Keokuk Retains Central Association Franchise
In a Central Association update Keokuk will keep its baseball franchise. Managers across the league are naming spring prac tice dates with Muscatine Jay Andrews and Ottumwa Benham arranging trials and exhibitions. Keokuk faces a hopeful rally as George Manusch weighs Burlington options and the opening schedule hints at Ottumwa Monmouth Muscatine Kewanee.
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Boyle
Stowers and
Banks
Benedett, Boothby
Weet
Waterloo
Jay Andews
Des Moines
St Joseph
Burlington
Ottumwa
Keokuk
Justice
George Manusch
Manusch
Lincoln
Central Association
Benham
Kewanee
Muscatine
Monmouth
Cedar Rapids
Bonham
Duke Kahanamoku Loses Finger in Fight With Giant eel
Noted Hawaiian swimmer Duke Kahanamoku, famed as the Duke of Waikiki, reportedly lost the first finger of his right hand after an encounter with a giant eel in Honolulu waters. Dispatches say the eel was captured and the champion may face slowed swimming, though he was revived after being brought to shore.
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Duke Kahanamoku
Duke” Kahanamoku
Stockholm
Dispatches
Honolulu
Kahanamoka
Duke of
Waikiki
Kahanamoku
Hawaiian
GUE FIVE PLAYS AT IOWA TONIGHT
Iowa gymnastic meet update notes changes in schedules as Coe College Cedar Rapids replaces Lewis Institute Chicago in a western trip cancellation. Coe, a top state contender, defeated Grinnell last year and strengthens the Iowa lineup with promising players.
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Gue Five
Iowa
Institute
Coe College
Cedar Rapida
Coe
Grinnell
Iowa Gymnasts Poised For Ames and Cedar Falls Meets
Physical Director B E Schroeder announced a prepared team of gymnasts for the student gymnastic meet at Cedar Falls the last Saturday in March. Ten of the following candidates will be chosen Swallum Moerschel Secoy Fanton Anderson Stubbart Jordan Cross Carmichael Cavin Hodgson Krakow Downey Souchek vandere.
Sullivan 10 Join Quumma Sullivan 10 Join Quumma
John Sullivan centerfielder arrives from Brew for a short visit in Ottumwa Ta Feh. He will study at Milwaukee Medical College until June 1913 then rejoin the team. He plans to work out with Milwaukee during spring training and may return to Ottumwa for the rest of the season.
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Ottumwa
John Sullivan
Epie
Onumya
John
Exon
Milwaukee Medical College
Sullivan
Milwaukee
Menn
Jane
Doctors Freed of Accusation in Civil Case
In Charles City Indiana on February 3 the verdict found Dru Hummel and Brackett not liable in the case of Mrs Amy Tarker who accused them of sending her to an insane asylum to remove her from her home. The ad notes Harman Coal Co promoting coal prices and phone number 408.
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Charles City
Amy Tarker
Dru
Hummel
Brackett
Harman Coal Co
Lundgren Meets Keokuk Directors Over Manager Talk
Keokuk Iowa February 3 Directors of the Keokuk Baseball association met with Carl Lundgren ex Cub pitcher to discuss him taking charge of the club this season. They are close to the necessary $4 000 funding but not yet ready to sign. Other candidates including Mantusch Speers and others are slated to visit Keokuk next week as talks continue. Contracts were mailed to several players but none returned Joel Hilly indicates retirement from baseball.
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Keokuk
Keokuk. Baseball Association
Carl Lundgren
Cub
Lundgren
Baker Real Estate Company
Mantusch
George Speers
Muskogee Club
Hilly
Madigan
Tisch
Moeller
Jonas
Holdren
Gottechall
Tierney
Pat
Gentral Association
Cedar Rapids Signs Thirteen For New Base Ball Team
Cedar Rapids has leased the Alamo Park for five years and signed thirteen players for a new baseball team. The lineup includes Roy Brown, Louis Woerth, Dave Milligan, Lyle Hofer, Art Peterson, P Atkins, E L Allen, Ed Canon, George Kulp, Wim Egan, J E Harris, W W Thomas, and prospect Harry Ker. More signees and exhibition games to follow before the season opens.
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Cuba
Solon
Tipton
Chicago
Hannibal
Cedar Rapids
Roy Brown
Louis Woerth
Dave Milligan
Chas, Buelow
Dubuque
Lyle Hofer
Iowa
J. E. Harris
Toledo
W. W. Thomas
Hill
Harry Ker
Henderson
Cedar Rapids and Davenport Cageball Schedule Announced
Cedar Rapids faces Davenport in Cedar Rapids April 12 13 and April 19 20 at Davenport. The Cedar Rapids Waterloo date lands in Cedar Rapids April 26 27. The Central association Cageball season opens officially April 39 and ends Labor Day with each team slated for 130 games 65 home 65 away, subject to league approval to start after April 30.
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Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Waterloo
Waterloo Team 10 Meet Des Moines in A B C Tournament
Waterloo bowling team to face Des Moines pick at Mason City on Thursday in neutral alleys to decide supremacy ahead of the A B C tournament in Toledo. City bowlers boast strong practice scores as entries rush toward a record field for the national event opening February 22.
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Waterloo
Des Moines
Mason City
Jackman
Capital City
Kansas City
Toledo
Charles Jackman
City Bowling League
L. J. Mackin
Ted Thorsen
Herman Paul
Palmer
Lorenz
Toledo Bowlers Prepare for Nation Wide Entry Beat Chicago
Sections of the United States and Canada mobilize for the American Bowling Congress tournament in Toledo. Entrants from Montreal to Winnipeg press toward big prizes with $750 in the five man event, $450 in the two man event, and $275 in the individual event. Secretary Langtry handles vast entries and aims to finalize the schedule by February 12, promoting the event as the greatest good fellowship tournament in the country.
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United States
Canada
Toledo
Chicago
Montreal
Mobile
Winnipeg
Congress
American Bowling Congress
Langtry
Pin Knights
Kling May Lead Topeka Club In Western League
Topeka Kansas February 3 It is rumored that Johnny Kling may purchase the Topeka baseball franchise in the Western league If he secures a release from the Boston National league club he plans to own the local club He would play first base and manage the team President A M Catlin confirms a possible change in ownership saying Kling is anxious to obtain the deal Kling believes he can make a winner with strong fan support while behind the club
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Topeka
Kan
Johnny Kling
A. M. Catlin
Kling
Kawa
Dallas and Melcher Iowa see no deaths in 1912
In Marion county Iowa the village of Dallas twelve miles southwest of Knoxville reported no deaths during 1912 and no funeral services or interments in its three churches or two cemeteries. The village combines old Dallas with the Melcher coal town, totaling about 1000 residents.
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Knoxville
Marion County
Dallas
Melcher
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Paul
Ohio
John Kling
Iowa Village
Heidsieck
Piper Heidsieck
J. Busby
MGR
TEL
Elsie ST. Leon
Margaret Mayo
Special
Joseph Gaites
Kitty Gordon
the Beautiful
the Enchantress Company of
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Clifford
Anthony McGuire
Chapin
C. J. Miller
Mabel Ettinger
West Fourth Street
Klinefelter & Sons
Park Avenue West
Sibert Shallenberger
Motel Ellis
Courier
Mona
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