Grim Anxious For Bout With Mobile Athletes
Joe Grim the boxer wrestler is in Mobile with sparring partners Jake Chase and Dummy Decker. He seeks a local celebrity bout, planning a twenty round match against Kid Burns at the West End Athletic Club in Algiers Louisiana on January 20. Grim, 20, 135 pounds, is en route from Mobile to New Orleans to train.
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Joe Grim
Jake Chase
Decker
Phila
Grim
Anxio
Kid Burns
West End Athletic Club
Algiers
Mobile
New Orleans
Birmingham
Britton Beats New Orleans Lightweight in Ten Rounds
In New Orleans on January 11, Britton a Chicago lightweight defeats local fighter Joe Thomas in a ten round bout. Thomas showed a brief offensive surge but Britton's defense and counterattacks controlled the bout, and referee Wambsgans scored the decision for Britton.
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New Orleans
O— Britton
Chicago
Joe Thomas
Orleans
Thomas
Guin Oes
Wambsgans
Britton
Fire destroys Walker Smith Wholesale Grocery in Brownwood
The Walker Smith Wholesale Grocery Company building in Brownwood Texas burned last night. Loss estimated at 100000 dollars with insurance coverage.
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Brownwood
Tex
Walker- Smith Wholesale Grocery Company
Spring Hill Opens Season With Home Opener
Spring Hill College basketball begins its season Sunday at 3 30 p m on the home court against St Josephs CAC. The Hill squad, fresh from workouts, fields Gilmore at center Brand Metzger Drahan Cassidy and Joe Cassidy in the starting five with Dove Macksin Timtohy and Ducote as reserves.
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Spring Hill College
St. Joseph's C. A. C
the Hill
Spring Hill
City Bank
Gilmore
Brand
Metzger
Drahan
Joe Cassidy
Dove
Macksin
Timtohy
Ducote
Montgomery to keep Southern baseball franchise in 1913
Special to The Item from Montgomery Alabama reports that Richard Tillis has offered terms to retain the franchise. Local business men have raised most funds and need only a few hundred dollars more plus a guaranteed attendance to secure the $4 000 cash requirement for another year.
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Montgomery
Ala
Richard Tillis
Auto Race Dates For Savannah Grand Prize and Vanderbilt Cup
Savannah Georgia January 11 1913 dates tentatively set November 25 and 27 for the grand prize and the Vanderbilt cup races on the Savannah course announced by Harvey Granger president of the Savannah Auto Club the plan was disclosed yesterday.
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Savannah
Harvey Granger
Savannah Auto Club
School for discontented youths eyed by U.S. bureau
Washington reports a new education bureau study on a Kansas City program for youths 14 and older who lose interest in standard schooling. The program drops grammar for practical trades, stressing reading writing geography only as useful, with girls trained for self support and boys for business. Dr. P H Claxton calls it a solution for a large neglected student group.
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Washington
United States Bureau of Education
Kansas City
P. H. Claxton
Wonderful feat of wireless instruments
A wireless station on Anastasia Island near Jacksonville has communicated with Eiffel Tower in Paris and Honolulu during tests lasting ten days. Messages copied include Honolulu at 4 800 miles and Paris at 5 400 miles with time signals recorded daily at 6 o'clock. Arlington station in Washington also transmitted ship time. The apparatus operates with light power and is considered marvelous.
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Jacksonville
Fila
Anastasia Island
Eiffel
Paris
Arlington
Washington
Congressional probes sought into two judges conduct
A House resolution asks a congressional investigation into United States District Judges John C. Pollock of Kansas and Arba A. Van Valkenburg of Missouri. It alleges both judges appointed three receivers for the Kansas Natural Gas Company who were friendly to the...
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Washington
Congressional
United States
John C. Pollock
Kansas
United States District
Arba A. van Valkenburg
Missouri
House
Borland
Kansas Natural Gas Company
Uniform Contracts For All Players
Cincinnati Ohio Jan 11 The National Baseball Commission reverses National Board ruling and says at Chicago meeting next Thursday it will push uniform contracts for major and minor leagues. Case involves Mawaihe and salary from June 1 to season end with York club. Manning declared a free agent unless York pays within ten days. Uniform contracts aim to end this dispute.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
National Board of Minor Leagues
National Baseball Commission
Ihe
Chicago
Mawaihe
National Board
York
Manning
New York
Commission
Norway Provides Relief Expedition for German Explorers
Christiania reports the Norwegian government will cover expenses for a Spitzbergen relief expedition for Lieutenant Schroder Stranz and two companions from the Herzog Ernest. The group, last heard from Captain Ritchel reaching Advent Bay in dire condition, disappeared since August 15 during a sledge journey.
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Christiania
Spitzbergen
Schroder Stran
Herzog Ernest
Ritchel
Advent Bay
Schroder Stranz
National peace celebration group formed in St Augustine
A national organization to lead the 1915 peace celebration marking the Ghent treaty centennial was launched in St Augustine Florida. William J Bryan named honorary president and Dr Edwin Anderson Alderman president of the university of Virginia named chairman of the organizing committee with many prominent men from across the country in attendance.
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ST. Augustine
Fla
Ghent
William J. Bryan
Edwin Anderson -Alderman
University of Virginia
Langley Stricken on House Floor in Pension Bill Debates
Representative Langley of Kentucky collapsed on the house floor from a rush of blood to the head after speaking on a private pension bill. He was taken home and reported last night in not serious condition.
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Washington
Langley
Kentucky
Two Year-Old Shot by Five Year-Old Brother in Guyton
In Guyton Georgia Richard Morgan aged two was fatally shot Friday when his five year old brother Sam Morgan playfully aimed a shotgun at him and pulled the trigger causing instant death.
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Guyton
Richard Morgan
Sam Morgan
Richard
Death of Jasper Goodwin, Henley champion yachtsman
Jasper Goodwin of Columbia died at his New York home aged sixty two after a general breakdown. The 1878 Henley winning crew member for the Americans was part of a famed Columbia University year. He died yesterday, leaving a notable legacy in rowing history.
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New York
Jasper Goodwin
Columbia University
Henley
Reliability Run Sanctioned From Chicago To Boston
Chicago’s board of directors approved a reliability run from Chicago to Boston via New York to be held in late June. Contestants must travel day and night with engines running continuously.
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Chicago
Jam.es
Boston
New York
Society Women to Ride in Big Suffrage Parade
Washington January 11 Society women will ride at the head of the March suffrage parade forming a riding troop. Mrs Julia Goldsborough and Miss Mary Morgan of Washington both blue ribbon winners in society horse shoes and Mrs Churchill Candee of Washington signified they will ride.
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Washington
Julia Goldsborough
Mary Morgan
Churchill Candee
Missouri Life to Merge with Hartford Life in Connecticut
E. P. Melson, president of Missouri Life Insurance, announced a planned merger with Hartford Life Insurance of Connecticut pending consent from Missouri and Connecticut insurers. Connecticut policy assessments will stay under Hartford’s control.
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ST. Louis
E. P. Melson
Missouri Life Insurance Company
Hartford Life Insurance Company of
Connecticut
Missouri
Connecticut Company
Rowdy Elliott Leaves Nashville for Coast League
W G Hirsig received a letter from Charley Frank stating New Orleans waived his claim on catcher Rowdy Elliott of Nashville. Elliott will join Vernon California Coast League for consideration of 1209 dollars as Southern Association magates debated the case.
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Nashville
Tenn
W. G. Hirsig
Charley Frank
New Orleans
Rowdy” Eliott
Elliott
Southern Association
Vernon
Cal
Football Coach Held For Arson
Lexington report says Richard Webb Jr, assistant football coach at Kentucky State University, was held for the grand jury on charges of setting fire to Professor Paul Anderson’s office last October. Bond fixed at $500.
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Lexington
Richard
Webb, Jr
Kentucky State University
Paul Anderson
Boind
Prize Winners in U S Field Trials in Alabama
Artie G. won first in the derby of the United States field trials at Letohatchie worth 1000 dollars. The dog, owned by H B Duryea of New York and handled by John Goode, also took the American Futurity stake. Naomi Jane placed second, owned by W H L Campbell of Oklahoma City and handled by Gilchrist. Third was Toole, owned by G C Parson of Kennebunk Maine and handled by Bishop. Next club meeting set for Grand Junction Tennessee January 5 1914.
Another Black Eye For Jack Johnson
Chicago January 11 Jack Johnsons automobile a safe and fixtures of the saloon he recently ran were seized by the sheriff to satisfy a 5621 judgment from a brewing company. He had been training to fight again boxing at a local gymnasium and was told to find another place to box.
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Chicago
Jack Johnson
Hnas
Slosson Edges Yamada In 2000-Point Billiard Battle
George Slosson defeated Koji Yamada by eight points in a 27 inning balk line match to reach 2,000 points. Yamada mounted a late rally with a 123 high run while Slosson’s best run was 93 as the Japanese challenger closed the gap.
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Chicago
George Slosson
Koji Yamada
Yamada
Slosson
Hunter, Slater Reach Midwinter Golf Final
Robert W. Hunter of Weeburn faces Harold Slater of Foxhill in the final round of the midwinter golf tournament at Pinehurst N C. Hunter led C L Becker 1 up and halved seven and eighteen. Slater halved the sixteenth and won the eighteenth against I B Robeson. In consolation, F K Robeson meets W J Freeman.
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Pinehurst
N. C
Robert W. Hunter
Weeburn
Harold Slater
Foxhill
Hunter
C. L. Becker
Woodland
Slater
Robeson
Oakhill
Quarry Worker Rescued After Cave Trapped on Icy Bluff
James Meyers, a quarry worker, was rescued from a cave on the Alton Bluffs after being trapped since Saturday night. Rescue by a train crew used ropes to descend the icy 75 foot face and bring him to the ground where he was taken to the St Clair county farm in serious condition from hunger and exposure.
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ST. Louis
James
Alton Bluffs
St Clair County
Alton
Meyers
Aviator Renelia Barred From Panama to Colon Flight
Ee dorean aviator Renelia arrived in Quayauquil from the canal zone and complained officials blocked his planned flight between Panama and Colon.
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Quayaquil
Renelia
Canal Zone
Panama
Colon
Mobile and Bay Shore vision double daily trains begin
Mobile and Bay Shore vision announces new train schedule effective Sunday January 5 1913 with double daily service from Mobile leaving at 9 15 am and 4 00 pm on weekdays and eight 35 am and 7 20 pm on Sundays Arrivals to Mobile 9 00 am and 2 20 pm daily and 8 11 am and 6 45 pm Sundays City ticket office address 23 South Bo street General agent H E Jones Jr. handles passenger department
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Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Mobile and Bay Shore Alvision
Mobile
South Bo Street
H. E. Jones, Jr
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