Only Two Champions Keep Titles ve Kilbane Outclashes Feathers
Johnny Kilbane faces a lack of opponents as featherweight champion with few 122 and 124-pound contenders. The piece notes Kilbane could move up or defend against Abe Attell, while promotions discuss creating a 128-pound division. It also catalogs global title changes in 1914 and lists several crown losses.
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Johnny Kilbane
Robinson Crusoe
Cleveland Marvel
Johnny
Abe Attell
Abe
St. Louis
Kilbane
Jack Johnson
Ritchie and Coulen
Baseball Season Now History and 1914 Pennant Winners
New York October 17 The 1914 baseball season ends with the world championship won by Boston and pennant races decided across major and minor leagues. The year features a new league, salary battles, and a world tour for stars, with numerous leagues listed as pennant winners including Boston, Philadelphia, Indianapolis, Providence and others spanning the United States and Canada. Also notes on Wisconsin football recruit Guyon, early baseball mitt origins, and remarks on bunting.
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New York
United States
Canada
Boston
Philadelphia
Indianapolis
Providence
Milwaukee
Southern Association
Birmingham
Western Association
Oklahoma City
Sioux City
Central Association
Waterloo
New London
Saskatoon
Ottawa
Houston
Cairo
Poughkeepsie
Harrisburg
Grand Island
Fall River
New England
Lawrence
Elmira
Duluth
Vancouver
Davenport
Muskegon
Oshkosh
Winston-Salem
Dayton
Selma
Jamestown
Bradford
Thomasville
Americus
Temple
Belton
Texarkana
Paris
Little Rock Poised for Southern League Franchise 1915
In Little Rock Arkansas factions debate the city securing a Southern League baseball franchise for 1915. Competing plans involve outside capital linked to St Louis and Detroit, with local investors urged to unite under W M Kavanaugh to rebuild West End Park and restore the city’s baseball standard.
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Little Rock
Ark
Montgomery Club
Montgomery
St. Louis
Detroit
Atlanta
Birmingham
Arkansas
W. M. Kavanaugh
Southern League
Mobile Boy Hero of Penns Eleven
Sykes Tucker son of Joseph St George Tucker of 252 St Anthony Street Philadelphia is praised after Penns victory over Lafayette. The first start for the Red and Blue he gained more ground than others in the backfield and outpuned Lafayette's Kelly. Tucker used the fake kick to rack yardage as Penn contends toward the season's end.
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Sykes Tucker
Joseph St. George Tucker
St. Anthony Street
Wright's Academy
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia Press
Lafayette
Penn
Franklin Field
Kelly
Tucker
Big Bill James rises from lazy boy to baseball hero
In Oroville California on October 17 Mrs. William James celebrates her son Big Bill James, Boston pitcher who led the Braves to the National League title and World Series. She recalls his youth, initial disinterest in sports, and parents wishing him toward engineering before a Seattle offer redirected his path to stardom.
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Ernest Barry
England
James Paddon
Wanganu
New Zealand
Thames
Barry
Australia
Parramatta
Oroville
Cal
William James
Bill James
Boston
Braves
Will
Jim
Seattle
Objection Echos in Youth Baseball Ambition
A torn fragment shows a boy objecting to something about baseball while his father counsels him to forget the sport, reflecting family pressure and athletic doubt in a local scene.
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Ball
California Native Bill James Heads to Iowa Hill Team
A California native from Iowa Hill, Bill James began playing basketball only in high school five years ago. He has three brothers and two sisters, and his parents never saw him play.
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California
Iowa Hill
Ak of
Boston Braves Pitcher Bill James Captures Town Airtime
Fans in Oroville California cheer as William James senior and wife back their son Bill James in the World Series with the Athletics. The town, far from the action, parades memories in a scrapbook while joking about political ambitions upon his return.
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Seattle
Whia
Bill
William James
Athletics
Oroville
Cal
Lete
James
Ople
Bill James
Boston Braves
Harvard Football Jinx Strikes Key Players Ahead of Big Tests
Harvard faces a tough stretch as injuries hit stars Brickley Mahan Logan and Sweetzer, with Brickley’s appendicitis sidelining him for weeks. The Crimson must cope before games against Penn State Michigan Princeton Brown and Yale as replacements struggle to match last year’s form.
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Harvard
Crimson
Philadelphia
Boston
George Stallings
Braves
Brickley
Mahan
Logan
Sweetzer
Red Smith
Cambridge
Haughton
Edldie Mahan
Michigan
Charley Brickley
Brown
Yale
Washington
Jefferson
Tufts
Penn State
Pennock
Storer
Logan, Mahan
Bradles
McKinlock
Watson
Maulbetsch
Splawn
Hughitt
Holand
Law and Driggs
Princeton
Ainsworth
Pumpelly
Legore
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Freddie Welsh
Johnny Coulon
Kid Williams
Bombardier Wells
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Arthur Pelkey
Gunboat Smith
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Dave Smith
Eddie McGoorty
Matt Wells
Harry Stone
Hughie Mehegan
Jack Harrison
Digger Stanley
University of Wisconsin
Guyon
Carlisle
Badger
Indians
Cornell
Pittsburg
Sylvania
Dartmouth
Syracuse
Georgetown
Chicago
Minnesota
Illinois
Middle Western University
Dai” Phillips
Leland Ord University Press
Dad
A. G. Spalding
Rockton, IL
Rockton
Spalding
Mobile Boy Hero
Benyon
Hughes
Charley Ledoux
Johnny Killane
Lad
Bia
Cawthon Taxico
Bell
Home
North Conception Street
Payne
Star Hat CO
St. Emanuel &T. Theopoliem
At Co
Bienville Hotel
Br. Thomas
Box Sreonts, Son
Seear
Pait Byrnes Stables
Royal Street
Radu
Temore
Fee
Dauphin Streit
Mobile
Tae Neossce
Kentucky
Distillers
Harrison Mu Burial Association
South Conception Street
Ge En Gall
Union Savings Bank
North Royal Street
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