TERROR OF DAYS Looks Like Second Class Race in East
By The Associated Press New York Jan 25 Dartmouth and Princeton lead eastern college basketball while Cornell Yale and Columbia sag in early games and top scorers Ploken of Dartmouth and Crenk of Pennsylvania tie at 19 points each with Baldwin of Columbia close at 18.
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Cornell
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MacGregor Wins America Stakes at Vincennes
Paris January 25 The American trotter R. E. MacGregor won the America Stakes worth 125,000 francs added money at Vincennes. The three year old with odds of 10 to 1 started seventh but moved to the lead in the final stretch to secure victory in the 2,500 metre race.
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Tillamook Rock Light Sets Wave Height Record
New records for ocean wave height observed by the lighthouse service at Tillamook Rock light station off the coast. Seventy nine seas broke over the lighthouse on the morning of October during a series of heavy storms, damaging two lantern panes beneath the 133 foot focal point.
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Tillam & Rock
From Mine Boy to Leaguer Buck Harris Story
A first person account of Bucky Harris recalling a doubleheader with the New York Yankees and Washington, featuring Carl Mays and Walter Johnson. Harris details his sixteenth inning heroics, Johnson’s strong pitching, and Clark Griffith’s leadership. He describes the crowd of over 12,000 and the impact of the manager’s guidance on his early major league career. The piece ends noting Harris’s injury from a bad hop and Griffith’s encouragement.
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Dusty Lewis
Iles
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Rive
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Retin
Lewix
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Rice
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Goslin
Zackary
Marberry
Funges
Hue Fera
Nurmi and Frigerio Set to Star in Millrose Week Schedule
Nurmi lines up four races in the coming week at Madison Square Garden and Morningside, sharing top billing with Italian walker Ugo Frigerio in a weeklong AAU Carnival. The Finn aims to break the two thirds mile record while facing Joie Ray and Lloyd Hahn, among others, as Frigerio debuts in American distance events against Goulding and Plant in key 5000 metre and handicap features.
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Mila Martin
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North American
Alliance
Gibbons Bout Plans Tied to $25,000 Offer
Hollywood Calif two to be held here and a third possibly in San Francisco within two weeks in February. The offer came via telegraph to heavyweight contender Tommy Hichens in St Paul from the Hollywood American Legion post. The opponent is not clearly named in readable text.
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Athhens
M. E. Cage Team Defeats Cabell Five in Big Victory
The M. E. Cage team journeyed to Huntington and routed Central Christian church of Cabell County 42 to 6. Dawson scored eight field goals and Thomas added strong play as the local squad led the rout. Members on the trip included Dawson Themis Sinpon Humgardner Burdet te Brown Hanim and Penhale.
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Coolidge Unveils Memorial Tablet in Washington
President Coolidge unveiled at Central Presbyterian Church a bronze tablet honoring the church’s 1886 organization and 1913 cornerstone laying by Woodrow Wilson. It notes Wilson’s elder status and 1914 to 1920 church congress membership, with services led by Rev. James H. W. Taylor and attendance by Mrs. Woodrow Wilson and friends of the late president.
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Willson
Indoor season set to feature Nurmi Frigerio headliners
The indoor season opens with Nurmi and Frigerio as headliners, promising spectacular competition. Schools clubs and colleges from many parts of the region will be represented by national Olympic and college champions in a broad array of events.
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West Virginia mining unions face drive from state over disturbances
A national audience watches West Virginia as shootings and dynamitings in open shop mines stir fear that the miners union will be driven out. Charleston chamber of commerce condemns agitators while unions seek to curb nonunion mining by choice amid wage disputes and violence.
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Pointer Dog Jack Seeks Return Reward
A dark and white pointer dog named Jack is missing with weight around oO Ibs. He has a large silver spot on his body and an oversized marked head. A liberal reward offered for information leading to his recovery.
Open shop movement grows in West Virginia unions
The article portrays the West Virginia union as weakened by unlawful methods and external influence. It notes active encouragement from non-state officials, the rise of non union production, and a push by operators to run mines independently. It warns the union could be forced to exit the state as support dwindles.
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Gold Nugget Find In Melbourne Excavation Site
Workmen in a Melbourne city center building near Exhibition Gardens uncovered gold nuggets totaling twenty five ounces. The discovery, amid a busy urban area, marks a notable find in the city’s mid January scene. The Bay region, noted for its mining history, sees renewed interest from locals and historians.
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Melbourne Exhibition Gardens
Gulf of California
British expect American golfers at open championship
London January 25 The British expert predicts the 1929 Open Championship at Trostwick will feature Americans Walter Hagen likely defending his title with allies MacDonald Smith Jim Harner Bobby Cruickshank Cyril Walker also expected. The women’s event at Troon May 18 may attract Edith Cummings and Glenna Collet across the Atlantic. A woman changing name to husband’s nationality is noted.
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Jim Harner
Bobby Cruickshank
Cyril Walker
Troon
Edith Cummings
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