Empty chair to be filled by the victor featherweight title bout
Benny Bass and Red Chapman meet in Philadelphia for a ten round vacant world featherweight championship billed as a title contest by the Pennsylvania athletic commission and National Boxing Commission. Both fighters have strong records, Bass with over 100 pro fights, Chapman known for tough defense and sharp hooks. They had a prior incomplete match due to a first-round foul.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Benny Bass
Red Chapman
Bass
Chapman
Joe Glick
Babe Herman
Leo Kid Roy
al Corbett
Wilbur Cohen
Billy Kennedy
Lew Mayrs
Honeyboy) Finnegan
Johnny Dundee
Edouard Mascart
Phil McGraw
Kaplan
Boston
Lacoste Defends National Tennis Title at Forest Hills
Rene Lacoste opens defense of his national singles title at the forty sixth national tournament at West Side Tennis Club Forest Hills N Y. France’s Davis Cup stars Cochet Borotra sit out allowing Lacoste to pursue a likely final with Tilden II while William Johnston Little Bill Johnston seeks revenge and other top entrants like Shields Allison Williams Doeg Norris Williams Hunter enter. The article also notes Davis Cup win by France at Germantown and includes stray reporting on baseball and batting averages unrelated to tennis.
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United Press
Forest Hills
N. Y
Rene Lacoste
West Side Tennis Club
Henri Cochet
William M. Johnston
Germantown
Jean Borotra
Jacques Brognon
France
Lacoste
William T. Tilden Hf
Cochet
Borotra
Bill” Johnston
United States
Alfred H. Chapin
B. J. C. Norton
R. Norris Williams
Francis T. Hunter
John Doeg
Frank X. Shields
Wilmer Allison
William T. Tilden II
Langford Tops Western League Batting Pace at .408
Outfielder Langford of the Des Moines club maintained the league’s best batting average as the week closed, hitting .408 after six games and 26 at bats with 11 hits. Tulsa’s Casey, back from injury after three months, stood second in the race.
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Langford
Des Moines
Casey
Tulsa
George Lott Rising Tennis Prospect in Davis Cup Field
Chicago’s 21 year old George Lott, a reserve on the 1927 Davis Cup squad, challenges Rene Lacoste for the United States singles title at Forest Hills. He defeated Bill Tilden in Florida last March and Lacoste in August, with a string of notable victories this season, highlighting his drop shots, hard hits, and sharp court sense.
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George Lott
Chicago
United States
Rene Lacoste
Prince
Young Lott
Forest Hills
Florida
Bill Tilden
Lacoste
George
Tilden
Big Bill
Southhampton
Lott
Louis Thalheimer
Watson Washburn
Lewis White
Toba
Miki
Japan
Johnny Doeg
Johnny Hennessey
Emmett Pare
Fritz Mercur
al Chapin
Western closes season as Tulsa wins Western league pennant
Des Moines reports the 1927 season finale with Tulsa ousting Wichita Larks for the pennant at 101 victories and 53 defeats. Des Moines, once bottom, climbs to third. Oklahoma City and Amarillo contest fifth, Indians prevailing 13 to nothing in the day’s second game. Oilers seek Texas league entry. Omaha meeting called to discuss 1928 reorganization.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Tulsa
Wichita Larks
Oilers
Oklahoma City
Dale Gear
Omaha
Western Loop
Denver
Amarillo
Indians
Lincoln
Saltzgaver
Peewee
Brower
Fitzpatrick
Groft
Guppy
Felber
Tubbs
Huffman
Craig
Jorgens
Eee Waveteueee
Poae Gonzales
Swansboro
Gunther
Davis
Connelly
Nufer
Storti
Wiley
Shupe
J. Newton
F. Newton
Lyons
Kelly
Davis Groft
Welber
Connelly Tubbs
Oklahoma City Oy
British shift to tighten for next polo tilt
New York September 12 Radical changes strengthen the British polo squad for the second match with America's Big Four at Meadow Brook Westbury Long Island Capt Claude Pert and Major Austin Williams dropPED Capt Richard George to No 1 and JF Denning to No 2 replacing Pert and Williams The move aims to boost attack after a cautious first game Captain George known for grit may lead the offense as British plan a potential third game on Saturday.
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America
Meadow Brook Club
Westbury
L. Ll
Claude E. Pert
Austin I. Williams
Richard George
Pert
JF. Denning
Major Williams
Capt. Pert
George
Soprano Toshiko Sekiya Quizzed Over Red Flag Song
Tokyo police questioned popular soprano Toshiko Sekiya after she sang verses from the Red Flag march at a Waseda University Settlement benefit. She said the same song, dubbed a German ballad, was also sung at Shiba Kyoochckai hall with 200 policemen present and no protest occurred.
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Toshiko Sekiya
Metropolitan Police Board of
Tokyo
Waseda University Settlement
Shiba Kyoochckai
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Black
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FORGE
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Thloen
U.S
Meadowbrook
New York
Ellis
Fonken
Saltzwaver
Teck Jorgens
van Nallen
Pickwick
Clovis
Roswell
EL Paso
California
Palo Duro
James J. Corbett
Faversham
William Faversham
Strausa Peyton
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