Stanford and Army Await Gong
Stanford University reports no major injuries as Army and Stanford hold secret final workouts before the clash at Stanford Stadium. Army practices lightly while Stanford scrambles to keep signals and game plans under wraps with Walter Keinecke sidelined by bronchitis.
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Military Academy
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Agua Caliente Dedicates New Racing Plant Tomorrow
Agua Caliente Baja California will open its new $2,000,000 racetrack plant with an inaugural mile and a sixteenth race offering a $2,000 purse. Eight top stables enter, including Schmiter from Agua Caliente and Wirt G. Bowman. Schmiter carries 120 pounds, Bowman 109.
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Scimitar
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Schmiter
Water Supply Of State Not Serious
Despite 1929 ending with little precipitation, Arizona water supply is not seriously affected. Reports say Thatcher diminished, others like Seligman Prescott Nogales Grand Canyon hold good. Williams Holbrook area fine. Pinedale excellent. White River ideal. Cattle in Yavapai and Cochise in good condition. harvests benefiting from light rainfall. alfalfa in Yuma prospering.
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Ariz
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Thatcher
Seligman
Prescott
Nogales
Grand Canyon
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Pinedale
Whitecriver
Yavapai
Cochise
Salt River
Yuma
German chemist claims new drug detox method
A German chemist says he has devised a process to remove poisonous elements from several common drugs without reducing their medicinal value. An Alaska engineer asserts he can control an airplane nearly automatically by mounting the pilot seat on a pivot and wiring it to the elevators and rudder.
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Alaska
Boxing results from cities across the nation
Charles Arthur Shires knocked out Bad Bill Baily in Buffalo. Joe Tripple defeated Larry Madge in McKeesport. Oscar Moon Baker defeated Eddie O Day in Chicago. Kink Levinsky outpointed Tom Jones in Chicago. Boxers listed hail from Los Angeles Scranton and Rochester, with city notes for each bout.
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N. Y
Charles Arthur
the Great
Chicago
Oscar “Moon” Baker
Los Angeles
Eddie O'Day
Scranton
Kink Levinsky
Tom Jones
Atlanta
Griffith Risko Bout At Madison Square Garden Tonight
Gerald Ambrose Griffith known as Taffy Griff is set for ten round heavyweight clash with Johnny Risko at Madison Square Garden in New York. The bout features a long-standing feud from Detroit last June and pits Risko against a local favorite eager for revenge. Griffith is listed as a 7 to 5 favorite.
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Johhnny Risko
Miami
Fla
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Risko
Detroit
Cleveland
Gerald
Wwiffith
Fifty Wrestlers Compete in Chicago Invitational Meet
Fifty college wrestlers including national collegiate champion Mantooth head the University of Oklahoma squad at Chicago's first annual invitational. Miller and Leach, both runners up for Collegiate honors, also compete for the Sooners alongside Northwestern, Chicago, Illinois and Morton Junior College entrants. Final matches set for Saturday night.
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Leach
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Illinois
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Shriners Erect Peace Monument at Canadian Exhibition Grounds
The Mystic Shriners plan a $100,000 peace monument on the Canadian National Exhibition Grounds in Toronto. The 40 foot design features two sphinxes, a globe, and a bronze Goddess of Peace, with a dedication expected June 12, 1930, inviting dignitaries from Canada and the United States.
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Photographer Charged Over Whisky Sales After Portrait Scheme
In Enid Oklahoma on December 27 Prohibition agents investigated G W White a photographer known for unusual portraits. He was released on a seventy dollar bond pending trial on charges of selling whisky amid suspicions from repeat business.
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Okla
G. W. White
White
Field Thinning In National Junior Indoor Tennis Tourney
In New York on December 27, the National Junior Indoor Championship trimmed 111 entrants to 32 survivors as the third round begins at the Seventh Regiment Armory. Concurrently the National Boys Indoor title event starts in the same drill shed. Players must be under 15 for junior and under 18 for the main event as of January 1, 1929.
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Big Seventh Regiment Armory
Shaw autograph scheme ends with burned sketches
George Bernard Shaw signed five blank sheets for Greek artist Sava Botzaris to draw sketches of him for higher sales. The autographs were burned in a hotel fire, ending the dispute over the signed papers and the missing drawings.
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New York
George Bernard Shaw
Sava Botzaris
Art "The Great" Wins Once More
Arthur Shires, Chicago White Sox first baseman, knocked out Big Bill Bailey in 1 minute 22 seconds in Buffalo New York. Shires then issued a challenge to fight “any man in the world” after the knockout victory. He rushed to the center of the ring, blood drawn from a jaw blow, and followed up with a powerful attack as Bailey reeled.
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NX. Y
Arthur Shires
Chicago White Sox
Bill Bailey
Shires
Big Bill
Hague Conference Opens January 3
The second Hague reparations conference will open January 3 to review work since the August meeting. A plenary session of delegates is planned for 5 p.m. on opening day.
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Hague
Second Hague
Buffalo Welcomed Boxer Expresses Willingness to Fight Anyone
After a match Big Bill fell to the canvas and lay immobile during the count before the referee's decision. The Chicago opponent declared winner and, in a ring speech, thanked Buffalo for its welcome and boasted he would fight any man in the world.
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Big Bill
Chicago
Buffalo
Welter match headlines Chicago boxing show
Bud Taylor of Terre Haute and Earl Mastro of Chicago meet in the main event at Chicago Stadium in a 10 round or less bout to settle unfinished business as the season closes. The Terror from Terre Haute has long been a top featherweight contender and Mastro’s rise has pushed this clash to the main card.
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Bud Taylor
The
Terror
Terre Haute
Ind
Earl Mastro
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Mastro
Army to meet Stanford in Palo Alto broadcast
Football fans have a final national broadcast this year as Army plays Stanford in Palo Alto California. The Nations Broadcasting company chain will carry the contest at 1 45 PM Pacific 2 45 PM mountain and 4 45 PM eastern time.
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Army
Stanford
Palo Alto
Cal
Fury rounds end in a disputed draw at the Stadium
The bout finished in a draw with one judge supporting Taylor and the other Mastro while the referee ruled even. Both fighters rejected the verdict and sought a rematch.
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Taylor
Mastro
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