Y M C A to Host Magic City Five in Night Clash
Birmingham Y M C A men face Magic City Five in a Saturday 8 10 p m game. Lineups include Gotham, Durham, Estes and Ollinger among others. Tickets go fast with front-row reservations and standing room only if sales hit limits.
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Birmingham Y. M. C.A
Slock
Ngham — Brooks
Durham
Ewood
Estes
Stapleton
Faunce
Mobile
Cunningham
Hinmin
Crawford
Izard
Ollinger
Willard Will Fight Moran March 25 In New York
Willard Will Fight Moran March 25 in New York as Jens Willard the heavyweight champion plans to travel this week for ten rounds. He recovers from a cold and will resume light training at the Chicago Athletic Club on Thursday. English champion Pat O Keefe defeats Jim Sullivan in a twenty round bout for the middleweight title. Gus Williams and Dick Kauffman contracts accepted by Nashville club after holdout.
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Chicago
Jens Willard
New York
Frank Moran
Kago Athletic Club
London
Pat O'Keefe
England
Jim Sullivan
Gus Williams
Mtfielder
Dick Kauffman
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St. Is
Nashville
Confessions of a Wife A Talk With Donna Tenney
Margie receives visitors in her illness and debates happiness, marriage, and memories with Donna Tenney. Donna counsels caution about widowhood, jealousy of a dead wife, and the dullness of social life as Margie weighs love, duty, and endurance.
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Margie
Bill
Donna
Kitty Malram
Blaze
Kitty
Land of
Nevermore
Willard Moran Bout Price Scale Set by Tex Rickard
Tex Rickard sets ticket prices for the Willard Moran bout with 12 900 seats total. Prices range from 3 to 25 dollars, allocating 500 seats at 3, 4 000 at 5, 2 000 at 7, 2 000 at 10, 1 000 at 15, 2 000 at 20, and 1 400 at 25 dollars, totaling 145 000 dollars.
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Tex Rickard
Willard- Moran
Montgomery Eyes South Atlantic League Franchise Move
Baseball fans in Montgomery show strong optimism about securing a South Atlantic League franchise. A grandstand and bleachers costing about 4000 dollars are the key condition, expected to be funded easily. Meanwhile Leo Fohl is reported to remain manager of the Cleveland AL team as J C Dunn leads new owners.
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Montgomery
J. C. Dunn
Leo Fohl
Mandot Defeats Dundee for Referee Decision in 20 Rounds
Joe Mandot of New Orleans won a 20 round boxing match by referee's decision over Johnny Dundee of New York in New Orleans. Mandot led after round 15 and relied on quicker in fighting. both men fought center ring throughout. Weights were 132 and 127 1-2 pounds at catch weights. Burns beat Coulon in Memphis, Fowler over Mackay, Saylor knocked out Cross, and Duffy outpointed Lewis in other Monday night bouts.
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Johhny Dundee
New York
Mandot
Harry Stone
Dundee
Burns
Coulon
Memphis
Tenn
Frankie Burns
Jersey City
Eddie Coulon
New Orleans
Leach Cross
Cincinnati
Ohio
Lewis
Buffalo
N. Y
Jimmy Duffy
Lockport
Ted Lewis
Duffy
Birth of a Nation to be shown with full symphony orchestra
The Birth of a Nation comes to the Lyric Theatre next Monday with a 25 piece symphony orchestra and full stage effects. A carload of special equipment, identical to New York’s Liberty Theatre production, will be used with a stage manager trained at Forty-second Street. Nearly fifty people are engaged per presentation, with matinees daily except Monday and seats already on sale.
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New York
Liberty Theatre
Forty-second Street
Lyric Theatre
Long legs not always best in running races
Chicago national 100 yard champion Joe Loomis, 6 feet 4 inches with a 10 foot stride, loses to shorter runners Howard Drew and Roy Morse in a 70 yard race. St. Louis’ Irwin Mahl, 5 feet 7 inches with a 7 foot 5 inch stride, also beats Loomis in a 100 yard dash.
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Joe Loomis
Chicago
Howard Drew
Roy Morse
New York
Loomis
Drew
Irwin Mahl
St. Louis
Mahl
Wells Wins England Heavyweight Title Fit To Be Ring Mayhem
Bombardier Wells defeated Dick Smith by knockout in the third round on Monday night to claim the heavyweight championship of England.
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London
Bombardier Wells
Dick Smith
England
Bellringer dialogue in imitation English lesson
A humorous exchange shows a Frenchman learning English. The father notes his son resembles him and the French speaker jokes about being a “cheep of the old blockhead” in a playful mispronunciation.
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Cheep
Wright at 40 to come back in island championships
Beals C. Wright, aged 40 and 1895 national singles champion, announces plans to return. He writes from Honolulu that he will meet Ward Dawson and Clarence Griffin of California in the islands championships after tuning up with Holcombe Ward.
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Beals C. Wright
Hol- Combe Ward
Honolulu
Ward Dawson
Clarence Griffin
Ten Best Stallions Sell for 696 000 Dollars
The sale of Peter the Great at age 21 for 50 000 sparks discussion on prices for blue blood trotting horses. Ten top sellers totaled 696 000 with Arion and Axtell among the highest priced at 125 000 and 105 000 respectively.
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Peter the Great
Arion
Axtell
Sseawebnerees
Daphne State Normal Girls Sweep Atmore in Weekend Games
The Daphne State Normal School girls defeated Atmore High School 9 to 5 and 24 to 3 in a Saturday doubleheader in Daphne. Star player Miss McAdams sat out the morning game, with Miss Orpha Foreman stepping in, before returning to score 14 of Daphne’s 23 in the finale.
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Daphne
Ala
Daphne State Normal School
Escambia County High School
Atmore
Miss McAdams
Orpha Foreman
McAdams
Thompson
Stapleton
McKenzie
Armoré
Monnie Kiser
Y M C A To Host Two Commercial League Basketball Games
Two Commercial League basketball games are scheduled at the Y M C A tonight. The Martins and Bauers meet the Albright and Wood five and Ed J Higgins Candy Company team. Tipoff is at 8 10 p m.
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Martins
Bauers
Albright & Wood
Ed. J. Higgins Candy Company
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Magic City Five
Willard Well
Donna Tenney
Donna Tenny
John L
William Donovan
New York Americans
Macon
T.L. Huston
Jack Law
Edward Law
Evansville
Ind
Law
Stone
Joe Mandot
Postum Cereal Co. Ltd
Battle Creek, Mich
Wells
Smith
Wright
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