Gehringer Praised as Top Second Baseman Since Nap Lajoie
Detroit Free Press praise from J. Carveth hails Charley Gehringer of the Tigers as the best modern second baseman with superb hands and defense. The piece notes his fielding accuracy a .991 and a batting average around .878, contrasting him with Nap Lajoie and comparing era.
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Fowlerville
Mich
Livingston County
Nap Lajoie
Dan Howley
Louis Browns
Charley Gehringer
Ty Cobb
Tigers
Toronto
Detroit
J. Carveth
Detroit Free Press
Gehringer
Leafs
Charley
Lajoie
Eddie Collins
Pep Young
Bill Wambeganna
Gebringer
Bentley Aims York Roses Toward Pennant via Youth
Jack Bentley, former New York Giants star, now York Roses pilot in the New York Penn league, says he will develop young players like Connie Mack did. He contrasts Mack’s player development with John McGraw’s star buying. Bentley seeks a pennant and growth of homegrown talent with York.
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Connie Mack
John McGraw
Jack Bentley
McGraw
New York Giants
Mack
York Roses
Tom Shriver
Philadelphia Record
Bentley
York
Jack
Big Jack Bentley
Broadway
Florida Boxer Stands Tall for UF Team
J. W. Chapman of Winter Haven Florida on the University of Florida boxing squad stands six feet eight inches tall with a remarkable reach. He weighs 200 pounds and displays unusual movement for a man of such size, according to Coach John Piombo.
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J. W. Chapman
Winter Haven
Fla
University of Florida
John Piombo
Eight years of Babe Ruth salary and other baseball notes
Eight years ending this fall will have brought Babe Ruth 470000 in Yankees salary. Dazzy Vance says all batters are tough unless you bear down. Possible guest pitcher idea explored. Joe Shaute relearns a windup twist. Bo Cussinier may join the White Sox. Walter Johnson cites need for sick leave. Sel kirk touted as future big league star. Two old Toronto balls prized by W F Kress. Roy Grimes sold to Buffalo. Fidlas Thurston excelling in the Pacific Coast League.
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Polo Grounds
Bentley
Jack
York
Babe Ruth
Yankees
Dazzy Vance
Instrument Will Tell Needs of Auto Battery
The Uno device by C. W. Ward of Los Angeles uses a galvanometer as a voltmeter to indicate battery charge level and water status. It connects to the battery via a lead electrode and an insulated wire to the starter switch, and Ward is holding the invention.
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C. W. Ward
Los Angeles
Dodgers Boss Robison Denies Quitting Manager Post
Brooklyn Dodgers president-manager Robson denies he will quit the team. He says he did not say he was willing to resign and has no intention of stepping down as Brooklyn’s manager despite reports quoting him as eager to resign.
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Withert Robinson
Dodgers
Brooklyn
Willling
Robbie
Robinson
Automobile Facts and Witty Observations Guide Drivers
The piece blends light slogans on driving with notes on road investments and car maintenance. It cautions against over-tight valve clearances, stresses the value of spares, and jokes about steering wheel nuts and a former president using an old car. It advises acting on tire punctures promptly.
Three Devices That Will Save the Cars
Three devices to reduce wear in engines are discussed by Howard of the General Motors Institute. An air cleaner, oil filter, and crankcase ventilation work together to remove contaminants from the crankcase and minimize cylinder wear. The oil filter should be serviced after about 10 000 miles. Crankcase ventilation removes water and fuel vapors by drawing air through the crankcase or into the carburetor intake.
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General Motors Institute of
Ogy
Ner 8
Howard
Jim Thorpe Rumored To Be Muscle Bound At Forty Four
Jim Thorpe, famed athlete, is described as muscle bound at age forty four in late reports. Georgetown University is noted in connection with the mention, reflecting the era's athletic associations.
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Jim Thorpe
Youngest Witness Testifies in Butte Disturbance Case
In Butte Montana a two year old boy Robert Clifford testified in a local police court about a disturbance incident. He showed a long cut on his face as evidence that glass on Mrs. Clifford's front door had been broken, the injury coming from flying glass.
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Butte, Mont
Robert Clifford
Prayer and Bible Readings Sustain Shipwrecked Sailors
Ten men in a lifeboat endured eight days of peril after the James KE Coburn foundered on a Baltimore to Martinique voyage. Rescue came when the yacht Amida spotted the yawl fifteen miles off course. One cook died after four days without water or food, while the others prayed and rationed canned meat and hardtack as salt water spoiled rations.
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New York
Amida
James KE. Coburn
Coburn
Baltimore
Martinique
W. E. Milliken
W. Sargent
Cook
Jose J. Pereira
McLaughlin
Girl Bandit in Waterloo Nabbed After Robbery
In Waterloo New York a young woman named Emily Beleski eighteen led a hold up at John Raszwolsky’s grocery. She fled with two men William Sleere thirty one and Nicholas Turetsky after police heard the scream and detained the trio. An Indian, Moore, was also mentioned by detectives.
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Waterloo
New York
Oronde
John Rasswolsky
Naszwoleki
Raszwolsky
Hoffman
Emily Beleski
William Sleere
Nicholas Turetsky
Moore
Colorado
Judge Grants Intentional Alienation Injunction in Connecticut Case
Mrs. Arthur Hart of Watertown obtained a court injunction to prevent John J. Fairchild and Gilda Fairchild from alienating her husband’s affections. Common Pleas Judge Harry J. Beardsley issued the order, described as a rare Brat court action of its kind.
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Waterbury
Conn
Arthur
Hart
Watertown
Common Pleas
Harry J. Beardsley
John J. Fairchild
Gilda Fairchild
Fire destroys 200 houses killing 100 in eastern Poland
A Warsaw dispatch reports a night fire in two towns of eastern Poland killed 100 people and left about 500 families homeless as flames scorched 200 houses. Authorities estimate residents displaced and begin investigations into the blaze.
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Poland
Iondon
Twie
Warsaw
Cigm
New York Youth Given One-Year Reading Ban
Charlie Engel of New York City and his associates were sentenced to stop reading dime novels for one year after a nighttime public school incident. A night watchman caught the group as they attempted a theft use of tools. Engle and companions names are recorded in the public notice.
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Much
New York
New York City
Charlies Engel
Engel
Eramga
Pena
Renovated Queen Hatscheput Statue Shown at Cairo Museum
Archaeologists reveal the recovered fragments of Queen Hatscheput from Deir El Bahari near Luxor. Thothmes II had ordered all statues destroyed after the queen’s death in 1490 B C. Workers have spent years clearing debris and reassembling pieces, with about 100000 tons of rubble removed.
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Cairo Museum
Hatsche Put
Thethmes II
Deir-El-Bahari
Luzor
Roo eerPewe Leborers
Greel
Alamosa Teens Spanked for Grocery Store Break-In
Two youths in Alamosa California received corporal punishment after breaking into a grocery store. The court urged similar discipline for other juvenile offenders and endorsed the approach as a general remedy.
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Rey Berglars
Alamosa
Calif
World spread of the firet curgean stems to England
Fragmentary text notes the firet curgean stems were imported from Chine into England to 270 and spread to other parts of the world.
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Chine
England
Othe
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