Charlotte to Host Major Speedway Races Schedule
The article lists a series of speedway events across several cities including Los Angeles Atlantic City and Detroit. It specifies dates and race distances such as 250 mile and 100 mile formats through the year with appearances by Charlotte and Salem among others.
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Altoona
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Charlotte
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Vet Business Chief of Phillies Quits
William J. Shellsline, business manager of the Philadelphia baseball club, resigns after a career with the club dating to 1883. His departure marks the second change since the season’s end, following manager Arthur Fletcher’s being succeeded by Stuffy Muninnis.
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Phillies
Associated Press
Philadelphia
William J. Shellsline
Philadelphia League Baseball Club
Arthur Fletcher
Stuffy MelInnis
Morgan to Risk His Title Again Tonight
Ted Morgan of Seattle defends his junior world lightweight title against Carl Duane of New York in Madison Square Garden. Both boxers made the 130 pound limit easily as they prepared for the bout set for tonight.
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Associated Press
New York
Ted Morgan
Seattle
Carl Duane
Madison Square Garden
Gophers Hold Edge in Long-Running Minnesota Iowa Rivalry
The Minnesota Golden Gophers lead the football series against Iowa Hawkeyes, 14 wins to six, in twenty meetings. A notable recent clash was the 1922 game won by Iowa 28 to 14.
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Gophers
Minnesota
Iowa
Hawkeyes
College Football Grid Schedule From Diverse Matchups
A sprawling grid lists college football games across many campuses including Berkeley, Pittsburgh, Chicago, Michigan State, Notre Dame, Iowa, Ohio State, and multiple Ohio and Texas schools. Notable pairings include Illinois vs Ohio State in Urbana, and Minnesota vs Michigan in Minneapolis, with numerous regional contests and venues such as Des Moines and Dubuque.
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Leather-Glo kjemed Legacy of Harry Greb
In this column Billie Evans laments the loss of Harry Greb the sport’s last great fighting champion. He contrasts Greb with modern fighters who pursue fame through vaudeville and film, noting how today’s champions abandon ring activity for publicity and financial deals.
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Billie Evans
Greb
Attell
McGovern
Fitzsimmons
Ketchel
Stanley Ketchel
Jack Johnson
Johnson
Eckersall's legendary trick play in 1905 Chicago Michigan game
Walter Eckersall of the 1905 Chicago team devised and executed a famed intercollegiate football play. He signaled and feigned a punt from behind the goal line then sped around the Michigan end to surprise the defense, a sequence remembered as a brilliant stroke in the sport's history.
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University of Chicago
Chicago
Michigan
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Maroons
Garrells
Leckie
Boxing Greats Shaping Champions Across Eras
The piece reflects on champions’ careers with Dempsey’s idle years before his rise and Tunney’s plan for a long rest before another title bout. Greb argues a champion must defend whenever a worthy challenger appears, and Ketchel and Greb are praised as enduring fighting champions.
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Tunney
Greb
Stanley Ketchel
Harry Greb
Two World Records Star Edwald Wide in US Education Study
Edwin Wide Sweden’s top distance runner and two world record holder in distance running visits the United States as a prospective graduate student of education. He declined becoming a professional athlete, preferring to fund his studies and possibly compete in track events if feasible with teaching work. Building of the Olympic Stadium near Amsterdam advances, with pile driving for the 1928 Games site and Court of Honor planned amid a soggy Dutch subsoil.
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Otto Peltzer
Germany
German Union Against Alcohol
Wibe
Weald Edwin Wide
Sweden
United States
Paavo Nurmi
Berlin
Amsterdam
Court of Honor
Minnesota May Reverse Score On Michigan
Minnesota and Michigan faced scheduling conflicts in 1926 as Big Ten coaches met to set the slate. Michigan coach Fielding Yost proposed a reverse English to honor the season, and a doubleheader was arranged to meet conference rules. Michigan won the first game 20 to 0, with Minnesota improving and vowing to turn the tables.
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Minneapolis
Fielding Yost
Michigan
Big Ten
Minnesota
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