Brooklyn Rookie Is Making Good in First Year
Brooklyn first baseman Dé Bissinette rose from semipro Maine beginnings to Major League contention. An early pitching career gave way to outfield and first base as he navigated arm troubles, signed with Cleveland then Brooklyn in 1925, and emerged as a promising bat with a 320 average and 106 RBIs in his debut season, while cited as a rare, valuable power hitter at first base in a veteran era.
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Cleveland
Bonesetter Reese
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York
Binghamton
Larry Sutton
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Robins
Jersey City
Buffato finm
Bigeonette
radkle
Bisgonette
Dan Brothers
Anson
Comiskey
Tenney
Jiggs Donohue
Sister
Kelly
Bissonatte
Star Navy Coxswain Too Small Retires From Navy
George W. Millar, a U S Naval Academy midshipman and coxswain known as Shorty, retires after surgeons deem him too small to continue. Despite efforts to grow, he cannot remain eligible and will row at the University of Wisconsin. He steered the plebe crew that finished second at Poughkeepsie in 1927.
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George W
Shorty) Aslter
Navy eigits
Miller
cliss
Navy
Schedule for Car Maintenance and Servicing
A practical plan lists tasks to keep a car in first-class mechanical condition. It covers biannual carburetor and valve tuning, quarterly brake inspections and adjustments, biannual ignition and electrical system checks by an authorized station, and regular lubrication per the chart.
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tnve carbor ce
electrion
Timely Squibs of Various Sports Highlights Collegiate News
Timely notes cover Fenn State and Syracuse in eleven varsity sports. Mentions USC track meets, Bit Alexander as club manager, Dartmouth ping-pong champ Al Marsters, and Colgate boxing champions. References Polo Grounds ice skating, Bernd tournament winner Belén Hicks, and managerial changes in Blue Ridge league. Jack Bentley to manage and pitch for York in NYP league.
Pulled Trucks Out of Mud Holes With Hoist Technique
Costa Rica scene described where self dumping trucks lift rear while hoist dumps, placing timber struts under the body to push wheels free. Drivers then lay planks for traction, enabling recovery from mud holes. Reported by R. Hardman in Popular Mechanical Magazine.
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John
Central_America
Hardman
San Jose
Costa Tea
Automobile Facts From The 1920s A Battery Carrier Tale
Old friends are best except with a 1920 vintage car. The piece mentions a garage adjunct, a battery carrier made from strip menu fashioned into a zero shape with ends upturned to catch the battery bones.
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shane
Selecting Team for Olympic Tryouts
Five leading college coaches weigh how to pick the U S track team for Amsterdam 1928. They favor a larger final tryout or pre press selections, with some proposing extended or earlier trials and overseas training for top runners to set quotas for each event.
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fssue
New York
Winged Foot
Amerleto
Harry Hillmin
Dartmouth
Harvard
Keene Fitzpatrick
Princeton
Jack Ryder
Boston college
Harry Gill
University of Mindrs
Amsterdam
Hustino
Fitzpatrick
miets
enovel
selavred
Colleague yellow roadsters provoke Japanese custom
The article notes yellow cars clash with Japan’s mourning color. It cites New York 43 tightening Ita trade ordinances and mentions a local jaywalker named Ito. A quirky practice of filing off the aides of a notter pin to form a small catch is described, ending with a remark on waking a lock log pin.
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Japan
New York
Cambrai
Panama
Hanson EK. Ely
second corps
Grade separations urged to cut railroad crossing deaths
A bulletin from the Automobile Club of Minnesota urges grade separations to reduce ongoing railroad crossing fatalities. Civic groups push for wider highways, safety beacons, and improved crossings, with calls for taxation if needed to fund safer infrastructure.
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Chicago
varius agenudes
Si Mayer
Evanston
Williams' Canadian Olympic Sprint Champion Tour Arrives in Philadelphia
Williams, Canadian Olympic sprint champion in the 100 and 200 meters, arrives in Philadelphia to begin a U.S. tour visiting principal cities and competing in various meets. He plans a circuit across major venues, showcasing his speed and seeking competitive ranges.
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Perty Willams
Canada
Philadelphia
Willams
United States
Giants Name Ray Schalk New Coach For Texas Camp
Ray Schalk, veteran catcher, named coach for the New York Giants as they cavort at their Texas training camp. A Boston Transcript quote notes a bishop present at a meeting where a speaker issued a strong appeal, and a platform colleague suggested deep thinking while the bishop quipped that thinking is merely rearranging prejudices.
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Ray Schalk
New ‘York
Giants
Texas travolog
argus
Boston Transcript
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