Pirates and Yankees Ready for World Series Opener
Pirates and Yankees camped near Forbes Field awaiting a rain delay to dry the field for game one. Rain halted practice for the Pirates while fans and workers rushed to finish temporary seating. Managers Bush and Huggins prepared their pitching plans around Hoyt Kremer Moore and Aldridge while Ruth Gehrig drew heavy spectator attention.
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Bryan Bell
Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Pirates
Yankees
Forbes Field
Yanks
Yankee
Donie Bush
Miller Huggins
Babe Ruth
Lou Gehrig
Corsairs
Paul Waner
Lloyd
Oklahoma ‘‘Twins
Ruth
Gehrig
Waite Hoyt
New York
Ray Kremer
Wiley Moore
Greenville
Hoyt
Moore
Bush
Vic Aldridge
Joe Harris
Washington
Ball Park
Battle of the giants Looms in Louisiana State Alabama clash
In Atlanta on Saturday Louisiana State and Alabama clash as veteran coaches Mike Donahue and Wallace Wade oversee a game dubbed the battle of the giants. Auburn hosts Florida after both subdue defeats, while Clemson visits North Carolina State in the Wolf Pack’s first conference game and Tulane faces Georgia Tech in Atlanta.
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Atlanta
Mike Donahue
Wallace Wade
Louisiana State
Alabama
Giants
Sporting Scroll
Auburn
Florida
South Carolina
Virginia
Charlottesville
Maryland
Combine
Chapel Hill
North Carolina Tar Heels
Clemson
Raleigh
North Carolina State
Wolfpack
Tulane
Georgia Tech
Consent Decree Dissolves Hair Goods Trust
Federal Judge Walter C. Lindley signed a consent decree dissolving an alleged trust among Tanners Products of Delaware and nearly 100 related concerns that controlled 95 percent of the national hair goods business.
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Chicago
Walter C. Lindley
Tanners Products Company of
Delaware
Alumni ticketing plan for Carolina Virginia game announced
The Graduate Manager of Athletics outlines early ticket orders for the Carolina Virginia game on Thanksgiving. Alumni order by check, first come first served seating, and receive a stadium map with entrance gates. About 200 staff will manage sales, ushers, policing, and traffic directions across campus and village with extensive parking controls.
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Chapel Hill
Carolina-Virginia
Emerson Field
Dempsey May Yet Have His Chance
Tex Rickard says Dempsey will not fight indoors this winter opting to preserve his drawing power. Rickard cited Dempsey’s earnings from Tunney and other fights totaling over 5.6 million dollars and outlined plans for an outdoor bout next spring to pursue another title shot against Tunney.
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New York
Tex Rickard
Jack Dempsey
Rickard
Dempsey
Gene Tunney
Tunney
Philadelphia
Yankee Stadium
Jack Sharkey
Chicago
Gene
Change of pace key to open field running in football
The article argues that agility and change of pace matter more than pure speed for great running. It explains how Grange used sudden pace changes to dodge tacklers, describes dodge styles: jack-rabbit pivot and cross over, and notes ball handling and straight arm technique.
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Red” Grange
Grange
Buccaneers Without a Boss in Piedmont League
Rocky Mount operators of the Piedmont league Buccaneers notify President Bramham they will not direct the team in 1928. If the franchise stays, other interests must handle it. Dr. Minges Daught ridge and Winstead say they lost heavily and turned the franchise over to the chamber of commerce.
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Rocky Mount
W. G. Bramham
Buccaneers
C. E. Minges
J. C. Daughtridge
H. W. Winstead
Bramham
Chamber of Commerce
Greensboro
Chamber
Man confesses to slaying Rose Sarlo in New Jersey
George Yaro, 23, admitted killing Rose Sarlo, 17, whose battered body was found near the Nantua Creek bridge abutment. He reportedly told police, I don't know why I killed her, after his confession last night in Woodbury New Jersey.
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Woodbury
N. J
George Yaro
Rose Sarlo
Nantua Creek
Yaro
Dempsey Stops Fulton in Quick First Round Knockout
W A P reports Jack Dempsey knocked out Fred Fulton early in the first round with a time near 13 seconds. The note also asks if Charley Weinert, bought by the Cubs from a Pacific coast team, is the same pitcher who once played for the Phillies, and the answer confirms by citing ENTERPRISE WANT ADS.
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Jack Dempsey
Fred Fulton
W. A. P. Dempsey
Lyceum Course 10 Begins Tonight at High Point College
Miss Tillie Snyder of Southern Concerts arranges five act lyceum lineup for High Point College with W M H Joachim on India life next Tuesday, Cherniainsky trio, Clark Concert Co, Louise Stallings, and Sydney Thompson closing in March.
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Tillie Snyder
Southern Concert Management
High Point College
Lyceum
High Point
W. M. H. Joachim
India
Joachim
Cherniainsky
Clark Concert Company
America
Louise Stallings
New York City
Chicago
Sydney Thompson
Fine Arts Club
Atlanta
Thompson
Leo Flynn and stage returns spark a comic tease
A playful note from a newspaper page questions Leo Flynn's fate while hinting at a comeback. It mentions banter about Gene and Jack, a possible act, and references an act titled Berlenbach drops Hickey, with Tex weighing in on a final performance.
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Gene
Jack
Berlenbach
Hickey
Paul
Tex
Will Deliver Airplane Here From Winston-Salem Resident
Guy R. Stratton of Winston-Salem, brother of Bob Stratton the Broadhurst theatre organist, will depart soon for Rochester New York to obtain an airplane.
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Guy R. Stratton
Winston- Salem
Bob Stratton
Broadhurst Theatre
Rochester
N. Y
Local Enthusiast To Receive First High Point OX-5 Plane
Mr Stratton a longtime figure in aviation will deliver a standard OX-5 aircraft to a High Point enthusiast. Once with Waco Advance Aircraft and now with Reynolds Airways at Rochester field the delivery marks the first High Point ownership of the model.
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High Point
Stratton
Waco Advance Aircraft Corporation
Waco
Reynolds Airways
Rochester Field
Orpheum Presents Sparkling Revue Opens Week
Mae Ward's Sparkling Revue opened a seven day run at the New Orpheum amid bad weather. The program featured vaudeville specialties, with Peter Martin's dancing praised, Skeets Bonta entertaining on cornet and sax, and Miss Young's whistling novelty earning strong applause throughout the show.
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Mae Ward
New Orpheum
Peter Martin
Skeets Bonta
Miss Young
Narrow Escape From Fire At Cox Home
Greensboro police woke to a burning bed at 350 West Lee Street early Sunday. Officers found Bailey asleep in the bed as flames had already consumed mattress and bedding. Bailey thinks he started the blaze with a cigarette.
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Greensboro
C. C. Cox
West Lee Street
Bailey
Horse in the pen beside giraffe puzzles judge
A reader recalls a captioned zoo scene where a child asks about a large animal in the pen next to a giraffe and learns from a judge that the label identifies it as a horse. The exchange evokes a simple, humorous moment in a newspaper caption.
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Hiatt Tire Co
West High Stree
High Point Merchants
Young Men's Store
Robert I. Harris
Mgr
Virginia Game
Football Fundamentals
Billy Evans
Atwater Kent
Atwater Kent Radio
Atwater
Kent
Semgeer Kone
Mediium
Kester Furniture CO
North Main
City
Leo Flynn
U.S. Chemical Association
Orpheum
Hart Schaffner & Mary
Hart Schaffner
Marx
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