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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1929
Page
6
In Los Angeles at the Coliseum Saeticnic Tech of Pitts n' quid faces the Trojans of California in a football contest. Walter Steffen of Car feet notes Tank Highberger may miss Albuquer quiet, and star Bards has battled injuries but is ready. Tentative lineup lists Dreshar Flanagan among others.
The report lists multiple bouts across U S cities with winners including Jimmy McLarnin, Ruby Gold ain, Kid Kaplan, Andy Callahan, Canada Lee, Di Vodi, Tommy Scotland, Jackie Fields, Gor Mla Jones, Buster Brown, Sammy Mandell, Lou Scozza, George Courtney, Chato Lakedo, She Hughes, Eddie Murdock, Paul Delaney, Young Corbett, and Tom Ellis. It notes outpoints, decisions, and title holders while quoting Percy S Strauas on investigations for persistent practices.
Yesterday the F. L. Nuss club announced new green uniforms for this year’s Bison cagers. Jerseys feature large white letters reading Bethany across the chest with white trimmed seams on the trunks. The veteran team is expected to perform among the school’s most successful basketball outfits.
Promoter Jim Mullen signs Charles Arthur Shires and Lewis Wilson for a four round bout in January. The pitchers turned boxers from Chicago teams will box at a large city arena with a $10,000 purse and $1,000 training expenses. Shires, White Sox first baseman, and Wilson, Cubs centerfielder, bring baseball fame to the unlikely ringside clash in Martinsburg, West Virginia.
New York December 14 The babygraced kid Trish Jimmy McLarnin welterweight crushed Ruby Goldstein in under four minutes in a dramatic title bout. McLarnin floored Goldstein twice, finishing him for the full count of ten as a crowd near 20 000 roared. Goldstein earned admiration despite a decisive loss on a stormy night in the Garden.
Grafton Hi-Y basketball beat Buckhannon Collegians 28 to 22 in a fast, evenly matched game at the local gym. Wadsworth, Willis and Stafford led Grafton with four field goals each, while Pugh and Cuplett starred for the visitors. The sophomores beat the freshmen 15 to 14 in the earlier bout and seniors routed juniors in the second.
The bout saw Goldstein Ruby survive a first round knockdown after a nine count, then rally briefly before McLarnin drove the left and right to the head. Ruby toppled, was counted out, and carried to his corner as McLarnin claimed the win and positioned as top welter title hopeful.
Reports from the steamship Statt’s crew say Katmai Pavlof Mageik Kagamil Akutan Chiginak and Shisaldin volcanoes were unusually active. The islands lie far from civilization though a few Indian settlements exist along the coast and nearby.
Chicago December 14. Professor August Vollmer, president of the national association of police chiefs, estimates there are one million criminals in the country and that Chicago has less than its share. He cites 100000 legal regulations and inhibitions each, and says about half of current police forces have no business being policemen. He blames lawmakers for failing to keep pace with changing conditions.
Police Inspector Will Griffin announced he would question Horace Clutts, railroad freight agent, in connection with the death of his 23 year old wife. Clutts is being brought to Arkansas authorities but is not in custody. Goody says he that straight falla were strictly the copyrighted property of British heavyweights.
Auburn New York Dec 14 directors of the National Prison Information Society call for the resignation of Dr Raymond P C Kish state commissioner of correction amid a prison riot. Warden Edgar S Jennings defends the Mutual Welfare League while naming Max Becker as mutineer and recalling more than 30 prisoners who refused to participate. The report ties to Osbornes prison reform efforts and notes a political debate on population.
Fountain View Ark December. The identity dispute of Connie Franklin will be decided by a jury next week as five men face trial for torturing and burning Franklin to death. Circuit court convenes Monday with 75 witnesses including handwriting experts.
In Isbon Portugal floods and storms continued, driving families from homes. At Miranta near Fanfleoa the Pelha river burst its banks, leaving 50 families totaling about 300 people homeless as houses caved in and a cemetery was swept away with coffins carried downstream.
Police arrested two individuals after an investigation found a consulate stamp was counterfeited. The forged stamp was used to forge visas for embassies, with a possible aim to bypass immigration quotas and reach the United States.
Reynolds Jr., son of the Reynolds Tobacco founder, arrives in Winston Salem from England after a five month term related to a pedestrian automobile incident. He dodged reporters on arrival, booking under the name A J Reynolds, and declined further comment.
Warsaw reports two minor members of the American group were arrested in a counterfeiting case involving a consulate stamp. The arrests come as authorities tighten a ring suspected of producing fake official markings. Further details on identities and charges were not immediately available.
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