Baseball Leaders Gather for Major League Meetings
The article lists top scorers in a Southern football context with Spicer Kentucky leading at 73 points. Campbell Alabama and Roberts Georgia tied for third with 72 points, followed by Berger Maryland 72 and Zimmerman Tulane 71. Hackman Tennessee tied for tenth with 66 after two TDs against Florida.
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Spicer
Georgia
Mean
Maryland
Campbell
Roberts
Berger
Hackman
Tennessee
Florida
Vols
Askew
Vanderbilt
Sauls
Kentucky
Alabama
Zimmerman
Tulane
Murray
Duke
Almohary
Welch
Clemson
Harvin
St Souls
Baseball conferences set amid draft dispute at winter meetings
New York December 8 at the mid winter meetings Major League Baseball discusses the universal draft and the chain store ownership system. Major league managers hear proposals from Ernest Barnard as talks aim for a week of potential compromise among the leagues and clubs.
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New York
Ernest Bernard
Alabama’s Title Claim Fuels War of Polls
Atlanta dispatch surveys the national gridiron race as Alabama seeks a mythical crown with an undefeated record and dominant point margin. Notre Dame, Yale, Army, and USC are weighed, while Alabama’s potential New Year’s outcome against Washington State could erase other claims.
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Atlanta
South
Alabama
Notre Dame
Army
Yale
Georgia
Washington State
Southern California
Dixie
Appleby Defeats Fessenden to Retain 18.2 Balkline Title
Edgar T. Appleby of New York beat Ray Fessenden of Madison 900 to 491 in a 100 inning match to retain the national amateur 18.2 balkline billiard title. Appleby posted a grand average of 0.909 and Fessenden 0.486.
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Madison
Wis
Edgar T. Appleby
New York
Ray Fessenden
Rickey urges unified policy at minor league convention
Branch Rickey vice president and business manager of the St. Louis Cardinals spoke forcefully in support of major league policies at the minor league convention. The National League plans its annual meeting tomorrow and the American on Wednesday, with a joint session of both leagues set for Thursday.
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Branch Rickey
St. Louis Cardinals
Rickey
National League
American
Colgate's Len Macaluso Sets Scoring Mark in Football Season
Len Macaluso of Colgate earns the national scoring title with 145 points across 10 games, despite a single point against NYU. He tallied 19 touchdowns 28 PATs and 1 field goal, ahead of Mohler of USC who had 108 points.
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New York University
Len Macaluso
Colgate Ftill
Mohler
Southern California
Pat
Macaluso
Colgate
So. Calif
Christensen
Utah
Spicer
Kentucky
van Koten
Drake
Od. Delveet
Cnt
Leland
Tex
Christian
Russell
Northwestern
Bausch
Kansas
Field of Eight in Billiards Tourney Opens
New York December 8 Defending champion Ralph Greenleaf heads an eight player field for the world pocket billiards championship at Dwyer's Broadway academy. The event runs eleven days with 28 games of 125 points each and a total purse of 14 500 dollars to be shared among the players.
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Philadelphia Cricket Club
St. Martins
Cadbury
Philadelphia
Janet Kendig
Barbara Strebeigh
Kitty McLean
Mary Apollonia
Boston
Anne Pugh
Baltimore
Jo McWilliams
Anne Townsend
Sue Cross
Katherine Weiner
New York
Ralph Greenleaf
Dwyer
Broadway Academy Tonight
Razorbacks Open 1930 Cage Season at Home
The University of Arkansas Razorbacks begin the 1930-31 basketball season by hosting Northeastern Oklahoma Teachers College in a two game series. The team aims for a sixth straight southwest cage title and schedules 23 games in a tough itinerary across six states before Christmas.
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Fayetteville
Ark
University of Arkansas Razorbacks
Northeastern Oklahoma Teachers College
Parkers
Arkansas
Ing
Notre Dame Extends Winning Streak With 410 Points
Notre Dame tallied 410 points to opponents 112 across 19 straight victories over two years. The record shows 145-38 in 1929 and 265-74 in 1930 as the program’s scoring marks.
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Los Angeles
Notre Dame
Rockne Invited To Stop In Hot Springs For Exhibition
Rockne and his national championship football team were invited to Hot Springs Ark on the way from the Pacific coast to South Bend. Richard M. Ryan, noted football official, said he could persuade Knute Rockne to play an exhibition game with an Arkansas eleven if the stopover invitation is accepted.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Knute Rockne
South Bend
Pacific Coast
Richard M. Ryan
Arkansas
Kentucky Back Leads Scorers in Southern Conference
Carey Spicer of the University of Kentucky, a backfield star, scored 75 points in the just completed football season to lead the Southern Conference scoring race. Campbell of Alabama finished as runner up.
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Atlanta
Carey Spicer
University of Kentucky
Campbell
Alabama
Congress Debates Relief Bills Amid Spending Warning
Washington dispatch says Congress advances relief legislation while warnings against excess public funds persist. Senator Borah criticizes perpetual prosperity from spending and urges minimal federal works and seed loans, with deficits covered by higher taxes. House and Senate moving toward separate healthily funded measures totaling tens of millions for relief.
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Washington
Congress
Treasury
Mellon
Borah
Idaho
Senate
Agriculture Committee
House
Aswell
Louisiana
House Appropriations Committee
Schooner Storm Petrel Sunk in Long Island Sound Tragedy
The hoodooed schooner Storm Petrel and seven crew members perished in Long Island Sound as the coastguard towed it to Boston. Drowned were the captain Dial and six others including a wife cook. names of the remaining crew were not released. The disaster occurred Saturday night and the search found no survivors.
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Boston
Watch Hill
R. L
Long Island Sound
Coastguard
Nemaha
Legacy of Young Tom Morris and the Open’s distant echoes
The essay argues Tom Morris Jr. was a supreme genius, comparing his 19th century Open era feat to later champions. It cites Bernard Darwin and Prestwick par history to claim Morris was, for his time, as great as any later winner, despite era differences and primitive equipment.
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Tom Morris
Tom Morris, Jr
Bobby
Tom
Bernard Darwin
Prestwick
William Doerman
Tommy
James Braid
Jim Barnes
Jim
Braid
Either Six Hour Day or Five Day Week Favored
Alfred H. White of Chicago and fellow engineers urged a six-hour day or a five-day week as the sole remedy for unemployment at the American Institute of Chemical Engineers semiannual convention in New Orleans. White argued pay would be the same either way and that prices would rise, but employment would increase.
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New Orleans
Alfred H. White
Chicago
American Institute of Chemical Engineers
White
Institute
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Thomas Boatman
Portland
Ore
Aurthur Woods
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Milo Steinborn
George Zaharais
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