Notable Sporting Nuggets and College Updates
Old Rosebud’s time of 2:03 2-5 stands as a Derby speed mark. Rowing grows as a major college sport in twelve top U S universities. Jai alai, dubbed the world’s fastest game, traces to Basques in 1620. Camel racing wins favor in North Africa. A mile pace hovers near three minutes. Earl Sande receives trainer and jockey licenses under Maryland and Illinois tracks. Dartmouth selects John H Reno as 1929 football manager. Frosty Peters of Illinois departs college. Navy to play Penn at Franklin Field twice this fall with games on Oct 27 and Nov 24. Tommy Armour backs Horton Smith to outplay Bobby Jones, calling Smith the greatest.
Disfiguring Signs Along Many Roads
The USDA canvass of highway advertising finds automobile industry and related services as the worst offenders. Signs promote cars tires oils and other car accessories while hotels and restaurants rank second in highway ads.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Public Roads
Bureau
Fordham Star Frisch and Murph y Dazzle in Baseball Echoes
Frankie Frisch of Fordham rose to the big leagues with the New York Giants, joined by a fellow Fordham pitcher John Murphy at twenty, six feet two, 190 pounds, as scouts watch a rapid ascent. A separate Bureau critique by Thomas H. MacDonald denounces roadside advertising as a blight on highways, urging legislation to curb extraneous signs that obscure warnings and mislead drivers.
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Frankie Frisch
Fordham University
New York Giants
Thomas H. MacDonald
Bureau
Mr. MacDonald
MacDonald
Automobile Notes on Roads and Taxes
The column discusses open road driving, emergency brakes on drum systems, and how special motor taxes fund road costs. It notes the parking challenge linked to innovative spare tire ideas and forecasts higher costs for auto salesmen as remaining possibilities shrink. It mentions July 1 license payment and keeping Santa Claus and the tax collector apart.
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Santa Claus
Cardinals Beat Phillies In Eleven One-Run Wins Set Record
The Cardinals achieved 20 victories over the Phillies in the season with 11 one run wins. This marked a record as no major league team had defeated another by 11 margins in a single season.
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St. Louis
Baseball Sxubs and Signings Hit Early Season Circles
Veteran outfielders and players from multiple leagues sign with teams in Harrisburg Indianapolis Lowell and St. Louis while college star Granville Norris from Norman Oklahoma joins the Cardinals. Connie Mack recalls the Fort Myers training trip as his worst memory due to injuries. Willie Wolf and George Thomas secure NYP and Blue Ridge league deals respectively. Anabelle Sensenbach owns High Point club in Piedmont league.
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Connie Mack
Fort Myers
George Thomas
Harrisburg
Cadet Jark Sets New World Mark in Disc Throw
Cadet Carl Jark from West Point, a 210 pound cadet from Bea trice Nebraska, launched the steel platter 158 feet 3 inches to break the previous record of 158 feet 134 inches set by Houser in 1926. Coach Leo Novak stands beside the new title holder as Jark hails from Bea trice.
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Carl Jark
United States Military Academy
West Point
N. Y
Houser
Jark
Leo Novak
Beatrice
Neb
Former Tiger Praises Ty Cobb as Real Pilot
Fred Haney, a former Tiger player, disputes the common view that Ty Cobb lacked managerial ability. He says Cobb was a student of the game and could read pitches, manage on the bench, and guide players, but lacked support from some club officials who hindered his efforts.
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Tyrus Raymond Cobb
Fred Haney
Indianapolis
Haney
Cobb
Detroit Tigers
Cleveland
Steve O'Neill
Fred
Nervy Effort Wins as Thormassen Pitches Hurt
Henry Thormassen, pitching in the Eastern Carolina league, broke his hand in the fourth but remained in the game until the ninth when he was pulled. He still earned the win in a tense, nerve filled outing.
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Henry Thormassen
Missouri Assembly Deadlock and State Bills Amid Busy Session
The Fifty-fifth General Assembly, costing taxpayers $1,000,000, stalls over adjournment with Democrats controlling the Senate and Republicans the House. House leaders refuse to adjourn until Senate bills are acted on, while Senate leaders expect to quit by Saturday. amendments to appropriation bills delay progress.
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Jefferson City
Fifty-fifth
General Assembly
Senate
House
Jones H. Parker
Nick T. Cave
Parker
Mexico
King’s Daughters
Missouri
International Order of King’s Daughters and Sons
Marshall Gordon
Columbia
St. Joseph
George F. Ballew
Livingston County
Kansas City
State Survey Commission
Theodore Gary
St. Louis
Caulfield
Holy men challenge Soviet push to curb wanderers
Looker-On argues that Russia will struggle to suppress the village saints or elders who influence both peasants and elites, shaping belief around Rasputin and superstition. Some elders are genuine preachers with fervor akin to Jewish prophets, exploiting village beds of superstition.
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Russia
London Daily Chronicle
Rasputin
Alaska Fossil Apple Sparks Origin Debate
In the Tanana valley Alaska archeologists laugh at a fossil apple found next to a mastodon tusk. They joke the find hints at the North as human origin and claim the apple could be the original used by Eve.
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Tanana Valley
Alaska
Eve
Helpful Free Booklet on Modern Laundry and Cleaning Methods
An invitation advertises a free booklet titled Better Ways to Wash and Clean. Readers are urged to write Pacific Coast Borax Co Department W 100 William St New York for a copy.
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Pacific Coast Borax Co
Dept. W
William St
New York
Adv
Government earns more from oil on public lands than other incomes
A government analysis states oil royalties from public lands yield a larger return than all other public land incomes combined, highlighting oil as the dominant revenue source among public domain resources.
Ad Advice Promotes Ball Blue Laundry Tip
A jingle-like ad counsels mothers to use Red Cross Ball Blue to keep clothes dainty and well groomed for daughters. The prose adds a quip about a popular resort town being dull for a local man.
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Adv
Jealousy as a Mild Spur in Social Dynamics
The remark suggests jealousy can be a pleasant urge when it remains moderate and focused on the person in question. It implies that mild envy may reinforce attachment and interest rather than harm relationships.
Dr Caldwell's Three Rules for Constipation Relief
Dr Caldwell promotes Syrup Pepsin as a mild non habit forming remedy. He urges natural treatment over drastic purges and claims it aids digestion, biliousness, headaches, loss of appetite, fevers and colds. A bottle is available at drugstores with directions to keep head cool and feet warm while bowels operate.
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Monticello
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United States
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North Africa
Maryland Association
Illinois Turf Association
Earl Sande
Dartmouth College Athletic Council
John H. Reno
Newcomb
Dartmouth
Forrest
Frosty” Peters
University of Illinois
Navy
Penn
Big Franklin Field
Philadelphia
Princeton
Tommy Armour
Young Horton Smith
Bobby Jones
Atlanta
Smith
George K. Laham
Dent Street
Boston
Laham
New Fordham Flash
Cardinals
Phil Voyles
Williamsport
Anabelle Sensenbach
High Point
N. C
Piedmont Baseball League
Bob Steele
Frank O’rourke
St. Louis Browns
Willie Wolf
Boston Central High
Eddie Bogart
Portland
Lowell
Granville Norris
University of Oklahoma
St. Louis Cardinals
Norman
Okla
Tiger
Ty Cobb
Glendons
Vuid Dick
Glendon
Middies
Harlem River
Max F. Meyer
University of Missouri
Central Institute For the Deaf
Meyer
M. E. Casey
City of
Congress
Missouri Grand Army of the Republic
Holy Men
Garden of Eden
DR. Caldwell
Hiscox Chem
Wks
Patchogue
Arg
Gista
Hiscox Chemical Works
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