Round-Up Golf Sees Big District Boom Afoot
The District of Columbia Golf Association plans a big season with usual fixtures and possible new events. Delegates from Bannockburn Chevy Chase Columbia Kirkside Town and Country and Washington Golf and Country clubs will discuss dates at the March 3 meeting at the Commercial club. Officials predict a banner year for golf and tennis as war ends stimulate interest and junior championships gain popularity. Christy Mathewson may return as coach of the Giants pitchers this season.
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Mathewson eyed as pitching coach amid Reds and Giants chatter
Baseball talk centers on Christy Mathewson potential coaching roles with the Giants and New York backing. Pundits note his postwar career arc, Cincinnati ties, and the shifting balance as major colleges challenge the old Big Three dominance. The piece also notes Ivy Wingo coaching at Georgia and upcoming Red Sox Florida camp, plus a broader look at the changing landscape of intercollegiate athletics.
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Clapp Stars In Golf Play At Pinehurst
J H Clapp of Chevy Chase led Washington qualifiers in the Tin Whisties annual three ball at Pinehurst using the six point system. Clapp defeated Lew Hamilton of Garden City, with an even score against Robert Foote of New Haven. Hamilton had 35, Foote 25, as nine players advanced to tomorrow’s semifinals: Clapp, Bowker, Ormsbee, Stesee, Pierce, Fownes, Milliken, Hunt, Hogett.
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Youngstown
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C. B. Fownes
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Cleveland
Jockey Rodriguez Hurt in Race Tumble at New Orleans Meet
New Orleans February 18 Jockey Jose Rodriguez a star rider was thrown from his mount Margaret Garret in the first race suffering internal injuries and a compound fracture of the left leg. The horse was destroyed Rodriguez under contract to James Arthur of Louisville. Cobweb won the day’s best race with Under Fire second and Burke riding multiple winners.
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Margaret Garret
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Horse Racing Entries and Odds From New Orleans and Habana
New Orleans entries list multiple races with horses and odds across seven races, featuring entrants like Rarar II and Atta Boy Wi in a crowded card. Habana section shows six races with names such as Ter rible Miss and Flare, detailing distances and weights under rainy conditions.
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Virginia racing bill veto ends first test on veto
Wheeling West Virginia February 14 Governor Cornwell vetoed the Gribble racing bill aimed at boosting horse breeding and legalizing betting on races with pari mutuel machines. Sponsor Gribble said a strong effort would run for the remaining three days of the session to override.
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Gossip of the Track highlights coming season shifts
Delaware moves toward legalizing racing under a state commission while Maryland rejects syndicate racing. Saratoga trainers predict more records in August as Eddie Farrail notes heavy rain in New Orleans. Frank Weir plans abroad, George W Loft’s string funds winter expenses, and Johnny Loftus misses the season yet remains popular. Robinson rises in New Orleans and may ride in England as Europe expects strong turf seasons with American owners abroad.
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France
Gallaudet Faces Virginia In Return Game Tonight
Gallaudet University basketball travels to Charlottesville to face the University of Virginia in a return contest. The two teams split their previous meeting, with Virginia edging Gallaudet in the earlier matchup.
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Macomber Leases Duryea 3 Year Olds to Race Abroad
A. K. Macomber of California will race a string of three year olds in France through Duryea’s stock, with the horses stationed at Haras du Gazon Norman dy. Thomas Murphy travels to France to prepare the runners, continuing his success with Macomber. Also noted Philadelphia plans for Johnny Kilbane to return to action with possible bout against Frankie Burns.
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Fire destroys Toledo bowling hall. $50,000 loss
Toledo Ohio February 18 auditorium bowling alleys owned by Larry J Gazzolo captain of the Spark Plugs one of Toledo premier bowling teams were destroyed by fire. Loss estimated at 50000 cause undetermined late this afternoon Gazzolo on a team trip after recent Canton Aurora and St Paul tournaments Highly bowling leagues to bowl rest of season headquarters for All Star and ABC Leagues also affected Cincinnati February 18 first signed contracts for 1919 Reds received today from Eddie Gerner pitcher and Morris Rath infielder recently discharged from the navy
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Georgia Tech Football Schedule Set for 1919 Nine Games
Georgia Tech unveiled its 1919 football slate listing nine games. Home dates include Furman Lake Forest Clemson Vanderbilt Davidson Georgia Open Thanksgiving against Auburn with one road trip to Pittsburgh and a potential outside-Atlanta game. Lefty Grimes bought back by Little Rock after last season with St. Louis Cardinals.
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Lefty) Grimes
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Great Lakes Station May Get Tank Meet
The Amateur Athletic Union board of governors may award the national polo championships to the Great Lakes Naval Training School near Chicago. Other contenders include the Olympic Club of San Francisco and Granite State Naval Training School. Great Lakes NTS plans a new athletic building with a large swimming pool, boosting the event to Lake Michigan shores. In Baltimore, Young Chaney fights Frankie Burns next Tuesday in a local gloves clash. New Haven reports Brown remains on Yale football schedule.
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Chicago
Olympic Club
San Francisco
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Young Chaney
London
Frankie Burns
Jersey City
Peerless
Ohio Valley Kennel Club Joins American Kennel Club
In New York the Ohio Valley Kennel Club was admitted to membership in the American Kennel Club at its annual meeting. The proposal to raise certification fees was rejected due to a reserve fund over 25000 dollars. Hollis H. Hunnewell and all officers were reelected. Also in Virginia the Woodberry Forest basketball team fell to the University of Virginia freshmen 27 to 23.
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Ohio Valley Kennel Club
American Kennel Club
Hollis H. Hunnewell
Woodberry Forest
University of Virginia
Boxers Weigh In On Championship Plans And Matches
The piece notes Willard avoiding talk with bankers after chats with Tex Rickard while Dempsey promises a major blow to his rival. Maryland and Pennsylvania push plans for a heavyweight title defense as New York lawmakers consider another boxing bill. Tendler and Welling are set to clash in Newark next week, McCoy eyes a middleweight comeback, and Lynch plans extensive overseas fights before returning home.
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Tex Rickard
Dempsey
J. Willard
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New York
Lew Tendler
Joe ‘Welling
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Newark
N. J
Arl McCoy
Joe Lynch
Tennis victories to Japanese stars in Mid Atlantic event
Ichiya Kue magace and Kashio of Japan won their initial matches at the Middle States Indoor Tennis Tournament in Philadelphia. Kumagae defeated Dr. H. W. Hannah 6-2 4-6, Kashio beat Lieut. H. R. Gilbert 6-0 6-0 as Vincent Richards and Tilden advanced in the singles.
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Braves to play three spring games in Virginia
The Braves plan a homeward trip during Southern training with three games scheduled in Virginia at Lynchburg on April 14 Roanoke on April 15 and Taunton on April 16 officials announced. Detroit spring training starts March 17 for battery members at Macon Georgia with the rest of the squad joining a week later.
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Yanks Land at Newport News from Kroonland Voyage
Newport News Va Feb 1 Bringing 2805 troops many sick and wounded the transport Kroonland arrived from St Nazaire The units include Forty second coast artillery 48 officers 1039 men and a large mix of coastal regiments and air service detachments The Mercury carried about 3000 returning soldiers from Paulliac France with sixty ninth coast artillery corps and fifty fourth ammunition train among others Hickman arrives from Bordeaux with casualty detachments and wounded including Lieut Co B Kauffman of Kansas City Missouri and Pvt Clyde Grims tey of Stockton Kansas The returnees are from Missouri Kansas and Iowa.
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Adventurous U S Envoys Welcome in Sao Paulo Brazil
Special to The Washington Post reports Admiral Caperton and staff with Ambassador Morgan arrived in Sao Paulo. They were hosted by state officials and feted at banquets, with further dinners planned by the state president to honor the visitors this week.
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Central Five Quietly Rout Western Five 88 to 11
Central Five dominated Western in Mount Pleasant gym with an 88 to 11 victory. Dasher and Lemon led the scoring, Lemon hitting ten floor baskets while Western struggled to respond.
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Business High to Clash With Navy Yard Five Friday
Scholastic sports notes report Business High basketball team planning a Friday clash with Navy Yard five in the Business gym. Also notes multiple candidate lists for baseball and tennis, central high’s soccer loss and subsequent plans, and expected swimming meet between Tech and Central coaches.
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First Michigan woman candidate chosen by Republicans
Lansing, Feb 18. For the first time in Michigan politics a woman was nominated by the Republican State convention as a candidate for state office. Mrs Dora Stockman of Lansing was nominated for the State board of agriculture, with two candidates chosen in all for the April 7 election. The platform called for stricter immigration laws and deportation of alien enemies. The convention also set nominations for two supreme court justices and other state posts.
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1000 Soldiers See Miss Nash at Remnant Theater
More than 1,000 soldiers, many from Walter Reed Hospital, attended a special performance of Remnant at the National Theater hosted by Miss Florence Nash. The audience included wounded veterans in boxes and in wheelchairs, with a one-armed soldier presenting roses and a one-legged boy carrying sweetpeas to Milas Nash. Col. Shriener arranged the bouquet with comments noted as present along with Secretaries Baker and Daniels and Gen. March.
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Theft of Army Cars In London Hearing Names Suspects
London February eighteenth report reveals thefts of American army motor vehicles on a large scale. John Pomeroy the anti Zeppelin bullet inventor and five others charged with receiving cars trucks and stores. Three American transport privates Thomas Simpson John Anderson and Leonard Williams admitted stealing cars. Williams said he helped steal five or six cars with one sold to Pomeroy for fifty pounds.
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Reactions in Coblenz Back Kaiser Move
In Coblenz and Treves a revival of support for a limited monarchy grows amid anti British propaganda actions by Americans in Treves. In New York the Transatlantic Trust Company dissolution was ordered by a state justice with campaign claims the bank aided anti American propaganda. Julius Pirnitzer and two associates remain at Fort Oglethorpe. Paris reports a surge of influenza cases with rising deaths in recent weeks.
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Business High captures scholastic basketball title in upset
Business High defeated Eastern High 14 to 8 to claim the scholastic basketball title. Colburn and Schafer starred as the team trailed by two at halftime, then surged late. Substitutions and field goals by Colburn Withams Heid Mester Myers shaped the win.
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Miller Hug gins to prep New York pennant hopes
Cincinnati report notes Miller Huggins, manager of the New York Americans, wintering there, will go to New York tomorrow night to arrange for departure of his pennant hopes to Jacksonville, Florida. Chicago report predicts Willard Dempsey fight will be staged in the West rather than the East on July 4.
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Princess Yolanda Engagement Rumor Denied
London reports from Paris claim of an engagement between Princess Yolanda of Italy and the Prince of Wales. Officials say the Paris talk is unfounded though French papers discuss Queen Helena and Yolanda in the capital and suggest a date could be set after a peace treaty with a spring wedding in prospect.
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Army Men Enroll in Foreign Service School at Georgetown
Army officers and business men join the new foreign service program at Georgetown University. Over 76 students attended the opening Monday evening. The classes aim to prepare Americans for foreign trade and consular service, with courses in languages economics law political science and shipping.
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Taft to Return to Yale Faculty Next Fall
New Haven Conn Feb 1 William Howard Taft will return to Yale University next fall as a member of the faculty. He left his post as Kent Professor of law to serve in war duties and now resumes academic duties at Yale.
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Hoover Report on Packers Reveals Hoover's Position on Food Control
The confidential Hoover report to President Wilson, released by the Food Administration, outlines Hoover's stance on the Chicago packers, urging constructive regulation over broad wartime powers. He supports FTC recommendations on rail car service, calls for packer yards to be separate from packing firms, and warns that buyer seller wrongs cannot be solved by government ownership. The document notes doubts about Federal ownership of packer facilities and highlights ongoing scrutiny by congressional committees. Additionally, a note mentions Sam Rige possibly visiting Washington to sign a contract, and the Dixie Chapter U D will meet at Confederate Memorial Hall in the evening.
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Canada extends two big credits to France and Romania
Paris Feb 18 Canada agrees to furnish 25 million dollars in credits to France and Romania. Funds will be used to buy important Canadian necessities with one fifth for raw materials one fifth for foodstuffs and three fifths for manufactured goods. Negotiations for a similar loan with Belgium are under way.
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Air Couriers for Envo ys In Central Empire
American officers seek an airplane courier service linking military missions across the central empire and new states with American bases in France. Communications are difficult, especially with Prague and Warsaw. Senate military committee favored a bill to establish the American Field of Honor cemetery in France for American expeditionary force dead abroad, with France offering to provide a site.
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Names Of Men Become Part Of Common Speech
The study of language shows how names of men such as Dune Scotus and Nicolot became common terms like dunce and nicotine. The New Universities Dictionary is described as an encyclopedia and dictionary combined, with a coupon offer showcased to readers.
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