Women Golfers Share Pet Superstitions
A column lists superstitions of women golf champions. Maureen Orcutt carries 13 clubs. Bernice Wall uses a rabbit's foot. Mrs. Dubois believes a lucky dress helps her win. Dorothy Campbell Hurd keeps a lucky mongrel mashie club. Helen Payson notes clubs cycle between good and bad shots.
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Maureen Orcutt
New York
Bernice Wall
Oshkosh
Wisconsin
D. F. E. Dubois
Thomas Campbell
Dorothy Campbell Hurd
Helen Payson
Portland
Maine
Bill Kelly Faces Babe Ruth in Swat King Clash
Photograph shows Bill Kelly, first baseman for the Buffalo International League, threatening to depose Babe Ruth as King of Swat. The frame highlights a strong lean on the ball at contact, not unusual grip or bat style.
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Billie Kelly
Buffalo International League
Babe Ruth
Swat
Sport Notes Touch On Tennis Polo Golf And More
The column mentions Vincent Richards as a sprinter before tennis and notes about twenty five colleges in the East now supporting lacrosse. It cites polo centers on Long Island with nineteen polo fields within fifteen miles and London golf courses now government maintained. Helen Wills headlines tennis analysis while Leo Conroy is cited as a former caddy for B P Merriman in North and South wins.
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East
United States
Long Island
New York
Baseball notes from a bustling 1920s season
A rapid-fire roundup notes veterans like Cy Williams and Babe Ruth. It mentions college and minor league moves, trades and signings, manager superstitions, and quirky anecdotes from Connie Mack to Nick Altrock. It highlights Ted Jourdan selling to Birmingham, Owen Kahn joining St. Louis, and Horace Ford’s potential Reds boost.
Babe Ruth Sees Twelfth Major League Season With Yankees
Babe Ruth enters his twelfth major league season and seventh with the Yankees. He remains baseball’s home run king and unique star who excelled in pitching and batting. Highlights include a 1924 batting title at .379 and an 18-6 pitching record in 1913.
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Babe Ruth
Yankees
Washington Triple-Play May Rank With Baseball Sights
In a Philadelphia second game of a Washington double bill, the Nationals executed an extraordinary three-ply triple play in the third inning. Five Nationals touched the ball to retire all three Mackmen with no liner caught or run-down, yielding outs at every base except home.
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McManus
St. Louis Browns
Keystone
Eddie Collins
White Sox
Stanley Harris
Nationals
Mellilo
Washington
Philadelphia
Lome Plate
Galloway
Quinn
Palmero
Bishop
Bucky Harris
Bucky
Judge
Peckinpaugh
Peek
Bluege
Ruel
Chick
DeGroof Removes Spikes in Lightning Break
In 1916 Scranton played Wilkes-Barre when a fierce lightning storm halted play. Outfielder Rube DeGroof sat in center field shoeless, explaining he would not risk spikes attracting lightning. He said a prior near miss in the O.P league motivated the stunt.
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Red Robe
Scranton
Rube DeGroof
Wilkes-Barre
DeGroof
Joe Jackson
DeGoof
Lightning
Eichrodt Promises Bright Start for Cleveland
Cleveland rookie out fielder Eichrodt earns fan praise and could join the regular lineup soon if he maintains his current form. He shows strength in all facets of the game.
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Eichrodt
Cleveland
Southern California to offer 300,000 football tickets
USC will place 300000 football tickets for eight home games this fall on the Pacific Coast followers. Last season's twelve home games drew 279491 paid admissions. The Stanford and Notre Dame clashes head the eight home games and are expected to surpass last season's attendance despite fewer attractions.
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University of Southern California
Pacific Coast
Stanford
Notre Dame
Quality Four radio receiver designed for high fidelity and DX
The New York Herald Tribune notes the Quality Four aims for superior sound with minimal tubes and good distance reception. It uses regeneration in two stages of tuned radio frequency, a crystal rectifier detector, transformer coupled audio, and careful coil design to minimize distortion and retain a compact, homey look.
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New York Herald-Tribune
Receiver construction details for a crystal radio and subpanel
A historical guide explains building a crystal detector radio with a bakelite subpanel, 8% by 2 by % inch panel dimensions, center taps on coils, precise winding, and a layout plan. It covers parts list, wiring order, aerial considerations, tuning, and cabinet fit for a compact factory-like receiver.
Patent Covers All Radio Coils By Specific Angle
Patent No. 1,577,421 issued to Prof. I A Hazeltine covers eliminating magnetic coupling among any number of coils by mounting them at a specific angle. It is the fourth in Hazeltine’s neurodyne series and applies to every radio circuit including tuned RF amplification IF stages and regenerative circuits.
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Prof
I. A. Hazeltine
Patent Office
Hazeltine
Radio power grows amid billions invested
The radio industry has already attracted over a billion dollars in investment. About 300 government radio stations operate daily programs as part of the expanding broadcasting network.
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GOC
Quiet operation tips for superheterodyne filter alignment
Guidance for achieving quiet operation and maximum selectivity in a superheterodyne receiver. Emphasizes tuning the primary and secondary of the filter coupler and using matched fixed condensers of 0.00025 mfd if alignment parts differ.
Radio market size and industry players described
The article estimates five million homes have radio receiving sets. It lists about 2,500 radio manufacturers and 2,000 jobbers. Radio exports are valued at roughly $600000 per month.
Amplification wiring note for crystal set AF add-on
Guidance describes wiring to add AF amplification using P and B terminals on the AFT connected to phones, P to base, B to secondary via catwhisker, G to G on the socket, F to 4 minus, and warns against using a B battery on the B terminal.
To Kill Hum From Motor With Low Pass Filter
To remove hum from a DC motor wire a low pass filter. Add a coil in series with one motor output line and a fixed .012 mg condenser between the middle line. Wind 100 turns of DC wire on a four inch bakelite tube and tap the coil at its center.
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