Meanwell Leads Wisconsin Into New Era With Pass Game
Dr. Walter Meanwell, back at Wisconsin after three years, reshapes a small Badger squad into a pass oriented team. Despite limited varsity talent, he leverages a strong showing as a coach with six conference titles in eight seasons and aims to rebuild for next year while practicing medicine.
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Meanwell
University of Wisconsin
Madison
Harvard
Illinois
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Wisconsin
University of Maryland
University of Missouri
Missouri
Baseball magnates feud shadows over Landis
The piece critiques the American League rift and the incoming judge Landis as a spectator who may be repelled by the petty quarrels. It questions how Landis will judge the insiders and suggests a pause to let him restore baseball to a fair footing. Pop Anson predicts the judge may shed the quarrels and expose the feuding moguls. Simplified spelling ends in the navy.
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Landis
Chicago White Sox pick up Bud King for tryout
Lexington Ky reports the Chicago White Sox have added pitcher Bud King for a tryout. King won 21 of 25 games in semi pro baseball last summer, signaling a potential major league path.
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Lexington
Chicago White Sox
Stanley
Bud) King
Florida Sees Surge of Northern Golfers
Tampa reports a rapid growth of businessmen golfers from the north. The state’s many courses struggle to accommodate the influx as Florida transitions from a wilderness to a dense golf course network.
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Tampa
Fla
Florida
Syracuse University Baseball Schedules 1920 Team Returns
Syracuse University baseball manager announces thirty games for the 1920 season with the entire varsity squad returning to form the lineup.
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Syracuse
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Syracuse University
Walking Encyclopedia Farrell Eyed for Landis Post
John H. Farrell secretary treasurer of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues is described as the walking encyclopedia of baseball facts. He kept books on 22 leagues with 156 cities and 4691 players last season and has close ties to baseball finances and operations. John J. Pershing receives a yearly pay of 21000 dollars as ranking general with 7500 dollars for quarters heat and light.
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National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues
Landis
Judge Landis
Baseball Commission
National Association of Profession Baseball Leagues
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Canada
National Association
Kansas City
John J. Pershing
United States Army
Chinese Soldier Returns Through Gate Forbidden Route
Jim King Wong, an American veteran of Chinese origin, seeks to travel home to China to show his honorable discharge. Despite immigration rules barring Chinese departures through Paso, he attempts to leave via El Paso and the west coast of Mexico. After advocacy by Colonel N Lapowski and the American Legion, permission is finally sought from Washington.
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Jim King Wong
China
United States Army
Jim
Paso
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Il Paso
Mexico
Department of Labor
Washington
N. Lapowski
American Legion
El Paso Soldiers Form Strong Police Reserve for Crooks
Two hundred fifty members of the American Legion in El Paso have been accepted as a reserve police force. They serve without pay and will be used in any emergency to aid the local police against criminals.
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American Legion
Frank Hickey Reclaims Lincoln Orphaned Children
Frank Hickey, recently acquitted of murdering Laben Weeds, has recovered his three children who were left with an orphanage in Lincoln Nebraska after their mother Mrs. Hickey disappeared during divorce proceedings. The case follows Hickey’s acquittal and the mother’s absence.
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Lincoln
Neb
Frank Hickey
Hickey
Workers to Restart at Lower Wages in Martinsburg Mills
Martinsburg West Va Jan 8 The Interwoven Mills Incorporated with 1600 employees will reopen on full time Monday morning after a three week shutdown. Company officials said continuing full time work depends on industry developments and that a 20 percent wage cut announced ten days ago will take effect Monday.
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Martinsburg
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Interwoven Mills, Incorporated
Whiskey Smuggling Increasing Problem
Whiskey smuggling is rising in El Paso Texas as authorities report more cases and stricter enforcement amid ongoing border activity. Officials note shipments move through retail routes and look for patterns that indicate organized networks expanding into the area.
Smugglers Shift Tactics Along Mexican Border
W W Carpenter the collector of customs says enforcement officers face a tougher problem as smugglers cross in bands of ten or more after hiding liquor on the Mexican side. They prefer fighting once across the border and now often use Mexican laborers who are unaware of US prohibition laws to carry liquor, avoiding inspection and fees.
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W. W. Carpenter
Mr. Carpenter
United States
Ireland hotel life enforces full personal disclosure
Dublin reports reveal that visitors to Irish hotels must tell the hall porter their identity nationality purpose and length of stay. The porter acts as a local encyclopedia of hotel and guest information and may alert authorities if a newcomer seems suspicious, shaping a cautious social climate for travelers.
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Dublin
Ireland
Good Resolutions Is His Name
A reflective piece contrasts old Ireland with a modern locale where public chats are hushed and discreet glances replace open belonging while neighbors no longer act as brothers keeper in public discourse.
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Ireland
Bland Family Grows to Thirty Four Children in North Carolina
Washington January 3 A North Carolina farmer R O Bland has forty four children in all with nineteen born in the last decade and nine of those in the family born in ten years. Representative Small promised a new suit for each additional child and will end the pact when he leaves Congress on March 3. Bland estimates the family cost about 150 dollars weekly for groceries as he saves by producing much of their food.
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Small
North Carolina
R. O. Bland
Bland
Congress
Robersonville
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