Reduction of Southern League to Six Clubs Proposed
Southern association club owners meet in Memphis on December 9 to discuss a six club circuit as a solution for 1931 season issues. Memphis Nashville Atlanta Birmingham New Orleans Chattanooga Mobile Little Rock would drop to six, with mixed reactions from member clubs.
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Associated Press
Memphis
Tenn
Southern Association
John D. Martin
Thomas R Watkins
Knoxville
Mobile
Little Rock
Kavanaugh Field
Arkansas Southern Association
Southern League
Nashville
Atlanta
Birmingham
New Orleans
Chattanooga
Watkins
Nash- Wille
Chattanorgs
Ee Re
Grayson Defeats St. Matthew's In Lopsided Bout
The Grayson High School girls' team beat St. Matthew's Colleens 64 to 3 on Grayson's court. It was St. Matthew's first out of town game and Grayson dominated every phase of play. Starting for St. Matthew's were Waldroup Favers Gremillion Zagone LeBienc and Adams.
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Grayson High School
Colleens
St. Matthew's
Grayson
al- Midas
Callcech
Vale
Waldroup
Favers
Gremillion
Zagone
LeBienc
Adams
Cy No
Kadiak Wins Third Straight N C Race at Jefferson Park
United Press reports Kadiak, the Superior Stable thoroughbred, won his third straight race at Jefferson Park yesterday afternoon. He paid the meet’s shortest price, $2.80 for $2, highlighting a strong performance in New Orleans on December 23.
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New Orleans
Kadiak
Superior Stables
Jefferson Park
Boxing Roundup Sees Wins and Draws Across Cities
In Chicago Willie Oster defeats Edgar Norman while Boston loses to Oster. Rochester sees Osk Till stop Harry Feurstein. In Birmingham Battling Bozo and Rosy Rosales fight to a ten round draw. New Orleans lightweight Ervin Berlier outpoints Eddie Wolfe in Martin Burke’s Southern light weight tourney.
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Chicago
Willie Oster
Boston
Edgar Norman
Noarway
Rochester
N. Y
Osk
Harry Feurstein
Berlin Heights
Ohio
Birmingham
Ala
Battling Bozo
Rosy Rosales
Cleveland
Drew
New Orleans
Ervin Berlier
Eddie
Kid) Wolfe
Memphis
Martin Burke
Connie Mack Celebrates 68th Birthday with Optimism
Connie Mack, manager of the world champion Athletics, marked his 68th birthday in Philadelphia at Shibe Park. He dismissed retirement rumors saying, Not on your life, and noted crowds were growing as baseball fans return. He had no opinion on night games, saying he has never witnessed them and will not comment yet.
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Philadelphia
Connie Mack
Athletics
Shibe Park
Connie
Mack
Southern Relays Abandoned by Tech After Low Interest
Atlanta December 23 Tech officials announced the Southern Relays, a ten year Georgia Tech sponsored track and field event, will be abandoned due to lack of interest from Atlanta’s public. Coach W A Alexander founder of the relays is credited with developing the meet on Tech flats each April.
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Atlanta
Georgia School of Technology
Tech
South
W. A. Alexander
Georgia Tech
Homestead and Athletic Club All-America links in early football lore
A reminiscence recalls the 1900s era near All-America teams with players from the Homestead club and Duquesne, citing figures like Peter Overfield, Hawley Pierce, Arthur Poe, Artie Miller, and Dave Fultz. It notes exhibition games against the Philadelphia Athletics and a Lafayette rout, while acknowledging Walter Camp’s later All-America recognitions.
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Pittsburgh
Perry Hale
Yale
Walter Camp
Hale
Portland
Conn
Duquesne i¢ Club
Homestead Athletic Club
Secan
Debian Athletic Club
Homestead
Peter Overfield
Pennsylvania
Hawley
Bemus Pierce
Carlisle Indians
Arthur Poe
Princeton
Artie Miller
Carlisle
Richardson
Brown
Fultz
Gammons
Fred Crobus
Dartmouth
Philadelphia Athletics
Bull
Blondie Wallace
Lafayette
Moss
Nebraska
Texas
Mr. Hale
Overfield
Woodreff
Wharton
Dave Fultz
Georges Carpentier Reflects on Career and Dempsey Legacy
Georges Carpentier, view by Ralph Heinzen, recalls his peak in 1921 30 Acres career and his wish to be born ten years later. He praises Jack Dempsey as the greatest of all time and names Schmeling and Sharkey as current top heavyweights. He criticizes managers for pushing big men too fast and says he now relies on the stage for income.
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Ralph Heinzen
United Press
Paris
Georges Carpentier
Georgeous Georges
Boyles Thirty Acres
Croesus
Jack Dempsey
Carpentier
Dempsey
Bob Fitzsimmons
Jim Jefferies Corbett
Peter Maher
Jeffries
Fitzsimmons
Corbett
Max Schmeling
Jack Sharkey
Jack
Bank of France Gold Reserve
Sharkey
Miami Beach
Fla
Phil Scott
England
Florida
Madison Square Garden
Schmeling
Garden
Sharkey-Campola
Stribling
Georgia
Otto von Porat
Primo
Car races to begin at City Park New Orleans speedway
A plan to convert the former City Park horse track into an automobile speedway at a cost about 250000 was announced. A 12000 capacity grandstand will be built and racing starts early January with first races expected late March or early April. Frank Bryson, a former New Orleans resident who leased the site, spoke favorably of the project.
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New Orleans
City Park
City Park Board
Frank Bryson
Take Cone
Los Angeles
Seven New Boxing Champs Crowned in 1930 Season
Henry McLemore outlines seven new world champions in 1930 across heavyweights light heavyweights welterweights junior welterweights and others. He notes upsets and dominant fighters like Young Stribling and Primo Carrera, plus a no foul rule change and key heavyweight bouts shaping the year.
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New York
United Press
Max Schmeling
Maxie Rosen
Jack Thompson
Tommy Freeman
Jack
Kid” Berg
al Singer
Tony Canzoneri
Wolgan
Wolgast
Black Bill
Madison Square Garden
New York State Athletic Mmission
National Association
Frankie Genaro
Mickey Walker
al Brown
Bat Battalino
Sammy Mandell
Billy Petrone
Jimmy MecLarinin
Jack Gagnon
Tuffy Griffith
Schmeling
Johnson
Dempsey
Tunney
Sharkey
Stribling
von Porat
Godfrey
Tex Rickard
New York Boxing Commission
New York State
Primo Carrera
Italy
Euyy
Berlier Wins Dixie Lightweight Title by Narrow Decision
New Orleans boxer Ervin Berlier defeated Eddie Wolfe in ten rounds at the Coliseum arena to claim the southern lightweight championship and a diamond studded belt. Berlier rose from a knockdown in the fifth and outboxed Wolfe the rest of the bout. the victory closed a series of eliminations in a promoted title run.
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New Orleans
Ervin Berlier
Eddie “Kid” Wolfe
Memphis
Coliseum Arena
Berlier
Martin Burke
New Or
Football coaches to meet Monday in New York
The American Football Coaches association meets in New York with focus on the point after touchdown. Georgia Tech's Bill Alexander leads the push to abolish the extra point and restore field goals as decisive late in games. Major Ralph Sasse and Notre Dame debate the rule amid close-season criticism of football.
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New York
Nicholas Murray Butler
Bill Alexander
Georgia Tech
American Football Coaches’ Association
Alexander
Ralph Sasse
Army
Notre Dame
Cochran Stable to Be Auctioned Off
The late Gifford A. Cochran's racing stable will be sold at Belmont Park in early June. Twenty three horses in training will go on the block including Epithet, winner of the Hopeful Stakes, and other noted runners The Beases Flying Heels and Polygamous are among the lot.
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New York
Gifford A. Cochran
Belmont Park
Epithet
Epinaud
Fairy Wander
Jamestown
Beases
Flying Heels
Junior tennis seeds head national indoor draw
William Jacobs of the University of Pennsylvania is seeded No 1 in the national junior indoor championship draw opening Friday. James W Spaulding of Hotchkis school is top seed in the national boys tournament. Illinois beats Wabash 28 13 and Wisconsin routs Missouri 37 9. Marquette defeats Brigham Young 35 31. Illinois coaches head to Dallas for the Midwest Southwest charity game January 1. Seven boxers sign to fight in St Louis on January 2. Agua Caliente opens a 25 000 golf event with 83 pros and 14 amateurs qualifying for January 13 16.
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William Jacobs
University of Pennsylvania
James W. Spaulding
Hotchkis School
Champaign
Ill
Bob Zuppke
University of Illinois
Milt Olander
Dallas
Zuppke
Agua Caliente
Lower
California
Mexico
Washington State Coach Faces Underdog Tag in Rose Bowl
Washington State undefeated team heads to Pasadena for the Tournament of Roses against Alabama. Coach Babe Hollingberry vows to prove western grit and insists the Cougars will win, despite western indifference and Alabama as heavy favorite.
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Washington State
Babe Hollingberry
Cougars
Alabama
Hollingberry
Southern California
West
Gene Tunney
Rene Lacoste
California
Notre Dame
Trojans
Rockne to Fly to Coast Grid Game
Notre Dame coach Knute Rockne and star Jumping Joe Savoldi will travel to Los Angeles by air for the Saturday grid clash with a West Coast eleven. Rockne plans his first flight and will arrive Friday night while Savoldi, after leaving Chicago by train, will switch to airplane at Kansas City to hasten his arrival.
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Los Angeles
Notre Dame
West Coast
Knute Rockne
Joe Savoldi
Hockne
Mayo Brothers Clinic
Minn
Savoldi
Chicago
Kansas City
Sington Watched by Baseball Scouts in Atlanta
Freddie Sington, All American tackle of Alabama, drew attention from baseball scouts in Atlanta as Joe Engel of the Chattanooga Lookouts was said to plan a potential offer. Georgia Tech coach Kid Clay praised Sington to Lookout manager Bert Niehoff, calling him a strong hitter likely to thrive in the Chattanooga outfield.
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Atlanta
Freddie Sington
Crimson Tide
Joe Engel
Chattanooga Lookout
Engel
Alabaman
Kid Clay
Georgia Tech
Sington
Bert Niehoff
Lookout
Razorbacks Defeat Little Rock Colonial Baking Quintet
The University of Arkansas Razorbacks defeated the Colonial Baking company five 3 27 in Little Rock. Parkers led the fast paced game with James Sexton the standout Arkansas guard delivering a sensational performance.
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Little Rock
Ark
University of Arkansas Razorback
Colonial Baking Company
Parkers
James Sexton
Arkansas
End zone expansion proposal eyed by Marquette coach
Miwaukee December 23 Coach Frank J Murrey of Marquette's undefeated 1990 football team proposes raising the end zone depth from ten to twenty yards to aid offense. He argues a longer end zone would help pass plays and avoid accusations of poor offensive coaching after limited scoring.
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Miwaukee
Wis
Frank J. Murrey
Marquette
Murray
Vardon on steel shafts and golf lore in The Dispatch
The Edinburgh Evening Dispatch columnist Harry Vardon muses on the move to larger balls and steel shafts in the United States and Britain. He notes Hickory remains beloved by Bobby Jones and Walter Hagen and recalls Ted Ray’s bolt head driver for its shaft steadiness. He ponders whether steel can match the glamour of hickory and reflects on personal amusement with steel shaft torsion claims.
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Harry Vardon
Edinburgh Evening Dispatch
United States
Great Britain
Harry
Bobby Jones
Walter Hagen
Miss Wethered
Ted Ray
Inverness
Toledo
Ted
Ray
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