Wolgast Favored Over Genaro in Flyweight Title Bout
In Madison Square Garden tonight midget Wolgast of Philadelphia meets Frankie Genaro of New York in a 15 round flyweight duel. Wolgast is an 8 to 5 favorite. Genaro is a veteran champ with a storied record including a win over Pancho Villa.
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Frankie Genaro
Associated Press
New York
K Wolgast
York State Athletic Commismominse
Genaro
New York State
Pennsylvania
National Boxing Association
Inter-Commission
Tony Canzoneri
Benny Bass
Philadelphia
Canzoneri
Maxey Rosenbloom
Jimmy Slattery
Buffalo
New York Commission
Pancho Villa
Black Bill
North and South grid stars meet for charity game
In Brooklyn at Ebbets Field on Sunday afternoon college teams from the North and South clash in a charity game. Organizer Jack McBride of Syracuse and Brooklyn Baseball's Steve McKeever will distribute half the gate receipts to charity, with various groups named and then withdrawn. The North features John Karcig Carnegie Tech and others in a passing attack while the South, coached by Stumpy Thomason, relies on a strong running game led by Tennessee and Florida players.
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New York
Ebbets Field
Brooklyn
Jack McBride
Syracuse
Northern Eleven
Steve McKeever
Brooklyn Baseball Club
John Karcig
Carnegie Tech
French
Penn State
Antos
Boston College
Hanson
Temple
Warner
Stumpy ‘Thomason
Georgia Tech
Southern Collegians
Tennessee
Florida
Southwest Midwest Teams In Workout For Dixie Classic
Southwest and Midwest football stars prepared for the Dixie Classic charity game on New Year’s Day in Dallas Texas. Midwest players, except one, arrived. Michigan coach Donald Richer experienced travel delays but expected to join. Southwest’s Morley Jennings and Fred Thompson led workouts as full teams trained for the charity contest.
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Dallas
Tex
Bette
Midwest
Robert
University of
Donald Richer
Michigan
Dackle
Southwest
National Thrift Week to Begin January 11
New York reports Adolph Lewisohn, chairman of the national thrift committee, announces January 11 as the start of a national thrift week urging citizens to prepare now for thrift.
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New York
Ity
Adolph Lewisohn
Ational Thrift Committee
The
MC. A
Davis Cup Triumph and Men’s Singles Upsets in 1930 Tennis
The 1930 tennis season saw France defend the Davis Cup 4–1 led by Cochet who defeated Tilden. Tilden won Wimbledon men’s singles amid rising stars Wood Vines Sutter Shields while Helen Moody withdrew. Betty Nuthall won the women’s singles and doubles with Palfrey. England captured the Wightman Cup as Doeg and Lott won national doubles.
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Henry McLemore
United Press
France
William T. Tilden
Helen Wills
Betty Nuthall
England
Henri Cochet
Cochet
Tilden
George Lott
Borotra
Lott
Brugnon
Wilmer Allison
John van Ryn
America
Borotta
Allison
van Ryn
Fitz-Eugene Dixon
Dixon
Texas
Helen Wills Moody
Elizabeth Ryan
Mrs. Moody
Helen Jacobs
Forest Hills
Moody
Miss Jacobs
Miss Nuthall
Lawrence A. Harper
California
Sarah Palfrey
Boston
Philadelphian
Doeg
Frank Shields
Hunter
Sidney B. Wood
Ellsworth Vines
Clifford Sutter
Shields
Wood
Seabright
Southampton
Vines
Sutter
Newnes
Big Bill
Sheilds
Woods
Mangin
Bryan Grant
Atlanta
Wilbur
Coen
Fritz Mercur
Bethlehem
Rice and Alabama to Play in West
Two Dixie College teams Alabama and Rice will provide basketball competition for Big Ten and Midwest colleges during the holidays. Alabama, 20-0 last year with two Southern titles, meets Butler in Indianapolis and Northwestern in Evanston, then Wittenberg in Springfield before returning south. Rice, led by coach Russell Daugherty, faces Illinois Wesleyan at Bloomington with regulars Virgil Dixon and R. Hart from Streator, Illinois.
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Chicago
Dixie College
University of Alabama
Rice Institute
Southwest
Big Ten
Alabama
Butler College
Indianapolis
Northwestern University
Evanston
Wittenberg College
Springfield
Ohio
Rice
Russell “Pug” Daugherty
Illinois
Illinois Wesleyan
Bloomington
Virgil Dixon
R. Hart
Daugherty
Streator
Ills
West Point coach Sasse praised for discipline and duty
The article highlights Army head coach Major Ralph Irvine Sasse for his modesty and focus on coaching duties at West Point. It contrasts him with Eddie Casey Harvard's new coach who has a journalistic background and Natick origins. It notes Casey's lineage and mentions other football figures with praise for centers and players from Tulane Notre Dame Loyola.
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Ralph Irvine Sasse
West Point
Major Sasse
Chamber of Commerce
Army
Sasse
Eddie Casey
Harvard
Eddie
Boston Traveler
Casey
Natick
Mass
James F. Casey
Marchie” Schwartz
Mississippi
Notre Dame
Loyola of the South
Marchie
New Orleans University
South Bend
Ban Johnson Recovers and Reflects on Baseball Faces
In St Louis Ban Johnson, former American League president, ends 13 weeks in bed with diabetes and a foot infection. He credits Phil Ball for preventing amputation and comments on baseball’s rubber, night games, and the sport’s future. In Madison Wisconsin coach Mike Murphy notes only 22 varsity crew signups, predicting a small 1931 crew.
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ST. Louis
Ban Johnson
Johnson
Phil Ball
Mr. Johnson
Mr. Ball
St. Louis Browns
George Reach
Madison
Wis
Mike Murphy
Murphy
National junior indoor tennis tourney opens in New York
With 144 players listed, the national junior indoor championships begin at the Seventh Regiment Armory. The boys’ event has 78 entrants and starts tomorrow alongside the main junior championship. Top seed William Jacobs of Baltimore and the University of Pennsylvania defends his title. Jacobs meets Irving Lindenbaum in the first round after a bye. Other seeds include Richard Downing, Mark Hecht, Bernard Friedman, Kendall Cram, Sidney Seligson, Robert Bacon Jr, Emil Schnap, Giles Verstraten, and S E Davenport.
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New York
Seventh Regiment Armory
William Jacobs
Baltimore
University of Pennsylvania
Jacobs
Irving Lindenbaum
Richard Downing
Jamaica High School
Downing
C. L. Duval
Groton
Mark Hecht
Bernard Friedman
Philadelphia
Kendall H. Cram
Nashville
Nashville, Tenn
Sidney Seligson
Robert O. Bacon, Jr
Emil Schnap
University of Michigan
Giles Verstraten
S. E. Davenport
Harvard
East West Teams Clash Saturday in Charity Football Game
San Francisco readers await the annual charity football clash with East and West squads loaded with top passers and receivers. Noted backs Bruder of Northwestern Hart of Colgate and Kitzmiller Oregon Bausch Kansas anchor the aerial attack while stars like Boker Gantenbein Bates Wheeler Brockmeyer and Bruder headline the East receiving corps against Western standouts Long McKalip Ebding Boyle Mills and Clark.
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San Francisco
Bruder
Northwestern
Hart
Colgate
Kitzmiller
Oregon
Bausch
Kansas
Frank Beker
Gantenbein
Wisconsin
Bates
Maryland
Wheeler
Michigan
Brockmeyer
Minnesota
Long
Texas
McKalip
Oregon State
Ebding
Boyle
St. Mary's
Mills
Oklahoma
Clark
Stanford
Bobby Jones Missed Try At This Championship
United Press reports at Pinehurst North Carolina that Bobby Jones has never contested the North and South Open, a title won only by professionals. Officials hope he will attempt the event next spring to break the amateur jinx that guards the diadem.
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Pinehurst
N. C
Bobby Jones
Charles “Chick” Evans
Francis Ouimet
Arthur T. Yates
Tom Harmon
McDonald Smith
War Eagle Mascot Helps Auburn End Long Win Drought
A farmer captured a golden eagle and sold it to Auburn students for ten dollars. With the mascot named War Eagle, Auburn defeated South Carolina on Thanksgiving Day, securing the team’s first win in almost four years. The A Club later funded a cage and food, keeping the eagle in luxury.
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Auburn
Ala
Alabama Poly
Auburn Plainsmen
South Carolina
Golf in 1930 and the rise of Bobby Jones
Henry Melemore surveys 1930 golf highlighting Bobby Jones dominance from January through retirement in November. Jones wins British Amateur and British Open, then the National Open and national amateur, setting scores and records. Collett wins a fifth women's national title. other majors go to Armour, Sarazen, Runyan, Shute, and Hagen.
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Henry Melemore
United Press
Robert Tyre Jones
Jones
United States Golf Association
Walter Hagen
New York
Broadway
Bobby
Minneapolis
Chick Evans
Philadelphia
Eugene Homans
Mr. Jones
Glenna Collett
America
Miss Collett
Bobby Jones
George van Elm
George T. Dunlap
Princeton
Ross Somerville
Emmit Spicer
Maurice McCartney
Tommy Armour
Gene Sarazen
Armour
Sarazen
Sara
Edison Dinner Quietly Studied Inventions
In West Orange New Jersey Thomas A Edison had a simple Christmas dinner of crackers and milk with grandchildren before turning to lengthy perusal of technical publications.
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Edison
West Orange
N. J
Thomas A. Edison
Rose Bowl teams Washington State Alabama set for big game
Pasadena reports Alabama and Washington State preparing after rest for New Year’s Day clash. Coach Wade focuses on conditioning and fundamentals while Hollingsberg plans hard workouts and tapering. Alabama seeks balance against bigger Cougars ahead of kickoff.
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Wade
Pasadena
Cal
Washington State
Alabama
Wellace Wade
Crimson Tide
Orin
Babe” Hollingsberg
Washington Cougars
Hollingsberg
Alabama Favored In Rose Bowl Preview Against Washington State
United Press reports Alabama, favored 2 to 1 in many odds, faces Washington State in the Rose Bowl on New Year’s Day. Both teams boast nine wins, strong defenses, and similar scoring margins, with expert opinions split on the outcome.
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Washington State
Cougars
Alabama
Southern California
Washington
Vanderbilt
Georgia
Mel Hein
Jack Parodi
Babe Ruth Gets Orders For Offseason Hunting Trip
New York reports Mrs. Ruth signals desire for Babe to depart for a hunting trip. Babe eyes a tree set up for children and dreams of using an air rifle to shoot toy glass halls behind the piano. His wife rejects any shooting at home.
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Babe
New York
Babe Ruth
Mrs. Ruth
California dairy output in 11 months hits high milk pounds
From January to November California dairymen produced 225000000 pounds of milk for condensation or reduction as commercial byproducts.
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California
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W. Hines
G. Jennings
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S. Palfrey
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Longwood Cricket Club
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Bill Cunningham
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