Broadus selects Hunterman Hardman captain for 1928 football team
Local youth Hunter r Hardman, a Broadus product born in the city, was elected captain of the 1928 Broadus College football team at a hotly contested banquet. His rise began at Bapt ist college where he developed into one of the Pi lipp i contingent’s best wings. The event drew faculty, coaches, and supporters to the college dining room.
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Gratton
Clydes
Hunterman
Broadus
Lsst
Hardman
Lncal
Baptiat College
Philippi
Broaddus Athletic Department
L. H. Pratt
W.W. Trent
Broaddus
Fred M. Chenoweth
Fred Talbott
John
Williams
Forrest B. Poling
Jennings Randolph
Atlatic
Boxing Knockouts and Decisions Reported Across Cities
Associated Press rounds up results from fights in multiple cities. Delaney stopped Berlenbach in Bridgeport. Mandell defeated Sacco in Chicago. Tracey KO’d Parker in Louisville. Atherton outpointed Sayer in Dayton. Burke beat Lohman in Milwaukee. Bob defeated Cedar in Erie. Pett scored a technical knockout over Collins in Syracuse. Herman beat Jaderterg in Jamestown. The card notes various outcomes and locations with a mix of knockouts and decisions.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Jack Delaney
Bridgeport
Conn
Paul Berlenbach
New York
Erie
Canonstota Bob
Syracuse
Rudy Cedar
Pittsburgh
Joey Pett
Ray Collins
Warren
Tack Herman
Cleveland
Red Jaderterg
Jamestown
Berlenbach Ends Boxing Career After Ring Loss
Chicago December reports Paul Berlenbach once top light heavyweight, declared he has fought his last fight after being knocked out by Jack Delaney. An attendant offered gloves, he refused, saying he would keep them as a memento and retire from the sport.
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Chicago
Paul
Berlenbach
Jack Delaney
Leagues Seek End to Players Stock Ownership
New York reports the National League set to tackle player stock ownership at its 52nd annual meeting next week. The advisory council recommends players signing contracts certify no stock in any club, with ineligible status for stockholders who manage elsewhere and a rule banning ownership by owners or officials.
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New York
National League
West Texas League saga and boxing echoes in Central Press
Norman E. Brown surveys sports clashes from baseball league realignments to boxing stars. The Western League secession dispute centers on Oklahoma City and Tulsa joining the Texas League with Walter Morris as key home talent expert. In boxing, Tiger Flowers’s death leaves a void while George Godfrey nears Flowers’s former star status, with Jack McVey and others seen as rising contenders in the wake of Flowers’s era.
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Norman E
Brown
Central Press Gaming AT
George Wharton Perper
United States
Dallas
Wharton
Teaingt
Whiarton
Walter Morris
Oklahoma City
Tulsa
Okla
Morris
Texas
Law School
University of Texas
Aes
Tiger Flowers
Slatie
George Godfrey
Sieperville
Jack McVey
Flowery
Harry Grob
Pittsburg
Fremontl
Greb
Flowers
Joe Walcott
Georgie Dixon
Jos Gans
Groes
Baseball advisory council proposes disabled list rule
The advisory council seeks a disabled list policy allowing a sick or injured player to be removed from the active list, with a mandatory sixty day inactive period, and a September inactivity in the next season. It cites Ross Young George Kelly and Johnny Mastin as examples. President Heydler backs the three umpire system and 1928 schedule talks continue. Bill McKechnie, Tarentum, Onslow connections noted. A Detroit bout and Loughran Slattery NYC fight are reported with local Pittsburgh and Nebraska ties.
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Ross Young
George Kelly
Johnny’ Masti
John A. Heydler
Pitt Panthers Set for Tournament of Roses Warmup Click
KD KA radio will broadcast today the Pitt Panthers football game as preparation for the January 2 Tournament of Roses clash with Leland Stanford in Pasadena. Havana racing opens with seven events at Oriental Park marking the 14th Havana American Jockey Club meeting. New York pundits tout Tunney as the finest representative boxing has seen and Mrs Berlenbach urges husband Eddie Collins m refrain from boxing after a recent KO loss to Delaney. rumors link Collins to management shifts with the A’s.
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Pittsburgh
KDKA
Panthers
University of Pittsburgh
Pitt
Pasadena
Cal
Leland Stanford
Havana
Oriental Park
Tunney Goes West Tonight for Chicago Meeting
Gene Tunney, preparing for a Chicago trip, plans a meeting with promoter Jim Cullen to discuss a potential heavyweight clash next summer. He will leave Boston tonight after addressing boys at a Concord school, then return to New York Friday before heading to Miami for the winter. Jack Delanes, who stopped Raul Berlenbach in Chicago, is set for a summer shot at Tunney pending a strong buildup.
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New York
Chicago
Gene Tunney
Jim Cullen
Mullen
Billy Gibson
Boston
Concord
Grand Rapids
Mich
Tunney
Wext
Paul
Ile
Wisconsin Signs For Notre Dame Contest 1928 plan announced
Chicago reports that Wisconsin signed a two year contract with Notre Dame. The 1929 schedule includes a game at Madison and a game at South Bend on October 6. Northwestern and Minnesota also appear on Notre Dame’s 1929 schedule.
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Chicago
Notre Dame
Wisconsin
Notre Dame Board For Athletics
Madison
South Bend
Northwestern
Minnesota
Notre Densa
Grafton Coach Heads To Fairmont For Schedule Talks
Coach Arch FP Peterson of Grafton High School left this morning for Fairmont to meet with coaches and athletic directors from Monongahela valley high schools to draft the coming basketball schedule. The plan aims to present a strong local card, possibly featuring Fairmont West Side Polar Bears, as West Side and Grafton may resume athletic relations. Peterson plans to prune 80-plus early registrants to about 25, selecting 12 or 15 for the varsity, with practice starting soon and season expectations rising after a disappointing football year.
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Arch FP. Peterson
Grafton High School
Fairmont
Monongahela Valley
Grafton
West Side Polar Bears
West Side
Polar Bears
Petersen
Freshmen Win Class Battle At Broaddus
Philippi on December 10 reports freshmen tie with sophomores in the first annual class day scrap at Broaddus. The push-ball contest lasted an hour as both sides battled to push the ball over the opponent’s goal. Forest B. Poling of West Virginia University refereed with upperclassmen as assistants.
Clyde Shaw Closer to City Billiard Trophy
Clyde Shaw, nicknamed Cocky, advances toward the city billiard championship after defeating Harold Moore in the sole quarter final match. His next opponent will be Dil Motter, with tri finals likely in the next two weeks and semi final and final before Christmas.
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Clyde
Shaw
Harold
Kiddo" Moore
Dil Motter
Monongahela Valley High School Meet Opens In Fairmont
In Fairmont on December 10 officials and coaches from more than twenty high schools gather for the winter meeting of the Monongahela Valley High School Athletic Association. The session discusses basketball schedules and routine matters while officials from the Northern West Virginia Basketball Officials Association review floor procedures.
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Fairmont
Monongahela High School Athletic Association
Northern West Virginia Association of Basketball
Ana Leo
Monongahela
Bossy Jones Dobby Jones The Champion Of Golf
Bossy Jones Dobby Jones deserves the title of champion over all others in sport. The article notes Jones is universally regarded as the greatest golfer with no rival likely to emerge soon. It also mentions football and baseball schedules set at the spring association meeting usually held last Saturday in March or first Saturday in April.
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Bossy Jones
Dobby Jones
Dempsey
Tunney
Yankees
Grange
Jones
Bobby Jones
French airmen killed in test flight crash near Paris
Pierre Corbu who aided Leon Givot's failed trans Atlantic flight last September died in a test flight today near Paris. Mechanician La Coste also perished. The aircraft stalled 500 feet above ground and plunged to earth from an unexplained cause. Firefighters found both men dead on arrival.
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Paris
Pierre Corbu
Leon Givot
la Coste
Tax bill debate opens as House weighs measure
Overnight news reports Chairman Green of the Ways and Means Committee leads a two hour debate on a new tax bill in the House. Representative Garner predicts the tax cut will reach 500 million dollars by the time it passes the Senate. Senator McNary reintroduces a modified McNary Haugen farm relief bill previously vetoed.
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Green
House
Ways and, Means Committee
Garner
Senate
McNary
Senator-Elect Ware Defends Legislation Against Rewrite Efforts
Coolidge-era report notes Ware claims Senate attempted to rewrite law to deny his seat with no proof of irregularity. Inter national record holder Lt. C. Champion sets world altitude mark per IA A. Governor Johnson rejects recognizing Oklahoma's self-convened session, calling it a miniature revolution in the state house. Geneva views Briand Chamberlain talks on Poland Lithuania potential at league council.
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Ware
Sentate
C. C. Champion
International Aeronautical Association
Johnson
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
State House
Geneva
Bri
Chamberlain
Poland
Lithuania
Consolidation Formed In Major Theatrical Merger
New York December 10 The Orpheum Circuit Inc Keith Corporation Greater New York Vaudeville Theatres Corporation and the Keith Albee Vaudeville Exchange have merged into the Keith Albee Orpheum Corporation in a deal valued around one hundred million dollars The plan includes continuing building programs and a new theatre under construction in Huntington West Virginia The merger was announced by Maurice Goodman general counsel for the Keith Albee interests
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New York
Orpheum Circuit, Inc
B. Nf
Keith Corporation
Greater New York Vaudeville Theatres Corporation
The
B.P. Keith- Albee Vaudeville Exchange
Keith|Albee-Orpheum Corporation
Maurice Goodman
Keith-Albes
Orpheum
Keith-Albee
Huntington
West Virginia
Paris Diva Sets Fashion With Divorcee Name Change
Paris reports that ex as a sign of divorce has become fashionable among women. Madame Huguette Duftos leads by example, keeping her married surname Duftos after separating from actor Raphael Duftos. She left the Comedie Francaise and the family home to pursue independent work in Paris theaters and films, embracing the ex identity with pride.
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Paris
Madame Huguette
The Wrong Mr Write at Opera House Tonight
Seymour White pursues his lost childhood sweetheart in a mistaken identity farce at the Opera House. A real Mr Wright steals money to fund a fashion show in Atlanta City while detectives trail the wrong man. Warner Bros Better Ole features a toppled French village steeple and wartime drama with Chaplin in a lush kit.
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Syd Chaplin
Charles F. Reisner
Ole
Bruce Bairnfather
Old Bill Busby
Mr. Chaplin
Darlin Hill
Jack Ackroyd
Harold Goodwin
Tom McGuire
Theodore Lorch
Cris. Gerrard
Artur Clayton
Ed Kennedy
Kewple Morgan
Billy Dooley
Lindbergh Dates Uncertain for Mexico City Flight
Washington reports Col. Charles A Lindbergh says no departure date has been set for the Mexico City flight, though it likely will occur within ten days. Mexico City notes government plans a welcome for Lindbergh and aviation authorities ordered a squad to be ready to fly to Luis Pojogl 200 miles north. Excursions are organized by national railways to bring spectators to the capital for Lindbergh’s arrival.
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Charles A. Lindbergh
Mexico City
Col
Lilindbergh
America
Lindbergh
Calles
Luis Pojogl
Here
National Railways
Laredo
Texas
Wheeling Miss Dorothy Bright Heads to Pittsburgh Show
Miss Dorothy Bright of Wheeling a former Miss Wheeling, part of Mort Carroll Vanities, will perform in Pittsburgh at the Nixon Theatre during Christmas weeks. Fans from Wheeling, Wellsburg, and Weirton are expected to travel to the city to see the show.
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Dorothy Bright
Weirton
Mort Carroll
Pittaburigh
Nixon
Christmay
Wall Lollansbee
Pittspurgh
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