Cobb signs with Philadelphia Athletics for 1927 season
Ty Cobb confirmed he would join the Philadelphia Athletics for 1927 after accepting manager Connie Mack’s terms. Reports cite a salary around 60 000 to 75 000 with allocations including signing bonus and salary, Cobb to retire after the season, and wagers from other teams.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Ty Cobb
Philadelphia Athletica
Associated Wrest
Cyrus Raymond Cobb
Philadelphia Athletics
Connie Mack
Mack
Cobb
Georgia Peach
Athletics
St. Louis Browns
Landis
Howley
Augusta
Georgia
Detroit
Browns
Bantam Pugs Suspended 10 Await Action
Charley Rosenberg and Bushy Graham, plus their managers, ordered to appear for a hearing before the New York State Athletic Commission over alleged dishonesty in last Friday's bantam bout. All principals placed under indefinite suspension. money for the Madison Square Garden bout withheld. Rosenberg won the 15 round match but forfeited the title for exceeding the bantam limit.
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Phil) Rosenberg
Bushy Graham
New York State Athletic Commission
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Graham
Madison Square Garden
Farley
Commission
Four Amarillo 1927 Contracts Signed By Texans
Announcement by Amarillo Texans officers confirmed four players signed for 1927 including three pitchers and a recruit catcher. John H. Lewis, a no hit no run pitcher, Joe Morris, L. F. Tenning on trial, and Arthur Schwartz were noted with manager Rosenberg under scrutiny over a separate contract matter. The piece also mentions the Grand Canyon of Colorado.
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Joe Kelly
Texans
San Francisco
California
Army
John HH. Lewis
Joe Morris
Dallas
Des Moines
Amarillo
Morris
L. FP
Tenning
Pelgram
Nebraska
Arthur Schwartz
Omaha
Nebras
Schwartz
Er. B. Tracy
Amar Club
Belsior Springs
St. Joseph
Delaney Remains Favorite Over Maloney in Garden Bout
New York February 9 Jack Delaney remains a pronounced favorite for his heavyweight match with Jim Maloney at Madison Square Garden on February 19 Wall Street betting commissioners reported yesterday with wagering interest rivaling last year’s Dempsey Tunney title bout. The odds are six to five and eight to five.
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Associated Press
New York
Jack Delaney
Jim Maloney
Madison Square Garden
Wall Street
Borger reflections and smallpox notes from a texan visit
The writer reports informal views on Borger Texas including alleged local crime counts and smallpox case comparisons with Amarillo. He notes public perception of violence and notes a personal anecdote about a neighbor, J. K. Bozeman at 802 North Lincoln Street.
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Tack for Mayor and Fashion Front in Local Notes
A poem brags about Tack as mayor hopeful with wordplay on names and ethics. The Rocky Mountain News fashion column laments changing modesty, pantie frocks, and the Black Bottom dance, contrasting old days with present trends and warning about public morals and community conduct under Tack.
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Rocky Mountain News
Jersey
Ely
New York
Taek
National Loop Proposes Stricter Baseball Rules
National Loop leaders back harsher sanctions after Risberg and Gandil scandal details. New penalties include three year ineligibility for gifting rewards, five year charge statute, one year punishments for betting on non participating games, and permanent bans for bets on any game. Opening 1927 season set. draft price up to 7 000 dollars.
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Landis
Chicago
Chicago White Sox
Detroit
Boston
Risberg
Gandil
Pacific Coast League
International and
Western
Try This Simple Method For Blackheads
You are troubled with these nightly blemishes, get two ounces of Calonite powder from any drug store. Sprinkle a little on a hot wet cloth and rub over the blackheads. In a few minutes every blackhead, bin or fissure will be dissolved away entirely. Electric refrigerators are being introduced into tropical Porto Rico.
Second Victim of Links Shooting Dies
Cornelius J. Callahan of Toledo died in a Hollywood hospital after being shot on the eighth green at the Bellevue Club links. He was killed by his friend and business associate Andrew Jankowski who then killed himself. The shooting occurred during a threesome witnessed by Jankowski's wife.
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Los Angeles
Cornelius J. Callahan
Toledo
Ohio
Hollywood
Callahan
Andrew Jankowski
Bellevue Club
Janekowski
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