Baseball men assemble in metropolis for 1926 season
New York December headlines show baseball leaders gathering for International and National meetings plus a joint major league session chaired by Commissioner Landis. Key topics include shortening the season to end September 30 with potential doubleheaders, trade talks, and draft issues affecting President Toole’s position. Boxing at Madison Square Garden and Red Grange’s latest pro games also noted alongside college football discussants.
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New York
Associated Press
Tomnorrow
Landis
Bancroft Johnson
Chicago
Johnson
Washington
Pittsburgh
John Conway Toole
Toole
Madison Square Garden
Paul Berlenbach
Jack Delaney
Bridgeport
Conn
Delaney
Berlenbach
Old Garden
Sport
Jimmy Goodrich
Buffalo
Lucien Vinez
France
Mickey Walker
Tommy Milligan
Scotland
Grange Leads Bears Past Giants 19 to 7 at Polo Grounds
Chicago Bears defeat the New York Giants 19 to 7 before about 75 000 fans at the Polo Grounds. Red Grange stars with a late interception return for a touchdown and a long run after subbing in the final period. Sternaman adds two Chicago touchdowns.
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New York
Chicago Bears
New York Giants
Polo Grounds
Ried Grange
Grange
Bears
Sternaman
Chicago
Williams elected captain of Roswell High football team
Roswell New Mexico December 6 Harold Red Williams who has played center on Roswell high school football team for three years was elected captain of the 1926 team Williams an outstanding star of the past season is expected to be chosen as center on the mythical New Mexico high school team The recent rise in the stock market added 1 000 000 000 to the value of eleven leading motor car companies stock
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Red Grange
Illinois
Boston
Philadelphia
New York
Roswell
N. M
Harold “Red” Williams
Hiroasawell
Williams
New Mexico
Navel Oranges and Jonathan Apples Now Cheaper
A brief grocery ad notes reduced prices on Navel oranges and Jonathan apples with a call to ask the grocer for deals.
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Jonathan
Baseball Moguls Weigh Changes to Game for Next Year
Major league owners plan a December meeting in New York to discuss shortening the season. Proposed changes include eliminating circus seats at World Series games, redistributing Series dates among circuit cities, and allowing Florida winter baseball after November 1.
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Norman FE. Brown
New York City
Florida
Chicago Cubs
Peninsula
Cubs
California
Clark Griffith
Barney Dreyfuss
Radio Programs Digest Across Stations
A list of radio schedules across stations in Pittsburgh Lincoln Shenandoah Seattle and more detailing times, programs, orchestras, and entertainers spanning late afternoon to midnight on December 7. Notable names include Jack Marshall Arion trio Gloomy Gus and Nixon orchestra among others.
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KDKA
Pittsburgh
Spear
KFAB
Lincoln
Jack Marshall
Ed Ellingson
Cow Bell Boys
Gloomy
Gus
Belshaw
KFNF
Shenandoah
Smith-Belding Orchestra
KFOA
Seattle
Times Orchestra
KFVE
University City
Brunswick- Balke-Collender Company
Orchestra Romaine
KFWB
Hollywood
Star Motor Company
Little Eskimos
Frolis
Halstead's Orchestra
KGO
Oakland
Arion Trio
KGW
Portland Oregonian
KNX
Hollywood Express
Atwater Kent Orchestra
Goodrich Silvertown Dance Orchestra
KOA
Denver
Brown Palace String Orchestra
KPO
San Francisco
Ada Waldrop
KFRC
Houston Post-Dispatch
Gunn's
Texas Ramblers
Earl Shay
J. N. Kobuach
Knights of Columbus Band
KSD
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Ellis Levy
Steindestring
KTHS
Hot Springs National Park
New Arlington String Quartet
Rainbo Garden
California Serenaders
WRAP
Ft. Worth
Star-Telegram
College of Industrial Arts
Trail Blazers
WBZ
Springfield
Capitol Theater Orchestra
Anthony Valentine
George Nicholson
Aleppo
WCAE
Pittsburgh Press
Nixon Orchestra
Blue Rambler Orchestra
Grand Opera
WEAF
Loew's
Aldine Theater
WCAU
Philadelphia
Nobelman
Berenaders
WCCO
Minneapolis - St. Paul
University of Minnesota
WCX
Detroit Free Press
WDAF
Kansas City Star
School of the Air
Christian Church Orchestra
Atchison, Kans
Southern Conference champions to play in Pasadena
Tuscaloosa Dec. 6 AP Alabama varsity football players, 1924 and 1925 Southern Conference champions, voted to day to travel to the Pacific coast to play in the Tournament of Roses game on New Year’s Day against a coast team opponent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Associated Press
University of Alabama
Pacific Coast
Mack and Loya to swap fisticuffs in capital on Dec 15
Special to the Journal Santa Fe December 6 promoter Daniel CC Ortiz announced Eddie Mack and Pete Loya will meet in Santa Fe on December 15. This rematch follows a draw in Juarez last summer and caps a bout delayed by Loya’s illness with Loya aiming to rebound after a strong showing against the Alamosa Flash.
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Mack
Loya
Santa Fe
Eddie Mack
Pete Loya
Daniel CC
Ortiz
Juarez
Alamosa
Puget Sound Radio Station To Be Transferred From Navy
The United States Naval radio station at Kodiak Alaska will cease government operation and be turned over to private interests for operation. It will be offered by long term lease or sale with removal from its present location. Bids are invited for either option.
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Puget Sound
Wash
United States Naval Radio Station
Kodiak
Alaska
Secretary of the Navy
Swedish Nobility program and city broadcasts listed
A schedule listing orchestral programs and broadcasts across stations WSAIT WEAF WSB WSM WWJ including Skeen trio Grand opera Rigoletto and Cincinnati community program with Beasley Smith and Bonnie Earnhardt notes Vito Pellettieri and artists featured on the lineup.
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Nighthawk Frolic
WEAF
New York
WEEI
Boston
A. and P
Scotty Holmes
Imperial
WRAA
Dallas News-Journal
Artie Collins
Sears-Roebuck
WGY
Schenectady
Margaret DeGraff
Lars Hummel
Stuart Swart
WHAZ
Troy
Calvin Dater
Dress
King Jazz and His Orchestra
Betty King
Katherine Shackford
WGN
Marlboro State Trio
Swanee Club Orchestra
Roseland Dance Orchestra
Guardian Entertainers
Cotton Club Orchestra
Silver Slipper Orchestra
Ted Lewis
WHO
Des Moines
Drake University Conservatory of Music
Drake
WJR
Detroit-Pontiac
Jean Goldkette
Goodwill Oakland
Paige
Jewett
Merry Old Chief
WERC
Cincinnati
American Legion
Charles Partington
WLW
W. Kopp
Ernest Pack
WMC
Memphis Commercial Appeal
Malcolm Arks
WOAW
Omaha
Sandman
Royal Fontenelle
Skeen
WSAIT
Gypsie
Bonnie Earnhardt
Vito Pellettieri
WWJ
Detroit News
News
P. Gypsie
Big Ten Grid Schedules Finalized for 1926 Season
Big Ten officials completed the 1926 football schedule after a long session. Minnesota loses a fourth conference opponent, Michigan schedules two games with Minnesota, and Indiana fills home dates by a second meeting with Northwestern. Key intersections include Michigan meeting Navy, Chicago facing Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Ohio meeting Columbia in New York, and Mississippi A. and M. vs Indiana at Bloomington. Northwestern opens its new stadium October 16 with Indiana, then hosts Notre Dame November 13. Stadium seats 50,000.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Big Ten
Minnesota
Michigan
Northwestern
Indiana
Hoosier
Navy
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Quakers
Illinois
Ohio
Columbia
New York
Mississippi A
Bloomington
Notre Dame
All-Time Arizona Eleven Named by Alumni
The Arizona Wildcat lists seven 1921 era stars on the all-star lineup with end McClellan and Wofford, guard Barkley, quarterback Slonaker, halfbacks Manzo and Clark, fullback Hobbs, plus mentions coach McKale proposing a year‑long letter rule to curb tramp athletes. It notes 1926 Lobos football scheduling hinges on two additional games including Texas Miners and Montezuma College, with Texas Aggies, Western State, Arizona, and New Mexico Aggies already booked or planned.
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University of Arzona
Arizona Wildcat
McClellan
Wofford
Barkley
Slonaker
Manzo
Clark
Hobbs
Harold McClellan
Shorty Wofford
Bill Hendry
Bill McGowan
Howard Barkley
Harold Carpenter
Swede Lynch
Louis Slonaker
Gyp Manzo
Sappo Clark
John Hobbs
J. F. McKale
Arizona
Southwestern Athletics
University Athletic Council
Lobos
Texas Aggies
Western State
New Mexico Aggies
Texas Miners
Montezuma College
California Aggies
Albuquerque
Prospect
Abolish the Huddle Says Football Rules Committee
The football rules committee should abolish the huddle before the next season. The system is a failure and slows the game, robbing it of its dynamic leadership and spectacular signals. It dampens action and has drawn public opposition at major games.
Pottsville Wins National Pro Football Championship
Pottsville Pa defeated the Chicago Cardinals 21 to 7 in Chicago to claim the National Professional football championship after a post season game ordered to settle the title. The result confirms Pottsville as the season's top team.
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Chicago
Pottaville
Chicago Cardinals
Cardinals
Cold reception awaits Yankee hod in Mexican capital
Mexico City authorities issue a police order to round up foreign vagabonds and deport those lacking lawful status. The piece notes tramps from the United States have favored Mexico City as a winter shelter amid warm days and palm-lined avenues, with risks of police action against strolling Americans.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Panhandle
Rio Grande
Park Bench
Carlsbad High Beats Hagerman Quintet 29 to 10
Carlsbad high school basketball, coached by George Blanco White, defeated Hagerman 29 to 10. The season review notes Hagerman’s prior wins and losses, with Roswell as a strong prior finalist, shaping Pecos Wall honors expectations.
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Carlsbad High — Schol
George
Blanco") White
University of New Mexico Atle
Hagerm Quintet
Herman
Hope
Dexter
Roswell
Labor relief effort ships clothes to coal miners
Labor organizations in Albuquerque prepare to ship clothes to striking anthracite coal miners and their families. Clothes are already arriving at the New Mexico La Volce office at 824 North Third Street, with shipment planned within ten days as part of the national labor relief movement.
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Altquerque
New Mexico
la Volce
North Third St
Roswell Kiwanis elects Ginsberg new club president
Roswell New Mexico reports Ginsberg elected president of the Roswell Kiwanis for the coming year. Other officers include J Hull vice president J D Mell district trustee T Presley treasurer Hugh M Hy Jr secretary and a board of directors led by Will Purdy H O Shurey P Coppedge Geo Fletcher J D Mell H M H and Wesley Foster. Terms start January 1. Women auto drivers in Pennsylvania will form their own club.
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Roswell
N. M
Ginsby
Wesley Foster
Protect Your Children Heal Through Thoughtlessness Cough Remedy Ad
A vintage ad promotes PULE HONEY AND TAR COMPOUND as a quick, affordable cough relief for children and adults. It claims prompt action at onset of cold and urges to keep a bottle on hand for immediate use.
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Dem Foley
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