Percy Collins Heads Amateur Billiard Ranking
New York report names Percy N. Collins of Tillagis A. C. to class A lead in national amateur billiards rankings announced by Julian Rice. James P. Mathews tops class Fo, with Frank Gray of Brooklyn in the class group. The ranking notes players in multiple classes compete in their last class, including Dr. Richard M. Boscow of Baltimore who moved after winning class H.
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New York
Percy N. Collins
Tillagis A. C
Julian Rice
Nation Association of Amateur Billiard Players
Hames P. Mathews
Frank Gray
Brooklyn
Richard M. Boscow
Baltimore
N. Collins
Chicago
Francis
Appleby
Ork
Johnn A. Clipton, Jr
Fittsburgh
Edgar Appleby
T. Henry Clarkson
Emil A. Renner
Youngstown
Ohio
Richard M. Roscow
Butcimore
W. Gardner
Mont
Hagen and Mehlhora to Oppose Havers in Exhibition Match
New Orleans December Hagen and William Mehlhorn of Shreveport will oppose Arthur Gladstone Havers in an exhibition golf match at West End Country Club on January 5. Jimmie Ockenden, British Open champion and Havers partner, will also be present for the event.
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New Orleans
Dee
Ater Hagen
Lead price hike at New York smelting firm
New York December 11 The American Smelting and Refining Company today advanced the price of lead from 7.40 to 7.50 cents a pound.
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NEW _ YORK
American Smelting and Refining Company
Yankees Won’t Get Shocker Says Manager Sisler
St Louis December 3. Manager Sisler asserts Urban Shocker will not be traded to the Yankees. He says Shocker is the Browns best pitcher and will be kept, while plans to resolve disputes with Bull and unify the team are under way before the southern trip.
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ST. Louis
New York Yankees
Lewis
Miller Huggins
Charge Sisler
Browns
Sisler
Phil Gall
Shocker
Mra. Shocker
Ball
Sisley
Urban
Bull
New York Central Gets Borrowing Authority Dec. $1
The Interstate Commerce Commission authorized the New York Central railroad to increase its common stock by 31 million 510 thousand dollars. Old stockholders may subscribe to the new issue at par in proportion to their current holdings.
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New York Central Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
The Sportlight by Grantland Rice Review of 1924 in Sport
Reader notices a year of sport lore and forecasts. Mentions Dempsey versus Firpo, Olympic attempts, horse records, and California’s bid for Paris games. Notes a wave of training thrills and intercollegiate feats shaping the season with a focus on heart, effort, and perseverance.
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Dempsey
Firpo
Wile
Gibbons
Meadowbrook
Davis
Willie Hoppe to Challenge for Three-Cushion Title
New York December 31 Willie Hoppe world champion announced plans to challenge for the three-cushion billiard title. He will post a forfeit and play a 100 point match against this season's champion before the end of the 1923 1924 season. Cliff Denton currently holds the title with the 1934 championship to be decided in a round robin among the top four in the National Championship Three Cushion Billiard League.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
W. Hoppe
Hoppe
Hopf
Gems of the United States Amid Global Riches
The article claims the United States hosts a broad gem assortment with diamonds in Arkansas North Carolina Kentucky Georgia Ohio Wisconsin Vologady California true emeralds in North Carolina New Mexico rubies sapphires and other stones found nationwide. It notes Russia supplies blue sapphires while Colorado yields a fine reddish brown gem and New England Utah offer clear varieties. It mentions New Mexico garnets Nevada pearls from freshwater mussels Arkansas Indiana Tennessee and more.
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United States
Arkansas
North Carolina
Kentuck Georgia
Ohio
Wisconsin
Vologady
California
New Mexico
Russia
Colorado
New England
Utah
Nevada
Indiana
Tennessee
Radio forgeries threaten arctic expedition messages
Bruce MacMillan, famed arctic explorer, travels north on a new expedition. Reports claim amateur radio operators spoof his voice on air from a Pocono Mountains summer home. MacMillan uses only code for sending messages, while radio relay league members strive to stay in contact across vast distances.
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Bruce MacMillan
Gsoe
MacMillan
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Crg
Philadelphia Trust Company
Lad
Suimmer
Pocono Jountains
MacMilkin
American Radio Relay League
MacMilhen
Flamingoes in the West Indies Face Extinction Threat
The piece details flamingoes once common in Florida and the West Indies, now near extinction due to hunting and collection for decoration. It notes their striking plumage, distinctive bills, and marsh nesting in tropical regions, plus attempts by researchers like Harald Bailey to study them and the risks of captivity and local slaughter. It cites Bahamas, Santo Domingo, Cuba, and Galapagos as habitats and laments the unsporting pursuit by hunters.
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Florida
Provida
Chen
Hokmewat
Louis Agassiz Pouertes
Fiapp
Sher
Caey
Bahamas
Santo Domiingo
Cuba
Chile
Mexico
W Indies
Galapigo
Panama
Africa
Europe
South Plarida
Harald Bailey
Mide
Tri
Andi
Tol Park
Miami Beach
Hailey
Humorous Exchange At Signing Of Decimation Of Independe
The scene recounts Benjamin Harrison signing the Decimation of Independe document with a joke about hanging. He offers the pen to Gerry of Massachusetts, noting that when the time comes he will be dead, but Gerry will be left kicking in the air. Harrison is described as tall and stout, Gerry as tall and slender.
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Lins
Lovejoy
Yale
Garbisch
Army
Greenough
Harvard
Gray
Pennsylvania State
New Ven Sberg
South Pelana
Benjamin Harrison
Harrison Wart
Harrion
Gerry
Massachusetts
Harrison
Childhood ambitions and a hair cut wish
A brief chat features Joe and Charley recalling childhood ambitions. Charley recalls his mother cutting his hair and wishing he would never have that experience again, a small personal reflection tied to a past wish.
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Joe
Charley
LASSIES MEET STAMFORD HIGH AND NAUGATUCK BOYS
Bridgeport High prepares for basketball action with girls at Stamford against Lock City lassies and boys at Naugatuck versus Valley City. Miss Agnes Watters becomes eligible and will start as forward in the Stamford game. Coach Reilly tests a new lineup as Tufts tournament plans loom for late April.
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Stamford High
Naugatuck
Tufts Tourne
Bridgeport High
Valley City
Stamford
Lock Citylassies
Helen Lockwood
Eddie Reilly
Agnes Wattera
Neugy
Jang
Hilltopp
Reilly
Collegiate Combines to Clash With Y M C A Fives
Collegiate fives led by Clayt McGraw and Al Jepson face Y M H A Separators this afternoon at the Y M H A hall on Madison Avenue. Both teams express confidence after hard practice, with Clayt Moran predicting a decisive win over Sol Moorey’s tossers in the opener featuring top former high school stars from Fairfield county.
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Collegie
Clayt McGraw
al Jepson
Madison Avenue
Y. M
Clayt Moran
Sol Moorey
Fairfield County
Boys Cleared of Tragedy Result of Indian Play
Freehold New Jersey December 31. Forman Jr and Carel Hubbard 18 of Westsagen were acquitted of manslaughter in the deaths of William Hubbard 13 and Charles Spindier 11. The boys were tied to a stake during an Indian game when a pile of shavings three feet away was set alight. Flames spread beyond the elder boys control and both victims died from burns.
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Freehold
N. J
Thupert Forman, Jr
Carel Hubbard
Westsagen
Iith
Wiliam Hubbard
Charles Spindier
Education Made a Crime In Sardinian Kingdom
A historical note describes a royal edict from 1825 forbidding literacy by law. It claims any person learning to read or write who owned property faced a tax of 1560 lire, about 409 in value, deterring university attendance. The account suggests clergy and nobility controlled education and money limited reading among Yoks in Fardinia.
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Kingdom of
Sardinian
Fardinia
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Hagen
Mehlhora
Havers
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