Giants Build Up Talent From Minor Leagues
John McGrew shows the Giants can improve without big spending by sourcing from minor league clubs. Greenfield, Fitzsimmons, Bit Ferry, and Fred Lindstrom join from Toledo and Pennailies, with Farrell arriving from the University of Pennsylvania. Catcher Devine and outfielder Exit Webb arrive from Toledo in trade for Hack Wilson.
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Fitzsimmons
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Fred Lindstrom
Toledo
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Gianta
University of Pennsylvania
Devine
Webb
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Larry Gardner To Return as Asheville Manager Next Spring
Larry Gardner will resume management of the Asheville team in the South Atlantic league next spring. He previously took charge a couple of months after the 1925 season began, coming from Dallas of the Texas league, and is said to receive a salary higher than any pilot in the Sally loop.
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Asheville
Gardner
Ean
Dallas
Zen
Sally
Notre Dame and Nebraska could boost Big Ten strength
Photo shows Lucien Vinez, European lightweight champion, training in New York as Notre Dame and Nebraska join the debate on Big Ten membership. Analysts argue the conference would gain prestige and balance by adding the Irish and Cornhuskers, shifting schedules away from Purdue and Indiana.
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Europe
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Xebraske
Wold Jaiv
Buakler
Big Ten
Trish
Cornhuskers
Crickon
Michigan
Illinois
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Illinois Is Confident Bere Photograph of Ted Haines
Ted Haines captain and forward of the University of Tainois basketball team believes his squad will finish the season with a strong record. He expresses confidence in the team’s form and prospects as they approach the end of the campaign.
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Ted Haines
University of Tainois
Haines
Michigan reserves beat School of Physical Education 13 0 as Grange kin shines
Paul Cook of Muskegon and Grange kin led the Michigan reserves in a 13 0 victory over the School of Physical Education. Cook intercepted a forward pass and returned it 40 yards for a first half touchdown while sharing halfback duties with Grange on the 1922 Zinois freshman team. He is groomed for a 1926 Michigan star but current residence issues kept him ineligible for this season.
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Paul Cook
Muskegon
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University of Michigan
School of Physical Education
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Zinois
Slim Harriss Tallest Pitcher in His League
Slim Harriss, six feet six inches, emerges as the tallest pitcher in the American League after three seasons showed his height could hinder or help. Early in his majors he struggled to command his great stuff as visiting clubs pressed rings, but this year he gained poise and became one of Mack's most consistent players while the National and Pacific clubs engage in transactions including a purchase of John Hana teher by the Pacific club.
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Coalins
Harriss Finsis
Champion of South weight for eye champion profiles
Master Meredith S. Taylor, three-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Taylor of Carlisle in Nicholas county Ey, holds the southern championship for weight for eye, weighing 160 pounds. His measurements include height 43 inches, head 22 inches, neck 14 inches, shoulders 46 inches, chest 40 inches, arm 12 inches, wrist 2 inches, thigh 22 inches, calf 14 inches, ankle 9 inches, foot 2% inches long and 2% inches wide.
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Meredith S. Taylor
Charles
Penn Likely to Meet Yale in 1927 Football Schedule
APenn alumni rally on the eve of the Yale Penn game boosted hopes Penn will appear on Yale's 1927 slate. Cozens claimed Pennsylvania athletic authorities had near definite assurance Penn would be on Yale's 1927 schedule.
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Yale
University of Pennsylvanie
Yale University
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Cozens
Pennsylvania
Carpentier Signs to Fight Delaney in California Return
Georges Carpentier former world light heavyweight champion has signed to meet Jimmy Delaney in a return bout. The St Paul light heavyweight is slated for January dates in California with a ten round contest planned.
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Jimmy Delaney
St. Paul
California
Connie Mack Seeks Larger Infielders for Athletics
Connie Mack states he will stop using undersized infielders and wants players from five nine to six feet tall. Ty Cobb favors smaller infielders and praises Jackie Tavener as capable, while Mack recalls Wright and Traynor from Pittsburgh and believes taller infielders offer fielding and punch at the plate.
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Ty Cobb
Reidera
Jackie Tavener
Belding
Mack Hag
Wright Amd Traynor
Pittsburgh
Mack
Washington University Welcomes Tiny Oarsman Eddie Haffner
The University of Washington enrolls Eddie Haffner, the smallest student on campus, weighing 2 secant 72 pounds and standing 4 feet inches. He will be twenty in January. The piece notes the presence of other big oarsmen and mentions California’s 17 pound heavier but 14 year old competitor.
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Washington University
University of Washington
Eddie Haffner
California
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Esis
Baseball Standings and Highlights From The Leagues Yard
Amid uneven text Winters in his Leagues yard tops the charts with two wins and the best total. Cardini’s leads with sixteen victories and six defeats while Vance has nine losses. Coveless claims two American League homer wins and five defeats. Johnson trails closely with seven defeats and Sir Herornes. Het nann of Detroit wins batting with a .365 average.
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Ant Pecaer
Shercel
Cardini’s
Vance
Coveless
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