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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1927
Page
10
United Press reports Tex Rickard eyes a full arena for the boxing extravaganza at Soldiers Field with seating from 5 to 40 dollars. Fans prepare for the spectacle, while finish work on the arena and ring continues as sales press toward a sellout.
Diamond Dope lists American League matchups with St. Louis Cleveland Detroit Washington Chicago at Philadelphia and National League games New York St. Louis Philadelphia Cincinnati Boston Pittsburgh Brooklyn Chicago.
Scores from the International League Pacific Coast League and Southern Association show Rochester losing to Buffalo 12 8 and Mobile beating New Orleans 6 5. Other games include Oakland 10 Portland 11 New York 5 Chicago 5 and more with multiple standings and a Bible class notice at 9 45 a m at the Mission theater. A flea can jump 200 times the length of its body.
Feg Murray notes father and son pairings across sports from boxing to rowing. The piece highlights the Schaefers in billiards the Waltox in cycling the Parks and Morrises in golf the Fitzsimmons and Wefers in boxing and track. It cites Johnny Ames and Eugene Homans in amateur golf and Joe Wright Jr. in rowing with Ray Ruddy in swimming as recent examples. It ends with a nod to press headlines about Levine and Britton in boxing.
Chicago Sept. 14 The boxing world paused as Tex Rickard and the state commission reached a smooth agreement on bonds and preliminaries for the heavyweight title bout. Gene Tunney and Jack Dempsey rested while seats and logistics occupied customers and promoters alike in anticipation of the world championship fight.
Tunney, a million dollars and about 450000 for Dempsey, says he is not annoyed. odds 8 to 5 favor Tunney, though experts note heat is affecting him. Tunney trained in Adirondacks and Chicago under protest. Dempsey trains at night with Leo Flynn to beat the heat. Seventy two percent of the earth’s surface is water.
Preliminary bouts for the Dempsey Tunney heavyweight championship fight on September 22 list George Larotto versus Armand Emmanuel Big Boy Peterson against Knute Hanson Chuck Wiggins versus Jimmy Byrne Billy Vidabeck against Marty Burke George Manley versus Yalekun and Jack McCann versus Wyoming Warner.
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