West Coast grid stars pace set for New Year matchup
Coaches Hollingberg and Lacey held a track meet to measure speed among West Coast players for the east vs west clash. Noted fastest ends include Gren Morris of the Colorado Aggies and Bill Smith of Washington. swift guards Larry Tevens of Southern California and Ed Barton of Denver. fastest center Bennie Hughes of Oregon. Other top backs listed are George Sauer, Phil Sorboe, and Merle Neal. At Palo Alto East workouts reveal no phenoms but Bill Riley and Joe Wicks noted for versatility. Riley is a 6 foot 2 inch 218 pound Northwestern player. Weather watch for Tournament of Roses as Columbia’s Lou Little studies Pasadena conditions. Arizona sun boosts practice under floodlights.
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Lee Coats
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Pasadena
Lou Little
California
Arizona
Santa Claus Plays Baseball And Horse Racing In Christmas Tale
Connie Mack sells star players for 300000 while Larry MacPhail asks 150000 for Hafey in Cincinnati as Santa mixes business with pleasure. The piece recalls Santa Claus in sports, boxing, and racing with figures showing Maryland and Rockingham racing profits and bets across states.
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Connie Mack
Cincinnati
Larry MacPhail
Reds
Chick Hafey
Mack
Santa Claus
Philadelphia
MacPhail
Hafey
Kris Kringle
Sidney Wells
Sidney
Coaches Weigh Seven Rules Changes for 1934 Football
Seven proposed alterations to the college football rulebook were unveiled by Harry Kipke at the American Football Coaches Association meeting in Chicago. The group will decide today which recommendations to forward to the rules committee in February, with debates over dead ball, fumbles, end zone touchbacks, goal line posts, sideline width, forward passing from the scrimmage line, and a windy day rule.
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William Weekes
Associated Press
Chicago
American Football Coaches’ Association
Harry G. Kipke
University of Michigan
New York
Kipke
Daniel E. McGugin
Vanderbilt University
American Physical Education Association
National Collegiate Athletic Association
Schmeling Delays Return As Boxing Plans Reconfigure
Max Schmeling will sail for the United States in early January as plans for a January 31 bout with Tommy Loughran in New York or Atlantic City collapse. He may fight the King Levinsky-Don McCorkindale winner in Chicago next, while Cleto Locatelli gets a rematch with Tony Canzoneri in Garden January 12. The New York State Athletic Commission renews its deal with California, Jack Buckley faces suspension, and the PetrosE-Barney Ross bout shifts to January 24 with no lightweight title at stake.
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New York
Max Schmeling
Joe Jacobs
Maxie
United States
Schmeling
Tommy Loughran
Atlantic City
Loughran
Madison Square Garden
Primo Camera
Jacobs
Don McCorkindale
Chicago
Cleto Locatelli
Italy
Tony Canzoneri
Tony
Garden
Billy Petrose
Barney Ross
Ross
Anderson and Layden Meet 10 Talk It Over
Heartly Hunk Anderson former Notre Dame coach met his successor Elmer Layden at the American Football Coaches Association meeting in Chicago. They shared a warm handshake and casual talk in the hotel lobby. Anderson eyes three coaching possibilities NC State Alabama Poly and Dartmouth while reports link Stuhldreher or Dorais to Dartmouth.
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Anderson
Notre Dame
Elmer Layden
American Football Coaches Association
Elmer
Layden
North Carolina State
Alabama Poly
Dartmouth
Harry Stuhldreher
Four Horsemen of
Gus Dorais
University of Detroit
Detroit Red Wings top New York Americans 3 1 to square last place tie
In a 3 1 victory over the New York Americans the Detroit Red Wings forced Gotham into a share of the cellar. The game boosted Detroit while leaving New York tied for last in the standings.
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Detroit Red Wings
New York Americans
Gothamites
Vast majority of banks seek insurance inclusion
Washington December 27 AP The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation reports 13 699 of 14 500 banks applied for membership as the insurance pool takes effect next Tuesday About 57 percent of all deposits will be insured up to 2500 with 5950 Fed member banks auto enrolled and 7749 non member state banks seeking entry RFC aid helped strengthen non member banks to meet solvency tests.
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Bank Deposit Insurance Pool
Walter J. Cummings
Fderal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Reserve System
Insurance Fund
Cummings
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Solvney
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
RFC
Army of Workers Digs New York Out of Snow
An army of more than 30 000 workers continued to dig New York from under an inch of snow after a ten year storm. Colder weather cooled the city but the weatherman forecast a rise in temperature tomorrow with a possibility of more snow.
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Army OF Workers
New York
St Louis Officials Reject NRA Line Bids for Lime
City officials reject six lime bids for the municipal water works as prices fixed in the lime code approved by the NRA. New prices would raise next year's supply by about 60500 dollars. Bids ranged from 7.15 to 7.95 per unit, versus 3.40 to 4.51 this year.
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ST. Louis
Guy
NRA
King Levinsky Dismisses English Foes Ahead of McCorkindale Bout
King Levinsky, weighing 203 pounds, vows to KO Don McCorkindale in Chicago Friday night as he labels English fighters bum and previews a psychology driven victory. McCorkindale, with ten pounds advantage in roots, aims to counter with inside power and long range lefts.
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Charles Dunkley
Associated Press
Chicago
King Levinsky
Don McCorkindale
Chicago Thane
McCorkindale
King
Lena
Deficit Tops One Billion Dollars In Government Report
Washington December 27 The government deficit surpassed 1 billion dollars with receipts and expenditures showing a shortfall of 1 024 121 667 in the daily treasury statement. Last year at this time the deficit stood at 1 593 694 753 as of December 22, with expectations it has since risen. President Roosevelt met with Budget Director Lewis Douglas to prepare the administration's first budget for Congress. Unchanged the government gold price stood at 34.06 per ounce as bar gold in London traded at 32.52 amid Sterling at 5.14 1 2 per pound.
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Washington
Treasury
Roosevelt
Lewis Douglas
Congress
London
Frisco Railroad Reports Car Loadings Increase
Frisco railroad car loadings and receipts for the week ended December 2 totaled 11,290, down from 12,495 the previous week but above the 9,966 in the same week of 1932, as reported in St Louis.
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ST. Louis
de Louis-San Francisco Railway
Fights Result From Florida Cards and Fight Notes
West Palm Beach bouts report Monte 147 outpointing Gladstone 142 Chicago and Avera 133 over Maulen King 134 Canton. St Petersburg card shows Beck 163 1 2 beating Bailey 161 in nontechnical knockout. A radio direction finder comment notes its value for civilians flying cross country.
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Associated Press
West Palm Beach
Fla
Wildcat Monte
Pt. Worth
Tex
Billy Gladstone
Chicago
Billy Avera
West Palm
Maulen
King
Canton
ST. Petersburg
Tom
My Beck
Lawtey
Leo Bailey
Columbus
U.S. Trade Gap Narrows as Exports Hold Up
The Commerce Department reports U S exports in November at 5.184 billion dollars and imports at 12.0 billion, yielding a favorable trade balance of 46 million. Exports hold steady while imports drop sharply, with exports down five percent from October and imports down fifteen percent.
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Washington
United States
Commerce Department
Department
Missouri Pacific carloadings rise for week ending December 23
The Missouri Pacific Lines reported car loadings and receipts totaling 25,243 for the week ended December 23, up from 22,621 in the prior year. International-Great Northern's figures were 3,742 versus 2,940, while Gulf Coast Lines posted 3,103 compared with 2,773 in 1992.
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ST. Louis
S Missouri Pacific Lines Today
International-Great Northern
Gulf Coast Lines
Anne Lindbergh's wireless set set to join Lindbergh exhibit
The American Museum of Natural History will display Anne Lindbergh's 70 pound wireless transmitter as part of the Lindbergh saga exhibit. Curators plan to preserve the device once used during the Arctic to Equator aerial surveys and messages from the Lindbergh plant.
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New York
Anne Lindbergh
American Museum of Natural History
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