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The Nome nugget., 1927-05-21

In . telegram to Carl o. Heriem from Otto Wm- Geist dated at Dutch Harbor. May 18th. he states that he arrived at Dutch Harbor on the Boxer bound for St. Law renee Island. He expects to do some work on the island and per- haps go to King Island for the Al aska Agricultural College and School of Mines, afterwards return ing to Nome about July. He wishes to bs remembered to all hfs None frinds.
The Nome nugget., 1927-05-21

PsoNEER IaLoo HOTEL WILL REOPEN JUNE i. Tsa.ssnat s.d Hosseskseping Roons Wasm anA Comfoetabao
 MRS. c. V MARsHALL.
The Nome nugget., 1927-05-21

BEING RENOVATED
 S. H. Burgh, the proprietor of the Nevada, is having his popular amusement resort thoroughly rem ovated Jack Nash is busily en- gagged in calcimining and Iainting the interior. and when he has An- ished the place will present very much improved appearance.
The Nome nugget., 1927-05-21

l0s. c. V. lGARsMALL.
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Lou Little Suspends
Three Georgetown
Gridmen

That Georgetown places disci.
pline above mere victory on the
gridiron was proved today by
Coach Lou Little's announcement
of suspension handed to three
varsity players.
Moose" MoslSo, tackle: Bucky
o'Neil, halfback, and Johnny
flanagan, quarterback, are the
culprits charged with breaking
training rules" after the Syracuse
game last Saturday.
Mosko and o'Neill have been
suspended indefinitely, but Hanne-
gan will have to remain on the
sidelines for only week. Hanne-
gan alone Of the trio, is expected
to play against West Virginia
Saturday..
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Fight Flashes

At Chicago-Jimmy McLarnin,
Los Angeles lightweight, knocked
out Louis (''Kid'0 Kaplan, former
featherweight champion, in eighth
round.
Archie Bell, Brooklyn bantam
weight, knocked out Kid Lencho,
Mexico City, in fifth round.
Roleaux Saguero, Cuban light
heavyweight, kayoed Earl Blue,
Fargo, N. D., in third round.
My Sullivan, St. Paul welter-
weight, stopped Howard Mccain,
Louisville in fourth round.
Sammy McLarnin, Los Angeles,
won decision over Joe O'Malley,
Chicago, six rounds.
At Reading, Pa.-Babe McCorg.
airy, New York middleweight, won
from Bobby Brown, Atlantic City,
n. j., eight rounds.
At Harrisburg, Pa.-Abe Cohen,
New York, drew with George Tully,
Philadelphia, eight rounds.
At Portland, Me.--Johnny Curcio,
Providence. outpointed Fernand
Blampain, French middleweight,
six rounds.
Duke Menard, Biddeford, Me-,
won from Jim Picard, Boston, six
rounds.
joey Ross, Lynn, Mass, kayoed
Johnny Troy, Boston welterWeight
in third round.
At IndianapoIis-Rea Roberts
Indianapolis, knocked out George
Ross, Pittsburgh.
At Denver-Mickey Cohen, Den.
yer, stopped Billy Bonillas, Taft
Calf.
At Des Moines-Eddie Dwyer
Hutchinson Kan), won from Steve
Koran, st. Paul. Kenneth Hunt
Des Moines, outpointed Lou Rol
| linger, Waterloo, Iowa.
At San Carlos Garcia
Mexico City, scored technical knock
| out over Dick Wymore, Minneapolis
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5O-yard pass from behind his
own goal line took the starch
out of Penn, is confident that
the Pennsylvania DutclImen will
cross the Syracuse goal line
for the first time i'm history.
Both teams got hard workouts in
the rain yesterday. Rain has handi-
capped eastern teams all week, but
the Cornell squad fooled Jupiter Plu-
vius yesterday by working out in
the baseball cage. Gil Dobie fears
Princeton's forward passes and is
attempting to correct his team 8
weakness against this method of
attack.
Injuries have forced the Penn
coaches to revise their backfield for
the Chicago game. The present COM
bination consists of Ratowsky at
quarter, Wascolonis at full and
Murphy and Forbes at halves.
A corps OF 1880 cadets will go
to New Haven on Saturday when
the Army mule and the Yale bulldog
come to grips. Coach Biff Jones,
of the Army, is concentrating on
his second-string ball carriers.
Yale has uncovered a new star
I'm Johnny Carney, who made
two tOucildowns against the
scrubs. The Ellis will hold their
final hard practice of the week
today.
Guarnaccia, Harvard star, has dis.
carded his crutches but probably will
be unable to play against Dart
mouth, Although the Big Green
team has averaged "A points a game
this season, it is getting its first
tough opponent in Harvard and is
Tar from overconfident.
Duke ShAughnessy, Colgate star,
is hack in Uniform and will play
against Wabash.
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PLAY
JINXCLlJB
BY Les COnkIin

Football teams coached by the
two miracle men of the East"
will clash next Saturday at syria.
cuse, N. Y, when the Salt Lake
city eleven entertains Penn States
Nittany Lions.
Hugo Bezdek, Penn State pilot,
and Lew Andreas, the Syracuse
coach, accounted for last weeks
two outstanding upsets in eastern
football by guiding their charges
to victory over Pennsylvania and
Georgetown, respectively. Satur.
days game will be a battle of
wits between veteran mentor and
a kid coach.
Bezdek, a former big league base.
ball manager, has been developing
football teams for many yeers
while Andreas, only a few years
out of college, has led his team to
four straight victories in his first
season as head coach.
The game probably will be
an aerial battle, as both teams
employ the pass extensively.
Cant. Johnny ROeplSe. Of Penn
Siac. whose daring toss of
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Ex-Coach Brings Suit
Against College
For $4,000

NEW ORLEANS, La. Oct. 10.
Fred NJ. Walker, former athletic
director and coach Of Loyola Uni
versity here, now line coach at
the University of Texas, has filed
suit against the Loyola for
$4,000. which he claims is due
him in salary on a contract
broken by the university.
Walker says he was engaged
under a four-year contract on
April 6, 1925, and was dismissed
without proper cause last August
80.
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CAMBRIDGE, Oct. 19.-With the
exception of Quarterback Brown and
Forester Clark all the varsity men
were on the field, although Guar
naccia, Strong and Lord did not
take any part in the workout. Lord
and Strong are slated to start in
the Dartmouth game Saturday, but
there is said to be little chance for
eGuarnaccia to play this week, al
though, he has exchanged his
crutches for a cane.
Both Barrett and Hitch were used
in Clark's place at left tackle and
Combs and G.. Burns at the ends.
Hitch started on the line, but gave
way to Barrett. Barrett weighs $50
pounds and Hitch is 10 pounds
heavier, but Barrett has had a lot
more work with the varsity. Neither
played in the Holy Cross game.
Ev Donaghy was in the backfield
with Harper and Crosby and French
alternated with Burns at quarter.
NEW HAVEN, Conn.,. Oct. 10.
Yale varsity eleven was driven so
minutes against the scrubs yester-
day in the first scrimmage since
the Brown game, Johnny Garvey,
who replaced Bruce Caldwell at
left halfback, making both touch
downs.
Caldwell and Halfback. Duncan
Cox were in the signal rehearsal,
but were excused from scrimmage.
The coaches plan to use them to-
morrow in the short scrimmage drill
which will be ordered as the final
actual football preparation for the
Army game Saturday.
PRINCETON. N. j., Oct. ia
heavy downpour failed to stop the
Princeton varsity football players,
and for good 20 minutes two Tiger
elevens struggled against two, scrub
teams in a hard scrimmage on a
thoroughly rain-soaked field.
For As minutes before the scrim.
mage was ordered by Head Coach
Bill Roper the Tiger charges worked
in signal drill almost ankle-deep in
water and mud. The new plays
that will be used against Cornell
were called on for greater part
of the days drill, although the en-.
tire repertoire of Orange and Black
signals were given by the quarter
backs.
ITHACA, N. Y, Oct. ia hard
rain drove the Cornell football team
into the baseball cage and caused a
modification OF the daily practice
program. Coach .Dobie had hoped
to give the varsity another often.
sive drill to perfect the overhead
attack, but when he tested ont the
field he decided that it was unsafe,
and sent the squad indoors.
The punters, Balderson and Beck,
and Pyle and Anderson. placement
kickers, worked E outside for about
20 minutes and then Joined the
others in the baseball cage.
WEST POINT, Oct. 19.-Tbe
Army squad took its practice in.
doors due to driving rainstornl
which has prevailed for "a hours
and which made The Plains grid.
iron a quagmire. In cramped
quarters the kicbers were handi.
capped and the workout, while
thorough in detail, was more or
less slowed up because of the
heavy going in the tanbark.
Head Coach Biff Jones worked
his men hard, going over plays
time and again in an effort to get
more smoothness. The Army was
on the offensive for most of the
drill An encouraging feature dur.
ing the past week has been the
very evident Improvement in the
reserves.
HANOVER, N. H.. Oct. 1s.-The
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to take a real man with a fault
less game to score.

Today John Mac Cormick ami
Dick Watson got heads together
and decided to leave the templates
on the middle tee at the eighth
hole. otherwise known as the ia.
nous water hole. This met with
Cliff Wright's approval, who in
turn voiced the fact that number
eight will be. a par four hole
during the Middle Atlantic open
tournament which opens Friday and
continues until Saturday, thus giving
washington'S golf followers an cp-
portunity to see in action leading
professionals. whom they have read
ga s.,,"@N hut seldom have seen.
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AND COFFNAN
CO FOR CASTOR
RY Louis a. Doupher

Earl MNeey hero SERIES and Dick Coffman
rookie pitcher have been traded the St Louis Browns
of the league directors.
McNey purchased from Sacramento the Pacific
League in the middle of the 1924 placed
the lineup He cost the Washington club $4,000
BY his stellar fielding running and timely hitting the drive
the pennant 1t his timely single
scored Ruel with the deciding the game
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the Harvard game found the Green's
coaches emphasizing speed and
timing on the attack. Coach Haw.
ley followed the varsity up and
down the field like hawk, looking
for mistakes. When he found them
the play ins question was rehearsed
over and over until it was perfect.
Precision has been the keynote of
Hawley's coaching system ever
since he took over the football
guidance at the Hanover institu-
ton.
PHILADELPHIA. Oct. 1e.--with
Johnny. Shober still complaining of
pains in his head, the Penn coaches
tried out Al Rtaowsky, of Phillips
burg. n. J., at quarterback as the
Red and Blue practieed IN rubber
pants for the trip to Chicago.
Paul. Murphy and Murray Forbes
will probably be the starting half.
backs against Stages teams with AL
Wascolonis at fullback.
CHAMPAIGN, HI, Oct. Coach
Bob Zuppke. today continued his
search for linemen to replace two
regulars. in the Illinois. forward
wall, who. were injured in the game
with Iowa State Bill Mcclure,
second string man, was fitting him
self for the guard position held
by Crane. Night scrimmage ses-
sions are held under the powerful
arch lights for the clash with
Northwestern Saturday,
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Oct. H.
Coach Wilce, of Ohio State has
altered his offensive. system to a.
three-man running backfield. Grim,
Marek and Huston ran the ends
and tackles while Ohsner charged
the center of the line. Heretofore
.Wilce has relied on two-man run.
ming backfield. The varsity scrim-
mayed for an hour on defensive
plans. for the Michigan game.
ANN ARBOR, Oct. Michigan
coaches are devoting the major
part of practice sessions to the
development of a defensive against
the Ohio State open attack. Long
passes are the Buckeyes specially.
The team that defeated Wisconsin
will probably start against State.
CHICAGO, Oct. 1s.--Coach AL,
onZo Stages crippled University
of Chicago eleven went through its
PAGES today. perfecting shifts de-
signed to BATTLE Pennsylvania in
the inter-sectional tilt here Satur.
day. Bluhm, quarterback, Proud
foot. tackle, and Libby. utility
lineman, are still on the injured
list. IL Is doubtful If any of the
three get into action against Penn.
sylvaria.
BLOOMINGTON, Ind, Oct. H.
Two capable performers, Hull and
Matthews, were back in the Indi-
ana lineup today. Coach Page is
centering attention this week in
trying to correct mistakes in the
line, in preparation for the game
Saturday with Notre Dame. Sew
eral Hoosiers still show marks su5-
tanned in the tussle with Mime.
sofa.
LAFAYETTE, Ind, Oct. 49,
Herman Boots, a rangy 1885,
FOUNDER, was being groomed today
for Leon Huton's place at end on
the Purdue varsity. Huton's ankle,
it was learned, has not responded
to treatment and Boots is q prob
able starter in the game against
Wisconsin.
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Sc I
NEW DATE
Ry Bingy BRYAN

The Middle Atlantic open golf
championship tournament which
was scheduled to begin over the
Indian Spring course tomorrow
morning has been postponed. There
will be two days play instead OF
the three as originally planned.
The recent rains have made the
course conditions so soggy it is
impossible to play decent golf. In
several places small lakes appear in
the fairways.
i Therefore. with the postponement,
the field will play the 70 holes over
the two DAVIS. Thirty-six holes will
be played Friday and a like number
will be played Saturday. Other than
the starting time there will be no
changes in the program.
{ Long as Indian Spring golf
course is, Indian Spring will BE- a
darn sight longer as some Of the
leading professional golfers and
amateurs, begin the first round of
the middle Atlantic pen champion
ship tournament Friday.
The pros and simon pures
alike, will play from the back
tees during the classic. In fair
weather, while the tee plates
are repOsing upon the far edge
Of the teeing- ground, Indian
Spring is the last word, a long
course. and only the long,
hitting sluggers reveI in such
distances from tee to cup. But
tomorrow? That's another
story.
The rain for the past two days
has been the greatest distance
killer known to Indian Springers.
Cliff Wright who is qualified to
speak of things pertaining to the
course, is of the opinion that play.
ers who turns in a low score starting
Friday will discover they will have
played golf. There will be no roll.
all carry, you know. That's not
so good from the back tees" said
Cliff.
Chairman of the Greens Commit.
tee John Mac Cormick and his
right-hand-man Dick Watson
green's keeper, have the course in
excellent shape. As far as lies
through the fairgreen and, on the
putting surfaces, is concerned, the
turf is tip-top, rolled and we'll
groomed.
But the distance killer,
slow. long and hard course, az
Indian Spring layout will he. No
on" 90 eerth csn remedy the
s"''HN'''' - l''"v"pt. 1T
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7 Terry
IS CHAMP

TOLEDO, Ohio, Oct. 1s.-suspen.
sion OF Mickey Walker, middle.
weight champion of the world, and
the naming of Jimmy Slattery, Of
Buffalo, as light heavyweight cham
pion, featured the closing of the
National Boxing Associations
annual convention.
Walker was suspended inde.
finitely for his alleged failure to
fulfill terms of a contract guar.
anteeing q return match to Tiger
Flowers. from whom he won ths
title in Chicago on December 3 last.
Walk Miller, manager Of
Flowers, appeared before the
association and presented q con.
tract showing that Jack KearI1s,
manager OF Walker, had agreed
to a return match within 30
days IL Flowers was beaten.
1t was stipulated by the associa-
ton that Walker cannot fight in
any Of the States affiliated with
the National Boxing Association
until he has fought Flowers. This
means Walker is placed on the
inactive list in twenty-three States.
Canada. Porto Rico, Mexico and
Cuba.
walkers work in New York.
Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and
California viii not be affected, be-
cause boxing commissions in those
States have steadfastly refused to
join the national body.
The convention today officially
recognized Sammy Mandell as
lightweight champion in spite Of
previous reports that It would
suspend him for failure to defend
his title.
Other champions recognized by
the association follow: {
Gene Tunney, heavyweight:
Jimmy SIattery, ligEt.heavy.
weight: Mickey Walker, middle.
weight; Joe Dundee, weller.
weight; Benny Bass. feather.
weight. and Bud Taylor, ban.
tamweight.
In view Of the recent retirement
Fidel La Barba the flyweight title
was declared temporarily vacant.
The recognition extended to Stat.
terry as light-heavyweight cham.
pion confirmed action taken last
Bummer by President Donohue OF
| the association. When Jack
Delaney relinquished the title SO
that he could gain permission. to
battle among the heavyweights, the
| New York Boxing Commission
named the veteran Mike McTigue
to succeed him. Donohue declined
to accept this ruling. Instead he
called on Tommy Loughran. Tiger
Flowers, Slattery, McTigue end
Make Rosenbloom to enter an elims
ination series to provide a sue.
cessor. to Delaney.
LOughran and McTigue, hav.
ing signed to fight for the title
- New York, declined to enter
rhe Examinations and Flowers
was not available because he
had several bouts in the west.
n-rt left Slattery and ROsen-
bloom as the only cOntenders,
and theK met in Hartford,
Conn.,, wIGh SIattery winning
the decision.
| The association recognized Benny
| Bass as featherweight champion
because of his recent victory over
Red Chapman, of Boston. The
featherweight division has been
muddled since the retirement oe
Louis kid Kaplan, Of Meriden,
| Conn.
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In return for these two players
the Griffmen get a steady. ex.
perienced twirler. Next January
q, he viii be 80 years old, which
is not too old these days.
In 1924 he was with the Yankees,
who obtained him from an indie
pendent team in New Jersey. He
won five out Of eight starts that
year and was then traded to the
Browns with Joe Bush and Joe
Giard for Urban Shocker.
With the weak st. Louis club
in 1925 CASTOR won Is and lost IA
games. Last year he won ten and
lost IS. This year he won Is and
lost II games. When it is con.
sidered that he has been with a
weak club, his work has been
entirely satisfactory.
CASTOR stands six feet one
inch, and in condition, weighs
close to 100 pounds. With the
Griffmen behind him, he should
be first string winning hurIer
from the start Of the 1928 cam.
paign.
President Griffith today denied
knowing anything about iris
Speakers immediate future. The
outfielder is on hunting trip in
Wyoming and has had no com
munication with the Washington
club
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Two Regular Brown
Players Placed On
Scrub Team

PROVIDENCE, r. /, Oct. 10.
Two of Browns Iron men," the
been relegated to the scrubs in
the most drastic shake-up since
Coach McLaughry took charge
last season. They are Ed Kevor.
khan, lineman, and Ed Lawrence,
a back.
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INDEPENDENTS TOLL

The Independent juniors will hold
= basketball practice at Hines school
- - 80 e.2A n'nlce.,r
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RAY + OIL Y
IS CIT TED
PAS5ER
By Louis A. Dougher

Catholic University may fool a lot
Of wise ones Saturday by hanging
up victory against Holy Cross at
Worcester, Mass. The Cardinals
shine in the passing game and it
was against a smooth passing game
at Cambridge last week that Holy
Cross showed considerable weakness.
sufficient to lose to Harvard.
Early in the game, Harvard OPEN
ed up a line-battering attack that
split Holy Cross wide open and,
satisfied with that, the Crimson at
once began hurting passes. To the
surprise of the Cambridge coaches,
Holy Cross showed little or no
adequate defense against the pass
and it is this phase of the situation
that interests Coach McAuliffe out
at Brookland.
In Ray Foley the Cardinals have
b right nifty finger of passes, long
and short. He can fling EN- on the
gallop or from standing start. He
can fling 'ern low or fling 'em high.
His aim is uncanny. his accuracy
that of big league pitcher.
Smythe. Harvey, Long and Howell
should be kept busy Saturday
snatching forward passes out of the
ether. If Holy Cross could not stop
Harvard's passes, there is no reason
to believe it can stop the Cardi-
nails.
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Coach McAuliffe will take his
squad away tomorrow night and
win practice on the Holy Cross
grtdiron Friday. The Cardinals
have yet to drop game. The squad
is in good physical condition and
the morale is high. Holy Cross may
repeat its victory of a year back,
hut the Cardinals passing game
contains elements OF victory possible
20 the Brooklanders.
Pennsylvania has chance to up
hold the honor of the East against
the West next Saturday when it
marches out upon Franklin Field to
oppose Lon Stages Chicago Ma
rooms. Purdue came East and
cleaned up Harvard. Notre Dame
impressed upon Navy the greatness
residing at South Bend. Now comes
Chicago to tackle the Quakers.
Until Penn State vanquished
Penn, the latter might have ex.
pected to. win from the Maroons.
The stury Brown cohorts had been
whipped in rather easy fashion but
the Nittany Lions proved something
else again and Lou Young's team
went down to bitter defeat.
[.
Chicago has been coming
along nicely thus far. Indeed,
it has won from Purdue, con.
querOr Of Harvard, and has also
defeated Indiana, which last
week tied the powerful NIinne-
sofa eleven, 14.tO-14.. The Stagg
gang Is coming East to take
deep and dire revenge for that
27-tO-O defeat by the Qualxers
last season. II this vengeance
Is obtained, the West win have
won three and lost none in its
International clashes with the
East.
Colgate and Wabash are also
booked for an East-West conflict at
Hamilton Saturday. The vict Dry
over Columbia makes Colgate a
favorite to win, though losing
earlier to v. p. /.
On October 20 Harvard will play
Indiana at Cambridge. The former
door mat Of the Big Ten is loom.
ing up as a troublemaker and
Harvard may regret adding it to
the schedule.
A week later, November 5, Prince.
ton meets Ohio State at Princeton.
The Buckeyes promised to be one
of the strongest combinations in
the country until Northwestern
whipped them last week, 10 to 10.
Now most folks believe that Roper's
Tigers will have little trouble in win
ming this coming intersectional con.
test.
On November IL comes the an.
nnal tumult between West Point
and Notre Dame. This contest will
be played at the New York Yankee
Stadium and viii attract many from
the Capital. On the same day
Pittsburgh will be entertaining
Nebraska and Michigan will he
facing Navy at Ann Arbor. All
three East-West games will be
interesting and most important in
deciding the question Of which sec.
ktnMN0sSsasas the greatest strength.
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And, too. don't forget that in
Murphy, up from last years
freshmen, C. U. has another
brilliant passer. II it should so
happen that Holy Cross builds a
defense against Foley, Murphy
may prove to be the boy to up.
set those plans.
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This year, playing utility roles,
he got into "A games, many being
at first base during Judges alb.
sence. He hit for .276. He is one
Of the most popular players in the
league, having a charming person.
atty all his own, coupled with
plenty Of gameness. He is one of
the best baserunners in the major
leagues.
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HANOVER. n. H.. Oct. 19.-The
second day of nartrau'h's d-.''-o v
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Dick COffman Is young
righthanded pitcher Of promise.
Sent to Jersey City this past
spring, he won nine out of
eleven starts before being re-
called. Later he went to Birm.
ingham, but he failed TO shine
with the BarOns. He is ex-
pected to develop rapidly, how
ever, under Dan HOwley's
coaching.