Grid Season Winds Up in Western City
AP report surveys end of football season on Pacific coast with New Year classic in Pasadena between Georgia Tech and California. East–West game in San Francisco features Carnegie’s Howard Harpster and notable QBs. strong gate receipts across sports noted, plus hockey rate changes and Pirates’ rising scoring.
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Georgia Tech
California
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Rhymers Hospital
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Notre Dame
Tex Rickard
Yankee Stadium
Six Footers Put Hi tah Hope Into Missouri Basketball
Missouri faces Kansas in a key Big Six race as the squad touts height and potential. Coach George Edwards hopes sophomore Charles Huhn can emerge as a standout while veterans Marshall Craig Wendell Baker provide depth. Kansas, led by captain E J Skradski, relies on experience as coach Phog Allen seeks an outreach pivot to counter Missouri’s tall prospects.
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Phog" Allen
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State Eleven Is Selected State Eleven Is Selected
Harry Adam Stansbury released his annual all state high school football selections across West Virginia and nearby states. The list honors many players with Jimmy Stafford and Roy Shriver from Grafton among those recognized by coaches and the Mountaineer directors. Stafford and Shriver earned mentions despite lower placing in the longer ballot, with Stafford tied for first team consideration and Shriver noted for potential future impact. Stansbury’s first team features Zirbs and Hice from Elitus, Pony Lewis of Morgantown as quarterback, Miller of Parkersburg, Schwarlawalder of Huntington, Hunter of Huntington as an end, plus players from Ceredo Kenova, Benwood, and Parkersburg.
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Stafford
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Lindsey
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Hice
Pony
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Hunter
Ceredo- Kenova
Benwood
College sports seek more Olympic committee spots at union convention
Chicago college leaders gather at the annual convention of the national collegiate athletic union in New Jeans Priday and Saturday to push for additional places on the American Olympic committee. Major John L. Griffiths, athletics commissioner of the western region, reports. Coaches and athletic directors from universities nationwide attend. Chicago's Arnold Morween undecided whether to return to Harvard as football coach or to devote time to business, his father Isadore Horween reveals. Isadore is president and Arnold treasurer.
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American Olympic Committee
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New Jeans
Maor John L. Griffiths
Arnold Morween
Harvard
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Hotween
Georgia Tech Eleven Arrives In Far West for Rose Bowl Week
Georgia Tech's Golden Tornado arrived in California with other Rose Bowl participants to begin a two day workout routine. California's Bears have joined the camp and both teams plan one session at the Rose Bowl plus a separate morning and afternoon practice.
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Big Ten basketball slate features four games this week
Chicago in a light schedule with Lombard at Wisconsin and Illinois at Depew while Cornell College of Town visits Minnesota. The Pittsburgh Iowa game was canceled by flu, potentially shifting the weekend lineup as Iowa improves after wins over Washington University and Marquette.
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Iowa
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Earthquake and tidal wave devastate Cotabato and Mindanao
Overnight AP digest reports Cotabato city and Mindanao province struck by a powerful quake and tsunami causing $250,000 in damage. In Anniston seven burned to death in a sleep fire, six injured. Chattanooga and other notes include a rash of incidents, a Minneapolis plane crash with one dead and one severely hurt, and a Palestine Texas fatality involving Reserve Lt William H B Senges.
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Dean
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Annistonia
Indianapolis
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Train derails into water injuring over forty
An express train derailed into a body of water with more than forty people injured. Separate items report Kidnapping conviction of Chicago area men, a acquittal, and various international notes including diplomatic replies, a police deputy killed, church violence, and Far East and European dispatches.
Boxing In Chicago Gains Steam For Heavyweight Title
Boxing in Chicago shows signs of heat as three heavyweight challengers sign for bouts under Chicago Stadium and Chicago Coliseum Athletic Club. Tommy Loughran of Philadelphia signs to box for the title before March. Jack Sharkey of Boston and Johnny Risko of Cleveland sign with Jim Mullen to meet the winner of Sekura versus Cuban Brown. Sharkey agrees to a bout January 18 and the January 4 matchups are set in motion.
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Philadelphia
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Chi Cago Stadium Corporation
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Boston
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Jim
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Joe Sekura
Datou
Ohio
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Sharkey
Young Joplin Pro Wins Santa Catalina Open Golf
Horton Smith of Joplin Missouri captured the Santa Catalina Island open golf title with a 245 total, winning $500. Walter Hagen finished second with 246, earning $200, as Smith outpaced a field of top professionals and amateurs. The event closed yesterday on Catalina Island.
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Santa Catalina ‘Island
Army of Winter Colfers
California
Horton Smith
Santa Catalina Island
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Haig
Smith
Hagen
Golfing troupe to amateur pro event at San Gabriel Club
The golfing troupe advances to an amateur professional tournament at San Gabriel Country Club on the mainland Wednesday for a purse of $1,090 and then to the Long Beach $5,000 open beginning December 27.
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San Gabriel Country Club
Long Beach
Ranchers Use Plane To Find Lost Sheep In Snow
In Burley Idaho a plane brought from Pocatello aided ranchers to locate thousands of sheep missing in a blinding snow storm. After three days of searching Black Pine mountains, herders were guided to all roving flocks.
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Burley
Ida
Pocatello
Black Pine
Money orders sent to aid relatives in Ireland
Dublin reports that in the last three days 96 000 money order advices arrived from the United States and Canada. Amounts paid to Ireland totaled about 360 000 pounds. Large sums were remitted via banks with no obtainable record.
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Dublin
United States
Canada
Ireland
Five Children Killed in Fireworks Blast in Georgia
Cartesville Georgia reports five children killed when a stock of fireworks exploded in a small store causing a store fire and injuries to others. The blast occurred on December 24 with undetermined additional casualties.
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Cartesville
Grafton High Opens Season With Big Win Over 52 Club
Grafton High School basketball opened with a 52 to 28 victory over the 52 Club, featuring a fast start and strong first and last quarters. Coach Petersen tried several lineups with Bee Hudson McKeen Staffora in the regulars, while substitutes showed less polish as the 52 Club fielded recent alumni.
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Hudson
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Shriver
Postlethwait
Jaco
Selvey
Cuppett
Stafford
Robinson
Juvo Willis
Sélvey
Hime
Disastrous Chicago to Atlanta Air Line Crash Kills Crew
A fatal crash on the Chicago to Atlanta air mail route claims pilots Raymond Harris and T. Mayer and passengers Charles Shields Wille, G Burnette, with Rozar and Harting among the witnesses. The plane failed to clear a railroad embankment near the field, crashed into a roof then a garage, and caught fire. Investigators from the Department of Commerce will probe the accident as Interstate Air Lines officials conduct their own inquiry from Chicago.
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Charles H. Shields
Louis
Wille? Ky
Raymond D. Harris
C. Ps Mayer
St. Elmo
Tenn
G. Burnette
Chicago
Rozar
Sieh
Rorar
Chattanooga
Department of Commerce
T. Ward
Interstate Air Lines, Inc
One Dead After Church Shooting Tragedy
In a church attack, Pigg surrendered as Steelman died minutes later and 5 mons was wounded in the face and lungs while Golden took a abdomen wound. Eleven year old Paul Gattlin sustained a scalp wound. Pigg fired from the rear, sparking panic as shots rang out. services ended immediately. Pigg, father of seven, waited in the churchyard for an officer.
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Mons
Lungs
Golden
Paul Gattlin
Simmons
Chilren
Customs Inspector Murdered Near Fabcone Texas
El Paso December 24 customs inspector Tom Morris died after a liquor smuggler, briefly allowed to smoke while handcuffed, drew a revolver and fired four shots as inspectors stopped a vehicle near Fabcone. Morris died in hospital. fellow inspector M Rogers was wounded but survived. The suspect escaped to Mexico. Canterbury sees new archbishop Cosmo Gordon Lang described as in less pain but bedridden with internal inflammation.
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Tom Morris
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Rogers
Fabcone
Texas
Inier
Mexico
Canterbury
England
Cosmo Gordon Lang
Noted West Virginia educator dies at 80
Fairragat and Prof Thomas Consont Miller died suddenly at his home 1331 Pennsylvania Avenue. He was a respected educator, served as teacher state superintendent and college professor in West Virginia. His death followed a quiet evening after hearing a noise in his room.
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Thomas Consont Miller
Pennesylvania Avenue
William R. White
West Virginia
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