Beaver High picks 80 for basketball tryouts in late season start
Beaver High School opened basketball practice with about eighty candidates at Fairview gymnasium under Coach Nebinger. Most will be cut before the holidays as three weeks of late start and many football players reduce to a core group, led by Captain Lawrence and Jap Corvin.
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Beaver High School
Beaver High
Fairview Gymnasium
Nebinger
Beaver
Beaver Athletic Cares
Fats” Lawrence
Jap Corvin
Lawrence
Corvin
Bus McNeer
Jimmie MccMullin
Harry Cash
Knocky” Snecker
Fred Alexander
George Page
Beef Wyant
Houston Loomis
Jack Cy
Tom Page
Builet Shumaker
Dutchman
Wes Willis
Rry Cash
Knocky
Bob Douthat
Chester Cash
Roy Gilles
Tom Hawley
Jimmie McMullin
Cement Cash
Doggie Douthat
Knocky Snecker
Toms
Fats Lawrence
Dida
Shay
Grange prices touchdowns in cities cited in column
The column notes Red Grange's high price for touchdowns, with $30,000 in New York and $20,000 in Philadelphia, then states he reduced his rates after those games. It questions his finances, mentions boxing referee disputes, and references Knute Rockne and Notre Dame speculation. It also covers local athletics updates, practice plans, and tournament changes.
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New York
Red Grange
Philadelphia
Grange
Washington
Providence
Boston
Metropoli Anch Philly
Bar on Red Grange film exhibitions planned
New York reports a move by the Motion Picture Theatre Owners of America to bar showings of films featuring Harold Red Grange. The action cites dissatisfaction with publicity surrounding his contract with a producer. In Washington, Georgetown University names Frank J L McGrath captain of the 1926 football team, after two years at left end.
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New York
Harold “Red” Grange
R. F. Woodhull
Motion Picture Theatre Owners of America
Grange
Meno
W. E. Shallenberger
Washington
Frank J L. McGrath
Bay City
Mich
Georgetown University
Forward Pass Limits Promoted By Western Coach
A Western coach proposes restricting forward passes to a total of sixteen per game to curb last minute frantic passing. He argues limits would force strategic use of passes and reduce late game desperation, favoring judged, planned plays over hit and miss attempts.
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Rules Committee
Killinger Named Shamokin Manager In NY-Penn League
Shamokin Pennsylvania December 15 Glen Killinger former college football star and ex Williamport club second baseman will manage the Shamokin team in the New York-Pennsylvania Baseball League next season. He was home baseball coach of State College.
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Shamokin
Glen Killinger
Williamport Club
New York- Pennsylvania
State College
Denies Wills Dempsey Bout Was Discarded
The report states that a Wills Dempsey boxing match was not canceled and that Fit Bend syndicate backing remains in place. It notes ongoing promotion and interest from organizers.
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Fit Bend Syndicate
Judge forecasts Dempsey Wills fight next summer
Judge G A Farabaugh of the financing group asserts the Dempsey Wills contest may happen next summer but doubts it will be held in Indiana. He denies a Milwaukee report that the Willis Dempsey contract with Fitzsimmons was discarded and says action will be taken after January 1.
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Jack Dempsey
Harry Wills
G. A. Farabaugh
Farabaugh
Indiana
California
Rayn
Milwaukee
Wis
Fitzsimmons
Western grid stars form ahead of benefit game
San Francisco December 15 Western team of football State meets All Western eleven in a benefit game December 26. First practice session tomorrow when players from two groups train separately in San Francisco and Los Angeles. Proceeds go to Crippled Children's Fund. Notable inclusion list features Muller Carlson Erb Tut Imlay Patrick Bailey Nisbet Horrell Minnick Blewett Anderson.
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Footballtate
Shriners
Crippled Children’s
Los Angeles
Glenn
Scoop” Carlson
Charlie Erb
Talma Tut Imlay
Jack Patrick
Looey
Buck” Bailey
Archie Nisbet
Babe” Horrell
Minnick, Blewett
Norman Anderson
British golfers to tour United States in December
Champion Arnaud Massey and former French and British Open winner will travel to the United States beginning December 238 to fulfill a series of engagements in Florida and later tours across the country. Their first match is set for St Augustine, Florida with Leo Diegel and Gene Sarazen as probable opponents.
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Arnaud Massey
Halder
Florida
Augustine
Fla
Wes
Leo Diegel
Gene Saraten
Snodgrass Turns Pro At Palomar Tennis Club
Harvey Snodgrass, sixth ranked, has turned professional after accepting a three year net contract with the Palomar Tennis Club in Culver City. He and partner Walter Wesbrook won the national clay court doubles event before his pro sign. William E. Amos elected captain of Washington and Jefferson 1926 varsity football eleven. Amos is a sophomore full back from Washington, Pa.
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Los Angeles
Harvey Snodgrass
Wee
Walter Wesbrook
Anptoente
Profesonce
Palomar
Culver City
Amos W. & J
Washington
William E. Amos
Wasington and Jefferson
Amos
Lightweight champions fade as seasons end
The piece notes Everett Scott’s retirement as the Iron Man of baseball and jokes about short careers of nominal titlists. It compares congressmen head measurements to scientific tests and mocks sports trivia, while commenting on Red Grange’s injury and a wink at a fractured bank account.
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Everett Scott
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