Scalpers Reap Rich Harvest In Rose Bowl Grid Ticket Sale
Abadena California reports on Rose Bowl ticket hawking as 84 000 seats attract 300 000 hopefuls. Tickets reach 100 dollars with many scalped at 30 to 50 dollars for better seats behind the goal. Hollywood producer buys two at top price. middlemen profit modestly amid brisk bootlegging. Texans seek tickets. SMU mustangs warn players Pasadena bound. coach Bell emphasizes focus on game.
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Abadena
Calif
Stanford
Southern
Ducat Bootiggers
California
Southern Methodist
Texas
East Team Shifts Crayne to Right Half Back
In a December report from Francisco, Crayne of the University of Town was moved to right half back on the east’s first team during practice for the east-west charity game. Sidelined Northwestern player injured his left knee but was believed ready for the game after two hours in the hospital. Crayne is described as a 200 pounder capable of packing field positions.
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Per Francisco
Ek Crayne
University of Town
Cruice
Megalt
Aril
Bearcats Open Season Versus Grafton Alumni Team
Grafton High prepares to open its basketball season hosting an Alumni squad in a night of dedication. Former stars like Farmes Hall Mickey McDade and Claire Bee join the McKinnies as Bearcats race into the new field house. Expected five will start with O Gonner at center Davisson and Cross at forwards and Lobis at guard. The 90 000 facility dedication follows a banquet and dances after the 8 pm tip off as ex Senator W Merle Watkins speaks.
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Robert Bunner
Grafton High School
Grafton
Bearcats
Clyde Hickman
Farmes
McKinneymen
Canton
Cats
Eddie“O'gonner
Denzile
Davisson
Cross
Lobis
Red” Davisson
W. Merle Watkins
Basketball Opens in Grafton Amid Cold Weather Fears
With Christmas behind them Grafton launches basketball this evening and again tomorrow as King Winter looms. St Augustine High meets Industrial School Pruntytown in a tune-up before tough games ahead. Alumni game at Graf ton High marks the dedication of a new $90,000 field house tonight after the Bearcats face the 1935-36 squad. Weather may delay practice in Charleston for North-South football week.
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Grafton
King Winter
Grafton High School
Grads
Bearcats
Sammy Kaye
Nis
NBC Broadcasting Orchestra
Dick Bartlett
Charleston
Semmons
Pasadena Open Tourney Gets Underway in West Pasadena
Pasadena Calif December 20 The nation's golfing nomads start a rest period before resuming the Paseling Open for a $4900 prize. After three days the field trims to the leading scorers who advance to the second round of medal play. The final 72 holes run Monday.
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Pasadena
Calif
Moscript to Start for Stanford in Rose Bowl
Stanford star James Moscript is cleared to start against Southern Methodist in the Rose Bowl after knee cartilage showed improvement in the last three days. Coach Claud Thornhill reported the recovery sufficient for action as the team heads to Pasadena.
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Calif
James
Monk
Stanford
Claud B. Thornhil
Southern Methodist
Pasadena
Thorn ‘Hill
Mosério
New York Celtics to Play Fairmont Quens-Ili Noise Glass Five
Grafton fans and many locals have shown interest in seeing the New York Celtics in action. They are scheduled to play the Owens-Ilinois Glass company quint next Wednesday evening at East Fairmont gym, which seats 1,400.
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Grafton
New York Celtics
Fairmont
Qwens-Ilinois Glass Company
Quint
East Fairmont
Tennis Aces of Future Compete in Tournament
The juniors and boys begin their annual national Indoor championships at the Seventh Regiment Armory in New York. A large field includes 85 juniors ages 15 to 18 and 69 younger players. Donald Leavens of Northwestern is top seed in the junior event.
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New York
Seventh Regiment Armory
Donald Leavens
Northwestern University
Recapped 1914 Scoring Play and Sporting Oddities
The item recalls Sam Gross’s 1914 incident of self paced penalty and touchdown amid jeers. It notes Babe Ruth’s golf pain, Marquette’s multi national lineup, Silvio Danella’s all Italian team, Harvard beating Yale Princeton and Dartmouth in chess, codeball on the green, Causten Browne as keen marksman, and Havana skaters with Mike Jacobs and Bill Farnsworth facing unfounded vacation rumors.
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Andy Clarke
Associated Press
New York
Sam Gross
Iowa
Northwestern
Gross
Ike
Babe Ruth
Long Island
Marquette
Rubado
Rasmussen
Ehing
Vytska
Sokody
Silvio Danella
Philly
Harvard
Yale
Princeton
Dartmouth
Chicago
Causten Browne
Seattle
Mike
Havana
Mike Jacobs
Bill Farnsworth
Cuban
FIGHTS LAST NIGHT FIGHTS LAST NIGHT
Boxing card results show numerous decisions and KOs across cities including Philadelphia Montana Los Angeles Philadelphia Pittsburgh New York Portland Maine West Palm Beach and Cuba with Morales claiming a Cuban featherweight title decision and other bouts decided or stopped.
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al Ettore
Ford Smith
Montana
le Roy Haynes
Los Angeles
Willie Reddish
Benny Bass
Johnny Craven
Pittsburgh
Tony Herrera
Mexico
Lew Feldman
New York
Portland
Vincent Teed
Zachow
West Palm Beach
Vaughan Leads National League Hitters And Walkers In 1935
Floyd Arky Vaughan of the Pirates topped the NL batting race with a .385 average and a .607 slugging percentage, totaling 303 bases from 192 hits in 499 at bats. He also drew 97 walks, a league high, and only five double plays. Joe Medwick and Mel Ott followed in batting and slugging, with Ott driving in 130 runs. Dodgers and Giants pitchers and fielding marks are noted, including team slugging and years of records, plus related standouts such as Ernie Lombardi and Dolph Camilli.
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New York
Floyd
Arky) Vaughan
Pittsburgh Pirates
Vaughan
Joe Medwick
St. Louis
Mel Ott
Giants
Wally Berger
Boston
Berger
Medwick
Ernie Lombardi
Cincinnati
Dolph Camilli
Phillies
Hack Wilson
Cubs
Pep) Young
Pittsburgh
Fanning
Reds
Augie Galan
Chicago
Hank Leiber
Braves
Hernan
Pirate
Brooklyn
Pirates
Babe Herman
Cuyler
Phil Collins
Philadelphia
Cardinals
Danny MacFayden
Ag Moore
Jon Wither
Ft Phillies
Sei Ules
Lata
National meetings highlight NCAA and allied groups
Today and tomorrow several conferences of the National Collegiate Association and related bodies discuss rule changes and spectator behavior. Debates cover goal posts, penalties for interference and roughing the passer, with a focus on subsidies and scholarships in line with last year’s stance against monetary support for athletes.
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National Collegiate Association
Football Coaches Association
The
Student Health Association
Track Coaches Association
Ove
N.C. A.M
Dan McGuagin
Vanderbilt
Dean E. L. Mercer
Pennsylvania
Grid Leaders Meet To Discuss Football Rules
New York December 26. Football rules spectator behavior and recruiting were on the agenda as college athletics groups met this week. The luncheon underway aimed at improving conditions, though past efforts yielded limited success.
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New York
Neton
Irish Oppose Desist's Five In Parish School Clash
The Fighting Irish from St Augustine meet Pruntytown Industrial School in a 7:30 PM basketball game at the parochial school. Desist's squad, coached by Rev D F Desist, is making its first local appearance. Pruntytown fields a strong new program under Chaplain Desist. The Irish seek to rebound after a two win two loss start as they prepare for the tougher parochial league schedule.
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St. Augustine
Pruntytown
St. Peters High Five
Fairmont
D. F. Desist
Itis
Grafton
Industrial School Five
Desist
D. F
Daylor
Robbers Arrested After Fairmont Pay Heist
Deprifed police nabbed Jim Muster, 36, and Tom Payne, 31, two men described as negroes, twenty minutes after Barney Pefferetti reported a beating and theft of $43.62. They were charged with armed robbery.
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Fairmont
Jim Muster
Tom Payne
Barney Pefferetti
Farley Bell Plans Ahead for Barnstorming Trip
Victory High school coach Farley Bell of Clarksburg plans a Christmas barnstorming tour for his basketball team after last year’s failed trip when only New Martinsville agreed to play. The report notes upcoming high school tennis revival and local coach moves, plus a New York Celtics appearance in Fairmont and Morgantown games.
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Desist
Charleston
Farley Bell
Victory High School
Clarksburg
New Martinsville
Dink Westfall
St. Albans
Nitro
Huntington Parkersburg
Dunbar
Seth
Robert Fegler
New York Celtics
Fairmont
Wheeling
West Virginia University Stars
Morgantown
Charles Town
Eastern Panhandle
Harper's Ferry
Martinsburg
Merle Watkins
Grafton
Richwood
Marlinton
Ellis
Washington & Lee
West Virginia
New York Celtics to Play Fairmont Return Game
The New York Celtics world champions will meet Fairmont’s Owens-Illinois Glass quint next Monday in East Fairmont High Gymnasium, after a capacity crowd welcomed their first appearance at Fifth Street gym. The Owens-Illinois team is a top independent club in the valley.
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Fairmont
New York Celtics
Celtics
Fifth Street
East Fairmont High
Owens-Illinois Glass Company
Quint
Valley
Top Row Sets Track Record in Santa Anita Mile
Top Row, the 4 year old unraveled a sensational mile victory in the Christmas stakes at Santa Anita Park before 45000 fans. He clocked 1 35 4 5, a neck ahead of Ariel Cross, promising a potential $100000 handicap bid on Feb 22. The win marks a rapid rise for Usher’s colt and could signal a record making season.
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Los Angeles
Santa Anita Park
Arcadia Plant
A. A. Barons
Ariel Cross
Marv
Top Row
Equit- Poise
Arlington
WRESTLING LAST NIGHT BRIDGETON MEETS W L
Meeker of Oakland defeated Walter Logan in a recent wrestling meet in Bridgeton New Jersey. The card featured other regional competitors as officials reported a fire incident impacting nearby facilities during the same evening. No injuries were noted and water restrictions halted firefighting efforts.
One Arrest in City on Christmas Day
Police reported a single arrest on Christmas Day. Dick of Tunnelton was set for municipal court after bond was posted but Ford forfeited his bond, and the offender was freed on bond shortly after 5 10 p m Tuesday. Chief A E Lockard noted the lone arrest by city police during the holiday.
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Ford
A. E. Lockard
Tunnelton
QUAKE CLAIMS REPORTED DENSITY OF SNOW AND STREETS SLOWED
The report describes a heavy snow event with six inches at the fort and ongoing weather impacts. Miss King of East Grafton faced difficulties en route to visit her sister due to wind. Coal relief efforts continued as county court and volunteers addressed fuel needs. State police maintained road patrols despite cold, with business and traffic slowed by the storm and lingering effects after Christmas. The Rev Dr James Eadie notes over 100 missionaries in the Szechuan region, reflecting church activity amid earthquake conditions.
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Mer Place
King
East Grafton
F. Hussion
Yates Avenue
Eo Demlands
L. Wyick
James Eadie
United Church of Canada
Szechuan
Prove Ince
Interior
Slips Breaks Leg in Martinsburg Snow
Charles Bartles slipped in snow while crossing the tracks and broke his leg in Martinsburg.
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Martinsburg
Charles Bartles
British Museum Sarcophagus Mystery Unveiled
A Weekly issue reports renewed attention on the British Museum s famous sarcophagus of the Etruscans. experts reveal it is not actually ancient but a later work, stirring debate among collectors and scholars.
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British Museum
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