Remarkable Offer Put to Lincoln on Future Club Location
Pueblo made a remarkable offer on a possible future location for the Lincoln Western League franchise. Lincoln manager Spencer Abbott said a final decision was not reached and he would give Lincoln fans a fair shake by reviewing the prospect. Dale Gear president of the league and Dick Breen stockholder were to arrive to join Abbott in Lincoln.
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Lincoln
Neb
Pueblo
Spencer Abbott
Abbott
Dale Gear
Dick Breen
Stoneham admits sole responsibility for Hornsby trade
New York Giants president Charles A. Stoneham says he alone decided to trade Rogers Hornsby to the Boston Braves to centralize management under John McGraw. He denies personal animus or race track rumors and notes initial talks with Brooklyn for Dazzy Vance.
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New York
Charles A. Stoneham
New York Giants
Rogers Hornsby
Boston Braves
Stoneham
Hornsby
Giants
McGraw
Hornsby Denies Controversy With McGraw Stoneham
Rogers Hornsby rejects claims of a fight with John J. McGraw or Charles A. Stoneham over his trade to Boston. He says there was no controversy involving him, McGraw, or Stoneham and notes he is now a second baseman for the Boston Braves.
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ST. Louis
Rogers Hornsby
Charles A. Stoneham
Hornsby
Boston
John J. McGraw
New York Giants
Boston Braves
McGraw
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Athletic Club Hires New Director for February Start
Pr. W. Wright named athletic director and gym supervisor for Amarillo Athletic Club. He arrives Feb 1 from Colorado Springs where he led Manitou public schools PE. Wright studied at Illinois under Zuppke and will office on the club's third floor Feb 1, 10 am to noon and 2 to 5 pm.
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Pr. W. Wright
Amarillo
Wright
Peltzer to race Hahn at Chicago track meet
German distance star Dr. Otto Peltzer will face American champion Lloyd Hahn in a marquee 880 or 1000 yard event at the Illinois Athletic Club meet in Chicago on February 10. The matchup is billed as one of track history's great races.
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Otto Peltzer
Germany
Lloyd Hahn
Illinois Athletic Club
Associated
New York
Falls City
Neb
Peltzer
United States
America
United States Athletic Union
Pelzer
Hahn
Presbyterians Square Off With Friona In City League Tilt
A planned rivalry game features the Presbyterians of the City league hosting Friona at the Presbyterian church next Saturday night at 8. The holiday meeting went to five minutes of overtime before Friona won by two, with captains being brothers adding to the rivalry.
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Friona Town
Presbyterian Church
Friona
Welterweights fight ends in tenth round KO
In Kansas City Spider Kelly from Kansas City stopped Walter Page in the tenth round of a ten round welterweight bout. Bille De Foe of St. Paul defeated Danny Kramer of Philadelphia in ten rounds for featherweights in San Francisco. Leo Mitchell of Long Beach scored a technical knockout over Sailor Eddy Huffman in the fourth round of a scheduled ten round light heavyweight bout in Wilmington, California.
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Kansas City
Spider Kelly
Walter Page
San Francisco
Bille de Foe
St. Paul
Danny Kramer
Philadelphia
Wilmington
Cali
Leo Mitchell
Long Beach
Eddy Huffman
Stanford May Start Two Football Teams Next Fall
Palo Alto reports Pop Warner to inaugurate A and B squads at Stanford with seniors on A and juniors on B while sophomores may substitute on both. Signed their 1927 Chicago Cubs contracts.
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Calif
Pop Warner
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Chicago Cubs
Germans and Hahn May Meet In Indoor 880 Race
Lloyd Hahn of Falls City Nebraska and Dr. Otto Peltzer of Germany may clash indoors after Germany allowed Peltzer to compete in the United States. Hahn trains on boards, while Peltzer prefers open air. Possible meets include Millrose February 2 and other indoor events through February 29.
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Paayo Nurmi
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Texan star Ballard towers over college court record
J D Ballard a 7 ft 3 in sophomore center from Commerce Texas plays for Austin College in Sherman Texas He can touch the 10 ft hoop without jumping his reach 10 ft 3 75 in towers over opponents He weighs 215 pounds has an 86 in waist 17 in neck and a seven foot three inch arm span He wears a size 14 4 hat and size 18 shoe and doubts further growth.
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J. D. Ballard
Austin
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Commerce
Tex
Austin College
Texas
Charles Lingo
P. W. Cawthon
Kopecky vows arm not broken over bout in ring
Joe Kopecky says he will not risk his arm cranking a car and will fight Ketonen tomorrow night, classed as a middleweight showdown. Mantell, who missed his last match due to an arm injury, taunts Kopecky about a potential loss. Otis Klingman vs Young Sampson is on the undercard at the Armory 8 15. In local action, the Teach ers beat Cook Paint 29 17 while Kansas City Athletic Club Eagles beat Wichita Elks 24 19.
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Dutch Mantell
Pet Brown
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Ketonen
Otis Klingman
Sampson
Klingman
Wichita
Kansa
Kansas City Athletic Club
Wichita Elks
Fake message twists facts in fight case
The Associated Press reports a staged sequence around a Safari March 12 boxing match in Madison Square Garden. The hoax telegram and public hype were used to influence Sharkey's manager, while no title assurances were promised. Billings outpoints Langford in ten rounds.
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New York
Jack Sharkey
Johnny Risko
Madison Square Garden
Jess McMahon
Tex Rickard
Festew
Sharkey
Terme
Gene Tunney
Risko
Tunney
Johnny Buckley
Sharkey Labout
Buckley
Sharkey Ballyhoo
Boston
Rickard
McMahon
Jack
Sharkey-Riske
Heeney-Delaney
Richard
Golfing Genius Feg Murray Dedicates Millrose Meet Organizer
A profile of John G Anderson, chair of the Millrose Athletic Association, detailing his prolific career in golf and multi sport leadership. The piece highlights his role organizing the annual Millrose Games at Madison Square Garden on February 2, his extensive amateur success in Europe and America, and his long involvement with indoor track.
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Madison Square Garden
Amherst
Anderson
England
France
America
Northwestern Faces Southeastern in Durant Tonight
East Central beat Northwestern 39 to 26 while Horace Mann lost 20 to Wewoka and Southwestern defeated Texas 41 to 48. Tonight Northwestern meets Southeastern at Durant with Shawnee at Blackwell and Stillwater at Cushing on the card. Gene Tunney refused to appear at the Metropolitan Opera Shakespeare festival in New York. A microscope now magnifies twelve million times to detect disease germs.
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Northwestern
Horace Mann
Wewoka
Texas
Southwestern
Southeastern
Durant
Shawnee
Blackwell
Stillwater
Cushing
Tunney
United Press
New York
Gene Tunney
Florida
Metropolitan Opera House
City Leaguers Hit Court Tonight in Amarillo
City Leaguers meet at the Amarillo Athletic club court with Clemente Young facing Piggly five and City Drug taking on Mistletoe Creamery. A playoff between Presbyterians and City Drug is set for Tuesday to resolve a tie, after a disputed game.
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Piggly Five
City Drug
Amarillo Athletic Club
Presbyterians
Clementa Young
Miami Games Set to Decide Three County Titles
Special to The Globe. Miami January 26. Miami Canadian High School teams meet Thursday night to decide the Roberts Gray and Hemphill county titles. The series winner advances to Canyon for the district meeting in February. Pampa Canadian and Miami form the trio, with Canadian planning an upset to earn a spot at Canyon.
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Miami
Roberts
Gray
Hemphill
Canyon
Pampa
Canadian
Hahn Keeps His Race Record
Lloyd Hahn of Nebranks, star middle distance runner, won the Hutler Memorial race at the St. Joseph's in door meet in Newark New Jersey. Officials miscounted the distance turning 1176 yards, Hahn extending his winning streak. Phil Edwards of New York University finished second, ten yards back, in a 2:43.4 unofficial time for the longer event.
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Nebranks
Hutler
Hahn
Phil Edwards
New York University
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