Great Carnival of Sports For Chicago Planned
Chicago announces a mammoth athletics carnival from June 28 to July 6 featuring amateur and professional events. Harold F. McCormick leads the American Olympic committee with global participation planned along Olympic lines for amateurs. Boxing bouts, water sports, power boat and yacht races are planned, with James Thorpe possibly appearing in exhibition. Public subscription funds the event. Martin A. Delaney named director, replacing the aviation meet.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Harold F. McCormick
Presid
James Thorpe
Martin A. Delaney
Australian Lawn Tennis Team Heads to United States
The Australian team sails from Sydney on the Ventura April 6 to face the United States in the Dwight F. Ins international challenge cup preliminaries. Horace Rice replaces Anthony Wilding, who cannot play, with S. M. Doust and Mr. Jones also on the side. Pairings include United States vs Australia, Germany vs France, Canada vs South Africa, and Belgium with a bye.
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Associated Press
Sydney
Australia
United States
Dwight Fins
Horace Rice
Anthony F. Wilding
Wilding
S. M. Doust
Mr. Jones
Germany
France
Canada
South Africa
Belgium
Tennis Association delays decisions on tournament dates
In New York on March 20 the executive committee of the United States National Lawn Tennis Association reviewed many applications for tournament and championship dates but postponed final action. Announcements are expected Saturday.
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Associated Press
New York
United States National Lawn Tennis Association
Mandot to Meet Lore in New Orleans Lightweight Bout
Joe Mandot of New York and Johnny Lore of New York will clash in a ten round lightweight bout in New Orleans in April. The winner earns a shot at Young Brown. If Mandot wins he expects to fight Joe Rivers next.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Joe Mandot
Johnny Lore
New York
Young Brown
Joe Rivers
Attell Quietly KO's Ollie Kirk in Third Round
Abe Attell former world featherweight champion stops Ollie Kirk of St. Louis in the third round of a ten round bout in New York. A hard left hook to Kirk's chin followed by a right jaw shot floored him for nine seconds and referee Sammy Kelly halted the fight. Kirk had led early with jabs and body hooks but Attell shifted momentum in the third.
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Associated Press
New York
Abe Attell
Ollie Kirk
St. Louis
Kirk
Sammy Kelly
Attell
West
Hoppe Defeats Ora Morningstar To Claim Balk Line Title
Willie Hoppe of New York defeated Ora Morningstar in Pittsburg by 500 to 211 to win the 18.2 balk line title. Hoppe led after Morningstar faltered in the sixth and 32nd innings, with Morningstar’s late runs unable to catch up. High runs reached 96, 80, and 56 for Hoppe and 73, 26, 24 for Morningstar.
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Associated Press
Pittsburg
Willie Hoppe
New York
Ora Morningstar
Hoppe
Morningstar
Cleveland Stars Face Mobile In Today’s Exhibition Game
Manager Joe Birmingham fields sixteen for a Mobile-Cleveland exhibition at Monroe Park as regulars rest weather but Cullop prepares to face Bradley Hogg. Expected Mobile stars include Jackson Lajoie Johnston Baskette while Cleveland rests Eddie Graney with an ear ailment.
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Joe Birmingham
Cleveland
Monroe Park Diamond
Joe Jackson
Lajoie
Johnston
Jim Baskette
Eddie Graney
Pensacola
Cullop
Somers
Cleveland Club
O'Toole
Bradley Hogg
Frank
New Orleans
Mobile
Maloney
Starr
O'Dell
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Moran
Rtf
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Corbett
Schmidt
Brown
Hogg
Jasper
Cavet
Liebold
Chapman
Turner
Jackson
Birmingham
O'Neill
Sessler
Steen
Baskette
Peddy
Wilson
Thorpe May Not Be Giant This Year
Jim Thorpe, newly with the Giants, may become a great ball player but not this year. A Giants sport writer in Marlin Texas notes Thorpe is raw, misjudges fly balls, lacks corner turning and base running technique, and struggles with curve pitching. Manager McGraw sees some potential yet expects him to warm the bench in the regular season.
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Jim Thorpe
Giants
Marlin
Tex
Thorpe
McGraw
Thorpe McGraw
Marquard Joins Giants After Trade from New York Nationals
Rube Marquard, star pitcher formerly with the New York Nationals, left for Houston to join the Giants. He travels with wife Blossom Seetey and Giants scout Dick Kensella. Reports say his San Francisco contract pays 8500 dollars yearly for three years plus a 1500 signing bonus.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Rube” Marquard
New York Nationals
Houston
Texas
Blossom Seetey
San Francisco
Marquards
Dick Kensella
Marquard
Kensella
Covington Joins Federal League
Covington Kentucky will be represented in the new Federal League for the upcoming summer. Local business groups decided at a Covington meeting that sufficient capital can be raised by subscription to support a team named Covington rather than Cincinnati.
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Associated Press
Cincinnati
Covington
Ohio River
Federal League
Moley Faces Difficult Barons Roster Rebuild
Moley Molesworth plans April 10 attempt to repeat last season as Birmingham Barons lose four key players Johnston Yantz Pitcher Smith and Almeida. Replacements scarce as majors trim rosters to twenty five with Browns Highlanders and Boston Nationals scouting for new talent.
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Birmingham
Willy
Moley
Barons
J. Johnston
Yantz
Pitcher Smith
Almeida
Rick Woodward
St. Louis Browns
Highlanders
Boston Nationals
Pirates Hit By Ball In Exhibition. Byrne Hospitalized
Robbie Byrne, Pittsburg third baseman, was struck on the head by a pitch from Smoky Joe Wood in a exhibition game with Boston. He was unconscious, later hospitalized, and his condition deemed serious with several days needed for updates. Boston won 7 to 2. Pittsburg had won the first game of the series.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Robbie Byrne
Pittsburg Nationals
Joe Wood
Byrne
Pittsburg
Boston
Gibson
Pittsburgh
Hall
Speaker
R. H. EB
Tomhor
Cooper
Robinson
Wood
Nannamaker
Tigers Rout Pelicans In South ern League Game
Detroit Tigers defeated the New Orleans Pelicans 6 to 1 in New Orleans. Mullin pitched five innings for Detroit aided by House, while Williams and Brunner worked for New Orleans. New Orleans totaled six hits and six errors, Detroit ten hits and three errors.
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New Orleans
Detroit Tigers
New Orleans Pelicans
Mullin
House
Detroit
Williams
Brunner
Pelicans
Nationals Triumph Over Albany South Atlantic 3 to 1
The St. Louis Nationals beat the Albany South Atlantic League team 3 to 1 yesterday in Albany Georgia. Perritt and Johnson pitched for the majors and allowed six hits while the visitors compiled nine hits off the local pitchers.
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Associated Press
Albany
St. Louis Nationals
Perritt
Johnson
Memphis Pirates Fall to Philadelphia A's 9 4 in Mar 20 Game
In Memphis the Philadelphia Americans beat the Memphis Southern League squad 9 to 4 as Harrell Bush and Brown pitched for Philadelphia and Parsons Kroh and Rodler for Memphis. Strunk and Oldring each stole two bases to pace major leaguers. Butler hit a first inning homer off Harrell who yielded only one hit in three innings.
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Nashville
Tenn
Vanderbilt University
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Beakley
Turtle
Memphis
Philadelphia American
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Bush
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Philadelphia
Parsons
Kroh
Rodler
Strunk
Oldring
Butler
Thorpe Handy With Stick In Lopsided Win
Thorpe led the New York National League regulars with a double a single and a sacrifice in four at bats in a 13 to 1 victory over Waco Texas. Wiltse and Crandall pitched for New York while Cooper played in right field.
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Thorpe
Assocated Press
Waco
Texas
New York
Cooper
Wiltse
Crandall
Cavaliers Crush Holy Cross As UVa Wins Big
In Charlottesville Virginia, the University of Virginia defeated Holy Cross 16 to 8. Also in Washington DC La Fayette beat Georgetown 3 to 1 and Pennsylvania State toppled Catholic University 10 to 4.
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Charlottesville
Schenher Signs With Anniston Club
Mobile player George Schenher signs with the Anniston club of the Southeastern League and will report in early April. He has pitched two one hit games for Mobile area semi pro teams and shows potential with proper training.
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George Schenher
AnnIston
Mobile
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