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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1927
Page
11
A condensed preview of 1927 college football with Notre Dame and Army as leading stories. Noting key early games including Navy vs Notre Dame and Purdue Indiana matchups, it highlights the anticipated lineup and big tests across the season.
Results show New York 2-7 and 6-1 for yesterday with Chicago 6, Philadelphia 4 and 5 for other matchups. Dixie Series New Orleans 1 Wichita Falls 11. American Association games Minneapolis 3 at Milwaukee 7 and St Paul 4 at Kansas City 17 with Columbus at Indianapolis listed as no game.
Protests against secret investigations into airplane accidents have been sent to Prime Minister Bruce. The Air Accidents Investigation Committee has held private sessions on recent crashes, with government officials set to discuss the issue.
An old Greek sculpture Laocoon is described with Athena aiding Greeks. The piece humorously reimagines Ruth Gehrig and Lazzeri as figures attacked by serpents, contrasting National and American Leagues curveball pitching and joking about players and teams. A closing note mentions Cornell football star Mike Rapuano.
The crowd of 150000 saw Gene Tunney outbox and outlast Jack Dempsey over ten rounds. Tunney landed better in most rounds, with Dempsey scoring a seventh round knockdown but Tunney recovered to dominate the later rounds. The writer notes Dempsey’s quest to regain the title ends as Tunney’s defense holds strong.
Babe Ruth hit his fifty sixth home run and one safety in five at bats to lift the game for the Yankees against Detroit. Gehrig had a triple and a single in four chances, Hornsby added two homers and two singles in eight at bats. Tris Speaker failed in a pinch hit, Cobb rested. Averages listed for Moonee, Hornsby, Speaker, and others with limited readable figures from the box score.
Gene Tunney, after beating Jack Dempsey, is profiled as a boxer not a social climber. In the Chicago dressing room were Bernard Gimbel and Lord Clydesdale, plus friends including a former WWI marine and a policeman. Tunney's social ascent contrasted with his focus on training and loyalty to his team.
In Chicago the Middle Atlantic team led by Bill Tilden and Wallace Johnson of Philadelphia beat the Missouri Valley squad 3 matches to none. Tilden and Johnson defeated Brown Coggeshell 6 2 6 4 in doubles while Berkeley Bell from Austin upset John Doeg 8 6 3 6 6 1.
Bureau of American Ethnology notes that Indians learned to chip flint into arrowheads by pressure rather than hammer blows. A bone pressed the flint while moved quickly, causing flakes to detach where a strike would not.
Promoter Elmer Guthrie promotes the indoor match at the Amarillo armory, Fifth and Adams, featuring Hill Romanoff and Joe Kopecky. The weather protected bout aims to draw crowds with their rough style and a 30 minute preliminary by Yaqui Joe and Bobby Chick.
Garden City New York September 23 United Press reports Simone de la Chaume France fails to win in her first U S appearance. She struggles with acclimation and basic play as Mrs Fraser and Maureen Orentz show strong form. Ada Ma Kenzie Canada defeats Virginia Van Wie as Mrs Preselery also loses.
Chicago report describes Jimmy Bronson Gene Tunney's chief second trying to poke at Jack Dempsey before a bout. Bronson visited Dempsey's dressing room to inspect hand taping and hummed the famous World War I era tune in a dull moment.
CHICAGO Sept 28. Events at the ringside at the Dempecey Tunney fight last night were broadcast to distant Soldiers field sections. It was the first attempt to send word from the ring to parts of the crowd that could barely see the ring. An announcer in a dingy chair spoke from the ring and told the story of what went on.
The meeting of basketball players over thirty years of age scheduled for last night at Clement Young Sporting Goods is postponed to next Monday night at o o clock. The group seeks to form a business players league for exercise. Kansas City housewives may soon buy 12 inch cubes of ice delivered to the door by a local ice company.
The Wichita Falls Spudders and New Orleans Pelicans head to Crescent City for a Saturday baseball showdown to settle the Dixie supremacy. After two losses in the series the Pelicans seek a turnaround with fan support and three straight games on home turf.
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