Sampson Special to Lead Meyer in 1930 Indy Fifty-Moure Race
Louis Meyer will race the Sampson Special, a 16 cylinder rear drive car built by Alden Sampson and Riley Brett for the Indianapolis 500. The V16 engine uses two banks of eight cylinders with a 201 cubic inch displacement and 25/18 by 3 inch bore and stroke. Meyer is the driver with possible riding mechanic to be announced as the project nears completion. The May 30 race will start at 10 am local time and follows Indianapolis Motor Speedway specifications.
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Louis Meyer
Alden Sampson
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Indianapolis
Indianapolis Motor Speedway Corporation
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Riley Brett
Meyer
Peat
Louis
America
Ohio
Frank El-iott
Inohio
Alden
Lidlamipalls
Bouglt
Frank Luckhart
Doe
Brett
Tersely Told Sports Notes From Peripatetic Years
A collection of brief sports items noting aging wrestlers, baseball lifers, minor league lore, player trades, rookie schools, and historical clubs. Highlights include Stanislaus Zbyazko weighing retirement, Bubbles Hargrave's 20th baseball season, Doyle’s promotion sale, the New York Yacht Club’s 1802 founding, and Babe Ruth’s partial bat shipment.
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Tersely
Stanislaus Zbyazko
Yale’s Albie Booth trains across three sports at Yale
The article profiles Albie Booth a Yale athlete balancing football basketball and baseball through a lengthy season from September to June. It notes his weight gain from 130s to around 160 pounds his growing versatility and recognition by coaches and stars like Joe Wood while he settles into a regular role at shortstop in baseball.
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Uttle Warrior
Albie
Alble
Booth
Yale
Albie Booth
Mal Stevens
Elmer Ripley
Ripley
Joe Wood
Clyde Engle
Wood
H Work
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Mighty
Automobile Hints From A Practical Standpoint
Automobile hints warn against using reverse as a brake with the car left parked to avoid draining the battery. Do not overtighten water pump shaft packing. allow free shaft movement. Beginners overchoke on starting and often can avoid choking in warm weather. Do not touch the speedometer head. it is delicate like a fine watch.
Phillies Poised for Strong NL Start with New Talent
Manager Burt Shotton predicts the Phillies will finish high in the National League this year citing improved hitting and pitching. He expects Alexander to win games weekly and younger starters to develop. Hurst to back O Doul and Klein with Sigman leading among 1929 recruits. Infield settled with Hurst at first Thompson at second Thevenow short Whitney third.
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Phils
Burt Shotton
Alexander
Hurst
O'Doul
Klein
Sigman
Thompson
Thevenow
Whitney
Red Sox Win Promising Recruit In Odd Route
Tom Oliver, a strong candidate for the Red Sox center field, joined the club through an unusual path. After starring for Little Rock in the Southern League and attracting multiple scouts, he was bid up, then waived back, and finally claimed by Comle Mack before Quinn intervened to acquire him at a bargain waiver price.
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Tom Oliver
Red Sox
Little Rock
Big League Scouta
Bob Quinn
Comle Mack
Mack
Quinn
U S Effort to Bar Quacks From Radio Ads
A campaign in the United States aims to prevent quack doctors and other fakers from using radio advertising to promote their cures.
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U. S
United States
Effective Motor Cut-Out Demonstrated In Simple Build
An easily built motor cut-out can be made from an old tin can and a few discarded parts. Remove the exhaust pipe and cut a large hole. Cut holes in the tin can ends to slip over the pipe. Fit one bolt as a stop and another for the next step.
Notched exhaust pipe for spring valve in dash setup
Popular Science describes a method to pull a spring back over the hole when the valve stem slides to the dash. It explains cutting a V-shaped notch in the exhaust pipe, sized to match the pipe cross section, using a hack saw.
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Popular Science Magazine
Purdue athlete Orval Martin wins distance double at conference meet
Intercollegiate star Orval Martin of Purdue captured both the mile and half mile events in a single night at the Midwest conference indoor meet in Minnesota. He has earned seven Big Ten titles across five career meets, including outdoor double wins at Northwestern and a cross country crown at Ohio State.
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Purdue
Boilermakers
Orval Martin
University of Minnesota
Martin
Minneapolis
Northwestern
Ohio State
Circuit and circu it counts as much as tubes in radios
The screen grid alone does not assure a receiver’s worth. A radio’s performance depends on both the circuit and the tubes. If a screen grid radio fails to satisfy, the circuit is likely at fault.
Babe Ruth Plans Large Salary Gift to Trust Fund
Babe Ruth said after agreeing to terms with Colonel Ruppert that at least $100,000 of his $160,000 salary would be placed in a trust. He noted he has enough income to live on and intends to save substantially, with potential additional savings if his health improves.
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Babe Ruth
Colonel Ruppert
Widow of Bank Bandit Becomes Salvationist Revivalist
Gertrude Doris widow of Olney bank bandit Wrankle Doris who was executed at Rockview has become a Salvation Army revivalist at the Eighth and Vine citadel in Philadelphia. After leaving crime she joined the Army, was enrolled as a Soldier of the Lord, and now preaches that crime does not pay urging paradegoers to forsake sin and help others.
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Philadelphia
Gertrude Doris
Wrankle Doris
Olney Bank
Rockview
Voliceman
Harry M. Cooper
Salvation Army
Eighth
Vine Streets
Stainthorpe
Doris
Highth
Salvationists
Sher Henyers
Philadelphia General Hospital
Old Waya
Francis Bentley
William Juliano
William Curry
Olney Bank and Truat Company
Cooper
Selvation Army
New Cuban Highway Opens Tourist Route To Islands
Havana La Carretera Central now under construction nears completion linking provinces with a paved highway. Projected total cost rises to 95 million dollars from 74 million. About 30 million of 80 million Chase National bonds will fund construction. 8254 workers from Warren Brothers Boston and Compania Cubana de Contratistas toil. Havana Province is finished, Pinar del Rio 78.2 percent, Matanzas 70.2 percent complete. Increased American car tourism boosts Havana and broader island access once finished.
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Havana
Island
Chase National Bank
Warren Brothers Company of
Boston
Compania Cubana de Constratistas
Pinar del Rio
Matanzas
Prisoner Prefers Cell to Freedom After 27 Years
Nicolas Billois a stocky gray haired Frenchman described as mild and meditative was returned to prison for 10 years after burning an airplane hangar to return to confinement. He sought the maximum sentence saying he enjoys prison life and modern society tires him.
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Paris
Nicolas Billois
Nicolas
Billoig
Billols
Old Edict Fines Man Over Dead Rabbit in Dijon
An 18th century Dijon edict issued by the Louis XVI council fined a man who threw a dead rabbit into the river. The decree aimed to curb river pollution as part of royal city regulations.
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Dijon
France
Louis XVI
Garden of Peace Proposed in Great Lakes Region
Philadelphia based National Association of Gardeners outlines plans for a 1000 acre Garden of Peace as a symbol of goodwill and a monument to a century of US Canada peace. If accepted, the plan would move toward materialization in the Great Lakes area.
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United States
Canada
Great Lakes
National Association of Gardener
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Jack Doyle
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Vernon Gomez
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John C. Stevens
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Joe McCarthy
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Cell
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Chariea H. Phillips Chemical
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