Six Outstanding Baseball Men Named by The Sporting News
The Sporting News named six figures in major and minor baseball for 1936. Rickey and Mann top executive honors, McCarthy and Sotheron leading managers, Hubbell and Vander Meer cited for pitching and minor league strikeout feats. The piece notes Rickey’s admin expansion, Mann’s attendance record, and Vander Meer’s 295 strikeouts.
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T. Louis
Sporting News
Baseball Weekly
Branch Rickey
St. Louis Cardinals
Earl Mann
Atlanta Club
Southern Association
Joe McCarthy
Iew Lord Yankees
Allan Sotheron
Milwaukee Brewers
Carl Hubbell
New York Giants
John Vander Meer
Durham
Rickey
George Trautman
American Association
Warren Giles
Cincinnati Reds
Bill DeWitt
St. Louis Browns
Cardinal
Mann
Atlanta
McCarthy
Yankees
Sotheron
Milwaukee
Hubbell
Vander Meer
Cincinnati
Griffith Sees Athletic Problems and Paying Athletes
John L. Griffith president of the NCAA notes fewer subsidized athletes today and urges broader representation on Olympic committees. He discusses paid players, policy limits, and the risks of subsidizing college sports while condemning hypocrisy and acknowledging existing realities.
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New York
John L. Griffith
National Collegiate Athletic Association
Griffith
Carnegie Foundation
East West elevens drill on dry Palto Alto field
Western coaches Hollingberg and Lacey praised passers and kickers in a clear weather practice for the Shrine east west charity game on New Year’s day at Palto Alto. North Dakota State tackle Lyle Sturgeon and North Dakota star Martin Gainor emerged as bright Western prospects, praised for defense and kicking potential.
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San Francisco
Orin
Babe” Hollingberg
Percey Lacey
Palto Alto
Hollingbery
Steve Toth
Northwestern
Fran Murray
Penn
Ace Parker
Duke
Lyle Sturgeon
North Dakota State
Sturgeon
Idaho
Hollingberg
Martin Gainor
North Dakota University
Griffith voices limits on profit sharing in athletics
Griffith argues that dividing profits among athletes cannot continue, stating athletics cannot endure the practice much longer.
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Griffith
Dartmouth and colgate players named in football drill notes
In Berkeley drills Andy Kerr credits John Handrahan of Dartmouth as one of the best backs, amid backfield standouts Murray at quarterback and Bucky Bryan of Tulane at left half. An alternate backfield lists Sandback of Princeton at quarterback Ace Parker of Duke at left half and Drake of Purdue at right half with Kurlish of Penn at fullback.
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Berkeley
Andy Kerr
Colgate
Easterners
John Handrahan
Dartmouth
Handrahan
Murray
Clarence Mitchell An Expert Coyote Catcher
Franklin Nebraska AP reports Clarence Mitchell once a spitball pitcher has gained fame as a coyote catcher. He killed twenty eight coyotes this winter near his home using trained licensed greyhounds. Mitchell notes more coyotes than usual and easier hunting due to less cover with pelts selling up to seven dollars each. The former major league hurler managed the Omaha Western League team last summer.
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Franklin
Neb
Clarence Mitchell
Mitchell
Omaha
Watkins Woman Miss Catherine Stursa Dies After Illness
Miss Catherine Stursa 80 resident of 61 years died Monday night after a two year illness at the home of her nephew John Stursa with whom she resided. Funeral services will be at St Patrick's church in Watkins at 9 30 a m Thursday. She came here from Bohemia when she was 21.
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Watkins
Catherine Stursa
John Stursa
St. Patrick’s Church
Miss Stursa
Bohemia
Cedar Rapids urged to register city made products
A. L. Taylor urged Cedar Rapids manufacturers to register products with the Chamber of Commerce at a Canopus club luncheon. He noted daily inquiries about local goods, many from distant points, and listed lesser known items including pressing boilers, rope making machines, gas pumps, floor mats, sweeps, shelving, concrete roofing, auto equipment, and more.
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Cedar Rapids
Chamber of Commerce
A. L. Taylor
Canopus Club
Roosevelt Hotel
Taylor
Herring Seeks Drought Relief Rates for Iowa Counties
Gov. C. L. Herring prepares to urge railroad officials in Chicago to extend special low freight rates to drought damaged western Iowa counties. J. W. Tapp of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration will accompany him to press the request for twelve to fifteen counties along the western border and the southwest including Ida, Woodbury, Plymouth, Monona, Harrison, and Fremont.
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Washington
Social Security Board
Iowa
Ida
Woodbury
Plymouth
Monona
Harrison
Fremont County
Auto Workers Call Parley Of G M Plant Chiefs
The United Auto Workers ordered a conference of its leaders linked to General Motors in Flint Michigan on Sunday January 3 to review collective bargaining recommendations. In Cleveland employees who staged a spontaneous sit-down at the Fisher body plant moved to mass picketing as officers in Detroit study the situation as possible leverage for a plant wide contract.
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Detroit
United Automobile Workers of America
General Motors Corporation
Flint
Mich
Wyndham Mortimer Read
General Motors
Cleveland
Fisher Body
United Automobile Workers Union
F D R Jr May Be Home For New Year
Franklin D Roosevelt Jr son of the President shows rapid improvement at Phillips House Massachusetts General Hospital. He has been hospitalized since November 25 with a serious sinus infection and may be discharged before New Year’s Day.
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Boston
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
Phillips House
Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard
Decapitation Death Now Called Death by Own Action
Fresno California AP reports Emory E Parry a 47 year old World War veteran died by own action. Sheriff George Overholt earlier suspected a scalp murder after the body was found on a railroad right of way with available evidence.
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Fresno
Calif
Emory E. Parry
George Overholt
Train death mystery excites police in local case
Police investigated after Thelma Switzer, 32, and drinking companion Christmas Day, reported bruises from a suspected attack. Initial theories by Overholt suggested Pharr leaped before a train to fake a death, with later belief that scalpings were caused by dogs on the scene.
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Dence
Overholt
Pharr
Thelma Switzer
Edward to Receive 800000 Dollar Yearly From Britain
Former King Edward of England is expected to receive about 800000 dollars a year from the British government under a settlement reported Monday night. The terms were delivered in a letter to him at lunch by Sir Walford Selby, the British Minister to Austria. He spent the day in Vienna visiting the central baths and buying a ten pound box of sweets for Mrs Wallis Simpson.
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Enzelfeld
Austria
Edward
England
Walford Selby
Vienna
Central Baths
Wallis Simpson
New High Set By Cupid In Chicago
Chicago marriage license bureau chief Sid Summerfield announced a 1936 marriage tally of 43,233, surpassing the 1923 record of 43,159 with three days remaining.
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Cupid
Chicago
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Chester Horton
America
Association
Gazette
Gazette Sports Department
Herring
Americas
Pontiac
Pontiac Motor Division
General Motors Sales Corporation
Third Avenue SE
Bailey Motor Company
Anamosa
Culver Motors Taylor Sales Company
Auto Workers Union
G. M
F.D.R., Jr
Messinger
Dial
Marvel
Thornbred
Adler
Rochester
First Ave
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