Indians Bolster 1930 Tribe with Sicking and Cvengros
The Indianapolis baseball delegation added Eddie Sicking and Mike Cvengros to the 1930 roster. Sicking, a .310 hitter and former Indian captain, returns with Rabbit Warstler at keystone. Cvengros joins as a left handed pitcher after Bud Teachout heads to Chicago. Layne is sent to Louisville for Sicking as Indianapolis seeks Slug Tolson and bigger batting outfielders, with Wid Matthews rumored to be sacrificed for power.
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Tribe
Eddie Sicking
Mike Cyengros
Sicking
Rabbit Warstler
Keystone
Cvengros
Bud Teachout
Chicago Cubs
Herman Layne
Louisville
Norman Perry
Corriden
Claver
Chicago Cub
Elmer Yater
Minneapolis
Wid Matthews
Tunney Returns Home as Private Citizen After Honeymoon
Joe Williams writes that former heavyweight champion Gene Tunney, after a Europe honeymoon, returns not to box but to private life. Tunney may later join banking or bond work. he escaped the 1929 crash with fortune intact and focused on family, while avoiding the social register. He and Jack Dempsey remain wary rivals, with Williams favoring Dempsey as the better fighter today.
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Ames Joseph Tunney
Tunney
Chicago
Dempsey
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Ingram Retains Navy Grid Post
William A. Ingram will remain head coach of the United States Naval Academy football team for a fifth season. Commander Jonas H. Ingram, director of athletics and the coach's brother, will give up his athletics post in February and the football director role.
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United Press
Annapolis
William A
Navy Bill
Bruins Meet Leaders in Chicago Tonight
The Chicago Bruins host the Brooklyn Visitations, leaders of the American Professional Basketball League, in the first of two games. A preliminary girls’ game features the Taylor Trunks against the Hammond Indiana All-Stars.
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Brooklyn Visitations
Taylor Trunks
Hammond
Hoosier State Harvests Big Ten Wins and Notre Dame
Indiana report notes Purdue claiming the football title while Indiana A. wins cross country and Purdue remains undefeated in football. Notre Dame also posts a flawless season with no defeats or ties as fall 1929 sports unfold in Indiana.
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Bowling tourney action heats up with high scores and pot of gold bets
The city alley tourney results show Watkins Re babbitt as overall champ with 2 978 total, Illinois Recreation at ninth with 643, and high individual scores by Ivan Holta 659 and Brammel 570. Doubles and singles continue with Brammel and Blanford leading 1 105, and Koehler 639 top in the Automotive League. The Elk Club pot of gold event looms with a 147 team record target and a 60 percent handicap rule set for rivals.
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Penalty Revisions For Minor League Figures At Powwow
The National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues reduced George Toporcer's one year suspension to a $500 fine and cut Billy Southworth’s fine from $500 to $200. Toporcer must pay by March 1, 1930, and the case followed a near riot after a strike call in Rochester versus Kansas City. The meeting opened with many leaders present as talks also covered major league deal rumors and a bid to elect a successor to John Conway Toole at the International League presidency.
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Mike Sexton
National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues
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Rochester International League
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Billy Southworth
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Toporcer
International League
Larry Goetz
Kansas City
Thomas J. Hickey
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Goose Goslin
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Brooklyn
Burleigh Grimes
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St. Louis
Philadelphia Athletics
George Burns
Joe Bush
John Conway Toole
Jack Hendricks
Cincinnati Reds
William L. Dill
New Jersey
Eugene C. Bonniwell
Philadelphia
Harvard Grid Schedule Sets Two Years
Harvard announces football schedules for 1931 and 1932. The 1931 slate includes New Hampshire Army Texas Virginia Dartmouth Yale with open dates on several Saturdays. The 1932 plan lists Vermont Springfield Army Dartmouth William and Mary Michigan Holy Cross Yale at New Haven.
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Harvard
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Texas
New Hampshire
Army
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University of Virginia
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Sprinfield
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Holy Cross
New Haven
Night races planned at Muncie fair
Night horse racing probably will be attempted at the Muncie fair next year. F C Claypool secretary manager of the fair association was authorized to confer with electrical manufacturers on installation of apparatus.
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United Press
Muncie
Ind
Muncie Fair
F. C. Claypool
The
Fair Association
Ripon College Names 1930 Football Captain
Harold Antross of Milwaukee weighing 185 pounds was elected captain of the Ripon College football team for 1930 after ranking among the top six academically in his class and playing guard.
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Big Ten to Decide Iowa Reinstatement Friday
The Big Ten faculty committee will meet Friday to decide whether the University of Iowa is to be reinstated. Commissioner Major John L Griffin said coaches need the decision to plan Saturday schedules. Iowa was suspended last May but the penalty was set to start January 1. denial could leave several schools with open dates.
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United Press
Chicago
Big Ten
University of Iowa
John L. Griffith
Iowa
Hawkeye
Big Ten Basketball Looms With Tech and Rivalries
The article previews Indiana Tech and rival Big Ten teams facing tough schedules. Emmett Lowery leads Tech with Frank Reisener and Bill Babcock among key returnees. Rosters mix veterans and freshmen as Frankfort, Logansport, Newcastle, Anderson, and Muncie vie for early conference results. The season opens with several Friday and Saturday matchups across the circuit.
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Stove League Chatter and Offseason Gossip
Baseball chatter centers on Clyde Manion of the Browns to join a new Milwaukee club as scouts and trades unfold. Connie Mack declines option on Newhall Morse. Ty Cobb eyes Southern Association opportunities. Ray Schalk may join the Cubs as battery coach. Leifield named Saints manager with Nekola joining from the Yankees. Exhibition games set as Boston Red Sox meet Corridorites at Washington Park.
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Clyde Manion
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Bob McMenemy
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Connie Mack
Newhall Morse
Des Moines
Ray Schalk
Grover Land
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White Sox
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Daly to Fight Shires in Pro Debut Monday
Dan Daly the Cleveland heavyweight has been chosen to meet Charles Arthur The Great Shires the White Sox first baseman in Shires first professional boxing start in Chicago scheduled for Monday after December 4.
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Chicago
Dan Daly
Cleveland
Charles Arthur
Shires
White Sox
Ili nois Soccer Team Earns Thirteen Varsity Letters
Thirteen members of the University of Illinois soccer team were awarded varsity letters by the university athletic council in Urbana Illinois on December 4.
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United Press Urbana
University of Ilinois
University Athletic Council
Carnera Aims for Speedier Return Fight in Paris
Primo Carnera shows improved form in Paris training for the December 15 rematch with W L Stribling. The 287 pound heavyweight has shed weight and gained speed, while Stribling focuses on hard punching. Promoter Jeff Dickson ensures that if a foul decides the bout the losers share goes to charity.
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Paris
Primo Carnera
W. L
Young) Stribling
Carnera
Stribling
Jeff Dickson
Big Four Rally Seals 25 22 Victory Over Radios
Indianapolis Big Four rallies from a halftime deficit to beat the Earl Radios 25 to 22 in City Basketball League play. Sahara Grotto also defeated Beech Grove Big Four 29 to 17, while Mormons beat Hayes Body 21 to 17. Big Four and Grotto lead with 3 0 records.
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A. A
Earl Radios
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Beech Grove
Hayes
Grotto
All-Southern tackle sang saxophone dreams and tooth woes
Did You Know to SINGTON Alabama once starred as an all south tackle and noted saxophonist who bemoans a front tooth loss. One-Eye Connolly bought a Los Angeles fight show ticket that benefited Newsboys. Paul Neal tops Chicago jockeys this season after driving a coal mine mule. Taffey Abel of the Chicago Blackhawks weighs 210 pounds as the league’s heaviest player.
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Chicago Blackhawks
National Hockey League
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Anderson to Battle Reed Here Tuesday
Indianapolis fans anticipate a top indoor season bout as Cowboy Eddie Anderson of Cody Wyoming faces Jimmy Reed of Erie Pennsylvania in a ten round feature at the Armory on Tuesday night.
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Jimmy Reed
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Billy Shaw
Detroit
Merle Aire
Alte
Shaw
Howard Jones
Louisville
Mickey O'Hara
Cincinnati
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Terre Haute
VETS ON TANK SQUAD FOR HOOSIER CLUB SWIM
Two veterans become the nucleus of the Hoosier Athletic Club's first swimming team in years. Shaffer dominates distance events, Pahud competes in backstroke and relays, and Ted Tilman leads junior ranks in breaststroke and relays. A schedule opens Dec. 14 with Wabash.
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White River
Wabash River
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Ted Tilman
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Chicago teen dies from injuries after YMCA boxing
Carol Howell aged 19 died in Chicago after injuries believed from a YMCA boxing session. Authorities reported the incident occurred Tuesday night as she trained at the Y M C A.
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United Press
Chicago
Carol Howell
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