Three Big Sporting Days In Beckley Start Saturday
Beckley schedules three major sports over three days starting Saturday with the Flying Eagles opening the 1930 football season against Mullens on the high school field. Sunday features the Black Knights versus Indians in the sixth game of the Little World Series, with the Logan game Saturday determining the series pressure. Boxing champion Johnny Roberts and Buster Newberry headline Promoter Bartley’s show Monday at the Armory in a non title bout with implications of a near title aura. Roberts trains at John Durant's gym and Newberry at either Land O Joy or the Armory, weighing in Monday morning.
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Local Coach Adds Assistant For Season At School
An assistant has been appointed to the school athletic program. Kenneth Hunt will serve as physical education instructor and assist Coach Van Meter with the Flying Eagles. Hunt, Ohio University graduate with a B S, played guard for football at Ohio. He arrives later this week to begin duties amid a large turnout for practice and mixed scrimmage results.
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Jim Dandy to Enter Today in Potomac Handicap
Jim Dandy faces 13 three year olds in the $20,000 Potomac handicap at Havre de Grace Maryland today. The field excludes Gallant Fox and Questionnaire but includes top rivals, aiming to prove Jim Dandy’s win was not a one race. Also: Volta Green wins sixth straight in Maryland. On Tap triumphs at Aqueduct. Karl Eitel wins at Lincoln Field.
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Navy Loses 25 Players in Varsity Football Shakeup
Annapolis Md Sept 25 Only 17 of last year’s 44 member Navy varsity squad remain as head coach Bill Ingram clears the decks for action. Twenty five grads, plus two key injuries, thin the roster leaving weaknesses at center end and fullback. Antrim Hagberg Erck and Burley among candidates to fill gaps.
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Center Dismissed From Univ for Falsified Papers
Eddie Kawal, center on the 1929 Mannots football team, was dismissed from the university for falsifying entrance credentials and eligibility papers. The Associated Press reports the action occurred yesterday in Campaign Illinois as part of university discipline.
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Rodgers Not Decided on Saturday Linemen
Morgantown West Virginia Sept 25 The Mountaineers coach Ira Rodgers has not yet chosen which players will start on the line for Saturdays game with West Virginia Wesleyan He has rotated every man among the three squads this week to evaluate tackling after a weak showing against Duquesne The team held a long dummy scrimmage and signal drills as practice concluded.
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Louisville Wins First in Little World Series Opener
In Rochester on Sept 5 1930 the Louisville Colonels defeated the Rochester Red Wings 7 to 3, scoring six in the fourth inning on four hits and two walks. Marcum drove in three with a single and double, while Joe Brown added a hit and two walks. Rochester totaled eleven hits but failed in key moments. Rochester shortstop George Anderson injured his ankle in the fourth. Attendance was about 8000 under overcast skies. Weinert Barnes Derring Carleton I Smith Florence Jonnard pitched for Louisville and Rochester respectively.
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Four Teams Left In Baseball Tournament
Cincinnati September 25 The Siebler Tailors of Cincinnati defeated the Pittsburgh Veronas 9 to 5 in the sixth round of the national baseball Federation tourney. The Sieblers remain undefeated. With four teams left out of thirteen, Cincinnati Pittsburgh Flint Midh and Dayton survive two losses eliminate clubs.
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American team wins at Almack's bridge meet
The American team defeated the British in the International bridge tournament at Almack's club finishing yesterday with a 4845 point margin.
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London
Almack's Club
Yesterday and today baseball results and upcoming games
Yesterday's results include Pittsburg defeating Cincinnati 5 to 1 and Philadelphia beating Brooklyn 6 to 3. Today's schedule features Pittsburgh at St. Louis Chicago at Cincinnati and several American League games including Boston at Washington Detroit at Chicago Washington at Boston and New York at Philadelphia.
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Cardinals Welcome Gabby Street On Arrival In St Louis
Gabby Street and the St Louis Cardinals were greeted by thousands at Union Station after arriving from the east. They lead the Chicago Cubs by three games in the National League pennant race and open a four game series with the Pittsburgh Pirates the next day. Street plans to start Burleigh Grimes in the opener as the teams clash in what could decide the pennant race.
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Open Dates For Game In 1930 Season
Open season dates for elk, deer, squirrels, rabbits, raccoons, skunks, opossums, muskrat, beaver, otter, red fox, turkey, ruffed grouse, quail, waterfowl, rails, gallinules, woodcock and other species. Elk no season until 1935. Deer Dec 1 to Dec 10. Squirrel Sept 16 to Nov 30. Rabbit Oct 15 to Dec 31. Raccoon Nov 1 to Jan 31. Skunk Nov 1 to Jan 31. Opossum Nov 1 to Jan 31. Muskrat Nov 1 to Feb 28. Beaver and otter no season. Red fox Dec 1 to Jan 31 with some counties open year-round. Turkey Oct 15 to Nov 30. Ruffed grouse Oct 15 to Nov 30. Quail Sept 1 to Nov 30. Water fowl as federal law allows, excluding wood duck eider and swans. Coot and Wilson’s snipe Sept 16 to Dec 31. Rails and gallinules Sept 1 to Nov 30. Woodcock Nov 15 to Dec 15.
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Home Run Leaders and Phillies Tie With Pirates
The Associated Press item highlights leaders Klein Hurst Trayne and Wilson of the Cubs Ruth Gehrig Berger Simmons Foxx Goslin among notable homer totals. It notes Phillies 1 and Pirates 1 with league totals and standings fragment.
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Kaplan Beats Battalino In Non Title Featherweight Clash
Louis Kid Kaplan, retired champion, defeated Bat Battalino by a ten round decision in Hartford Connecticut. Kaplan weighed 150 1 2 pounds and Battalino 128 1 2 pounds. The title was not at stake.
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Connie Mack Alan on 50 Years in Baseball
Connie Mack recalls the 1914 Philadelphia Athletics breakup amid Federal League threats, debates gambling rumors, and explains how selling stars saved the game. He details waivers, sales, and reforms, noting how morale and loyalty shaped the decline, and his 15 year rebuild to championship status.
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Golf mishaps and odd injuries in curious episodes
An Atlanta dental surgeon recalls three golf related jaw fractures from club impact and ball strikes. He notes other spectator injuries at golf events, including a nose fracture at East Lake. The piece ends with a humorous anecdote about a fiancée injuring her fiancé with a brassie and the groom’s retort.
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Kansas City Woman Ties Van Wie Golf Record
Mrs. O S Hill of Kansas City tied Virginia Van Wie by posting 77 to match the record in the first two rounds of the women's western 72 hole derby. Van Wie held a five point lead after a 79 for a 36 hole total of 156 while Hill’s effort kept her within striking distance.
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Cigar Industry Shrinks Since 1921 in United States
A noted decline shows U.S. cigar production dropping by one billion units since 1921, reflecting long term contraction in domestic manufacturing and demand patterns affecting industry workers and suppliers nationwide.
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Tomorrow-Trying Times
A brief wire-style item from 1930 AP notes a daily edition titled Tomorrow-Trying Times. It references a newspaper context and archival rights without detailing events or individuals.
Carnera Fights Fire in Park Plaza Cellar
Primo Carnera, the heavyweight boxer, helped firemen control a stubborn basement blaze at the Park Plaza Annex on West 77th Street. He worked inside the fire lines, hauling hose and assisting crews amid the effort.
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Bicycle Record Hit By Hazleton Riders
Three Hazleton youths in a bicycle endurance contest rode into the 988th hour on the 43rd day of the event at Hazleton Pennsylvania yesterday afternoon.
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