Memorial Day set by National League in baseball tribute
York reports the National League will honor fallen builders of the game at a Memorial Day session. Officials and speakers include Landis on Christy Mathewson, Dreyfus on Edward J. McKeever, Baker on Edward J. McKeever, and others such as Hermann, Fleischmann, Foster, Day, Bulger, Crane, Phelan, Rickey, and Hydler.
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York
A.P
Commoner
Landis
Christy Mathewson
Barney Dreyfus
Pittsburgh
Charles H. Ebbets
Brooklyn
William F. Baker
Phillies
Edward J. McKeever
Brooklyn Club
Bets
McKeever
August Hermann
Cincinnati
Julius Fleischmann
John B. Foster
John B. Day
Bozeman Bulger
Sam Crane
William A
Ohio State picks 1926 football captain
Columbus reportsKarow fullback has been elected 1926 captain of the Ohio State University football team. A new invention was demonstrated as a piano was practically turned into a pipe organ.
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Columbus, CO
Karow
Ohio State University
Aew
Changes to Be Recommended in Grid Game
Eastern conference coaches and athletic directors meet in Chicago to discuss football rule changes. Proposals include starting play after the third period with a restart, clarifying voluntary safeties, awarding five yards for punt catches, and clearer dead ball wording.
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Chicago
A. A. Stagg
French Champion Will Fight Without Pay for Title
Lu cient Vinez of France, lightweight European champion, agrees to box Jimmy Goodrich in a 15 round Christmas fund bout on December 23. Vinez takes only a crown if he wins, or $1000 for training if he loses. Goodrich stands to earn about $10,000. The state athletic commission backed the match and its rounds based rule amid protests from critics who argued rounds won should decide the outcome.
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New York
Lucient Vinez
France
Europe
Christmas Fund
Jimmy Goodrich
Buffalo
Vinez
Goodrich
State Athletic Commission
Viner
Unusual Happenings Highlight Season’s Batting Feats
The author recalls two remarkable batting feats from a 154 game season, noting they stood out amid pitching and fielding and involved Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb in memory, as the most remarkable events observed last season.
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Babe Ruth
Ty Cobb
Cobb’s Comeback Stirs St Louis Slump Blues
In May at St Louis Cobb returns from illness to front a struggling Tygers vs Browns. He agrees to bat as center fielder hoping to halt the skid and revert to his best stroke as he explains his grip and approach.
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Cobb
St. Louis
Tygers
Browns
Red Grange Slippage in All American Talk Sparks Debate
New York December 2 From casual observation the once hailed Red Grange is pushed down in critics all American selections. Yost and Warner downplay his versatility while Oberlander and Nevers draw praise. Pooley Hubert of Alabama is singled out by some as the best back in ten years yet ignored in lists. Laugh that off with a calliope.
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New York
Harold “Red” Grange
Rungless
Grange
Pennsylvania
Harold
Oberlander
Dartmouth
Fielding H. Yost
Glen Warner
Yost
Willie Heston
Warner
Ernie Nevers
Glenn
Jim Thorpe
Flournoy
Tulane
Brown
Alabama
Wycoff
Georgia Tech
South
Pooley Hubert
Fifty Juvenile Court Cases Reported for November
The Mobile County Juvenile Court handled fifty cases in November with thirty nine involving children and eleven adults. Court representatives made 128 probation visits and investigations and assisted needy families with 780.95 dollars. Nine cases were continued to December and several juveniles were placed on probation or sent to institutions.
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Mobile County Juvenile Court
Revenue and Road Commissions
Rulings Made on Racing by Trotting Men
National Trotting Association actors 25 cases at annual meeting in New York. Key ruling debated may allow a horse declared distanced to race again in the same meet. Counterpart driven by Edward Magrath contested after being declared distanced. judges later reversed the decision.
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New York
National
Pottsville
Counterpart
Edward Magrath
Reading
Baron Worthy
Magrath
Frederick B. Shreve
Philadelphia
Board of
Ww. D. QQ
Hamilton
Ohio
Louisville
Eton
Harry Chaney
Sabina
Steve O-Boy
Chaney
Pennsboro
W. Va
Weston
Tulane Invited to Rose Bowl in Pasadena
Tulane University has been offered a spot in the Tournament of the Roses game against Washington, champion of the Pacific Coast Conference, to be played in Pasadena on New Year’s Day. The invitation was reported by Pacific Coast Conference representative Jack Benefield and may involve Tulane coach Clark Shaughnessy.
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New Orleans
Tulane University
Washington
New Y
Pasadena
Cal
Tulane
Jack Benefield
Clark Shaughnessy
Shaughnessy
Chicago
Notre Dame
Leland Stanford Uni
British warships for Mobile Mardi Gras visit
The British light cruisers Constance and Curlew will arrive February 13 and stay through carnival at Mobile. Each ship carries about 450 men. Mayor George E. Crawford prompted the change to align with carnival, with approval from British authorities via Vice-consul Thomas M. Ross.
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Constance
Curlew
George E. Crawford
Thomas M. Ross
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Studebaker
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Mobile
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Circuit Court of
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Equity
Register’s Office
Faith Thompson, Jr
Gulfport
Mississippi
Andrew Thompson
Major Thompson
Frank Thompson
Otis O.aion
Billy Evans
Red Grange
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Marion
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ST. Andrew
Pearson Hotel
Pearson
Opera
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