College Quint Meets Charlotte Monograms Here Saturday Night
High Point College Purple Panthers resume play after holidays with a home game against the Charlotte Monogram Club. The squad lacks full practice but aims to measure up against strong state opposition including N. C. State and Atlantic Christian in a tight January to February schedule.
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College Quint
Charlotte
High Point College Purple Panthers
Charlotte Mono& Um
Panthers
Catholic University of Washington
D. C
American University
West Virginia
Potomac State
Waynesburg
Charlotte Monogram Club
N. C. State
Atlantic Christian College
Wake Forest
Grid Demons Carry On In Basketball Costumes
Basketball stars from football rosters burst onto the hardwood with major college players like Wesley Fesler at Ohio State and Branch McCracken at Indiana leading as captains. The piece notes multi sport athletes such as Glenn Harrison Purdue and Joe Truskowski Michigan blending grid and court success across the Midwest.
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Wesley Foster
Ohio State
Fesler
Lanky
Branch McCracken
Indiana
Hoosier
Glenn Harreson
Purdue
Boilermaker
Stretch Murphy
Douglas “Gaga” Mills
Zuppke
Craig Ruby
Illini
George Veenker
Michigan
Joe Truskowski
Northwestern
Russ Bergheim
DeMolay Opens Cage Clash With Beeson Victory
DeMolay defeats Beeson 19 to 14 on the Y court in Indus trial cage league play. Johnston and Wall led the DeMolay scoring surge while Ragan and Gurley performed well for Beeson. Lineup includes Welch Ragan Johnson Gutfley Denning Wall Pierce Marsh.
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DeMolay
Beeson Quint
Quint
Beeson Hardware
Johnston
Wall
Ragan
Gurley
Beeson
RF Welch
LF Johnson
Gutfley
Lamont Sees High Business Level Despite Stock Drift
Secretary Lamont reported December business in general held up in the United States. After meeting with President Hoover he said inventories were not large and consumption kept pace with production. Rail transport efficiency and steady demand prevented heavy orders and a national low mood. There are about 400 different rarities of mosquitoes.
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Washington
United
Lamont
New York
Hoover
Commerce Department
Louisiana Jockey Club Adds Purses for Winter Meeting
New Orleans excitement rises as the Louisiana Jockey Club increases purses by over $50,000 for the winter meeting at the fair grounds course from New Year’s Day through March 4. A new $5,000 added Derby Trial for three-year-olds joins events like the New Orleans Handicap with $25,000 added, and Display, W. J. Salmon's top gelding, eyes Zev's longevity record as he trains for multiple features.
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Orleans
Louisiana Jockey Club
Fairgrounds
W. J. Salmon
Zev
New Orleans
Jai Alai Introduced At Miami By Magnolia
Lou Magnolia became manager of the Miami fronton as jai alai opened the winter season. Players brought from Cuba formed the opening night roster for the fast Cuban and Spanish game in the Miami arena.
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Jai Alai
Miami
Magnolia
Fla
Lou Magnolia
Cuba
Aerial Attack Forecast For Shrine All Star Game
In Atlanta on New Year’s Day the Shrine all star charity game features a wide open aerial battle between northern and southern conference teams. Coaches Neyland and Bachman drill multiple forward passes as Dunlap Mizell and Maffett receive numerous plays. Florida and Georgia Tech standouts headline an all star lineup with practices and blackboard sessions dominating prep time.
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Atlanta
Bob Neyland
Tennessee
Southern
Charles Bachman
Frida
Earl Dunlap
Georgia Tech
Dixie
Mizell
Tech
Tom Jones
Maffett
Georgia
Dunlap
Bachman
McEwen
Bethea
McEven
Kelly
Kentucky
Armstrong
Tulane
Branch
Magner
North Carolina
Hawkins
Thomason
Georgia ‘Tech
Billy Banker
Sast Lake Country Club
Bobby Jones
Scottish Rite Hospital
McLarnin Faces Fields in Looming Welterweight Clash
Belfast Bomber nickname shines on Jimmy McLarnin as he nears a potential welterweight title showdown with Jackie Fields. Analysts expect a summer bout in New York with Madison Square Garden possible and gate prospects around $500 000. Fields, who once lost to McLarnin at bantam, shows eagerness to redeem himself.
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Jay Vessels
Associated Press Feature Service
New York
Belfast
Jimmy McLarnin
Jimmy
Jackie Fields
McLarnin
Ray Miller
Miller
Semmy Baker
Ruby Goldstein
Vancouver
McLarnin-Fields
Madison Square Garden
Fields
Jackie
Alumni Banquet Hosts Gridmen After All Star Banquet
Tomorrow night the Atlanta Alumni Association hosting representatives from multiple colleges will welcome the gridmen at a banquet. The event follows next week’s timetable with plans for fellowship and recognition of athletic squads.
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Atlanta Alumni Association
Loyola crushes Vanderbilts in 33 to 26 win
Loyola University secures its 26th straight basketball victory by defeating the Vanderbilt five 33 to 26. Murphy scores 16 for Loyola as Marsh leads Vanderbilt with seven. The game opens with Loyola taking the early lead and widening it through the contest.
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Chicago
Loyola University
Vanderbblt
Loyola
Murphy
Marsh
Vanderbilt
Penn Downs
Ga. Tech
Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Georgia Tech
Penn
Michigan
Indiana
Students urged to aid unionization of South in summer
Thomas F. McMahon president of the United Textile Workers Union spoke at the winter inter collegiate conference of the league for industrial democracy urging student delegates to spend the summer in the south aiding unionization of textile workers. He said local southern labor movements are infested with politicians backed by mill owner money and urged youth enthusiasm and money to overcome this. Delegates from 26 colleges attended the conference.
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New York
Thomas F. McMahon
United Textile Workers Union
League For Industrial Democracy Today
South
McMahon
William McAnally Reaches Lead in Aquatics Contest
William McAnally sets a new 80 yard dash record at 519.10 seconds and raises his total to 588 points to lead the aquatic contest. Lelon Cooper trails with 764 points as two weeks remain. Other notable competitors include Marty Coble John Bullock Carl Shelton William Snow and Verlts Freeman. The 100 yard dash is this week's event.
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William McAnally
Lelon Cooper
Marty Coble
John Bullock
Carl Shelton
William Snow
Verlts Freeman
Decision On Collins Delayed Until Monday
The UNC athletic council postponed today’s meeting to consider Chuck Collins request to be released from his football coach contract to take Georgetown offer. Collins arrives tomorrow or Monday and may confer with the council then announce his decision. Alumni responses vary from retaining him at any cost to letting him go if he seeks to jump his contract.
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Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina Athletic Council
Chuck Collins
Ofer
Georgetown University
Collins
Georgetown
Bill Cerney
Bob Fetzer
New Rail Line to Enter Kentucky From Virginia
W J Harahan senior vice president of the Chesapeake and Ohio and Hocking Valley railroads said work has begun on 438 miles of branch lines to serve undeveloped coal and timber lands near Pikeville Kentucky. The project, approved by the interstate commerce commission, costs 7 million dollars and will take about a year and a half. One branch will run 28 miles from Malard Kentucky to the Virginia line and 15 miles around Johns Creek Kentucky. Both will reach areas previously unserved by rail.
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Richmond
W. J. Harahan
Chesapeake and Ohio and
Hocking Valley Railroads
Pikeville
Malard
Virginia State Line
Johns Creek
Harahan
One Warm Irish Boy Report From Belfast Area
A nurse in Clogher Tyrone told the local education committee she found a child wearing ten coats two sweaters and an overcoat at a school. The report notes concern over clothing and welfare conditions in the area.
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Belfast
Clogher
Tyrone
Heights Rising Among Gordon Highlanders and Rose Oil Fact
The Gordon Highlanders in 1794 stood about five feet one inch on average, now taller by several inches. A single ounce of rose oil requires about 600000 rosebuds.
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Gordon Highlanders of
Great Britain
Swoope Upsets Forbes Wilson In Mid-Winter Golf
Walter Swoope of Philadelphia upset Forbes K. Wilson of York Harbor Me in the second round, 7 and 6, at Pinehurst. Defending champion George T. Dunlap Jr. of New York advanced to the semifinals with a 6 and 5 win over Andrew Pierson of Cromwell Conn. William C. Fownes Jr. of Pittsburgh and Richard Wilson of Southern Pines also won.
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Pinehurst
Walter Swoope
Philadelphia
Forbes K. Wilson
York Harbor
George T. Dunlap, Jr
New York
Andrew Pierson
Cromwell
Christmas Gobbler Sows Gold Fever In Roseport
In Fort William Ontario on December 28 a turkey gifted from a local farmer yielded two bean sized gold nuggets in its crop. Mrs. C. C. Gerow reported the discovery sparking wide interest as residents trace the bird’s origins through neighbors, butchers and farmers near Roseport on Lake Superior.
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Fort William
Ont
Gerow
Roosport
Germans Awarded Tank Ship Contracts From New York Firm
German shipbuilders gratefully accepted orders from Standard Oil Shipping of New York for three of seven 16,000 ton twin screw motor tank ships. Danish Italian and two English firms also won contracts. German ships were allocated to Krupp Germania Wharf Kiel, Bremen Vulcan Vegesack and United North Sea Works Emden.
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Kiel
Standard Oil Shipping Company of
New York
Krupp
Germania
Bremen Vulcan
Vegesack
United North Sea
Emden
Gunboat Smith Paid a Nickel for a Fight Tale
Gunboat Smith then a Navy veteran and boxing figure, pressed promoter Teddy Wolff for higher pay in a Wolgast Ritchie card. When the bout fell through and the purse offered dissolved, Wolff paid a nickel instead. Smith kept the coin, had it melted to pennies, and presenter Foley kept his two cents as manager’s cut.
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Gunboat Smith
Wall Street
Pete’ Everett
Navy
Harry Foley
Jess Willard
Smith
Teddy Wolff
Wolff
Willie Ritchie
Pete Scrap
Pete
Foley
Nbout
Sol Levison
Levison
Bulls
Bears
Wolf
Denmark Population Rises By About 21000 Between 1928 and 1929
Denmark saw a population increase of roughly 21 000 from July 1 1928 to the corresponding date in 1929. The rise reflects gradual growth in the Danish resident count and underscores demographic trends in the period.
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Denmark
High Basketeers To Start Work Monday
Local high school basketeers resume practice Monday afternoon at 3 o clock after a Christmas holiday layoff. Coach Marlette will run a brief workout to restore conditioning for forthcoming strenuous games and several candidates show splendid form promising a strong team.
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Marlette
Major Conference Feuds and 1930 Racing Plans Highlighted
The piece surveys rivalries in 1929 30 college basketball with Penn Yale and other powers, notes Iowa and Chicago tensions over reinstatement, and discusses a proposed 1930 Arlington Park $100000 international horse race with English French Italian interest and sponsor John Hertz.
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Harvard
Princeton
Harvard Lampoon
Daily
Iowa
University of Iowa
Keokul
Chicago
Big Ten
Jons
Hawkeye
East Pennsylvania
Michigan
Wisconsin
Oklahoma
North Carolina
Arkansas
Rocky Mountain
Montana State
Pacific Coast
California
ADC
Schoonover
Cat” Thompson
Pennsylvania
Joey Schaaf
Schaaf
Penn
Yale
Elis
Albie Booth
Arlington Park
England
Belgium
France
Italy
Belmont Park
America
Papyrus
Zev
Belmont
John Hertz
Reigh Count
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Touchdown Twins
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