Resignations Hit United States Field Trials Club
In Letohatchie Alabama the club completed early trials as 11 members quit after a stormy session. Resignations include A G Sage H B Duryea M R Edwards G C Parsons and D G McDonnell. Avent of Hickory Valley allegedly entered nineteen dogs in the trials drawing bar by the Continental Club.
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Cleveland
Ohio
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Vancouver
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Avent
Continental Club
Slosson Clinches Win Over Ya mada in Billiards Match
Chicago Jan 10 George Slosson secured victory over Koji Yamada in a 400 to 215 fourth block, lifting his grand total to 1,600 points while Yamada stood at 1,197 in the 2,000-point balk line contest.
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Chicago
George Slosson
Koji Yamada
Morningstar Retains Billiard Honors in Long Match
Ora C. Morningstar of Pittsburg, world champion at 18.1 balk line billiards, defended his title by defeating George Sutton of Chicago 500 to 478 in a 32 inning contest. Sutton led at times but Morningstar surged in the late innings to pull ahead and clinch the victory.
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Pittsburg
Ora C. Morningstar
George Sutton
Chicago
Sutton
Morningstar
Will Get Fund for Team But No Sunday Games
Miss Edna OHarra of the YWCA says city business leaders back funding a baseball team but oppose Sunday games. She notes $3,000 is enough to begin the season and that a fundraising drive could start anytime if directors approve.
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Central Association
O’harra
Hotel Leased for Highlanders in Bermuda Spring Training
New York American League club the Highlanders secure an entire Hamilton Bermuda hotel for spring training. Arthur Irwin acting with Frank Chance approves the cable option. About fifty men including players trainers officials and writers will use the hotel near the Hamilton cricket field with cooks and a training table.
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New York
Hamilton
Bermuda
Travis Eliminated From Golf Contest
Walter J. Travis of Garden City was knocked out in the Pinehurst tenth annual midwinter tournament second match play. Robert Hunter of Wee Burn defeated Travis two up with four holes remaining. The day also saw Harold Slater of Foxhills prevail over T. B. Boyd in a 4 to 5 finish on the 22nd green. Other early victors included L. Becker over C. P. Herbert and Lt. Robeson over B. W. Corkran.
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Walter J. Travis
Garden City
Pinehust
Robert Hunter
Weeburn
Travis
Harold Slater
Foxhills
T. B. Boyd
Algonquin
L. Becker
Woodland
C. P. Herbert
Chicago
Lt. Robeson
Oakhill
B. W. Corkran
Baltimore
Montgomery Will Retain Franchise in Southern League
Montgomery will keep its franchise in the Southern League for the coming season after a Business Men's League committee reported they had raised most of the $3,000 guarantee to Richard Tillis, with a promised attendance guarantee of 70,000. Tillis said he would offer manager John Dobbs a strong team once the final pledge was received.
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Montgomery
Ala
Southern League
Business Men's League
Richard Tillis
John Dobbs
Chattanooga
Tillis
Negro recounts role in Archbold letters theft case
William W. Winkfield, a Standard Oil employee, explains he joined the scheme to steal letters in 1903 or 1904 after catching Frank Morell and Sharies Stump taking copy books. He rejects stories of $34,000 paid, saying he would have taken only a small share if any, and cites salary disputes as the motive.
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Chicago
William W. Winkfield
Standard Oil Company
Archbold
William Randolph Hearst
Frank Morell
Winkfield
Morell
Stump
F. A. Dennison
United States Would Seek Regional Action Over Mexico
Washington January 10 Charles H Sherill former American minister to Argentina proposed in an address that the United States should pursue joint action with Argentina and Brazil if intervention in Mexico occurred He supported regional cooperation and criticized unilateral land grabbing by the United States tying this to the Monroe doctrine.
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Brazil
United States
Mexico
Charles H. Sherill
Sherrill
Peruvian Aviator Aims Alpine Flight Into Italy
Jean Bielovucci, a 23 year old Peruvian aviator with a French pilot's certificate, arrived at Brig and plans a monoplane crossing of the Alps into Italy following the Simplon Pass route used by his late friend George Chavez who died after a Brig to Domodossola flight. Bielovucci previously gained fame in 1910 for a Paris Eiffel Tower circle and a Paris to Bordeaux flight.
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Switz
Jean Bielovucci
Brig
Alps
Italy
Bielovucci
Simplon Pass
George Chavez
Domodossola
Paris
Eiffel Tower
Bordeaux
Judge Lands Kirbys in Jail Over Missing Bank Funds
Chicago news reports Judge Landis orders Dr William T Kirby and his wife Mrs Margaret L Kirby jailed for contempt until they surrender $30 000 alleged missing from the defunct Kirby Savings Bank. The judge denounces the defense as a farce born of perjury and a fraud and frameup of par excellence.
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Chicago
William T. Kirby
Kirby Savings Bank
Margaret L. Kirby
Landis
Kirbys
Dr. Kirby
Gleason Loses Fees Suit In Thaw Case
John B. Gleason a New York lawyer failed to recover 52000 in counsel fees from Mrs Mary Copley Thaw for defending her son Harry K Thaw at his first murder trial. Federal court ordered a decision in Mrs Thaws favor with costs.
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New York
John B. Gleason
Mary Copley Thaw
Harry K. Thaw
Johnson Training For Ring Return Amid Smuggling Case
Chicago January 10 Jack Johnson the Negro prize fighter appeared for trial on a charge of smuggling a diamond necklace valued at 6000 into the country from England two years ago. Judge Carpenter postponed the case and planned to dispose of Mann white slave act indictments first. Johnson’s friends say he has begun training to re enter the ring.
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Chicago
Jack" Johnson
England
Carpenter
Johnson
Life Is a Game of Chance Death's Certainty
A concise aphorism notes that while life feels like risk, death remains an unavoidable final outcome. The line contrasts luck with the inevitability of mortality in a stark, philosophical tone.
Chicago swimmer breaks 160 yard backstroke record
H. J. Hebner of Chicago, world backstroke champion at 160 yards, set a new mark at the Central Amateur Athletic Club meet, 160 yards in 1 50 4 5, breaking his previous record of 1 52. Perry Gillivray of the I A C won the mile Central A championship in 24 54.
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Chicago
H. J. Hebner
Central Amateur Athletic Club
Perry Gillivray
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