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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1916
Page
13
Jan 18 New York reports Harry F Sinclair, the Oklahoma oil magnate dubbed a peace angel, may become sole owner of the St Louis Cardinals after a deal with Frances Britton and Helen Robisor Britton. The price was asked and received, with Sinclair pressing to close the sale despite illness.
Special to The Washington Post Lexington Virginia January 18 Virginia Military Institute defeated George Washington University 42 to 13 in a rough game with frequent fouls. Fetterolf led the winners with most points and Shaver starred for the visitors. Other games noted include alumni vs varsity and Johns Athletic Association vs YMCA with scores 38 21 and 4 11 respectively.
Cincinnati Ohio January 18 The consolidated Chicago National and Chicago Federal League clubs and the St Louis American and St Louis Federal League clubs must secure waivers when disposing of players to a club of an opposite major league or any lower classification. The National Baseball Commission issued the ruling and a notice to all national agreement clubs explains the Federal League’s authority over players who deserted them. If such players are released by the Federal Leagues the national agreement clubs retain priority to their services.
Carroll Institute won two games last night at Noel House gym. Regulars beat Garfield A C and the reserves defeated Royal A C by percent to 15. The contests were tight and well played with substitutions and multiple scorers noted, including Varela Holmes Blumer and Dillon among others. Referee was Mr Cahill of Mount St Joseph's.
At the Arcade, George University overwhelmed West Virginia University 36 to 16. Brookland era dominated both ends, with Catholic University players passing and shooting well while West Virginia struggled to advance beyond two men. Kersting led the losers with all their points. Keegan Shortley and Caffrey were strong for Catholic University. Substitutions and fouls details follow the scoring summary.
Princeton, N J January 18. The year schedule lists eight games with only four holdovers from last season. Opponents include Holy Cross North Carolina Tufts Lafayette Dartmouth Harvard at Cambridge with all games except Harvard to be played in Princeton.
In John Doyle's billiard parlor a Frenchman, enraged by a run of games, bets he can beat any menu in the house playing 500 balls for the dough. Alfred De Oro is spotted. Doyle bets $100 he can defeat the Parisian challenger. The rules are set with a single requirement. One ball a night.
Headlines announce a big shirt and cravat sale with deep reductions on various fabrics. Madras, Silk, and Linen shirts priced from 95c to 6.80, including silk, cheviot, and chino styles. Limited-time clearance highlights value over quality as part of a bargain period.
Silk cravats priced at 50 and 65 cents with higher ranges of 1 50 2 2 50 and 3 dollars. Welsh Margetson cravats offered at 1 dollar. Includes assorted silk cravats and decorative trims.
In St Paul Minnesota on January 18 Mike Gibbons from St Paul stopped Young Ahearn in the first round of a scheduled ten round bout. Gibbons finished with a crushing right to the jaw sending Ahearn down for the count as Ahearn took about three minutes to regain consciousness. Ahearn weighed 154½ pounds ring side and Gibbons 165. Ticket notes from the ring announced a challenge from Les Darcy of Australia for a middleweight title bout.
Entries from New Orleans and Toronto racecards list multiple selling and handicap races across age groups from 2-year-olds to 6-year-olds. Notable horses include Jongs Rubifax Greyfoot General Pickett Andrew Johnston Biba E Barka Lady Little Fan Red Clown and Many more with detailed weights and track conditions noted. No King's Plate race this year due to royal disapproval. other sports briefs include Yale over Penn in basketball and Earl Bby set to compete for Michigan.
Scholastic Athletics Tech was beaten 46 to 26 by Gallaudet Reserves at Kendall Green. Tech showed a creditable effort with several players standout but lacked cohesion and shooting. Regulars De La Vergne and Eiseman were out, Hut chrom g and Devlin impressed, while next up Tech faces Eastern in a key early-season test.
Western dominated Eastern 49 to 8 as defense held Eastern to two floor goals. Smith led Western with strong forward play and Peine contributed well though below usual form. Substitutions and goals from floor noted. game clock 20 minutes per half with officials named.
A compact price note lists spa items with prices 21 75 and 95 50 and mentions a 31 25 figure for a full dress not included in the listing. The fragment suggests a sales or catalog page with numeric pricing and a disclaimer about the dress.
A detailed race card lists six selling deltas for two year olds to four year olds plus a nonstandard one mile event. Winners include Wand in the first race for Potee stable, Originator in the six furlongs second race, and Henry Walbhank in the eighth race. Odds show daily betting patterns with favorites and longshots across multiple tracks.
A garbled syndicated OCR fragment lists numerous colorful names, places, and possible event references from Cincinnati and national papers. The text compiles gun and horse related figures, with many proper nouns like Eden Park, Miss Waters, Duke of Dunbar, Yodelen, and Lochiel, but lacks coherent narrative or dates.
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