Strike-out Kings Have Short Careers Declares Jennings
Walter Johnson stands as a rare long career strikeout legend, but most high strikeout pitchers burn out quickly due to overstraining. The piece argues Johnson’s easy motion aided longevity while many rivals lacked such efficiency, notes relief-pitcher trends, and cites ambidextrous hypes and trick pitchers as less durable, with a continued discussion on pitching style and durability.
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Hugh A. Tend
Walter Johnson
Putohnson
Johnson
Jonn
Cobb
Ohnsons
Ace
Cobbs
Tex Ordered to Stop Smoking in New Garden
NEW YORK December 15 Tex Rickard faced a $73,004 overage as the boxing commission ruled no more smoking in the new 5 million Madison Square Garden. Rickard had installed a $75,000 roof vent system to pull smoke out during fights, but the Berlenbach Delaney bout was deemed an unsuccessful smoking experiment.
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New York
Tex Rickard
Boxing Commission
Madison Square Garden
Rickard
Uniteds Score High Mark In Inter Church League Victory
The United Church combine piled up another high score mark by defeating the Nichols M. E. quin tet 75 to 48 in an Inter Church League game at the Y M C A last night. Ahlstrand and Reichert starred. In the other game Summerfield beat the Universalists 46 to 20. The scores:
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United Church Combine
Nichols M. IE
M. C
Ahlstrand
Reichert
Summerfield
Universalists
West
Wee Eens
Rusell
Aes
B. Russell
Coe - Ad
Landgraf to Lead Allentown Team to Venezuela Training
Landgraf the former International league magnate will take his Allentown players to Venezuela, South America, for spring training. The plan follows years of Florida and Georgia camps used by major league clubs. The trip aims to prepare the independent club for the upcoming season.
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Allentown
Florida
Georgia
Landgraf
Venezuela
South America
No More Decision Bouts for Western State Story
Minnesota will ban decision fights by professionals after a Minnesota State Boxing Commission meeting led by Dr. Andrew Silvermon and Frank E B Thompson. Silvermon warned spectators who rioted after a Friday night decision, calling no decision bouts best to avoid riots and maintain order.
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Minneapolis
Minnesota
Andrew Silvermon
Minneapols
Minnesota State Boxing Commission
Frank EB. Thompson
St Paul
Boxing Board
Silvartuon
A &J. Paul
Vanguard of Pro Golf Stars Starts Westward
Los Angeles December 15 The advance guild of golfers entered in the Bio 600 Los Angeles Open January 8 and 10 has arrived Joe Kirkwood of Rockwood Country Club New York was first to appear Jim Carberry of Shoreacres Take Forest secretary of the Ino PGA is wintering at Annandale with Jack Malley a resident of the Southern California Professional Golfers association Bob White has also arrived to make his home here He is living at Glendale Dewey Weber and Willard Crummy are also here Bobby Cruickshank and AJ Wepolusa will arrive in a day or two Cyril Walker champion in 1924 will arrive in about ten days
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Los Angels
Advance Guild of Golfers
Joe Kirkwood
Rockwood Country Cluk
New York
Jim Carberry
Shoreacres
Take Forest
Ino Pga
Annandale
Jack Malley
Southern California Professional Golfers’ Association
Bob White
Glendale
Dewey Weber
Willard Crummy
Bobby Cruickshank
AJ Wepolusa
Cyril Walker
All-America Players Begin Training Camp in Indiana
All America Eastern stars preparing for December 26 game against a Western eleven in San Francisco start a week of practice at Indiana University under coach William Ingram Navy Bill. The group includes Slaughter Edwards Hawkins Wycott Garrbish Farwick Sloan Dulwey Likberg Davis Mahan Chase Pease and Ingram from several colleges and the Navy.
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Bloomington
Ind
San Francisco
William
Navy Bill) Ingram
Indiana University
Indiana
Slauaghter
Edwards
Hawkins
Mihigan
Wycott
Georgia Tech
Garbisch and Farwick
Army
Sloan
Drake
Dulwey
Marquette
Likberg
Davis
Fail to Invite Star Hurdler Here
New York dispatch reports Sweden’s Sten Pettersson, premier hurdler and sprinter, awaits an official invitation to visit the United States. Negotiations were led by Charley Paddock, with plans for Pettersson to race in early fall. Pettersson, famed for multiple Swedish titles and a 400 meter hurdles record push in Paris, laments being left out of American meets.
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New York
Sten Pettersson
Sweden
United States
Pettersson
Charley Paddock
Los Angeles
Paddock
Petterason
Europe
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Stockholm
Paris
Goober
Ocena
America
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Parone
Timber-Lopper
Dan Kinsey
Atkinson
Bobby Jones to Exhibit in Florida Winter Tourneys
In St Augustine Florida Bobby Jones world s greatest golfer will display his wares this winter He plans exhibitions and to compete in the Florida amateur championships March 23 to 27 He aims to play more golf to prepare for a Walker Cup trip to England with the American team Also Miss Glenna Collett American national champion will defend her Florida East Coast title March 2 to 6 and later go to England to defend the British and French crowns Join forces possible with Watts Gunn against Archie Compston Jones is lauded as the greatest linksman with a record U S Open run four years and wins and near misses from 1922 to 1928 including a playoff loss in 1928 and a double 36 hole playoff in 1927
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ST. Augustine
Fla
Bobby Jones
Florida
Almateur
Sones
England
Bobby
Jones
America
Glenna Collett
Florida East Coast
Miss Collett
St. Louis
Watts Gunn
Archie Compston
Gunn
Compston
Willie Macfarlane
Intercollegiate chaos language tourney to hit New York
Sport notes highlight St Tustuis skating rinks Harvard tennis dominance among universities, Louly Derdinand, son of a former German crown, noted as a college athlete. The first Harvard Yale Princeton West Point Intercollegiate event will be held in New York during the holidays. Ontario Hockey Association boasts 160 clubs and 8742 players as the world’s largest amateur hockey body.
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Venice
Harvard
Yale
Princeton
West Point
New York
Ontario Hockey Association
Worl
Roland Todd Arrives For Greb Contest In Vernon
Roland Todd, British middleweight champion, arrived aboard the Mauretania in New York. Charley Harvey greeted him and confirmed Todd will face Harry Greb in Vernon, California, on January 12. Harvey says Todd is eager and can easily make 180 pounds with little preparation.
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New York
Roland Todd
Great Britain
Mauretania
Charley Harvey
Todd
Harry Greb
Vernon
Cal
Roland
Harvey
Army football coaches rarely quit says Newan stay with cadets
Dec 15. AP reports that successful Army football coaches rarely leave the service and Newan is expected to remain with the Cadets. The piece notes general views on coaching mobility, Army polo, and the career paths of officers who coach at civilian institutions, with references to McEwan Beard and others.
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John J. McEwan
Army
Conti
Oregon
West Point
Sible
Emphasia
McEwan
Daly
Harvard
Worl
United Stat Military Academy
Louis A. Beard
Harry Payne Whitney
Beard
Colege
Shevlin to Box Mello on Friday in Boston
Roxbury welterweight Eddie Shevlin defends his New England title against challenger Al Mello of Lowell this Friday night under Suffolk A A A at Mechanic Building Boston. Bookmakers quote the bout about even with odds 9 to 10.
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Eddie Shevlin
Roxbury
al Mello
Lowell
New England
Suffolk
Princeton Names Bill Roper To 1926 Football Post
Princeton authorities announced that Head Football Coach Bill Roper signed for the year 1926 and hinted the contract might extend to two years. Roper had previously said he might resign his coaching berth.
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Princeton
Bill Roper
Roper
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