Bass Knocks Out Morgan To Claim Lightweight Title
Benny Bass stopped Tod Morgan in the second round at Madison Square Garden to win the junior lightweight crown. The New York commission later withheld purses for investigation into the bout’s finances and arrangements. Morgan, weighing 128 pounds, faced a tenacious challenger with a 127 pound Bass driving a decisive rally in round two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benny Bass
Tod Morga ' Yo
Denny
Met
Blate Athletic Commission
Philadelphia
Mad Square Garden
James A. Parley
State Commission
Bass
Morgan
Farley
Flashy Attack Planned by California Gridsters
Los Angeles December 21 The University of California gridsters plan a flashy attack for the Rose Bowl clash with the Pittsburgh Panthers on New Year’s Day at Pasadena Coach Howard Jones orders morning practice and a dummy scrimmage after yesterday’s signal drills Jesse Hill returns boosting California’s backfield strength The Southern California football board of strategy expects to devote ample time to polishing an offense while defending against the Panthers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
University of California
Panthers
Pittsburgh
Lassie
Pasadena
Howard Jones
Trojan
Dver Carnegi Tech
Jones
Jesse Hill
Pacific Coast
Southern California Football Board of Strategy
Jock Sutherland
Aggregation
Appointment at Oak Hill Golf Club Names Ren Smith
Ren Smith, appointed professional at Oak Hill Golf Club to succeed his brother Horton Smith, internationally known golfer, effective June 1. Ren has served as Horton’s assistant. Horton’s plans for next year are not known here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
Horton Smith
Ren
Horton
Rail plan would reshape vast U S freight network
The commission outlines a broad consolidation scheme unifying many lines and forming new trunk routes. It envisions Baltimore and Ohio gaining control of several roads while reshaping NY Central and Virginian holdings. Aimed at preserving competition, the plan would unite terminal lines and open properties to all, but awaits further applications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baste
Eastman
Commission
New York Central Pennsylvania
Chesapeake and Ohio
Erie
Pere Marquette
Baltimore and Ohio
Reading
Central of
Detroit
Toledo
Rochester
Pittsburgh
Maryland
Sears
Tritory
Wabash
Wheeling and Lake Erie
West Virginia
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
STATE BRIEFS AND INCIDENTS ACROSS THE STATE
A series of terse AP briefs reports a Nitro death after being struck by a train. engineering work on the Henderson Point Pleasant bridge near Kanawha laid out to seek War Department permit. a Bank West Virginia representative in Wheeling notes building damage from fines. Keyser’s Michael Brudwicky, 50, found frozen at Dueck Creek State Hospital. Beech Bottom resident Harold Bahr, 24, a mill worker, found dead in the street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston—Bridge Commission
Henderson- Point Pleasant
Kanawha
War Department
Clarksburg
Michael Brudwicky
Keyser
We State Hospital
Dueck Creek
Harold Bahr
Beech Bottom
Overnight crash rescues and a London-bound delegation
Overnight news briefs report seven hundred persons rescued after a car float rammed a Hudson River ferry. A Japanese delegation cancels plans to attend a London conference. A brush fire in Los Angeles destroys one home. Captain Daniel Hogan waives examination in extradition proceedings to Louisiana in the I'm Alone row.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
London
Los Angeles
Daniel Hogan
Loula
Jana
WVU Drops Night Games For Next Football Season
Morgantown WV December 21 There will be no night games on the West Virginia University football schedule for next year announced by H A Stansbury director of athletics. One game was scheduled with West Virginia Wesleyan and it was deemed not advisable to install lights for the single contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgantown
W. Va
West Virginia University
H. A. Stansbury
West Virginia Wesleyan
Ede Bhai
Stormy Weather Halts Davis and Elkins College Contest
Stormy weather prevented the High Point College basketball team from reaching here for the opening game of the Davis and Elkins College five. The southerners were delayed when their bus was halted near Uniontown, Pennsylvania, according to word received.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkins
W. Va
High Point
N. C
Davis and Elkins College
Uniontown
Bill Carrigan Quits Baseball After Years
Boston dec 2 The name of Bill Carrigan manager of the Red Sox whose career saw the heights and depths of baseball fortune reached by his teams was added today to the list of big league managers whose activities have ended since the finish of the 1929 season. President Bob Quinn who visited Carrigan at his home in Lewiston Maine revealed on his return that Carrigan had retired from baseball. Quinn said he was not ready to name a successor. Heinie Wagner Carrigans right hand man for many years has been mortoned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Bill Carrigan
Red Sox
Bob Quinn
Carrigan
Lewiston
Quinn
Heinie Wagner
Mer
Boxing notes from Hammond and Chicago bouts
Hammond boxer Jimmiy Clabby is ill at his home in Hammond. Bud Taylor of Terre Haute has recovered from an ankle injury and begun training for a 10 round bout with Earl Mastro in Chicago, set for December 27. Taylor and Mastro recently fought to a 10 round draw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Hammond
Ind
Jimmiy Clabby
Eddie McGoorty
George Chip
Mike Gibsons
Chicago
Bud Taylor
Terre Haute
Earl Mastro
Taylor
Mastro
Boxing night results feature multiple decisions and knockouts
New York fighter Benny Bass stopped Ted Morgan in the 2nd to claim the world junior lightweight title. Dom Valente outpointed Frankie Marchese in New York, Al Ridgeway outpointed New Tarleton in England, and "Dummy" Mahan beat Erwin Bige in San Diego. Other results include Armand Emanuel over Jack Gagnan in Boston, Neil Clisby stopping Tony Galento in Los Angeles, Billy Wallace defeating Bruce Flowers in Detroit, Marty Stone over Roy Ryan in Detroit, Angus Snyder winning in Wichita, Baxter Calmel stopping Tack Strong in Wichita, Eddie Shea stopping Frankie Garcia in South Bend, George Schaffer outpointing Sammy Disalvo in Omaha, Rosy Rosales beating Billy Jones in Erie, Joey Goodman defeating Johnny Rush in Cleveland, and Frankie Stetson fouling Eddie Anderson in San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Benny Bass
Phila
Ted Morgan
Dom Valente
England
Frankie Marchese
al Ridgeway
Jersey City
New Tarleton
Hagen Leads Field in Pasadena Open Golf Tournament
Walter Hagen, British Open champion, heads about a hundred top golfers including George Von Elm in Pasadena for the $4,000 open tournament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasadena
Cal
Walter Hagen
George von Elm
America
Proposes Merger List of Railroads in Page One Report
A continued listing of railroads proposed for merger appears on page one, naming entities such as Strasburg Susquehanna River & Western Tuscarora Valley Washington Brandywine Point Lookout Windfield Debts Run Donora Southern Alliquippa Southern Chesapeake Beach Pennsylvania & Atlantic Scootac Baltimore & Eastern Ohio River & Western Western Alleghany and a divided interest in other short lines along with connections to Read ing Central of New Jersey Buffalo and Susquehanna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aland
Repid Tranel
Port Reading
Chicago and Alton
Buffalo
Rochester
Pittsburgh
Detroit
Toledo
Ironton
Chicago
Indianapolis
Louisville
Sharpsville
Castleman River
Chestnut Ridge
Cornwall
Kansas and
Sidell
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Kinzue
Riterville
New York and Long Branch
Quakerstown
Bethlehem
Rahway Valley
Raritan River
Stone Harbor
Tuckerton
Philadelphia
Beach Haens
Uvaina
North Fork
Upper Merion
Plymouth
Valley
Washington Run
West Virginia
Wharton and Northern
Wildwood
Yale
Preston
Buffalo Creek
Gauley
Rowlesburg
Southern
Strauds Creek
Muddlety
Winchester and Western
Brownstone
Middletown
Tionesta
Chesapeake and Ohio
Indiana
Hocking Valley
Pere Marquette
Erie
Chicago and Erie
New York
Susquehanna and Western
New Jersey
Lackawanna
Shawmut
Oligo
Mids Midland
Mullens
W. Va
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jimmy Crowley
Cloe
Hass
West
Wiltson
Rye "Valley
Wiennessinto Southern
Cumberland
Aberdeen
Rockish
Bennettsville
Cheraw
Birmingham
Union- Carolina
Cape Fear
Cliffside
Carolina
Durham
Edgemoor
Manetta
Piedmont
Georgia
Greenville
Thomasville
Denton
Lawndale Railway
Macon
Dublin
Savannah
Maxton
Alma
St. Louis
Hannibal
Moore Central
St. Mary's
Atlantic
Yadkin
Townsville
Virginia Southern
Warrenton
McCray
Terminal
Tampa Northern
Bsroad Consol
Indiana, & Hale
Seaboard Air Line
Florida
New England
Boston and Maine
New Haven
New York Central
Albany
Southern Railway
Chicago, Indianapolis
Northern
Wa Sweringen
Wabash Line
Norfolk and Western
Charleston
Nicholas Johnson
Wheeling
Repf
Bank
Fine. le
V. U
San Diego
Armand Emanuel
Jack Gagnan
Neil Clisby
Tony Galento
Orange
N.J
Billy Wallace
Cleveland
Bruce Flowers
New Rochelle
N. J
Marty Stone
Roy Ryan
Wichita
Xan
Angus Snyder
Dodge City
Kan
Fred Reese
Fort Scott
Baxter Calmel
Tack Strong
Tulsa
Okla
South Bend
Eddie Shea
Frankie Garcia
Havana
Omaha
Neb
George Schaffer
Sammy Dissalvo
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Rosy Rosales
Billy Jones
Joey Goodman
Johnny Rush
Youngstown
San Francisco
Frankie Stetson
Cowboy
Eddie Anderson
Casper
Wyo
Hagen
Gus
Gussie
WO Lane
Mina
Lady Lane
Notoriet
Jui
Ax Secret
Luby Lane
Him
BY Jack Lait
Clarabelle
Pe 'Vou
BY Jack Callahan
Aer Bora
Andio
Hetty
Red
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!