What makes an athlete according to Feg Murray
Feg Murray argues speed is the sixth essential quality after determination perseverance coordination brains and strength. He cites Grange Cobb Tilden Dempsey Mostil Paddock and Everet McGowan as speed exemplars and notes a Polo Grounds crowd watched Grange face Milstand and Med in a December game before 70 000 fans.
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Cards Hope for Top Finish in 1926 Under Hornsby
St Louis under Rogers Hornsby, 1925 MVP, aims for first division in 1926. Carding moves include Gill Killefer as catcher coach and trades for Vic Keen, Walter Huntzinger, and Jimmy Cooney, with pitching additions and a spring move to San Antonio for conditioning.
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Gill Killefer
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Canyon College Freshmen Defeat Clarendon High 22 to 0
Canyon College Freshmen beat Clarendon High 22 to 0 in Clarendon on Saturday night. A graduate squad played the Clarendon girls team.
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Clarendon High
Globe
Clarendon
the Canyon College
Clarendon High School
Clarendon Girls
Canadian Outclasses Cage Crew of Spearman
Canadian outclassed the cage crew of Spearman in a 25 to 16 game played January 11. The visitors dominated the boards and dictated the tempo, taking a decisive early lead and maintaining it through the fourth period.
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Spearman
Sandstorm Cage Five Faces Busy Week On Schedule
The Golden Sandstorm cage squad prepares for a full week of games at the Nat. Tuesday hosts Clarendon Bronchos with 10 cent student and 25 cent adult admissions. Wednesday features a free game against The Globe quintet. Skeet Gibson Bud Ammonds lead a trained lineup as Earl Stockton is out with a shoulder injury. Cat Townes Jr attempts to fill the gap.
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Globe
Sandies
Globe Quintet
Skeet Gibson
Bud Ammonds
A. B. Hays
Clarendon
Earl Stockton
Panhandle
Cat” Townes, Jr
Unofficial Bout Ends With Narrow Defeat For Spearman
Friday action saw Spearman outscored 25 to 16 by an unnamed opponent in an informal game. The matchup, not on the official schedule, features both teams as contenders for the district championship. The report notes Paul Bibee died from chloroform overdose and his body was sent to Childress for burial.
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Spearman
Paul Bibee
Childress Ifor
North Texas Public School League Emerges Amid tensions
The North Texas Public School League forms independent of the University of Texas with Sherman and Waxahachie as leaders. Fort Worth may join, while a West Texas league has threatened action. The Globe notes possible shifts in high school and college football power and questions fairness in regional treatment.
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West Texas Teachers College Bulls Ready For Season
Forty players show middle season form with five regulars including three All-Conference stars. Coach Burton has built multiple teams capable of matching any Texas college, as Herm, Mill, Crump, Hale and Ray Bivins lead a potent Buffalo lineup. Yearlings and Calves begin regular schedules as the squad prepares for Southwestern Conference foes.
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Burton
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Keith
Fuller
Buffaloes
Track squad grows as training begins second week
Coach H. G. Wilson expands a ten man distance squad with new members expected at 4 PM as the second week of training starts. Led by Captain Herb Miller the group runs about one and a half miles daily around the city park area.
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H. G. Wilson
Herb Miller
Pavgo Nurmi
Bivins Hill
Amarillo
Plainview Cagers Rout Tulia High in Nonleague Game
Plainview High School defeated Tulia High School 68 to 22 in Plainview Saturday night. The Tulia squad, last year a state semifinalist, entered with a strong reputation but fell to the hosts in a lopsided contest. Carl Hill, a county commissioner, described visiting the county farm and dining with Mr. and Mrs. James W. Cantrell. The county farm’s hospitality impressed him.
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Plainview High School
Tulia High School
Tulia
Carl Hill
James W. Cantrell
Commissioner Hill
University Interscholastic League Needs Board Directors
The Globe calls for U I L control by directors from every state section. It urges tearing up the North Texas league papers and placing Roy WU Henderson and Roy Nedichek as the two leaders. The piece argues this change could save progressive educational work now seen as failing.
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Roy Nedichek
Mantell Faces Mammoth in Gritty Armory Bout
Dutch Mantell, a 145 pound fighter nicknamed for his harsh fighting edge, takes on 166 pound One Eyed Turk Young Mammoth at the Armory Yingay. Prior talks and a 100 forfeit promise a hard evening, not a light social event.
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Mammoth
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Yingay
Texan Wins Richest Golf Stake California Open
Harry Cooper, 21, of Tension Park Dallas wins America's richest golf stake the $10 000 California Open at Los Angeles Country Club finishing at 279 a margin of three strokes over George Von Elm. The victory yields $3 500 with strong showings by Al Espinosa and Joe Kirkwood. Cooper’s card included a 68 on the north and a 70 on the south as he captured the title and amateur status remained intact for Von Elm.
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New York
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Mat Men Prepare for Grudge Finish Wrestling Match
After a two week verbal contest, Young Mammoth and Dutch Mantell began training for a finish wrestling match at the Armory Friday night. The winner faces Nurma in Finland in a special tilt. Mantell and Mammoth push strenuous road work with Mantell based at the fair grounds.
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Plainview
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