Major League Owners Meet in Chicago Over Trades and TV
Chicago hosts baseballs winter meeting as club bosses and scouts seek major trades. Mickey Cochrane is linked to Detroit as manager while talks on a uniform ball and radio broadcast profits spark debate. Rumors thread through American and National leagues about Earnshaw, Grove, Lazzeri, Hafey, and other key targets.
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Chicago
Mickey Cochrane
Detroit
Connie Mack
Frank Navin
Tigers
Cochrane
Kenesaw Mountain Landis
Harridge
John Heydler
National League
Philadelphia
George Earnshaw
Lefty Grove
Rube Walberg
Max Bishop
St. Louis
Rogers Horneby
Karl Averill
Cleveland
Oscar Melillo
Indians
White Sox
New York
Tony Lazveri
Joe McCarthy
Rebullan Field
Boston
Washington
Joe Cronin
Bill Terry
Joe Bowman
Portland
Pat Malone
Kiki Curler
Cincinnati
Chick Hafey
Brooklyn
Dodgers
Nitcher
Reds
Jimmy Wilson
Phillies
Jim Bottomley
Pittsburgh
Pirates
Redistricting Bills Submitted and Proposed District Alignments
Legislation outlines senatorial and congressional redistricting plans. Proposals assign Boone Logan Wyoming to various districts and merge Third with Second and Fourth, while other districts include Kanawha Fayette Greenbrier Nicholas and more, aiming to align congressional maps with state senatorial borders.
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Boone
Logan
Wyoming
Mingo
Lincoln
Wayne
Raleigh
Summers
Monroe
Kanawha
Fayette
Greenbrier
Nicholas
McDowell
Mercer
Jones
Marion County
Boone and Logan Countes
Hyre
Cabell
Jackson
Mason
Putnam
Irt
Wood
Baer to Direct Night Club Shows While Packing for Ring Return
Maxwell Adelbert Baer, heavyweight contender and film actor, begins a new role as master of ceremonies at a New York night club, training sixteen hours daily to return to boxing. He eyes a June clash with Primo Carnera and hopes for a title bid with Madison Square Garden promoting the bout. He also notes a Dempsey appearance as part of possible arrangements.
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New York
Maxwell Adelbert Baer
Maxwell
Primo Carnera
Carnera
Primo
Max Schmeling
Baer
Madison Square Garden
Jack Dempsey
Dempsey
Bears Meet Giants For Pro Football Crown
The Chicago Bears defend the national championship against Harry Newman and the New York Giants next Sunday at Wrigley Field in the league’s first playoff game. The Bears finish 10 2 1 and .833, while the Giants go 11 3 for .786. Newman led the Giants to a 20 14 win over Philadelphia, scoring a second quarter touchdown.
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Chicago
Chicago Bears
Harry Newman
New York Giants
Wrigley Field
Green Bay Packers
Bears
Packers
Giants
Philadelphia
Newman
Michigan
85 Applications Filed for Layden’s Post at Duquesne
Pittsburgh reports 85 applications for Duquesne coaching vacancy after Elmer Layden leaves to take Notre Dame job. Candidates include Harle Neale, Frank McDermott, and Joe Bach. Duquesne officials say successor not named but decision may come this week.
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Layden
Duquesne
Pittsburgh
Elmer Layden
Notre Dame
United States
Hank Anderson
Harle (Greasy) Neale
West Virginia University
Frank McDermott
Nantooke, Pa
Joe Bach
Snow Keeps Columbia Lions Indoors for Rose Bowl Prep
Snow covered Baker Field forcing Columbia to practice indoors at the 105th Field Artillery Armory. The Lions worked two hours focusing on defense against Stanford plays, then ran offensive scrimmages between first and second teams and between scrubs.
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New York
Baker Field
Columbia
Lions
Stanford
105Th Field Artillery Armory
Lou Little
Scrubs
Local social notes from War Eagle and Williamson
In War Eagle West Virginia on December 11, Mr and Mrs Roy Grubb Mrs Henry Radford and son Norman visited Williamson last Saturday. George Cole and George W Coffey visited Williamson Thursday. Elmer Burton of Bluefield is visiting Roy and Mrs Grubb. Verna Williams of Williamson spent the weekend with her mother Mrs W J Williams. Donald Coffey of Williamson visited his mother Mrs J K Coffey. Mrs Ernest Jones and children visited relatives in Oakvale. Princeton names captain Elwood McGlenn Kalbaugh of Bellaire Ohio center on undefeated 1934 eleven elected captain at Nassau dinner.
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War Eagle
W. Va
Roy Grubb
Henry Radford
Norman
Williamson
Georg Lester
Gilbert
Princeton
N. J
Elwood McGlenn Kalbaugh
Bellaire
Tonicht
Nassau
Bookies Triumph In Tight Sun Set League Showdown
In Ramsey gym the Bookkeepers defeated the Whole Salers 30 29 after Mills sank a late free throw with 20 seconds left. Rockies led 15 12 at halftime as Mills Whitlow and Johnson contributed key scores while Lawrence tied late before Mills sealed the win.
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Sunset News
Salers
Ramsey Gym
Mills
Rockies
Lawrence
Johnson
Whitlow
Fats Lawrence
Douthat
Francis
Crocket
Hill
H. Adkins
Hudgins
McMullin
Miller
Cole
Vawter
Gott and
Fix
Clipper Smith Quits as N C State Coach
Raleigh NC December 11 John P Clipper Smith former Notre Dame captain resigned immediately as head football coach at North Carolina State after the athletic council voted not to renew his contract. The action followed UNC athletic council’s decision not to renew Chuck Collins contract.
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Raleigh
N. C
John P
Yarosz Wins Ten-Round Feature Over D'Alessandro
Teddy Yarosz the clever middleweight from Pittsburgh won the decision over Tony D'Alessandro from Holyoke in a ten round Arena feature. Yarosz weighed 157 1-2 pounds and D'Alessandro 156.
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Holyoke
Teddy Yarosz
Pittsburgh
Tony D’alessandro
Arena
Yarosz
D'Alessandro
Stanford Starts Bowl Workouts for Rose Bowl
Stanford Indians opened intensive practice here for the Rose Bowl game against Columbia on New Year's Day. Ernie Nevers and Jim Lawson led the session in Tiny Thornhill's absence, featuring brisk scrimmage and heavy passing from Bobby Grayson and Jack Hillman.
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Stanford University
Columbia
Indians
Calif
Stanford
Football Indians
Columbia University
Thornhill
San Francisco
Ernie Nevers
Jim Lawson
Bobby Grayson
Jack Hillman
Squa Eouth
West Virginia Football Officials Postpone Annual Meeting
The West Virginia Football Officials association changes its annual meeting to January 1 in Charleston to avoid conflicts with sectional basketball meetings and a WVU basketball clinic. President Sen Charles K Hodges says the new date lets officials attend the North South scholastic encounter on New Year’s Day.
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Charleston
West Virginia Football Officials Association
Charles KE. Hodges
Morgantown
West Virginia University
Hodges
William W. Roper Dies at 53 Noted Coach and Politician
William W. Roper, famed football coach of Princeton and Missouri, Philadelphia city council member for 14 years, died at 53 after a two month infection fight. He championed repeal of prohibition and Sunday sports legalization in Pennsylvania and led the Tigers to three Big Three titles. Survived by widow and two children, funeral services planned for Tuesday.
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Philadelphia
William W
Bill) Roper
Princeton
Pennsylvania
Roper
Tigers
University of Missouri
Yale
Harvard
Dartmouth
Bower
William W. Jr
Emory and Henry Defeat Narrows Unbeaten List
The Emory and Henry defeat reduced the unbeaten and untied college football teams to six, leaving Princeton as the sole major school on the final Associated Press 1933 tabulation. Irvine Warburton of Southern California moved into fourth in scoring with 72 points, behind Beattie Feathers, Cecil Kent, and Pete Young.
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Henry BP
Richmond
Associated Press
Princeton
Kent
Murray
Southeastern—Feathers
Tennessee
Pacific
Warturton
Southern Calif
Southern
Cox
Duke
Isseseeves
Casper
Texas
Christian
Big Ten
Everhardus
Michigan
Graham
Kansas State
Rocky Mountain
Richins
Utah
Missouri Valley
Wieiland
Drake
Local Man Held for Hearing Tonight
J. C. Phillips a colored man is held in the city jail awaiting a hearing tonight before Magistrate W. W. McNeal on a charge of entering Glen Martin's home on Wilson street and stealing a suit of clothes and an overcoat. Martin and a friend escorted Phillips to headquarters and helped persuade him to go to the police station. Officers say Phillips wore two complete suits of clothes and Martin identified the inner suit as the one stolen.
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J. C. Phillips
W. W. McNeal
Glen Martin
Wilson Street
Phillips
Martin
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