New Track Champs Written on Rolls at MSG
At the senior national indoor meet in Madison Square Garden last night W H Taylor of the Illinois A C Chicago became the only double winner. He set a meet record of five feet four inches in the standing high jump and twelve feet two inches in the standing broad jump. Platt Adams of New York U had held prior marks. The Irish American A C led the point standings with 35, Boston A A was second with 23, and Illinois A C was third with 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Amateur Athletic Union
Madison Square Garden
W. H. Taylor
Illinois A. C
Chicago
Platt Adams
New York U
A. C
Boston A. A
Bunch of Players Seek Jobs With Mobile Club
Manager Schmidt of the Mobile club spent Thursday in his room at the Bienville Hotel with Hub Northern answering over 100 letters from players seeking positions with the Gulls. Letters came from Canada to Maine to Florida with requests from Lennard Dy gert Cranston Frill Pate Morgan Sweitzer and others. The St Louis Americans have asked waivers on 23 men.
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Schmidt
Bienville
Northern
Gulls
Canada
Maine
Florida
Charles Lennard
Chattanooga
Jimmy Dygert
New Orleans
Doc Cranston
Memphis
Jack Frill
Syracuse
Pate
Nixon, Mich
Cy Morgan
Philadelphia
al Sweitzer
Mobile Pilot
St. Louis Americans
Gardner Defeats Milburn In Class A Amateur Billiards
Edward W. Gardner of New York, the titleholder, defeated FE L Milburn of Memphis in the sixth game of the class A amateur billiard tournament for the national championship by a score of 400 to 219 in Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia
Edward W. Gardner
New York
FE. L. Milburn
Memphis
Vessels in Port and Dockyard Listings Feature
Port listings name ships and destinations including Ollinger Bruce Dry Docks Gulf Dry Docks Pier 2 Municipal Docks with vessels from Norway Spain Italy and America. Entries note steamships schooners and repairs at New Orleans Liverpool River Plate Huelva and Barcelona with ports such as Belize Puerto Cortez Progreso Porto Rico and West Indies.
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Ml& -C
Ollinger- Bruce Dry
Gulf Dry Docks
Turner Terminal
Ollinger-Bruce Dry
Huelva
Spain
Progreso
Mexico
Gulfport
Miss
West Indies
Barcelona
New Orleans
Eek Age de Povualee
Oninger
Bruce Dry Docks
South America
Ollinger
River Plate
Porto Rico
Vanse
Nor
Samuelson
Glasgow
Scotland
Bark Ganges
Gjeraldson
West Hartlepool
England
Gulf States Shipping Company
Bennestret
Tennessen
Mandal
European Lumber & Transit Company
L. H. Carl
Dan
Peterson
Elsinore
Sweden
van Heynigen
S. S. Dronning Olga
Hansen, Colon
Seeberg Steamship Company
Alexander Lawrence
Pedersen
Norway
S. S. Howth Head
Moore
Cardiff
Ireland
S. 8S
Corozal
Baker
San Juan
P. R
S. S. Kyleakin
Campbell
S. S. Bodo
Larsen
Puerto Cortez
Hon
Chamelecon Line
Ss. S. Dictator
Johannessen
Belize
B. H
Orr-Laubenheimge Company
Ss. S. Freda
Staveland
Port-au-Prince
Haiti
Seeberg Line
Ss. S. Alm
Lund
Windward Islands
Ely's Cream Balm Opens Blocked Nostrils Fast
An advertisement touts Ely's Cream Balm as a quick fix for nasal congestion and head catarrh. It promises relief from stuffed nose and headache by applying a dab in the nostrils with the product easing air passages. The copy urges purchasing a small bottle and claims the cold or catarrh will vanish by morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ely
City League Baseball Opens March 21 in 1915 Season
The City League of Baseball Clubs met in the Colonial room at the Cawthon hotel to reorganize for 1915. William Giblin was re-elected president with Dave P. Burns as secretary and treasurer. The league opens March 21 at City League park with teams Crowns, A. D. Davis, McGowin-Lyons, and Barney Cavanaghs.
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Cawthon Hotel
City League of Baseball Clubs
William Giblin
Dave P. Burns
City League
Crowns
A. D. Davis
McGowin-Lyons
Barney Cavanaghs
Vanderbilt Offers Gold Cup for Cape Cod Large-Schooner Races
Eastern yacht club officials report Harold S. Vanderbilt has offered a gold cup as prize for a series of large schooner races around Cape Cod. The event will occur late in June with starts from New London or Newport and a Marblehead finish. The winner earns the trophy for a year.
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Boston
Eastern Yacht Club
Harold S. Vanderbilt
Vagrant
Cape Cod
New London
Newport
Marble Head
Fresh opened plant oysters offered at Schimpf Restaurant
At Charles Schimpf Restaurant 3-5-7 North Royal Street the ad offers fresh opened plant oysters sold by the dozen in loaf for 25 cents or 1-2 for 1 dollar toasted with 5 cents extra. Raw oysters at stand plants 20 cents a dozen 1-2 dozen 10 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Schimpf
North Royal Street
Transshipment Hampered by New Maritime Insurance Rules
Galveston reports new insurance rules linked to Britain and France retaliations against the German blockade. Shippers say insurers require liability exemptions for seizure or pay a 30 percent premium before shipments to neutral ports, hindering transshipment to Germany.
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Galveston
Tex
Great Britain
Germany
Vessels Bound for Mobile Listed With Dates and Owners
A compiled list of ships bound for Mobile and other ports with tonnages, owners, and departure cities. Entries include vessels from Norway Denmark Great Britain and other nations, with departure dates ranging January through March and associated shipping companies and lines.
Maritime Movements Across U S Ports March 4
Shipping news lists arrivals and departures at ALVESTON PORT ARTHUR NEW ORLEANS PORT TAMPA NORFOLK and other Gulf and East Coast ports with vessel names nations and routes including Norfolk via Newport News Avonmouth and Havana. Multiple liners and schooners are recorded sailing to and from New York Philadelphia Tampa Havana and ports in Belize, Costa Rica, and Spain.
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Alveston
Texas
Ardate
Strs
North Pacific
Liverpool
Bowden
Nor
Barrios
Ramon de Larinaga
Spai
Barcelona
Norfolk
Fl Occidente
New York
Alexandra
Naples
Athos
Kingston
Pacific
Marseilles
Sdhs
Josephine
Philadelphia
Georgia Gilkey
Ponce
P. R
New Orleans
Bluefields
Port Simon
Corinto
Haxby
Catania
Italy
Newport News
Kelvinia
Avonmouth
Manchester
Machhine
Porto Cortez
Belize
Port Barrios
Port Eads
Theodore Weems
Tampa
Yoro
Ceiba
Southwest Pass
Ottar
Boston
George W. Truett, Jr
St. Marys
Jacksonville
Fla
Onondaga
Miami
Suwanete
Baltimore
Ligonier
Port Arthur
Key West
Sabine
Mascotte
Havana
Port Tampa
Cobb
Tlavana
Charleston
S. C
Apache
Victor C. Records
Kyleakin
Savannah
Castle Eden
Pensacola
Georgiana
Jacob Luckenbach
City of Philadelphia
Fort Myers
Altmo
Elisha Atkins
Wilmington
N. C
Cherokee
Georgetown
City
Rotterdam
Bellgrano
Nina
Ital
Galveston
Genoa
St. Helena
Hermod
Wakefield
Palermo
Iris
Swed
Malmo
Helsinborg
Haakon VII
Beckenham
Cristobal
Panama
Melrose
Everett
Florida
Icis
Mary E. Palmer
Rio Janeiro
Jennie E. Righter
Preeport
J. Oswald Boyd
Tampico
Negro Struck by Plank Dies of Injuries
Eddie Turner, a man, who was struck over the head with a plank during a row on South Conception street on February 25, died Thursday afternoon at about 6 o clock in the city hospital. Lizzie Austin, a 30 year old resident of 555 South Conception street, was arrested for the assault and is held on a second degree murder charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie Turner
South Conception Street
Lizzie Austin
Peace bond set for trio after Fort Morgan soldier complaint
W J Coon of Canada Hyman Christmas of Clarksdale Mississippi and KB L Hayes a woman were given a recorder court hearing Thursday. They all were placed under a 100 bond for one month of good behavior or thirty days in jail after a complaint by Edward Quarles a Fort Morgan soldier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Coon
Canada
Hyman Christmas
Clarksdale
Miss
KB. L. Hayes
Recorder’s Court
Edward Quarles
Fort Morgan
Brown to Play for Chicago Federals This Season
Mordecai Brown, ex Chicago Nationals pitcher and last year manager of the St. Louis Federals, will join the Chicago Federals for the upcoming season. He announced the decision after visiting Charles Weeghman and will travel South with the club on its training trip.
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Brown
Chicago
Mordecai Brown
Chicago Nationals
St. Louis Federals
Chicago Federals
Charles Weeghman
Yachting Schedule Set With Regatta and Cup Dates
The New Yacht Club announced a tentative race schedule for the season. The annual regatta is scheduled for June 17, the Glen Cove cups for July 10, and the Autumn cups for September 9.
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New York
New Yacht Club
Raithel Breaks World 40-Yard Swim Record in Chicago
A C Raithel of the Illinois Athletic Club lowered his own world best in the 40 yard swim at the Central A A U meet in Chicago last night. He clocked 18.25 seconds, beating his previous record of 19 seconds.
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Chicago
A. C. Raithel
Ilinois Athletic Club
A. A. U. Aes
Want Cotton Exemption From European Blockade
Washington reports American cotton interests press for exemption of cotton already bound for Europe or under contract from blockade. The State Department, aided by Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, negotiates with London to recognize existing contracts and allow execution. The United States vows to secure due shipments from Germany if England blocks imports and insists there be no discrimination on dye stuffs.
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Washington
Europe
France
Great Britain
State Department
Cecil Spring-Rice
London Foreign Office
United States
Germany
England
British Board of Trade
Mandot to Meet Brown in 10-Round Title Bout
In Superior Wisconsin on March 5 Pat Brown of Minnesota and Joe Mandot of New Orleans were matched for a ten round bout on April 8. The article notes a 133 pound weight limit and a 3 o'clock ring time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior
Wis
Pat Brown
Minnesota
Joe Mandot
New Orleans
Barton Academy Champions Face Picked Team At Y M C A
The Barton Academy five, high school champions, meet a Wrights and Medical College crafted lineup at the Y M C A gym Saturday night at 8 15. Denton and Johnson lead Barton while Crenshaw Snow and Moreland join the picked squad.
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Barton Academy Five
Wright's
Medical College
Wright
Barton Five
Denton
Johnson
Barton
Crenshaw
Snow
Moreland
White Sox Win First Game of the Season
In Los Angeles on March 5 the Chicago Americans opened an exhibition series with a win over the Los Angeles Pacific Coast League team as Ray Schalk hit for perfection with a triple and three singles. Batteries Jasper Johnson Scott and Schalk Perritt Love and Boles. In Oakland the Chicago Americans second team defeated the Oakland club 3 to 0.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Chicago Americans
Los Angeles Pacific Coast League
Ray Schalk
Gessie
Mmckee
Ea Nares Des Peechantasareasis
PATIO
LOS Iissis
Cadere
Sian
Jasper
Johnson
Scott
Schalk
Perritt
Love
Boles
Oakland
Oakland Club
Demonstrative crowds dispersed at Lisbon parliament
Demonstrative crowds that gathered yesterday before the parliament buildings in Lisbon were dispersed by cavalry according to a dispatch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lisbon
Portugal
Dodson's Liver Tone Promises Safe Liver Benefit
An advertisement touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe alternative to calomel for biliousness and constipation. It claims quick liver cleansing, no salivation, and morning vigor with a money back guarantee from the druggist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dodson
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Chas. Schmidt
Crator
Rt Gaines
Armury
Nestorian
Eeeeteees
Oscar G
Jos
Px .Cooper
Mary B. H. G. Dow
Ama W
Clara I. Look
Goldfield
Craigisla
Ollinger-Bruce
Municipal Docks
Eng
Ollinger-Bruce Dry Docks
Spanish River
Gaston & Pitts
Dauphin Street
Title Insurance Company
Capital
St. Joseph St
Shreveport
W. T. Crawford
Southern Association of Baseball Clubs
Birmingham
W. M. Kavanaugh
Little Rock
Crawford
Johnny Dobbs
Nashville
Floyd Kroh
Schwartz
Ark
Bob Allen
Carl Black
Montgomery
Marcan
Allen
Pittsburgh
Bill Luhrsen
Winne
Charles Schmidt
Mobile
Abe Hudnall
Gull
Eddie Cowan
Cowan
Selma
Ala
Tetrick
Lord
Gene Paulet
Heinie Berger
Charley Street
Bert King
Henry O'Day
Pinehurst
Walter J. Travis
Garden City
Ll. I
J. M. Thompson
Spring Haven
J. C. Parrish
Irving S. Robeson
Rochester
N. Y
Travis
Thompson
Parrish
Robeson
Consolaion
Henry C. Fownes
Oakmont
Jesse P. Guilford
Intervale
N. H
W. E. Truesdale
Fox Hills
C. S. McDonald
The
United
Sample Shoe Store
St. Andrew Hotel
Plank
Daisy
Iuel
Ivy
Cnc
Vuu
Trays
Se Giingham In
Jac
Wiemann Ve
Wii
Mandot
White Sox
Dublin
Arthur Pelky
Jim Coffey
Chicopee
Mass
Coffey
Pelky
Gillett, Peabody A Co., Inc
Max Figman
Lolita Robertson
Royal Theatre Today
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