Joe DiMaggio Expected To Sign For 25000 This Year
New York January 7 Joe DiMaggio likely signs for about 25000 this season with Yankees owner Col Ruppert seeking long term gains. Ed Barrow says contract talks will come soon and DiMaggio will appear January 18 for the Braddock Parr fight as negotiations start. The team plans to cap his earnings relative to Babe Ruth era figures.
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New York
Joe DiMaggio
Babe Ruth
Col
Jacob Ruppert
Yankees
San Francisco
DiMaggio
Ed Barrow
Barrow
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Joe
Braddock- Parr
Babe
Waner criticizes Pirates offer trading stars for cheaper players
Paul Waner denounces Pittsburgh executives Bill Ben swanger plan to swap stars for cheaper faces. Waner says new faces could lure trades, while Ben swanger insists the move aims at lower costs. Waner and brother Lloyd consider a move to another club acceptable. both remain short on contract specifics.
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Sarasota
Fin
Paul Waner
Pittsburgh
Bill Benswanger
Benswanger
Sana
Florida
Pacific Coast
Two Stars Set For Non title Middleweight Clash
Freddie Steele the reigning middleweight champion and Fred Apostoli clash in a non title 12 round bout at Madison Square Garden. Analysts question the pairing and expect a hard fight with a title shot looming for summer, Steele holding the crown since July 1936.
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New York
Freddie Steele
Fred Apostoli
Madison Square Garden
Seattle
San Francisco
Steele
Babe Risko
Tommy Farr
Jimmy Braddock
Joe Louis
Seven opponents in loop booked for 1938 Dixie schedule
Birmingham Alabama January 7. The 1938 Dixie Conference football schedule announced by Birmingham-Southern officials lists seven circuit opponents for Auburn and Murray Teachers as out of loop. The list includes games against Loyola Loyola New Orleans Southwestern Chattanooga Millsaps Spring Hill Howard and an Auburn home game.
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Ala
Birmingham-Southern
Dixie Conference
Auburn
Murray
Montgomery
Loyola
New Or
Columbus
Southwestern
Chattanooga
Millsaps
Birming
Spring Hill
Howard
Tide Opens 1938 Season as Bowl Contenders Face Tulane
Birmingham dispatch reports Alabama's big basketball season starts tonight in Tuscaloosa facing Tulane. The Crimson Tide open the 1938 schedule in a Saturday night game while other state teams host Millsaps in Jackson and Mississippi College in Clinton. Auburn also scheduled a warm up engagement.
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Ala
Alabama
Crimson Tide
Tuscaloosa
Tulane
Greenies
Southern
Millsaps
Jackson
Miss
Might
Mississippi College
Clinton
Auburn
Six Day Bike Secrets In Quiet January Sports
Central Press columnist notes lack of major sports news in January. He jokes about boxing bouts, Hank Greenberg signals, six day bike races and bowling as distractions while lamenting dull sports coverage.
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Hank Greenberg
del Baker
Tiger
Hank
Jim Landos
Ali Baba
Detroit
Xenophon
Ted Sloan
Bank of England
Reggie McNamara
Kilian
Vopel
Putter Grip Trends Stir New Club Designs
Charles Auchincloss of New York asks Alex Morrison to help pick a putter amid a shift to modern, streamlined grips. 1933 models feature oval or curved handles aiding body alignment, with some odd shapes risking steering the swing. test before buying and consult a pro for proper use.
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Alex Morrison
Charles Auchincloss
New York City
Grant to Meet Elwood Cooke in Miami Tennis Semi
Bryan Bitsy Grant of Atlanta will face Elwood Cooke of Portland in the Miami Biltmore tournament semi final today. Cooke beat George Parks 6 3 6 8 yesterday while Grant defeated Gardner Mulloy 6 2 6 2. Riggs later meets Kovacs after beating Buxby, with Hendrix upsetting in the quarter finals.
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Atlanta
Elwood Cooke
Portland
Ore
Bobby Riggs
Chicago
Miami Biltmore
Cooke
Riggs
Frank Kovacs
Oakland Calif
George Parks
Miami
Gardner Mulloy
University of Miami
Martin Buxby
Kovacs
Arthur Hendrix
Lake
BrIetz Chats About Sports
Eddie Brietz surveys sports chatter from New York to upstate New York. Umpire hopeful Jesse A Collyer Jr seeks National Semi Pro Umpires Association membership while Mike Jacobs the Louis iana State mascot faces boxing odds.
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Eddie Brietz
New York
Jesse A. Collyer, Jr
Bing Sing
Jesse James
Umpires’ Association
Ray Dumont
Mike
Mike Jacobs
Miami
Birmingham dog wins third place in field trial
Abe Kaufman owned by Dr. B. S. Lester of Birmingham Alabama earned third place in the All America Field Trial Club all age open event. McEwen a white and black pointer owned by Dr. F. C. Payne of Dayton Ohio won first with Scalper trained by Jake Bishop of Lebanon Kennels taking second on the Dancyville course.
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Tenn
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B.S. Lester
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All America
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F. C. Payne
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Jake Bishop
Lebanon Kennels
Dancyville
Two Coaches to Aid South Carolina Football 1938
Rex Enright announces Ted Twomey and Vernon Smith will assist shaping South Carolina's 1938 football squad. Twomey becomes line coach, Smith End coach and head baseball mentor. both former Georgia assistants join Notre Dame and All-American backgrounds.
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8. C
Ted Twomey
Vernon Smith
Georgia
Rex Enright
University of South
Olina
Twomey
Enright
Smith
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Smit
Parley Set With Dewey in Long Beach Racketeering Push
Charlies Paddock, once the world's fastest man, leaves Long Beach for New York to confer with District Attorney Thomas E. Dewey. He represents the Committee of Ten Thousand aiming to prevent racketeering in Long Beach and surrounding cities. The group includes employers, employees, taxpayers, homeowners, and workers.
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Calif
Charlies Paddock
Long Beach Press Telegraph and Sun
Sprint
New York City
Thomas E. Dewey
Committee of Ten Thousand
Signal Hill
Seal Beach
Olympic
Dewey
Paddock
New York
California
American steamer Saccarappa beached after fog collision
Bremen Germany January 7 The American steamer Saccarappa was beached near the Weser mouth after a collision in thick fog with the Panamanian tanker I A Mowinckel Head coach Ted Petoskey will stay on as freshman football and varsity basketball coach.
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Germany
Saccarappa
Weser River
I. A. Mowinckel
Ted Petoskey
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