Motorboat Club 18 Reorganized for the Season
Waterloo motorboat club reconstituted with about 45 members. John Jago elected to launch the rebuilt Ruth with a four cylinder auto engine after the ice goes out of the Cedar River. Officers named include Commodore Ed Mannahl and Secretary Phillip Lown. Club plans to repaint the clubhouse, install a chain hoist, and build a houseboat as the season promises renewed enthusiasm and longer river trips.
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Epring
John Jago
Waterloo Motorboat Club
Ed Mannahl
Ralph Koester
Phillip Lown
Allen Lown
Ruth
Clarence Manahl
Cedona
Alien
Dubuque
Mississippi River
National League empowers Tener to settle Murphy case
New York Feb 17 John K Tener president of the National League is given authority to settle the Charles W Murphy Chicago Cubs dispute. Ban Johnson claimed he could discipline club owners and asked Tener for similar power. The NL acted by removing Johnny Evers from Murphy, costing Murphy potential cash gains of about 265000. Murphy may be obligated to pay damages to Evers if he resists the directors’ ruling.
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New York
John K. Tener
National League
Charles W. Murphy
Chicago Cubs
Ban Johnson
American League
Tener
Johnson
Murphy
National Leasue
Evers
Ex-Umpire to Direct Chicago Ball Team Ties to Chance Era
Former umpire Evers, recently forced out of the club, is named to direct the Chicago national ball team. O'Day aims to replicate the championship leadership Frank Chance once held, seeking undisputed control of the league.
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Chicago
Evers
O'Day
Frank Chance
Trial Looms Over League After Governorship Controversy
Governor Tener has placed a case on trial before the league. A November 1912 resolution may bar a club representative for bad sportsmanship. The report notes Murphy faces trial and has signed papers forbidding hunting on his farm. The coming season may see pheasants the sole game in the preserve, with other varieties considered if the experiment succeeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tener
National League
Murphy
Partridge Arrival Stirs Iowa Game Preserve Plans
Eighteen hundred Hungarian partridges arrived in Iowa late January to be acclimated for liberation on state game preserves. The first preserve near Webster City spans about 4,000 acres, with most birds to be released in Hamilton County. Birds are kept at the Des Moines Iowa State Fair Grounds before spring release. The Hamilton County preserve, following Millard bridge and Boone river, features timber groves and is strictly for protection with shooting prohibited. local farmers may participate under regulations.
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Iowa
Hungary
Webster City
Hamilton County
Des Moines
Smite
Millard Bridge
Des Moines Man Wins First Block in Billiards Match
Des Moines player O. P. Durocher defeated Waterloo’s F. A. Swartz 200 to 179 in the first block of a multi block pocket billiards match at the Alexandria billiard parlors. Durocher’s high run reached 40, Swartz’s 36, with the overall event totaling 600 points.
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Alexandria
F. A. Swartz
Waterloo
O. P. Durocher
Des Moines
Durocher
Swartz
Frenchmen Enthuse At Baseball Game
A brisk crowd in France watched a baseball exhibition between the New York National League team and the Chicago American League team. The Chicago nine won 10 to 7. Spectators, many first timers, cheered as hard hits sailed to the outfield. American consul William J. Hunter threw the first ball. Notable displays featured aviator Lacrouse performing field evolutions and James Thorpe exhibiting discus and weight throwing.
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Nice
France
New York
Chicago
Lacrouse
James Thorpe
SPEAKER GETS OFFER AND Sweeney May BF son
Boston reports that the Federals offered Tris Speaker, star outfielder of the Red Sox, while he toured Europe with the world team. Another rumor says Captain Sweeney of the Braves will be sold to the Philadelphia Nationals to play second base for Otto Knabe. Illinois game preserves plan announced by C J Dittmar to establish preserves in Cook, McHenry and Kane counties with 1 cent per acre leases for five years.
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Boston
Federals
Tris Speaker
Redsox
Europe
Captain Sweeney
Braves
Philadelphia Nationals
Otto Knabp
Tllinois
Tlinois
C. J. Dittmar
Cook
McHenry
Kansaskee
Local bowers lead at Mid-West bowling tourney
Local doubles teams contended for high placings at the Mid-Western Bowling Tournament in Minneapolis. Herman Paul and Charles Jackman tied for eighth with 1,171 across three games, while teammates Shannon Sobieske and Palmer McFarlane posted lower totals. Waterloo’s all star five lost to Blatz Chicago 2,696 to 2,867. Emil Imkoff of Dubuque ranked second in singles with 636. B Weinman of Marshalltown led five-man team scoring with 2,875 and set meet high single game at 275 and high average at 229.
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Herman Paul
Charles Jackman
Waterloo
Minneapolis
N. J. Johnson
A. P. Hackett
Parvo
J. Klaes
M. Klaes
Duluth
Jackman
Paul
Shannon
Sobieske
Palmer
McFarlane
Blackman
McParlane
Blatz
Chicago
Blatz Boys
Emil Imkoff
Duduque
Paulie
South Omaha
B. Weinman
Wild Rose
Marshalltown
Weinman
Pa Hill Signs Two More Players for 1914 Bunnies
Cedar Rapids Feb 17 Two more recruits for the 1914 Bunnies are announced by Manager PA Hill bringing the count to four new players for the season.
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PA Hill
Cedar Rapids
Belden Hill Adds Recruits to Local Baseball Staff
Belden Hill announced six more players to the tentative roster bringing total to sixteen with six pitchers and five outfielders. Newest outfielder L. R. Reeves of Pittsburgh Kansas previously tried with Kansas City in the Western Association but did not win a berth. Pitcher Harry Murdock from Ablong Illinois is a right hand thrower with prior league play in the Cotton States league and a disputed Federal player claim.
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Belden Hill
L. R. Reeves
Pittsburgh
Kan
Reeves
Kansan
Harry Murdock
Ablong
Illinois
Murdock
Shamrock IV Under Tight Secrecy Nearing Completion
The Shamrock IV is being built at Gosport with utmost secrecy and will be ready for spring trials in the Solent. The designer dismisses rumors of centerboard plans, noting the vessel will feature a deep heavy lead keel.
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London
Gosport
Solent
Jxard
Stahl Denies Offer Through With Game
Chicago Feb 17 Garland Jake Stahl former pilot of the Boston Redsox yesterday denied he had received an offer to manage a Federal club to be placed in Brooklyn next season He said he would not consider managing that or any team You can say for me that I have retired from baseball I am through and not going to attempt any comeback President Charles Weeghman denied negotiating with Stahl as agent for the Ward brothers of Brooklyn Dr T A McManus eye ear nose and throat now located on the floor of the Black Bldg suite 720 22 hours 10 to 5 and Saturday evenings
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Chicago
Garland
Jake) Stahl
Boston Redsox
Brooklyn
Stahl
Charles Weeghman
Ward Brothers
T. A. McManus
Vanderbilt Cup Car Contestant Kills Onlookers Fatal Practice Crash
In Los Angeles on February 17, Louis G. Smith, 69, a Civil War veteran at Sawtelle Soldiers' Home, died after a Fiat raced at fifty mph near the home, skidded, overturned, and pinned Dave Lewis and Eddie Arnett. Lewis, Arnett, and a woman and a 14 year old girl were injured. Smith's skull was fractured. Lewis and Arnett survived but cannot race further. Six people have died in Vanderbilt events prior to 1911, with several others injured in past races.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Louis G. Smith
Sawtelle Soldiers
Dave Lewis
Eddie Arnett
Fiat
Lewis
Santa Monica
Iit
A. W. Pipes
Polson
Mont
Smith
Arnett
St. Catharine’s Hospital
Vanderbilt Trophy Race Revival After 1907 Abandonment
The so called bloody Vanderbilt earned the nickname after the 1906 race. Donor William K. Vanderbilt declared he would not support another race, a stance that held for one year as the race was not held in 1907. It was revived in 1908.
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Vanderbilt
William K. Vanderbilt
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