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Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Dec 17, 1926

Page

22

Major Leagues Re-elect Landis and Raise Salary to 85000

Major league club owners held a joint meeting in Chicago and re elected Keneely Mountain Landis to a seven year term as commissioner with a 25090 raise to 85000 a year. Ban Johnson attended and the group planned schedules and policy for the upcoming season while honoring past figures and outlining minor changes in salaries and draft rules.

Major Leagues Landis Chicago Flint T. Bie Com Willy Landis Candie Chicao Athletic Association Hich Jurist Altho Johnsen Rane A Poverss John Beydler Johren Ag MM. Seaton Presdent John d. Pare Pel Mainer Tergies Lambs Oe East Elas Lanneci Firat Clare Ami Bork Herality Agaias Lar Us Lesiie O Nie Inter League Atill Brania Witcher Fippert Emil Fuchs Boston Braves National Baseball Federation Int Hie Wogues Clarke Grimith Washington F. S. Barnard Cleveland Garry Herrmann Cincinnati

Winter sports at Dartmouth season announced for Hanover

Dartmouth announces winter and spring schedules across indoor track basketball swimming and other events. Notable contests list Harvard Yale Princeton Cornell Colgate Navy Army Penn and more with dates in February through May and venues in Boston New York Philadelphia and Hanover.

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Doak Reinstated by Judge Landis

Doak has been reinstated by Judge Landis after an earlier retirement and a formal order restoring his officiating status. The Brooklyn Dodgers were involved, with Me emerording of oofflr as aft. Florida real estate field context appears, and the figure left the club to winter elsewhere.

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Local Eatery Ad Offers Clams and Sandwiches

Call at Dan Hatfields 265 Cobs St for hot stuffed and hake clams. All kinds of sandwiches and old fashioned hot vegetable soup served daily. Attention given to bearer. Tel Noble 1201.

DAN Hatfields Cobs St Toe Bearite Noble

Bears and Ponies tied for league leading fielding percent

Eastern League fielding averages released show Bridgeport and Springfield tied for first with .967. Bears played 154 games, Ponies 151, as Stapleton's Bears posted 6,151 chances to 6,073 for McCann's team with 4,094 put outs to 2,994 by the Ponies.

Bridgeport Springfield Bears Gene McCann Stapleton Hears McCann Hartford Rube Marquard Providence Grays Rodriguez Providence Elmer Bowman New Weven Bowman Rodla Post Mayer Pitefield the Ponies Belanger Waterbury Jerry Red Torphy Harry Purcell Johnny Jacobs Keate Anderson

Killifer to Coach St. Louis Browns Next Year

Chicago dispatch reports Bill Killifer, former Cardinals and Cubs aide, signed to coach the St. Louis Browns as first assistant to Dan Howley. Killifer, released by Sam Breadon, will depart the National League after years with Philadelphia, Chicago, and St. Louis clubs. He helped engineer Alexander’s arrival to the Cards, aiding their fall classic success.

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Charlotte Speedway May Be Bankrupt

Raleigh December 17 AP The Charlotte speedway formed two years ago faces severe losses from recent auto races and may undergo reorganization or voluntary bankruptcy. General manager Coleman W. Roberts said no action had been taken yet, but bankruptcy is likely. The track cost about 300000 to build.

Raleigh N. C Charlotte Speedway Coleman W. Roberts

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