Dauphin Street between Empire and Queen Theatres on Monday. It emphasizes sacrifices on the Seifert Gower stock to profit Mobile, promising a bold sale with the large ad promising the message.
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Seifert-Gower
Mobile
Phillips Furniture Company
Dauphin Street
Empire
Queen Theatres
Willard Moran Fight Not Off Says Rickard Amid Plans
Tex Rickard claimed the Willard Moran bout will go ahead with a $90,000 outlay for the event. He noted box office could reach $120,000 and seats range from 6 to 50 cents up to 25 dollars, with Moran conditioning at Saratoga and Willard resuming training in Chicago.
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New York
Jess Willard
Frank Moran
Tex Rickard
Tom Jones
Willard Holding Corporation
Rickard
Jones
Jones, and Company
Madison Square Garden
Willard
Chicago
Jack Curley
Pioneer A. C
Curley
Moran
Saratoga
Western League Plans No Monday Games For Season
Sioux City Iowa February 12 If the Western League magnates adopt the schedule E J Hanlon will submit at Monday s meeting in Lincoln there will be no games played on Mondays during the coming season Hanlon said Monday games don t pay
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Sioux City
Iowa
E. J. Hanlon
Lincoln
Hanlon
Alabama Beats Birmingham in Fast South Basketball Showdown
The Alabama team defeated the Birmingham Athletic Club 32 to 27 in a high speed Southern clash on Alabama soil. The game stayed close, with Alabama leading 18 to 15 at halftime before Birmingham surged ahead midway through the second half. Smith and Wells sparked Alabama's comeback as the Tide claimed a hard fought victory amid notable team play and brilliant passing.
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Smith
Wells
Alabama
Robinson
A. C
Bowron
Hagan
Harsh
Birmingham
McGowan
Bra
Chief Bender Returns to Phillies in One Year Deal
Chief Bender, former star pitcher for the Philadelphia Americans, will play for the Philadelphia National League club on a one year contract. He agreed with Pat Moran, the NL champions manager, after a conference on Friday. Bender started with the Athletics in 1903 and moved to the Federal League last season.
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Philadelphia
Bender
Philadelphia Americans
Pat Moran
Athletics
Mack
Plank
Coombs
Baltimore
Peter the Great Sold for Fifty Thousand Dollars
Indianapolis banker and race horse breeder Stoughton Fletcher announced he purchased Peter the Great a noted sire from W E D Stokes of New York. The price is reported to have been $50 900.
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Indianapolis
Staughton Fletcher
Peter the Great
W. E. D. Stokes
New York
Barton and Y M C A Fives Victorious in City League
Barton defeated Y M S 31 to 18 on the Y M C A court while the Y M C A beat Medical College. Barton starred Wilson. Y M C A performers were Haller and Cowan. sponsors listed for Barton and Y M S.
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Barton
Y. M. C. A. and Medical College
Medical College
Wilson
Haller
Cowan
U. M
Cacccevco
Shackelford
Doyle
Secvecomess
Cochran
Kelly
Wee
Ne . Spotswed
Turner
Haas
Cserens
ACTOS
Oc Cecseres
Teri
Pac Taswceer
Batson
Little
Y. M.C
Baker
Crenshaw
Cowles
Moorer
Austin
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Dj.tortorich
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Tee
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SWAT
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Shreveport
George Kircher
Springfield
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Western League
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Mildred Bates
Susie Douglass
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Jessie Moore
Bert Oliinger
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