National Baseball Meeting Opens in Chattanooga
The twenty eighth annual meeting of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues opened with nearly a thousand leaders in Chattanooga Tennessee. George Toporcer was suspended a year for his role in a near riot after the final World Series game. Billy Southworth fined 500 dollars for not restraining Toporcer. Rumors tied to major league moves circulated including Goose Goslin and Dazzy Vance as possible targets. Albert Liefield named manager of St Paul in the American Association.
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George Kirkley
United Press
Chattanooga
Tenn
National Association of Professional Baseball League
George Toporcer
Rochester International League
Kansas City
Mike Sexton
National Board of Arbitration
Southworth
Billy Southworth
Rochester
New York
St. Louis Browns
Washington
Goose Goslin
Cardinals
Reds
Cubs
Dazzy Vance
Brooklyn
Grimes Maybo Burleigh Grimes
Pittsburgh
Cinccinnati
St. Louis
Albert
Lefty) Liefield
Oklahoma City
St. Paul
American Association
Bubbles Hargrave
New York Yankees
Phila
Wrestle Feud Baffles Promoter Near Cal Farley Encounter
Promoter Al Anderson scrambles to line up a Cal Farley bout as Kopecky Brown and other challengers stake claims. Farley’s arrival, plus threats from Cactus Pete Brown and Yaqui Joe, keep the Amarillo card in flux with multiple matchups listed for the Armory show.
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al Andersen
Cal Farley
Joseph Kopecky
Cotton Picker Deluxe
Cactus Pete Brown
Pacific Coast
Court House
Farley
Yaqui Joe
Cal
Anderson
Kopecky
Brown
2Nd and
Polk Street
Joseph the Great
Amarillo
Cactus Pete
Baseball Names All Star Team of 1929 by Sporting News
The Sporting News 1929 all star team includes five players from each league. Mickey Cochrane is the unanimous catcher for the Philadelphia Athletics with 187 votes. The lineup features Simmons, Ruth, Foxx, Hornsby, and Traynor among others with Lefty Grove and Burleigh Grimes as pitchers. The team posts a .327 batting average, rising to .346 excluding pitchers. The two pitchers hold a combined 33 wins and 14 losses for a .740 season.
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Associated Press
ST. Louis
Sporting News
Baseball Writers’ Association
Mickey Cochrane
Philadelphia Athletics
al Simmons
Athletics
Hack Wilson
Chicago Cubs
Babe Ruth
New York Yankees
Jimmy Voxx
Rogers Hornsby
Pie Traynor
Pittsburgh Pirates
Travis Jackson
New York Giants
Lefty Grove
Burleigh Grimes
Pittsburgh Pira
Horton Smith Missing in Los Angeles PGA Championship
Horton Smith, 21, listed among the missing as sixteen players advance to the second round of the PGA championship in Los Angeles. Craig Wood upset Smith on the course as Diegel set a new 18 hole record with 64 and Hagen staged a late comeback in a day of dramatic match play.
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Horton Smith
Los Angeles
Associated Press
Missouri Ozarks
Professional Golfers Association
Craig Wood
Long Island
N. Y
Leo Diegel
P. O. Hart
Wheeling
W. Vo
Walter Hagen
Bob Shave
Aurora
Ohio
Wood
Smith
Joplin
Fred Morrison
Joe Kirkwood
Philadelphia
Gene Sarazen
Fresh Meadow
Morrison
Hagen
Bill Mehlhorn
New York
Henry Cuici
Mill River
Conn
Diegel
Herman Barron
Charlie Guest
al Espinosa
Wild Bill” Mehlhorn
Neil Christian
Portland
Ore
Sea frog escapes net then walks ashore at Southsea
After breaking free from a fishermen's net at Southsea England a sea frog measuring four feet three inches and with a mouth thirteen inches wide walked up the beach causing alarm among onlookers before dying.
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Southsea
England
98th Birthday Optimism From Geneva Speaker
Sheldon H. Slauther, celebrating his 98th birthday in Geneva, told reporters that the world is getting better despite bootleggers, home brew, and poor liquor. He paused to remark on improving conditions.
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Geneva
Sheldon H. Slauther
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Detroit
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Tony Manero
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Bullet Joe Bush
Fort Worth
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Montreal
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