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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1927
Page
9
Bluefield sportsmen shift attention to basketball with plans for a four to six city league. A strong Virginia Side team is proposed and parish groups Presbyterians Wesleyans and Grace Methodists are listed among participants.
Morgantown West Virginia December 7 Walter E Red Mahan captain of the 1933 West Virginia university football squad has been elected as first assistant to Coach Errett Rodg ery of the Mountaineers for next season H A Stansbury director of athletics announced tonight Mahan has been practicing law at Wellsbury since his graduation from the university He will succeed Russell Meredith whose resignation was a P together with that of Gus Ekberg backfield coach Mr Sta said no successor Plans comeback campaign Eddie Huffman Pacific coast light weight is planning a return to the wars after a lengthy rest in his native heath.
About 80 freshmen and sophomores reported to Coach Dick Nebinger at Beaver for the first workout of the year. The first cuts drop Friday reducing the squad to 20, with veterans from last season led by Captain Nunan and Ward. Season opener is Christmas night versus the Alumni, with several early trips planned to Welch and Ceredo-Kenova.
Dallas December 7. Trade activity between major and minor league clubs was light as the National Association of Professional Leagues notes a dull market. Billy Evans named manager of Fletcher replaces Jack McCatherer amid pending release by the Yankees. Brillheart released by Chicago Nationals to Minneapolis in exchange for Pat Malone.
Alfred Griffith known as Young Griffo dies at 56 in New York with only his clothes. He once fought top featherweights including Gans and Dixon and was praised as fastest and most perplexing under Queensberry rules. His body was moved from the morgue to an undertaker by writer Jane Frazer Fish who had rented him a room.
Northfork High School basketball under coach Wendel Hartel faces a lean season with 22 players reporting, only five returning from last year, led by Captain Marshall Freshman Davis Kahn and Cope. The Big Orange schedule includes Beaver Gary Williamson Beckley Oak Hill Princeton Elkhorn Bluefield college JV and alumni games with further contests pending.
New York December 7 1927 Rene Lacoste leads A Wallis Myers annual world top ten tennis players list based on the USLTA bulletin. The ranking includes Lacoste Tilden second and Guillefogal others with Hennessey Lott and Kozeluh among the ten. The women’s list features Helen Wills Miss Ryan Mrs Mallory and others from United States England Spain and South Africa.
Huntington high school earned 41 of 330 all state selections across ten years, more than any other school, with Parkersburg and Charleston following. The report notes a shift as smaller schools begin to win more honors since 1921, reflecting broader football participation.
The Washington and Lee basketball team in Lexington Virginia plans a December 15 departure for three nearby tests with Maryland Catholic University and the Naval academy. Coach Smith must choose a starting five from seven or eight letter men plus several holdovers who missed monograms by minutes. Captain Babe Spotts leads a veteran lineup as he returns after earlier service.
Mountaineer players pick the best from every team faced this fall. Washington and Jefferson led with five selections, Pitt four, Georgetown three, Davis Elkins two, and others two or one. First team features Gibby Welch and Harpster among backs and Atkinson with Guarino among ends. second team includes Spotts, Kerns, Tipps, and more. Five players are repeat selections for 1928 Mountaineer all-opponent team, with Pauley, Welch, and Harpster on both first teams.
South wide prominence on the erict iron. Jim Nance returns after cross country work. Forward posts feature Gene White Eigelbach Ebert Lowry. Groop Jaynes and Bobby Howe back, with London McKimmy Homer Spencer Jones Wood Gordon listed among reserves and 1927 yearlings. Six teams practicing daily.
The Ritter Lumberjacks of Maben defeated Pax 14 to 1 in a hard fought road game led by Damron who scored 10 of Ritter's 14 points. The following night Ritter routed Eccles 21 to 8 with several substitutes seeing action.
Washington fullback Bill Amos an all American candidate for Washington and Jefferson said he had not signed a contract with the Montreal club of the International baseball league. He stated he would not sign anything that would interfere with his college athletic activities.
In Dallas the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues aired grievances on the major minor draft code and the life of the current agreement. A committee will interpret conflicting clauses while terms about duration range from seven to 25 years. Helnie Groh was named manager of the Charlotte club in the South Atlantic League.
Critics largely agree Herb Joesting the Minnesota fullback played at an All America caliber this season marking a standout in college football.
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