Historic Sports Stories - (click Historic Sports Stories link to view full articles)

Dec 6, 1914 - Gianacopulos Wins A.A.U. Run Title

Nov 23, 1915 - Wrestler Tofalos Loses First Bout

May 10, 1916 - Dorizas Regains Strength Record

April 20, 1920 - Trivoulidas Wins Boston Marathon

Greek News Stories - (click Greek News Stories link to view full articles)

  Aug 4, 1873 - THE GREEKS IN AMERICA

July 11, 1897 - BACK FROM THE GREEK WAR, John Christus Says That the Crown Prince is a Coward and a Hard Drinker

Oct 2, 1921 - GREEKS MUST GO BACK - Quota Exceeded, 378 Immigrants Will be Deported

Sept 5, 1921 - SEEK WOMEN FRIENDS OF MURDERED GREEK - Police Want to Question Them - Jealous Man May Have Killed Rich Furrier

Oct 3, 1921 - DIES BEFORE ALTAR IN ROW WITH PRIEST; NEAR-RIOT FOLLOWS - Fig Merchant’s Mysterious Death Leads to Free-for-All Fight in Greek Church - AUTOPSY TO BE HELD TODAY - Police Seek to Discover Whether Blow from Candlestick Killed President of Trustees - WIFE AND SON SEE TRAGEDY - Shouting Men and Screaming Women Rush to Street and Detectives Get Confused Story of Case.

1. -Dec 28, 1898 - GREEK BANDIT ACCLIMATED - Sarantos Said to be Plying His Vocation in This City - 5,000 FRANCS DEAD OR ALIVE - Price Placed on His Head by Greek Government - Arrested Here for Robbing Sailor
   

2. -Jan 6, 1896 - GREEK CHURCH’S CHRISTMAS - A Season of Fasting Ended and a Shorter Season of Feasting Begun - Services at Midnight
   

3. -April 26, 1897 - THE GREEK EASTER DAY - The Orthodox Church Observed It With Imposing Services - Multitude of Waving Candles
   

4. -May 12, 1919 - 2,000 GREEKS TAKE OATH AGAINST ITALY - Swear with Upraised Hands Never to Make Peace With Foes of Greek Liberty - DEMAND THE DODECANESUS - Send Resolution to Venizelos - Americans of Note Give Sanction to Protest
   

5. -March 5, 1909 - OMAHA GREEK HAS MRS. HEINZE’S PEARLS - Says He Found Them Outside the Knickerbocker Hotel, Where He Was a Sweeper - THOUGHT PEARLS GLASS - He is Arrested for Trying to Sell Them - Necklace Was Lost on Thanksgiving Night
   

6. -October 29, 1912- RUSH TO WAR BY SPECIAL TRAIN - Greek Volunteers in One Detail of 350 Arrive From San Francisco, Bound Home - ONE SOLD OUT FOR $10.50 - Single Example of $10,000 Sacrifice Is Cited To Show Willingness to Serve Fatherland
   

7. -June 18, 1921- FORCE AMERICANS INTO GREEK ARMY - Our Consul at Smyrna Protests Against Impressment of Men Who Served in France - REPORTS SCORES OF CASES - Washington Instructs Legation at Athens to Make Informal Representations on Practice.
   

8. -Jan 4, 1915- FIGHT FOR ESTATE OF GREEK FLORIST - Decendent’s Brother Seeks to Have Hellenic Consul General Ousted as Administrator - CLAIMS A HALF INTEREST - Contest Over Bank Book Thanasules Turned Over to a Friend When Entering Army for Balkan War
   

9. -May 18, 1894 - GREEK FLOWER PEDDLERS’ TROUBLES - T. T. Timayenis Says They Are Persecuted By Police, Not Protected in Court
   

10. -March 12, 1914 - GIRLS KISS GREEK SOLDIERS - Veterans of Balkan War Leave for the West Amid Cheers
    

11. -July 15, 1910 - GREEK MET GREEK; FOUND IT COSTLY - Vareolipos, Who Knew Mascos’s Uncle at Home, Got Away with His $870 - HID UNDER TRAVELER’S BED - Startled Fruit Merchant, Here on a Vist, Awoke as His Genial Countryman Left the Room
    

12. -Aug 7, 1911 - FUGITIVE GREEK RUN DOWN - Detective Ditsch Gets Clue in Longshoremen’s Tale of a Swindle
    

13. -Feb 6, 1898 - - ALLEGED GREEK THUGS’ NEST - An Immigration Official Thinks He Has Discovered a Band Of Fugitives from Justice
    

14. -Sept 29, 1909 - STABBED WITH AN UMBRELLA - Greek Peanut Vendor Attacked While Protecting His Stock
    

15. -July 5, 1907 - NINE GREEK CAFES WRECKED BY A MOB - Roanoke Rioters Also Stone the Mayor, Police Justice, and Police - CONSUL IS ASKED TO ACT - Mayor Says the Riots Are Shameful and Promises to Protect the Greeks
    

16. -Sept 11, 1900 - GREEK ACCUSES POLICE - Magistrate Cornell Hears Story of Assault and Extortion - HOLDS POLICEMAN FOR TRIAL - Disclosure of Alleged Tribute Collected From All Peddlers - Oak Street Station Men Involved
    

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