Sport Notes From A Curious Era Of Baseball And Football
The item lists various playful claims and rumors about speed records in mile runs, ball games worldwide, and college soccer. It notes players such as Tom Heeney and Mike Gazella with brief mentions of teams like Yale Harvard Princeton Army Navy Lehigh Penn Cornell and Chicago. It also mentions wingman John Merrick Kelly becoming captain of the 1028 Maroons and notes trades including Jon Robbit to Toronto and Clarence Batherly to Seattle with base stealing highlights.
Why Oil for Engine Must Be Kept Clean
An engineering note explains why engine lubrication matters and how a clean filter keeps oil effective. Friction heats palms as a comparison to engine surfaces, showing grease and oil separation relies on proper lubrication. The filter allegedly lasts 10,000 miles before service and servicing at a station is advised to maintain function.
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China Gauges HM literate to reading ability
A terse remark notes that reading only one or two thousand characters marks a reader as illiterate since he cannot read an ordinary book or newspaper. The quote attributed to Gng Logie underscores limited literacy as a barrier to accessible literature.
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China
Gng
Logie
Auto travel and era shifts in car culture
A reading of old auto life contrasts horn designs with polite phrasing and raising family help for rigging tops. It notes a shift from horsewhip window space to auto accessories and jokes about driving fast to enjoy fall colors. It mentions storage batteries, speed myths, and Cuba duty free car travel.
Tiresome Golf at St Andrews Club
Bernard Dirwin laments slow play at St Andrews links and the caddie system. He contrasts leisurely rounds with tedious waits, criticizing slow groups and arguing caddies should be better managed. He notes fellow players like Bralil, Vardon, and Tryinr as front-runners and expresses Southern observer sympathies.
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St. Andrews Club
SS Andrews
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Bernard Dirwin
Vardon
Eaddie
Army Signal Corps Nail Picker Clears Road Hazards
The United States Army Signal Corps demonstrates a nail picker that uses a magnet attached to a wagon to lift nails pins and other metal debris from roadways, freeing the path for drivers and reducing tire hazards. The device gathers stray metal bits to ease travel and improve safety.
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Army Signal Corps
United States Army Signal
Phenomenal tuning of a radio set fascinates guests
J Ollser Riehl director at Gutcaro NBC studios invited neighbors to hear radio tuned for the first time. A loud static broke with a soprano from KDKA singing with orchestral accompaniment. The audience praised the tuning while an instrumental passage interrupted the program, eliciting exclamations of admiration.
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J. Ollser Riehl
Gutcaro
NBC
Riehl
KDKA
Famous Songs Featured Through NBC Stations
Relnald Werren brings famous songs to NBC radio in a new program titled La Nious Songs and Those Who Made Them. The weekly series airs Sundays at 6:00 p.m. on NBC stations linked with the Nations Broadcasting Company, aiming to educate the public through music.
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America
Relnald Werren
Swith the Nations Broadcasting Company
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Sunny Jim Wins National League MVP In Close Vote
Jim Bottomley of the St Louis Cardinals edged Fred Lindstrom of the New York Giants by six votes to win the NL Most Valuable Player award. Bottomley led the league with 81 home runs and 98 extra base hits, scored 124 runs in 149 games, and earned $1000 in gold. Lindstrom excelled at bat with a .321 average and led the league in RBI, while Grimes, Benton, and Ortiz were runners up in voting. Bottomley, known as Sunny Jim, rose from minor leagues to star status and helped his club during the pennant race despite a late-season slump.
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Jim Bottomley
St. Louis
Fred
Lindstrom
New York Giants
Bottomley
Cindstrom
Hot
Burt Whitton
Boston
Baseball Writers Association
Hack Wilson
National League
Oglesby
St. Louis Cardinals
Bratch Rivkey
Oll
Mitchell
Houston
Syracuse Fard
Jacques Mournier
Frat Nase
Bkenhie
Pera
Iqusg
Sunny Jim
May Join Pro Ranks for Indian Fullback Mayes Mayes Mayes
Garred from western conferiure gridhong Mayes MdéLatn the University of Iowa Indian fullback plans to seal new foothill murele next year outside collegiae circles Amateur football with the Olympic club of San Francisco or the professional game In Homilily may call him next year be sail.
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University of Iowa
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Cornell
Rogers Hornsby
Tom Heeney
Te World
John Merrick Kelly
University of (Ilenge
Mr. Dam
Chicago
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Jon Robbit
Toronto
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Clarence Batherly
Omaha
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Meredith
James B
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Lawson Robertson
Togrista
Cuba
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Sam
Jim Bottomiey
Wisconsin
Robert E. Kohler
Tolm M. Kohler
Walter A. Kohler
Walter J. Kohler
Jimmy
Carl I. Kohler
Carl J. Kohler
Bubbling Well
Gerald H. Glenser
Albany
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Shanghai
Wiliam Russell Huber
United States Navy
President Coolidge
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Huber
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Solke Bernidotte
Fatelte Manville
Arch of Swords
Pleasantville
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Nassau and Trinkfort Atveats
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