West Virginia Cagers Open Training Camp Short Passing Sessions
West Virginia University floormen begin preseason drills under Coach Francis Stadsvold with light passing sessions planned for the first week. Captain Marshall Glenn may miss part of the period due to football duties and an East West game on Christmas Day. Key returnees include Emory, Ratl, Plaster, Stump, Bartrug, Scott, Gordon, Boyle, and Abbon, with no games until after New Year.
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Jackie Fields to Meet Billy Light Tonight
New York December 2 boxing card highlights Jackie Fields defends welterweight title at 139 pounds in a 10 round bout against Billy Light of St Paul in Chicago. Other bouts feature Olin vs Bahovic in New York and Bass vs Martinez in Philadelphia among multiple 10 round matches across major cities.
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Benny Bass
Philadelphis
Jose Martinez
Spain
Joe Marciente
Phil Swick
Cleveland
Jackie Pi
St. Louis
Eddie Bhen Chicaro
Young Mont
Providence
Football Frenzy of 1929 Winds Down After Historic Run
New York reports the 1929 grid season ends with Notre Dame Army Yale and Purdue in strong championships contention. Rockne's Irish unbeatens face hard knocks. Purdue, Pittsburgh and Texas Christian lead various regions, while several conferences crown notable players and teams amid upsets and dramatic finishes.
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Yale
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Brown
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Alble Booth
New Haven
Knute Rockne
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Tim Moynihan
Jack Elder
Thearmy
Only 15 teams undefeated in college football race
The Associated Press reports 15 teams remain unbeaten with several games left. Western Maryland leads with 10 straight wins and a December 7 clash with Maryland looms. Ohio University, Tulane, Pittsburgh and Notre Dame follow with nine straight wins each, while Purdue and Utah hold eight and seven. Ohio leads scoring at 306 and St Mary’s of California tops defense with one TD allowed. Davis & Elkins sits eighth with 10 wins, 327 points for and 47 against.
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Milwaukee Perry Dickens To Meet Shimon In National Cushion Championship
Milwaukee amateur players Dickens and Shimon face off tonight in the national cushion championship first challenge match. Dickens defends his title as the defending champion. Omaha Bee-News reports Jack Cannon of Notre Dame has agreed to coach at Creighton University next year while studying medicine. Chet Wynne is Creighton head coach.
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Chicago Iowa petition for reinstatement to western conference
Chicago Iowa seeks reinstatement to the western conference to compete. faculty committee on athletics will hear the petition when the group meets in Chicago on Friday and Saturday. Chicago Chicago Cubs renewal of search for a top lefthanded pitcher. Joe McCarthy arrives to discuss with President William L. Veeck as they attend the minor leagues annual meeting in Chattanooga. Department of commerce reports invention of a crude oil engine for motor cars.
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Lon Chaney Drives 600 Miles For Thunder Film
Lon Chaney, once a boy dreaming of engines, becomes a locomotive engineer and drives engine 2329 for over 600 miles in the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer drama Thunder. He earned Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers membership for his skill and studied with Chicago Northwestern officials and veteran John MacIntosh during production.
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Local Stars Gather for Film Excerpt Gala In New Production
Arthur, Charles King, Anita Page, Oliver Hardy, Stan Laurel, Gwen Lee, Gus Edwards and many others of note appear in a studio event spotlighting upcoming projects. The gathering underscores talent density and industry connections in this bustling entertainment scene.
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Rejaner
Marion Davies
Norma Shearer
John Gilbert
Joan Crawford
William Haines
Buster Keaton
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Jack Benny
Conrad
Nagel
Marie Dressler
Polly Moran
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Natacha Nattova
Griff “Ukelele Tike" Edwards
Katt Dane
George K
Beware of Bachelors at Opera House Tonight and Wednesday
Warner Bros. film Beware of Bachelors stars Audrey Ferris and William Collier Jr with Clyde Cook and others. Story by Mark Canfield, screen adaptation by Robert Lord, directed by Roy Del Ruth. A semi slapstick sheik doctor tale with a flapper heroine, uproarious family farce and wants nostalgia.
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William Collier, Jr
Clyde Cook
Andre Beranger
Dave Morrris
Margaret Livingston
Mark Canfield
Robert Lord
Roy del Ruth
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Children Safely Removed in Newark Fire Alarm
Sixty nine bed ridden children aged four months to fifteen years were evacuated from the hospital and home for crippled children in Newark when a fire broke out in the X ray file storage room. Deadly fumes filled corridors but no one was hurt among the children staff or firefighters.
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