Powerhouse Klein: The Giant of Strength in Baseball
The Philadelphia Nationals slugger known as Powerhouse or Chuck Klein is a six foot one, near 200 pound star with granite-like arms and a gorilla chest. He relies on raw power and heavy hitting, noting fans endlessly crave home runs while accepting occasional hits to the outfield. He credits hard work from farm and road-building days and remains confident in his bat as he contends there is no science to power hitting.
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Klein
Philadelphia Nationals
Charles
Chuck
Babe Ruth and umpire clash over famed third strike
In a 1930 Bell Syndicate piece, an umpire recounts calling Babe Ruth out on what he and Ruth believed was a perfect third strike. Ruth argues the call with bat tossing and protests, while Walter Johnson and Walter Pipp observe from the plate. Ruth later accepts the call, and Pipp quips about the strike.
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Babe Ruth
Babe
Washington
Walter Johnson
Ruth
Walter Pipp
New York
Pipp
Bell Syndicate
Concrete Slab Tests Start at Arlington Experiment Farm
The USDA Bureau of Public Roads begins full size concrete pavement slab tests at Arlington Virginia to compare edge thickening designs and load transfer methods. Slabs 20 by 40 feet will study joints dowel bonds subgrade friction and temperature movement with observers arriving for the Sixth International Road Congress in Washington October 6 to 11.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Public Roads
Experiment Farm
Department
Arlington
Washington
United States
Terseled Sports Yarns Highlight Early Stars and Moves
TERSELY TOLD INTERESTING YARNS OF DIFFERENT SPORTS notes Eliot who rowed for Harvard in 1853 and Cy Letzelter a Carnegie Tech star as potential West Point stars this season. It lists players and moves including Irving Jeffries, Benny Bengough, Dick O Connell, Gerald and Herbert Walker, Red Roberts, Ira Flagstead, and Pie Traynor with hints of records, regattas, and evolving training in Germany and the United States.
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Cy Letzelter
Carnegie Tech
West Point
Eliot
Harvard
Poor Pitching Is Blamed for Heavy Batting by Stars
A past look at pennant winners shows heavy hitting blamed on pitching and ball quality. The 1914 Boston Braves used three starters James Tyler Rudolph to win pennant and World Series in four straight. Players blame lively balls, while manufacturers stay silent on ball changes.
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Boston Braves
Bill James
Lefty Tyler
Dick Rudolph
Automobile Tips From an Era of Travel and Safety
An article urges proper tire inflation per manufacturer, warns drivers to balance safety and politeness, notes the first transcontinental trip San Francisco to New York took 53 days, and advises courteous passing and measured use of the horn.
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San Francisco
New York
Missouri News Nuggets Roundup Of State Events
A compact Missouri roundup reports deaths in Jefferson City and Springfield. The pieces note Mrs. Emelia F. Boos funeral details in St. Louis, a Constable candidate Bill Lahy’s arrest, and Albert Goeringer’s river death near Clayton. Also mentions gold-bearing clay samples in Ellisville, a new Audrain County state game preserve, and Frisco wreck victims’ funeral in Springfield.
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Jefferson City
Emelia F. Boos
John H. Boos
Missouri Bureau of Mines
St. Louis
St. Charles
Albert Goeringer
Clayton
Missouri
Joseph Wietholter
Joseph Goeringer
Ellisville
Charles Powell
Shell Petroleum Corporation
Mexico
Audtain County
Clyde
John W. Ellis
Ellis
Springfield
Charles T. Newton
Newton
Mansfield
New Haven
Conn
Sedalia
William M. Jolly
Sally Jolly
Henry Distler
Sevuges
Naylor
Cape Girardeau
St. Mary's Seminary
Perryville
St. Vincent’s College
Thomas F. Levan
de Vaul University
Chicago
Gladys Stewart
Ava
Department of Justice
Washington
George HI. Skidmore
Greene County
William Harrison Robinett
Brighton
Raymond Mount
Mhe
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
A. R. Mann
Mount Vernon
Farmer's Bank of
Mount Vernon Bank
Mexico Bulldogs
W. C. Hughes
Audrain County
Russell
Lefty’ Dunn
John F. Rudder
St. Louis County
Arthur A. Hapke
Southern Surety Company
Supreme Court
Hopke
Daniel R. Super
Ryan Banking Company
Norwood
J. E.cahill
State Bank
Phillips Milk of Magnesia Ad
Phillips Milk of Magnesia promotes relief from sour stomach and indigestion with medical endorsement. The product, trademarked since 1875, is marketed as pleasant to take and effective, urging users to avoid dieting and suffering and to rely on the genuine Phillips formulation.
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Bayer
Phillips
U. S
Charles H. Phillips Chemical Co
Charles H. Phillips
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Tere
Ethel Barrymore
Tigers
Davenport
Detroit
Fred Borgman
Borgman
Irving Jeffries
White Sox
Toledo
American Association
Benny Bengough
Yankees
Dick O'Connell
Exeter
Springfield College
Evansville
Brothers
Gerald and
Herbert Walker
Red Roberts
Pittsfield
Fort Worth Cats
Ira Flagstead
Pittsburgh Pirates
Lowell
Crimson
Richard Glendon
Germany
Berlin
George Simpson
Columbia
Lou Little
Middlebury
Pie Traynor
The
Pirates
Ellis Taylor
Zack
Greenville
S. C
Horton Smith
Smith
Shorty” Cantlon Smashes Record
Cantlon
Muro¢ Dry Lake
Calif
Missouri News Nuggets
Bill Lahy
Hendrix
Clarence Cannon
Sturgeon
Missouri Power and Light Company
Bayer Aspirin
Bayet
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
Arkansas State Farm
K-R-O
K-R-O Co
Napnesia
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