Sophomore stars tipped to join Big Ten basketball ranks
Purdue tonen Johnny Wooden from Martinsville and Indiana’s Billy Blygrave emerge as top sophomores with potential to challenge veteran stars. Hill Newbold of Notre Dame, Rushville raised, shines as Notre Dame’s top sophomore. Reg Hildreth of Valparaiso plays forward for Iowa and is also a budding baseball shortstop, with Willis Glasgow noted.
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Indiana
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Indiana University
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Hill Newbold
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Kalamazoo
Frank Crowe
Reg Hildreth
Valparaiso
Iowa
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Ane
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Des Moines to Try Night Baseball Next Season
Des Moines club president Lee Kaiser announces plans to play all weekday games at night next season using new flood-light tech promised by engineers to replicate daylight. If successful, Sunday games will be daylight matinees, aiming to boost attendance after work.
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Lee Kaiser
Kaiser
Dea 'Motnes
Gehrig Began as Pitcher for Columbia University
New York scouts noticed Lou Gehrig while he pitched for Columbia University. In a Columbia versus Williams game on April 18, 1928, Gehrig struck out 17 Williams players but took the loss as Williams won 5 to 1.
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Lou Gehrig
Yankee
Road Building to Get New Impetus
James W Brooka describes a push for greater road building under President Hoover. At the San Antonio meeting of the American Association of State Highway Officials, a resolution urged Congress to raise federal aid to 125 million dollars. Officials defend prioritizing waterways and maintaining interstate routes to relieve repair costs and sustain rising highway use nationwide.
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San Antonio
Texas
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St. Louis
Cincinnati
Louisville
Fragmented squibs report early baseball notes and stadium costs
A jumble of sports notes mentions Fred Schulte as a fast outfielder, Casey Stengel leading Toledo in 1980, Lefty Grove and others in the Athletics era, the University of Jews stadium cost 500000 dollars, and various baseball and auto topics including an international car classic in Daytona Beach.
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Squibs of All Kin
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Gleason
Athletics
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Charles
Casey) Stengel
Toledo Mud Hens
Brame
Pirates
Spark Time Indicator for Ignition Break Contact
A simple wiring method uses a battery and a bulb to show the exact moment contacts in a timer break. When the contacts are closed the bulb glows. when they break the bulb goes out. This provides an absolute spark indication for mechanics and hobbyists alike, saving time and avoiding trial and error.
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Will &O
Wortka
Popular Science Monthly
The Motor Quiz How Many Can You Answer
A readable fragment from a vintage quiz page presents Q A pairs on tire rotation dust removal headlights and spark plug installation. It notes mileage gain from wheel swapping and safety linked lighting and engine performance with concise answers.
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Ana
Hoover era road program eyed to boost traffic and jobs
The article notes plans to press main traffic channels to completion and expand federal aid rules to fuel highway construction. President Hoover’s initiative is expected to accelerate building, sustaining employment and generating national profit, as British American and French teams arrive from Peiping Shanghai Tientsin. Addle Wineapple of Salem signs with Washington as a left handed pitcher.
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Hoover
Water Tower Flats in Berlin Rebuilt as Economy Plan
A distinctive Berlin project converts a water tower into a living space as part of an economy drive. Rather than demolish old structures as in the United States, authorities are restoring and repurposing them to house residents in a novel approach to urban housing.
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Germany
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