Lisle Stages Comeback After Cleveland Release
Floyd Lisle, released by the Saints, returns to the lineup with the Western league club and blossoms into a searing catcher. Under coach Jack Adams, Lisle posts a .264 season batting average, 74 hits, 85 runs, and 102 total bases while making 373 chances with only five errors in 80 games. He finishes near Adams in fielding and promises improvement for next year.
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ST. Joseph
Floyd Lisle
Saints
Floyd
Jack Adams
Adams
Ato
Aly
Lisle
Abbot
Des Moines
Dutch Mantel set to face Zarlin in Armory wrestling clash
Swedish wrestler Zarlin to meet Dutch Mantel in a Friday night match at the Armory. Mantel vows to punish foes Carlin Guthrie and Gripel after feeling freed into the bout. Carlin and Mantell seek a decisive finish. Also scheduled is a 45 minute hand¢teap event with Clear Kaufman throwing Otis Clingman, an Amarillo middleweight Navy champion. Clingman’s trophies are on display at City Drug store.
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Dutch Mantel
Johnny Zarlin
Mantel
Carlin
Guthrie
Gripel
Mantell
Wrestlg
Aufman
Otis Clingman
Kaufman
Clingman
Amarillo
Navy
Exibit
City
Rosenberg Plays Usual Trick Amid Ball Scandal Talk
Boxing and baseball figures dominate this wrap of 1927 sports fallout. Rosenberg backs out of a January 7 bout with Bushy Graham at New Madison Square Garden, amid suspensions and disputes over bantam titles.Concurrent riffs mention Ty Cobb Tris Speaker and calls for scrutiny of fixed games, with Tunney and Dempsey prospects outlined and Pyle pursuing Lenglen exhibitions and Len Gress royalties.
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Robert Edgren
Charlie Phil Rosenberg
Bushy Graham
New Madison Square Garden
Rosenberg
New York State
Shad Taylor
Chicago
Taylor
National Boxing Board
L. F
K. By
Rosy
California
New York
New Jersey
Illinois
Speaker
Cobby Cobb
Tris Speaker
Smy
Ty Cobb
Tris
Salem
McCoy's Liver Oil Compound Promises Gains For Underweight
Advertises McCoy's Liver Oil Compound tablets as boosting energy, strength, and weight for thin men and women. Claims examples of Alberta Rogers gaining 15 pounds in six weeks and another woman adding 10 pounds in 22 days. Priced at 60 cents for sixty tablets with a money back guarantee if 5 pounds aren’t gained in 30 days.
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McCoy
McCoy's
Alberta Rogers
McCoy’s
Randal Drug Co
Fox Drug Co
Red Sox Outfielder Sets Record With Trio of Double Plays
Boston star Ira Flagstead made American and tied National league marks by three double plays as center fielder in a 2 1 victory over Philadelphia on Patriots Day. The record save three runs, capping a career that transformed him from Tigers reserve to one of the league’s top outfielders.
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RED Sox
Boston
Ira Flagstead
Boston Red Sox
Tris Speaker
Cleveland Indians
Flagstead
Jack McCarthy
Philadelphia Athletics
Haney
Herrera
Bischoff
Athletics
Detroit Tigers
Ty Cobb
Lee Fohl
Cobb
Detroit
Tiger
Donie Bush Named Pittsburgh Pirates Manager in 1927
Feg Murray profiles Donie Bush, veteran shortstop and manager of Indianapolis, future Pirates boss at age 38? The piece notes his fought reputation, prior roles with Detroit Washington and Indianapolis, and hopes for team success while mentioning his November 8, 1888 birth and a playful jab about Dempsey.
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Owen
Donie) Bush
Indianapolis
American Association
Pittsburgh Pirates
Donie
Pirates
Mateer
Pittsburgh
Donie Bush
Art Fletcher
Phils
Mr. Bush
Bush
Detroit
Washington Senators
Stanley Harris
Feg Murray
Dempsey
Mother of Pro Team From Hudson Brothers in Woodward
Mrs Ida B Hudson of Woodward Oklahoma is mother of a five member professional basketball squad ages 15 to 30 The Hudson brothers Fred Robert Jesse Glenn and Arley have played together for three years and will begin a road trip to Arkansas and Oklahoma this week spanning five or six towns.
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Associated Press
Woodward
Okla
Ida B. Hudson
Hudson Brothers
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Fred
Robert
Jesse
Glenn
Arley
Hoppe Trails Hagenlacher In 1500-Point Billiards Match
Willie Hoppe trailed defending champion Eric Hagenlacher 500 to 436 in the first block of a 1500 point title match at the Hotel Pennsylvania. Hagenlacher needing 60 more points finished his turn with 472 as Hoppe added 45 in his turn and saw Hagenlacher extend a 472 point total with a 23 point unfinished run.
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Associated Press
New York
Willie Hoppe
Eric Hagenlacher
Pennsylvania
Hagenlacher
Hoppe
World's Largest Turbine Generator Commissioned at New East River Station
The installation of a 60,000 kilowatt turbine generator at New East River railway station marks a milestone in power capacity. It can generate energy sufficient to pull 47 trains, underscoring a leap in regional railway infrastructure.
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East River
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Black Sox
Cobb Speaker
Coolidge
Landis
Tunney
Jack Dempsey
Jess Willard
Gene Tunney
Gene
Miske
Brennan
Carpentier
Firpo
Pyle
Cash Pyle
Helen Wills
Lenglen
Miss Wills
Tex Rickard
Pouce
Browning-Ferris Machinery Co
W. A. Browning Machinery Co
Nunn Bldg
Polk St
L. E. Cahill and Company Certified Public AccountAnts
Amarillo Building
D. C
C. O. Hess
Room
Blackburn Wid
Landis Stutchey
San Jacinto
Oliver-Eakle
Marland Service
Marland Oils
Marland
Marlandsv
Polk St. Amarillo, Texas
United Auto Replacement Company
West Sixth Street
Amarillo, Texas
G. F. Neel
Panhandle Highway
R. T. Hodges
Texas
Braswell Bros
Sixth St
Geo. W. Stuck’s Garage
Fifth and Buchanan
J. R. Holloman Grocery
East Fourth
Bush & Walker Garage
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