Upheaval Predicted in College Athletics Study
The Carnegie Foundation and University of Illinois officials anticipate a major report on American college athletics by November 1928. The inquiry, begun January 1926 and led by Dr. Howard J. Savage, has visited about 110 institutions including six Canadian universities and six Catholic colleges.
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George Huff
University of Tiinois
United States
Canada
Carnegie Foundation For
Huff
Howard J. Savage
Carnegie Foundation
Savage
Foundation
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Radio Frequency Standards Progress Report
The Bureau of Standards reports progress in measuring radio frequencies and wavelengths for broadcasting and air navigation aids. Focus areas include prize-oscillator development, dissemination of standards, and partnerships with government and industry to reach accuracy near 0.001 percent.
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Bureau of Standards
George KK. Burgess
Hoover
Burgess
Nis
Plate voltages for radio receivers listed
The plate voltages ordinarily used in receiving sets are 16% to 44 volts on the detector the 90 on the amplier tubes and 125 volts upon the power tubes.
Stitch in Time Will Save Nine for Motor Care
W B Isherwood of Flint Michigan urges periodic inspections by a competent service man to extend motor life and ensure top performance. The list covers ignition timing spark plugs battery terminals lighting fuel lines belts brakes oil changes and more to reduce costly repairs and improve reliability.
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Isherwood
Flint
Mich
Barber's Pitch Starts Giants Legend with Merkle
The memory recalls how John T. Brush signed Merkle to the Giants after a Mt. Clemens barber praised him. Brush, seeking health in Michigan, told McGraw a barber recommended a great player. The barber, unaware of Brush's role, described Merkle as a first baseman and urged signing him. Brush signed Merkle without seeing him play.
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Merkle
Giants
John T. Brush
McGraw
Brush
Mt. Clemens
Mich
New York
John
Razor-Waiover
Mr. Brush
Automobile hints and era mood in a jagged prose snippet
A fragmented rail of musings on driving and self starters as the era’s mood shifts. The piece muses on pedestrians learning new powers and questions the car as a symbol of civilization’s arc.
Improvised Emergency Antenna Construction
An emergency antenna can be arranged by winding about 40 turns of bell wire around the post of a telephone and attaching the end to the antenna post on the receiver.
Notes on Radio Inventions and Quality Issues
The manuscript notes the regenerative circuit as the most valuable radio invention and claims grid batteries can be unnecessary. It discusses substituting dry type rectifiers, improving wooden diaphragm speakers with felt, and emphasizes leakage in grid condensers as a key receiver fault. It warns against poor speaker cords causing noises and reproaches stores for poor radio quality.
Season Spurs Several Sports Scribbles Across Leagues
A mix of short notes covers a bleak 80 game Austin Texas league losing streak, a new chess champion in love with the game, Massachusetts star Robert Buruh enrolling at University of Town, and various college and pro tidbits. Player moves include Dick Atterau leaving Philadelphia for Barksburg, and Nebraska naming captains Holm and Flowell for 1928. Olympic marathon winners fares as usual underdogs in Antwerp results.
Cantillon Chides Berg Over Language Missed Sign
Moe Berg, playing for the White Sox under manager Joe Cantillon, misread a steal sign. Cantillon asked which language Berg spoke best and offered to use that language next time to give a sign.
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Moe Berg
White Sox
Joe Cantillon
Berg
Cantillon
Ohio Village Schoenbrunn Reborn As State’s Newest Town
Ohio marks Schoenbrunn, two miles southeast of Cleveland, as the state’s newest village after a century with just one house. The log cabin by Moravian missionary Rev David Zeisberger, founder of the settlement May 8, 1772, stands as a link to the 1770s colonization and its later 146 years lost until rediscovery in 1923.
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Ohio
Schoenbrunn
Cleveland
David Zeisberger
Evolution Talk Reveals Private Secretary and Raise
John explains he has a private secretary named Tom while noting a class and confirms he did not fire his stenographer but gave her a raise. The exchange highlights staffing choices and loyalty within the office.
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John
Tom
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