Gibbons Knocks Ahearn Out In First Round
Mike Gibbons of St Paul knocked out Young Ahearn in the first round of their 10 round bout in St Paul. Gibbons delivered a decisive right to Ahearn's jaw sending him to the floor for the count as fans swept the ring. A telegram announced from Australia’s Les Darcy challenging the winner for the world middleweight title. Dundee Mandot slated for a twenty round bout in New Orleans on February 21 with Freddie Welsh agreeing to meet the winner March 4.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Mike Gibbons
St. Paul
Young Ahearn
Gibbons
Ahearn
Les Darcy
Australia
Mike
Jack McGuigan
Philadelphia
Dundee-Mandot
Denver
Colo
Johnny Dundee
Joe Mandot
New Orleans
Dundee
Freddie Welsh
Worth Living For Coffee Health Hint
A health note suggests coffee may affect well being and encourages quitting to uncover the underlying cause of health issues. It emphasizes trying a coffee cessation to evaluate changes and guide further health steps.
Can't Be a Sailor With Small Round Feet
The Navy rejects recruits with feet too small or wide for a 5-D shoe, forcing men with short wide feet to dodge naval service. The quartermaster's shop stocks many sizes up to 11.5 but not extra small wide fits, thwarting those with atypical feet.
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United States Navy
Marine Corps
Naval Service
Quartermaster's Department
Albright Wood Beats Crown Theatre In Commercial League
Albright & Wood defeated Crown Theatre 25 to 14 Tuesday night to lead the Commercial League. Ed J. Higgins and Bauers game was postponed due to illness. other Crown Theatre players included Finkbohner Crenshaw Burbank Steber and Reasonover. Albright & Wood scorers included Finbohner Foley and Lrue with six field goals. City League Y M C A names Joe Baker captain and orders khaki sleeveless uniforms with navy triangle insignia.
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Albright & Wood
Crown Theatre
Ed J. Higgins
Bauers
G. Finkbohner
Crenshaw
Joe Baker
Baker
Rickard Sets Record With Record-Breaking Fight Purses
Tex Rickard offers 45000 for a Willard Moran bout in New York the largest purse yet for a no decision fight. His Reno Jeffries Johnson purse of 101000 drew 270000 gate and he estimates 65000 to stage Willard Moran. Rickard, known for gambling risks, has history in Argentine cattle business and was visiting New York when he proposed the latest bid.
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Tex Rickard
Jeffries-Johnson
Reno
New
New York
Jess Willard
Frank Moran
Rickard
Willard-Moran
Jeffries and
Sharkey
Coney Island
Human fly Edward M. Allen scales gulf coast buildings
Edward M. Allen of Brooklyn known as the human fly climbs outside to scale the tallest structures on the gulf coast. He capped his coast visit by ascending the Ma sonic Temple in Biloxi after prior climbs at Bay St. Louis Pass Christian and Gulfport.
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Biloxi
Miss
Edward M. Allen
Brooklyn
N. Y
Gulf Coast
Bay St. Louis
Pass Christian
Gulfport
Masonic Temple
Questioning New Year Imagery and Artistic Originality
A reflective note questions why some artists depict the New Year as a nude infant. The author suggests originality benefits fine art and comments that a disappointed candidate cannot hide discontent well.
Settlement Home Triumphs Over Mobile Item 13 to 6
In a tight Monday Night Club game Settlement Home defeated Mobile Item 13 to 6. Standout players were Ollinger and Danielson with Ollinger scoring eight points, while Curry and S Danenberg led The Itemboys with their scoring contributions.
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Stubbs
Ollinger
Danielson
Itemboys
Curry
S. Danenberg
Sinclair Too Ill to Talk Baseball
New York January 19 Harry F Sinclair has been ill since Saturday and inquiries about buying the St Louis National League club yielded that he could not be induced to discuss baseball.
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New York
Harry F. Sinclair
Mobilians Headed to Memphis Convention
T D Farnell president of the Gulf Coast Produce Exchange and J W Munn of Cohen left Mobile Tuesday to attend the Western Fruit and Produce Jobbers Association convention in Memphis Tennessee in January 1920. The trip aims to interest local buyers in Mobile vegetables and melons.
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Western Fruit & Produce Jobbers’ Association
T. D. Farnell
Gulf Coast Produce Exchange
J. W. Munn
Cohen
Memphis
Tenn
Tennessee Metropolis
Mobile
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Postum Cereal Co., Ltd
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Clever Billy
Clifford IN
Billy
Clifford
Lyric Theatre
Mr. Clifford
Connie
Connie Mack
Jack Doyle
Chicago White Sox
Davies
Doyle
Mack
Mallory Line
Tampa
Key West
Mallory Steamship Coo
B. F. du Bois
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Duc
A. H. McLeod & CO
Cor
Ganphinans and Commerce Sts
Ielaesteus
SPD
Callat Hye
N. Gests
Sinclair
Mobilians
Herman Raste
Toulmin
United States District Court
Raste
Albert Robertson
Koronshdare
Reiss
Dauphin & St
Going
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Roe Drug Company
Royal
Government
A. A. Richards
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