Baseballs Cripples Prepare Comeback Trail in 1935
In New York on January 22 1935 baseballs noted cripples era as star players from the Red Sox Yankees Dodgers and Braves brace for comebacks. Joe Cronin Robert Grove George Pipgras Earl Combs Bill Dickey Dixie Walker Luke Sewell Rabbit Maranville and Charlie Gelbert are highlighted as they attempt rehab and return with hopes of reviving past form.
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New York
Boston Red Sox
Joseph Edward Cronin
Robert Moses Grove
Athletics
Grove
Tom Yawkey
Boston
Geor Pipgras
Red Sox
Babs Ruth
Yankee
Earl Combs
Bill Dickey
Dixie Walker
Russell van Atta
Johnny Allen
William Watson Clark
Dodgers
Washington Senators
Luke Sewell
Jonathan Stone
Charlie Gelbert
Cardinals
Rabbit Maranville
Braves
Baers Show Punch In Exhibition Bouts
Six thousand fans watched the Baers brothers Strongman Max and Buddy in Tampa exhibition bouts. Max toyed with Tony Cancela before stopping him in four rounds, while Buddy KO’d Marty Hogan in 31 seconds. Preliminaries saw Charley Franks defeat Baby Lincoln and Paul Greenwood beat Chris De Lano on points.
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Tampa
Fia
Baers
Max
Buddy
Tony Cancela
Marty Hogan
Salem
Mass
Charley Franks
Columbia
Baby Lincoln
Paul Greenwood
Sarasota
Chris DeLano
Springfield
Tilden Calls Vines Greatest Tennis Player Yet
Associated Press report from Detroit on January 22 quotes Bill Tilden praising Ellsworth Vines as the greatest player in the world today and possibly in tennis history. Tilden lists other greats he met, notes the rise of professional tennis, and contrasts pro and amateur play.
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Detroit
Bill Tilden
Ellsworth Vines
Vines
George Lott
Lester Stoefen
California
Cochet
Lenglen
Wills
Elly
Tilden
Henri Cochet
Bill Johnston
Hans Nusselein
Karl Kozeluh
Norman Brooks
Gottfried von Cramm
R. Norris Williams
Jean Borotra
Rene la Coste
Bill Bill
Western Carolina Teachers To Meet Panthers Here On Friday
Western Carolina Teachers roll into Friday action facing a busy road slate this week with Guilford, Elon, High Point, and Catawba on the schedule after a win over Brevard and a narrow 48 46 victory against Milligan. The Catamounts announce their travel roster including Woodard Phillips Long M White Lytle Ratcliffe Barnwell McKinney A White Sutton Hardy Pryor and starters Woodard Phillips Harvell A White Sutton.
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Western Carolina
Callowhee
Western Carolina Teachers
Catamounts
Guilford
Lon
High Point
Catawba
Elon
Milligan
Brevard
Brevard Camers
Poindexter
Woodard
Phillips
Long
M. White
Lytle
Ratcliffe
Barnwell
McKinney
A. White
Sutton
Hardy
Pryor
Harvell
Sanders Wins Silver Bat for Minor League Batting
Jimy Sanders outfielder-manager of Martinsville Virginia in the Bi-State league led minor leagues with a .423 average and will receive the Louisville slugger trophy. He outpaced major leaguers Lou Gehrig Paul Waner, while Jimmy Graves of Siloam Springs was runner-up at .387 after final league averages were posted.
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Durham
Jimmy Sanders
Martinsville
Sanders
Lou Gehrig
New York Yankees
Paul Waner
Pittsburgh Pirates
Louisville
German glider pilot reaches 7000 feet via buzzard lift in Brazil
A German glider pilot exploring South American air currents climbed to 7000 feet in a motorless craft by riding the updraft created by a buzzard. The ascent demonstrates natural lift techniques during atmospheric research in Brazil.
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Brazil
South America
Northern transcontinental airway beacon network noted
The route to Seattle Alaska and the Orient features beacon lights every 10 to 15 miles and intermediate fields at 650 mile intervals with directional radio range beacons every 60 miles to guide flights.
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Seattle
Alaska
Orient
Williamson to run Baxter Mile and 60-yard hurdles in New York
UNC star Harry Williamson receives an invitation to run the Baxter Mile in Madison Square Garden and a 60-yard high hurdles ride in the New York Athletic Club meet. Frank Abernethy or Tom Hawthorne to be chosen for the hurdles, with Williamson added to Millrose Games 100 meters and a two mile relay team to be formed from a roster including Gammon, Mc Rae, Waldrop, Drake, Gabort, and Gardiner.
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Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina
Harry Williamson
New York Athletic Club
Madison Square Garden
Dale Banson
Frank Abernethy
Tom Hawthorne
Williamson
Gammon
McRae
Waldrop
Drake
Gabort
Gardiner
South
Los Angeles
Bonthon
Cunningham
Venzice
New York City
Venzke
Ray
Abernethy
Hawthorne
Rawson
Boxing Roundup From Last Night’s Fights Across U S A
In Tampa Baer knocked out Hogan in the exhibition. Canzoneri outpointed Hughes in Utica. Lipps stopped Rosen in Daytona Beach. Severo outpointed Lopes in Miami and stopped West Brook in the same card.
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Tampa
Fla
Jacob
Buddy) Baer
Livermore
Calif
Marty Hogan
Salem
Mass
Max Baer
Tony Cancela
Utica
N. Y
Tony Canzoneri
New York
Harold
Honeyboy) Hughes
Granville
Daytona Beach
Joe Lipps
Charlotte
N. C
al Rosen
Canton
Ohio
Miami
Patsy Severo
Pittsburgh
Tony Lopes
Mel Rice
Lions City
Paul West
Brook
Tar Heels Down Crescent-Hamilton 38 to 32 in New York
The University of North Carolina White Phantoms defeated the Crescent-Hamilton Athletic club 38 to 32 in New York to claim a third straight win on their northern tour. They face the New York Athletic Club and Army at West Point on back-to-back dates. The NC State faculty ruling bars Leroy Jay for ineligibility after playing in a holiday game between terms.
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Charlotte
University of North Carolina
White Phantoms
Crescent-Hamilton Athletic Club
New York
Tar Heels
North Carolinians
Maryland
Navy
Phantoms
New York Athletic Club
Army
West Point
North Carolina
N. C. State
Leroy Jay
N. OC. State
Wolfpack
Jay
Atlantic Christian College
Ross And Klick In Good Shape For Title Bout
Ross and Klick prepared for a Thursday night fight in which Klick challenges Rosa's junior welterweight title. Both men did light workouts to keep edges sharp as 500 fans watched at a Miami Beach gym.
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Miami
Fla
Barney Ross
Frankie Klick
Klick
Rosa
Miami Beach
Joe Knight
Tony Shucco
Eddie Reilly
Ringsiders
Ross
Rose
Ed Jos Knight
Max Baer
Buddy
Tampa
Jimmy Maloney
Frank Davenport
Municipal Stadium
Jones Captures First Trap Shoot Event at Midwinter Meet
H. C. Jones of East Alton Illinois won the 16-yard 200-target event with 194, duplicating his victory from last year. R. C. Coffey of Prairie City Iowa finished second with 192, as president of the Amateur Trapshooting Association of America, which sanctioned the meet.
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Pinehurst
H. C. Jones
East Alton
Tfl
North America
R. C. Coffey
Prairie City
Vast Barksdale Air Reservation Takes Form At Shreveport
The largest air reservation in the world at Barksdale Field Shreveport Louisiana is under construction. It features a landing area three and one half miles long and a mile wide and is expected to cost about seven million dollars upon completion.
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Barksdale Field
Shreveport
Elon Prepares To Upset Panther Five
Elon College basketball team, boosted by guard Al Bevins and veteran Neil Senter, prepares for two home games. Thursday hosts Western Carolina Teachers from Cullowhee, then faces High Point College, the league leader, in a decisive Saturday night clash likely to draw a large crowd.
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Elon College
al Bevins
Norfolk
Neil Senter
Kipling
Elon Christian Cagers
Western Carolina
Collowhee
High Point College
High Point
Battery hold-down bolts blamed for car rattles
A loose battery hold-down bolts commonly causes rattling sounds thought to come from beneath the vehicle.
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American Coal & Wood CO
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Son
Ory
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Associated Presse
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Associated Press
Carolina
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Jones
Panther
Boy Scouts of America
Scouting
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