Umpire-leaning sluggers Blue and Bishop wow with walks
The piece notes Lou Blue of the White Sox and Max Bishop of the Athletics excel in judging balls and strikes, drawing walks at uncanny rates. It traces their yearly totals from 1921 onward, highlighting Ruth’s influence and the sharp contrast with heavy hitters, detailing how both players rarely swing at bad pitches yet accumulate passes through precise plate discipline.
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Babe Ruth
Lou Gehrig
al Simmons
Earl Averill
Sel Goats
Max
Lou
Handley All-Stars top Judges in season opener 31 to 19
The All-Star quintet of former Handley High and college players defeated the Judges 31 19 in Handley High School gym. Coach Snag Sargent used 16 players with substitutions at every position except left guard. Potts led Handley with 6 points while Stine paced the All-Stars with 13 and Parsons added four field goals and two free throws.
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Handley High School
Handley
Snag” Sargent
Potts
Stine
Parsons
Cather
Eckley
Taylor
Sirbaugh
TP J
Flickinger
Prelip
F. Duvall
T. Garber
Beadscell
Une
L Garber
Ig. Eet
R. Duvall
Thrift
Training hunting dogs to gunfire stages
Training hunting dogs to gunfire is usually done when young by gradually accustoming the dog to noise. A stall arm is fired at a distance then moved closer and with larger arms to build tolerance.
Blue excels in walks near Ruth and Gehrig in 1931 season
Blue walks 127 times to trail Babe Ruth by one. Gehrig is third with 117 and Max Bishop 112. Bishop’s career walks total 827 over eight American League seasons, Blue 1,028 over eleven. Both score 118 runs in 1931. Blue led off a last place White Sox, Bishop topped the pennant winners. Blue accounts for more than a sixth of all White Sox runs.
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Blue
Bishop
Max
Lou
Babe Ruth
Max Bishop
Babe
O'Leary
Ruth
Lou Gehrig
White Sox
Two Women Arrested in Dacca Raiders Under Bengal Ordinance
In Dacca India, 18 people including the headmistress of a girls high school and a university graduate were arrested under Bengal anti-terrorism laws. The raids targeted a school, an orphanage, and 53 homes as part of the “no rent” campaign amid growing nationalist unrest.
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India
Bengal
Dacca
Krishnakant Malaviya
Naini
Madan Mahan Malaviya
London
Mahatma Gandh
Asamsol
Tuvalu
Jawarhalal Nehru
United Provinces
Womer
NYU Grid Storm Centers Meehan Removal Debate
An NYU Daily News editorial calls for ousting football coach John F Chick Meehan citing harsh gridiron policies. The piece notes Meehan’s contract ends December 31 and contrasts his era with prior teams, which had not achieved national significance.
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New York University Daily News
John F
Chick) Meehan
Meehan
New York U
Turkey Shoot Christmas Day At Rouss Park
Turkey shoot to be staged at Rouss Spring Park Friday Christmas Day starting at 9 a.m. The event will offer trophies shaped like turkeys ducks and guineas with a large crowd expected and promoters promising fine sport for holiday celebrants.
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Rouss Park
Rouss Spring Park
Attic Story and Attica Referenced in Architecture
The Greek term Attic denotes both Attica the region and a high story above arches in buildings. Architects of Attica, centered on Athens, designed such an attic story to fit their construction style, a practice echoed in modern terminology for this upper level.
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Attica
Athens
Instant of Uniform Time and Greenwich Noon
The piece notes that the single daily instant when time is identical worldwide is noon at Greenwich England. At that moment it is midnight along the 108th meridian and then across the Pacific Ocean, yielding a universal time reference.
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Greenwich
England
Pacific Ocean
Earth
Pathfinder Marzine
British Broker Will Ship Apples From Baltimore
The Baltimore Association of Commerce reports a major British fruit grower will charter all its apple shipments through Baltimore after successful recent exports. The firm praises the loading and landing at Baltimore and says the port will be the load point for this market and likely others. G H Ponder notes American shippers are pleased with the service provided.
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Baltimore Association of Commerce
Baltimore
G. H. Ponder
Export and Import Bureau
The
Port Shipments Seen Rising Next Year
A shipper forecast favorable conditions will boost apple movement through the port in the coming year, with plans for a much larger business than the current year. He cited potential improvements and market demand as key drivers for growth.
Dog Freezes Bird to Set Endurance Record
Mount Airy Md hunter Harry Zepp reports his English setter strayed from Long Pond Rod and Gun Club near Cumberland and was found two days later lean but standing a pheasant. Zepp says the dog had been freez ing the bird for over 48 hours, as it was near camp when found.
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Harry Zepp
Mount Airy
Long Pond
Zepp
Virginians Given Cursory Capitol Entrance Check
Former Virginia governor Harry F. Byrd and companions faced a Capitol guard inspection at the entrance as Byrd introduced his party. The captain asked for identities amid a surge of groups delivering petitions to Congress. Byrd was visiting to meet his brother, Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd, and they traveled to Berryville.
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Associated Press
Washington
Virginia
Capitol Guard
Harry F. Byrd
Capitol
Weaver
Byrd
Congress
Richard E. Byrd
Berryville
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