Los Angeles Prepares for 1932 Olympic Games
Los Angeles moves into the new year with extensive plans for the 1932 Olympic games. California state funds, city and county measures, and a growing coliseum capacity show broad support. The Olympic auditorium and venues for swimming, rowing, fencing, yachting, equestrian and other events are being developed amid a formal arts exhibit expansion and a forthcoming Berlin congress report.
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William May Garland
Los Angeles
Coliseum
Charles H. Sherill
New York City
Berlin
Additional Honor For Notre Dame
In New York on January 3 a sports writers committee awarded the Albert Russell Erskine football prize for 1920. Notre Dame received 190 votes to lead the poll, with Pittsburgh at 41 and Purdue at two.
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New York
Notre Dame
Albert Russell Erskine
Pittsburgh
Purdue
Olympic Teams Aim to Cut Costs for Tenth Olympiad
Reduced transportation and housing expenses will spur Olympic nations to send large representative teams to ensure a standout performance at the games of the tenth Olympiad, planned two years ahead.
London artist Hayter paints with revolver system
William Hayter a South London artist uses a gun like device to spray pictures on canvas at a rapid pace. He paints portraits and scenes a square yard a minute and has also decorated church walls and cinema interiors with his “revolver” technique.
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London
William Hayter
Dan Donnelly Refuses Knight Hood After Beating English Champion
Irish boxing legend Daf Donnelly defeated George Cooper in Kildare in 11 rounds to claim a $300 purse before 15,000 spectators. The king offered knighthood, which Donnelly declined to stay in Erin, a tale echoed by later fighters like Gene Tunney.
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Gene Tunney
Jack Dempsey
Bernard Shaw
Daf Donnelly
Ireland
Donnelly
George Cooper
Kildare
Cooper
Dan Donnell
England
Erin
POST OFFICE TOPS BENZOIN IN COMMERCIAL BOWLING LOOP
Post Office team swept Wilson Motor Company and climbed to the top of the Commercial League standings. High scorer Byerly posted 439 in one game and 354 in a single set as Greene's Benzoin beat Highland Mill 24-11 on the Salvation Army court with Hayworth top scoring for Greene's.
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Wilson Motor Company
King Pin
Post Office
Commercial League
Commercial Bank
Packer
Marietta
Wachovia Bank
Efirds’s
American Bakeries
Byerly
Uncle Sam Ace
Wilson Motor
Davis
Oceses
Farlow
Bodenheimer
Payne
Williams
Clapp
Winfrey
Caudle
PYRE
Byerly Ea Ae Et Ee
McMullin
Poston
Ee Gibson
Strayhorn
Pickers
Rickert
Bethes Or
Greene's
Benzoin Basketeers
Highland Mill Quint
Salvation Army
Benzoiners
Highland Club
Hayworth
Hedrick
Greene
Benzoin Highland Degree
Searces
Mills Home Bears Open 1930 Basketball Season at Pilot
Mills Home Bears start the 1930 season with a doubleheader at Pilot school after finishing 1929 with five wins in seven games. The schedule includes Elon College high, Barnum Springs, Wallburg, Bessemer, Raleigh Y Kings, Jamestown, Pleasant Garden, Thomasville, Winston-Salem high, Eranger Junior Y, and Denton high with several pending notes.
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Thomasville
Mills
Bears
Pilot
Elon College High
Barnum Springs
Wallburg
Salvation Army Second Team Rout All Stars 40 to 8
The Salvation Army second basketball team defeated an all stars squad 40 to 8 on the Salvation Army court. Keaver led with 18 points, Hendricks added 12, Royals had 3 for the all-stars, while Hoover 18 and Jones 8 paced the victors.
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Salvation Army
Baskebball
All Stars
Keaver
Hendricks
Royals
Sal
Army
Hoover
LF Jones
RF Hendricks
Kersey
Rockne's Dinner Set for January 8 at Notre Dame
In South Bend Indiana on January 8 Coach Knute Rockne will host the annual monogram dinner for the Notre Dame football squad. Letters will be awarded and a captain elected. Players attending include those leaving as undergraduates.
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South Bend
Ind
Knute Rockne
Notre Dame
Local Sports Figures Named in OCR Fragment
A fragment lists individuals including Jack Cannon Captain John Law Jack Hilder Ted Twomey Tim Moynihan Joe Nash John Colrich Manfred Vezie Al Gebert and Tom Kenneally without context or event details.
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Jack Cannon
John Law
Jack Hilder
Ted Twomey
Tim Moynihan
Joe Nash
John Colrich
Manfred Vezie
al Gebert
Tom Kenneally
Layton Defends World Billiards Title Tonight
Johnny Layton, two year holder of the world's three cushion championship, defends his crown at Palm Garden tonight in a round robin format. He faces Harry Schuler of New York as Otto Reiselt meets Charles Jordan of Los Angeles in the other opening matches. Layton is favored though Reiselt Kieckhefer Hall Denton Copulos Schuler Jordan Hall and Copulos challenge for the title.
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New York
Johnny Layton
Palm Garden
Layton
Harry Schuler
Otto Reiselt
Philadelphia
Charles Jordan
Los Angeles
Reiselt
Augie Kieckhefer
Chicago
Schuler
Jordan
Allan Hall
St. Louis
Tiff Denton
Kansas City
Gus Copulos
Detroit
Cavanaugh Rehired as Fordham Football Coach
Major Frank W. Cavanaugh is re-engaged as Fordham University head football coach. The appointment ends rumors of departure and ties Fordham to a difficult next season with seven major games in a row.
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New York
Frank W. Cavanaugh
Fordham
Battle of Nothing Much at Madison Square Garden Tonight
New York Jan 3 Maxie Rosenbloom and Lea Lomski top light heavyweights clash at Madison Square Garden in the so called battle of nothing much. The New York Athletic Commission elimination tournament leaves only Buffalo residents Jimmy Slattery and Lou Scozza as survivors. Rosenbloom was removed from the field after losing to Slattery in Buffalo while Slattery’s loss to Braddock and Braddock’s later defeat by Rosenbloom add confusion to the sponsors’ lineup.
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New York
Maxie Rosenbloom
Lea Lomski
Madison Square Garden
Buffalo
Jimmy Slattery
Lou Scozza
Loneski
New York Athletic Commission
Rosenbloom
Slattery
James J. Braddock
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Hart Schaffner
Marx
Hart
Schaffner
Ide and Arrow
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Kelly
Uncle Sam
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Highland Mill Aggregation
P, Dennis
W. Davis
L. McDonald RG
Shelton
M. Anderson
Gaurino
T. Ridge
R. Ridge
Highland
Jones
Parker
P. McDonald
Robbins
Quigley
Difffendal
D. Linthicum
Diffendal
Diffendal Posten
Efira's
Dennes
Honeycutt
E. Dennis . Smith
American Bakeries Co
Kearns
Rockne
Cavanaugh
Fordham University
Hickey-Freeman
Griffon
N. H. Silver Co
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