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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1927
Page
13
Rail lines push into mountains deserts and streams transforming freight and travel. The piece notes Rock Island and Santa Fe activity with new work trains, classes in Amarillo, and personnel movements. It mentions gridiron car traffic, perishable California shipments, and a 22.0 billion dollar U S railroad system value.
The Akron Ohio baseball club in the Central League, recently bought by Dallas of the Texas League, will operate as a farm club for Dallas. Dallas will farm several young players to Akron next year. The $100000 deal totals the purchase, and John McCloskey will manage Akron.
Sir Thomas Lipton offers a cup as prize in the winter yacht races sponsored by the South Florida Boat Racing association and says he will attend. In Minnesota Carleton College will play the Army football team next year at West Point on November 17. In Indiana Harley Beck, a semi pro pitcher, breaks his arm in a Winimac game while throwing a curve. Des Moines outfielder Langford wins the Western League batting title for 1927 with a .408 average. In Jamaica New York Bud Fisher’s John J Williams, the second choice, overtakes Post Time at the very end of the second race.
The race faced a very heavy track and ongoing rain making the outcome uncertain as to which contestant would win.
City league teams prepare with a 8 oclock practice at Clements-Young Sporting Goods. Prior to the season the squads will practice at the Armory during the weeks leading to the league opening.
Former world welterweight champion Jack Britton, after 23 years in boxing, was stopped in his comeback bid losing a ten round decision to Hilario Martinez. The report notes Britton’s long career and the setback in New York on October 18.
Lancaster Pa October 18 Franklin and Marshall College is without a football team today after the dismissal of head coach D K Schreyer. The team walked off after the announcement of Schreyer being moved to freshman coach and Charlie Mayser promoted to head coach. Faculty and students expect reconsideration and the team may return to practice tonight.
A firefighting device uses two large foam generators with powdered soap. High pressure water through the soap chamber drives water wheels that churn the soap into suds, producing a foaming blast from the hose nozzle for gasoline or benzene fires.
In Toledo on October 18 Joe Dundee welterweight and Sammy Mandell lightweight were recognized as champions. Jimmy Slattery was named lightweight champion after Jack Delancey relinquished the title. Micky Walker, Benny Bass, and Bud Taylor were confirmed as champions of their respective divisions. Fidel Labarba retired and the flyweight title was opened. Thomas E. Donohue was elected president of the National Boxing Commission.
New York debuts to cost nearly two million this winter for society introductions including dinners dances and clothes. London predicts a new war starting May 28 1924 ending September 16 19596 with earthquakes and floods. Denver Will of Dr Spivak donates body to medical schools and skeleton to Jerusalem. New York infantile paralysis cure tests involve ten monkeys at Willard Park hospital. Jersey City divorce case Glenny from Marjorie Park Benjamini Glenny details given. Cincinnati Mrs Adolfo Luque divorces after Reds loss due to cruelty and $2500 alimony. Kansas City Dr Garnett Wright prescribes two hours for lunch to curb ulcers. New York reports a world typing record of 153 words per minute by George L Hossfield of Paterson NJ.
Rennyp Base of Philadelphia wins his first featherweight title by defeating Mike Ballerino of Bayonne New Jersey in ten fast rounds. Ballerino, a former senior lightweight champion, falls short in the title bout.
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