Sports World Invading South For Exhibitions In Florida
Celebrities from boxing football golf and swimming arrive in Florida for winter exhibitions and training. Gene Tunney and Dan O Dowd visit Isburg and Tampa. Jim Barnes and wife join golf events with Johnny Farrell. Wainwright arrives to teach at a Tampa resort and plans an English Channel swim next summer.
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France
Pis College
Celeb
Tampa
Florida
Gene Tunney
Amerlight
Isburg
Dan O'Dowd
Boston
Red R
Chicago Bears
Tampa Cardinals
Small Daugh
Johnny i
Farrell
Janus Wainwright
Ng Star
Miss Wainight
Fast Cagers Prepare With Wide Schedule For Y
Coach Fen Jones leads the Y Varsity in a busy carded schedule to bring Mobile players a fast clean game. Teams from Missouri to the Great Lakes are set to visit this city, nine games already on the slate with Auburn Paasbaate Trust Collegians and Mayfield College among the planned opponents.
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Fen. Jones
Ei M. C. A
Missouri
Great Lakes
Auburn
Mobile Paasbaate Trust Collegians
Harvard coach cites football devotion and funds for physical fitness
James L. Know argues only 3.8 percent of students play football and that receipts support corrective exercise for inadequates. Claus Thunberg to chase two mile records at mid Atlantic championships in Newburygh. Ensign Richey Arkansas elected president of Midshipmen Bible class. boxing captain Harry Lyon noted. Fall River vs Brooklyn Wanderers skirmish ends with Wanderers leading 1 to 0.
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Boston
James L. Know
Harvard
Fight and Fighters in Havana Milan Box Scores
Havana report notes Juliano Moran the Spain welterweight champion KO'd Lalo Dominguez Cuba former light welter champ in nine. Milan notes Belgian Scillie defeated Bernasconi in 15 rounds. Pittsburgh report says Bellefonte academy football led by Carl Snavely travels to Texas to face Texas on New Year's in the prep school championship chase.
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Juliano Moran
Spain
Lalo Dominguez
Cuba
Milan
Europe
Bernasconi
Pittsburgh
Bellefontecademy
Carl Snavely
Texas
Texas Eleven
St. Louis
Tomore
Pros Debate Professionalism After Grange Shock
The American Football Coaches Association meets at Hotel Pennsyl vania to discuss anti pro policies while the larger NCAA session follows. Tim Mira of the New York Giants urges barring college players until graduation as coaches vow to deter future Grange like moves. Bob Zuppke leads Illinois with bitterness over Grange turning pro before finishing college.
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New York
Grange
American Football Coaches’ Association
Pennsylvania
National Collegiate Athletics Association
J. L. Griffith
Folsom
University of Colorado
Tim Mira
New York Giants
Coaches’ Association
Bob Zuppke
Ilinois
Red Grange
Boxers from Other Side Are Welcome Boxers from Other Side Are Welcome
European boxers have shown no discrimination in U S contests with many rising to meet top Americans. On New Year’s night Roland Todd faces Dave Shade in Madison Square Garden, a non title affair that could boost Todd among Greb challengers. Heavyweight talks center on matching with Jack Dempsey.
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New York
Atlantic
Roland Todd
Great Britain
America
Dave Shade
California
Edouard Marcart
France
Todd
Shade
Madison Square Garden
Harry Greb
Pittsburg
Mickey Walker
Jack Dempsey
Countess Eludes Salam's Detectives
New York dispatch reports Countess Salm formerly Millicent Rogers evaded paid watchers outside her Palm Beach retreat then slipped to New York last week. She spent two days in the city for Christmas shopping arriving Monday morning and leaving Tuesday night.
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New York
Count Salm
Palm Beach
Countess Salm
Millicent Rogers
Metropolis
Star Agreed To Form Grid Team
Buck Bailey guard of the 1925 Olympic club football team will organize and coach an all star squad slated to meet Red Grange led aggregation in San Francisco January 24. Bailey will also captain and play. O Hollingberry withdrew after club directors opposed the plan.
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San Francisco
Buck’ Bailey
Olympic Club
Red Grange
O. ¥. Hollingberry
Grange
Bailey
M. 8. Cowen
C. C. Pyle
Oe Athletic
Olym
Elimination Bouts Set for Broadway Arena Showdown
Two key boxing bouts are on tap at the Broadway arena in Brooklyn. Joe Glick takes on Billy Kennedy over 12 rounds, while European featherweight king E Marscot faces Charley Goodman in the night’s second feature.
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New York
Broadway Arena
Brooklyn
Joe Glick
Honeyboy Finnegan
Boston
Billy Kennedy
New Orleans
E. Marscot
Charley Goodman
Express Train Plunges in Embankment Near Murcia
Madrid Dec 28 Many persons were reported killed when a passenger express train bound for Cartagena plunged down an embankment near Murcia. Relief trains have been dispatched to the scene and the loss of life is being tallied.
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Madrid
Cartagena
Muricia
Hockey Teams From Canada To Meet Americans At Garden
Three Canadian colleges will face American rivals at Madison Square Garden this week. McGill crosses sticks with Harvard on Saturday while Montreal and Royal Military meet Boston College and Princeton today and tomorrow. Ninety nine junior tennis players enter the national indoor championship in New York today. Vernon Forbes stars in goal for the New York professionals, famed for quick reflexes and agile stops.
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Associated Press
Madison Square Garden
New York
Montreal
Royal Military
Boston College
Princeton
McGill University
Harvard
Vernon Forbes
New York Hockey Professionals
Night bout draws rising interest at Roy's gym
A stacked Ameri can Legion stag at Roy's gym tonight features Bill Cottrell versus Theo Cook in an eight round main event. Jim Norman faces Mack Sullivan in a six round featherweight bout. prelims include Red Gregory versus Young Shugrue in four rounds.
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American Legion Stag
Roy’s
Bill Cottrell
Theo. Cook
Jim Norman
Mack Sullivan
Roy Potts
Red Gregory
Young Shugrue
Gregory
Speed Not the Only Key to Stealing Bases in AL Data
The American League data show Fred Haney stealing 11 bases in 12 attempts, showing smart base running beats pure speed. Veterans Roger Peckinpaugh and Ray Schalk tally 13 of 17 and 11 of 16 steals, while Al Simmons stars fast but converts only 7 of 21. Charley Jamieson is tagged 18 of 32. Simmons’ speed suggests greater value once he learns to use it.
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Fred Haney
Detroit
Boston
Haney
Roger Peckinpaugh
Ray Schalk
Peck
Schalk
al Simmons
Athletics
Charley Jamieson
Cleveland
Peckinpaugh
Use of Resin Draws MLB Debate on Pitcher Cheating
A reader argues the National League should not permit resin on pitches, saying it returns trick pitching banned by the majors and invites unfair umpire scrutiny. He asserts resin fosters deception, slows action, and undermines the game’s integrity.
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National League
Walter Johnson
Walter
Captains of U S Industry Optimistic for 1926 Outlook
Industry leaders forecast a strong 1926 with sound fundamentals and growing demand. E H Gary of U S Steel and Henry L Doherty assess iron and oil markets while Sidney Mitchell and Alfred Sloan stress electric and automotive sector resilience amid favorable policy signals and robust production.
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New York
United States
E. H. Gary
United States Steel Corporation
Supreme Court
Henry L. Doherty
McCray Sent to Prison Hospital in Atlanta
Former Indiana governor William T. McCray, serving 12 years for using malls to defraud, has been moved to the federal prison hospital in Atlanta after a high blood pressure breakdown. He is not seriously ill and will be reassigned duties once recovered, including editing the prison magazine Good Words and supervising the printshop.
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Atlanta
William T. McCray
Indiana
McCray
Germans May Enter Plane Racing Upon Readmission
London reports that friction over the Locarno treaty is spurring German aircraft development. Experts say Germany could seek admission to the Federation Aeronautique Internationale once restrictions ease, and have drafted racing plane designs for future Schneider races.
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London
Germany
Federation Aeronautique Internationale
Schneider
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