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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1926
Page
3
The note lists various sports moves and trivia including West Point cadets planning eight polo games at their armory, plus signings and coaching changes across football, baseball, and tennis teams. It mentions Hugh McQuillen’s reinstatement, Andy Rush trade, and Michigan Illinois grid history among other items.
Sir Thomas Lipton, the Irish yachtsman, recounts his repeated challenges to win the America's Cup for the Royal Ulster Yacht Club of Belfast. He shares anecdotes from his youth in Glasgow, the Shamrock design, and four failed attempts before World War I halted the series, noting fair treatment by American rivals and declaring there were no better sportsmen.
Marquis Nicholas della Albizzi, director of winter sports at Lake Placid Club in New York, descends from an old Italian family. He served as a lieutenant in Italy's ski troops during World War I and was wounded in action.
Capt John McEwan, ex West Point coach, signs a five year pact to develop strong Oregon elevens. His Pacific coast conference presence adds a football asset as he aims to repeat Army Notre Dame and Navy victories from last season.
A survey of sports notes covers racing favorites winning about 40 percent, plans for a 4000-seat ice rink in Lincoln Park, and Missouri wrestling tryouts with over 100 aspirants. Other items include transfers, rookies, and signings across baseball, football, boxing, rowing, and Olympic prospects.
Oscar Mellilo from Milwaukee is to join the St. Louis Browns next season. Browns officials expect Mellilo to draw Italian and German fans in St. Louis, where Italians form a large foreign-born population. The 1920s era piece notes Mellilo’s defense and potential to win a roster spot over McManus, Gerber, or Robertson, with nationality not determining selection.
Rata Jackson Travis of the Giants is Ouachita Baptist graduate. Young jockey Robert Haviland, sixteen, tops American turf. England women tennis wear shock socks for speed. Dempsey humor hinted as lacking. Ruth to play 36 holes daily in Florida. AA baseball opens April 13. 168 games this year. AA boxing in Boston April 5–6. MacKenzie a Brown student and Atlantic golf champ. Trans Mississippi Golf to June 21 at Algonquin St Louis. Toronto hockey star Louis Hudson to graduate June. Denver to buy Texas league players. Zach Wheat recalls Shreveport 1906 and shipment to Brooklyn.
In August 25 1925 Arthur Stokes catcher for the Red Sox surprised Detroit runners Johnny Bassler and Fred Haney with a two tag double play at home plate. Ira Playstead fielded a sinking fly but dropped it allowing Bassler and Haney to attempt a run. Stokes tagged both runners as they crossed the plate.
Connie Mack predicts the 1926 American League race will be the hardest in years with several clubs capable of winning. He cites the Athletics, Yankees, Washington, St. Louis under Sisler, Detroit and the White Sox under Eddie Collins, and notes Red Sox pitching were strong at season end. He says last season was a two team race, not this year.
The United States Naval Academy hosts two college rowing programs for spring training. MIT will row its varsity and second crew at Annapolis on April 24 after a week there. Syracuse will arrive around May 16, with its first second and freshman crews to row against Midshipmen on May 20.
Harvard tops universities in tennis courts while Brown plans ten football games next fall. Canada adds golf clubs, Belmont Stakes offers 100000 gross, Alf Smith hired as coach, and a missing link claim reappears. Notables include Ed Lamy skating jump record, Connie Mack’s Joe Hauser comeback, and rowing costs at Penn. Emmett Mulvey bought by Louisville in the minor leagues.
Nellie Srevell reflects on the value of work for health and purpose. She credits writing her column with restoring her mobility and connecting with readers and old friends. She jokes about medical quirks and compares surgery to a Cook's tour, praising work as a sweet privilege.
A ortho pedics professor entered the scene, gently lifting a cage bird with a foot injury. The bird remained calm as the doctor examined the sore foot, removed the roosts, and washed them before returning the bird to the cage.
An evening paper highlights a hospital fire that stirs nurses and staff, framing the incident as a startling news moment.
A terse quotation credits Trolty Vek, labeling one of the worst misers as a man who keeps counting his troubles due to fear of loss. The line reflects thrift and anxiety as a moral warning in a concise aphorism.
A nurse and friends fueled the speaker’s fight, denying despair with letters of hope. The author credits collective support for progress, admitting personal struggle and gratitude toward those who kept faith in their recovery and ambitions.
The collection presents five seemingly parallel causes with one effect each. Phrases include urging speed on a mile long freight train and claiming simple tasks like driving and unloading a gun are easy. The quotes imply hazards and misapplied safety assumptions despite casual tone.
A note from the Buffalo Express identifies methyldibenzyldiaminotriphenylcarbinotrisudphenic acid as a common dye for silk and wool. It is also suggested to be a handy linotyper’s goat-getter in practical use.
In a London bird sanctuary within eight miles of Marble Arch, observers report nearly 50 bird varieties nesting and 40 additional species recorded as migratory passersby.
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