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...charm. Born 67 years ago at the corner of Wells and Van Buren Streets, he often took part in neighborhood blackface minstrel shows, could dance an excellent jig, played third base on a semiprofessional baseball team and was a contestant in billiard tournaments. Thousands of Chicagoans called him '"Bob." In 1910 he was elected Cook County Clerk. Twice he headed the Democratic city ticket against Mayor William Hale ("Big Bill") Thompson, losing without disgrace. Last November Sweitzer was elected Treasurer of Cook County. Last week it became apparent that the second biggest city in the land stood to lose...
Meanwhile the choice of competitors for the Oxford-Cambridge meet has been completed. The runoffs went badly for the favorites, for Bob Playfair lost to Yale's Woodland in the 3000, while Johnny Dorman shut out Tony Bliss for the right to run along with Brayton in the 800. Jack Scheu who won the event at Yale, will restrict his efforts to the 1500 against the Britons...
...Yale mounts outlasted the Army horses in the final chukkers. The Yale four of Bob Wilson, Peter Dominick, Grace and Jay Secor played well as a utility while Harry Wilson was the outstanding player on the West Point side, scoring five goals...
Meanwhile the choice of competitors for the Oxford-Cambridge meet has been completed. The run-offs went badly for the favorites, for Bob Playfair lost his only chance to see competition overseas by trailing Woodland of Yale in the 3000 meters at the IC4A meet, and Johnny Dorman shut out the veteran Tony Bliss for the right to run along with Brayton in the 800. Jack Scheu, who won the event at Yale, will restrict his efforts against the Britons...
Died, John Armstrong Chaloner (Chanler), 72, eccentric brother of seven rich descendants of Peter Stuyvesant and John Jacob Astor-the late Artist Robert Armstrong ("Sheriff Bob"), onetime Lieutenant Governor of New York Lewis Stuyvesant, onetime Congressman William Astor, Winthrop Astor Chanler, Mrs. John Jay Chapman, Mrs. Richard Aldrich, Mrs. Christopher Temple Emmet; of cancer; in Charlottesville, Va. Because of business affairs and his marriage to author Amelie Rives (now Princess Troubetzkoy), Brother John quarreled with his family, three of whom got him committed to Bloomingdale Hospital in 1897. He escaped to Virginia, had himself declared sane by the courts...