Browns Pitching Upgrades Highlight Hopes For 1928
Dan Howley, preparing for a second season as St. Louis Browns manager, predicts a stronger 1928 club after shipping out the 1927 lineup. He cites improved pitching with Sam Gray, Dick Coffman and Johnny Ogden and a sturdy catching trio led by Steve O’Neil, Clyde Manion and Wally Schang. He praises young infielders Otis Brannon and Ralph Kress and notes Earl McNeel and Heinie Manush expected back for opening day.
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United Press
West Palm Beach
Fla
Philip Ball
St. Louis Browns
Dan Howley
Browns
Ball
Howley
Hattan
Tuck Welle
St. Louis
Cleveland
Chicago
Boston
New York Yankees
Yankees
Sam Gray
Athletics
Dick Coffman
Senators
Johnny Ogden
Baltimore
Brannon
Kress
Lou Blue
Detroit
Frank O'Rourke
Earl McNeel
Washington
Heinie Manush
Fred Schulter
Los Lunas Race Hit By Payment Dispute Delays Route
Los Lunas 48 miles away was target of the Los Angeles to New York foot derby as 96 runners and walkers left. Ed Gardner Seattle negro took lap honors yesterday with 33.9 miles in four hours forty one minutes. The cross country pace slows causing Amarillo arrival to shift to April 5.
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Jim Powers
United Press
Laguna
N. M
Los Lunas
Los Angeles
New York
Arne Souminen
Detroit
C. C. Pyle
Albuquerque
Pyle
Ed Gardner
Seattle
Peter Gavazzi
Southampton
England
Andrew Payne
Claremore
Okla
John Gober
Moberly
Amarillo
Exhibitions and results from spring games
United Press reports exhibitions in multiple sites with results from Augusta St. Petersburg and Fort Myers venues. Giants beat Red Sox 7 Cardinals 9 Yankees 3 Braves 13 Athletics 6 Indianapolis 3 Reds 1 Phillies 7 Reading Shreveport 11 White Sox 10 Cubs 11 Los Angeles 5.
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St. Petersburg
Cardinals
Yankees
Fort Myers
Braves
Athletics
Plant City
Indianapolis
Reds
Lakeland
Phillies
Reading
Shreveport
White Sox
Los Angeles
Cubs
Letting Candle Observed at Broadway Parish Meadow
The parish council observed an ancient custom at Broadway England with a candle let ting. A one inch candle burned for 65 minutes before it.
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Broadway
England
Big Ten Leads In High Score For Cage Play
Big Ten teams posted an average over 60 points per game in the 60 game conference schedule. Totals reached 3,644, the highest in five years, with 1,173 fouls called. Michigan was penalized under 100 points in penalties as the season closed. The funds raised support coal purchases for the parish poor.
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BIG Ten
Associated Press
Chicago, Til
Michigan
Three-Cushion Title and Lindstrom Runend in Sox Loss
In St Petersburg Freddy Lindstrom hit a solo homer driving in the only run of the game as Arlie Tarbert misplayed a ball near a fence in left field. The Reds veteran pitchers and Braves bats were highlights of Florida exhibitions as teams prep for the season.
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Sox
Freddy Lindstrom
Arlie Tarbert
Lindstrom
Yankees Rout Cardinals In Spring Action
In St Peters burg on March 27 the Yankees were routed again by the Cardinals 9 5 marking six losses in seven starts as Ruth and Gehrig each had two hits. Washington Senators completed final drills before two exhibition games in Tampa while injuries lingered for Manager Harris. A public sale notice in Potter County Texas outlines assets of American Refining Co including a station site in Amarillo with a May 9 auction. Rain postponed Pirates vs Oakland after travel. Boston Red Sox regret Giants in same league as top rival.
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Associated Press
ST. Petersburg
Fla
Yankees
Cardinals
Babe Ruth
Lou Gehrig
Tampa
Washington Senators
St. Louis Cardinals
Harris
American Refining Company, Inc
United States District Court For
Northern District of Texas
Wichita Falls
Court House
Wichita County
Texas
Potter County
American Refining Company
Tne
United States
City National Bank
John W. Hooser
FR. H. Eddlemon J
Mytinger
American Refining Co., Inc
Was Orpheus Married
Chicago radio director Floyd B. Johnson says married folk are the best singers. He claims married singers bring more heart to effort and a subtler appeal than unmarried voices.
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Orpheus
Chicago
Floyd B. Johnson
Texas League Doings From Dallas to Wichita Falls
Texas league training heats up as veterans return and rosters shape with Homer Peel in Houston and Clyde Holland Nolan Richardson back in Fort Worth. Dallas sees rest for regulars after a win over Chicago White Sox while Waco Detroit prospects work out lightly. Exhibition results include Shreveport 11 Chicago 10 and Beau monde 15 Minneapolis 12.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Houston
Homer Peel
St. Louis Cardinals
Peel
Danny Clark
Ray Powell
Fort Worth
Clyde Holland
Nolan Richardson
Bert Ellison
Chicago White Sox
Mannigans
Pratt
Waco
Cubs
San Antonio
Detroit
San Antonio Bears
Fredericksburg
Wichita Falls Spudders
Oklahoma City Indians
Shreveport
Chicago
Beaumont
Minneapolis
Uzcudun Loss Carries Purse of Countrymen
Pauline Uzcudun lost on points to George Godfrey in Paris on March 27. The defeat caused consternation among friends in Paris and Marseilles who had backed the Basque heavyweight. A relay of bets had promised a sure win.
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Uzcudun
Associated Press
Paris
Pauline Uzcudun
George Godfrey
Marseilles
Paulino
Mexican Davis Cup Team Chosen to Meet United States
The Mexican Davis Cup squad to face the United States in a challenge round was announced unofficially. Captain Robert Kinsey, Ricardo Tapia and Alfonso Unda head the team with Kinsey noted as a standout Californian player in national U.S. tournaments.
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United Press
Mexico City
United States
Robert Kinsey
Ricardo Tapia
Alfonso Unda
Kinsey
They cleaned up and Pauline vows future fight in the east
Pauline cables encouragement after a battle promising to regain losses. She tells supporters not to be downhearted and predicts a victory when facing the opponent in the east next time.
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Styleplus
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Red Sweeney
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Calif
Kiki Cuyler
Chicago Cubs
Pittsburgh Pirates
Hack Wilson
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Wilbert Robinson
Brooklyn Robins
Bert Shotton
Bert
Robbie
Willie Hoppe
Otto Reiselt
Allen Wall
Augie
Kieckhofen Gower
Oakland, Calif
District Court OF the United States
Wichita Falls Division
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American Refining Company, Inc. Et al
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Boston Red Sox
New York Giants
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Conoco
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ST. Paul Saints
Congress Cigar Co., Inc
Philadelphia, Pa
America
Patterson & Hoffman Distributors
Oklahoma City
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