19 Jul 1928
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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1928
Page
1
A column recalls good rubber on four wheels and reviews upcoming driver tests. Colorado plans a literacy test for drivers with a first question on the meaning of Stop Look and Listen. It notes hog belt states Illinois Indiana and Iowa and discusses licensing in Tokio requiring a full day.
Wilce resigns as Ohio State football director after 16 years of service to take effect in June 1929. He plans to practice medicine and teach, while the athletic board praises his long, faithful service and keeps him as head coach next fall per current plans. The board has not selected a probable successor, with Prof French stating Wilce should retain full charge of football.
A Chicago Motor Club bulletin urges motorists to gather evidence after crashes. It recommends cameras or sketches, witness names and addresses, weather, road conditions, and skid marks. Do not trust the other driver’s promises. sworn repair testimony may be needed for damages.
Photograph shows Chief Pair Elkins a noted Indian runner and national decathlon champion of the University of Nebraska training near New York City for the Olympic games ready to go
Popular Science Monthly advises keeping starter batteries clean to avoid dirt soaking with acid, which causes corrosion and leakage. A cloth cover fits snugly over the top, with openings for cables and snaps to hold it, and periodic wiping with ammonia keeps batteries nearly new.
The Chesapeake and Ohio railroad conducts experiments with radio on mile long freight trains between Richmond and Clifton Forge in Virginia. An engine and caboose on the James River branch are equipped for broadcasting and receiving signals, reducing relay needs during signal transmission along runs up to 115 cars long.
An obscure note on shielded grid tubes explains that proper operation reduces hum and interference, and warns against shorts from touching the shield to the cup tone or to the B voltage. It emphasizes careful handling and insulation to prevent damaging the tube or circuits.
Bozeman Bulger notes only Tony Mullane, thirty five years ago, twice pitched right or left and kept success. Sentelle, ex third baseman, learned ambidexterity. fans teased beliefs of pistol defense, while Tenney and Bugs Raymond discuss the rare skill and its intrigue.
City College of New York names two captains for its lacrosse squad marking a return to form after a 25 year gap. Both seniors from the class of 1929 starred in the recently completed season with CCNY winning four of six games.
Fragmented sports notes cover golf soccer lacrosse and baseball. Mentions include Eddie Wells as a standout in the Southern Association, a Bogota course, Les Hase roth at Occidental, Penn State lacrosse struggles, and changes in lacrosse field dimensions and scoring across eras. The piece also cites Al Nixon being sold and debate over national versus New York game branding.
A campus vote at Princeton crowned baseball as the season's most popular sport, ahead of golf, track, polo, tennis, and rowing. Baseball stands as Harvard’s intramural staple as well, showing surprising agreement between the two campuses on sporting interest.
A Seattle inventor, A. Von Hagen, showcases a new one man cycle machine that flies by pedaling to flap its wings, hoping to reach the aviation stage with this personal craft.
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