Alabama five overwhelms Cumberland five in season opener
Alabama led by Wells with 23 points and Smith 16 routed Cumberland 53 to 14 in Mobile. Burns for Cumberland scored over half his team's points as Harsh and Verner combined for most of the Cumberland scorers. The Oaks basketball team issues a challenge while news ends with a nautical backnote.
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University
Ala
Harsh-Wells-Smith
Cumberland
Alabama
Wells
Smith
M. Burns
Harsh
Bowron
Dortch
Hogan
Verner
L. Burns
Collins
J In
Hendrix
Ith
Wella
Burns
Carlin
Bowman
Adams
the Oaks
Mobile
M. Crawford
Joe Ollinger
W. Murphy
C. McWeillen
M. Bru
Leo Townsend
Frank Midgett
W. Forey
Jack Luscher
Leon Connelly
From waiter to baseball magnate Weeghman’s rise and risks
Lia Prete man Weeghman describes how he moved from waiter to owner and financer of Federal League clubs. He recalls gambling $26 000 on the league, signing star players like Joe Tinker for large sums, and financing a steel concrete grandstand. He claims eventual Cubs ownership potential to recover losses.
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Weeghman
Lia
Preteman
Jim Gilmore
Chicago Federals
City Hall
Federals
Organized Baseball
Chicago Cubs
Cubs
Feds
Weasel Trapping Tactics Praised By Experienced Hunters
The article portrays the weasel as a deadly small game predator. It notes rabbits grouse birds and poultry as prey and suggests trapping methods including light deadfalls with fresh rabbit bait and artificial stick enclosures with a trail of rabbit blood. It also mentions potential government bounty and the low value of weasel pelts to trappers.
Pensacola Men Freed by Jury in U S Court
Sam and Newman Goldring of Pensacola were acquitted by a federal jury of shipping mis-branded liquor into the state. The court directed acquittal for Sam Goldring, found not connected to the case. The defendants were charged with shipping whisky and beer on the steam er Tarpon, checked as baggage.
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Sacola
Brothers
United States District Court
Sam Goldring
Tarpon
man arrested after joy ride in unguarded touring car
Robert Bell Jr entered J. Smiths unguarded Ford touring car at the Battle House St Francis entrance and drove off. Police recovered the vehicle with a bent license tag. Bell claimed mistaken identity and said he backed into a tree. Case adjourned to Friday.
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Ford
Robert Bell, Jr
Battle House
J. ©. Smith
St. Francis Street
Mr. Smith
Bell
North Cedar Street
Smith
Cedar Point Road
Y M C A December Attendance Drops
The Y M C A reports December gym class attendance fell from 4 712 in 1914 to 1 690 in 1915 as two regular classes were discontinued late in the month. The director notes higher turnout would have occurred if those classes had continued.
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Association
Racing mare gets new tooth for fresh season
Rickety Ann, Lester Clapper's sorrel racing mare, will race next season with a rubber tooth fitted to replace a missing natural one. A hole led to the nostril, discovered after the 1915 campaign. The artificial tooth, secured with a bolt and silver plate, has restored her appetite and speed.
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Rickety
Ann
Lester Clapper
Clapper
Mixed Baseball, Boxing and Hockey Notes From The Era
A collage of sports and regional snippets notes milestones and opinions. Weeghman raises 75000 quickly while talks of owners and salaries hint at major league shifts. Gibbons KOs Ahearn fast, Haughton runs the Braves, Princeton defeats Yale in hockey.
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New Orleans
Harry Wills
Fred Fulton
Wills
Percy Haughton
Harvard
Boston Braves
John Evers
Germany Schaefer
Louis Evans
Feds
Squirrels
English fighter Ted Lewis signs ten fights in thirty two days
Ted Lewis an English lightweight who weighs 135 pounds and up has earned $18,000 in thirteen U.S. bouts. He arrives in New York begging for a chance and now lands ten engagements over the next thirty two days averaging about $1,500 per bout.
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Ted Lewis
United States
New York
Gach
Cosametas
Baltimore Federal League Owners to Seek $50,000 for Antitrust Suit
Stockholders of the Baltimore Federal League baseball club authorized the directors to raise 50 000 to press an antitrust suit before Judge Landis in Chicago and to pursue any further litigation protecting stockholders rights.
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Baltimore
Baltimore Federal League Baseball Club
Umpires Paid $1000 Each in World Series
Questions from Sporting Editor note umpires received one thousand dollars each plus expense accounts for the world series. The term fan derives from fanatic with Ted Sullivan credited for coining fans of baseball. Also, obituary: Joseph Schroeder twenty year ground keeper for the Philadelphia American League club dies at fifty four in Philadelphia.
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Sporting Editor
Ted Sullivan
Philadelphia
Joseph Schroeder
Philadelphia American League Baseball Club
Capa Blanca Wins Eighth Straight In Rice Masters
New York chess scene report. Jose R. Capablanca of Havana extended his lead with an eighth consecutive victory, defeating A. B. Hodges. Kupchik won three matches, Bernstein and Janowski drew, Block and Kostic drew, Tenenwurzel and Rosenthal drew, Schroeder beat Perkins.
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New York
Jose R. Capablanca
Havana
Straigh
A. B. Hodges
United States
Kupchik
Banks
Chajes
Fox
Bernstein
Janowski
Block
Kostic
Tenenwurzel
Rosenthal
Schroeder
Perkins
Colonels Select Spring Camp in Columbia Tennessee
The Louisville American Association baseball club will train this spring at Columbia Tennessee, President O H Wathen announced. The squad leaves Louisville March 11 under Manager Clymer with about twenty four players.
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Colonels
Louisville
Louisville American Association
Columbia
Tenn
O. H. Wathen
Tennessee
Clymer
Man at 60 Walks 1350 Miles in a Year
James Hecking of New York and member of the Walkers Club of America remains active despite his age. He has logged 1350 miles in 1915 and 4000 miles over four years, including a 252 mile New York to Boston trek in sixty hours. his next long walk aims from New York to Buffalo.
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James Hecking
New York
Walkers’ Club of America
Hecking
Boston
New
Buffalo
Toledo May Get Cleveland A A Club
Chicago. January 28: Informal talks among Weeghman Johnson and Bresnahan aimed at smoothing Bresnahan’s future with the Cleveland Association franchise. No court action expected over the contract. It is believed the Cleveland franchise will move to Toledo with Bresnahan in charge.
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Chicago
Roger Bresnahan
Can Association
Weeghman
Johnson
Bresnahan
Cleveland
Toledo
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