Dempsey Eyes Ring Return as Sharkey Signs for September
Miami Beach February reports indicate Jack Dempsey may return to boxing. Jack Sharkey signed to meet Dempsey in September if the heavyweight scene allows. The arrangement follows Schmeling’s looming clash and Sharkey Stribling bouts, hinting at a summer Madison Square Garden card.
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United Press
Miami Beach
Fla
Jack Dempsey
Jack Sharkey
Dempsey
Sharkey
Yankee Stadium
Dempsey - Sharkey
Max Schmeling
Johnny Risko
Schmeling
Madison Square Garden
New York
Garden Corporation
Boston
al Lacer
Simmons Cowboys Lose Streak to North Texas Teachers
Abilene February win stopped as Simmons University Cowboys fall 26 to 24 to North Texas Teachers from Denton. Brock netted 12 points helping erase their prior one point loss.
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Associated Press
El Dorado Team Being Assembled for Cotton States League
George C. Pop Jackson, former Tyler manager, will pilot the El Dorado team in the Cotton States league, which replaced Gulfport in the circuit. Training starts March 18.
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EL Dorado, Ark
George C
Pop” Jackson
Tyler
el Dorado
Gulfport, Miss
Woman trains for first 1929 Channel crossing
In Brighton a 21 year old Miss Connie Gil of the London Polytechnic Institute begins training for a Channel swim. Chosen by trainer Jabez Wolffe from ten applicants, she aims to set a new record next summer. He predicts about eleven hours and minutes. The current record is Gertrude Ederle’s fourteen hours thirty six minutes.
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Brighton
England
Connie G
London Polytechnic Institute
Jabez Wolffe
Gil
Gertrude Ederle
France
Fights Last Night Across Multiple Cities
Boxers including Falegano Dess 0 Lee and Rose Hall defeated opponents in Des Moines and Des Moines area venues. Other results feature outpoints for Havel Hammer Gabriel Lohman Mis toria and more across Burlington Kansas City and Vallejo with several draws and knockouts reported.
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Des Moines
Casper
Wyo
Falegano
Dess
Lee
Los Angeles
Tor Havel
St. Paul
Minn
Rose Hall
Dez Moines
Jackie Hammer
Perry
Burlington
Vale Galogano
L Eslinger
Ottawa
Bo Peoria
Kansas City
Blas Rodriguez
Mexico
San Francisco
Meyer San
Wealth and sport lure stars to sun and snow abroad
Henry L. Farrell surveys how tennis icons and other sports stars finance leisure. He notes English star Henry Farrell and figures like Jack Dempsey, Hart, Jock McLean, Tommy Hitchcock, Bill Tilden, Helen Wills, and Eili de Alvarez resort to warm climes or winter sports, balancing work and play across Miami Beach, Palm Beach, St. Moritz, and California while pursuing prizes, marriages, and stage careers.
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Jack McLean
Washington
Jock
Palm Beach
Tommy Hitchcock
Atlantic
California
Bill Tilden
Helen Wills
Senorita Eili de Alvarez
St. Moritz
Wills
Mexico
Eileen Bennett
Jack Dempsey
Waite Hoyt
Senorita de Alvarez
Matsuyama Remains Undefeated in 18.2 Billiards
Kinny Matsuyama the diminutive Japanese player stands as the sole undefeated competitor in the 18.2 world championship with two wins. He faces Eric Hagenlacher of Germany tonight after Hagenlacher beat Welker Cochran and Jack Schaefer in prior rounds.
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Ur 1
New York
Kinney Matsuyama
Matsuyama
Eric Hagenlacher
Germany
Hagenlacher
Welker Cochran
Jack Schaefer
Edouard Horemans
Belgium
Felix Grange
France
Tilden and Hunter Plan Independent European Tour
Big Bill Tilden and Frank Hunter, star players for Davis Cup teams, will skip the American zone preliminaries to tour Europe this spring. They sail May 8 to enter the French championships in Paris on May 29 and the Wimbledon championships on June 24, aiming to prepare for European courts before returning for Davis Cup duties.
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New York
Feb
Bill Tilden
Frank Hunter
Europe
Hunter
Paris
Wimbledon
Ty Cobb Retires From Baseball With .300 Batting Average
Ty Cobb announces retirement from professional baseball citing fan memory of him as a dazzling outfielder over a long career. He says he might consider buying a baseball club but has not accepted any managing job with the Brooklyn Robins.
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TY Cobb
Baseball
Sigusta
United Press
Baseball Club
Cobb
Brooklyn Robins
East Texas Teachers Rout Stephen F. Austin in Texas Quad Duel
East Texas Teachers 86 Stephen F. Austin Teachers 26 as action heats up in regional play. Iowa State Teachers leads Western Union 29 26 in Cedar Falls while other college scores include Emporia 40 Hays 20 and Creighton 89 Missouri 38 in nearby sites.
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Cedar Falls
Iowa State
Western Union
Emporia
Kas
Hays
Omaha
Missouri
Creighton
Pensacola Open attracts 125 golfers at country club
More than 125 leading golfers from across the country enter the Pensacola Open at Pensacola Country Club. The $3,500 prize list accompanies a 72 hole medal tournament. Craig Wood, New York pro, set a course record in a practice round with 65, six under par, surpassing the old 69 record.
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Associated Press
Pensacola
Fla
East Texas State Teachers Lead in TIAA Conference
East Texas State Teachers basketball thrashed Stephen F. Austin 86 to 26 to stay atop the TIAA conference standings. Parker scored 20 for the Teachers while McDonnell led S F A with 12 points as ETST eight wins in nine league games.
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Commerce
East Texas State Teachers’ College
Stephen F. Austin
Parker
McDonnell
Paul Jones Wins Wrestling Match in Salt Lake City
Texas heavyweight Paul Jones defeated Ira Dern after both men scored a fall. Dern was knocked unconscious by a fall through the ropes and suffered a heart blow when hitting a chair. Jones used a hook scissors hold in 36 minutes.
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Associated Press
Salt Lake City
Paul Jones
Texas
Ira Dern
Salt Lake
Dern
Jones
Firpo Plans Comeback Camp Target Roberto Roberts
Louis Firpo says the publicity is enough and he is training for a comeback. He plans no fights except possibly against Roberto Roberts in Buenos Aires in April, then he would head to the United States.
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United Press
Buenos Aires
Louis Firpo
United Press Today
Victor Campolo
Firpo
Roberto Roberts
United States
College football scores and a poison antidote tip
Summary of scattered college football scores from Missouri to Oregon including Missouri Miners, Wichita Friends, Regis Wyoming, Whitman Willamette, North Dakota South Dakota, Columbus Springfield Norman 24. A dated line warns against delaying antidote administration and instructs to stir it into any fluid except oil.
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Missouri Miners
Wichita—Friends
Wichita
Denver—Regis
Wyoming U
Salem
Ore
Whitman College
Willamette U
Vermillion, S. D
North Dakota
South Dakota
Stoux Falls
Columbus College
Springfield
Southern Norman
Home for Farm Trade in Amarillo for Unincumbered Land
Seven room brick veneer Spanish style home with double garage for sale or trade for farm land. Features include two dead air spaces five heaters large fireplace oak finish throughout reinforced concrete foundation white lead hand painted living and dining rooms. Terms easy. For business inquiries call 4552 or write to Mr. Wilkes Auto Supply Co 600 N Fillmore City.
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Amarillo
Wilkes
Auto Supply Co
N. Fillmore
City
Porker coach denies he is leaving
Francis Schmidt of the Arkansas Razorbacks, in Austin to face Texas, denies negotiating to replace Matty Bell who will move to Texas A M next fall. Arkansas rumors arose as players were heard in Dallas. Schmidt, hailed as a Southwest coaching great, has three straight SWC basketball titles and a near undefeated football record.
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United Press
Austin
Francis Schmidt
University of Arkansas
Texas Longhorns
Texas Christian Athletic
Matty Bell
Texas A. & M
Arkansas
Dallas
Schmidt
Southwest
Parker
Babe Ruth Knocked Out in Clovis Boxing Show
Babe Ruth of Amarillo was knocked out in the second round by Erney Gross of Clovis in Clovis New Mexico. The ten round bout drew seven hundred fans as Ruth landed a left hook early but Gross answered with a decisive cross to send Ruth to the canvas. Battling Eddie Ballard fought Darrel Eastham to an eight round draw in the same card.
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Clovis
N. M
Babe Ruth
Amarillo
Erney Gross
Ruth
Gross
Eddie Ballard
Darrel Eastham
Nunamaker Leads World Horseshoe Championship Field
Blair Nunamaker of Cleveland now leads the world horseshoe championship after closing rounds in St. Petersburg. He has nine victories and one defeat, with defending champion Charles Davis among those defeated. Close behind are Will Duryee and Jimmy Risk, each with one loss, as Mayme Francisco reclaims the women's title by defeating E L Cole and Mildred Brouillette.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
Blair Nunamaker
Cleveland
Ohio
Nunamaker
Charles Davis
Will Duryee
Wichita
Kan
Jimmy Risk
Montpelier
Ind
Mayme Francisco
E. L. Cole
Grand Rapids
Mich
Mildred Brouilette
Minneapolis
Tilden May Be Reinstated By Group Tonight
Boston February 8. An executive committee meeting of the United States Lawn Tennis Association is expected to decide on reinstating William T. Tilden II. Reports from New York said Tilden and doubles partner Francis Hunter planned a three month European tour this summer, fueling expectations of reinstatement after his suspension last summer over the player writer rule while abroad with the Davis Cup team.
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Tilden
The
United States Lawn Tennis Association
Boston
William T. Tilden
New York
Bill
Francis T. Hunter
Sunday law bribe charges fly thick in Boston
The Boston finance commission released a report criticizing Judge Emil Fuchs Boston Braves president Councilman William G Lynch Mayor Malcolm E Nichols and others over alleged bribes to secure passage of the Sunday sports bill. The commission cites a midnight private meeting in Fuchs hotel suite where Lynch allegedly demanded 65000 for himself and 12 councilmen to ensure the bill's passage.
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United Press
Boston
Boston Finance Commission
Emil Fuchs
Boston Braves
William G. Lynch
Malcolm E. Nichols
Fuchs
Lynch
Finance Commission
Tea with Lime Slices Clove and Candied Cherry
A suggestion to pair hot tea with lime slices studded with cloves and a candied cherry for garnish. The note proposes a citrus aromatic twist and festive touch.
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