Muggsy's Fame Built Solidly On Stern Work
New York reports that John J. McGraw, the long time manager of the Giants, built his fame through steady, hard work and leadership. From early 1900s championships to 1923 battles with the Yankees, his career is traced as a tale of persistence and strategic mastery. McGraw, born 1873, has guided his players from Truxton, New York, through a storied era of baseball.
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Harvard Yale and Princeton limit varsity football coaching salaries
In Cambridge Massachusetts the Harvard athletic committee ratified an agreement with Yale and Princeton to cap the salary budgets for varsity football coaches. The report lists multiple sports results and upcoming boxing plans, including Jack Dempsey and Harry Wills title bout details in Long Island City and a June 2 stadium opening with Paul Berlenbach as a featured star.
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Holy Cross
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Charles Henderson
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Yooterdey
Jack Dempsey
Harry Wills
Paul Berlenbach
Fights and titles swirl as Yankee Stadium lease fuels plans
Rickard has secured a lease to Yankee Stadium and plans several championship bouts. Sammy Mandell seeks entry to the New York lightweight tournament to crown a Leonard successor, heightening the competition. Sid Terris had been seen as a Leonard contender, but Mandell recently outpointed him at Madison Square Garden. Jack Dempsey faces a direct decision on which challenger Gibbons or Wills will meet first this year, as Eddie Kane confirms an agreement with the New York State Athletic Commission to forward both challenges to Dempsey without further action.
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Eddie Kane
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McGraw’s Rise From Olean to Baltimore Orioles Leader
The article traces the career of a famed baseball figure known as Muggy McGraw. Starting in Olean New York he progressed to Cedar Rapids then Baltimore under scout guidance. He played second base and as a third baseman became renowned for bunts and fielding. He helped organize the Orioles with Wilbert Robinson and later led the club for nearly twenty five years.
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Byron B. Johnson
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Andrew Freeman
Migration Begins From Colorado City
Denver Colo March 6 Migration of this city s contributions in major and minor league baseball to their training camps in the south officially began today with the departure of Dudley Lee shortstop of the Boston Americans to join the Red Sox at New Orleans. Roy Elsh utility man of the Chicago White Sox last week joined his team at Shreveport. Others who will leave soon for the training camps include Frank Philbin infielder for the Little Rock team of the Southern Association.
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Gibbons Conroy Bout Cancelled in St Paul
The boxing match between Tommy Gibbons of St Paul and Mike Conroy of Rochester New York slated for St Patrick s Day has been cancelled, announced today in St Paul Minnesota.
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William Franklin Leaves Home Again After Disappearance
William Franklin, 14, and Milton Jacobs, 14, vanished from Camp Point yesterday. They carried $32 and Franklin had told a friend he planned a long trip, following his prior two month disappearance last summer when his case drew radio notice.
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Storm warnings issued for North Carolina coast
The Weather Bureau issued an advisory noting a moderate disturbance about 700 miles east of the North Carolina coast will move northeastward. It expects strong northeast winds and gales along the Middle and North Atlantic coasts this afternoon and tonight, with strong northwest winds off the North Carolina coast.
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Protection for Americans Asked Peking
The American consul at Swawntow eastern Kwangtun creser South China requests a US destroyer to protect Americans from looting as Canto forces under Sun Yat Sen seize the city. Local officials fled Swatew. four Japanese warships are reported in the port easing tensions.
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Swawntow
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Creser
City Reform Wins London Election
Incomplete returns show municipal reformers likely securing a majority in the London county council. Socialists gain seats and will form the opposition. The piece notes preserved voices of Florence Nightingale Queen Victoria and Gladstone via phonograph records in the British Museum.
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Florence Nightingale
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Gladstone
British Museum
Coolidge address quoted in London paper reaction
London dispatch quotes President Coolidge on faith and defense. The Daily Telegraph and other papers debate his inaugural remarks citing Christian self-denial and a strong defense, noting a cautious path to permanent peace and realpolitik in U S relations.
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Ernie Post
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Daily Telegraph
Culver Fails To Repeat In Illinois Swim Meet
Culver Military Academy, last year’s national inter scholastic swimming champion, failed to win in the sixth annual Illinois Athletic Club event at Chicago. Lane Tech took first with 23 points, Culver totaled 22, Erie Pa 12, Wooster Ohio 6, Detroit 5, with Milwaukee and others tied for lower places.
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Detroit
Milwaukee
Nurmi Ritola Enter Same Loyola Relays Race
Finnish runners Paavo Nurmi and Willie Ritola have entered the first Loyola relays to be held April 19 at Grant Park Municipal Stadium. The meet, modeled after Penn and Drake events, is open to universities colleges academies and high schools. Loyola officials including Rev J Thorning and W I Chee serve on the athletic committee. J Bowdeker named meet manager.
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Fight between bandit and policeman in Memphis injures suspect
In Memphis on March 6 a gunbattle occurred when a bandit exchanged shots with a policeman. The bandit was wounded, and security crews pursued the suspect who fled the scene.
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