Boxing Pioneers and Penn Track Coach Speak
A collage of boxing history notes and a Philadelphia Penn track coach Lawson Robertson urging Olympic goals. The boxing section traces Mike O Dowd and Johnny Wilson and a list of middleweight champions from Dempsey to Chip. Robertson emphasizes discipline, diet, sleep, and the Olympic dream for University of Pennsylvania athletes.
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Mike
O'Dowd
St. Paul
Niput
Wilson
Giovanni Panica
East 106Th Street
New
York City
Willie Jackson
New. York
Panica
Johnny
Philadelphia
Philadelphia, ‘Bout ‘Six Years Ago, “Wilson. Jost
Young
McGovern
New York
Boston
Marty Kelieher
Partnershphich
New England
Ahearn
Rank Carbon
Angie Ratger
Tommy Robson
George Robinson
al McCoy
George Chip
Mike O'Dowd
Mike: O'Dowd
Brooklyn
Jack Dempsey
George ‘la Blanche
Marathon Running Is Dangerous Says Coach Shrubb
Alfred Shrubb, famed Oxford Cambridge track coach, says marathon running endangers health and shortens life by years. Speaking at a banquet for his team visiting Pennsylvania for University relay races, he urges American youths not to pursue long distance contests due to harm to muscles and organs. The column notes want ads offering quick results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadephia
Philadelphia
Alfred Shrubb
Oxford- Cambridge
University of Pennsylvania
Shrubb
Zionists press Britain to honor Palestine pledge as Jewish home
In Leeds British Zionists demand the British government fulfill its promise of a national home for Jews in Palestine now that Britain holds a mandate. They offer substantial funds for emigration from England and Poland, warn Arabs’ claims may block realization, and vow to leave if the promise is betrayed. A Moscow report contrasts hardships with state control of theatres and hospitals in occupied areas, noting poor attire, scarce medical supplies, and dire conditions. Colonel Ryan recalls bleak scenes and unappealing women observed during his trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leeds
Eng
Great Britain
Palestine
J. B. Geller
England
Poland
Red Army
Ryan
Russian Bolshevik Move Described as Likely to Fail
May 14 report from Washington says Col Edward W. Ryan, Red Cross commissioner for North Russia and the Baltic, calls the Bolshevik government a social adventure doomed without foreign aid. He traveled with the Ithanean peace delegation, visited Petrograd and Moscow, and says the regime is hopeless, transportation breaks will topple it within six months without outside help, risking a giant pogrom with potential rise of western middle class intelligentsia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Edward W. Ryan
Red Cross
North Russia
Baltic
Ryan
Russia
State Department
Reval
Esthenian Mission
Petrograd
Moscow
Ayas
Robert
HK. Olds
Europe
Exclusion of Jewish Students From Budapest University
Coercive undergraduate squads enforce a Jewish student ban at the University of Budapest. Each applicant must secure five endorsements, driving enrollments from 12,530 in 1918 to just over 2,090 as the policy takes effect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Budapest
University of Budapest
Vessels Must Have License From Navy Honolulu Hawaii
After July 1 all commercial or privately owned vessels desiring to use the lochs at Pearl Harbor the big naval base in the Hawaiian Islands must obtain a license from the United States Navy authorities. The ruling affects cutters tugs launches and other craft operating in the harbor and its approaches. Authorities say licenses will control entry during wartime exercises and peacetime operations alike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
T. H
Lochs
Pearl Harbor
Big
Naval Base
Hawaiian
Navy issues license rule for Pearl Harbor waters
An order signed by acting Commandant Commander R P Emrich gives the Navy absolute control over Pearl Harbor locks and forbids entry of any commercial vessel not American registry. The order covers harbor entrance and all harbor waters, with Pearl Harbor divided into West Loch Middle Loch Fast Loch and Southeast Loch and their connecting channels.
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Islands
R. PP. Emrich
Navy
Pearl Harbor
Parl Harbor
West Loch
Middle Loch
Southeast Loch
Paper plants to invade Alaska pulp timber frontier
Reports say Alaska will see numerous paper plants on thousands of acres of pulp timber. One facility, the first pulp mill in Alaska, is planned on the Speel river, 36 miles from Juneau, by a Juneau group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junfau
Alaska
Speel River
Juneau
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Bob Fitzsimmmons
Tommy Ryan
Stanley, Ketchel
Billy
Papke
Frank Klaus
A.mccoy
Johnny Wilson
Square
Willard
Josh
Seaver Electric Service
Twin-Falls, Idaho
Eton Steel
Telenhane
National
Government
Arabia
Mesopotamia
Israel
Budapest University
Bu Alexander the Great
Mr. Gordon
The
Gordon-Davis Auto
Gordon Auto Co
Second Avenue
Twin Falls
Maxwell
DEA
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