Montana Vargity Shows Strong In Conference Races
Montana’s 27 point win over Idaho tied the Grizzlies with Washington State for third in the northern Pacific Coast Intercollegiate conference and moved them to fifth in the Northwest Intercollegiate conference standings. Oregon beat Willamette 51 to 17, boosting Oregon to four wins no losses for first place. Oregon State and Idaho also mentioned. O A C lost 13 to 26 to the Mallnoma Athletic club in a non conference game.
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Wash
Montana
Idaho
Grizzlies
Washington State
Oregon
Willamette
Washington
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Northwest
French Have Arranged Elimination Contest for Lightweight Title
Paris January 25 The French boxing federation ruled that the winner of the 12 round Tuesday lightweight bout between Fred Bretonnel and Paul Fritsch, replacing the Dundee Bretonnel feud, earns a trial with Lucien Vinez for the French title. The victor advances to New York for further elimination bouts organized by the New York State Athletic Commission to select a successor to Benny Leonard.
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Paris
Therenew Boxing Federation
Fred Bretonnel
Paul Fritsch
Johnny
Lucien ‘Vinez
Benny Leonards
New York
Scout Tricks and a Bush League Phenomenon
Sportscaster lore recalls Joe Cantillon using a double bluff to judge a left hander. He sent Pickering to watch a distant southpaw, then forced him to bat against that pitcher to reveal hitting power. Pickering struggled versus portside pitching, proving Cantillon’s unorthodox method had merit.
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Harry Howell
Charley Farrell
Boston Braves
Rookus
Joe Vantillon
Washington
Joe
the Pickering
Cantillon
Pickering
Nurmi to Try Four Times This Week at Millrose
Paavo Nurmi, owner of indoor world record totals, schedules four races this week amid the Millrose Carnival at Madison Square Garden. Ugo Frigerio, Olympic walking champion, debuts in America Tuesday night and will also headline events, with Nurmi contesting distances from 3/4 mile to 4000 yards and 3000 meters across Morningside and Boston meets.
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Associated Press
Paayo Nurmi
Ugo Frigerio
A. A
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Paavo
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Leo Larrivee
Jimmy Connolly
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French weight lifter shatters two records in Paris
Olympic lightweight champion Charles Rigoulat, 20, serving in the military, set two world records in Paris. In the two hand snatch he lifted 120.5 kilos and then shoulder pressed 155.5 kilos, breaking prior marks of 118.5 and 152.5 kilos respectively.
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Paris
Dan
Charles Rigoulat
Rigoulat
Gibbons Anxious To Meet Champion In Five Bout Plan
St Paul promoter Gibbons said he wants to stage five bouts with world heavyweight champion Jack Demps. Gibbons planned to confer with manager Eddie Kane in Chicago Tuesday. Paris reports note the American derby era marked a major fixture in French trotting. Eastman publisher John Dalit Jouryel died at Chicago.
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Eddie Kane
Chicago
John
Eastman
Train Wreck injures Fifty on Glasgow Central Arrival
A Glasgow Central Station wreck injured about fifty after two coaches telescoped when a train carrying hundreds of extolled fans to a security aviation football game crashed on arrival. With many taken to hospital, none reported to be in critical condition.
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Sow
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Glasgow
Trade of two pitchers and a first baseman announced
The Minneapolis club of the American Association announced sales of two pitchers and a first baseman. Bill Morrissette to Little Rock, and Tat Malone to Shreveport. Jay Kirke was involved in the deals.
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Associated Press
Minneapolis Inn
Minneapolis American Association
Jay Kirke
Newark
Bill Morrissette
Little Stock
Southern Association
Tat Malone
Shreveport
Stanford to Expand Stadium Size for Pacific Coast Football
Palo Alto California January 25 The 65000 seat Stanford stadium is planned to be enlarged to hold about 90000 for next football season making it the largest in the country. Plans call for filling the present open end to form a bowl and adding height to the embankments to accommodate growing crowds for Stanford California games and related athletics on the peninsula.
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Associated Press
Palo Alto
Calif
Stanford University
Tlans
California
California Stadium
Berkeley
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Stanford
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Bay
San Francisco
Famous Runner Albert to Settle in Ohio
Albert, one of England's greatest distance runners, has arrived in this country and intends to settle in Ohio. He competed in various events and was once a British champion, known for his half-mile and one-mile races.
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England
Shorty
Ile
Ohio
General strike halts Meudon elections in France
Versaillés France January 23 The Associated Press reports a general strike of voters in Meudon prevented municipal elections. Three weeks earlier the city council resigned to protest a Paris rubbish incinerator plan. The Seine et Oise prefect ordered new elections, but not one of 4599 registered voters appeared and polling places were unmanned.
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Associated Press
Meudon
Paris
Seine and
Oise
Sialls
Escape as Grassland Ranch Burns Amid Fire
Casper Wyo Jan 23 The Tat Six ranch of William Pistol Billy Mosteller was razed by fire and five Mosteller children slept through the blaze until Junie 17 rescued the younger siblings. The parents were away buying supplies and returned to find neighbors aiding and the house, stock, and implements destroyed with no insurance. Loss estimated between 20 000 and 45 000 dollars.
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Associated Press
Casper
Wye
William
Pistol Billy
Mosteller
Illinois Five Leads Western Conference Race
Chicago dispatch reports Hlingis' basket ball team built an undisputed lead in the Western conference with a 28 to 18 victory over lows at Urban. The win leaves them undefeated in conference play while Ohio State and Michigan contest for second place with three wins and one loss. Iowa sits fourth with two wins and one loss.
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Hlingis
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Ohio State
Michigan
Iuwa
Pastor Mills resigns after hoboes worship row
The Rev T A Mills announced his resignation from the New England Congregational Church in Chicago after clashing with trustees over inviting a group of hoboes to worship in the church. The resignation takes effect at a date to be fixed by the church council.
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T. A. Mills
New England
Ford Resting at Fort Myers on Winter Visit
Henry Ford arrived in Fort Myer Florida late last night for his annual rest. He went directly to his winter home without meeting reporters. The secretary said the length of the stay is undetermined.
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Paris Debates World War Debt Reduction Demands
The Paris government signals it will seek a large reduction of US-owed debt from World War I operations. France plans moral and economic arguments to win favorable treatment, arguing much was spent on uniforms for fallen soldiers. Senator Borah faces sharp criticism in French press over his debt speech.
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France
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Senate
Corona on Sun Shows Alteration
The article notes a spike shaped streamer seen to the right of the vertical stretcher during a solar corona observation. It reports disagreement among astronomers like Professor Slocum of Van Vleck Observatory and Dr. Ernest W. Brown of Yale, who see the corona as normal.
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Second Blaze Strikes Saskatoon Fire Destroys Plant
Saskatoon Saskatchewan reports a second major fire within 24 hours as the Western Grocers plant burns nearly to the ground. Firemen search the Drinkle block ruins for Mrs. Thomas Simmons believed dead from Saturday’s blaze that caused about 500000 in damages.
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Sask
Western Grocers
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Drinkle Block
Thomas Simmons
Ship may sink but it will rise again claim
An invention claimed to render ships sinkable was tested on Lake Constance. German engineer Libertrau installed the device in a boat carrying 300 kilograms of cargo, sank it, and asserted it would reappear within an hour. The apparatus apparently drives water out of the hold.
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Lake Constance
Tageblate
Libertrau
Libertran
Dares Death in Record Parachute Jump Attempt
Phoebe Jane Fairgrave 22 of St Paul holder of the woman's parachute jumping record plans another high jump. She will try to beat the 11 500 foot world mark set in 1921 from an airplane, with attempts scheduled in May at New Orleans or San Antonio.
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St. Paul
New Orleans
San Antonio
Memorial tablet marks Wilson era church ties in capital
In Washington at Central Presbyterian Church President Coolidge unveiled a bronze tablet commemorating the church's 1868 organization and 1913 cornerstone laid by Woodrow Wilson. Mrs. Woodrow Wilson attended. the note records Wilson as an elder and congregant until his death last February.
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Washington
Coolidge
Central Presbyterian Church
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson
Presbyterian Church
Central Church
Memorial window honors Joseph Jefferson in Rip Van Winkle
A memorial window for Joseph Jefferson to be placed in The Little Church Around the Corner depicts him as Rip Van Winkle with long white beard and ragged clothes. It is said to be the first religious memorial window to include a secular subject. Jefferson once requested funeral rites from the Church of the Atonement for actor George Holland, but was refused by the rector upon learning Holland’s profession.
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Henry Timerson Fosdick
New York
Sunday Evening Club
Tennyson
Jesus
God
Joseph Jefferson
Rip; van Winkle
Jefferson
Rip van Winkle
Church of the Transfiguration
George Holland
Church of the Atonement
William T. Sabine
Holland
Walter Wilson
Prince of Wales Visit to Ireland Sparks De Valera Protest
Belfast January 25 The republican leader Eamon De Valera protests a planned visit by the Prince of Wales to Ireland saying foreign kings should not be welcomed to claim rule. If politics taints the trip, tentative plans may be cancelled. The Little Church Around the Corner is cited with a commemorative memorial window for actor Walter Wilson.
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Belfast
Associated Press
Eameon de Valeta
Ireland
Prince of Wales
de Valera
Prince’ of Wales
San Francisco Fevered Plan For 15 Story Medical Building
A 15 story medical and dental building project in San Francisco under a cooperative plan shows floors numbered one to sixteen with the 13th floor omitted to avoid superstition and public preference for not receiving care on the 15th floor. The roof will house a 210 car garage and a basement garage will hold 165 cars. Cost is about 32.8 million dollars.
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