Rules Committee Session in Chicago Awaits NCAA Meet
National Collegiate Athletic Association begins a two day conference in Chicago with 180 colleges invited to discuss football baseball swimming and basketball codes. Percy Haughton Harvard coach will address the assembly on mental training in football as Dr Raycroft Princeton outlines water polo changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
National Collegiate Athletic Association
H. Orville Page
University of Chicago
A. A
Dow
Florida
Athletic Research Society
Wilbur H. Bowen
Michigan State Normal
H. L. Williams
Minnesota
George A. Huff
Wingis
Dudley B. Reed
Dean Anderson
Yale
EF. B. de Groot
Zuppke
Illinois
Juneau
Wisconsin
Hinkey
Murphy
Northwestern
Hawley
Iowa
Percy D. Haughton
Cambridge
Harry L. Wiliams
University of Minnesota
Muscatine Fortified By Rule Change In Player Limits
Muscatine notes the National Association’s revised player limit allowing 28 players including the manager, with bench manager, four pitchers, two catchers, and one batter can cover another position. Cliff Lee or Wilkus could fill regular fielding duties. Groh trade talk continues with Chicago interest. Johnson delays accepting sign bonus. Zuppke signs five year Illinois deal. London and New York death stats cited. Japanese soldiers wear paper shirts.
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Muscatine
Imist
National Association
Omaha
Central Association
Cliff Lee
Wilkus
Hruska
Training Camps Becoming Scarce in 1916 Baseball Season
Des Moines and Florida spring training plans dominate 1915 discussions as clubs seek camps for 1916. Cubs will return to Tampa under a four year deal. White Sox may stay in California if weather and crowds cooperate. Camps are hard to find with limited hotel capacity and rising costs.
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Chicago
dfMcult
Cubs
Tampa
West Side
Florida
Chifeds
Lkely
Shreveport
Comiskey
White Sox
California
Oxas
South
Tampa Midwinter Baseball Association
Senate
Hardin County board refuses to pay investigation bills
Acting on legal advice the Hardin County board of supervisors refuses to pay two bills totaling 1424 dollars for the recent county engineer investigation. The board contends the grand jury lacked power to delegate and that Charles R. Ryan bears the cost personally, amid political upheaval and recalls.
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Iowa Falla
Board ‘of Supervisors
Marwick, Mitchell, Peet & Co
J. W. Pelsen
Charles O. Ryan
Charles R
Kamrar
Ryan
Des Moines Prohibition Petition Surpasses Seven Thousand Signers
Des Moines prohibitionists report a petition to the city council with between 7,500 and 8,000 signatures. Some names missing due to an attack on the district court embedded in the petition. Council action on license refusals remains uncertain amid divided public opinion.
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Des Moines
Ion
Film Operator Dies in Park Palace Theatre Fire
Sioux City December 29 Fire in a motion picture machine at Park Palace Morning Side suburb killed Hillis Williams 17 operator and lightly injured several spectators. Williams burned rescuing others tearing burning film. death blamed on smoke and fumes. Theatre seats 290. crowd rushed exits causing minor injuries. Williams was a Morning Side engineering student. Petition of protest circulates on colonization of Belgians in Muscatine County.
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Sioux City
Park Palace
Morning Side
Hillis Williams
Williams
Drien
Egniere
Iowa City Teamster Pleads Guilty After Double Holdup
Iowa City December 29 Andrew Walding a teamster pleaded guilty to charges from a Sunday double holdup that injured one woman. He was bound over to await grand jury action. The first victim Myrtle Wildman was brutally assaulted near the Rock Island station prompting a crowd pursuit toward the business district.
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Iowa City
Andrew Walding
Myrtle Wildman
Rock Island
Walding
Walding Held Up Two Women on Clinton Street
Local teamster Walding robbed Miss Anos Anash and Mrs. Joe Machovec on Clinton Street stealing $50. He fled but was not detected until a police officer found him later that evening.
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Clinton Street
Walding
Anos Anash
Joe Machovec
Cuban Bride Happy Despite Facing irate Father
Cedar Rapids reports a Cuban bride Mrs Frank Navarro formerly Nativdad Custin married her chosen partner on Christmas Day after a tense period of interference by her family. They plan to fly to Havana to face Father Custin on January 2 as they begin married life amid public attention.
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Cedar Rapids
Frank Navarro
Nativdad Custin
Havana
Cuastin
Hardin County Election Contests Dropped
Iowa Falls December 29. H E Martin and H A Huff, who filed contest notices for sheriff and representative, dropped the probes after recounting twenty four voting machines. Commission reevaluated results and found the previous counts correct, so the newly elected officials prepare to assume office at year’s end.
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Iowa Falls
H. E. Martin
H. A. Huff
Board of Supervisors
Majestic New Year Eve Frolic Draws Crowds At Theater
Manager Fenberg reports New Year’s Eve seats selling fast for the Majestic's frolic and amateur contest. The current bill features Flanders and Mills dancers, McCormick and Wallace ventriloquists, the Seven Colonial Belles, Fiddler and Shelton, and the Three Falcons, drawing good crowds. Also shown is the Yale Harvard football picture from Thanksgiving with 70,000 cheering students and a vivid snake dance. Testimonials tout Foley’s Honey and Tar for coughs from Efird of Conejo, Dr Taylor of Luthersville, and Cook of Neihart. Dutch West Indies experiment cotton growing.
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Fenberg
The
Majestic
Flanders
Millis
McCormick
Wallace
Fiddler and Shelton
Falcons
Yale
High Court to Hear Deer Case at January Term
Des Moines reports the Potia township deer case will go to the supreme court in January. The state argues protected wildlife rights supersede domestic interests, while the defense holds a wild animal cannot be trespassed against. A ruling could allow property owners to kill protected game destroying crops, potentially endangering entire herds and other protected species.
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State Veterinary Department
Williamsburg
Tipton
Parole Board
Wm. H. Berry
I State Parole Board
The!board
Deg Moines
Potiawattamle County
Supreme Court
L. C. Ward
Wiley
Rankin
Office of
Attorney General
Vinol advertised as a tonic for weak, nervous conditions
Wapakoneta Ohio notices a farmer calling Vinol a constitutional remedy for weakness coughs and nervous run-down state. James Martin credits Vinol with curing his cough and nervousness. Wangler Bros. Co. and C J Miller Waterloo are named druggists in the ad promising relief for colds bronchitis.
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Wapakoneta
Ohio
Vinci
James Martin Vinci
Wangler Bros. Co
C. J. Miller
Waterloo
Power Above Property Right Cited In Defendant’s Contention
A fragment notes a judge’s remark that power over property should override rights. The quote signals dispute over authority and concurrences, suggesting the court questions the defendant’s legal stance and deems it insufficient. The readable snippet emphasizes authority balance and entitlement.
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Athletic Association Meets
Percy Haughton
Harvard
Groh
Cincinnati
August Herrmann
Cincinnati Baseball Club
Roger Bresnahan
Keremann
Grob
Thomas
Chicago Nationals
Coffeyville
Kan
Walter Johnson
Weeghman
Chicago Federals
Johnson
Federals
Griffith
Washington Club
Robert ¢. Zuppke
University of Illinois
State University
Wlini
Tlinois
London
New York
Vdalipornia
Chicago Cubs
Clarke
Gov. W. Clarke
Greater Iowa
Iowa News
Capital Saloon
Action OF
DES Moines Coun
County Accounting Department
State Auditor's Office
Iin Ore
Sanders
Fort Madison Penitentiary
State Board of Control
Det
Patl
Hardin CO
Foley
P. A. Efird
Conejo
Callt
John W. Taylor
Luthersville
W. L. Cook
Neihart
Mont
Dutch West Indies
High Tribunal
Grippe Vinol
Mr. Martin
Palace Theatre
Wilton Lackaye
Gail Kane
Milton Sills
Howard Estabrook In
Crystal Theatre
Alice Joyce
Keystone
Biloxi
Gulfport
Bay
Marquette
Bushy, Mgr
Rowland and
Clifford
la Salle Opera House
J. Busby
Mgr
Arthur Gillespie
Aubrey Stauffer
Company OF 40
Cohan
Hani OS
Geo M Ceban
N. X. Astor Theatre
Channing Pollock
Rennold Wolf
Charles Gebeat
Wiliam Pruette, Jr
Lillian Ludlow
America
Maiti
Fiddler & Shelton
de Luxe
McCormick &Wallace
Gerrit J. Bennett
Grant Ave
Phono
Klinefelter & Sons
Park Avenue West
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