Red and Green Set for Weekend High School Basketball
Behind closed doors the Jamestown H. S. squad trains for Silver Creek tonight and Warren Saturday. Jamestown tops Lake Shore league, has four wins in five starts, beat Dunkirk and Fredonia, and faces a cautious Silver Creek. Warren's team shows strength, rode a 23 to 20 win over Titusville, while Jamestown reserves meet Warren juniors in the preliminary.
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Silver Creek
Warren
Jamestown
Dunkirk
Fredonia
Lafayette
Titusville
Blue and White
James
Bench managers regain spotlight in major leagues
The piece notes a shift toward Bench managers returning to regular duty and names Bucky Harris as a leading example. It recalls 1926 when several managers, including Tris Speaker Ty Cobb Eddie Collins George Sisler Rogers Hornsby and Dave Bancroft, held daily on-field duties. Harris led Washington to Pennants in 1924 and 1925 but fell to third in 1927.
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Ray Schalk
Roger
Tris Speaker
Cleveland Indians
Ty Cobb
Detroit Tigers
Bucky Harris
Washington Senators
Eddie Collins
Chicago White Sox
George Sisler
St. Louis
Browns
Rogers Hornsby
St. Louis Cardinals
Dave Bancroft
Boston Braves
Harris
Senators
Washington
Noted European on American business and sports quirks
A playful string of observations notes Americans betting on horse racing, Olympic travel limits for wives, hockey teams seeking Olympic status, rolling pins, radio broadcasting as cure, and geopolitical quips about Nicaragua and Mussolini, all in a satirical newspaper voice.
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America
Church Loop Three Week Schedule and Captains Named
The Internchurch basketball league announces a three week schedule and team captains. Games start January 29 with Presbyterian at Grace, Lutherans versus First M. E. at First M. E., Episcopalians at Baptist. Captains include Grace seniors Harold Pater sen and juniors Rexford Bloomgren.
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Internchurch Basketball League
Fr. Herrick
Presbyterian Va
Grace
First
M. E
Baptist
Baptist Church
Presbyterian
Pirot M. E
Grace M. E
Harold Patersen
Rexford Bloomgren
Verna Thompson
Gladys Hoegatedt
Richard Dentler
William Tingwall
Eleanor Jacquins
Catherine Reed
Presbyterians
Wil
White Sox Seeks Shortstop as Redfern Arrives in 1920s Talk
Tf reports from Chicago note Chalmer Cisseil challenging for the shortstop job after the White Sox acquired Redfern, a promising young infielder, who may shift to second. If Redfern fails to sprint, Hunnefield could reclaim the post.remanent discussion covers Peckinpaugh, Rickey, Hornsby and O’Farrell era context, with Breadon as manager and team prospects for the season.
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Chicago
Chalmer Cisseil
White Sox
Redfern
Dixie
Nashville
Ft. Worth
Bill Hunnefield
Desire
Hume Bill
Detroit Tigers
Local School Athletics Roster Snapshot
The list shows participants across Episcopal and Lutheran schools with senior and junior boys and girls. Notable names include Liam Anderson Robert Crossett Guenevere Knepp Lucy Donaldson Gene Kelly Sid Kelley Carl Peters Howard Ryberg Martha Nelson Mu riel Keller Paul Me Merle Kinkead and Alice Muthert.
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Liam Anderson
Robert Crossett
Guenevere Knepp
Lucy Donaldson
Episcopal
Gene Kelly
Sid Kelley
Lutheran
Carl Peters
Howard Ryberg
Martha Nelson
Muriel Keller
Paul Me
Merle Kinkead
Alice Muthert
Pottsville man shoots waitress then kills self after chase
Harry Epting, 24, shot hotel waitress Edna Metz, 24, wounding her with five bullets near her home in Pottsville. Cornered by police in Reading Railroad yards, he died by his own hand after claiming jealousy drove the attack as Metz’s rejection was cited. The victim's injuries were serious but not fatal, doctors said.
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Pottsville
Harry Epting
Edna Metz
Reading
Lindbergh Lands in Cartagena to Crowd Welcome Conquest
Charles A. Lindbergh landed at Boca Grande field Cartagena amid a enormous crowd applauding the New York to Paris aviator. He circled the field before landing safely after several passes. He was greeted by cheers and then taken into town where citizens shouted hurrahs. A banquet followed by a ball at the Papa club capped his Cartagena visit as he planned to leave for Bogota on Saturday.
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Colombia
Charles A. Lindbergh
United States
Boca Grande Field
New York
Paris
Lindbergh
le Bourget Field
Croydon
England
Papa Club
Bogota
Bagota
Acosta Sentenced to Jail for Aerial Traffic Violation
In Naugatuck Connecticut Bert Acosta famed aviator was jailed for five days after pleading guilty to violations of state aerial traffic laws. Judge F A Sears ordered immediate sentence and court costs. Acosta was arrested at Bethany airdrome by Chief Inspector George Parnartis and Police Chief William Morris. officials said it was the first such arrest in Connecticut.
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Naugatuck
Conn
Bert. Acosta
Acosta
F. A. Sears
Sears
Acsota
Bethany Ai-Rdrome
George Parnartis
Wm. Morris
Connecticut
Dunkirk Eleven to Meet High Grid Team This Fall
Dunkirk High School coach J B Leidig announced one of two open dates on the 1928 football card is filled with a game at Dunkirk on Saturday October 6. The other date remains September 29 with a search for an opponent. The Blue and White will also play two home and home games with the New York state eleven, the return game set for 1929. Carl Hoepnner, former Jamestown infielder, is the Dunkirk football coach. Ames director of athletes from Kansas State Agricultural College was to travel to assess a football coach for the Aggies.
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J.B. Leidig
Dunkirk High School
Dunkirk
Warren
New York State
Carl Hoepnner
Jamestown
Aheam
Kansas State Agricultural College
Aggies
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