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Died. Levi Cooke, 50, Washington beer lobbyist, lawyer, potent in pushing the Collier beer bill through the House of Representatives (TIME, Dec. 26); of acute indigestion; in Washington. Beer associate of St. Louis' Adolphus Busch and Manhattan's Col. Jacob Ruppert, he long lobbied for the U. S. Brewers' Association, led the American Bar Association fight to abolish "lame duck" sessions of Congress, at one of which his beer bill was finally passed...
...York City Col. Jacob Ruppert, whose Third Avenue plant has been kept spic & span through twelve Dry years, was "ready to produce the real stuff on a moment's notice." Other metropolitan breweries?Doelger, Lion, Schaefer, Loewer, Trommer, Piel?began overhauling their plants. Fidelio Brewery advertised its stock for sale with the observation: "Modification of the Volstead Act now seems assured." Conservative Wall Street brokers warned customers that good brewery stock was closely held, that the new issues were highly speculative. At the U. S. Brewers' Academy 22 grown men were attending classes of a technical course which would qualify...
...Jacob Ruppert...
...before, spectators had fist-fought players, managers and umpires had argued for two hours over a doubtful catch by the Millers' center fielder, Harry Rice. which, had it been allowed, might have won the game for Minneapolis and cost Col. Jacob Ruppert, owner of the Bears and the New York Yankees, his second World Series of the year...
Little World Series, In Minneapolis, Col. Ruppert's Newark Bears, pennant winners in the International League, drew even in the Little World Series by winning the fourth game, 5 to 2, against the Minneapolis Millers, American Association pennant winners. The day before, four trunks containing Bear uniforms and equipment were pushed off the Bears' train by one W. J. Chipman, who was riding illegally in the baggage car and said he needed more room...