Year of Pitcher Predicted as Baseball Trends Shift
President Heydler said 1981 games show pitching improving with less hitting and fewer home runs. Stats confirm lower scores and closer games. Women free at San Francisco night games. Seals and Missions may offer freebies to attract couples. Rhode Island State track names four captains led by Murgo Cleurzo Osterlund and Howes. Manhattan College baseball sees another coaching change with Bert Daniels taking over from Noonan.
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John Heydler
Mr. Heydler
Heydler
San Francisco
Seals and Missions
Rhode Island
Fred Tootell
Joe Murgo
Papi Cleurzo
Eric Osterlund
Dick Howes
Murgo
Cleurzo
Howes
Osterlund
Motorists Travel Far on Newly Improved Roads
Motorists now cover about two thirds more miles per year than a decade ago. A 1980 gasoline use rise, driven by improved roads funded by motorists, boosted tax revenues and road bonds.
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B. B. Duffy
United States Department of Agriculture
Iowa State College
Fraulein Gina Falkenberg Claims German Girl Golf Crown
Fraulein Gina Falkenberg has become Germany's girl golf champion. She already holds the German women's amateur titles in swimming and hurdling, marking her as a versatile young athlete.
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Fraulein
Gina Falkenberg
Germany
Baseball World Series Tales Of A Veteran Umpire Declares 1919 Fixed Not
The narrator recalls umpiring six World Series from 1909 to 1929 and defends baseball's integrity after the 1919 scandal. He cites Babe Ruth's rise in 1920 as restoring public faith, notes skepticism over short series, and mentions riots in Cleveland and Niles, Ohio, plus lingering crowd records in 1923.
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Chicago
White Sox
Babe Ruth
Ruth
Cleveland
Niles
Ohblo
Bel! Syndicate
WNN Service
Terse and Timely Squirbs of Sporting Events
Water basketball played at the University of Florida this year. The University of Illinois plans a 900000 dollar skating rink and 40600 dollar golf course. A kick town defines pitcher choice by the collection. The Tigers appear to have found a shortstop in young Mr. Owen.
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University of Florida
The
University of Illinois
Mr. Owen
Tigers
Fruit Jar Aid for Flashlight Use and Baseball Notes
A row of brief notes covers handy flashlight use with a fruit jar, stats from Forbesfield scorer John Gruber, and early baseball history. It mentions Bobby Mathews as first spitball pitcher, Southern league pennant picks, Stuffy McInnis’s 152 games with one error, and Chub Collins’s errorless season. Babe Ruth seeks injunction over misuse of his name. Brooklyn may train in Havana next spring with Florida-based games.
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Stuffy McInnis
Chub Collins
Babe Ruth
Babe
Brooklyn
Havana
Florida
Saw-Toothed Grasses Fatal to Wild Animals
The Biological Survey reports that saw toothed seed parts of squirreltall and similar grasses on western ranges injure elk deer and moose. Needlelike tips pierce mouths causing infection abscesses and death. Eradication efforts target elk refuge Wyoming and Sullys Hill game preserve North Dakota where trouble persists.
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Department of Agriculture
Elk Refuge
Wyoming
Sullys Hill
Norrth Dakota
Son’s Idea Not Exactly What His Father Meant
A Detroit Free Press excerpt recalls a Hollywood joke about a father and son at a charity bazaar. A girl sold kisses for a dollar. the father boasted of his age’s power to make them scream. The son admits he kept his dollar and kissed her, prompting the expected outcry.
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Frederick Lonsdale
Hollywood
Detroit Free Press
Zipped Fastener Reveals Its Global Rise and Sundback's Role
The zipper, invent ed by Gideon Sundback, began as a safety device for pockets and spread worldwide. It is now produced across the United States and Europe and used on clothing, bags, shoes, and many other items, with Sundback finally perfecting the design after earlier failed attempts.
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Gideon Sundback
United States
Canada
Austria
France
Germany
Warthy
Sundback
Ford predicts coffee paving roads and farm relief
Henry Ford predicts future miracles including using all farm leftovers to relieve farmer financial hardship. He cites coffee paving roads as a possible outcome and cites broader agricultural gains from transforming waste into usable products in an interview cited by the American Magazine.
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Henry Ford
American
Museum to Rebuild Halt Habu Viking Site and Exhibit
The Halt habu settlement on the Baltic near Slesvig supplies many relics to the Walsenhof school. A special museum will reconstruct the settlement and host an exhibition on Viking culture and daily life.
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Halthabu
Baltic Sea
Slesvig
Walsenhof School
Hotel Registration Data Sparks Global Roundabout View
A statistician argues that even if all New York hotel guests in 1930 were laid end to end they would not reach around the globe. The enterprise has been reluctantly abandoned according to Life Magazine.
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New York
The Conscience of the Dying Belies Life
A terse line presents a philosophical remark attributed to Vaven, contrasting inner conscience with outward life perhaps in a reflective or literary context. The fragment hints at an argument by Vaven about moral perception in end-of-life moments.
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Vaven
Scotland to Plant 9000 Acres Under Forestry Plan
The forestry commission for Scotland outlines a tree planting drive this year covering 9 000 acres. The program will employ 12 000 men and convert at least 340 farms into large forests.
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Scotland
Forestry Commission For Scotland
Lap Dogs Get Beauty Treatments Boost for Pets
Aromatics Magazine reports beauty treatments now offered for lap dogs and other household pets. Services range from scented shampoos to pedicures, reflecting a growing interest in pampering companion animals.
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Aromatics
New Mexico Lacks Street Cars Statewide
No street cars are in operation across New Mexico today. The once present two lines have fallen by the wayside, as noted in Collier's Weekly.
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New Mexico
Collier’s Weekly
New Scale of Prices Grocer
Boston Transcript reports a brief item noting fresh string beans offered by a grocer at updated prices. Mrs. Youngbride asks the price per string bean, reflecting shopper interest in value and market conditions.
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Bucky
Washington
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St. Louis Cardinals
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Brogan
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Loughran
Pette Noonan
Jasper
Bert Daniels
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Boston Red Sox
Snodgrass
Giants
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Chicago White Sox
Cincinnati
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Paad
Tae Os
John Gruber
Forbesfield
Pittsburgh Pirates
Bobby Mathews
Boston Nationals
Atlanta
Memphis
New Orleans
Ontario
Can.) Baseball Amateur Association
Missouri
Jack Johnson
Utah
Motcriots
Kellogg
Northrop &Lyman Co.,Inc
Buffalo,n.y
Howe
Preteks Med. Co
Park Ave
Harold Somers
Prooklyn
N. Vo
Pty Cane
Anita Institute
Anita Bldg
Newark
PYREM
Poeta
Pyrem Company
Cottage Grove
Parker
Hiscox Chemical Works
Patchogue
L. Tellier
Morningside Ave
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Columbus
Ohio
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