New York Swimmer Near Halfway Across English Channel
Mille Gade, known as Mrs Clemington Carson, was about nine miles from the English coast at 2 p.m. local time, five hours forty minutes after starting at 4:56 a.m., continuing a challenging attempt to swim from England to France aboard a pilot boat after cocoa and sugar.
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United Press
Sydney Williams
English Channel
Clemington Carson
New York
Mille Gade
English
England
Tilden and Hunter Team the Jones of Tennis World
Boston reports William Tilden teamed with Frank Hunter to form a formidable doubles pair, claiming titles in England and the United States in the same year. The piece weighs their place in Davis Cup, notes France as a likely opponent, and analyzes team dynamics and fitness concerns.
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Mary K. Browne
United Press
Boston
William T. Tilden
Frank Hunter
America
Bobby Jones
Hunter
All England
United States
Doherty Brothers
England
Tilden
Johnston
Tilden-Hunter
France
Wimbledon
Cochet
Brugnon
Dick Williams
Williams
Vincent Richards
Little Bill
Two Drivers Injured in Monday Race Events
Colorado Springs report notes George Doty suffered possible skull fracture and internal injuries after his Dodge special fell 60 feet from an embankment in yesterday’s Pikes Peak races. Glen Schultz and Wild Bill Bentrup won the open and stock car events, as minor mishaps thrill spectators. Denver hospitalized driver John Donley, 27, was seriously injured in a 25 mile open event at Overland Park Labor Day after a collision and wheel interlock at 60 mph.
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United Press
George Doty
Pikes Peak
Glen Schultz
Wild Bill Bentrup
Denver
John Donley
Overland Park
Labor Day
Donley
Grand Ball Climax of Amarillo Labor Day Festivities
A grand ball at the Nat capped Amarillo's Labor Day celebration. Labor groups participated with representatives present as thousands attended parade, and the Sells Floto circus entertained crowds yesterday afternoon and evening.
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Amarillo
Sells-Floto
Bangor man learns marriage plans published in paper
A Bangor youth discovers his marriage intentions were printed in the morning newspaper. He goes to the city clerk to learn that a young woman he knew had arranged for him to be married. No details of his discussion with her are recorded.
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Bangor
Little Billy Johnston's Davis Cup legacy and 1927 prospects
The piece reviews Little Billy Johnston's storied Davis Cup record from 1920 to 1926, noting victories over Gobert, Kumagae, Shimizu, Lacoste, Borotta, Patterson, and Hawkes. It questions whether he can compete in 1927 and comments on his status as a premier American tennis figure.
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Billy Johnston
East
Bill
Australia
Johnston
Gobert
France
Tilden
Laurentz
England
Parke
Kingscote
Brookes
Patterson
Little Billy
Kumagae
Shimizu
Japan
J. O. Anderson
Gerald Patterson
Jim” Anderson
Little Bill
Johnny Hawkes
Bills
Pat O'Hara Wood
Little William the Conqueror
Lacoste
Borotta
Big Ten Football Schedules Include Regional Matchups
Big Ten teams will face squads from the east south southwest and Rocky Mountain regions this fall with no Pacific coast participation unless invited to the Rose Bowl. Kentucky Indiana Oklahoma and Missouri appear on several lists while Minnesota Drake Oklahoma A M and Denver Montana State Utah meet Big Ten foes.
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Pacific Coast
Big Ten
Rocky Mountains
Penn-Chicago
Harvard
Kentucky
Indiana
Minnesota
Drake
Oklahoma
Southwest
Chicago
Northwestern
Missouri
Wisconsin
Kansas
Denver
Montana State
Utah
Iowa
Purdue
Little Spitfire Wins Eleventh Annual Hydro Race
The only American entry, Little Spitfire, driven by J. H. Rand Jr. of Buffalo, won the eleventh annual day defeating British and German rivals. Newe finished second with Sigrid V third. Hornet retired due to a broken oil line. Little Spitfire averaged 87.497 mph over three heats.
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United Press
Detroit
Mich
Little Spitfire
J. H. Rand, Jr
Buffalo
Newe
M. B. Carstairs
British Motor Boat Club
Sigrid V
R. C. Kreuger
Germany
Count BE
Tehwetes
Sigrid VI
Hornet
Gibson Bradfield
Barnesville
Ohio
Rand
Horace F. Dodge
Jockey Willie Martin Dies in Aurora Hospital
Willie Martin a famous jockey from forty years ago died in an Aurora hospital. He had served as a track official for several years.
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Aurora
Willie Martin
Barrett Sets Sally League Home Run Mark
Knoxville catcher Bill Barrett broke the Sally League record with his 36th homer, establishing a new benchmark for the league this season.
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Bill Barrett
Knoxville
Iowa Football Loses Kutsch Worry to Find Kicker
Iowa City reports that the University of Iowa football team will lack its famed ball tosser Nick Cowboy Kutsch this season as he is not returning. The All-American tackle Nelson anchors the line but Kutsch’s absence adds uncertainty for Hawkeye hopes alongside scholastic issues facing Mayes McLain.
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South
Charles Bernier
Hampden-Sidney College
Bernier
Virginia
Harry Stuhldreher
Notre Dame
Four Horsemen
Ed Melansen
Villanova
Stuhldreher
Melansen
Elmer Layden
Iowa
Kutsch
International News Service
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Nelson
Nick
Main Street
Hawkeye
Mayes McLain
McLain
Haskell
Burton Ingversen
Tneworsen
Hogan
Bob Cubel
Towa
Minnesota
Minneapolis
Denver University
University of Hlinoin
Lowa City
Wisconsin
Madison
Northwestern
Evanston
Lockhart Wins Labor Day Race Over 14 Cars
Frank Lockhart, driving a Miller Special, won the 200 mile Labor Day speedway race in Altoona, Pennsylvania, posting 1:42:40.4 at an average 117.5 mph. Pete de Paolo finished second and Babe Stapp third. Cliff Woodbury crashed at mile 160 suffering several fractured ribs.
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Hy United Presa
Altoona
Frank Lockhart
Pete de Paolo
Babe Stapp
Cliff Woodbury
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Feg Murray
Tunney
Creree
Ate Mhaery Aton Cf Tennis
Bill Madden
Columbia
Walter Koppisch
Jack Lorch
Madden
Joseph Borden
Josephs
Philadelphia
Mathewson
Overall
Plank
Bender
Reulbach
Dubue
Clerkson
Frank Cavanaugh
Fordham
Bill Feaster
Cavanaugh
Lockhart
DE Paola
Stapp
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