Major League Baseball Ends Quiet Trade Season
Dec 11 1936 reports Major League owners wrap ten days of bartering with Bob Feller's Cleveland rights secured by Commissioner Landis. Cardinals seek Dizzy Dean bid while Branch Rickey eyes a deal as teams burn through rabbit balls for 1937. Trades include Whitehill to Indians, Salveson to Senators, and numerous roster moves across the American and National Leagues.
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New York
Bob Feller
Cleveland Rim
Dizzy Dean
Branch Rickey
Cleveland
Rene M. Landis
Feller
Peller
St. Louis Cardinals
Dean
Bill Werber
Athletics
Pinky Higgins
John Peacock
Browns
Ethan Allen
Chicago Cubs
Ray Pepper
Buffalo
Werber
Higgins
Indians Boss Wires Feller About Major League Moves
Baseball notes from New York report Indians general manager Slapnicka wires to Bob Feller about his plans and minor league placements. Ed Rommel Ed Gharrity and others are eyed for advancement while Connie Mack frets on the mood and Landis maybe auctioning prospects. The column blends sports gossip with show business and local opinions.
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Eddie Brietz
New York
Slapnicka
Indians
Bob Feller
Will Harridge
American League
Ed Rommel
Ed Gharrity
Al- 30
Eddie Ainsmith
Southern Association
Connie Mack
Lee Keyser
Des Moines
Landis
Feller
Lee
Hippodrome
Johnnie’ Walker
Harry Jeffra
Escola
P.S.C
Harry
Jimmy Braddock
Tony Canzoneri
Jeffra
Escobar
Ralph Guidahl
Freddie Steele
Eddie Collins
Bobby Doerr
San Diego
Wrestling results from last night across multiple cities
In Toronto Ray Steele 215 of Glen Dale California defeated Fred Grum Peter 205 of Harlan Iowa two out of three falls. In Columbus Everett Marsh threw Paul Jones 63 33. In Hartford Danny O Ma honey 224 of Ireland defeated Jim Coffield 214 of Kansas City two straight falls. In Camden Gino Garibaldi 216 of St Louis defeated Joe Cox 220 of Kansas City 37 07. In Washington Cliff Olsen 210 Beaudette Minnesota threw Matros Kirilenko 220 Russia 28 30. In St Louis Eddie Newman 225 New York threw Tommy O Toole 225 Texas body block 28 22. Tuffy Cleet 192 Detroit pinned Geo Sauer 182 Lincoln Nebraska body block 28 11. Milo Occhi 165 St Louis defeated Tuffy Truesdale 195 Arkansas hammerlock 11 55. In San Francisco Frank Taylor 190 Toledo defeated Cowboy Dude Chick 188 Cheyenne Wyoming.
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Eddie Newman
New York
Tommy O’toole
Texas
Tuffy Cleet
Detroit
Geo, Sauer
Lincoln
Neb
Milo Occhi
Tuffy Truesdale
Arkansas
Hammerlock
Collier's 1936 All America Team Selected
Collier's announced its 1936 All-America football picks led by backs Prank and Buiid and stars Tinsley Kelley Yale and Francis Nebraska. Yale placed two players Frank and Kelley with others from Minnesota Fordham Pitt and Duke amid a season noted for offensive football and eastward shift in supremacy.
Pitt Panthers Open Season Against Northwestern Tonight
The Pittsburgh University touring basketball team meets Northwestern at Patten Gym tonight to open its season. Northwestern leads the series 4-3 after seven previous games, and the Wildcats defeated Carleton College earlier in the week.
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Pittsburgh University
Northwestern
Panthers
Wildcats
Patten Gymnasium
Careton College
Pitt
Feller Expects 1936 Salary Of 20000 With Cleveland
Bob Feller, once valued at 100000 as a possible free agent loss, says he will seek a 1936 salary of 20000 with the Cleveland club. He accepts Judge Landis ruling, plans to continue high school studies, and notes his father believes 20000 is fair given other pitchers’ earnings.
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Landis
Cleveland
Bob
Bob Bob
W. H. Feller
Schmeling Seeks Braddock Title Showdown In NYC
Max Schmeling prepared to testify before the New York State Athletic Commission about a title fight with James J. Braddock. He vowed to sign to meet Braddock anytime and argued the title would be at stake the moment Braddock faces Joe Louis, regardless of venue or rounds. He criticized no-decision talk and insisted the title must not be treated as a joke.
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New York
Max Schmeling
New York State Athletic Commission
James J. Braddock
Max
Braddock
Miami
Atlantic City
Brad
Joe Louis
Louis
Schmeling
Joe Lows
Boxing results from scattered city bouts
In Miami Beach Amos Tiger aged 155 from Sapulpa Oklahoma knocked out John Chong 155 from New Orleans. In Fargo Dick Demaray 144 from Fargo outpointed Jimmy Best 10 from Seattle. In Boston Joe Gelinas 150 from Athol Massachusetts outpointed Tony Ciaccio 151 from Norristown Pennsylvania.
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Fla
Amos Tiger
Sapulpa
Okla
John Chong
New Orleans
Fargo
N. D
Dick Demaray
Jimmy Best
Seattle
Boston
Joe Gelinas
Athol
Mass
Tony Ciaccio
Norristown
East Teams Ready to Play East West Shrine Game Cast
The all-East football squad for the Shrine East West game New Year's Day was chosen at San Francisco. Co coaches Dick Hanley and Andy Kerr selected 22 top finishers from colleges including Ohio State Illinois Northwestern Minnesota Marquette Purdue Wisconsin Yale Carnegie Tech Duke Pennsylvania Princeton Colgate Fordham and others. They will assemble in Chicago for workouts before traveling west. No western team has been picked yet.
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Collier’s
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Kelly
Yale
Tinsley
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Widseth
Minnesota
Daniels
Pittsburgh
Reid
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Baugh
Tex Christian
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Buiid
Marquette
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Nebraska
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Kelley
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Charles Hamrick
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Ken Nelson
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Ed Widseth
Earl Svendsen
Ray Buivid
John Drake
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Ed Jankowski
Wisonsin
Middle-West
Larry Kelley
Nestor Henrion
Carnegie Tech
John Handrahan
Ty Ray
Dartmond Clarence Parker
Frank Murray
William Kurlish
Ken Saubach
Ritter
Relyea
Colgate
Best Chance for Tiny Jap in World Billiards Title
Kinney Matsuyama of Japan seeks his first world three cushion title in Chicago after a round of tall opponents. Welker Cochran of San Francisco stands in his way as Willie Hoppe of New York looms over the field. A Cochran win could force a three way playoff with Matsuyama and Denton if Layton loses.
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Kinney Matsuyama
Japan
Welker Cochran
San Francisco
Matsuyama
Hoppe
Layton
Cochran
Willie Hoppe
New York
Graying
Boy Wonder
Matsuyma
Tiff Denton
Kansas City
Denton
Hans Wagner Named Commissioner Of Semi-Pro Baseball
New York December 11. Re election of Hans Wagner, longtime Pittsburgh shortstop and famed baseball figure, as commissioner of semi pro baseball by the National Semi Pro group.
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New York
Hans Wagner
Pittsburgh
Baseball Congress announces Wagner as chief official
Wagner begins duties as head of protests and supervision for national finals. Last year he attended 20 state tournaments. this year about 48 are expected to be sanctioned and he will visit them all. State champions advance to the Wichita national finals August 13 to 25. In 1986 the national finals drew 110,000 fans and were won by the Duncal Cementers of Oklahoma.
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Baseball Congress
Wagner
Congress
Wichita
Kans
Duncal
Okla.) Cementers
Eddie Simms to face Louis in Cleveland boxing show
Eddie Simms trains for a 10 round opportunity bout against Joe Louis on Cleveland News Christmas fund show after Johnny Risko fractures a rib. Louis, known as the brown bomber, will defend his heavyweight status with Arthur Donovan as referee. Co-manager John Roxborough asserts a Simms victory would mark Louis as the best he has faced.
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Joe Louis
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Louis
Johnny
Rubberman) Risko
Arthur Donovan
New York
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Risko
John Roxborough
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Ouis
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Pos
Schmeling
Cannons Roar as Franco Forces Press Madrid Front
Fighting concentrates west of Madrid near Pozuelo and San Fernando bridge with heavy shelling northeast of the city. Government rushes noncombatant evacuation to the east while guarding food supplies as insurgent planes drop leaflets and government planes bomb Ilescas station. In Morgantown Robert D Bradford elected president of the Monongahela Valley Coal Mining Institute.
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Morgantown
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Rosedale Coal Company
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Union Brokerage in Fairmont We Furnish Family Funds
Phone or call at our offices in Fairmont West Virginia Union Brokerage Inc proclaims We Furnish Family Funds as the key service offering.
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Of‘s
Fairmont
W. Va
Union Brokerage, Inc
Sinsel & Newcome
Latrobe St
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