Four golfers reach semis in national amateur title chase
Brae Burn hosts the 1920 national amateur championship semifinals with Robert Tyre Jones Jr. among four top contenders. George Voigt faces Philip Perkins in a semi while Bobby Jones lines up against Phillips Finlay as the field narrows for the crown.
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Echoes of 1908 Hover Over Double Baseball Race
Major league pennant race tightens with Giants Cubs and Pirates near 1908 pace. Yankees and Athletics drive drama in American League while Cardinals and Giants clash in tense NL standings. Browns top White Sox as Heinie Manush fuels St Louis surge with homer double and two singles.
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West Point Faces Record Tough 1928 Football Slate
West Point prepares for a historic schedule under coach Biff Jones. Army will meet Southern Methodist Nebraska Notre Dame Yale and Harvard, plus Stanford in New York in December. Navy relations remain strained as talks continue with Princeton and others. Elmer Oliphant is praised as an outstanding ball carrier.
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Longhorns Tap Clyde Littlefield As Fall Coach
Clyde Littlefield, a 1916 graduate and famed multi sport star, returns as Texas track coach and serves as football head coach after succeeding Doc Stewart. The 1927 squad, with senior fullback Rufus King nicknamed Ramming, is shaping up to be among Texas best in years.
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Western Football Reality Saturday Opens Practice
The article notes tomorrow marks the opening of football practice for Western Conference teams with captains and leaders ready. Optimism runs high about record breaking squads across the big ten camps as the season begins.
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Charles W. Dunkley
Associated Press
Chicago
Bobby Jones
Young Corbett III wins twelve round decision in Madison Square Garden
Young Corbett III defeats Sergeant Sammy Baker in a hard fought twelve round decision at Madison Square Garden before 10 972 fans. The bout ends with Baker rallying late and Corbett's final round surge earning the verdict. Baker pressed from rounds eight to twelve, while Corbett battled fatigue and engaged in frequent clinching.
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New York
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Sammy Baker
California
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Joe Dundee
al Brown
Panama
Missouri cob pipes used as campaign souvenirs
Missouri workers for Roscoe Patterson distribute cob pipes as campaign souvenirs in the Ozark hills. The pipes mimic the Dawes underslung pipe but are limited to rural areas to avoid urban snob appeal.
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International News Service
Kansas City
Missouri
Charles G. Dawes
Ozark Hill
Roscoe C. Patterson
St. Louis
United States Senate
Massachusetts Coal Men Rush Early Deliveries
Massachusetts coal deliveries show a sharp drop in the first four months of the 1928 coal year, with domestic anthracite down about 183 000 tons from 1927. Foreign anthracite arrivals totaled 108 286 tons as the Special Commission on Necessaries of Life reports a busier winter season lies ahead.
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International News Service
Boston
Massachusetts
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