Baseball owners spar over dead ball and season plan
Yanks lead a long in American league debate on adopting a dead or lively ball for 1936 while the National league reelects Ford C. Frick as president. Other moves include scheduling the 1938 season and limiting doubleheaders, with minor league alignment set and Cleveland rejecting a Red Sox trade offer involving Lefty Grove for Pinky Higgins.
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Chicago
Yankees
Frick
National League
Ford C. Frick
New York Yankee
Cincinnati
Nationals
Jacob Ruppert
Lou Comiskey
Alben Bradley
Cleveland
Tom Yawkey
Boston
Boston Red Sox
Red Sox
Lefty Grove
Eric McNair
Indians
Mel Harder
Dennis Gatehouse
Roy Hughes
Pinky Higgins
Grove
Rich Santa Anita Derby draws 98 nominees
Los Angeles December 1. The Los Angeles Turf Club announced a record 93 nominations for the $100,000 Santa Anita handicap, touted as the nation’s richest turf event. Leading names include War Admiral Seabiscuit Rosemont Pompanon Heelfly Top Row White Cockade Sceneshifter and others. It remains unclear if War Admiral Calumet Dick and White Cockade will join the Santa Anita meeting on Christmas Day.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles Turf Club
War Admiral
King
Seabiscuit
Rosemont
Pompagon
Santa Anita
Baseball to Remain In American League Play
A historical news item notes baseball staying in the American League format. The piece references ongoing wartime events in Asia, with details about Nanking, Shanghai, and Japanese advances, plus British protests and Chinese reactions. It also mentions Mellon tax litigation and art dealings, including Old Masters bought from the Soviet government and projected values of his collection.
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THE
Grafton
W.va
Sentinel
Toko
Tokyo
Nanking
Chiang Kai-Shek
Hunan
Rusia
Japan
Chiang
China
Tax Board
Treasury
Melton
Mellon
Pittsburgh Coal Company
Western Public Service Company
A. W. Mellon
Union Trust Company of Pittsburgh
Union Construction Company
Western Public Service Corporation
McClintic-Marshall Corporation
Pittsburgh
Lord Duveen
Jan van Eyck
Duveen
Lon
Raphael
Madanne Alba
Garden Prep Sparks North American Winter Sports Show
New York December 7 at Madison Square Garden, workers transformed the arena into a winter resort with a giant ski jump and ice skating ponds for the second annual North American winter sports show opening tonight. Veteran maintainer Jim McNally, who has managed the Garden for 40 years, speaks of sleep deprivation and lifelong dedication to the venue.
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New York
Big Jim ‘McNally
Madison Square Garden
McNally
Long Island
Fights Last Night in Washington and New York
In Washington Vernon Cormnler 131 outpointed Calp, Baltimore 129 in a bout marked by action. Lou Ambers 138 defeated Frankie Wallace in Olbgeland. Henry Armrong 184 1 4 stopped an opponent in Los Angeles. In New Jersey Al Ettore 93-2 earned a points win. Bobby Pacho 147 outpointed George Da y 2 in England.
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Washington
Vernon Cormnler
Estat
Calvig
Calp
Baltimore
Lou Ambers
Abeit
Herkimer
Frankie Wallace
Olbgeland
Henry Armrong
Los Angeles
Mexico
Non
York
Bobby Pacho
Les
George Day
England
N. J
al Ettore
Armstrong Is Easy Winner In Cleveland Show
Dusky Henry Armstrong the world featherweight champ extended his 26 fights this year with 25 knockouts as lightweight titleholder Lou Ambers also won. The double windup at the Cleveland News Christmas toy fund show drew 12 000 fans. Armstrong stopped Tony Chavez in 1 round, Ambers decisioned Frankie Wallace in 10 rounds, and both expect a summer outdoor clash for the crown.
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Cleveland
Dusky
Henry Armstrong
Lou Ambers
Cleveland News
Armstrong
Tony Chavez
Ambers
Frankie Wallace
Haves
Chavez
Match halted as fighter tired under intense punches
The match stopped after two minutes and 14 seconds as the fighter wilted under a series of powerful right hand punches from a Los Angeles opponent. Chavez defeated Armstrong on a foul in eight rounds last December and endured nine rounds with the Black opponent last February before being knocked out.
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Los Angeles
Chavez
Armstrong
Mountaineers Win Backing as Best comeback in 1937
West Virginia University Mountaineers named top comeback team by state sports writers for 1937 in a poll. Morgantown club under Trusty Tallman won seven games, one defeat, a tie. Phares led Marshall with two votes for Buckeye Conference champs. Squint Phares singled out for notable rise as signal caller. Bluefield and Middlebourne high schools each earned one vote.
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Charleston
Mountaineers
West Virginia University
Marshall Glenn
Morris Harvey
Morgantown
Trusty Tallman
Glenn
Little Morris Harvey
Jules Ward
Phares
Marshall
Tandering Herd
Buckeye
Cam Henderson
Squint Phares
Bluefield
Middlebourne
Hig
Stengel Will Do Best As Boston Manager Next Season
Chicago Dec 1 Casey Stengel, newly named Boston manager, rejects the Dodger label and asserts he remains serious about baseball. He lists pitchers John Lanning Lou Fette Jim Turner and Danny McPayden as assets, and says he will run his team with careful discipline and punctual routine.
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Chicago
Casey Stengel
Boston Nationals
Casey
Dodger
Brooklyn
Boston Bee
Ivory” Mart
John Lanning
Lou Fette
Jim Turner
Danny McPayden
New
Boston Pilot
Dodgers
Boston
Wrestling Last Night Across North America Cards
Night meets featured Jesse James of Hollywood facing Danno O Mahoney of Ireland in New York for one hour eighty minutes halted by curfew. Felix Miller defeated Ed Don George in Montreal. Jim Londos and Al Periera drew in Baltimore after a ring collapse. Cliff Olsen and Joe Dusek fought in Lancaster. Gino Babibal defeated Jack Kennedy in Atlantic City. Gius Sonnenberg crushed Bill Longson in Denver with two tackles in fifty seconds.
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New York
Jesse James
Hollywood
Calif
Danno O'Mahoney
Ireland
Kew
Montreal
Felix Miller
France
Ed Don George
North Java
Baltimore
Jim Londos
Chicago
al Periéra
Italy
Drew
Lancaster
Huntington Parents Vote On All Year Term
Huntington high and junior high parents will vote at a mass meeting on a proposed year round term to ease overcrowding. County Superintendent R B Marston says there is no apparent alternative if the district is to maintain its first class rating. Bond issues have failed twice.
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Huntington
R. B. Marston
Fall claims life or limb for Greenbrier worker
Cecil Bostic 25 of Greenbrier county was seriously injured in a fall from a bridge at Sandstone where he worked in construction. The incident occurred in early December and left him in critical condition.
School Board Sells Three Unused Buildings in Charles Town
Jefferson County board sold three unused school buildings for 696 dollars total. The properties were replaced by bus service to consolidated schools, with the sale dated December 7.
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Charles Town
Jefferson County
Board of Education
Max Rosenbloom Tries Comeback in Ten-Round Bout
Veteran fighter Maxie Rosenbloom stakes waning ring prestige in a ten round bout against Big Boy Bray, a young negro heavyweight, tonight in Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
Det
Maxie Rosenbloom
Big Boy Bray
Mungo Sticks with Dodgers
Eddie Briez notes veteran pitcher Van Mungo remains with Brooklyn Dodgers amid the winter chatter. The column recaps varied sports odds, including Max Baer’s film gift, Babe Herman’s trade rumors, and other game notes from Chicago to Washington, with short items on boxing, football, and a New York University injury.
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Eddie Brietz
New York
van Mungo
Pageland
Brooklyn
Butch
Max Baer
Jack Dempsey
New York Giants
Cliff Battles
War Admiral
Cliff
Chicago
Bureligh Grimes Plumb
Bill McKechnie
Cincinnati
Lopez
Griffith GrHd
Clark Griffith
Washington Senators
Washington
Griff
George Preston Marshall
Redskin
Frank Peterson
Reno
Max
Travis Jackson
Babe Herman
Max Schmeling
Harry Thomas
Bernie Bloom
New York U
Court Ruling Upholds State Gross Income Tax on Federal Contracts
A court ruled yesterday that Washington and West Virginia may levy gross income taxes on companies with contracts to build federal locks and dams within the states. Five justices found the taxes do not burden federal functions. four dissented, arguing the levies interfere with federal government operations. The majority stated the tax is not on the government, its property, officers, instrumentality, or contracts.
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Tom Page
Washington and
West Virginia
Snine
Washington and West Virginia
Snare Files Protest Over State Taxes on Machinery
Frederick Snare corporation builders of the Tygart River dam protested county and state taxes. A Taylor County circuit court action follows Sheriff Evans impounding company funds from the First National Bank. The company contends the state lacks authority to tax personal property used on a government reservation.
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SNARE
Frederick Snare Corporation
Tygart River
Taylor County
Herbert Evans
First National Bank
U. S. Supreme Courts
Gates Closed Raids Hit Yangtze Valley Outskirts
Reports describe raids aimed at military targets around the Yangtze valley with Japan claiming air strikes on towns and cities as far as Anhwei. The Chinese defense at Kiangyin blocked a Japanese warship attack on Nanking, while previous Japanese actions included destroying air fields and military equipment.
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Yangtze River
Nanking-Shanghai
Purple Mountain
Sun Yat-Sen
Shunhwanchen
Nanking
Shanghai
Wuhu
Great Britain
International Settlement
China
Conta
Yangtze Valley
Afking
Anhwei
Kiangyin
S.ar. Ob
Kimble Given Warned After License Revocation
Kimble faced penalties after driving without a license and under the influence. Judge Knabenshue warned him to avoid future charges, noting prior fines and license revocation, and ordered a $25 fine plus costs with $1 costs. State troopers pursued him after a deer hunting trip and a collision on Thornton hill. Sherman Hannah of Dingess was held for questioning in the shotgun death of his half brother Ike Hannah at Dingess.
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W. P. Samples
Jal
Justice Knabenshue
Admont Kimble
Kinibid
Williams
Thortton Hill
W. B.murphy
Williamson
Sherman Hannah
Dingess
Big Ike" Hannah
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