Childress Iron Men to Meet Amarillo Pros This Week
A cross-country event for the Lindsay Trophy draws twenty runners in a four mile race starting at Metropolitan park East Amarillo. Open to Amarillo residents, the course includes gulleys fences marshy ground and a half lap inside the park. The event precedes the Panhandle cross-country meet with colleges part and more spring races planned.
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Childress Iron Men
Amarillo
Croest Co
R. Lindsay
Gibson Bros Store
Arthur Hamilton
Metropolitan Park
Geese Hunt Yields Five Big Canadian Honkers
Frank McBroom and Hugh Wake working for Fred Bone hunted Satur day and killed five big Canadian honkers. The year’s first geese were cheered by local hunters amid reports of sand hill cranes swarming fields and lakes as the big flight is expected mid November and to linger all winter. Paper made from rags until 1850 is noted.
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Frank McBroom
Hugh Wake
Fred Bone
Jigger Statz Set for Brooklyn Debut Next Season
The Coast League star known as The Jigger, Arnold Statz, will return to the Major Leagues with Brooklyn. Once with the Giants, then the Cubs, he excelled in the Coast League, leading two-baggers and triples and likely powering a major comeback. He is praised for fielding, batting above 1925’s .264, and is also a savvy amateur golfer with a 67 score in 1923 at San Gabriel.
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Arnold Statz
Brooklyn
Flatbush
Statz
Arnold
Giants
Cubs
Los Angeles Club
Holy Cross
San Gabriel
Los Angeles
U. S. Golf Association
Mary Browne
Tradition Fades as Yale and Harvard Reform Football
Yale and Harvard scrap old methods to build a 1926 model focusing on the forward pass. Yale leads Eastern standings after a decisive win over Dartmouth, while Harvard, after a rough start, rebounds with a win over William and Mary.
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Associatedress
New York
Yale
Harvard
Blu
Crimson
Dartmouth
William and Mary
Yule
Majtr W. E. Prichard
Germany Limits Meal Prices In Rail Stations
Germany enforces a price reduction campaign with a law requiring warm meals in essential railway stations for not more than forty eight cents including tips. In third class waiting rooms the price drops to twenty four cents. Dining cars offer a full meal at seventy two cents.
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Germany
Kopecky Rules Out Rough Mat Fight With Nowak
Joe Kopecky says he will not seek rough mat action against Holl Nowak at the Armory Friday night. He notes Nowak trains under Alfred Mantel and emphasizes he prefers fighting opponents on their terms without KO blows, despite pressure to adopt harsher tactics. Tickets are sold at City Drug Store.
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Holl Nowak
Joe Kopecky
Kopecky
Nowak
Alfred Mantel
McKechnie Out as Pirates Chief After 1926 Season
The Pittsburgh Pirates dismiss Bill McKechnie as manager following a season marred by internal dissension. Owner Barney Dreyfuss cites lost fan confidence and hints Arthur Fletcher could take the helm in 1927. Rumors link Fred C. Clark or Dave Bancroft to a new role, but no successor named.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Pirates
St. Louis
Bill McKechnie
Corsairs
Washington
Barney Dreyfuss
Pirates
McKechnie
No Wedding for Gene Until Boxing Career Ends
New York wire reports Gene Tanney declares he will stay single while he pursues boxing. He dismisses engagement rumors and says he is not dating any girl and plans to remain unattached for the duration of his boxing career.
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Gene
Associated Press
New York
Gene Tanney
Eight Years of Chase May 6 History Behind Manager Metro
The Childress Iron Men pro team led by manager Bill Tilson meets the crippled Amarillo pro squad at Metropolitan Park in a Second independent grid game. Amarillo seeks 2,000 fans, with a 60-40 gate split after a $250 guaranteed deal.
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Childress Iron Men
Bill ‘Tilson
Walter Camp
Amarillo
Metropolitan Park
Childress
Bobcats
Oklahoma
Claude
Bulldogs
Clarendon
Vaught
Williams
Campbell
Markey
Local Notes on Team Preparations and Player Moves
Unclear fragments describe organization plans and long distance measures tied to a sporting group. Mentions of Avwees Pi Payer New Meniee Pheewtie Avivene and BF Poon Teawe deomy O'Connell imply participant names or places. Mr. Chase departed for Douglas and will monitor events through winter.
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Fengiax
Avwees
Pi. Payer
Chase
Douglas
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WAKE
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Jack
Ano Ali
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Reat
Beetrren
Getie
G. Harry Davis
Dallas
Tanlac
A. Wakefield
Mkechnie
Art Fletcher
Metro Strong
Bill Tilson
Egypt
Hal Chase
Amarillo Athletic Association
Mr. Chase
Panhandle
Lealiber
Llano Cemetery
V. D. Beeman
Coats
Barber & Robertson
POLK
Eppstein & Company
Me Dalles
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