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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1930
Page
6
The veteran recalls differences between college and pro football. He notes pros are cleaner and smarter, with hard but fair tackling. On a Red Grange play, he recounts blocking the end and a later clash that earned an unnecessary roughness call.
Martinsburg West Virginia December 24 six big league clubs would fund Blue Ridge League clubs with 5000 dollars a year each to keep the Class D loop running. Lewis H Thompson founder and Martinsburg club president urged the plan and backed Billy Evans Indians GM who said Cleveland would quit outright ownership but supply funds in exchange for player access. Thompson argued salaries in the Blue Ridge are too high and should be cut by at least 35 percent to avoid deficits.
Connie Mack marks his 68th birthday while still managing. The Associated Press reports the baseball icon continues to focus on the future and remains active during the ruletide season.
The federal fishery program will establish a trout and bass culture station near Leetown Jefferson County West Virginia. The project entails acquiring up to 100 acres at a cost of about 35000 and converting local properties including John Gardner mill for hatching and rearing. Construction will start in spring after legal work ends.
Gross receipts from the Army Navy charity football game at Yankee Stadium on December 13 totaled 632,577.26. Sales from tickets, radio, programs and autographed items, plus other sources, funded the event. Expenses of the citizens committee reduced the net and accounts for transit costs of West Point and Annapolis squads.
A half million dollars, after all remaining expenses are paid, will be available for charitable purposes through Salvation Army channels.
Albert W. Snyder, 25, was sentenced to six months on one charge and held for the grand jury on two others after terrorizing Emmitsburg. He forced Deputy Sheriff Adelsberger into a car at gunpoint, then returned on foot. He was fined 150 dollars for driving drunk and 20 dollars for driving without a license.
A widow recalls Christmas morning four years since when her husband George W Nelson died on December 25 1926. She visits his lonely grave in a village churchyard and prays for a heavenly reunion as she mourns. By His Loving Wife. (12-24-11)
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