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Newspaper
The Sunday Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1915
Page
13
The report lists standout performers on the All American track squad. Notable mentions include a fourth shot putter and discus thrower G Browder ranked fourth. Lee Talbot, famed all around weightman, upset Pat Ryan in the fifty all pound weight event, shocking the athletic world.
The article lists candidates for the All American track squad with Joe Loomis favored for the 100 yards, Morse for the 220, J B Meredith for the 440, and Norman Taber for the mile. It notes Meredith’s near record times and Taber’s 4:12.75 pace, with Potter of Cornell and Worthington of Dartmouth highlighted for distance and field events, respectively.
Washington Dec 25 Plans for national defense and civilian marksmanship spur competition for the Inter-Club Gallery Championship of the United States under the National Rifle Association. Seventy-two clubs enter ten men each, with six classes and eleven matches from December 25 to March 4. Each man fires twenty rounds at seventy five feet with .22 caliber rifles. the top team earns the championship trophy and medals. Clubs span multiple states and cities including Bridgeport Conn New Haven Conn St Louis Mo Detroit Mich Boston Mass and many others.
Promoter Tommy Turns seeks to cancel the scheduled twenty round heavyweight title bout between Joan Willard and Fred Fulton in New World next March. Tom Andrews, local organizer, opposes the move and says he would take over the project with a $25,000 purse for a ten round bout in February if New Orleans promoters back out. Moran and Vernon offers linger as others resist.
In Indiana Daily Times the WVU team is praised as a powerful squad with a small enrollment. Highlights include a 6 6 tie with Washington and Jefferson, a victory over Washington and Lee, and 216 points scored against 25 by opponents in 1915. Captain Loutherwood and fullback Rogers star, with Bekarnall Thorpson and Moffatt among key backs.
Pittsburg officials announced a revised 191 football schedule making it necessary to refuse Indiana University's request for a game at Indianapolis. The team will instead meet the University of Pennsylvania at home on October 28 as part of the college centenary events.
Washington and Jefferson manager Murphy reports UT Texas has requested a 1917 football game and lists a broad array of rifle clubs and shooting associations from Tulsa to Port Clinton as potential opponents with a system to report weekly scores to the National Rifle Association headquarters in Washington and be reviewed by an appointed judge.
Lewiston Maine December 25 Manager Billy Carrigan of the world champion Red Sox rejects rumors of wholesale trades and lineup upheaval. He argues no club would dismantle a champion, cites Gardner Scott and other veterans as core, and urges patience as winter chatter swirls around potential moves and depar tures.
Washington and Jefferson College faces uncertainty as Bob Folwell, celebrated for advancing the open game, may leave to coach elsewhere. Rumors say Syra cure considering Folwell though the Red and Blue committee controls the decision. Offers from Pennsylvania and other Western colleges tempt Folwell, with a final appointment unlikely this season.
The account recalls Runt Walsh a St Louis Fed and Phillie infielder who tried pitching at Boston. He faced a fast trio of batters, yielded a home run and two strikeouts, then pitched two balls and two hits before ending his major league career with a record of a triple, two homers and five runs in one ill fated appearance.
The text recounts quarrels over prizefight rules and disputed title claims. It notes Willie Williams disqualification for fouling Johnny Ertle and the subsequent championship status while fights with Frank Urn a and others produced various outcomes. Mentions Jim Coffey, Gunboat Smith, Jess Willard, and Willie Ritchie in a context of no decision bouts and points decisions.
Pittsburg reports the death of a former Pitt and Jefferson football player Harry Bhiot following injuries sustained in a game two years earlier. He had been under medical care at a hospital, with family relations cited.
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