Oklahoma Sooners Cut Swath Toward MVC Title
Oklahoma’s football team, in their first Missouri Valley Conference season, impresses with a powerful line and swift backs led by triple threat Phil White and tackle Roy Smoot. The 1920 squad, coached by Ren G. Owens, dominates opponents and eyes the conference championship.
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War clouds lift as magnates seek baseball peace pact
Dangers of a major league baseball war recede as magnates show willingness to compromise. A joint Chicago session on Friday aims to draft a peace plan with a committee from both leagues to supervise reorganization. Club owners vow to attend, while AL President Johnson and NL President Heydler will stay away to avoid legal technicalities.
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Two Jacks Face World With Dempsey Briefs and Fight Talk
The column sketches boxing chatter about Dempsey Willard and Brennan as potential opponents, noting plans for rematches and farm training, plus betting and exhibition golf travels by Bobton and Ed Ray. The tone mirrors a bustling era of match speculation and sport gossip.
Post Season Games of Association to Be Regular Feature
The fall series between pennant winners of the American and International leagues may become an annual event. AA President Hickey and IL President La Fults endorse the plan. The series could be named the Junior World's Series and aim for permanence after the 1920 St Paul Baltimore contest proved financially successful.
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Ten Exhibitions by Indians Next Spring
Tris Speaker, manager of the Cleveland Indians, indicates the club will play ten spring exhibition games on the training trip. Invitations have come from about a dozen towns in Texas, Florida and New Mexico to host the world champions. New Orleans, long a training site, is regarded as doubtful for the 1921 camp.
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Keeba Sports Roundup From 1919 Dispatch
A partial 1919 Keeba dispatch notes local sporting editor duties and drafty lines about batters and cupa pickup in Havana with references to double bottom trunks and life on site. The readable fragment hints at a bustling sports scene and editor struggles.
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Glass Bat Oddities Attract Island Fans
The narrator mentions selling items to Mister Ruth and describes glass tubes used as bats for a bird named Hoppe. A risky bubble bottom spot is noted as unsafe, with praise from several who call it the best thing for small owls outside of dummy planos. Nearby sailors and silk hat Johns are cited as top customers.
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No Novelty Bug in Your Country Mentioned
A scarce, rough voice condemns novelty while claiming to amass a fuller record in Cuba within a week than in New York season. The speaker laments idle locals and compares them to barflies, noting their sting as a warning.
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Notable Ball Player Letter Promises Fame For Local Bat Maker
A fragmented letter from a ballplayer in the country references selling a gasa tube bat and predicts strong drawing power and a growing following. The writer laments busy bat orders for a bush leader while hinting at methods to reach major leagues.
Coulon to Take On French Bantams Soon
Chicago’s Johnny Coulon famed bantamweight champion will fight two French bantams next month after sailing from New York on November 2. This marks his second overseas trip in a year as he takes on top French contenders.
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Cheyenne High Cancels With Kingball. Prep Team to Face Laramie
Cheyenne high school called off the football game with Kingball due to part of an agreement. Instead the high school will meet University P from Laramie at Frontier Park at 2:90 o'clock today. Laramie Prep led by Cheyenne second team battled to 0 0 in a recent scrimmage, signaling doubt for Cheyenne’s first team. A holiday crowd is expected. Cheyenne then plans a second battle this week against Fort Collins at Frontier Park Saturday, a heavier but slower opponent.
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How Not Notre Dame Found Gipp
Notre Dame legend George Gipp caught the eye of coaches after wandering onto the field and dropping a 62 yard field goal. He joined the team as a football player and became a campus sensation though he never earned a place on the baseball squad for which he was recruited.
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Charmer in Crepe De Chine Visits Park For Big League Games
A playful verse notes a charming girl in crepe de chine visiting the park weekly to watch big league ball teams on Saturdays. Without her furs she enjoys a thrilling football game, suggesting a light urban vignette of leisure and sport.
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Tommy Gibbons and Walker Fight Today
Tommy Gibbons the St Paul heavyweight meets Hugh Walker of Kansas City in a ten round bout set for tomorrow in Peoria Illinois. Evans Cleveland outfielder is in hospital as internal medicine trainee after World Series duties and returns to work within a week.
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Boston College Coach Cavanaugh’s Rise From Denver Roots
Boston College coach Cavanaugh, famed for twice humbling Yale, began his coaching career in Denver, Colorado, sixteen years ago, shaping a disciplined program and earning early acclaim that travels with his team.
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Reds Collect World Series Bonus After Third Place Finish
Cincinnati players share a $441.85 prize from the World Series after the Reds finished third in the National League pennant race.
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Dal Buell To Display Handiwork At New York Recital
Miss Buell, pianist, appears in concert gown she crafted herself at a New York recital on November 10. Records show costs including 1.46 for fabric work 1.35 for an army mosq tent 0.10 for thread and tailoring. The gown features drawn thread trimming around hem and sleeves.
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London Transport Workers Aim for Single Union
London transport unions plan a ballot within weeks to decide merging all non seafaring transport workers into one union with seamen voting separately. A unified Transport Workers’ Union would join the National Union of Railwaymen and form three major bodies with a central executive, potentially easing coordination in a national transport crisis.
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