Mitch's Musings on Landis and Baseball Power
The column compares Judge Landis to historic dictators and argues his absolute authority over baseball. It cites his power to alter team finances and player lives and notes support for his stance against chain-store baseball, citing the Columbus Senators as an example of improvement under new ownership.
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Germany
Russia
Italy
Hitler
Stalin
Mussolini
Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis
Judge Landis
Columbus Club
American Association
Columbus Senators
St. Louis Cardinals
Columbus
Sports Q and A Query From The Athens Messenger
Reader asks multiple sports trivia questions about Pinochle scoring and past baseball and golf stars. Answers include Triple Royal Sequence worth three thousand, Gene Sarazen winning the 1922 PGA at Oakmont, and Bob Shawkey’s best nine inning strikeout total of fifteen in 1919. Submit questions to Sports Service Bureau in Washington D C with return stamp.
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Gene Sarazen
Oakmont Country Club
Pittsburgh
A. Sarazen
Bob Shawkey
New York Yankees
Philadelphia Athletics
Sports Service Bureau
The
Athens Messenger
13Th St
Washington, D. C
Judge Landis Fights For Baseball Youth Against Chain Stores
The piece argues major league owners exploit young players by keeping them in low paid minor leagues, calling it a chain store system. It lauds Judge Landis for cracking down on two large operators and urges continued action to protect aspiring players.
Luck at Bingo Is Bad Driving Luck Is Worse
In Cleveland Herman Bierlein sped his car at 50 mph hoping to secure a seat for his mother at a bingo game. Traffic Judge Joseph H. Sir fined him ten dollars plus costs after noting his mother did not win and neither did Bierlein.
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Cleveland
U.P
Herman Bierlein
Joseph H. Sir
Bobcats Extend State Lead With Dayton Win Forty two thirty four
Ohio University Bobcats remain atop the state standings with a 9 1 record after a 42 34 victory at Dayton over the Flyers. Blickensderfer led center play with six field goals while the team fought through shooting slumps and turnovers as Vern Deinzer nears return and a possible Feb 3 home date against Ohio Wesleyan.
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Bobcats
Dayton
Xavier
Flyers
Musketeers
Harry Schwab
Gene Mechling
Mac Hummon
Johnny Hogan
Hummon
Hogan
Bill Trautwein
Charlie Blickensderfer
Blick
Trautwein
Pete Lalich
Vern Deinzer
Ohio Wesleyan
Deinzer
Wesleyan
Ohio
T Baumholtz
Gurder
Ff W
Val
Blickensderfer
McSherry
Mline
Halderman
Kavanaugh
Freundhoff
Keiter
Baumholtz
Westendorf
McCloskey
Snyder
Ott
Winklejohn
Zweisler
Zaleski Merchants Defeat Beta Theta Pi 39 to 22
Zaleski Merchants win their 12th game of the season at home defeating Beta Theta Pi of Ohio University 39 to 22. Martin scores 17 points Howell 7 lead Merchants defense allows seven goals. Next up is Community Center of Zanesville on the high school floor Tuesday and Covert Ice in Nelsonville Thursday.
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Zaleski
Zaleski Merchants
Beta Theta Pi
O. U
Rutt
Gurhrid
Ncncccese
Ae Matt
Cen
Ecko Os Ryan
Olby
Mnensenerenessee
Hartman
Finley
Edoyd
Fen Assnen Anne
Akers
V. Howell
J. GO Lagty
S. Howell
Fo Martin
Pitchers Dominate List of Hopeful Major League Comebacks
NEA Service notes spring sees many hopeful comebacks in baseball. Elon Hogsett and John Quinn feature among veteran pitchers returning to the majors, with careers spanning decades and ages from the 20s to the 40s.
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Elon Hogsett
Athletics
Detroit
Connie Mack
John Picus Quinn
Jack Quinn
Yankees
New York
Quinn
Fred Johnson
Brown
Bill Harris
Reds
Buffalo
Red Sox
Whit Wyatt
Hick Betts
Curtis Davis
Cardinals
Louis William Fette
James Riley Turner
The
Bees
Paul Dean
Giants
Johnny Babich
Landis cracks down on Detroit farm system
Major baseball czar Kenesaw Mountain Landis declared 92 players free agents from Detroit and ordered $47,250 in penalties paid by Detroit or allied clubs. The ruling, aimed at ending working agreement abuse, also hit Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Browns with fines and barred player transfers among Detroit and its affiliates for three years.
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Landis
Detroit
Chicago
Kenesaw Mountain Landis
Cnain
Benny McCoy
Roy Cullenbine
Paul
Dizzy) Trout
Chicago Cubs
St. Louis Browns
McCoy
Cullenbine
Cubs
Browns
Cleveland Indians
Walter T. Carson
Toledo American Association
Cleveland
Beaumont
Fort Worth
Hender
Hot Springs
George Coffman
Philadelphia Athletics
Wally Moses
St. Louis Cardinals
Jack Zeller
Beaumont and
Alexandria
Lake Charles
Zeller
Fulton
Kitty
Tiffin
Ohio State
Toledo
Charleston
W. Va
Ohio Matmen Trounce Case in Opening Meet
Ohio University defeated Case 28 to 8 in their season opener. Paul Kalivoda starred in heavyweight as Ohio cruised with five falls in eight matches, while Phil Pewandowski Frank Loew Ed Bijak and Al Flager added others. Ohio travels to Columbus to face Ohio State next.
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Case
Ohio University
Columbus
Ohio State
Bobcats
Case Grapplers
Buckeyes
Navy
Ohio Matmen
Paul Kalivoda
Bill Husted
Ohio
Phil Pewandowski
Brad Barton
Frank Loew
Cy O'Neill
Ed Bijak
Bill Green
al Flager
Bob Lease
Ed Parkee
Ken Killian
Bill Davidson
Frank Radis
Bill Portak
Earl Sorber
Cincinnatian Ties For Golf Crown In Playoff
Otto Hackbarth of Cincinnati and Jock Hutchinson of Chicago finished Sunday tied at 146 after 36 holes in the National Professional Golfers Association seniors championship playoff. Hackbarth shot 33-37 for a 70 while Hutchinson 38-37 for 75 after a 71 first round. Fred Miley of Cincinnati and Charlie Mayo of Long Beach, N Y, tied for third at 148.
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Sarasota
Fla
Otto Hackbarth
Cincinnati
Jock Hutchinson
Chicago
National Professional Golfers Association
Hackbarth
Hutchinson
Fred Miley
Charlie Mayo
Long Beach
N. Y
Kent State Biologist Returns After Near Conscription
Dr. Constantin Alexipou los, a Kent State University biology professor, resumes his post after narrowly escaping military conscription in Greece where he conducted plant research before hostilities began.
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Kent
Constantin Alexipoulos
Kent State University
Alexipoulos
Greece
Westminster Town Paid 50 Pounds Monthly for 11 Recruits
Worcester report notes Westmin ster voted to pay 50 pounds a month to each of 11 panes recruited for wartime service. The WPA Records Survey cites this compensation as a profitable Revolutionary War venture in the latter period.
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Worcester
Mass
WPA
Westminster
Don Hutson Shines as Packers Top All-Stars 16-7
In Los Angeles the Green Bay Packers beat an NPFL all-star team 16 to 7. Don Hutson starred, catching a 65-yard pass and scoring the decisive touchdown while praised by Steve Owen and Davey O'Brien for his extraordinary receiving.
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U.P
Green Bay Packers
Packers
Hutson
Don Hutson
Alabama
Stanford
Cecil Isbell
Steve Owen
Owen
Davey O’brien
Preciate Don
O’brien
Clark Hinkle
Arnie Herber
Johnny Drake
Jim Poole
Heaven
Shade PTA to Hear Dr E A Hansen Education Talk
Shade PTA sets 8 pm Wednesday for Dr E A Hansen of Ohio University to speak on Education for Better Living. Doris Cowen leaves Tuesday for Florida visits. Ladies Aid of M E Church met Mrs Margaret Grim Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Claudis Chappel and daughter Claudette of Athens visited Mr and Mrs J N Chappel and Mrs Robert Bobo Tuesday. Circus wagon wheels squeak but attract attention rather than due to grease.
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E. A. Hansen
Ohio University
Shade Pta
Doris Cowen
Florida
Ladies Aid
M. E. Church
Margaret Grim
Claudis Chappel
Claudette
Athens
J. N. Chappel
Robert Bobo
Toledo Five Sparked by Soph Center
Bob Gerber six foot four inch sophomore center fuels Toledo basketball as the Rockets roll to 13 wins in 15 games. He scored 24 points in a 60 50 win over Marshall while Frankie Baumholtz of Ohio U leads the state scoring race with 181 in 10 games. Ohio U and Miami show strong conference form as Muskingum aims for a double title with Kent State and Ohio Wesleyan looming.
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Columbus
Bob Gerber
Toledo
University of Toledo
Chuck Chuckovits
Gerber
Mareshall
Marshall
Chuckovits
Akron
Ohio
Frankie Baumeholtz
Ohio U
Frankie
Xavier
Dayton
Baumholtz
Marietta
Heidelberg
Kenyon
Muskingum
Ohio Northern
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Delaware
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Case
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Illinois
Buckeyes
Harold G. Olsen
Frank Stevens
Port Clinton
Northwestern
Mack Long
Miami
Western Michigan
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