Amarillo league club buys eight acre site for new baseball park
Amarillo Western league club owners purchase an eight acre plot north of the Great West Mill for a $40,000 baseball park to seat 6,000. Located near North Third street and Ridgemere boulevard, the site will host spring construction with an E opening game in April. Exhibitions with Pittsburgh and Chicago clubs were arranged in El Paso.
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Amarillo Western League
Great West Mill and Elevator Company
North Third Street
Ridgemere Boulevard
Clark Avenue
Panhandle Highway
East Third Street
FE. B. Tracy
J. Ben Russell
Oklahoma City
Amarillo
Pittsburgh
Chicago
el Paso
Jiew Park
British squash team to play in United States meets
A seven member British squash team arrives in New York January 23 to compete in national and regional championships across New York Philadelphia Boston and Detroit. The lineup includes Col W F Bassett J M Strawson G N Scott Chad V A Cazalet G S Webber H Coverdale and P Cazenove. They are strong contenders for team and individual titles.
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New York
England
United States
Canada
Col. W. F. Bassett
J. M. Strawson
G. N. Scott-Chad
V. A. Cazalet
G. S. Webber
H. Coverdale
P. Cazenove
Philadelphia
Boston
Detroit
Oddball court feats and Shulte's major league move
Notes on unusual basketball players in college and pro circles. George Kennedy tall man of a carnival company and a winter college star is eight feet tall. the McNichols family and other clans produce basketball variety. Billy Evans surveys Fred Shulte from Milwaukee to St Louis Browns, likely immediate big league impact, strong bat and glove skills, with high expectations for rapid success next spring.
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George Kennedy
Chillicothe
Business College
George
Brothers McNichol
University of Pennsylvania
McNichols
Cunninghams
Wahoo, Neb
Hueys
Louisville
Kansas
Earl Drew
Harold Grange
Harold Osborn
Earl
Lloyd Sheetz
Montmorency
Ind
Blankenbecler
Gilliam
New Castle
George Thompson
Passaic High School
New Jer
Thompson
Billy Evans
Fred Shulte
Milwaukee
American Association
St. Louis Browns
St. Louis
Shulte
Johnny Mostil
Speaker
Texan
Mostil
Women Dominate Record Breaking Swimming Year
A year with 152 swimming records saw women set 69 marks led by Gertrude Ederle the most notable. Stars like Ethel Lackie and Martha Novelius joined new women’s frees, while men led by Johnny Weissmuller and Arne Borg also posted key records.
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New York
Gertrude Ederle
Johnny Weissmuller
Arne Borg
Walter Spence
Walter Laufer
Ethel Lackie
Martha Novelius
Agnes Geraghty
Adelaide Lambert
Doris O'Mara
Ethel McGary
Yale backs Joe Wood as safe and capable sports director
The Yale Athletic association gives Joe Wood a clean bill of health and endorsed character. Yale relies on Wood to guide football baseball track and other sports with over 500 undergraduates supervised by him, prioritizing character and athletic achievement over mere victory.
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Yale Athletic Association
Joe Wood
Yale
Leonard
U S G A Name, Status Gap Shown in Open Honors
The U S G A annual report lists prize winners at the U S Open in Scioto with amateurs receiving the Mister title alongside pros. Robert T Jones and Charles Evans Jr gain Mister, while working men are referred to by nicknames Willie, Mike, and Gene.
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New York
Scioto
Robert T. Jones
Charles Evans, Jr
Willie
Mike
Gene
Chicago White Sox Lead AL In Long Run Wins
The Chicago White Sox lead the American League in total games won over a 24 year period across the two major leagues. Detroit runs second but was surpassed by Cleveland in 1926. The Yankees sit in fourth place.
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Chicago
Chicago White Sox
White Sox
Detroit
Cleveland
Yankees
Logansport High Forms Two Varsity Basketball Teams
Logansport Ind January 13 Two varsity teams will represent Logansport High, with Team A playing all home games and Team B taking a road schedule as a division of talent within the school.
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CAGE
Logansport
Ind
Logansport High School
Landis Proposes New Baseball Betting Rules and Penalties
Commissioner Landis, exonerating 20 players from ten years ago, suggests four new rules to curb gambling and bribery in baseball. Proposals include yearlong ineligibility for gifting to poacher clubs, banning bets by players, and penalties for involved bettors, with adoption sought by major and minor leagues at French Lick Springs.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Kk. M. Landis
Frenchlick Springs
Indiana
Baseball scandal statute clause draws out of date probe
The piece argues a statute of limitations would bar offenses from a decade past, potentially ending the investigation into a major baseball scandal. Swede Risberg, once linked to the case and now on a Minnesota dairy farm, declares he is through and that further inquiries would be futile.
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Johnson
Amer 1 League
Landis
Risberg
Rochester
Minn
Lavoptik Eyewash Promoted by Postoffice Drug Co
A reader testimonials Lavoptik as a mild soothing antiseptic for eye pains and inflammation. The note credits M. A. Connelly and mentions Postoffice Drug Co at 612 Taylor Street as the source for the product.
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Lavoptik
Ative
M. A. Connelly
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