Whittaker Not Free Agent in Keokuk Contract Row
Keokuk club official declares pitcher Bill Whittaker as club property after a late mailed contract. Whittaker claimed free agent status since contract reached his St Louis home after February 1, with Farrell ruling the home address rule keeps him under reserve. Separate notes discuss Lofton staying in Springfield and Muscatine plans for spring training with Frank Richards and Marshalltown contingent visiting Muskies.
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Bill” Whittaker
National Association
J. H. Farrell
Whittaker
St. Louis
California
Farrell
Lincoln
Royle
Lofton
Muscatine
Springfield
Heine Katz
Hoyle
Frank Donnelly
Chicago
D. Harrell
Swattisc
Pittsburgh
Danny
Ball Park
Frank Richards
Marshalltown
Boss Boyle
Frank
Richards
Springfield May Play Federal Team Exibition Dates Set
St Louis February 26. Mordecai Brown, St Louis Federal manager, announced two exhibition games with the Springfield Threshers for April 11 and 12 in Illinois capital. The Springfield club, tied to organized baseball, faces questions about recognition as the Federals clash with the Three I league and decisions from Buckley and Tearner.
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St Louis
Mordecai Brown
St. Louis
Springfield Thres I
Springfield
RE. H. Buckley
Mack Arranges Philadelphia A L Club Spring Schedule
Philadelphia February 25. Manager Mack announced the Philadelphia American League club spring training schedule. The regulars play nineteen games including two with Penn March 30 and 31 in Philadelphia. In Florida they meet Cubs six times and St Louis once, then travel to Savannah Charleston Wilmington N C Raleigh Richmond and Baltimore on the trip home. The Yannigans plan twenty-nine games and depart for Jacksonville training grounds next Tuesday, staying nearly seven weeks. Regulars reach Jacksonville around March 8.
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Philadelphia American League Baseball Club
Mack
University of Pennsylvania
Florida
Chicago Cubs
St. Louis Nationals
Savannah
Charleston
Wilmington
N. C
Raleich
Richmond
Baltimore
World tour baseball stars welcomed in New York
New York will host a three day welcome for returning world tour baseball teams led by Comiskey and the White Sox. More than two hundred fans travel by a fourteen car special train plus additional western supporters and eastern fans join the reception with the McGranites. A March 7 dinner at the Baltimore grand ballroom costs ten dollars per plate for the returning tourists aboard the Lusitania due about 10 am March 6.
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Comiskey
White Sox
MccGranites
Baltimore Grand
San Francisco
Michigan Faces Huge Task to Build Strong 1914 Football Team
Detroit February 26 Coach Yost says Michigan must mount a determined effort to field a creditable 1914 football squad. He emphasizes hard work, mentions Harvard game and tough foes, notes only Tommy Hughitt is veteran, and reports Maulbetsch cleared scholastic hurdles.
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Mich
Michigan
Yoat
Harvard
Pennsylvania
Cornell
Tommy Hughitt
Hughitt
Cambridge
Crimson
Ann Arbor
Yost
Nashville
Maulbetsch
Harvard Was After Watson in Ames Iowa Feb 25
Ames readers learn trainer Jack Watson of Ames, famed for his work with athletes, turned down Harvard's offer to join their staff to honor his contract with the State University of Iowa. The push came via ex-Harvard star "Shady" Ristine, now a West Virginia mine manager, who coached Cyclones here for years.
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Jack Watson
West
Cambridge
Harvard
University of Iowa
Watson
State Board of Education
State University
Crimson
Harvard University
Shady
Ristine
West Virginia
Jack
Charley Brickley
Farquhars
Iowa to Elect Captain Today at Iowa City meeting
Iowa City February 25 The Iowa football captain will likely be named at an afternoon meeting after a squad picture. Eligible voters include McGinnis Penningroth Parsons Dick Gross Carberry Bowen Kirk Breuckner Houghton Wilson Barron Gunderson. Nearby notes mention Missouri Valley conference classification plans and a Big Nine revision by Prof. Smith, plus plans approved for a new gym similar to Ames. Test wells will be drilled in the Philippines for petroleum prospects. Germany leads in electric motor driven machinery. Desert sands average 30 to 40 feet deep in Africa. Western Reserve adds a real estate course. Twelve million horsepower could come from waterfalls in national forest reserves.
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Penningroth
Parsons
Gross
Carberry
Bowen
Kirk
Breuckner
Houghton
Wilson
Barron
Gunderson
Missouri Valley Conference
Big Nine
Ihe
Missouri Valley
A. G. Smith
Wisconsin
Ames
Sunday Makes World's Record for Conversions
Pittsburgh revival by Evangelist Billy Sunday ends after eight weeks in a 14 000 seat tabernacle. About 1 500 000 heard him. 1 387 conversions in the last Sabbath, 649 at evening service. Four Princeton relay members hailed, mounted police busy, $18 489 in corporate and individual checks. plate offerings totaled 3 406 812. 3 217 64 afternoon. 3 714 10 evening.
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Billy” Sunday
Sunday
Mars
Butler Countty
Tabernacle
Princeton
Princeton University
Yale
Christ
Sis
Tiger
Fred Sibert
Dr. Peacock
Rodeheaver
Ackley
Adventures of Kath ryn at Crystal in one day advance
Advance bookings for the film Adventures of Kath ryn fill today’s Crystal showing. The ad notes no date changes and no hold beyond this single day, urging quick attendance.
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Kathryn
Crystal
the Crystal
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