Southern League clubs to honor Senator Kavanaugh
Southern League managers plan to attend the seating of President W. M. Kavanaugh in the U.S. Senate chamber and present a floral design. A representative from each club will be in Washington for the ceremony, the first such honor for a Southern baseball magnate.
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Southern League
W. M. Kavanaugh
United States Senate
Charles Z. Colsson
Mobile Association
Kavanaugh
Mobile Club
Little Rock, Ark
United States
Arkansas
Mobile Baseball Asson
A. L. Staples
C. Z. Colsson
Chattanooga
Washington
Senate
Reds and Tigers to Meet at Mobile Exhibition Series
The Cincinnati Reds and Detroit Tigers will play in Mobile with games on March 11 and 12 at Monroe Park. Both clubs will hold spring training in Mobile and Gulfport Mississippi, with the Cleveland team training in Pensacola also planning early-season appearances.
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Cincinnati Reds
Detroit Tigers
Monroe Park
Jotary Colsson
Mobile South
Mobile
Tigers
Gulfport
Miss
Cleveland
Pensacola
Cincinnati
La Salle Theatre Presents The Time Place and Girl
Jake Wells offers a Chicago musical comedy triumph at La Salle Theatre with The Time Place and Girl. Week of February 3 features The Isle of Spice in a production billed as a greatest success.
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Jake Wells
la Salle Theatre
Chicago
New Club House Planned for Mobile Team
The Mobile Southern League team will have a new club house this year inside the left field foul line. Secretary Colsson says it will be complete in every detail with showers and lockers and many conveniences not in the old building. Colored bleachers will be enlarged and a colored stand erected.
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Mobile
Southern League
Colsson
Thorpe In Demand As Diamond Star
Colonel Robert L. Hedges president of the St Louis American League Club said he is trying to sign James Thorpe who has announced he may play professional baseball If signed Thorpe will join two former Carlisle stars already with the club The report comes from St Louis dated January 29 Associated Press
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Associated Press
St.—Louis
Robert L. Hedges
St. Louis
James Thorpe
Hedges
Thorpe
Carlisle
Herrmann Offers Carlisle Star James Thorpe to Cincinnati
Associated Press reports Cincinnati owner August Herrmann announced an offer to James Thorpe the Carlisle Indian player. Herrmann said he believed the athlete would view the proposition favorably.
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Associated Press
Cincinnati
August Herrmann
Cincinnati Baseball Team
James Thorpe
Herrmann
James Thorpe Sought by Chicago Club in Terms Talk
Chicago January 29 James Thorpe is wanted by the Chicago American League ball club James Callahan manager of the club entered the competition for Thorpe yesterday by tele graphing him to name his terms.
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Associated Press
Chicago
James Thorpe
James Callahan
Thorpe
Eight Bike Teams Are On Even Terms
Kansas City January 29 eight of nine contesting teams in the six day bicycle race reached 176 miles and one lap after eight hours while the remaining team of W Beck and William Morton from Newark New Jersey trailed by three laps at 175 miles and ten laps.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
W. Beck
William Morton
Newark
N. J
St Josephs Five Defeats Boys Club In Clean Tilt
The St Joseph Catholic Association five beat the Boys Club five on Tuesday night 17 to 1 in a fast contest. Doyle drew applause for seven field goals, mostly from difficult angles. The St Joseph team featured accurate passing that baffled the Boys Club. A large crowd attended. another game is set for Saturday against the Crowns at the Y M C A court.
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St. Joseph Catholic Association
Doyle
St. Joseph
Heer Takes Lead In Trap Shooting
In Houston on January 29 W and Heer of Guthrie Oklahoma posted 196 of 200, leading the Sunny South handicap. Amateurs Crosby of O Fallon Illinois and Bartlett Lewis of Auburn Illinois tied at 190 for high gun. Spencer of St Louis and Topperwein of San Antonio tied for third with 184. Heer also leads overall with 402 breaks of 425. Bart Lewis tops the amateurs at 397. The shoot began Monday and runs all week.
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Associated Press
Houston
Texas
W. &. Heer
Guthrie
Okla
George Crosby
O'Fallon
Ill
Bartlett Lewis
Auburn
Co. G. Spencer
St. Louis
Adolph Topperwein
San Antonio
Henry Lorden
Nicholas Arie
Jessie Long
Chicago
E. W. Warner
Adams
Neb
Heer
Spencer
Bart Lewis
Ed Forsgard
Waco
City League to Organize at Y M C A Meeting
A City Basketball meeting was called at the Y M C A for Thursday night at 8 30 with representatives from all teams. The league includes Fort Morgan Y M C A Crowns Régimentals Barton Academy U M S Independents and Y M C A intermediates.
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Fort Morgan
Barton Academy
Milwaukee Ministers Favor Boxing Law
Milwaukee ministers endorse state boxing regulation after observing Monday night bouts. A committee of the Milwaukee federation of churches urges supervision, clear definition of terms, and prohibition of prize fights and brutal slugging matches.
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Associated Press
Milwaukee
Wis
Jan. Zy
Milwaukee Federation of Churches
Powhattan Makes Great Find In National Field Trial
Powhattan a setter owned by Hobart Ames of Lawrence Tenn and handled by J T Jones of Baldwin Miss ran a remarkable race in the national championship field trial stake. He totaled twelve bevy finals and two points on singles and is regarded as the strongest contender among six dogs run so far. Other entries included Manitoba May, Sport Count Whitestone, Theodore Whitestone, Revenue, and Babblebrook Joe.
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Associated Press
Grand Junction
Tenn
Powhattan
Hobart’Ames
Lawrence
J. T. Jones
Baldwin, Miss
Manitoba May
W. R. Milton
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Count Whitestone
W. A. Sternberg
Mount Pleasant
Iowa
Theodore Whitestone
Thomas Field
Calvert
Texas
R. FE. Craig, Jr
Vicksburg
Miss
John Proctor
W. L. Curtis
Belton
Babblebrook
Joe
Louis McGrew
Pittsburg
Benstone
John Dunn
Baltimore
Football Coach Is Honorably Acquitted
In Lexington Kentucky former Kentucky State University coach E L Sweetland and four students along with E L Hall of the University Y M C A were acquitted on a false imprisonment charge. The acquittal follows Webb Jr a former student now indicted for arson.
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Associated Press
Lexington, Ky
E. L. Sweetland
Kentucky State University
E. L. Hall
University
RK. S. Webb, Jr
Webb
Rheims Selected For Aviation Meet
Paris January 29 International Aero nautic Federation chose Rheims to host the aviation cup contest featuring aerodrome and cross country elements. The federation under Prince Roland Bonaparte formed a sub committee to set conditions and granted hydro plane pilots the same tests as aviators. The Aero Club of Portugal joined the federation. United States representatives included G Campbell Wood secretary of the Aero Club of America and aviator Charles T Weymann.
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Associated Press
Paris
Rheims
International Aeronautic Federation
Roland Bonaparte
Aero Club of
Portugal
United States
G. Campbell Wood
Aero Club of America
Charles T. Weymann
Swedish Papers Praise the A A U
Swedish newspapers praise the honesty of Americans after disclosure that James Thorpe was a professional athlete when he competed in last summer’s Olympic Games in Stockholm. Leading authorities comment on the disclosure and its impact on amateur status.
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Stockholm
James Thorpe
Y M C A Plans Junior Road Run For 15 To 17 Year Olds
The Y M C A physical department announces a one mile road race for boys aged 15 to 17. Entries require a physical exam and the field is expected to reach 30 or more. Start at the Y M C A and finish at the same point with prizes for first to third. Both races will begin half an hour before Mardi Gras.
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Y. M. C. A. Physical Department
Government
Conception
Conti
Lawrence
Cuban Chess Champ Maintains His Lead
New York January 29 Jose Capablanca the Cuban chess champion kept his slate clean by outwitting Harry Kline of Boston in fifty one minor moves in the seventh round of the masters tournament Capablanca has seven victories and leads the field by a full point Jaffe defeated Norman Whitaker Marshall beat Chajes and overtook Janowski who drew with Stapfer Kupchik beat Rubinstein Morrison beat Liebenstein Zapolleon versus Tenenurgel unfinished at a late hour The schedule for today follows.
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Associated Press
New York
Pawna
Jose R. Gapiblanca
Harry Kline
Boston
Capablanca
Jaffe
Norman
HE. Whitaker
Marshall
Chajes
Janowski
Stapfer
Kupchik
Rubinstein
Morrison
Liebenstein
Zapolleon
Tenenwurgel
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