Baseball Fans Discuss Bluefield League Entry Tonight
West Virginia representation in Bluefield seeks to join an eight game league with Pocahontas Bramwell as a coalition partner. A mass meeting at the West Virginian Hotel invites all Bluefield residents to vote on organized baseball, weigh risks, and address player availability.
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West West Virginian Hotel
Toey
Bluefield
Nioe
Virginia
West Virginiose
West Virginian
Toyrent
Bluefields
State Line
Pocahontas-Bramwell
Navy Princeton game stays at Annapolis field
Annapolis officials announced the Navy Princeton football game will be played at Naval Academy in Annapolis on October 17. Rear Admiral Louis M. Nulton, superintendent, said efforts to move the contest to Baltimore Stadium were rejected to avoid interfering with academic routine and to preserve the home field.
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Annapolis
Louis M. Nulton
Naval Academy
Baltimore Stadium
Regiment of Midshipmen
New York
Ann Arbor
Mich
Tunney Offered Delaney Match After Gibbons Talks
Billy Gibson, manager of Gene Tunney, says Tunney has received a San Francisco offer to fight Delaney on April 22, with acceptance on hold pending negotiations for a bout with Tom Gibbons. Tunney heads to Hot Springs to resume training and may lock in for Delaney tomorrow. Young Stribling beat Tommy Loughran in San Francisco and was offered a Tunney bout but declined.
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Chicago
Billy Gibson
Gene Tunney
See
Deeps
St. Paul
San Francisco
Tom Gibbons
Tunney
Hot Springs
Ark
London
Gibson
Delaney
Young Stribling
Tommy Loughran
Mrs Jones Wins North and South Golf Title
Mrs Melvin Jones of Chicago, returning champion, defeated Marian Bennett of New Britain Conn four and two to win the North and South Women's golf championship at Pinehurst North Carolina on March 30.
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Mrs. Jones
Pinehurst
N. C
Melvin Jones
Chicago
Marian Bennett
New Britain, Conn
Technical knockout in Boston bout ends early
Jimmy Shlat tery of Buffalo stopped Augie Rat ner of New York with a technical knockout early in the second round of a ten round middleweight bout in Boston on March 30.
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Boston
Jimmy Shlattery
Buffalo
Augie Ratner
New York
Starving Wolf Tale Deemed False in Vilna District
Edmonton dispatches report immigration department branding a Vilna wolves story as false or greatly exaggerated. Claims of night highway closures and attacks after dances are debunked by Royal Canadian Mounted Police, who state no wolves in Vilna district and minimal conditions.
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Edmonton
Alta
Dominion Department of Immigration
Vilna
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Winnipeg
High School Stars to Clash Tonight
Chicago reports the national interscholastic basketball tourney opens with 34 states entering 33 champions. Key teams include Yankton Greeley Milwaukee and Rutgers Maryland set football game at Franklin Field October 10 first meeting in three years.
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University of Chicago
Miami
Fla
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Yankton
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Cole
Windsor Five
Colorado
Greeley
Colo
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Detroit
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Urania
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Texas
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N. C
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Marshalville
St. George
Utah
el Reno
Okla
Lakewood
Ohio
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Iowa
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Ilis
Wheeling
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Kaw
Hume Fogg
Nashville
N. Y
Medford
Mass
Rupert
Idaho
Rutgers
Maryland
New Brunswick
N. J
University of Maryland
Franklin Field
Philadelphia
Sisler's Baseball Theories Puncture Old Adages in Browns Tale
A satirical portrait of Branch Rickey era baseball remarks on George Sisler and his claims that players win games. It names Joe Bush as a new pitcher from the Yankees, discusses Dave Danforth, and portrays the St. Louis Browns as perpetual underdogs with humor about finances and management.
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Mr. Sisler
Joe Bush
Ate
Yankees
Bush
Baseball lineups in Jacksonville Birmingham and Richmond
At Jacksonville Florida the lineup includes Wisner Greenfield McQuillan Zachary Reuther and Ruel. In Birmingham New York Brooklyn Shawkey Francis Beall Johnson Oneal Osborne Schwartz Cantrell Taylor. In Richmond Wells Doyle Woodall Stan age Dodson Shields King Casey.
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Fla
R.H.E. Det
Washington
Clini
Ae Wisner
Greenfield
McQuillan
Zachary
Reuther
Ruel
Birmingham
Ala
New York
Brooklyn
Shawkey
Francis
Beall
Johnson
Oneal
Osborne
Schwartz
Cantrell and Taylor
Richmond
Detroit
Florida spring training questions climate over cash
Billy Evans notes Florida offers ideal spring climate for major league clubs preparing for a 154 game season. He argues infields, soil quality, and local gate effects drive success and profits, with Washington and New York games drawing crowds. He cites Palm Beach sellouts and northern travel. A separate note mentions Italy’s censorship protest by printing Genesis.
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Tarpon Springs
Fla
Florida
Sierowda
Ee A A
Grags
Washington
New York
Palm Beach
West Beach
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