Yankees face season rebuild as Huggins arrives
Miller Huggins returns to New York to map trades and lineup changes for the Yankees as talk centers on moving Aaron Ward and Wally Pipp and acquiring a pitcher to shore up the infield and outfield. Rumors link a Cleveland trade and possible moves involving Emery Rigney and How ard Ehmke.
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Ward
Aaron Ward
Detroit
Ty Cobb
Yanks
Emery Rigney
Rigney
Cobb
Cleveland
Wally Pipp
Charley Jamieson
Yankees
Huggins
Football Banquet To Be Community Affair
The New Castle high school football banquet on Friday December 11 at Benjamin Franklin Junior High School becomes a community affair with doors opened to all. Accommodations for 450 are available and tickets at one dollar per plate go on sale now through local clubs and businesses. The event aims to honor the 1925 grid season with a program to be announced and possible film showings from Butler and Ellwood City games.
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New Castle
Benjamin Franklin Junior High School
Gardner
Carnegie Steel Company
Shenangon Mill
New Castle Tin Mill
Shenango Pottery
Pennsylvania Railroad
National Radiator Works
Alumni Association
Sporting Goods
Rotary Club
Kiwanis Club
Lions Club
Lawrence Club
Hi-Noon Club
Elks Club
Dr. Zerner
James Chambers
John Kraft
Bruce Franklin
Butler and Ellwood City
Capitol Theatre
Northeastern Junior High North Street Team Closes 1925 Season
The scrappy North Street Junior High football team finished the 1925 season with a mediocre record in the Junior league. They did not win a league game but challenged all opponents, beat Bessemer high school reserves, and lost to Zelienople high school. Players McCoy end Cannon center and McIntosh fullback earned spots on the all class team.
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Norton
North Street
Orange and Black
Bessemer High School
Zelienople High School
McCoy
Cannon
McIntosh
Santa Claus May Stay Through Christmas In Florida Faith
Ohio State Journal notes optimism that Florida will cling to the belief in Santa Claus for at least one more Christmas amid uncertain conditions. The tone suggests hopeful resilience and regional sentiment.
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Florida
Ohio State Journal
Grange Set For New York Debut Gate Worth Fortune
New York expected a crowd exceeding 65 000 for Red Grange's debut with the Chicago Bears. Officials forecast a $100 000 gate with Grange to receive about $30 000 to $40 000. Mike Palm to start at quarterback in place of Dutch Hendrian, who has broken ribs.
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International News Service
New York
Red Grange
Grange
Mike Palm
Penn
John Davis Named Tiger Grid Captain
John W. Davis Jr. of Brooklyn was elected captain of Princeton University’s 1926 football team. He earned his letter as a sophomore, and played guard on the championship squad this fall, marking the end of a decade with linemen as team leaders.
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Princeton
N. J
John W. Davis, Jr
Brooklyn
Princeton University
Davis
New Castle High Seeks Floor Candidates Today
Basketball practice for varsity hopefuls at New Castle High School was postponed yesterday and will be held today due to a concert in the senior high auditorium. Bridenbaughs first call for floor material will be answered today with an expected 30 or 40 boys reporting to the team. Practice will then be held daily.
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Davis J. Walsh
Internat
al News Service
New York
New York Yankees
Miller Huggins
Jacob Ruppert
Outfit
Ed Barrow
Joe Sewell
al Simmons
Yankees
Barrow
Mark Koenig
Tony Wazerre
New Castle High School
Senior High
Bridenbaugh
Closed Season for Pheasants Sought in Butler County
At a Butler County Grange meeting members urged the Pennsylvania game commissioner to declare a closed season for quail and pheasants next year. Petitions will be circulated and sent to Harrisburg, aiming to limit hunting while many locals oppose ruthless slaughter.
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Butler County
Pennsylvania
Grange
Harrisburg
Strangler Lewis Defeats Romano to Retain Title in Chicago
In Chicago Ed Strangler Lewis, world heavyweight wrestling champion, defended his title by winning the first and third falls over Mike Romano with head locks. Romano took the second fall in 24:10. Lewis secured the match with a pin at 9:19 after 23:25 to begin the decisive sequence. Attendance was about 5,000.
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Chicago
Strangler
Lewis
Mike Romano
Romano
Harry Greb to Fight Delaney in Los Angeles
Harry Greb will box Jimmy Delaney in Los Angeles on December 12 or 19, per manager Red Mason. Greb expected in LA by December 10. contract allows promoter Tommy Simpson to choose the date within a one week window.
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Pittsburgh
Harry Greb
Jimmy Delaney
Los Angeles
Red Mason
Greb
Mason
Hot Springs
Tommy Simpson
Left handed athletes shine in varied sports across 1925
The piece highlights southpaws across disciplines from Penn football fullback Al Krenitz to Stanford’s Ray Brown and Edouard Horemans in billiards. It recalls Kreuz’s scoring for Penn against Yale, Illinois’ upset of Penn, and Dutch Ruether’s 1925 season with the Washington Senators, noting injuries and potential outcomes in the World Series.
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al Krenitz
University of Pennsylvania
Stanford University
Ray Brown
Floyd Brown
Kreuz
Penn
Yale
Ilinois
Edouard Horemans
Belgium
Jake Schaefer
Jake
Chicago
Edouard
Willie Hoppe
Ruether
Washington Senators
Emil Yde
Pirates
Auether
Senators
Lynch Beats Rosenberg in Coast Bantam Battle
Oakland reporter notes California Joe Lynch won a ten round decision over Charley Phil Rosenberg of New York in a non title bantamweight bout. Lynch controlled the early rounds, Rosenberg pressed back later, cutting Lynch’s eye in round five as the crowd followed the action. An aside mentions auto license costs.
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International News Service
Oakland
Cal
California
Joe Lynch
Lynch
Charley Phil Rosenberg
New York
Rosenberg
Penn State Faces First All-America Omission Since 1918
STATE COLLEGE Pa Dec 3 Penn State appears shut out of all Eastern and all America selections for the first time since 1918 coach Hugo Bezdek era. No Blue and White player mentioned this year contrasting with past honorees such as Higgins Robb Conover Rauch Osborne Way Haines Griffiths Killinger Lightner Baer Wilson Bentz McMahon Prevost.
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Penn State
Hugo Bezdek
Nittany Institution
Bob Higgins
Harry Robb
Larry Conover
Dick Rauch
Duke Osborne
Charlie Way
Hinkie Haines
Red Griffiths
Glenn Killinger
Joe Lightner
Ray Baer
Harry Wilson
Newsh Bentz
Tiny McMahon
Wilson
Bedenk
Jules Prevost
Westminster Expects Strong Girls Basketball Tryouts
Westminster college opens its first girls basketball practice under Physical Director E. Dwight Dyer with about 30 players trying out. Three positions remain, and several graduates and returning veterans are named including captain Mary Beatty and guards Norah French Helene Stewart.
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Westminster College
E. Dwight Dyer
Bernice Brothers
New Castle
Ruth Hamilton
New Wilmington
Louise Schake
Export
Mary Beatty
Chicora
Norah French
Sharpsburg
Helene Stewart
Sharon
Ruth Fraser
Ben Avon
Mary Smith
McGraw Denies Trade Rumors With Cincinnati
New York December 3. John McGraw denied a proposed Giants Reds trade rumor involving Luque Hargrave and Meusel Terry Snyder. He said Luque is about 35 and Hargrave around 32 and that he aims to build a younger team. McGraw was in New York briefly before Florida and will return for the major league meetings.
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International News Service
New York
Florida
John McGraw
Giant-Red
Luque
Hargrave
Cincinnati
Meusel
Terry
Snyder
McGraw
Sarasota
Fla
Lehigh Wrestler Suffers Fractured Ribs in Season
Lehigh's wrestling program suffers a setback as Steve Poliska, a two season veteran and promising varsity prospect, fractures several ribs during early-season practice under Coach Bill Sheridan. He is expected to miss the season.
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Bethlehem
Lehigh
Hays
Bill Sheridan
Steve Poliska
Westminster College Basketball Hopes High for the Season
Westminster College eyes a strong basketball season with a 16 man squad under Coach Dyer. Captain Hetra leads returning veterans along with transfers and promising freshmen. The schedule opens January 4 against the Pittsburgh Theological Seminary and includes 16 games with eight at home and eight away.
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Dyer
Westmisterites
Captain Hetra
Farrell
Thomas McMeekin
Chicora
Ralph McElhaney
McDonald
Howard Logan
Edgewood
Edwin Pahle
Erie
Howard Kelly
New Castle
Joe Wolfe
Cleveland
Allegheny College
Rusty’ Coles
Homestead
B. Dixon
Wayne Phillips
Meadville
Jiggs
Havrilla
N. Braddock
Harold Nightwine
Sharon
United Presbyterian Theological Seminary
Pittsburgh
New Wilmington
Thiel
Seminary
Duquesne
Waynesburg
Geneva
Bethany
Carnegie Tech
Allegheny
Grove City
New Jersey Enforces Homicide Punishment Swiftly
The Columbus Dispatch notes New Jersey’s rapid and certain enforcement of homicide penalties, contrasting it with earlier punitive methods and the state’s lax approach to governors.
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New Jersey
Columbus Dispatch
California man writes will on butcher shop book
A California man drafted his last will on a butcher’s order book, raising questions about his intentions as he may have been pricing meat or simply recording a final wish.
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California
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