Freak deliveries return to baseball and boxing headlines
The piece notes the return of the spitball under restrictions for veteran players while new rules bar its use by newcomers. It also covers Pete Herman's title bout plans against Joe Lynch, Jack Dempsey's move toward a London match and Willard predicting a new champion after March 17 at Madison Square Garden.
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Baseball Commission
Baseball Mae
Covelerkie
Grimes
Mitchel
Douglas
Ick Rudolph
Doak
Vellars
Pete Herman
Madison Square Garden
Joe Lynch
Laure
Herman
Lynch
Hern
Waterbury
Conn
Kid Wilms
New Orleans
Frankie Burns
Salt Lake
Jack Dempsey
Los Angees
Dempsey
Walter D. Bratz
Willard
Jess Willard
Lawrence
Bird Dempsey
Bill Brennan
Jess
Brennan
Idaho freshman squad shown as material for 1951 team
Moscow Idaho December 22 AP coach David McMillan says 25 freshmen form solid material for Idaho's first year football team. Practices run three times weekly with scrimmages against the varsity twice weekly highlighting the joint sessions.
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Moscow
Idaho
David McMillan
University of Idaho
First Ear
Vice of Fools at Orpheum Tonight With Alice Joyce
Four cornered tale at the Orpheum features Alice Joyce in the lead with Marion Rogers as the only voice of reason. The cast explores reckless desires amid evolving affairs as disaster looms with each plot twist. An Al St John comedy Trouble accompanies the program. Tomorrow includes Fatty Arbuckle in The Life of a Party and Larry Lemon in The Stage Hand.
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Orpheum
Alice Joyce
Orpheum Theatre
Marion Rogers
al St. John
Patty
Arbuckle
Larry Lemon
Frisky Widow Leads Strand bill with Burke in The Frisky Mrs Johnson
Billie Burke stars in The Frisky Mrs Johnson at the Strand theatre, praised for versatile performance from serious to comic. Also featured are A Gump cartoon, Pathe News, and Mae Allison in Are All Men Alike as a three day craze begins tomorrow.
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Strand
Billie Burke
Strand Theatre
Belle Johnson
Pathe
Rash
Mae Allison
Mystery Case on Beach Leaves Questions About Death
A well dressed woman about 30 was found half buried on Long Beach New York beach with a bullet wound over the right eye. A coroner's inquest was opened to determine identity and whether the death was murder or suicide.
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Long Beach
N. Y
Dee
Strange fire hose test ignites hose in Reston incident
The Reston fire department investigated a high pressure hose test where friction from vibration between two cotton jackets and misdirected water flow caused a fire in the outer hose covering. MIT professor Gill attributed ignition to heat from extreme friction. The blaze did not affect the rubber lining and occurred during a controlled test, not a real fire.
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Zeston
John R. Morehyn
Reston Fire Department
Augustus H. Gill
Massaachusetts Institute of Technology
Marple
Boston Fire Department
National Board of Fire Underwriters
Charles River
Picture Framing and Artist Materials Ad
R. L. Getty Co. offers picture framing services and artist materials at 237 West Center. Call or visit for custom frames and supplies.
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R. L. Getty Co
West Center
Stewart Kicked on Six Ounce Gloves in Sheridan Bout
Roy Conley of Sheridan defeated Jimmy Stewart of New York by decision after Stewart refused to continue past the fourth round. Promoters said five ounce gloves were unavailable and both welterweights had agreed to use six ounce gloves before the bout.
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Sheridan
Wyo
Roy Conley
Jimmy Stewart
New York
Stewart
Togo in Free Verse Lists World’s Woes
Hashimura Togo’s free verse in the January Susset critiques global woes with satire. It ponders democracy, self-determination, and national struggles, naming Japan Ireland Austria Turkey France and America in a lens of irony and social commentary.
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Togo
Hashimura Togo
Wallace Irwin
Japan
California
Ireland
Austria
Turkey
France
America
Unruly Roadbed Forces Detour Near Billings
The Great Northern rail line in Montana reports 2000 feet of roadbed unstable as earth slides beneath the cut. A steam shovel attempt to regrade the basin caused further upheaval and the section near Billings has been abandoned for a detour.
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Great Falls
Mont
Montana
Billings
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