Draw in stag bout between Denny and Carter in Mobile club
Young Denny of New Orleans and Kid Carter of Memphis staged a strong six round fight at the Mobile Athletic Club. Carter out boxed Denny after a tame start and many expected a draw from the four hundred in attendance.
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Young Denny
New Orleans
Kid Carter
Memphis
Tenn
Stag
Mobile Athletic Club
Carter
Denny
Brana
Jess Smith
Fort Morgan
Jimmie Quinn
Freddie Lee
Lee
McQuillen
Kid Hogap
Kid Bates
Ete Coronas
Joe Fromme
Mardi Gras cross country entry requests reach Birmingham YMCA
Letters from Birmingham YMCA New Orleans Greenville Texas and the University of Alabama request details for the Mardi Gras cross country race set for March 7 morning. Plans will be decided at Carnival Association athletic committee meeting. The two mile race will run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marriott
Birmingham Y. M. C. A
New Orleans
Greenville
Texas
University of Alabama
Carnival Association
Merger Not Sherman Law Violation Says Attorney General
Washington January 11 The merger that ended the Federal League was ruled not to violate the Sherman anti trust law. G C Todd assistant attorney general in charge of anti trust prosecutions concluded that a compact between Federal League and organized baseball eliminating Baltimore as a major league city does not warrant action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal League
G. C. Todd
J. H. Strohmeyer
Baltimore
Louisville Club Cancels Florida Training Trip
The Louisville American Association club abandons plans for a Florida training trip following a groundkeeper’s report that Sanford grounds were inadequate. Officials now plan to train in Tennessee near Nashville.
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Louisville
Florida
Louisville American Association
O. H. Wathen
Louisville Club
Sanford
Fla
Tennessee
Nashville
Oil man Sinclair Holds High Priced Baseball Players
The oil man Sinclair has been left clear title to a batch of baseball players valued by conservative magnates at prices like 10000 for Magee and 10000 for Kauff, 8000 for Cooper and Allen, 7000 for Oakes, 5000 for Konetchy and Hariden, plus Vin Campbell 6000 and other forty surplus names.
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Sinclair
Feds
Thee Magee
Benny Kauffy
Claude Cooper
Wiaeao
Upeul
Gene Packard
George Anderson
Vincent Campbell
Frank Allen
Bill “Hariden
Viswses Dececas
Konetchy
Baseball Hopes and Trades Stir January Clubs
The Atlanta Journal column notes Joe Tinker will manage the Cubs this year and Bradley Hogg may return to Mobile, while Harry Swacina joins Mobile to play first. It mentions optimistic Pirates talk, Barney Dreyfuss’ influence, and early season movements as teams plan spring training in Hot Springs and discuss college baseball cuts at Tulane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Tinker
Cubs
Bradley Hogg
Buena Vista Lad
Mobile
Harry Swacina
Mary’’ Calhoun
Herb Kelly
Pirates
Herbert
Ireland
Jimmy Callahan
Barney Dreyfuss
Little Rock
Fuzzy Woodruff
The
Atlanta Journal
Boston Americans
Carrigan
Hot Springs
Ark
Red Sox
Battery
Amateurs Boost Baseball Threatens Pro Game
Brown Holmes argues amateur baseball's surge drains crowds from major league games. In Cleveland, Somers interests move to sell teams as amateur play draws 50 000 to 80 000 fans on weekends. The nationwide boom challenges owners to offer higher quality ball with less commercialism to win patrons back.
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Cleveland
Charley Somers
Autos
Pacific Coast
Cambria Steel Announces Ten Percent Wage Rise
In Johnstown Pa on January 11 the Cambria Steel Company announced a ten percent raise for all hourly workers not on salary or tonnage. The move covers about 9 000 men and adds roughly 600 000 dollars to the yearly payroll.
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Johnstown
Cambria Steel Company
Thieves Take Chickens From Two Homes in Weekend Thefts
Mrs. T J Melancon reports a thief opened her ice box Saturday night and took two dressed chickens and a pork roast. Mrs L Rapier says six chickens were stolen from her yard Saturday night. A church woman is noted as the most cheerful worker.
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T. J. Melancon
South Royal Street
L. Rapier
North Claiborne Street
Change in Schedule for Mobile Northbound Train
Alabama Tennessee and Northern Railway changes effective December 19 with the northbound passenger train leaving Mobile Terminal Station at 6 15 A M and arriving York at 1 58 P M. Connections with other trains will occur as before with an afternoon departure at 3 20 P M.
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Alabama, Tennessee and Northern Railway
Mobile
Terminal Station
York
Ala
Ham
Air Yias
Ee Ace
Dunn Freed by Richmond Manager Moves to Baltimore
Jack Dunn, manager of the Richmond Internationals, was released at his request. He said he has an option on the Jersey City franchise of the International League and plans to move the team to Baltimore.
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George Diez
Lonestar
Carlisle
Washington State University
Brown
Pacific Coast
Washington
Oregon Aggies
Boston Nationals
Percy D. Haughton
Harvard
Arthur C. Wise
George T. Stallings
Stallings
Haddock
Haughton
Eleven
Richmond
Jack Dunn
Richmond Internationals
Dunn
Jersey City
Baltimore
Tigers May Lose Fifteen Thousand if Pitcher Falls Ill
The Detroit Tigers may forfeit $15,000 if Bill James, the pitcher acquired from St. Louis, cannot pitch due to medical advice. James, reportedly weak, is urged not to leave the San Francisco climate, complicating the club’s gamble on extra pitching for the pennant. The purchase occurred late last season after limited appearances.
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Bill James
St. Louis Americans
San Francisco
James
Tigers
Mohr Murder Case Trial Begins in Providence Court
In Providence on January 11 Mrs Elizabeth F Mohr faced trial for allegedly instigating three men to kill her husband Dr C Franklin Mohr a noted physician. She and Cecil V Brown and Henry H Spellman are charged with murder while Dr Mohr and secretary Miss Emily C Burger were driving toward Newport August 31. The group pled not guilty as jury selection started.
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Providence
R. I
Elizabeth F. Mohr
C. Franklin Mohr
Five men drown in Delaware River skiff capsize
In Bristol near Philadelphia five men perished when their teen foot skiff was swamped by heavy ice cakes in the Delaware River over the weekend. Other items note the Callao bark’s arrival in San Francisco, an Omaha trial for Arthur Houser, the funeral of Charles K. Knapp, the death of Mrs. J H Reagan near Palestine Texas, and aging Chief Ogallala Fire’s death in Chicago.
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Philadelphia
Delaware
Bristol
San Francisco
Callao
Omaha
Neb
Arthur Houser
W. H. Smith
The
Woodmen of the World
ST. Louis
Charles K. Knapp
Associated Press
Palestine
Tex
J. H. Reagan
United States
Texas
Rome
Chicago
Ogallala Fire
Sitting Bull
Surgeon General Rupert Blue Reappointed by Wilson
Washington dated January 11 Surgeon General Rupert Blue of the public health service was reappointed for another term by President Wilson. Dr Blue hails from Marion South Carolina and continues to lead the health agency.
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Blue
Washington
Rupert Blue
The
Public Health Service
Wilson
Dr. Blue
Marion
S. C
Notable baseball and boxing notes from 1915 era
A collage of sports glimpses notes Freddy Welsh’s Carnegie Medal dispute and 1915 boxing bouts. John Tener praises fighting spirit in baseball. Joe Mandot hints at bakery work after a KO loss. Pittsburgh manager Jimmy Callahan seeks Jimmy Archer. Cobb and Alexander linked to trades. unnamed Yale football coach rumor. Fed League players feared in majors. Comiskey’s stance on Hal Chase and a private office bar.
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Freddy Welsh
John Tener
National League
Joe Mandot
Benny Leonard
Jimmy Callahan
Pittsburgh
Jimmy Archer
Cubs
Cobb
Tigers
Alexander
Phils
Texas
Yale
Comiskey
Hal Chase
Commy
Ball Park
Virginia to play Harvard in two baseball games
Cambridge Mass January 11 The University of Virginia will play Harvard two games of baseball in the coming season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvard
Virginia
Cambridge
Mass
University of Virginia
Mattison Sold to Syracuse in State League Trade
Philadelphia Nationals announce pitcher Mattison sold outright to Syracuse in the New York State League.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mattison
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Nationals
Syracuse
New York
State laws govern foreign firms operating in state
Washington supreme court on Monday held that foreign firms doing business within a state are subject to the state's licensing laws, meaning they must obtain local licenses to operate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
Candidate for Circuit Court Judge in Mobile County
Democratic primary voters hear a candidate announce for the Circuit Court judge seat in Mobile County in the May 9 1916 election. The note presents a formal declaration of candidacy and party affiliation for the upcoming race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court
Mobile County
Smith Announces Candidacy for Circuit Court Judge
Thomas H. Smith, chancellor of Mobile Chancery Court for seventeen years, declares candidacy in the Democratic primary on May 9 1916 for one of three Circuit Court judges with Chancery jurisdiction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court
Chancery Court
Subject
Thomas H. Smith
Mobile
Ala
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65Th Overseas Battalion
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