From Umpire to GM A Baseball Career Overview
A veteran recounts 28 years in baseball linking playing, umpiring, and front office work. He reflects on seeing Babe Ruth and other stars from three viewpoints, recalls early years with Youngstown's league, and explains the challenges of turning a weak club into a pennant contender within the Cleveland Indians organization.
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Cleveland Baseball Club
Babe Ruth
Detroit
Col
Jacob Ruppert
Washington
Ruth
Lajoie
Sam Crawford
Bill Donovan
Honus Wagner
Christy Mathewson
Mordecai Brown
Ty Cobb
Detroit Tigers
Jack Sheridan
Tim Hurst
Tommy Connolly
Sheridan
Bell Syndicate
WNU Service
Women Better Drivers of Automobiles Than Men Is Deduction Made by Editor
William L Chenery editor of Collier s Weekly concludes from forty state motor accident records that women drivers caused proportionately fewer deaths and injuries in 1930. The piece notes overall rise in reckless driving, with 32 500 deaths and 960 000 injuries, and cites speed, wrong side driving, hogging of right of way, and pedestrians as factors.
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William L. Chenery
Collier's Weekly
Missouri News Nuggets and Obituaries Roundup
A Springfield notice reports Mrs. Alice Gorman age 61, wife of O E Gorman, prominent Ozarks attorney, died at home. Boonville man Bonham Brown, 22, crushed by earth embankment collapse. Kansas City notes ex state legislator William Larkin Webb, 74, dies at Independence. Springfield memorials for L E Lines, 82, founder of Missouri Arkansas Ozarks music stores. Kansas City reports chair leader William Bellamy jailed for embezzlement. Springfield attorney John P McCammon dies at 78 nearing fifty years practice. Joplin reports Irene McCann convicted of second degree murder. husband Albert McCann faces hanging. Jefferson City Governor Caulfield signs two measures on cattle disease certificates and county assessor reelection. Joplin police say James Edward Creighton confesses to killing Coyne Hatten. tied to multistate robberies. Columbia reports E W Stephens, 82, head of Missouri Capitol Commission and long time press leader, dies. St Louis fur seizures as state officers confiscate illegal beaver pelts. Jefferson City says ex judge Robert W Otto, broke leg in taxi strike. St Joseph reports Emil J Sutter found dead in hotel. Catholic Union delegate.
Spicy Bits Of Sport From Across The Nation
A collage notes Ralph De Palma in auto racing for 23 years, Texas league writers favor Houston Buffaloes for pennant chances, Jim Poole traded to Reading in the International League, and John McGraw claiming the Giants 25 percent stronger. Also mentions horse racing legislation in Pennsylvania, Columbia Lions mascot stirred, and Pirates manager Jewel Ens ordering no travel by players until schedules unwind.
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Jewel Ens
The
Pirates
Hornsby Sevenths Three Homers In A Row At Pittsburg
Rogers Hornsby hit three consecutive home runs in a game against Pittsburgh tying a modern record for consecutive homers in a game. The list of players who have done this includes Anson Kelly Reynolds Averill Goslin Ott Hornsby. The note also mentions Navy shell design and other sports items.
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Rogers Hornsby
Pittsburgh
Robert J. Lowe
Boston Nationals
Ed J. Delehanty
Lou Gehrig
Babe Ruth
Ruth
Gehrig
Hornsby
Hack Wilson
Adrian C. Anson
Chicago
George L
Marvin Owen's Hands Put Him In Major League Spotlight
Marvin Owen earns attention as the new Detroit Tigers shortstop with sensational defense and a record showing seven baseballs held in one mitt. His stellar play and national chatter place him among top league talk as he proves his fielding prowess and glove range.
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Marvin Owen
Museum of Sport
Primo Carnera
Marvin
Detroit Tiger
Fellows' Syrup Promises Restored Vitality and Cheer
Old age weariness and sleep problems are said to fade with Fellows' Syrup. The ad claims the tonic helps Nature restore missing elements, boosting energy, stamina, and cheer so one can eat, work, and sleep like a twenty one year old. Physicians have prescribed it for years.
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Nature
Mushroom advice boosts sales in tourist trade
Robert stayed with an aunt in northern Indiana who serves tourists. She laments slow business, and he quips that a mushroom would attract customers as two groups asked him today where to find mushrooms.
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Robert
Indiana
Indianapolis
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Billy Evans
Cleveland Indians
Youngstown
Ohio
Protective Association
Pennsylvania
O. & P. League
Collett
Glenna Collett
Greenwich Country Club
Metropolitan Golf Association
Maureen Orcutt
Helen Hicks
Martha Parker
Chenery
Missouri
Ozarks
Springfield
Alice Gorman
O. E. Gorman
Boonville
Kansas City
William Larkin Webb
House of Representatives
Independence
L. E. Lines
Arkansas Ozarks
Lafontaine
Kan
William Bellamy
Allied Charities Bureau
Bellamy
John P. McCammon
Missouri Fidelity and Casualty Company
Iowa Wesleyan University
Joplin
Irene McCann
E. O. Bray
Carthage
Albert McCann
Bray
McCanns
Caulfield
Jefferson City
Baldwin and
Harrison
Spearman
James Edward Creighton
Coyne Hatten
Notre Dame University
Webb City
Hatten
Creighton
Hastings, Neb
Oklahoma
Texas
Capitol Commission
Columbia
E. W. Stephens
Missouri Capitol Commission
Stephens
Stephens College
Missouri Press Association
National Editorial Association
World’s Press Congress
Liege
Belgium
St. Louis
John S. Ross
Missouri Game and Fish Department
Michigan
Wisconsin
Mississippi
New Mexico
Robert W. Otto
Supreme Judge
St. Joseph
Emil J. Sutter
Salisbury
Catholic Union of Missouri
B. W. Tadlock
Sutter
Ralph de Palma
Baltimore
Verger
California
Harry Heilmann
Gabby Street
Kid Gleason
Bucky Harris
Charlie Jamieson
Cleveland
Texas League Sports Writers
Houston Buffaloes
Jim Poole
Southern Association
Reading Club
Department of Welfare
Columbia University Lions
Boston
George Washington
Keneraw Mountain
John McGraw
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Richard A. Glendon
Navy
Whitlow Wyatt
Herb Hunter
Hunter
New England
Elizabeth Gordon
Massasoit
Warwick
R. L
Bessie Finn
Portland Springs
Maine
Palm Beach Country Club
Florida
K. L. Moorhouse
Mich
New York
Owen
Fellows Syrup
Peery
Pearl Street
New York City
Marjorie
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
K-R-O Co
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