Hancock Boy’s Strange Ball Career Documented
The Hancock youth John Joyd Powers, linked to the Portland Seals and the Pacific Coast League, is noted for an astonishing baseball arc. Once failing to reach Class D, he later surfaced in majors then a return to minor leagues. Wartime-like shifts, late-season slumps, and speculation about a future athletic return color his path through Hancock High School and Bloomington connections. Barney Barnhart of the Pirates also contemplates a 1925 season in the minors.
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John Joyd
Pirates
Barney
Pittsigh
Owers
Athletics
Bloomington
Middle West
Portland
Tegular
P.acific
Ike
Kinsburg
Miller
Hancock High School
Pete Curtis
Pat Ragen
Sox
Skeleral
W. H. Thompson
Philadelphia
Connie
Gardner to Get Chance with Cleveland Indians
Ray Gardner, Frederick native and former Hustler, seeks the Indians shortstop job next year as one of three contenders. After several seasons with New Orleans his hitting drew notice, and he vows not to return to New Orleans if he fails to win a spot, citing heat as a bother.
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Ray Gardner
Frederick Boy
Jformer Hustler
Cleveland Indians
Ray
Indians
New Orleans
Comets Fall to Upton on Local Court
The Greencastle Comets were decisively beaten by Upton last evening on the local floor. Upton led from early, maintaining the advantage throughout the game as substitutions shuffled both lineups and minutes.
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Greencastle Comets
Upton
Greencastle Pos
Upton Rebek
L. G
Hopkins Shuey
Angie Shindle
Hoffeditz
Elliott
L. FP
Sees
Fisher Baer
Shatzer
Angle
Meckley
Fisher
Hopkins
Teeter
Lowton
Bitner
Champion bowler Jimmy Smith keeps rolling on
Jimmy Smith, a 25 year champion bowler, tours the country giving exhibitions and playing special matches. Once a Brooklyn pinboy, he rose to global fame with 16 perfect games and a world tournament record, boasting high scores like 771 pins in three games and a 24% average in Denver. He emphasizes control above all in the sport.
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Jimmy Smith
Brooklyn
Jimmy Voorhees
Newark
Smith
Denver
Toronto
Timmy Smith
Sonnenberg Tackles Lewis In Boston Championship Match
Heavyweight boxing style wrestling headline. Strangler Lewis, 235 pounds, faces Gus Sonnenberg, former Dartmouth football star, in a championship match at the Boston Garden tonight. Sonnenberg trains on the flying tackle while Lewis sharpens the deadlock to defend his world title.
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Boston Garden
Boston
Strangler
Lewis
Gus Sonnenberg
Dartmouth
Sonnenberg
Quick Apple Sauce From Choppers Quick Tip
A short note explains that running apples through a food chopper speeds making applesauce and similarly helps when preparing pear butter or other preserves.
High Rooters Entertained by Stouffers At World’s End
The Hagerstown High School soccer team was hosted at the Stouffer home Worlds End on Friday evening. Short talks were given by Supt Grimes Prof Zentmyer and Mr Weisz of Washington. Captain Reed and Managers Middlekauff and Lowman spoke on the team’s work this season and prospects for next winter.
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Hagerstown
R. Raymond Stouffer
World's End
B. J. Grimes
John CD. Zentmyer J
Eugene Weisz
Washington
Reed
Middlekauff
Lowman
Hanover High Here Tonight To Open Season doubleheader
Hanover and Hagerstown high schools clash on the local floor in the season opener. The first game starts at 7 o clock with one admission for both contests. Coaches decline to name starters as the teams meet for the first time and both boys and girls squads are projected to make strong showings this season. The boys face a tough schedule through February and into March ending with St James on March 9.
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Hanover
Hagerstown
Semler
Miss Condon
Potomac Street
Hagerstown Boys
Central High
Washington
St. James School
Walter Bowers
Allegany High Quint
Queen City
Endeavor to Make Golf Greens Better
New York January 3 The annual meeting of the United States Golf Association green section opens tomorrow and continues through Saturday. The afternoon sessions will focus on reports of experimental work and methods to improve greens for next season and future years.
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New York
United States Golf Association
Wheat Prices Fall On Argentina Undercutting Europe
Chicago reports wheat values slid as Argentina undersells North American wheat in Europe by up to nine cents a bushel. Corn rose on strong transatlantic demand for U S corn, with oats steady to up and provisions mixed in later trading.
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Chicago
Argentina
Europe
United States
Davis and Elkins to Play Shepherd College Cage Game
Davis and Elkins College will face Shepherd College at Shepherdstown W Va on February 7 in a likely high school guest friendly event. Shepherd College lists an eighteen game schedule including dates with Shenandoah Frostburg Gallaudet Fairmont and Potomac State with potential road clash against Davis and Elkins on January 20 or 26.
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Davis and Elkins College
Shepherd College
Shepherdstown
W. Va
John Newcome
Elkins Machine
Shenandoah College
Frostburg ‘Normal
Gallaudet
Washington
Fairmont
Frostburg Normal
Frostburg
Potomac State
Keyser
Braddus
Philipp
Glenville
Wesleyan
Davis and Elkins
Broaddus
Bridgewater
Appalachian
Martinsburg
Dempsey Willing To Fight Godfrey Best Bet
Macon Ga January 4 Jack Dempsey traveling to Miami to discuss boxing plans with Tex Rickard states he will fight the winner of the Stribling Sharkey bout and that George Godfrey the negro is the best heavyweight at present He notes he may not fight in Miami Beach and praises Stribling before continuing to Miami while Rickard recovers from appendicitis
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Florida
Rickard
Macon
Miami
Tex Rickard
Jack Dempsey
Miami Beach
Richard
Vox
George Godfrey
Bally
Hoo
Dempsey
Young
Kansas City
Dixie Flyer
Strib
Stribling
Jack
Waynesboro Dashes Game for Flu Concern in Peters Township
Due to a flu outbreak in Peters Township, Lemasters High officials cancel the scheduled basketball game with Waynesboro High tonight. Coach Probst seeks to boost the Waynesboro five ahead of the CVAL league opener on January 11.
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Peters Township
Lemasters Hi School
Waynesboro High School
Probst
Waynesboro Five
Chevies Win Over Moller
Practically all Portland cement will pass through a sieve with 10,000 meshes to the square inch, while some higher grades are even finer.
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Hancock Boy
Gardner
Frederick Roy
Cleveland
Comets
Graham
D&e
Glostora
Polaris Plasters
Fletcher
Tantac
Thrift
Read’s Drug Store
S. E. Corner
Public Square
Hagerstown, Md
Laufer
Ates
Everbody
Stanton Service
Bing
Herald-Mail
Hanover High
Godfrey
Waynesboro
Chevies
Moller
Hancock
Hoffman-Chevrolet
Paramount
H. Powers
McCulloch
Heit and
Bender
Hoffman Chevrolet
Moon
Sone
Wise
Resley
Updegraff
Washington Street
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