Peaceful Baseball Meeting Ends With Feller Decision
Major league owners and managers return home after 10 days of bargaining as Cleveland learns its exclusive property Feller, 17, with Landis ruling in favor. Cardinals seek to sell Dizzy Dean while Branch Rickey pursues a deal. the industry plans to adjust signings and ball usage for 1937 and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dizzy Dean
Branch Rickey
Cleveland
Kenesaw M. Landis
Feller
St. Louis Cardinals
Player Mart
Montreal
Baseball Trade Churn Among AL Teams Amid Shakeups
The article lists multiple midseason player moves across the American League. Key changes include Ted Kileinhaus to Kansas City from the Yankees, Ches ter Morgan to Toledo, Rudy York and several others recalled or traded between Tigers and affiliates, and White Sox, Senators, Indians, Red Sox, and Athletics making additional pitcher and infielder swaps. The messy note shows numerous abbreviated names and partial terms across teams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yankees
Champs
Ted Kileinhaus
Kansas City
Tigers
Chester Morgan
Toledo
Rudy York
Chet Laabs
Clyde Hatter
Wimpy Wilburn
Milwaukee
Cash
Clarence Phillips
Indianapolis
Paul Trout
White Sox
Jack Salveson
Thornton Lee
Cleveland
Senators
Salveson
Earl Whitehill
George Blaeholder
Jimmy Gleeson
Kansas Indians
Bob Feller
Whitehill
Lee
Red Sox
Mike McMinneapolis
Bill Werber
Athletics
Pinky Higgins
John Peacock
Seeeh
Ethan Allen
Chicago Cubs
Ray Pepper
Buffalo
Werber
Hig
Giants Acquire Chiozza and Mayo Swap in Major League Shuffle
National League teams engage in a flurry of trades and sales. The Giants sell Lou Chiozza to the Phillies and Eddie Mayo to the Bees in exchange for Mickey Haslin, while Charlie Gelbert and Virgil Davis move to Cincinnati. Dodgers acquire Heinie Manush as a free agent, swap Ed Brandt for Ralph Birkofer and Cookie Lavagetto, trade Linus Frey for Woody English and Roy Henshaw, and sell Prenchy Bordagaray, Jim Jordan, and Emil Leonard to the Cardinals. Cubs obtain English and Henshaw, buy Joe Marty and Johnny Gill from San Francisco, and acquire Gene Willard and Joe Vitter from St. Louis. Pirates swap Birkofer and Tavagetto for Brandt, sign Lee Handley, and Bees move Haslin for Mayo while purchasing Vincent DiMaggio. Cincinnati buys Gelbert and Davis, releases v Thevenow, and Philadelphia sells Chiozza to the Giants and Ray Benge to St. Paul.
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National League Giants
Lou Chiozza
Phillies
Eddie Mayo
Bees
Mickey Haslin
Koenig
Sacients
Charlie Gelbert
Virgil Davis
Cincinnati
Dodgers
Heinie Manush
Ed Brandt
Pittsburgh
Ralph Birkofer
Cookie Lavagetto
Linus Frey
Cubs
Woody English
Roy Henshaw
Lee Handley
Haslin
Giants
Mayo
Vincent DiMaggio
San Diego
Rupert Thomson
Jim
Tiny
Chap
Peacock
Handley
Gelbert
Davis
V. Thevenow
Chiozza
Ray Benge
St. Paul
Harvard and Princeton to Name Neighbors as Captains
Harvard and Princeton will install captains who are neighbors in 1937. Toll and Allen, both from nearby towns, rise from obscurity to lead Princeton alongside peers from Yale Army Navy Dartmouth Colgate and Penn State. The article notes their heights and athletic versatility across multiple sports.
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Little Amherst High
Princeton
Toll
Clint Frank
Larry Kelley
Yale
Jim Isbell
Army
Cadet Corps
Union City
Tenn
Ray DuBois
Navy
Merrill Davis
Dartmouth
Bradford
Davis
Peddie
Kelley
Ed Hughes
Cornell
Open derby braces conclude with Air Pilot's Sam win
Six braces remained on the final day of the pointer club of America field trials in Pinehurst North Carolina. Air Pilot's Sam owned by J D Johnson of Evansville Indiana won the all age open stake defeating Norai's Mattie and Sports Peerless Pride in a 46 dog field.
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Pinehurst
N. C
Pointer Club of America
Becky Blue Williams
D. L. Garrett
Tulsa
Okla
Garwood
H. EB. Longsdorf
Mt. Holly
N. J
McNaughton
Norai
Mattie
W. C. Teagle
New York
Prather Robinson
Haynesville
Ala
Sports Peerless Pride
Dr. L. M. Bobbitt
Winston- Yoo
Eugene Woods
Winston-Salem
Bobbitt
Tips Manitoba Jake
E. H. Ware
Philadelphia
Battling Bozo Retires After Long Ring Career
James Curtis Hambright known as Battling Bozo announced his retirement after a knockout victory over Billy Pythern in Birmingham Alabama. Bozo, once a top light heavyweight prospect, ended his career following ten years of mixed results and a fourth meeting with Pythern ending in a technical knockout at the end of round five.
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Birmingham
Ala
James Curtis Hambright
Battling Bozo
Bozo
Billy Pythern
Pybern
Matsuyama Aims for First World 3 Cushion Title
Kinney Matsuyama of Japan, shorter than many cues, seeks his first world three cushion billiards championship tonight against Welker Cochran of San Francisco. The Layton Hoppe match was tight with Hoppe leading after four frames and finishing strong. Yesterday Hoppe defeated Layton 40 to 33 in 47 innings as Cochran faced Layton and Matsuyama in upcoming games.
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Earl Hilligan
Chicago
Kinney Matsuyama
Japan
Welker Cochran
San Francisco
Matsuyama
Layton-Hoppe
Layton
Hoppe
Pt Ees Reme
Lookabaugh
Cochran
Injunction Against Cullman Dissolved
Judge W W Callahan dissolves an injunction against Cullman over selling surplus power to Alabama Power Company. Plaintiffs Marvin Scott Dee Robertson Frank Holscher et al argued the city lacked power to dispose of surplus without a city election. The city’s motion to dissolve was granted.
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W. W. Callahan
Cullman
Alabama Power Company
Marvin Scott
Dee Robertson
Frank Holscher
St. John and
St John
Horace K
Injured Man Falls From Wagon on Second Street
R. A. Johnson of Danville road suffered a broken right leg and head injuries when he fell from a wagon load of wood on Second Street near Decatur Iron and Steel Company. The vehicle wheels passed over him and he was taken by Brown ambulance to Baugh's Infirmary. Wet wood may have caused the slip.
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R. A. Johnson
Danville Road
Second Street
Decatur Iron and Steel Company
Baugh’'s
SEC Meet Opens in Tuscaloosa with Freshman Tryouts Debate
Southeastern Conference officials gathered in Tuscaloosa as they opened their annual meeting. Talks focused on ending high school tryouts for freshmen athletes, subsidization rules, and proposed schedules. University leaders and Sugar Bowl reps attended amid admission debates.
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Tha
New Orleans
John J. Tigert
University of Florida
Southeastern
University of Tennessee
Knoxville
Loyola of New Orleans
Southwestern
Memphis
Crisp Molds Fresh Alabama Five For 1935-36
Tuscaloosa Alabama December 11 Coach Hank Crisp refines his Alabama basketball squad to replace five lettermen lost to graduation from the 1934-35 team. Graduates include Whatley McLeod Bouska Nogi Rhordanz with returnees Keller Sneed Shoemaker. Sophomores Estes Shamblee Hodges and Warren among promising reserves and Rufe McGehee rounds out the roster.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Hank Crisp
Alabama
The
Tide
Birmingham Y. M. H. A
Jim Whatley
Ben McLeod
Chick Bouska
al Nogi
Rudy Rhordanz
Red
Keller
Shorty Sneed
Shoey Shoemaker
Tom Davis
John Starnes
Blackie Caldwell
Tut Warren
Paul Estes
Jep Shamblee
Bill Hodges
Rufe McGehee
Odds Ends of Sport World by Eddie Brietz
New York sports column notes General Manager Slapnicka of the Indians wires news to Bob Feller including minor league call ups Ed Rommel and Ed Garrrity and Eddie Ainsmith joining the American League staff. Connie Mack and others offer post mortems on the season mood and trades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie Brietz
New York
Slapnicka
Indians
Bob Feller
Will Hardage
American League
Ed Rommel
Ed Gharrity
Eddie Ainsmith
Southern Association
American
Connie Mack
Red Sox
Higgins-Werber
Comrie
Lee Keyser
Des Moines
Landis
Feller
Lee
Joe Tinker Not So Well Friday
Joe Tinker former big league baseball player, sick with Bright's disease and diabetes, suffered another sinking spell. Hospital staff reported a rally from earlier spells and cautious optimism for recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Tinker
Orlando
Fla
Bright
Tinker
Big Fast Guard Shines Amid Alabama Schedule Uncertainty
A standout big fast guard headlines attention as Alabama faces an incomplete schedule. Team plans remain unsettled while officials with the program confirm no final list of opponents or dates has been released yet.
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Alabama
Vertebrate horizontal clues puzzle prompt
Puzzle grid lists numerous crossword style clues with numbers and fragmented lines. includes vertebrate, corrosion, scarlet, compass, and many others across definitions and wordplay elements. The sheet presents a filled or in-progress crossword or word puzzle page from a historical newspaper.
Jordan to referee Wayland Knox comeback match
Promoter Jordan will referee the Wayland versus Knox return bout at Martin Arena on Tuesday night. He vows to curb Knox’s rough holds after complaints and says he will officiate himself if needed. The two falls out of three match has a two hour limit, with Fritz versus Jack Lewis as the semi final.
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Jordan
Eddie Wayland
Buddy Knox
Martin Arena
Chris
Knox
Wayland
Fritz
Jack Lewis
California
Lewis
Krueger
Eva Grammar School sixth graders form Better English Club
The sixth grade organized a Better English Club at Eva Grammar School. Officers elected were Dick Childers as president Averine Williams as vice president Elaine Stinson as secretary and A V Kello as treasurer. Committees handle room flowers cleanliness bulletin board current events and weekly reports with Friday meetings.
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Eva Grammar Schools
Dick Childers
Averine Williams
Elaine Stinson
A. V. Kello
Six Persons Put To Death In Three States
By the Associated Press four Negroes and two white men were executed today in three states for murder. In North Carolina Raleigh Martin a 22 year old bellhop was electrocuted for the killing of Helen Clevenger a New York University student in Asheville last July. He confessed before trial. In South Carolina Columbia Sam Anderson and Sam Powell 26 cousins were electrocuted for the slaying of taxi driver W A Daniel last January. They admitted beating and shooting to steal the car. In Arkansas Tucker Prison Farm three Negroes were electrocuted for fatally beating an 80 year old Negro woman during a robbery. Victims Willie Smith Beverly White and Farlander McCormick said they were ready to go.
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Associated Press
Martin, Moore
North Carolina
Raleigh
Helen Clevenger
New York University
Asheville
Columbia
8. C
Sam Anderson
Sam Powell
W. A. Daniel
Tucker Prison Farm
Ark
Willie Smith
Beverly White
Farlander McCormick
Trautman Elected A A A President In Era Of Change
A year ago George Red Trautman became president of the American Association for two years, succeeding Thomas J. Hickey. The note recalls historical leadership shifts including prior NC State football coach resignation and a famed boxing stoppage at Madison Square Garden.
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Associated Press
George
Red) Trautman
American Association
Thomas J. Hickey
John P. Smith
North Carolina State
Bat Battalino
al Singer
Madison Square Garden
Schmeling Seeks Title Fight Showdown With Braddock
Max Schmeling ready to sign to fight James J. Braddock any time in New York Miami or Atlantic City. He vows to press for first shot at Louis’s conqueror and warns about a no decision claim. Signing hinges on a no-fight clause for Braddock and a $25 000 defense guarantee.
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New York
Max Schmeling
New York State Athletic Commission
James J. Braddock
Mein
Max
Braddock
Miami
Atlantic City
der Maxie
Joe Louis
Louis
Schmeling
Madison
Lizards with toe discs alarmed fall to escape
Describes lizards equipped with suction cup toes that detach and drop to safety when startled, often landing on a bed or dining room table.
Grounds Cleared for New School After Fire
Mooresville Belle Mina area clears grounds for a new school building after a recent fire. Classes run in the undamaged auditorium and at the Presbyterian church while work plans are laid out.
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Mooresville-Belle Mina Se
Presbyterian Church
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Johnny Cruze
Irvington
Bill Silverman
College of the City of New York
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Sammy Donato
Penn State
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Dick Biffle
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SEC
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