Texas league openers fire up rivalries across eight teams
Early afternoon play ball signs sweep eight Texas league clubs as Fort Worth faces Dallas and other city rivals. Governor Moody slated to throw the first ball in the Dallas game highlighting a heated regional clash amid uncertain lineups.
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United States
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Dallas
Jakie Ata
Dallas Steers
Dixie
Texas
Beaument
Houston
Wichita
Shreveport
Waco
San Antonio
Moody
Pampa Fans recall world champions in a playful football tale
The piece recounts a humorous, historical dispute among Brownwood and Howard Payne fans about who-proclaimed world champion status after a chain of college games. It mentions a letter from President Dale Gear, a Borger cash customer querying a baseball rule, and local chatter as the Texas League and Pampa crowd brace for upcoming games.
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Texans
United States
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Howard Payne
A. & M. College
Aggies
Centre College
Dallas
Centre
Borger
W. K. Storm
Marland Company
Storm
Americans claim public ignorance of the Ten Commandments
A religious paper reports a two month survey finding Americans lack knowledge of the Decalogue. It notes misremembered commandments, with schoolchildren faring better than adults, and cites odd takeaways such as “There shall be no false faces before me” and “The Ten Commandments is a swell picture.” In Prague, Prof. Peder seeks a secretary after a mistaken mailed photo leads to a $100 travel expense loss. US minting by November 1926 produced 38,110,055 domestic coins.
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Chicago
D Yankees
Jred
Antonio
Bucky Harris
Senators
Bobble
Spurgeon
Indians
New York
Toi
Rock Roller
Telegraph Hill
Notre Dame import shifts as Keegan earns hall honor
George Keegan, famed basketball coach, joins Notre Dame staff after a career at Charles City College, St. Thomas College, Valparaiso University, and Indiana. Knute Rockne makes room as Keegan’s teams won 39 and lost two in two seasons while Franklin College secured two road wins. In Tokyo, ex wrestler Vichiro Hosokawa, weighing over 300 pounds, enrolled at Waseda University to study beyond wrestling, prompting a custom table and chair. Twin Bates stars Raymond and Richard Baker announce mission work in Bana village China after sprinting fame.
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Knute Rockne
Notre Dame
George Keegan
Athletic Hall of Fame
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Iowa
St. Thomas College
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Valparaiso University of Indiana
Tokyo
Japan
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Waseda University
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Bates College
Raymond B. Baker
Richard
Baker
Bates
Bana Village
China
Raymond
Cobb Clock Gift Highlights Detroit Civic Pride
Ty Cobb receives a city funded gift in Detroit a remarkable clock presented when he is at home the time kept by a great grandfather clock given by the city. Officials note Cobb helped popularize Detroit alongside Henry Ford and his fame reflects civic esteem.
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Augusta
Gae
Ty Cobb
Detroit
Henry Ford
Deserters Hide Thirteen Years in Alpine Valley
In Lyons on April 15, the Berthalon brothers faced trial for deserting the French army at war start. For 13 years they lived in isolation high in the Upper Alps, claiming a sect forbidding meat and sparing birds. They showed wild, hardened faces and spoke with a strange accent. The judge imposed a three-year suspended sentence.
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Py International News Service
Lyons
France
Alps
Berthalon Brothers
Tax revolts in Russia spark peasant unrest
Reports confirmed by Kalinin, head of the Moscow Communist executive committee, say local governments have levied heavy special taxes on top of state taxes, triggering serious peasant unrest. Martial law has been declared in several provinces.
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Riga
Kalinin
Comunist Party of
Moscow
Pictorial Golf Instruction Teach Hook Shot Technique
A golf guide explains that every player should learn to hook the ball though not constantly. It advises drawing the right foot back to help send the club from inside to outside and cross the ball’s flight line at the tee. Proper instruction should start with a tee aligned with whitewash lines marking the teeing section.
Six MLB Opening Day Homeruns Spark Wide Scoring
Opening day produced six homers split between two teams. Giants pounded the Phillies 15 to 7 in Philadelphia led by Rogers Hornsby George Marper and Bill Terry while the Cubs defeated the Cardinals as Webb and Grimm homered. Yankees beat Athletics 5 to 4 as Ty Cobb shines, and several veterans starred on a rainy, stormy start across seven games.
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Rogers Hornsby
Cardinals
George Marper
Bill Terry
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Sterling
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Coveleskie
Grover Alexander
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Reds
White Sox
Tony Lazzeri's Rise From Coast to Big League Hero
Antonio Lazzeri, San Francisco born December 6, 1904, debuts with strong play at second base and helps his team win a pennant in 1926. Critics compare him to coast league success and note his growing potential for power hitting in 1927.
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Pacific Coast
Tony Lazzeri
Tony
Keystone
Lazzeri
St. Petersburg
Auto Dealers Leave Tonight for Dallas Convention
Amarillo automobile dealers depart tonight for Dallas to attend the Texas Automobile Dealers association and lobby for the 1928 convention. Delegation leaders Joy Cullum and Toney Chisum express confidence Amarillo will win the next meeting. participants include Henry Jack, Newt Riggs, Roy Cullum, Jim Jenkins, Henry Ansley, Bill Frost, Walter Irvin, Bill Freeman, Bill Newton and Jess Rogers. Mrs James A Harvey, of 1005 Buchanan street, who has been critically ill, shows signs of improvement.
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Amarillo
Dallas
Texas Automobile Dealers’ Association
Joy Cullum
Toney Chisum
Prizes Bobbing For Texans Tomorrow
A opening game prize spectacle features three awards hanging for Texans. W A Lee offers every two bagger in the game a barber shop prize for each team. Roscoe's Accessories puts up $5 cash for the first home-run hit to left field by a home player. J Roy Watson adds six Real Silk hose for the first home run by a home player.
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Texans
W. A. Lee
Roscoe
J. Roy Watson
Guthrie Replies In Warm Terms To Mantell Challenge
Guthrie answers Dutch Mantell's taunts with a factual weight claim of 165 pounds during their Kansas bout. He taunts Mantell, says a Pratt Tribune sports editor will verify, and offers to put his claim to the test against Mantell's chosen challenger. Meanwhile Billy Hallas and Yaki Joe prepare for their armory Friday night bout and plan to top the verbal exchanges.
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Elmer Guthrie
Dutch Mantell
Mantell
Kansas
Sour Kraut
Pratt, Kansas
Tribune
Guthrie
Billy Hallas
Yaki Joe
Armory
Broad daylight crash blamed on sticker obscured windshield
In a London court a motorist admits guilt after claims safety stickers hid his view on a straight road. The magistrate questions how the collision occurred while the windshield was nearly blocked.
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