Boxing Champion Eyes Waterloo Return In Exhibition
World lightweight champion Sammy Mandell said by telephone he would headline an American Legion promoted exhibition in Waterloo if a boxing bill passes in the Iowa Legislature January session. Promoter Mandell may tour California after the year and hopes to box in Waterloo in February. Eddie Kane, the Chicago manager, notes Mandell previously boxed in Waterloo in 1924 to aid the Waterloo Baseball Association. Prominent Iowa Legion committeemen back the bill, which allegedly incorporates features from major boxing documents.
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New York
Wisconsin
Batting Order Bothering Chicago Nationals Boss
The Chicago Cubs boss Joe McCarthy faces a spring training dilemma over the two spot in the batting order. With stars Hornsby Cuyler Stephenson and Wilson as core run producers, second hitter must hit run bunt and get on base. English appears closest to fitting the role, likely placing Cuyler atop the lineup followed by English Hornsby Wilson and Stephenson.
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Joe McCarthy
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English
Chicago Has Good Fight Card Friday
Chicago shows a strong Friday card at the Coliseum built by Matchmaker James C. Mullen with four ten round fights. Feature event pairs Dayton light heavyweight Joe Sekura against Bobby Brown, who beat James J. Braddock. Other bouts include Jack McCarthy versus Izzy Grove and Lope Tenorio versus Iowa Joe Rivers with Eddie Shea facing Georgia Nickfor.
Mludkins Picked to Win from De Vos
New York December 25 Renee Vos French light heavy and Ace Hudkins prepare for a long scheduled bout at Madison Square Garden Betting favors Hudkins but names and backing figure in the feud between social circles and pugilistic circles De Vos is guided by Tony Drexel Biddle Philadelphia society man Hudkins lacks a similar high profile manager and is listed as the favorite in betting at roughly the same odds.
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Renee Vos
Ace Hudkins
Madison Square Garden
de Vos
Tony" Drexel Biddle
Philadelphia
Hudkins
Poem fragments and holiday notes in a 19th century column
A collage of reflections on life and charity, seasonal greetings, and quips. The piece includes religious pleas for generosity, jokes about etiquette at banquets, a note about John Warren’s forehead wound sustained in line of duty, and holiday wishes from Estelle who is quarantined.
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John Warren
Mince Pie Passed Up by Easterners at Coast Dinner
Forty eight top football players met Christmas at San Francisco to train for the East West charity game. They skipped mince pie to aid crippled children, with a light workout planned for tomorrow and a near-formed eastern backfield lineup featuring Hargster Carnegie Tech Holmer Northwestern Weston Boston Howell Nebraska.
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Carnegie Tech
Holmer
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Weston
Boston
Howell
Nebraska
Haycraft
Minnesota
Johnson
Nowack
Dlinois
Getto
Pittsburgh
Fox
Gibson
Guares
Aschman
Canter
Harpster
Sports keep 70 Georgetown students in fine shape
A report notes that about 70 Georgetown University students stay fit through rarely heard sports. Quaits, handball, field hockey, touch football, outdoor basketball, service ball, fistball, and volleyball are offered to develop fitness and teamwork.
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Georgetown University
Taffy Abel Lifts Rangers Amid Bravest Hockey Stand
Abel 235 pounds of defense anchors the New York Rangers with Ching Johnson sidelined. The American-born star, who played for the 1924 Olympic team, returns from injury to help push the Rangers atop the NHL American section as he forms a new partnership and drives a Stanley Cup chase.
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New York Rangers
Ching Johnson
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National Hockey League
United States
Saulte Saint Marie
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New York
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Cain
Western League plan reshapes minor baseball under Rourke
Omaha veteran W A Rourke proposes a Western League reorganization to confine teams to nearby markets. He suggests two six club sections with Des Moines Sioux City Omaha Lincoln in one and Denver Pueblo St Joseph Wichita in the other. Transportation costs could drop, and he argues major league signings should be restricted to curb high prices for stars.
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Georgia Tech Faces California In Pasadena Showdown
The writer predicts eastern football will get a break as Georgia Tech, fresh off a southern approach to the coast, prepares for a New Year Day game at Pasadena. He notes southern teams’ seriousness, Tech’s expected peak effort, and caution about travel and illness impacting performance.
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California
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Washington
Alabama
Johnny Mack Brown
Stanford
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T. N.T
Big Ten Cagers Set Holiday Training Schedules
Chicago December 25 AP Long hours of intensive drill await Big Ten teams during Christmas vacation. At Chicago coach Nels Norgren requires two daily practices for the Wildcats to prepare for three games before the league opener January 8. Northwestern faces lineup reshuffles as Hal Gleichmann Rut Walter key spots, while Haas Mundy illness adds challenge. Michigan opens against Purdue with Wisconsin following four days later. Other Big Ten coaches also plan heavy workloads.
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University of Chicago
Nels Norgren
Northwestern
Hal Gleichmann
Rut Walter
Haas
Marshall
Mundy
Bergheim
Schultz
Arthur Lonberg
Wildcats
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Maroons
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Dr. Meanwell
Wisconsin
Golden Bear and Tornado Ready for Rose Classic
Pasadena December 25 California’s Golden Bear and Georgia Tech’s Golden Tornado prepared for the Rose Tournament grid classic on January first. Coach Clarence M Price and Coach Bill Alexander guided morning and afternoon practices as Occidental gates closed for real work.
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Golden Tornado
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Nils) Price
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California Here I Come Song Spurs Georgia Tech Trip
Atlanta fans adopt the revival of the 1920s tune California Here I Come as Georgia Tech prepares to play the University of California in Pasadena on January 1. The campus band and local theatres promote the refrain, with special trains organized and prominent locals like Mr. and Mrs. Robert Tyre Jones joining the trip. Bobbie Jones says no golf on the journey.
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Europe Has Small Hopes of Winning in Next Olympiad
Paris Dec 25 An over whelming victory for the United States and a crushing defeat for European countries is the view of M Paul Rousseau president of the International Boxing Federation regarding the 1932 Los Angeles games. He writes in Temps that America will flood every event with crack men and that Europe is doomed in 1932.
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United States
M. Paul Rousseau
International Boxing Federation
Los Angeles
Rousseau
America
Europe
New York Athletic Club Opens New 22 Story Clubhouse
New York late December reports the New York Athletic Club doors opening to about 7500 members for inspection of the 22 story building. The formal opening is planned for spring with a cost around 8500000 dollars. The club house features bedrooms gym running track boxing fencing showers lockers bowling alleys ultraviolet light room chess and checkers racing pool squash and handball facilities.
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New York
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New York Athletic Club
European heavyweight title stripped from Paulino Uzcudon
Paris reports that Paulino Uzcudon failed to defend his European heavyweight championship and was officially deprived of the title by a ruling of the International Boxing Federation. A cable to Colon Panama confirmed the action as he continued his campaign through the Americas. He responded with a concise "Congratulations."
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Panama
Central America
United States
Hugh Reed Dies. Former Chicago Pitcher Buried Tomorrow
Chicago dec 5 Hugh Reed a famed Chicago base ball pitcher from fifty years ago will be buried tomorrow from Holy Name Cathedral Members of the Old Timers Baseball association will attend the services in a body.
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Hugh Reed
Holy Name Cathedral
Old‘liners’ Baseball Association
High School Soccer Boosts New York Coverage
Soccer grows rapidly in New York high schools with broad interest this year. Newspapers even named mythical all city teams reflecting the surge in coverage and enthusiasm for the sport.
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Valley and Big Six collide in 1929 basketball season
Des Moines Dec 25 The 1929 cage season tests the Valley against the Big Six with Creighton joining the Missouri Valley strongholds. Creighton faces four Big Six teams on home court while Grinnell limits inter conference to the Midwest loop. Drake Washington meet Big Six foes five times each. Missouri Nebraska Nebraska Kansas Iowa State schedule pairs home and away games across January February.
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Omaha
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Third Waner Fails in Baseball Goes Back to Cage Game
Oklahoma City December 25 AP Traven Waner returns to basketball after not making the Pirates He signs as a forward with Oklahoma City in the Missouri Valley Amateur Athletic Union while keeping amateur status He previously led East Central Teachers College Ada with 20 points per game last season and is a Waner cousin of Paul and Lloyd Waner.
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Pittsburgh Pirates
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Lloyd
Pittsburgh Flyhawks
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East Central Teachers College
Ada
Traven
New York Rangers and Americans Sell Out at Madison Square Garden
A complete sell-out was reported at Madison Square Garden 24 hours before the Rangers and Americans, New York's National Hockey League teams, faced off for Christmas. The game would decide the league lead as the Rangers top the American division and the Americans, tied with Montreal Maroons in the International standings, had endured a mid-season slump after two straight losses.
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Madison Square Garden
Rangers
Montreal Maroons
Boxing Commissions End Feud Between New York and Pennsylvania
The New York and Pennsylvania boxing commissions reached harmony after a year of estrangement caused by New York not recognizing Benny Bass as featherweight champion. Bass then lost to Tony Canzoneri, New York’s candidate, prompting renewed official agreement.
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INS
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Benny Bass
Bass
Tony Canzoneri
Penns Meet Notre Dame Gridiron in 1930 31
The University of Pennsylvania will play Notre Dame on the gridiron in 1930 and 1931. Ernest B. Cozens, graduate manager of athletics, announced no dates have been set.
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