Connie Mack Starts Rebuilding Athletics For 1930 Season
Connie Mack leads a young Athletics crew in spring training at Fort Myers as he rebuilds around Jimmie Foxx and a promising but inexperienced pitching staff. The veteran manager notes losses of Grove, Cochrane, Walberg, and Earnshaw, but sees depth in prospects like Marcum, Dietrich, McKeithan, Maturak, Cascarella, Benton, Kennedy, Kline, and others while aiming for a stronger balanced attack in the American League.
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Associated Press
Fort Myers
Fila
Joe
Connie Mack
Jimmie Foxx
Mack
Foxx
Miami
Mickey Cochrane
Detroit Tigers
Walberg
Earnshaw
Grove
Cochrane
Mickey
Senators
Tigers
Red Sox
Waddell
Plank
Merritt
Sugar) Cain
Roy Mahaffey
John Marcum
Eminence
Kentucky
American Association
Bill Dietrich
Montreal
BE. J
Tim) McKeithan
Harry Maturak
Oklahoma City
Joe Cascarella
Jersey City
al Benton
Vernon Kennedy
Bob Kline
Max Bishop
Rube Walberg
Charley Berry
White Sox
Ed Madjeski
Frankie Parker Sparks Ontario Bantam Hockey Rush
Port Arthur Ontario 14 year old Frankie Parker stars with 69 goals in nine Ontario Bantam Hockey League games averaging over seven per outing His 10 minute six goal record shows his explosive scoring The team features Bob Johnson Roger Cramer Ed Coleman Lou Finney Bing Miller and Ray Radcliffe with infield lineups around Foxx Williams McNair Higgins Detore and Warstler in a baseball crossover note.
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Frankie Parker
Port Arthur
Ont
Bob Johnson
Roger Cramer
Ed Coleman
Lou Finney
Bing Miller
Ray Radcliffe
St. Paul
Foxx
Dib Williams
Eric McNair
Jinky Higgins
Higgins
George Detore
Toledo
Rabbit” Warstler
Red Sox
Woman Holds Man at Gunpoint After Coin Box Theft Attempt
Chicago police responded to a call and found Harry Gardner laying on an apartment floor while 25 year old Wilma Sanborn stood over him with a jimmy in her hand. Sanborn claimed Gardner tried to pry a telephone coin box from the wall and pointed the tool as a gun before she struck him. Gardner revived by police said he remembered nothing except lights going out.
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Chicago
Harry Gardner Laine
Wilma Sanborn
Jimmy
Gardner
Infant surviving 90 minute car theft sleepily found
Seven month old Marlene Siford lay asleep in blankets on the rear seat of her father's car during a 90 minute theft ride. Police later recovered the abandoned vehicle with the infant safe.
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Omaha
Neb
Marlene Siford
Painter Earl Horter on smelling flowers in art
Philadelphia artist Earl Horter argues that viewers cannot smell flowers in a still life painting. He cautions that trying to smell the posies distorts appreciation, noting that a painting cannot emit fragrance unless it is very poorly done.
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Philadelphia
Earl Horter
Tax Rate Quorum Surges At Newtown Town Meeting
In Newtown a town meeting to fix the tax rate lacked a legal quorum until 11 taxpaying residents were counted, meeting the requirement and enabling the session to proceed.
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Newtown
Conn
Desert Sands Shift on Islay Plain Near Arequipa Peru
White sand dunes on the Islay plain near Arequipa Peru shift with wind, contrasting with surrounding desert. A law from 1893 grants the president power to suspend immigration if public health is at risk from an epidemic.
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Islay
Arequipa
Peru
Disappearing Irish Lake Leaves 18-Foot Deep Hole
Lough Nasuil in County Sligo once covered 45 acres and was known as the Lake of the Eye. It has vanished and now is a dry hole about 18 feet deep, leaving an unusual landscape feature in the region.
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Lough Nasuil
Lake-of-the-Eye
County
Sligo
Ireland
Female rabbits Are Also Called Does
The article notes that female rabbits share the same term as deer, does, highlighting a common common noun used for both species. This linguistic point shows how animals with similar females are labeled similarly in wildlife terminology.
Spring Here Fishing Begins at City Lake
Colonel D. H. Milton, High Point lake custodian, notes spring season arrival and previews opening around April 1. The piece relays fishing lore from his nudging poem and credits W. F. Bailey and W. R. Hull for improving lake access and comfort for anglers. Selah.
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D. H. Milton
High Point
Isaac Walton
Napoleon
W. F. Bailey
W. R. Hull
Menke Visits High Point with Carnera Shoes Gift
Frank G. Menke publisher of The New York Press stopped in High Point visiting friend Harry Raymond after returning from Miami where he witnessed the Carnera Loughran bout. He brought a novel gift Primo Carnera’s shoes measuring 15 inches long 5 inches wide and a six inch instep. Raymond plans to display them in a local store window this week.
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Frank G. Menke
New York Press
High Point
Harry Raymond
Menke
Miami
Carnera-Loughran
Harry
Madison Square Garden
Primo Carera
Livelier Ball May Be Tougher On Chi Cubs
Cubs manager Charlie Grimm contemplates keeping nine pitchers as a livelier ball could hinder Cubs pitching this season. Chicago has 24 players on the roster ahead of the May 15 limit.
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CUBS
Avalon
Calif
Charlie Grimm
Chicago Cubs
Winter Haven Camp Buoyed by Phillies Practice Momentum
Winter Haven Florida scene shows Phillies continuing batting and in field drills in earnest at training camp as team builds rhythm ahead of season. Key players and coaching staff oversee sessions with focus on fundamentals and conditioning.
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Winter Haven
Fla
Phillies
Bishop Pioneers Table Tennis Training for MLB Star
Bishop, newly acquired from the Athletics, becomes the first major leaguer documented to use table tennis as a training method. This unusual practice signals a shift toward alternative workouts among professional players.
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Bishop
The
Athletics
Dodgers Hack Wilson To Report As Illness Delays
In Orlando Hack Wilson wires that he will report late to camp due to his ailing son. The delay suggests talks with the Brook lyn front office may be nearing a settlement and a return to terms.
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Orlando
Fla
Hack Wilson
Brooklyn Dodgers
Hack
Yankees Pitcher Van Atta To Miss Month Of Action
Yankees trainer Doc Painter says Russ Van Atta will need about a month to regain full control of his left hand after a winter home fire injury.
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Yankees
St. Petersburg
Fla
Doc” Painter
The
Russ van Atta
Giants Manager Bill Terry Reflects on Roster Growth
Manager Bill Terry of the New York Giants notes a shift from uncertainty last year to abundance now. He remarks that this time previously he wondered where the players would come from, while now the challenge is deciding how to utilize them.
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Bill Terry
New York Giants
Bill
Women s Mid-South Golf Championship Opens Tuesday
The sixth annual women s mid-south golf championship starts Tuesday in Southern Pines with nearly 100 players. The 36-hole medal event features 18 holes daily across Tuesday and Wednesday. defending champion Deborah Verry of Worcester faces Edith Quier Read ing Charlotte Glutting and Marian Miley among rivals.
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Southern Pines
Mar
Deborah Verry
Worcester
Mass
Edith Quier
Reading
Charlotte Glutting
East Orange
N. J
Marian Miley
Lexington
Sleep sickness transmitted by tsetse fly germ
The tsetse fly bite carries a protozoan parasite that causes sleeping sickness in humans. Young ducks are born swimmers, while young swans must be taught by their mothers.
Indians Release Milton Galatzer to Toledo Mud Hens
Milton Galatzer, former Cleveland Indian, who played both outfield and first base late last season, has been released to the Toledo Mud Hens of the American Association.
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Indians
New Orleans
Milton Galatzer
Cleveland Indians
Toledo Mudhens
Pirates Dominate Portland In Exhibition Win
Paso Robles Calif Pirates beat Portland of the Pacific Coast League 5 to 2 before 1 500 fans in their first exhibition game of the season.
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Pirates
Paso Robles
Calif
Portland
Senators Batteryman Opens Second Batting Practice Session
Senators in Biloxi, Mississippi resumed workouts after breaking the Sabbath quiet yesterday with the crack of hickory. The Washington Senators team continues spring training as the rest of the squad reports this week.
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Senators
Bilox
Miss
Washington Senators
Hornsbystars Infield Plays Lead Browns To 5 4 Win
Rogers Hornsby shuffled the Browns lineup in West Palm Beach and the regulars nicknamed Yannigans rallied for a 5 4 victory. Hornsby starred at first making sparkling plays and snagging line drives in a standout display.
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Browns
West Palm Beach
Fla
Rogers Hornsby
Yannigans
Hornsby
Neptune Is Trophy Winner At Camden
Neptune the chestnut gelding owned by Mr and Mrs Gerard M Smith of Brooklyn won the champion hunter class at the 24th Camden horse show. Scamper Joe owned by Mrs Charles P Dubose of Greenwich took reserve. Dunboyn Dan Gelding owned by Ernest L Woodward of Leroy won the Corinthian. Neptune placed second and Persimmons Delight owned by J North Fletcher of Warrenton, Va, took third.
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Mar
Neptune
Gerard M. Smith
Brooklyn
N. Y
Dunboyn
Ernest L., Woodward
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Persimmons Delight
J. North Fletcher
Warrenton
Ages of Stars Revealed by Color Shifts
The article explains that a star’s color changes as it ages, providing a method to determine stellar ages by analyzing color. It notes how hotter, younger stars appear blue while older, cooler stars trend toward red, outlining the underlying physics behind this observation.
Japanese Attache Condemns Mystery Agent Visit
Col Shibayama, military attache, denounces Araki for visiting American mission properties in North China. He says Japanese army meddling alarmed observers and fears of renewed northern China invasion. Araki expelled from Peiping legation. Peiping legation probes noted.
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China
Shibayama
Legation
Araki
Peiping
Japan
Great Wall
Raleigh attorney Weathers enters Wake County Senate race
Off the Senate scene in Raleigh on March 12 attorney W Weathers announced his candidacy for the state Senate representing Wake County. He has begun local political activity as part of his campaign.
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Senate
Raleigh
Mar
Carroll W. Weathers
State Senate
Wake County
Thirty Days That Rocked the Nation Headlines Echo Economic Strife
The March 11 presses race money to Federal Reserve banks as earth tremors hit southern California. The House passes a 500 million dollar economy bill limiting veterans benefits, signaling Congress will back the president. A petition seeks price raises, while global tensions loom on the eve of new German and Soviet moves.
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Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Federal Reserve Banks
California
House
Roosevelt
Congress
Hitler
Denburg
Denver Pross Victo In Atlanta Tourne
Denver professional Ky Laffoon won the Metropolitan open golf tournament in Atlanta with a 286 final total on East Lake course. Laffoon fired 73 72 72 69 for first place, six strokes ahead of Johnny Golden who posted 292.
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Atlanta
Mar
Young Ky Laffoon
Denver
Coloradan
East Lake
Johnny Golden
Noroton
Bradenton Pitcher Dean Signs 1934 Cardinals Contract
Bradenton Florida yesterday Paul Harpo Dean signed his 1934 contract with the St Louis Cardinals after a camp in Sam Breadon hotel rooms. Terms of salary were not disclosed.
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Bradenton
Fra
Paul
Harpo) Dean
Cardinnals
Sam Breadon
Adherika Reverses Six Years of Chronic Constipation
John J. Davis suffers chronic constipation for six years but using Adherika he reports relief and a renewed feeling. Mann Drug Stores and Ei advertise the product as quick and safe.
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John J. Davis
Mann Drug Stores
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