Barnard Named to Fill President Post in American League
The American League will name a new president at a November 2 meeting in Chicago. Frank J. Navin announced a special directors’ session to elect Johnson’s successor. Rumors point to E. S. Barnard, Cleveland club president, as the likely choice.
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Ban Johnson
Associated Press
Chicago
American League
Frank J. Navin
Johnson
Navin
Ben Shibe
Philadelphia
Phil Ball
St. Louis
Clark Griffith
Washington
E. S. Barnard
Cleveland Club
Slattery Ordered to Defend Light Heavy Title
Thomas Donahue president of the National Boxing Association says Slattery must defend the light heavyweight title within a reasonable time against Tommy Loughran Tiger Flowers or Mike McTigue or the NBA will force action in the division. The warning was issued from New London Connecticut on October 26.
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Associated Press
New London
Conn
Thomas Donahue
National Boxing Association
Jimmy Slattery
Donahue
Fred Carr
Slattery
Tommy Loughran
Tiger Flowers
Mike McTigue
Knitted Pants Step Into Football Fashion History
Chicago chronicles how football attire moved from leather and canvas to knitted pants. Amos Alonzo Stagg recalls Yale 1876 outfits, notes early innovations by L P Smock in 1877, and traces material shifts to moleskin and open-game demands. The piece cites Stagg's book Touchdown.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Jimmy Phelan
Purdue University
Notre Dame
Harvard
Amos Alonzo Stagg
Midway
Yale
Walter Camp
Union
Stagg
L. P. Smock
Princeton
Smock
Ular
Yalé
Kenneth Small
University of Chicago
Heaviest Fine Of Term In Amarillo Liquor Cases
Federal court judge Judy Wilson imposed the heaviest fines of the term. C E Akers proprietor of a filling station near Amarillo received 500 dollars in two liquor law violation cases. John Goetz was fined 25 dollars after claiming personal use of beer. Pat Ahbles drew 100 dollars on a guilty plea.
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Judy Wilson
C. E. Akers
Amarillo
Akers
John Goetz
Pat Ahbles
Regis Rangers Predict Pass Heavy Game With Haskell Eleven
Denver Oct 26 Forward and lateral passes will be the chief offense for Regis Rangers in their upcoming game with the Haskell Indian eleven. Regis aims to use Dekeron Har rigan and Murphy on the receiving end while facing a strong 200 pound forward wall. Coaches McNamara and McNamark expect both teams to rely on the aerial game, with emphasis on pass defense and possible passing by Haskell.
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Denver
Colo
Regis Rangers
Haskell
Buffaloes Seek First Cats Victory Since 1924 Homecoming
West Texas Teachers College faces Abilene Christian College in Canyon with the Homecoming crowd of 1500 ex-students hoping for a first victory over the Wildcats since 1924. Eckhardt reshapes the team after a ragged showing against Simmons College as the season's championship hopes fade.
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Buffaloes
Abilene Cate
Cats
Abileffe Teat
Mandell Rises Nearer Goal
Sammy Baker a New York fightman strengthened his welterweight title bid by stopping Jimmy Duffy of Oakland in the fifth round of a ten round bout at San Francisco baseball park Tuesday night.
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United Press
San Francisco
Sammy Baker
Soldier
New York
Jimmy Duffy
Oakland
San Francisco Baseball Park
Teams Fight Out Forfeited Contest
Washington report states Central High and Business High played to a 19 to 19 tie after Business High forfeited due to ineligible players. Officials allowed the game to continue to avoid disappointment for players and a crowd of about 3,500 despite the forfeit decision.
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United Press
Washington
Central High
Business High
Business’ State
Wears Two Medals (By The Associated Press)
Five year old Palm Tippy won two medals for rescuing a baby and an older child aboard a Mississippi houseboat. The boy, famed as a swimming wonder, is described as precocious with early schooling and travels tied to his father’s beach post at Lake Lore, drawing tourist attention.
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Asheville
N.C
Palm Tippy
Palm
Florida
Lake Lore
Rickards Next Bout Could Be International
Chicago, Oct 26. Tex Rickard weighs an international heavyweight bout as the next big drawing card. Possible challengers include Tom Heeney, Phil Scott, and Senor Pauline Usendon from Spain, with Dempsey Firpo style interest shaping the gate.
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Rickards
United Press
Chicago
Tex Rickard
Dempsey-Carpentier
Jim Maloney
Maloney
Jack
Gene
Sun and Palm Feature in Lake Time
The Sun and Palm are described with bleached hair and frequent time spent at the lake, painting a scene of casual outdoor leisure and sunlit waters.
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Palm
Navy to scout freely this season under three year rule
Naval academy athletics chief Commander Jonas H. Ingram says the Navy football team will be free to scout and be scouted this fall. He rejects any pact to end scouting, arguing such an agreement would foster distrust as the academy enforces the three year rule beginning in 1928, with West Point also enforcing the plebe rule this season.
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Associated Press
Annapolis
Navy
Naval Academy
Jonas H. Ingram
West Point
Middies
Nevada Mining Men To Protect Badgers
Nevada mining men plan to push a bill banning badger killing, a move likely opposed by ranchers. The story links badgers to gold finds at Round Mountain and Black Mammoth hill where a large nugget was found, prompting speculation of a rush. Also noted is a theft of the world's smallest portrait from a Royal Photographic Society exhibit.
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International News Service
Tonopah
Nevada
Round Mountain
Black Mammoth Hill
Dick Raycraft
London
Royal Photographic Society
Neice
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Nane
Order Slattery
National Commission
United Pres
Mandell
Jonas HH. Ingram
Dhesterfield
GIM Safety Razor Corporation
Brooklyn, N.Y
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