Tigers face Landis ruling after 1939 purge cost $500000
Detroit officials reckon the Landis crackdown on player contracts reduced the Tigers to 78 players after a nine month probe. The article cites former GM Zeller and scouts like Wish Egan, notes Cardinals parallels, and predicts future suspensions for executives who cover up deals. It highlights Trout and McCoy losses and the broader impact on Detroit’s farm system.
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Cardinal
Landis
St. Louis Cardinals
Detroit
Zelier
Zeller
Rickey
Red Bird
Paul Trout
Tigers
Dizzy Trout
Trout
Toledo
Bay High Travels to Graceville for Tonight’s Game
The Bay High basketball team heads to Graceville this afternoon for a game against Graceville High. After losses to Malone and Walton high schools, they aim to rebound following a win over Port St. Joe. Their next home game is Tuesday against Bonifay High, then a Friday trip to DeFuniak Springs to face Walton.
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Bay High
Graceville
Guinet
Malone
Waltonigh
Port St. Joe High
Bonifay High
DeFuniak Springs
Walton
Panama City Special Election on Southern Bell Franchise
The City Commission of Panama City has called a special election for February 1, 1940, to approve or disapprove a 30 year franchise for Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company to use city streets for its telephone system. Eligible voters will vote on Ordinance No. granting lines, poles, conduits, and underground work with city supervision and cost recovery for sidewalk repairs if displaced. The ordinance also requires space and facilities on poles and in conduits for city police and fire alarm systems and limited municipal telephone use under city rates.
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Panama City
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company
Florida
Southern Bell
Telephone and Telegraph Company
Sthe City
Kolea
Sune
Iclale
Euler
Panama City ordinance grant to Southern Bell 1940
The text details acceptance terms for a city ordinance granting the Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company rights to operate and purchase city telephone facilities in Panama City. It sets a 30 year term, conditions for purchase rights after expiration, arbitration on valuation, and the need for voter ratification with a $1000 deposit (or $1600 alternative) to cover election costs. It preserves the city’s regulatory power over streets and assigns liability to the company for injuries.
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Panama City
Florida
Southern Ball Telephone and Telegraph Company
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company
Auch Company
Armstrong Plans Three Fights Before Retirement
New York January 19 Henry Armstrong announces plans to retire after three more bouts He aims to defend his welterweight title against Pedro Montanez at Madison Square Garden then vs Al Davis outdoors before attempting a middleweight title crack against Ceferino Garcia He notes fatigue from constant travel and a desire to write and enjoy music between fights.
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New York
Henry Armstrong
Fisth
Henry
Pedro Montanez
Madison Square Garden
al Davis
Ceferino Garcia
Montanez
Bonura Refuses to Plead To Landis Decision
New Orleans January 19 Zeke Bonura says he will address salary issues with Giants president Horace Stoneham rather than Baseball Commissioner K M Landis. The first baseman, famed for his Mardi Gras robe, rejects the idea of appealing to Landis after recent actions granting free agency to Detroit owned players.
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Missioner Landis
Detroit
Jack Zeller
Tiger
Walter Owen Briggs
Aloy
New Orleans
Zeke Bonura
Horace C. Stoneham
New York Giants
K. M. Landis
Landis
Bonura
Panama City ordinance on election for city franchise approval
The notice calls qualified electors to vote in their districts on February 16, 1940, to approve or disapprove the ordinance and its terms including recordation and publication requirements for the franchise agreement with the company. The document records readings, acceptance by the company, and the commission's actions through November 24, 1930 and December 2, 1930.
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Ita
Panama City
Florida
Aaid
H.N. Mizell
Golf pros of future coached by clinics with colleges
The PGA president Tom Walsh outlined plans for golf clinics affiliated with colleges offering business courses and public speaking. Top players like Walter Hagen and Bobby Jones would lecture, while greenskeepers taught course care. The program aims to lift pros from caddie ranks and broaden education, with a Miami clinic planned this winter ahead of the March four-ball event.
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Miami
Fla
Tom Walsh
Professional Golfers Association
Walter Hagen
Bobby Jones
Gene Sarazen
Tommy Armour
Walsh
America
University of Miami
Pipgras Rates 1927 Yankees Over 1939 Champs
George Pipgras, a former 1927 Yankee and current AL umpire, stated in St. Petersburg on January 11 that the 1927 Yankees were a superior all around club to the 1939 world champions, adding only two 1939 players might have displaced any 1927 regulars.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
New York Yankees
George Pipgras
Piogras
Yankees
Fights Reported From Boston and New Haven Card
Handy Andy Callahan of Lawrence outpointed Young Byron of Boston in a lightweight bout while Natie Mann of Hamden stopped Batman of Norwalk in a welterweight clash. Event details and scoring not fully legible.
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Boston
Handy Andy Callahan
Lawrence
Mass
Young Byron
New Haven
Conn
Natie Mann
Hamden
Ee Batman
Norwalk
Foundations of Semi-Pro Baseball Look Toward 1940 Growth
Ray Dumont outlines the National Semi-Pro Baseball Congress plans for 1940 mass play beginning May 5 in Wichita under Commissioner George Sisler. District tournaments lead to 48 state finals and a world series spot in Puerto Rico, with a unified contract system and national umpire association boosting participation by over 25 percent last year.
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Ray Dumont
Wichita
Kans
Landletter
Congress
George H. Sisler
United States
Puerto Rico
Show Bowl Games Explainer at Atlanta Touchdown Club
Atlanta on January 19 hosts a round up showing full length moving pictures of the four New Year bowl games. The event explains how and why the winners won, presented to about 700 fans at a dinner climax.
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Atlanta
Atlanta Touchdown Club
Little Leads San Francisco Open First Round
William Lawson Little, renowned British and U S Amateur champion, led 32 qualifiers in the San Francisco match play open at Lake Merced after the first round. Four man to man battles highlighted the day as players tested par in the $5,000 event.
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Little
San Francisco
Lake Merced
William Lawson Little
U. S
Sports Roundup From New York’s Jan 19
Roundup notes diverse sports tidbits from New York. mentions a sculptor making a Joe Louis bust, Barney Ross planning a Chicago return, Don Meade slump blamed on gate, Mullin cartoon skewering Boxing Commission, and awards talks by Football Writers Association. Also notes Harold W. Pierce leaving USGA post for golf, and Kentucky Derby betting plans. Mentions War Admiral progeny and other unread items.
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Eddie Brietz
New York
Tattle Tales
Joe Louis
Barney
Ross
Chicago
Loop
Hialeah
Don Meade
Willard Mullin
World-Telegram
Boxing Commission
Professional Football’ Writers’ Association
Dixie
Elwood Cooke Reaches Florida West Coast SemiFinals
Elwood Cooke of Portland eliminated John Foreman of Chicago 6 0 7 5 to advance to the Florida West Coast tennis tourney semi finals. Quarterfinal pairings set include Hal Surface against Dick McKee, Henry Prousoff versus Jim Vuille, and Ed Alloo versus Charles Hare.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
Elwood Cooke
Portland
Ore
John Foreman
Chicago
Hal Surface
Kansas City
Dick McKee
Miami
Henry Prousoff
Seattle
Wash
Jim Vuille
Ed Alloo
Berkeley
Calif
Charles Hare
England
Winning Basketball Formations At Oklahoma A&M
A rapid two in three out play from Oklahoma A&M, a Missouri Valley power, outlines passes from 4 to 3 then to 5. 1 screens 2, 1 shifts to center, 2 cuts outside, 5 receives pass if open, else 1 blocks 5’s man. 4 blocks 3, 3 breaks middle, 5 screens for 3 after 1’s block, setting a post as 3 comes down the middle.
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Oklahoma A
No. 5
North South Final Set At Winter Shuffleboard
In the national winter shuffleboard tournament at West Palm Beach on January 19, a North South final was assured in the men's division after semi final play. George Randolph of West Palm Beach and Frank Sanders of Fort Lauderdale advanced to an all Florida showdown. Carl Breese of Green Harbor Michigan and Charles Edwards of Berwyn Illinois also reached the semi finals as former champions and multiple finalists.
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West
Palm Prach
Fia
George Randolph
Palm Beach
Frank Sanders
Fort Lauderdale
Carl Breese
Green Harbor
Mich
Charles Edwards
Berwyn
Ill
Boxing Roundup From Across States and Cities
The report lists several boxing results with fighters from Des Moines to Philadelphia and Grand Rapids. Johnny Paycheck defeats Huey Long in an upset while Wesley Raney outpoints Mike Gamiere in Grand Rapids. Tony Morano outpoints Lou Fortuna in Philadelphia. A bout in Perth Amboy ends with Jack Glover stopping Ralph Kosky.
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Associated Press
Savannah
Johnny Paychek
Des Moinés
Huey Long
Tag Bun Tex
Mich
Wesley Raney
Mike
Gamiere
Cleveland
Philadelphia
Tony Morano
Lou Fortuna
Perth
N. J
Jack Glover
Trenton
Ralph Kosky
Atlantic
Dias
Pinellee
Tony Galento and His Buckaroos at Orange Tonight
Personal notice notes Tony Galento and His Buckaroos headlining a merry minstrel show with El Galento as star in Orange, New Jersey tonight. Henry Armstrong plans a tour for personal appearances with his movie Keep Punching.
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Tony Galento
el Galento
Orange
N. J
Henry Armstrong
Gone With The Wind Ends A Day At Bellair
A judge leaves to watch sunset at Bellair and may trim farm hands rest. The teacher is gone yet the school remains in session, signaling disruption but not termination of classes.
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Bellair
Finns urge action after chaotic boxing session
Finish for Finns out of Wednesday's hectic session of our August Boxing Commission came. One sane observation: the Finns had better not wait for Baer and Galento to remove them.
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Baer
Galento
Bancroft Out As Howard Bulldogs Coach
Howard University president Dr Harwell G Davis announced on January 19 that Billy Bancroft will not be retained after his contract ends in June 1931. Bancroft gave no comment and Davis offered no reason for the decision.
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Birmingham
Alsa
Billy Bancroft
Howard Bulldogs
Harwell G. Davis
Bancroft
Davis
California Commission tobar Henry Armstrong hearing today
California Athletic Commission will hear a case to bar Henry Armstrong from boxing in California for declining to fight Ceferino Garcia on February 22. The order, filed in Los Angeles, cites Armstrong's refusal to proceed with the scheduled bout as the reason for possible sanctions.
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Los Angeles
California Athletic Commission
Henry Armstrong
Ceferind Garcia
Bay County election district changes approved
Bay County Florida voters will see a revised boundary plan for County Commissioners Districts 1 2 and 3 to align with newly created Election District 30 in the counties 1939 law based redistricting The resolution sets the new boundaries starting at St Andrews Bay and describes the route along Section lines State Road 62 and surrounding townships with adjustments to conform to the new districts
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Randall Newberry
Bay County
Florida
Ith
Ounty’ Commissioners
St. Andrews Bay
Nor’ “Bay
Ba Bay
West Bay
West Mer
Harvard Athletics Chief Seeks End to Gate Receipts Dependence
Bill Bingham, Harvard athletics director, told the Touchdown Club of New York that colleges should run sports programs without relying on gate receipts. He criticized the dominant role of football gate income in inter collegiate sports and supported moving away from that model.
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Bill Bone
New. York
Bill Bingham
Harvard
Bingham
Touchdown Club
New York
Bay County Florida redraws district boundaries by resolution
The Bay County Board of County Commissioners adopts a resolution adjusting Commissioners Districts 1 2 and 3 to align with township and bay boundaries along St Andrews Bay Williams Bayou and North Bay. The changes include new boundary lines from the Gulf to State Road 62 and the Gulf of Mexico and require publication in the Panama City News Herald. The resolution is recorded by Clerk H A Pledger and becomes effective January 1 1940.
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St. Andrews Bay
Comminstoner
Bay
Florida
Calhoun
Bay Counties
Gulf of Mexico
Township
Said Bay
Said Pass
Said Gulf
County Commissioner's District No. 3
Bay County
Range 12
Williams Bayou
Said Bayou
North Hay
Galid Ati Taay
Board of County Commissioners
Bay’ County
Panama City
A. Pledger
Cirowit Court
Sdid County
Aald Board
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Wish) Egan
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Bengals
Athletics
McCoy
Steve Rachunok
Rachunok
Henderson Oilers
Jack Zeller Walter
Briges
Armstrong
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News- Herald
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Panama City Stars
Bomfay Stars
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Arrat
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Organization of Semi-Pro Baseball Congress
NEA Service, Inc
T. M, Reg. U
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Gor
Harold W. Pierce
Pew Press
Aeassachusetts Racing Commission
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Jim’. Carroll
St. Louis
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War Admiral
Jim Crowie
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