New Day Dawns for Conference in Atlanta Meeting
Atlanta December 21. Southern Conference pens new high standards boosting scholastic rules and banning recruiting of high school players. A centerpiece amendment requires students pass three fourths yearly work and three fifths per semester. Broadcasting football games is prohibited to protect gate receipts. A commissioner issue looms with February Atlanta talks.
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Southern Conference
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Kentucky
Florida
Georgia
Auburn
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Tulane
Vanderbilt
Miami Readies Big Winter Sports Boom Across Tracks and Golf
Miami sports leaders preview a packed winter season with two horse tracks and three greyhound tracks poised to open by late December. Hialeah will host a 36 day racing meet with purses over 390000, while Tropic al Park eyes a December 26 start. Golf features include a 10000 Coral Gables Miami Biltmore Open and 5000 international four ball matches. The Miami Open begins January 1 3 with 2500 prize gold. An All America air meet set for January 7 9 will draw international pilots as the largest of its kind in the nation.
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Hialeah Track
Tropical Park
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Florida
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Marine Corps
Art Shires Leads Association Race
Art Shires, the talkative first sacker banished to the minors, topped the Association in hitting last season. He collected 240 hits in 157 games, with 334 total bases for a .ae average, including 45 doubles, eight triples and 11 home runs.
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Association
Shires
Schools Close For Christmas Holiday
HARTSELLE December 19 Special Morgan county high school and the pd schools closed here on Friday afternoon for the Christmas holiday and will resume on January 4. Christmas programs were offered at the schools on Friday witnessed by numbers of patrons and or by both children and pat.
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Morgan County High School
Pat
Central quartet to sing at Mounton Heights church services
The old Central quartet reunites to perform at both the morning and evening services at Mounton Heights Baptist Church. They were cordially invited to participate in both sessions.
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Old Central Quartette
Moulton Heights Baptist Church
Tide Will Take No Holiday Cage Tour
In view of the loss of many regulars from last year Alabama's Crimson Tide will make no holiday cage tour this year. The squad has been disbanded until after the holidays and practice will be resumed then. Coaches face the challenge of building a practically new team this season.
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Alabama
Crimson Tide
May 1931 Turf and Speedway Racing Review
A compact listing of officials, managers, clerks, and returning officers for multiple beats 17 through 24, detailing election or race administration roles and boxed assignments across Blooming May. Names include Childers Ellis Harp Moses Frost Drinkard Livingston Oden Vincent Shaneyfelt Shipp Stewart Bartee Dunlap Gandy Higdon Hart James Lake Legg Roberts Sybert Sparkman Cobb Goodlet Halcomb Holmes Humphries and others.
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R. B. Ellis
J. W. Harp
W. T. Moses
D. R. McDearmond
A. K. Frost
W. M. Rhygothes T. Prost
Jno. Bates
M. L. Drinkard
Leo Livingston
Henry Oden
Seldon Vincent
Adam Shaneyfelt
J. T. H. H. McAnally
M. G. Julian
D T. Crawford
Roy Stewart
Claud Briscoe
Otis Oliver
G. M. Ryan
G. C. Walker
John Shipp
J. W. Clerks
Homer Stewart
S. P. Garrison
Leon Gibson
J. J. McCurtheon
M. ©. Hough
Grace Hough
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T. C. Dunlap
Thos. A. Gandy
J. H. Hardin
Sam Francis
Geo. E. Higdon
T. M. Hart
Ficer
L. P. James
D. D. Lake
G. B. Legg
J. L. Roberts
Chas. Sybert
F. B. Sparkman
H. D. Cobb
A. C. Goodlet
C. D. Halcomb
L. E. Holmes
I. ©. Humphries
R. E. Ryan
Election officers chosen for January fifth election in Mobile
The official board of election officials for Mobile was announced for the January fifth general election. The list names Beat 1 through Beat 16 polling groups with managers clerks and returning officers including Wm Nelson T L Baker J Coolidge Thos H Williams J A Mitchell E A Tillery and many others across multiple boxes and beats.
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Board of Election Officials
Mobile
Box
Wm. Nelson
T. L. Baker
T. B. Johnson
Jack Coolidge
E. D. Bailey
Thos. H. Williams
Offi
Box Slenex Walker
Southeastern To Be Reorganized
The Southeastern League will likely operate again this year after disbanding last year. At a Montgomery meeting, five cities expressed willingness to join Selma Montgomery Columbus Ga Pensacola and Jackson Miss. Invitations will go to Anniston Mobile Meridian and Macon to form an eight club loop.
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Post Road Named From Early Mail Route
The post road earned its name because in colonial and early national times the United States mail was carried along this route. The designation reflects historical postal service use and the road’s origin as a mail corridor.
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United States
Battling Bozo Wins 10 Round Clash in Chicago Tournament
Battling Bozo, the Birmingham clown, outpointed Petit Ferrarer of Lancing Michigan in a ten round light heavyweight bout in Chicago. Bozo’s performance drew laughs from his corner man W L Stribling, who served as Bozo’s second, as he moved closer to a title shot.
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Birmingham
Petit Ferrarer
Mich
Negro
Chicago
W. L Stribling
Holidays Interrupt Boxing Schedules
The Christmas holidays disrupt the national boxing schedule this week. Philadelphia plans a Christmas Day show headlined by Benny Bass and Prince Saunders in light heavyweights, while most matchmakers rest or line up their boats for the New Year.
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Benny Bass
Prince Saunders
Somers Called to Play for East West Game
Indications that if Marchmont Schwartz Notre Dame’s all American back plays in the East West game it will be only a courtesy appearance with minimal time in the lineup. Somers of Minnesota was summoned at the last minute and joined the squad as they prepared to depart Evanston. Schwartz, injured, will return to Mississippi for the holidays and may rejoin the team in San Francisco later.
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Evanston
Somers
Minnesota
Schwartz
Mississippi
San Francisco
River level drops as gauges show ten point four feet
The Tennessee river fell today with a gauge reading of 10.4 feet at seven o'clock this morning.
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Rainfall total 0.21 inches in 24 hours
The article notes a 24 hour rainfall ending at seven this morning amounting to 0.21 inches. It records the local figure for the period and marks the weather measurement as a daily total.
Cooper Wins Pasadena Open Golf Title
Harry Cooper, a diminutive Chicago pro, won the $4,000 Pasadena Open after finishing with a 70 in the final round. His 72 hole total was 281, with scores of 72 67 72 70. Willy Cox of Brooklyn took second at 288, winning $600, while Fred Morrison of Culver City was third at 289 for $400. Ralph Guldahl and Walter Hagen tied for fourth at 290, each earning $325.
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Green Wave Stops in El Paso After San Antonio Workout
Tulane's Green Wave, after a stop in San Antonio yesterday, is expected to halt at El Paso today for a workout. The squad's condition remains good as it travels across Texas toward the west coast and the Rose Bowl on New Year's Day.
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el Paso
Texas
West Coast
Sanford Named Post Matchmaker for Gor gas unit
Curtis Sanford of Birmingham with years of experience in staging boxing programs is named matchmaker for Gor gas post of the American Legion succeeding Jay J. Thomas in Miami. Sanford starts January 1 and schedules his first show January 4 with programs twice a month thereafter. He has brought Alabama boxing champions through his promotions.
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Birmingham
Gorgas Post
American Legion
Jay J. Thomas
Miami
Sanford
Alabama
Car Stolen From Leon Nichol’s Property
Police seek a Chevrolet coach reported missing from 816 Line Street. The theft is believed to have occurred Saturday night involving Leon Nichol’s vehicle.
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Line Street
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