Belden Hill backs plan to redistrict and reform baseball
Cedar Rapids December letter from Three-I league president Tearney outlines four reform targets: territorial rights classification reservation and farming or optional agreements. Belden Hill longtime local baseball leader supports changing rules to match today’s realities and suggests redistricting to cut costs and improve finances. He also backs a salary reclassification plan and protective reservation limits for players.
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Iowa
I. Tearney
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Tenrney
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Teader Bay
Indiana seeks 1917 football schedule adjustments
Bloomington December 14 Indiana university athletics director Ewald G Stiehm criticized the 1917 Big Nine football slate He favors serious efforts to fill Indiana's next season schedule and hopes for games with Minnesota Northwestern Ohio State and Iowa He may pursue an arrangement with Chicago and explore a homeaway series with Minneapolis to set 1918 plans An eastern game may be arranged nevertheless.
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Bloomington
Ind
Ewald G. Stiehm
Indiana University
Indiana
Stage
Chicago
Stiehim
Minnesota
Minneapolis
Indianapolis
Northwestern
Ohio State
Iowa
Cwoarh
Saints to Train in Beaumont Texas Next Spring
St Paul Minnesota based American association team will train next spring at Beaumont Texas with Beaumont club providing practice opposition. The Saints previously trained in Fort Smith Arkansas but fan interest waned making exhibition games unprofitable.
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St. Paul, Minn
St. Paul American Association
Beaumont
Tex
Norton
Saints
Fort Smith
Ark
Chicago Football Schedule Complete 1917 Maroons Open Vanderbilt Clash
Director A A Stagg announced the 1917 Maroon football schedule with a milestone game against Vanderbilt in Nashville. The slate includes Carleton, Purdue, Northwestern, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and a bye, with the Minnesota game set for Minneapolis and a key rematch against Carleton at Stagg Field.
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A. A. Stagg
Vanderbilt University
Nashvville
Tenn
Carleton
Northfield
Mino
Tii Ools
Minnesota
Maroons
Stagefield
Vanderbilt
Teachers College Teagheng Eyes Strong Ball Squad
Cedar Falls December 14 Prospects for a winning basketball team at Teachers college look favorable after Coach Nerkstresser called for men last week. More than 60 showed interest including several from last year's conference champions. Graduations removed Cotton Bryson and Schmidt. the former an all conference forward. New center Laiich from Upper Iowa is touted as a whirlwind. E Whitford and his brother, plus Art and Russ Dickinson, appear promising guards. The squad will be narrowed to RF men to devote more attention to the varsity. Pedagogs will field two Big Line teams to test skill, with secret practices each evening except Monday. Schedule features Yee 16 Town at Tama City, Jan 13 Indiana at Cedar Falls, Jan 19 Upper Town at Fayette, Feb 2 Upper Town at Cedar Falls, Feb 5 Dubuque Germans at Dub Falls, and Feb 11 Dubuque Germans at Cedar Falls.
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Teachers College
Nerkstresser
Cotton
Bryson
Schmidt
Laiich
Ilowa
Art
Russ Dickinson
E. Whitford
Short
James Griffith
Young
Tank
Lemainder
Socret
Tana
Seymour
Yee
Tawa City
Indiana
Fayette
du Falls
White Sox Schedule Two Spring Exhibition Games
Des Moines reports the Chicago White Sox will play two games here next spring. Frank Isbell announced the first Saturday and Sunday in April are booked for Frank Comiskey team. Negotiations with Minneapolis St Paul Brooklyn and Detroit for exhibition games are underway.
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Des Moines
Chicago White Sox
Frank Isbell
Frank Comis
Minneapolis
St. Paul
American Association
Brooklyn
Detroit
Postseason inter-league plan eyed for Three-I circuit
Davenport reports Grantland Rice argues schedules are too long and fans focus on pennant chase after August 1. He proposes two three-month seasons or an inter-league series, a plan echoed by Three-I magnates who may push a winter proposal and seek financial relief via a post season between Three-I and Central League teams.
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Strangler Lewis Defeats Ad Santel in 1:42 Bout
In San Francisco on December 14, Strangler Lewis of Kentucky outweighed Santel by 41 pounds. After a two hour match Lewis secured the sole fall at 1 hour 42 minutes with a headlock and cross buttock. Santel led 10 points to Lewis seven when the fall ended.
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Lewis
Kentucky
Ad Santel
Adolph Ernst
Santel
Santel Iields
Isbell May Take Wichita Franchise
Des Moines reports Frank Isbell, Wichita Western league manager, has not abandoned plans to take charge of the Wichita club next season. He holds an option on the Wichita franchise and missed previous chances to exercise it due to park arrangements. A bid is said to be on the way, with Isbell ready to balance plans to own the team and strengthen the local squad in case talks in Wichita falter.
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Des Moines
Wichita
Frank Isbell
Isbell
Adams Mary Takes Stewarts Place As West High Coach
Des Moines December 14 Adams formerly of Algona Iowa turns up as a candidate to replace Stub Stewart as West High head football coach. He is an all American player with Brown and Yale ties, and has coaching and scouting experience at Town University and Iowa. Stewart and other alumni have urged consideration while Maurice Ricker declines comment on applicants.
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Adams
Algona, Ia
West High
Stub Stewart
Stub’ Stewart
Stewart
Ricker
Maurice Ricker
Stub
Stewart Sai
Wille
Chuck’” Saunders
Missouri
Brown
Yale
Jim Thorne
Carlisle Indians
Harvard
Town University
Hawley
Hawkeyes
The
State University
Michigan Alumni Question Athletics At University
In Arbor Michigan on December 14, the University of Michigan club of Detroit mailed cards to hundreds of graduates asking What is the matter with Michigan athletics. A report to the university is likely. Alumni cite Michigan’s absence from the Western conference as a cause and a return to the Western fold may be considered.
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Michigan
Inn Arbor
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University of Michigan Club of
Detroit
Wolverines
Ratification of Boston club sale and salary curbs urged
Chicago December 14 The American league opens with a push to ratify the Boston club sale to H A Frazee and Hugh J Ward of New York and to curtail players salaries and end the use of players names in world series stories. President Johnson seeks strict penalties for violations and aims to retain manager William Carrigan if possible. If not, Frazee mentions alternative players.
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Chicago
Boston
Johnson
Federal League
Boston Cish
H. A. Frazee
Hugh J. Ward
New York
Frazee
William Carrigan
Barry
Carrigan
Boston Club Names Possible Managers Linked to Barry and Hooper
The Boston club discussed potential managerial candidates and mentioned Jack Barry, second baseman, and Hooper, an outfielder, in connection with the search.
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Boston
Jack Barry
Hooper
Notre Dame Drops Postseason Games Plans for Basketball and Track
Notre Dame athletic director Harper announced no inter sectional postseason football this year. Basketball opens December 15 at Lafayette against Purdue with Monogram players McKenna King Daly and Ronchetti returning. The school schedules track meets with Illinois Wisconsin Purdue and a spring baseball slate including Wisconsin Purdue and Thismois at Tinora.
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Ind
Harper
Georgetown
Pittsburgh
Purdue
Lafayette
McKenna
King
Daly
Ronchetti
Monogram
Illinois
Wisconsin
Indiana
Ohio State to Again Honor 1916 Big Nine Champions
Columbus, Dec 14. Championship fobs will be awarded to seventeen lettermen of the Ohio State University football eleven, winners of the 1916 Big Nine championship. The fobs carry a miniature gold football with the inscription Ohio State University Western Conference Champions. Also to Head Coach Wilee and Prof. L. W. St. John, director of athletics. Recipients include Frank G. Sorensen, Richard B. E. Bosel, Charles W. Bolen, Howard G. Courtney, Harold …
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Columbus
Ohio State University
Wilee
L. W. St. John
Frank G. Sorensen
Richard BE. Bosel
Charles W. Bolen
Howard G. Courtney
Harold
Notable names listed in historical roster sequence
J Courtney, Charles W Harley, Fred G Holtkamp, Paul W Harm, Robert L Karch, Harry R Lapp, Fred W Norton, Gordon M Rhodes, Dwight V Peabody, Charles E Sedden, Irwin Turner, Howard F Yerges and Virgil O Dreyer appear as a connected group in the article, indicating a formal roster or committee.
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Charles W. “Chick” Harley
Fred G Holtkamp
Paul W. Harm
Robert L. Karch
Harry R. Lapp
Fred W. Norton
Gordon M. Rhodes
Dwight V. Peabody
Charles E. Sedden
Irwin Turner
Howard F. Yerges
Virgil O. Dreyer
Harvard to Play in Ten Games in Year 1917
Cambridge mass dec 14 harvard s football schedule for 1917 shows changes cornel dropped and the carlisle indians added the schedule has 10 games all in cambridge except princeton list sept 22 bates sept 29 bowdoin oct 6 boston college oct 12 colby oct 20 tufts oct 28 springfield nov 3 princeton nov 17 carlisle nov 24 yale WANT LEGALIZED Bouts chicago dec 14 nine hundred members of the second regiment illinois national guard began a petition to repeal the law prohibiting boxing clergymen asked to support a boxing bill the guardsmen want ten round contests under a state boxing commission waterloo people in florida simon shaulis left with a party for southern climes to spend the winter the trip by automobile in 15 days tires roads good through georgia fine roads converse with courior and reporter from st cloud fla
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Mass
Harvard
Cornell
Carlisle Indians
Princeton
Bates
Bowdoin
Boston College
Colby
Tufts
Springfield
I. C
Carlisle Qnatans
Yale
Chicago
Ilinois National Guard
Waterloo
Florida
Simon Shaulls
Courier
St. Cloud
Fla
Georgia
Mr. Shaulis
Blankenship Applies for Detroit Scout Post
Detroit December 14 CUI Blankenship catcher who helped discover Walter Johnson has requested a scouting position with President Navin of the Detroit club. He likely will be signed and he managed Salt Lake City last year.
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Detroit
Mid
Cui Blankenship
Walter Johnson
Navin
Detroit Baseball Club
Blankenship
Salt Lake City
Chicago to host 1917 Grand American Handicap
More than 1,000 contestants are expected to enter the Grand American Handicap, the premier shooting classic of the season, awarded to the South Shore Country Club of Chicago. The tournament will be held early in August.
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Chicago
South Shore Country Club of
Langford Knocks Out Johnson in Twelfth Round
In St Louis on December 14 Sam Langford of Boston defeated Jim Johnson of New York by KO in the twelfth round with 30 seconds remaining. Johnson weighed 225 pounds and Langford 191. Real estate transfers note Susie Lamson selling part of lot 7 in East Waterloo to Moore & Moore Inc. for 1.00. A Waterloo newspaper ad ends abruptly.
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Johnson
St. Louis
Sam Langford
Boston
Jim Johnson
New York
Black Hawk County Abstract Co
Susie Lamson
Moore & Moore, Inc
East Waterloo
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