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Newspaper
Winslow Daily Mail
Location
Winslow, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1928
Page
3
Classified ad item shows rental offers at 209 West Aspinwall and 404 West Aspinwall with utilities included or bath connection. Includes contact phones 145 and 486 and dates Nov 27 Dec 22 23 25. Also notes sale of a Evans player piano with inquire at 110 East Third, Dec 23 2 25-336.
Saxon M J Crenman's four year old son of Broomstick Homly won the mile and a sixteenth Christmas handicap earning $3850. Galahad placed second a length behind Old Slip third, Sea Rocket fourth after interference. A field of thirteen thoroughbreds raced with Orville Brown riding Windswept to victory in the opening event. Upset Lad won the third heat for Belle Isle Stable.
About 1 700 convicts at Ossining Prison had chicken for Christmas dinner. Guards and inmates heard a radio concert and saw a movie in the prison theatre. Condemned men in the death house also shared the meal and the concert in their cells.
Rogers Hornsby playing manager of the Boston Braves won his seventh National League batting title with a .387 average in 140 games. He edged Paul Waner of Pittsburgh who hit .3870 to take second. The Pirates led with 1,659 hits in 5,371 at bats for a .309 team average. The Giants were second at .293 and the Cardinals third at .281. Hornsby ties near league record set by Honus Wagner with eight titles.
The University of Oregon football team defeated the Honolulu town team 13 to 2 in Honolulu Hawaii. A wind of up to 50 miles per hour and rain during a bright sunlit day marred the game. Oregon overcame severe weather to secure the victory.
A report to the Arizona Aviation Committee notes rapid growth in air traffic across the state, with Tucson fields servicing over 100 planes monthly in June to August and 286 in September. Phoenix and El Paso linkups expand as Scenic and Mayse Air Service operate schools and repair shops, while airports in Douglas, Yuma, Clifton, and Flagstaff are upgrading facilities.
In Pasadena on December 25 both Georgia Tech and the University of California held secret workouts in the Rose Bowl day after arrival. Coach Beth Nibs Price of Cal and Bill Alexander of Tech claimed little knowledge of the other team, each aiming to gain a competitive edge for the New Year’s game. Alexander indicated Mason Lumpkin Mizell and Durant as Tech starters.
In Cali Colombia on December 25 Pau lino Uzcudun outpointed Jacek Renault after a tough, defensive fight as 20 000 fans roared. The Latin winner dominated most of the bout and Renault barely avoided a knockout. Semi final saw Kid Lombardo defeat Luis Ramos in 10 rounds with another Ecuadoran, Luis Llaque, beating Horacio Diaz in eight rounds.
San Francisco on December 23 United Press report says East and West stars spent Christmas quietly and prepared for two days of hard scrimmage ahead of the charity game next Saturday. The East may hold an edge with a superior field and two Atlantic Coast players praised for team direction against the West’s lineup.
Johnny Weissmuller, eight year czar of amateur swimming and holder of many free style marks, will retire after the Cook county interscholastic championships at the I A C pool on January 3. He cites cramping amateur duties for his business career as his reason.
United Press Transcontinental reports the Texas state engineer seeks 127500 in the upcoming legislature for surveys and statistical work on state streams. Recommendations include 1300 for the Texas New Mexico boundary survey and 15000 for Sapodan river reservoir study plus 5000 for emergency expenditures and 25000 for 18th and 19th fiscal year stream gauging.
Mrs Arthur S Hanford Jr delivered Christmas presents by plane over Sioux City Iowa dropping gifts on front lawns to avoid Santa Claus delays due to lack of snow.
United Press Transcontinental reports a fatal grade crossing crash near New Orleans on December 25. An automobile was struck by a fast passenger train killing four, including two schoolboys. The car’s driver Ervin J. Cooper age 50, telegraph operator for Illinois Central, and brothers Robert 22, Eugene 17, and John 14 died.
Phoenix Land Office notice states Santa Fe Pacific Railroad, through attorney John H. Page, filed to select land described as NW Sec 26 T19N R15E G&SRM Arizona. Adversely affected parties must file affidavits of protest by February 8, 1929, with Register Henry A Morgan. Publication dates December 26 and January 25.
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