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Dishonest chick advertising...
...Chicago, 500 poultrymen attended the ninth annual convention of the International Baby Chick Association at Edgewater Beach Hotel, received reports from nine affiliated State Baby Chick Associations, unanimously approved the formation of Accredited Hatcheries, unanimously authorized their officers to eliminate dishonest chick advertising, watched baby chick motion pictures at a baby chick dinner, took bus rides, danced, bathed, presented their retiring President, Prof. Harry R. Lewis, with a handsome watch and Mrs. Lewis with an enormous bouquet, voted to hold their tenth convention at Atlantic City...
...tournament where strong men wilted. Charles ("Chick") Evans Jr., of Chicago, who had ruled the West as champion eight different years, yielded this last of many major titles in the third round, by 8 and 7, and slid further than ever into the limbo that has been his of late. His conqueror, James Manion of St. Louis, trans-Mississippi champion, went down before Seckel, who has not appeared or; a golfing pinnacle since 1911, when, as a Princeton undergraduate, he became Western Champion...
Finding LaBoulie to his liking, Tolley stayed on when the professionals parted. His idea was to accomplish what only John Ball of England and "Chick" Evans of the U. S., in 1890 and 1916 respectively, had ever done before him-win a country's open and amateur titles in the same year. The French amateur event soon opened, the finals were reached with Tolley and John G. Anderson (American) in them. Who won? John G. Anderson, on the 36th green...
...Charles (Chick) Evans, Jr., former amateur and open golf champion; who was accused in August by a Chicago Board of Trade man of giving him a bogus check for $7,500: "In Chicago I offered to file a voluntary petition of bankruptcy, putting my liabilities at $275,000, my assets at $50,000. In two years I have lost about $385,000 speculating in grain. Largest of my debts was $200,000 lost to Arthur W. Cutten, wealthy grain merchant, who did me many favors early in my career as a golfer. Mr. Cutten crossed this debt off my list...