Giants announce 18 tryout pitchers amid roster shifts
New York December reports list eighteen pitchers set for Giants tryouts as manager John McGraw trims star names like Ty Cobb and Tris Speaker. Frank O'Doul and Arthur Jahn stand out among hopefuls as staff prospects, while disputes over salaries and drawing power color the shakeup across the Coast League landscape.
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Washington
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Pacific
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San Francisco
Arthur Jahn
Los Angeles
Murder trial drift and film star language remark
Co defendant Willis Beneh and neighbor Mrs Lilliendahl face murder charges in the death of 72 year old Dr A William Lilienstahl of May's Landing New Jersey. A tablet unveiling for Sir Arthur Sullivan in New York next Tuesday is announced by Walter Damireach citing Sullivan's score work on The Pirates of Penzance.
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Margaret. Lilliendahl
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A. ‘William Liliendahl
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Flr
America
Arthu Sullivan
New York
Walter Damiréach
Sullivan
Sports Roundup Reports Last Night Fights
The brief notes last night’s boxing results and fights involving Herbert Stribling in Atlanta and Kid Dorland in Oklahoma City. It also mentions Vince Dundee and Walter J Travis in Los Angeles, with additional references to Joe Guns of Baltimore.
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Atlanta
Herbert Stribling
Kid Dorland
Oklahoma City
Associated Press
New York
Los Angeles
Vince Dundee
Walter J. ‘Travis
Baltimore
Joe Guns
Protest Calls for Clearer Football Rules Across Big Ten
Chicago Dec 7 Michigan plans two football teams next fall provoke debate among Big Ten coaches led by Northwestern's Richard Hanley who warns of a split if smaller programs join. Editors and Hodges urge clearer rules and targeted interpretations to prevent miscalls and ensure fair play across the gridiron code for 1928.
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Smajor
Rules Committee
Western Conference Chiefs
West Virginia staff resignations shake football program
Gus Ekberg backfield coach and Russ Meredith head to quit the West Virginia University football staff. Resignations received and accepted by the athletic board. Ekberg to graduate law next June and practice. Meredith to manage Fairmont lumber outfit. Both had served since 1925, with Rodger to choose new assistants on an all West Virginia staff.
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Russ Meredith
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Fairmont
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East Side High
Marshall College
Dackfield
Ira B. Rodgers
LaFontaine farmer wins 1927 corn championship
E Croyer of LaFontaine Indiana claimed the 1927 corn championship at the International Livestock Show. He grows yellow dent corn on a 70 acre farm and also won the title in 1920. He is shown holding specimens of his prize ears.
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LaFontaine
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Former Pugilist Dies In New York Basement
New York December 7 Aged boxer Alfred Griffith known to fight fans as Young Griffo died today in a West Side basement room where he lived for years Acute indigestion was believed to have caused death He fought in Australia as a featherweight later moving to lightweight and heavyweight classes His noted bouts were against George Dixon Jack Neft Neil Auliffe and Kid Lavigne He was regarded as one of the cleverest defensive boxers and could dodge many strikes in the face.
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Griffo
Australia
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E Kerehler
Second games at Hazel Atlas gym in factory basketball
Tonight the Go-Getters Club sponsors a second elimination game for the factory championship. Peer faces Office in the opener with Jackson Evans and Davis joined by Peer. A packed lineup from Packers and Shippers and Hendrickson factory squads follow as fans expect rough play and heated competition after Monday's clashes. Tickets are 80 cents and two bits.
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Evans
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Red Knotts
Roy Kiger
Jimmie Reddick
Brooks Gall
Hendrickson
Clyde
Bual McDaniel
L. Knight
Posten
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London History Teaching Crisis Sparks Education Row
A London investigation reveals widespread gaps in history teaching. Teachers lack depth and many schools have no history libraries or atlases while few students can place centuries or identify key figures. Only 28 percent could describe two events or persons accurately.
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Chicago
Board of Education
Becket
King John and the Martet Charter Tale
A garbled passage hints at King John signing a charter called Martet. It claims Normans lived in Germany and previously with Danes, and mentions his habit of imprisoning people and forgetting labor. The text mixes history with errors and unclear phrases.
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Germany
Paris Academie Francaise reform hats at funerals
Paris reports say eminent academicians led by Paul Bourget and other members of the Academie Francaise signed an agreement to wear hats at cold weather funerals. The custom of uncovering during graveside speeches has drawn concern for health as long ceremonies in bad weather trigger illness.
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France
Paul Bourget
Academie Francaise
Academie
Italy Becomes a Factor in World Textile Trade
In Turin Italy shows rapid textile growth with 650000 spindles and 60 factories exporting woolen bedspreads carpets upholstery felts and yarn. Wool combing rose to 25 million pounds last year and weaving expanded to 20500 looms plus 2000 hand looms while knitting surpassed other fibers in importance.
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Great Britain
South Africa
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Local youth taken in after incident aboard train
An orphan named Wilbert Brown, a year old, reportedly tied a handkerchief with rhinestones to a smothered dress memento and rode a locomotive cowcatcher from New York City to Baltimore en route to Jacksonville. Baltimore police have placed him in refuge pending relatives’ orders.
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Baltimore
Locomotive
Jacksonville
Fla
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