Willard's Manager Seeks Big Bid for Match
Promoters from across the country converge on Kansas City to sign heavyweight champion Jess Willard for a potential Willard Moran bout. Tom Jones negotiates, with Curley or Wellman offering options. bids around 30000 with bonuses discussed. Some backers favor Madison Square Garden, New Orleans, or Baja venues, and decision expected soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Willard- Moran
Madison Square Garden
California
Jess Willard
Tom Jones
Willard
Jack Curley
Curley
Sam McCracken
Tex Rickard
William Wellman
New York
McCracken-Rickard
Barney Oldfield
Jim Coffroth
San Francisco
Tia Juana
James Johnson
Jones
New Orleans
Pacific coast clubs seek 1916 Western Golf Association tourney berth
The Pacific coast, known for tennis stars, plans a stronger golf push next summer as three coast clubs apply for Western Golf Association admission. Beresford Country Club San Mateo, San Jose Country Club, and Marin Golf Club San Rafael seek entry to land the 1916 tourney for a coast city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Coast
Coast
Western Golf Association
Western Association
Beresford Country Club
San Mateo
Cal
San Jose
Marin Golf Club
San Rafael
Western golfers may accept free transport to California
Leaders of the Western Golf Association expect no war over accepting free transportation to California next summer from the Delmonte Country Club. Directors will likely vote to accept the courtesy of the special train after a heated Saturday night discussion preceding the amateur championship award.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Western Golf Association
California
Delmonte Country Club
Sunday Church Absence and Snow Shoveling Tale
A fragment recalls pastor absence at church and Mrs Jones, with reference to Willie not shoveling a snow path to Sunday pers until 1 o clock.
CLAIMS BENCH BOSS BOB TINKER BEST FOR CUBS
Joe Tinker, Cub manager, will play only in emergencies next season. He argues a man cannot be successful as both manager and player. He cites experiences with Frank Chance and Fred Clarke and says managers who do not play win the pennants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Tinker
Cub
Cincinnati
Tink
Frank Chance
Fred Clarke
Spray Methods For Citrus Trees By Gulf Coast Society
Practical demonstrations on spraying citrus fruit trees will be given in six towns this week by Dr. C F E Wing berg and W H Reynolds leaders of the Gulf Coast Horticultural Society. Selection and application of fertilizers will also be discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. F. E. Winberg
W. H. Reynolds
Gulf Coast Horticultural Society
Fires Damage two buildings on Sunday in town
Fire Sunday morning at 7 N Water street damaged a Simmons Young plumbers shop owned by Miss Frances Bond. The blaze started in the rear from unknown causes and was checked by quick fire department action. A barn at 107 North Cedar street occupied by Frank Tyson and owned by Joseph McNamara also suffered slight damage Sunday night around 9 o clock with no cause found.
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N. Water Street
Simmons & Young
Frances Bond
North Cedar Street
Frank Tyson
Joseph McNamara
Fighter Mantell quits ring to join police force
Frankie Mantell, longtime fighter in light welter and light heavyweight classes, leaves boxing to become a Dayton, Ohio policeman with his wife and baby. He plans to teach self defense at a police gym once built and reflects on a career that included a welterweight title claim and battles with Jack Dillon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankie Mantell
Brown Holmes
United States
Providence
Dayton
Ohio City
Mantell
Bavaria
Germany
Japs Show A Liking For Golf
Golf has hit Japan and clubs have formed in Tokio Yokohama and Kobe with courses laid out. Japs are proficient in baseball and fencing and wrestling are compulsory. hockey and football are being adopted in schools.
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Japan
Tokio
Yokohama
Kobe
100 Rounds of Boxing for 25 Cents in England
English fighter Ted Lewis notes the contrast between UK and US boxing prices and round counts. He recalls England offering up to 69 rounds for a quarter with tournaments fueling early stars, while US shows charge $1 or more for main bouts of 6 to 20 rounds. Lewis rose from tournaments at age 16 to featherweight champion and now earns so much he plans to move his family to the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Ted Lewis
United States
Lewis
Europe
Schedule Makers Meet Wednesday in Chicago
The first meeting of the big league schedule makers will be held in Chicago Wednesday January 19. President Johnson of the American League announced that Barney Dreyfuss of Pittsburgh and John Heydler secretary of the National League will come to begin work on the 1916 card.
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Chicago
Johnson
American League
Barney Dreyfuss
Pittsburgh
John Heydler
National League
Washington State College Leads First NRA Rifle Match
Washington State College scored 999 hits out of 1 000 to lead the first in a series of twelve rifle matches nationwide under the National Rifle Association. Michigan Agricultural College was second with 998, Cornell third with 993, with Notre Dame atop Class B and Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute leading Class C.
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Washington
Washington State College
National Rifle Association of America
Michigan Agricultural College
Cornell
Notre Dame
Rennselaer Polytechnic
Amusements Ad Teases Farces and Comedy Acts
The notice advertises a Vogue two part farce An Innocent Crook with Sammy Burns, a strong man comedy Hilda's Husky Helper featuring Claude Cooper and Louise Bates, and Time and Tide a American one act with Nell Franzen. Helen Holmes stars in Girl and the Game every Friday with admission 5 cents. Some men joke that others should keep calm.
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Sammy Burns
Hilda
Claude Cooper
Louise Bates
Nell Franzen
Helen Holmes
Paris
Divided bowling skirt aims at female players in Cleveland
Mrs Zella Davis a leading Cleveland bowler introduces a divided skirt style borrowed from riding apparel. A hidden front button panel keeps the garment modest for street wear while preserving the skirt's divided design for bowling use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zella Davis
Cleveland, CO
Weeghmans Backers Named for Chicago Ball Club
Chicago National League team ownership is announced with new backers. J Ogden Armour of Armour & Co. becomes a partner along with William Wrigley Jr., a prominent Chicago manufacturer and banker, joining Charles Weeghman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Charles Weeghman
J. Ogden Armour
Armour & Co
Packer
William Wrigley
Haughton Must Drop Up Stage Attitude In Baseball
Percy Haughton Harvard football coach and part owner of the Gaston Braves must adjust his public conduct for baseball. Once a czar in Harvard football he faces pressure from outsiders and newspaper men, with expectations he will engage civilly to help the team succeed in a new sport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haughton
Percy Haughton
Harvard
Gaston Braves
Boston
Jim Gaffney
Abe Attell on boxing style and ear protection change
Abe Attell notes a shift in boxing style with more fighters absorbing blows. He describes a trend toward forward rushing, tucked heads, and collisions that cause ears to bleed and swell, reflecting a move away from erect, selective punching.
Postponed Cotton Address at Jewish Association Hall
Rain kept many away from Myron D. Kahn's Sunday talk on Cotton at the Young Peoples Jewish Association hall. The meeting was postponed and will be held next Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myron D. Kahn
The
Young Peoples Jewish Association
Toinette Lumber Company Opens Old Mill in Alabama
New firm operates the former Cochrane Lumber mill at Toinette Alabama, now named Toinette Lumber Company. It specializes in railroad bridge timbers and export timbers. Incorporated December 1915 with $10,000 capital. President W T Mc Gowin and Secretary Treasurer W G McGowin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW Company
Toinette
Cochrane Lumber Company
Ala
Toinette Lumber Company
W. T. McGowin
W. G. McGowin
Oliver J Semmes for Mobile Circuit Court Judge
Oliver J Semmes announces candidacy for judge of Mobile County Circuit Court in the Democratic primary on May 9 1916. He notes seventeen years as chancellor of the Chancery Court and seeks one of three circuit judges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norvelle R. Leigh Jr
Mobile
Ala
Circuit Court
Mobile County
Oliver J. Semmes
City Court of
Chancery Court
Subject
Thomas H. Smith
Price Williams
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Ashur
Ati
Mrs. Peels
AuLus Maintas
New Post
Frankie
Canada
Honey Mellody
Jack Dillon
Dillon
Weeghman
Abe Attel
Attel
New Mutual
Mallory Line
Tampa
Key West
Mallory Steamship CO
B. F.du Bois
Ale
Caribbean & Southern Steamship Co., Inc
Seeberg Steamship Co
Windward
Leeward Islands
Central
South America
Port-Au-Prince
Haiti
Guadeloupe
Martinique
Barbados
Trinidad
Demerara
West Indies
Ay Bank Buiding
Michae Haceat
E. Estate and Insurangen Taylor
Royal Street
O Dry, Cleaners and Pressers
Eres
F.L. Ti
I Office Hotel
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