Collins to stay at Carolina as coach won’t release
North Carolina coach Chuck Collins withdraws his request for release from his contract after considering a Georgetown offer. Officials say he will remain with the Tar Heels for another year and return to Chapel Hill with details of pay and terms still to be worked out.
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Chapel Hill
N. C
Chuck Colling
University of North Carolina
Georgia
Tar Heels
Collins
Georgetown University
Washington
Oak Park
Ill
North Carolina Athletic
Georgetown
Charles T. Woollen
Carolina
Heavies to Lead UNC Boxing Ahead of Season
Chapel Hill December report notes UNC boxing showing early promise. Joe Warren, brother of Add Warren, impressed in his first year. Bill Koenig expected to challenge for heavyweight, drawn from football. Captain Archie Allen returns at 145 pounds with Sheffield, Goodridge, and Warren in various weights. prospects Avery, Smathers, Roeenfeldt among contenders for other classes.
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Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina
Joe Warren
Add Warren
Bill Koenig
Koenig
Noah Goodridge
Warren
Avery
Smathers
Roeenfeldt
Webb
Farrie
Cohen
Gray
Gatlin
Milton Stafford Found Dead Near Buffalo Creek Suburb
The body of Milton Stafford, 26, was found beside a road near Buffalo Creek in Greensboro suburbs. He appears to have been struck and dragged for a distance by an automobile.
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Greensboro
N.C
Milton Stafford
Buffalo Creek
Plane Crashes Into Crowd at Texas Flying Field
Three Black youths died and another was in critical condition after an airplane piloted by Dorothy Stocker crashed into spectators at a MEARNE field on December 29. Stocker, a 17 year old Houston stunt flier with a private license, was aboard alone.
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Mearne
Texas
Dorothy Stocker
Houston
Smack Em Smead Jolley Heads East for 1930 White Sox
Smead Jolley, famed outfielder from the Pacific coast league, joins the Chicago White Sox in 1930. He has kept a .385 career average over five seasons and aims to match that in the major leagues alongside Earl Averill and Roy Johnson, who linked with him in 1928.
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Smead Jolley
Toy Jonnson
Earl Averill
Smeada
White Sox
Jay Vessels
Associated Press Feature Service
New York
Jolley
Roy Johnson
San Francisco
Averill
Johnson
Cleveland
Detroit
Averages Soar as Jolley and Averill Shape Coast League Bounds
In 1929 Jolley posted 314 hits 172 runs and 35 homers while batting .386. Johnson led Detroit with 48 doubles and a .314 average. Averill bat .831 with 73 extra base hits 42 doubles signaling long distance power. Shires looms as rival. Smead bets on his bat against the Great Shires.
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Smead
Averill
Johnson
Jolley
Detroit
Tris Speaker
Coast Loop
White Sox
Cubs Led Assault On National League Records
The 1929 NL season saw the Cubs smash the RBI record with 933 runs, besting the Pirates 820 set in 1925. Hack Wilson set a new RBI mark with 159 and Rogers Hornsby topped sluggers at .681. Mel Ott drew 118 bases on balls and Pie Traynor was the toughest to fool at the plate.
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Chicago Cubs
Pittsburgh Pirates
Cubs
Phillies
Pirates
Giants
Polo Grounds
Rogers Hornsby
Hack Wilson
Wits
Hornsby
Cardinals
Wilson
Melvin Ott
Jimmy Welsh
Braves
Pie Traynor
Cannon and Holm Fight Fire After Dinner
Notre Dame star Jack Cannon and Alabama’s Tony Holm, in town for the East West game, helped control a garage blaze at the Mountain View home of Paul H. Fretz as flames threatened the mansion. They used emergency fire fighting gear to keep the fire from reaching the main building.
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San Jose
Cal
Jack Cannon
Notre Dame
Tony Holm
Alabama
San Francisco
Mountain View
Paul H. Fretz
Mare Island Navy Yard
Fretz
Cannon
Holm
Jim Bottomley Drives in 100 Runs for Cardinals Again
Jim Bottomley of the St. Louis Cardinals compiled 100 or more RBIs for the sixth consecutive season. The veteran slugger consistently powered the lineup with timely hits and run production, underscoring his role as a steady offensive force for the club.
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Jim Bottomley
Cardinals
Smalling Accepts Assistant Coach Post at Menlo School
Chuck Smalling, standout in the Stanford West Point game, announced he will become an assistant athletic coach at Menlo School and Junior College in Menlo Park, California. The move follows his noted college football performance.
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Smalling
Palo Alto
Cal
Dee
Chuck” Smalling
Stanford
West Point
Menlo School
Menlo Park
Kansas Faces California in Important January Series
Kansas coach Phog Allen aims to end a long losing streak against California as the Jayhawks start a three game West Coast set beginning January 2. Kansas seeks momentum for a strong Big Six season with four veterans leading the lineup including Tom Bishop Russell Thomson and Floyd Ramsey.
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Lawrence
Ras
Phog” Allen
Kansas
California
Jayhawk
Golden Bears
Jayhawks
West Coast
Price
Kansas State
Allen
Tom Bishop
Russell Thomson
Forrest Cox
Floyd Ramsey
Conference Quints Snap Into Action
North Carolina State builds a 1930 edition around guard Maurice Johnson with sophomores and veterans to defend the Southern Conference crown. Duke Maryland Georgia Florida Georgia Tech Tennessee Tulane Vanderbilt Alabama Auburn and others vie for position as the league starts a fast 10 game slate this week.
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Wolfpack
Maurice Johnson
Haar
Wright
Tebell
Frank Goodwin
Jimmy Brown
Waring
Goodwin
Woodward
Taylor
Duke
Harry Councillor
Bill Weber
Croson
Durham
Maryland
Bill Evans
Madigan
Hetzer
Radice
John Ritzer
Berger
Georgia
Bulldogs
Florida
Georgia Tech
Emmelhainz
Hirsh
Ira Baker
Raines
Tech
Tennessee
Tulane
Hackman
McEver
Hug
Brandt
Lucas
Preacher
Roberts
Magnum
Glover
Ford
Dawson
North Carolina
Jim Ashmore
Vanderbilt
Fettle
Coffee
Rutherford
Commodores
Chalfont
Abernathy
Cram
Guards
Alabama
Auburn
South Carolina
Virginia
Clemson
Sewanee
Washington and Lee
Open Challenge Stirs Chicago Boxing Heat and Promoter Tactics
In 1903 Jack Munroe faced a staged public challenge to draw crowds in Chicago. Promoter Jim Coffroth delayed a scheduled Jeffries bout as Harry Pollok and the author maneuvered to match Munroe with contenders, while public quarrels and a wrestler substitution kept the audience engaged and money flowing.
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Jack Munroe
Chicago
Harry Pollok
Harry
Young Corbett
Freddie Welsh
Pat Powers
Madison Square Garden
Baron Long
Wirt Bowman
Agua Caliente
Mexico
Sharkey
Philadelphia
Jeffries
San Francisco
Jack
Jim Coffroth
Pollok
Coffroth
Tim
Sunny Jim
Munroe
Lou Houseman
Inter-Ocean
Jeff
Trocadero
Big Jack McCormick
Kid McCoy
Cofforth
Houseman
California
College athletics and stadium upgrades dominate early 20th century earnings
The piece notes 1925 athletic receipts topping $1 million at Harvard Yale and University of Pennsylvania, with Michigan California Stanford and Southern California close behind. It highlights football's major share, campus expansions at Penn and Harvard, Yale's enhanced facilities funded by football profits, and Southern California's use of the Los Angeles Coliseum. It also touches on 1929 National League batting averages and Philadelphia's pitching shortfall despite high offense.
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Michigan
Middle West
California
Stanford
Pacific Coast
Carnegie
Pennsylvania
Franklin Field
Harvard
Yale
Southern California
Los Angeles Coliseum
Exposition Park
French swimming star Lolita Salgado targets Los Angeles Games
Paris reports Lolita Salgado, 15, France's top female swimmer and holder of five French records, will travel to Los Angeles as the nation’s hope. New York outlines a Carnegie Foundation attack on subsidized college athletics, urging review of recruitment and subsidies amid calls to curb commercialism in sport.
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Paris
France
Lolita Salgado
Lolita
Los Angeles
New York
Howard J. Savage
Carnegie Foundation For the Advancement
Carnegie
Savage
Phillies Fans Expect Strong Home Stand Next Season
The piece notes star Phillies hitters Don Hurst Art Whit ney and Lefty O'Doul and suggests Grover Alexander aging arm and added pitching could boost success. It also mentions golf trends with Agua Caliente Open field limits and PGA contenders Leo Diegel among qualifiers for major events.
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Don Hurst
Art Whitney
Lefty O’doul
Phillie
Grover Alexander
Phillies
Indian John Smith Claimed 120 in Red Wing Tale
Sioux tribesman Indian John Smith of Prairie Island is said to be 120 years old. Relatives recall hunting with his grandfather 37 years ago when the elder was past 80. Some doubt the tale as the old man lies in a relative’s home, though he eats well and smokes.
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Red Wing
Minn
John" Smith
Prairie Island
John Otherday
John
All Star Club In Final Practice
San Francisco December 30. Last minute practice was held by the western all star football team for its New Year’s Day game at Kezar stadium against the east. Eastern players were idle as Kerr and Hanley reported the stars in peak condition after days of practice. Dowler of Colgate suffered a badly wrenched knee but Kerr said he could play part of the game.
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San Francisco
Kezar Stadium
Andy Kerr
Dick Hanley
Palo Alto
Tommy Dowler
Colgate
Kerr
Dowler
Benny Leonard Plans Southern Ice Hockey League
Benny Leonard has arranged teams in Dallas Fort Worth and Oklahoma City and aims to form a southern ice hockey league. He holds stock in a Pittsburgh National League team and plans to develop players through the new venture with Tulsa already in the American association.
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Dallas
Texas
Benny Leonard
Sunny
Leonard
Fort Worth
Oklahoma City
Tulsa
American Association
Pittsburgh
One-Man Sub Milan Develops Solo Undersea Craft
A one man submarine developed in Milan enables a single user to descend for a quiet sea excursion. The craft measures 580 feet in length and 10 feet in width and carries oxygen supplies for 66 hours underwater.
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Milan
SQUADS GET DAY OF REST AT ATLANTA
In Atlanta on December 30 1930 the upper and lower region squads of the southern conference prepare for the Shrine charity game on New Year's day with morning and afternoon practices. Coaches Bob Neyland and Charles Bachman oversee drills focusing on passes wide end runs and selective line plays. Notables include Gene McEver Shipwreck Kelly Mizell and Thomp son Bethea Armstrong Woodruff Dodd and Mizell as punters.
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Atlanta
Bob Neyland
Tennessee
Charles Bachman
Florida
Cardinal
Neyland
Gene McEver
Dixie
Dodd
Mizell
Georgia Tech
Panthers Arrive for Bia Classic Ahead of Rose Bowl
University of Pittsburgh Panthers, undefeated and highly rated, arrive in Los Angeles for a two day Pasadena practice ahead of the January 1 Rose Bowl against the USC Trojans. Jock Sutherland leads a signal drill and Trojan formation work while USC coach Howard Jones plans a final Pasadena practice. All seats sold out and more than 70,000 fans expected.
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Los Angeles
University of Pittsburgh
Panthers
Pasadena
Trojans
University of Southern California
Pitt
Jock Sutherland
Trojan
Tucson
Ariz
Arizona Sun
Howard Jones
Fishermen stun large tuna with electric shock
In San Diego tuna along the coast are so large they are electrocuted to land. Three men use a single line and insulated wire around the line. when a fish bites the hook a current is switched on to stun it so it can be landed.
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San Diego
Cal
Len
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Associated Press
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M McGra
Phils
Burt Shotton
Yankees
Carnegie Foundation
Leo Diegel
Bachman
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