Bluefield College Football Team Expands to Forty-One Players
Bluefield College opens football practice with a squad of forty-one experienced players averaging 165 pounds. Heaviest is Strum at 250 and lightest Pyle at 196. Coach Emsweller plans a varsity session to face Alderson on September 26 and lists the identification roster with positions, weights, and prep schools.
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Bluefield College
Emsweller
Alderson
Strum
Pyle
Spitzer
Charlottesville
Williamson
Maury High
Norfolk
Carey
Sweet
Elgin
Ohio
Stafford
Rea College
Thornton
Princeton High
Chick Smith
Beaver High
Smith
Smiley
Railroad
Bmaweller
Maryland High
Swisher
Gallipolis
Buena Vista High
McQreeer
Ser Istecnela
Logan High
Collins
Gon
Saunders
Randolph Macon
Gibson
Blue Field Bich
Lotito
Pocahontas High
Grin Hith
Wood
Chul Prep
Akers
Redfer Beh
Baldwin
Winters
Dall
Andria
Osborne
Ractic
Norton High
Anthony
Fork Union
Mustek
Cleveland High
Craham High
Atkinson
Walker
Austin
Lowry
Eva
Final game a nip and tuck affair
Witrey Fortner Mall Price first base on balls off Sorrell two. Struck out by Sorrell eleven Settle one. Left on bases Gary six Bluefield six. Double plays Sorrell to Noble Sorrell to Schulman to Noble Rutherford to Palmer to Faircloth. Balk Settle. Umpire McMillan.
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Witrey
Fortner
Mall
Price
Sorrell
Settle
Gary
Bluefield
Noble
Schulman
Rutherford
Palmer
Faircloth
Balk
McMillan
Berlenbach Receives 32000 For Light Heavyweight Title Defense
Paul Berlenbach today collected 32000 for defending his world light heavyweight title against Jimmy Slattery of Buffalo New York. Slattery earned 11000 while promoter Tex Rickard announced total receipts near 96000. Berlenbach then sought a title bout with Jack Dempsey, as Jack Kearns proposed a bout with Mickey Walker.
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New York
Paul Berlenbach
Jimmy Slattery
Buffalo
Y. Slattery
Tex Rickard
Berlenbach
Rickard
Jack Dempsey
Jack Kearns
Astoria
Mickey Walker
Pompey win tops Futurity at Belmont Park
Pompey of the Shoshons stable won the 36th Futurity at Belmont Park by two lengths, clocking 1:23 for seven furlongs with Fator aboard. Canter, owned by J. E Griffith, finished second and Chance Play third. Altawood, trained by J. E. B. Widen, captured the Jockey Club Gold Cup at two miles with Aga Khan a head back and Swope from Bud Fisher third.
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Belmont Park
N. Y
Pompey
Shoshons Stable
Canter
J. E Griffith
Cabin Stud
Chance Play
Fator
Altawood
J. EB. Widen
Man Freed Car Guilty: Ruling On Vehicle Confiscation
The Kansas Supreme Court ruled that a person can be acquitted of liquor transport while the car used may be found guilty and seized. The article notes the unusual distinction and its implications for similar cases in Topeka.
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Topeka
Kas
Kansas Supreme Court
Itt
Long Jim Barnes Leads In World Title Match
Long Jim Barnes holds a nine stroke lead over MacFarlane in the unofficial world championship of 72 holes at Philmont and Whitemarsh clubs. Play continues with 86 holes left in Washington D C after a day at Marsh Country Club. Barnes excels on his former Whitemarsh course while MacFarlane polishes his driving and putting performance.
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Philadelphia
MacFarlane
Philomat Country Club
Barnes
Theitemarsh Country Club
Washington, D. C
Whitemarsh
Philmont
Big Bill Tilden Survives Narrow Tennis Defeat
In Germantown Philadelphia on September 12, the veteran Big Bill Tilden battled Rene Lacoste in a five set duel 3-6 10-12 8-6 7-5 6-2 lasting three hours. Tilden saved multiple match points and delivered clutch strokes to overturn danger and help America claim the series. Also William M Johnston crushed Jean Borotra in straight sets 6-1 6-4 6-0 to seal the series sweep for the United States. The match drew 9 000 spectators amid a dramatic Davis Cup finale. London reports note 16 million storms strike yearly with vast energy releases.
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Associated Press
Germantown Cricket Club
Phildelphia
Bill
Tilden
Rene Lacoste
Garrison
William M. Johnston
Jean Borotra
Little Bill
France
International Tennoners
America
Snake halts traffic as viper is dispatched in road
A viper blocked traffic for an hour in Keston Ene. Drivers debated how to remove it until a bus driver stunned the reptile with a stick and a bystander shot it with a pistol.
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Keston
World Series opening set for October 7 in Pittsburgh
Commissioner Landis and league reps announced the world series will start Wednesday October 7 in the National League city. The format has the first two games in Pittsburgh October 7 and 8, then three in Washington October 9 10 11 with a seventh if needed back in Pittsburgh. All games start at 2 PM with prices listed and umpires to be named by Heydler and Johnson.
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Pittsburg
Washington
Philadelphia
Landis
Heydler
National League
Kent Johnson
Californians Defeat Marines in Perry Rifle Match
At Camp Perry Ohio on September 12 the Harrick trophy range events opened with the 800 and 900 yard stages. The California civilian team led the U S Marines 1196 to 1195 as the two man 200 yard team was won by Lieut R M Cutts and Capt W W Ashurst of the Marines. The two man 600 yard event went to Private H W Eberhart and Seret B EB Clark also Marines. Medals and trophies were awarded. the Dewar team was named, with twenty members and five alternates, for the international event against teams from the U S England Canada and Australia.
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Camp Perry
Ohio
Harrick
National Rifle Association
California
United States Marines
R. M. Cutts
W. W. Ashurst
Travel Story of 3700 Mile Auto Trip
Mr Humphree arrived in Bluefield after a fourteen day journey that began in Chattanooga Tennessee, traveling through the south and southwestern states aboard his automobile.
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Norfolk and Potenteast
Humphreys
Bluefield
Chattanooga
Tenn
Yester
Humpreys Makes 357 Mile Auto Trip in Record Time
Mr Humphreys completed a 357 mile journey in just over twelve hours starting at dawn. He visited his father in Muscle Shoals Alabama and his sister in Little Rock Arkansas. He had one puncture from a thrown object and was twice arrested for speeding though he says his average stayed around thirty five to sixty five miles per hour. A concrete 14 mile stretch was crossed in sixteen minutes.
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Muscle Shoals
Ala
Little Rock
Ark
Humphrey
Mr. Humphreys
Dry Goods Salesmen Report Big Business
T. R. Smoot of Ely & Walker Dry Goods Co. and J. K. Hedges of FE White Coal Co. traveled for a buying trip to St Louis. Smoot reports this year's August sales at seven million eight hundred thousand dollars, with thirty three factories in operation and expanding into a twenty million dollar market.
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T. R. Smoot
Ely & Walker Dry Goods Company
St. Louis
J. K. Hedges
FE. E. White Coal Company
Stotesbury
Mr. Smoot
Republicans Name a Candidate for House
A Russell county Virginia party convention at Honaker nominated Jas H Hurt by acclamation as Republican candidate for Buchanan and Russell counties in the state legislature. L B Fuller chaired, George J Walker elected permanent chair, Earl P Rose served as secretary, with Hurt Walker Hurley speaking. The Democratic opponent will be J Boyd of Putnam.
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Honaker
Russell County
Jas. H. Hurt
Buchanan
Russell
Virginia
L. B. Fuller
Lenth
George J. Walker
Drill
Earl P. Rose
Commonwealth
Hurt
Walker
Hurley
His J. ©. Boyd
Putnam
Smoots Promote Sales Reach With St Louis Buyers
The Smoot firm touts strong sales staff and a policy to pay expenses for any buyer at the Great Central Market who purchases $2,000 or more. The Bluefield showroom in the Commercial Bank building is run by Miss Katherine Smoot and Frank Smoot, with a full line of samples and open rooms for customer convenience.
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London
Meteorological Office
Smoot
St. Louis
Great Central Market
Bluefield
Commercial Bank
Katherine Smoot
Frank Smoot
Fall Reunion Shocks Paris as Acrobat Injured in Act
An acrobat in Paris suffered a fractured skull during a dangerous routine and was hospitalized. A lone elderly woman, reading the report, identified him as Bach, believing another doctor had died fifteen years ago.
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Paris
Bach
Dectors
Bluefield Championship Baseball Team Honored at Banquet
The Bluefield championship baseball club was feted by the Bluefield Athletic Association at a Saturday banquet in Bluefield. Mayor A J Stewart thanked players, voiced hopes for a future home park, and Henry Calloway praised fan loyalty from the Virginia side. Ray Hveans entertained, souvenirs from Joyce Jewelers were handed to players, and about 50 attendees attended the event. A note ends with the Leaning Tower of Pisa now illuminated by incandescent lamps used in past church celebrations.
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Bluefield
Virginia
Mr. Calloway
Ray Hveans
Pisa
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Sidney Swit
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Shoshone Stable
Jack Winer
Long Jim Barnes
Big Bill Tilden
Ge United Woolen Mils Co
Mark
Rues Oly Aia
Carne
Princeton Ave
Cor
Federal
Cincinnati
Columbus
Dayton
Springfield
Lima
Hamilton
Portsmouth
Mansfield
Zanesville
Cambridge
Steubenville
Parkersburg
Clarksburg
Charleston
Huntington
Wheeling and
Fairmont
W. Va
Ashland
Covingwn
Lexington, Ky
Norfolk and Western Band
Bluefield Fair
Pasley
Lester
Minnie Lawson
Nanda Stinson
Hattie Barton
Bernadine Cassidy
Virginia Teaumer
HOUSE
Stewart
Joyce Jewelers
Work Men's Shop
Princeton Avenue
Bluefield, W. VA
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