Interesting Squirbs of Sport from the Times
Atlanta is famed for golf tennis swimming and baseball Tulsa won the Western league pennant for the third straight year The Chicago Cubs have won 11 National league pennants and two world championships The youngest pitcher in the American league is Daniel Mae Fayden age twenty of the Red Sox Portland Oregon boasts a recreation building with two billiard tables and twenty eight bowling alleys Sale of Norman Plitt Brooklyn pitcher to the New York Giants over waivers was announced Ringside seats at fights are discussed Boston clubs are spending
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Chicago Cubs
Daniel Mae Fayden
Red Sox
Portland
Ore
Sale
Norman
Plitt
Brooklyn
New York Giants
Harvard Pilot Money On Rookies For 1928 Team
A column notes Harvard's Pilot invests in inexperienced players to boost the 1928 showing. It also mentions Otto Strohmeier as Indiana University's line coach and jokes about golf slang and umpire trivia. A jaundiced view of sports in St Louis and Eskimos mining ivory is touched on, with quips about grammar and pugilism.
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Otto Strohmeier
University of Chicago
Indiana University
Debut of Charley Root vs Babe Ruth in 1923
A 24 year old rookie Charley Root made his major league debut for the Chicago Cubs against the New York Yankees at Sportsmans Park St Louis in 1923. Facing Babe Ruth with three on in the eighth, Root threw three pitches to strike out Ruth and end the at bat amid 15 000 fans.
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Yankees
Babe Ruth
Hank Severeid
George Hildebrand
Sportsman’s Park
St. Louis
Charley Root
Chicago Cubs
Lee Fohl
Browns
Lefty Leifield
Detroit Tigers
Urban Shocker
J@ckie Davis
Johnny Tobin
Kid
Ohio
Minnesota Enacts Ban on Racing Trains at Crossings
Minnesota adopts a new traffic code punishing motorists who race trains at grade crossings with fines or rail terms. Drivers must stop at crossings with visible warnings and yield to overtaking vehicles on two lane roads. The rules also tighten passing on hills and curves and require safe distances and signals when being overtaken.
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Minnesota
Penns coach opposes scouting in college football
Louis Alonso Young, Penn head coach, argues for complete scouting elimination but calls current practice fair. He comments on the Yale Princeton no scouting pact, says removing scouts could boost scoring and open play, yet fears temptation to cut corners.
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Louis Alonso Young
University of Pennsylvania
Young
Tad Jones
Yale
Bill Roper
Princeton
Youngs
Tere
Keep Umbrella Of Heater in Your Car
Caution from the National Safety Council and the Accident Prevention Association warns against placing umbrellas over car heaters or near stoves. Wooden handles and cellulose tips can ignite when exposed to heat, with reports of explosions from such practices in homes and offices.
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National Safety Council
Accident Prevention Association
Radio Keeps Watch on Ohio City Water Works
Akron water works uses an automated transmitter 15 miles away to report reservoir height hourly. A master clock activates relays for 50 seconds each hour, sending one of ten signals to denote water level and guide supply through city mains.
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Akron
Ohio
Popular Mechanics
College Rhetoric on Corner Cutting Sparks Worry
The remarks warn that some college may cut corners more than a trifle, leading to trouble. The speaker urges caution and accountability amid concerns about lax standards and potential consequences for athletics or academics.
McAllister Wins 200-Yard National Rifle Championship
Corporal Robert A. McAllister of Company B 6 Engineers Camp Lewis Washington won the 200 yard members championship at Camp Perry Ohio, beating 1 067 regulars National Guard and civilians with a perfect score and 12 shots in the exact center of the target.
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Robert A. McAllister
Engineers
Camp Lewis
Wash
National Guard
Camp Perry
Ohio
McAllister
Radio Notebook tips for safe tube radio building and maintenance
Practical notes on battery life vacuum tubes and wiring. Advice covers securing connections preventing interference keeping wires separate and using small aerials. Guidance on eliminators power tubes rectifiers choke coils maintenance lubrication and avoiding overlong operation overnight to protect components.
Ruths Longest Homer Made at Red Sox Park
Babe Ruth of the New York Yankees hit his 45th homer in the first game of a doubleheader at Boston on September 6. The ball reportedly traveled about 500 feet, clearing center field near the flagpole for a landmark homer in modern baseball history.
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Ruth
Red Sox Park
George Herman
Babe” Ruth
New York Yankees
Boston Red Sox
Missouri Ledger Notes 1926 Tax Flows and Bus Certificate
State Treasurer C. Stephens reports 1926 county receipts total 11 624 453 dollars with 7 485 595 paid out. Sixty nine counties drew more from the state than paid in. St Louis led excess at 3 715 021 94. Yelloway wins permit for St Louis to Kansas City bus route over detour. fare set at seven dollars one way. Reports from Hamilton Butler Cape Girardeau Sedalia and Sedalia health and crime items follow.
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Jefferson City
C. &. Stephens
Missouri
City of St. Louis
Stephens
City of
St. Louis
Jackson County
Kansas City
Buchanan County
St. Joseph
Stoddard County
Fulton
State Public Service Commission
Yelloway, Incorporated
Kansas’ City
Ing
Yelloway
Burns
Butler
Robert W. Fout
Thurston
Bates County
Farmers and Merchants Bank of
Rich Hill
R. L
Cape Girardeau
Charles E. Ballew
Leavenworth
Floyd Reed
Arnold Coe
Rollo Coe
Boyd Dixon
Ripley County
Reed
National Training School
Sedalia
Salem School
Beaman
J. K. Mitchell
Ray Phillips
Castoria touted as safe remedy for babies
An advertisement extols Fletcher's Castoria as a gentle, harmless stomach aid for infants. It claims no castor oil taste, pure vegetable ingredients, and universal use for colic, constipation, diarrhea, and sleep, noting physicians recommend it and a care book accompanies it.
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Fletcher
Trevides
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Tulsa
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Harvard
Texas
Mr. Jones
Jonson
Charlie Pratt
Charlie Root
PENN
Ohio City Water Works
Missouri News Nuggets
Fredericktown
H. D. Benedict
Bank of
Madison County
Benedict
T. L. Benedict
Carthage
D. H. Benedict, Jr
Louise F. Alt
Oklahoma
Pettis County
G. G. Green, Inc
Woodbury
Hanford
Ville, Tenn
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Red Cross
Hiscox Chem
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