All-American Track Teams Are Officially Announced
The Associated Press announces the 58 selections for All-American Athletic and College track teams, with 37 East and 21 West athletes. Notable names include H P Drew, D F Lippincott, M W Sheppard, J P Jones, and S Ed Wagoner among others reflecting improving West standards.
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Associated Press
York
James Sullivan
Amateuretic Union
Leges
H., P. Drew
Springfield
Mass
D. F. Lippincott
University of Pennsylvania
M. W. Sheppard
B. Haff
Chicago
T. J. Halpin
Bostoa
J. FE. Meredith
A. R. Kiviat
A. C
J. P. Jones
Cornell University
W. J. Kramer
Long Island A. C
H. Kolehainen
F. W. Kelly
University of Southern California
J. J. Wendell
New York
D. Dawson
Stanford University
A. W. Richards
Provo
Utah
E. Mullech
Leo Goehring
Mohawk
F. H. Kaizer
Sydney Leslie
Long Island
Harry J. Smith
Bronx Church House
P. J. McDonald
M .M., McGrath
P. Ryan
K. Brodd
Fred Thomson
J. E. Patterson
Pennsylvania
C. B. Haff
Michigan
G. E. Brown
Yale
Cornell
Stanford
Karl Shattuck
California
J. I. Wendell
Wesleyan
Edward Beeson
S. B. Wagoner
William McCurdy
L. A
Keating Chooses To Stay With Old Team In 1914 Contract
New York American pitcher Raiy Keating arrived from his winter home in Conn port and signed for 1914. Manager Frank Nee now has twelve players under contract Caldwell Keating Rose Cooper Brown Rogers Williams Sel Boone Gilhooley Eschen and others.
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Associated Press
New York
Raiy Keating
Port
Conn
Frank Nee
Caldwell
Keating
Rose
Cooper
Brown
Rogers
Williams
Sel
Boone
Gilhooley
Eschen
Ritchie Unable To Keep Date With Murphy
San Francisco January 17 Willie Ritchie lightweight champion pulls out of January 30 title bout with Tommy Murphy of New York. Injury to his left Achilles tendon and inflamed sheath make exercise risky and the match is declared off by trainer John Galway.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Cal
Willie Ritchie
Tommy Murphy
New York
Ritchie
John Galway
Pell defeats Greenshields to reach Canadian racquet final
By Associated Press in Montreal C. C. Pell of the Tuxedo Club New York upset former Canadian champion Edward Greenshields in the first half of the semi finals. Pell advances to face H. Meredith in the final.
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Associated Press
Montreal
C. C. Pell
Ie Tuxedo Club
New York
Edward Greenshields
Pell
H. Meredith
Detroit Club Cuts Grandstand Price After Seat Rise
The Detroit baseball club announced a reduction of 1.95 dollars in grandstand prices at the local park. The price of seats had been raised from 1 to 1.25 dollars.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Mich
Detroit Baseball Club
Petroskey Clabby Boxing Match Postponed Due to Illness
The H. Petroskey Clabby boxing bout at Vernon arena scheduled for today is postponed as Petroskey is reported ill with possible appendicitis.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
H. Petroskey
Vernon Arena
Petroskey
Indian pitcher Johnson signs with Cincinnati NL club
Cincinnati reports pitcher Johnson from the Indian signed yesterday to play for the Cincinnati National League team this coming season. He had multiple offers from Federal League agents.
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Associated Press
Cincinnati
Johnson
Inaugural Junior Golf Tournament Planned in Chicago
Arrangements for a summer junior golf tournament for players under 21 are discussed at the Western Golf Association annual meeting in Chicago. In St Louis, Harry Sallee signed his 1914 season contract with the National League club yesterday.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Western Golf ‘Association
Williams College Faces Chinese University Hawaii In Schedule
Williams College baseball unveils a schedule featuring a game with Chinese University Hawaii plus matchups with Harvard Yale Princeton and other rivals. An ad promotes Foley Kidney Pills as a cure for kidney and bladder irregularities.
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Associated Press
Williamstown
Mass
Hawaii
Williams
Harvard
Yale
Princeton
Foley
van Ant
Drug Corp. Adv
Rail Schedules for Regional Railroads and Connections
The notice lists arrival and departure times for St Alabama Tennessee and North ern Railroad Mobile and Ohio Railroad and other lines. It includes service to St Louis Chicago and New York via the Mobile Meridian Ac and E Bay Shore routes with times such as 7.30 am and 5.45 pm. Also shown are schedules for Northern Railway Thomasville Ac and Louisville and Nashville connections with various daily and Sunday services.
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Alabama, Tennessee & Northern Railroad
Mobile & Ohio
Miszs
Texas
St. L.-Cin.-Chi. Ltd
Mobile & Meridian
N. Y. Ltd
E & Bay Shore Railroad
Thern Railway
Thomasville Ac
Arson Attempt At Bulloch Hall In Roswell Georgia
Police and Atlanta detectives search for the arsonist who tried to burn Bulloch Hall the former residence of Theodore Roosevelt's mother. Mrs. W. E. Baker found a pile of oil‑soaked papers and a lit candle at the rear entrance. the blaze did not spread. Residents are puzzled by the motive for the attack on the antebellum showplace.
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Associated Press
Roswell
Atlanta
Bulloch Hall
Theodore Roosevelt
Duke of Westminster Aims to Lead British Polo Comeback
The Duke of Westminster, one of Britain's wealthiest nobles, offers his entire stable for the new British polo team as they prepare to challenge the American defenders for the international trophy in the coming spring. Enthusiasm runs high as Westminster is praised for his efforts after last summer's Yankee defeat.
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Duke OF Westminster
London
Great Britain
Westminster
Yankees
Farrell Issues Orders Regarding Contracts
John H. Farrell secretary of the Mating Association of Professional Baseball Leagues issued two notices. All National Association players contracts for 1914 subject to Cincinnati agreement of January 6 between the Players Fraternity the National Commission and the National Association. All players under reservation must be tendered contracts on or before February 1.
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Associated Press
Auburn
N. Y
John H. Farrell
Mating Association of Professional Baseball Leagues
National Association
Cincinnati
National Commission
Columbia Ice Cream Company Incorporation Registered
The Columbia Ice Cream and Creamery Company was incorporated in probate court to engage in wholesale ice cream and creamery business. Capitalized at $25,000, with EK M Williams M A Nesbit and D McCrary as incorporators. Williams and Nesbit from Mobile and McCrary from Memphis.
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Columbia Ice Cream and Creamery Company
EK. M. Williams
M. A. Nesbit
D. McCrary
Mobile
Memphis
Married on stage at Orpheum with audience present
Jack Quinn and Miss Grace Abhler of the Orpheum Stock Company were wed on the stage at the Orpheum Friday night by Justice Fremont Thrower. E. B. Harrington directed ceremonies with Aidah Miller as maid of honor and Baby Culiname as ring bearer.
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Jack Quinn
Grace Abhler
Orpheum Stock Company
Orpheum
Justice of the Peace
Fremont Thrower
E. B. Harrington
Aidah Miller
A. C. Collins
Culiname
Gunboat Smith Seeks Guardian to Wed Miss Remiley
Chicago report says heavyweight Gunboat Smith and Miss Helen Remiley of New York were refused a marriage license when the clerk learned Miss Remiley is 17. A guardian and parental consent are required for underage marriages. Smith and Remiley planned to obtain guardianship and return for the license.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Miss Remley
Smith
Cobb Offered Big Deal Sets Wait On Decision
Ty Cobb, Detroit outfielder, was informed in Royston Ga that a Federal League club in Chicago offered $75,000 for five years with the first year paid in advance. Cobb declined to comment until returning to Augusta later, saying he would reveal his plans then.
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Associated Press
Augusta
Ty Cobb
Detroit
Royston
Chicago
Cobb
Two Victories for Americans at International Conference
London January 17 A compromise on arbitration at the International Conference on Safety at Sea is agreed. The convention may be signed January 20 with disputes to The Hague by agreement. US wins include ice and derelict zone patrols and a life saving certificate for ships before sailing.
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Associated Press
London
Hague
J. Hamilton Lewis
Illinois
George ¥. Cooper
W. H. G. Bullard
United States Navy
Ellsworth P. Bertholf
Revenue Cutter Service
Eugene Tyler Chamberlain
Bureau of Navigation
Cooper
Noah Webster and the Value of Word Exploration
A concise note elevates consulting Noah Webster for unfamiliar terms, suggesting his lexicographic approach aids vocabulary growth. It frames Webster as a reference source for expanding language knowledge during encounters with unknown words.
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Noah Webster
Tinker Declines to Join Dodgers as Ebbetts Reports
Brooklyn's Charles Ebbetts learns from Joe Tinker that he will not report to the Dodgers next season. Tinker says he is a Federal leaguer now and refuses to sign with Brooklyn. Ebbetts weighs civil court action to compel play. $15,000 purchase price and $10,000 bonus remain at issue.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Charles H. Ebbetts
Brooklyn
Joe Tinker
Cincinnati
Ebbetts
Kansas City
Wheat
Stengel
Riggert
Ragan
Tinker
Ebbbetts
Brooklyns
Grand Jury Reports on Copper Country Conditions
A special grand jury in Houghton Michigan expected to issue a new report on alleged lawlessness in the copper country. Readings include an alleged attack on British non union workers and a related political telegram seeking retracting statements. Thirty indicted strikers and union officials have been arrested and released on bonds.
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Associated Press
Houghton, Mich
W. J.macdonald
Washton
Progressive Party
Ashurst
Senate
National Arbitrators Announce Two Baseball Decisions
The National Board of Arbitration of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues disallowed Larry Cheney's claim against New Orleans and granted the services of player Wilkenning to Savannah, Georgia. A quoted line about a man who develops a conscience after capture appears in the text.
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Associated Press
New York
National Board of Arbitration
National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues
Larry Cheney
New Orleans
Wilkenning
Savannah
Wonderful Cough Remedy Dr King's New Discovery Ad
Dr King's New Discovery is praised as a universal cough cold and throat and lung remedy. A Tennessee store owner reports it is the most wonderful medicine he sold and sells without trouble. The ad urges keeping a bottle for the family with prices 50c and 1.00 and lists H E Bucklen Co Philadelphia or St Louis.
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H. E.bucklen & Co
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Case of Typhus Found on Steamer from Trieste
The steamship Belvedere from Trieste docked with a typhus case aboard a steerage passenger. A second passenger showed symptoms. Both were removed to Swinburne Island and the ship was held for fumigation.
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Trieste
Associated Press
New York
Belvedere
Pasenger
Swineburne Island
Airman Survives Loop Incident at New York Fort Wadsworth
Sergeant Sam Katzman an artilleryman at West Point looped an airplane to set a record for military aviators in the United States The maneuver happened about 2000 feet above Fort Wadsworth Staten Island when the aircraft rolled over and fell 500 feet He remained strapped in and completed the loop landing unhurt
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New York
Sam Katzman
West Point
United States
Fort Wadsworth
Staten Island
Katzman
Refugees Forecast Northeastern Mexico Revolution
Refuges arriving in Douglas Arizona predict a new revolt against both the Constitutionalists and Huerta. They say Durango will be the movement’s stronghold and that the uprising gains support from former Porfirio Diaz adherents as Villa's army advances toward Mexico City.
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Douglas
Ariz
Ojinaga
Huerta
Mexico
Francisco Villa
Mexico City
Durango
Bauman Denies Federals and Stays With Tigers
Charles Bauman an infielder with the Detroit Tigers announced in Indianapolis on January 17 that he signed a one year contract to play with Detroit this season He had been approached by Federal League officials and rejected that option.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
Ind
Charles Bauman
Detroit
Bauman
Cham berlain's Cough Remedy Cited for Cold Relief
A 19th century ad-style note urges treating colds quickly with Cham berlain's Cough Remedy. It claims the remedy loosens a cold and aids lung relief and expectoration to help throw off the illness promptly.
Federal Magnates Meet in Chicago to Plan Federal League Season
Owners and managers of the Federal League met in Chicago to map the 1914 season and coordinate signing of major league players. Several players weighing Federal offers were to confer with club managers to reduce competition for unsigned players and likely distribution of eligible major leaguers among clubs.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Federal League
General Orozco Reported Dead in Mexican Skirmish
Washington date line reports Brigadier General Tasker H Bliss informing the War Department of the arrest of Mexican General Jose Ynez Salazar at Sanderson Texas. Parker's First Cavalry Brigade relayed a death report for General Orozco with no time or place given, with prior plans placing him near Quatro Ciengas Coahuila.
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Associated Press
Washington
Tasker H. Bliss
War Department
Jose Ynez Salazar
Sanderson
Tex
Parker
Orozco
Quatro Ciengas
Coahuila
Minor Sues Bakery Over Foot Injury From Machine
Benito McKeough filed a suit in the law and equity court seeking 5000 damages against Giblin Bakery alleging his right foot was crushed by a bread making machine on July 28, 1913.
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Benito McKeough
Law and Equity Court
Giblin Bakery
Mayor Mitchel Sees Municipal Lodgings and Is Pleased
New York reports Mayor Mitchel and cabinet members visited the municipal lodging house and recreation pier for the homeless. The glass-enclosed pier holds a thousand cots. last night 590 men found shelter there and 619 were sheltered at the lodging house including 29 women and eight children. The mayor praised the effort and pledged expanded work and guaranteed beds and meals.
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Associated Press
New York
Mitchel
Raymond Span Arraigned on Grand Larceny Charge
Raymond Span was arraigned in the recorder's court Friday afternoon and bound over to the grand jury under a $500 bond on charges of grand larceny. He is accused of stealing a diamond stud from a Black employee at the Battle House.
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Raymond Span
Recorder’s Court
Span
Battle House
Willis J. Abbot
Great Canal Zone
Bucklen's Arnica Salve Promoted for Skin Ailments
Bucklen's Arnica Salve advertised as best remedy for frostbite symptoms chapped skin and general skin diseases. Claims quick pain relief and rapid healing for eczema tetter piles and related conditions with availability from druggists or by mail from H E Bucklen & Co Philadelphia or St Louis.
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Bucklen
H. E. Bucklen & Co
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Southpaw Declines To Hurl On Sunday For Griffiths' Bunch
Harry Hare per, the young southpaw pitcher from Hackensack New Jersey, signed with the Washington American League last summer, received his commission for the coming season but returned it because Manager Griffith forgot to insert the clause excusing him from Sundays.
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Associated Press
New York
Harry Hareper
Hackensack
N. J
Griffith
Indianapolis Federals Sign Three Players In One Day
Indianapolis Ind Jan 17 William M Ellis infielder formerly of the Pittsburg Nationals Albert Scheer outfielder sent to Providence International club by the Boston Nationals last season and Jack Onslow Detroit American catcher signed to play with the Indianapolis Federal League club yesterday Terms of the contract were not given out
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
Ind
William M. Ellis
Pittsburg Nationals
Albert Scheer
Providence
Brooklyn Club Adds Six Players For Season Roster
The Brooklyn baseball club announced it has signed six more players, lifting the enrollment for the coming season to fourteen. The signings include Manager Robinson, Zach Wheat and Pat Ragan for three years, and O Mara, Stengel, Riggert and Aitchison for one year each.
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Associated Press
New York
Brooklyn Baseball Club
Robinson
Zach Wheat
Pat Ragan
O'Mara
Stengel
Riggert
Aitchison
Waterbury Chosen American Trophy Captain for 1914 Polo
New York January 17 Chairman H L Herbert of the Polo Association announced at a cup committee meeting that J M Waterbury Jr was elected captain of the defending American Trophy team against England for 1914. The appointment sets Waterbury to lead the squad in the forthcoming international polo contest.
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Associated Press
New York
H. L. Herbert
The
Polo Association
J. M. Waterbury, Jr
England
Brownie Gessler Named Manager of Pittsburg Federal Team
Pittsburg Pennsylvania January 17 former major leaguer and baseball coach Robert Brownie Gessler signed to manage the Pittsburg team of the Federal league announced by secretary William McCullough. Terms not disclosed Gessler formerly played for the Brooklyn Nationals and Washington Americans.
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Pittsburg
Robert
Brownie”) Gessler
William McCullough
Gessler
Brooklyn Nationals
Washington American
Grafter's Rise Tarnished by Self-Styled Public Image
A note on a grafter who accumulates money and begins to see himself as a civic leader and public benefactor, illustrating how wealth can distort self-perception and social standing.
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