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Newspaper
Bradenton Herald
Location
Bradenton, Florida, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1927
Page
2
General Motors promotes a free illustrated booklet about the Proving Ground tests and car value reliability. The ad highlights GM brands, mass production savings, and how discounts and trade-in values flow to the buyer, urging coupon mail-in for delivery.
The article states no limit on catcher and first baseman glove size. Other players' gloves must not exceed 10 ounces or 14 inches around the palm. The distance from home plate to the pitcher’s box is 60 feet six inches. The shortest regulation homer is 235 feet. The batter's box measures six by four feet. The pitcher's rubber is 24 by 6 inches.
The West Coast Golf League 1926-27 season ends with Clearwater to be honored at a Tampa banquet. Bradenton eyes the champions on Clearwater links, while St. Petersburg visits Tampa and Sarasota travels to Lakeland. Palmetto and Winter Haven postpone to Sunday.
Statistics Pacific Coast League games include Los Angeles no, Oakland one and Portland ten, Hollywood six, San Francisco six, Sacramento two. Seattle seven. In Cotton States League Hattiesburg three, Gulfport unreadable, Laurel two, Meridian two. Jackson eight, Vicksburg four. Monroe Alexandria not scheduled. College baseball results list Army at West Point Springfield twelve Army six and Princeton two New York University zero Northwestern ten Chicago Worcester Hot Villa Nova two Atlanta Georgia Tech nine North Carolina eight.
Oneco defeated the Bradens Ton Sales Company nine by 6 to 0 in the second game of the 1927 City Baseball League season at Ninth Street Park. Turner pitched for the Sales team and was wild, giving up seven hits and five walks. Jones pitched for Oneco and allowed only three hits. Malta has issued a postage stamp featuring St. Paul.
A United States Golf Association survey shows public golf courses have risen from one to 201 across the United States and territories. Illinois leads with 22 courses, New York has 13, and California 11 as states expand public facilities. Deipt, victor in the Western Amateur, and George Voigt, recent Mason and Dixon titleholder, are noted among the season’s stars.
Fewer than two percent of US attendees at Citizens Military Training Camps each summer go on to military service, according to reports. Many participants do not pursue a military career after training.
Cleveland visits St Louis and New York hosts Boston while Chicago plays Detroit in the American League. St Louis meets Pittsburgh and Philadelphia clashes with Boston in the National League. Newark hosts Toronto and Baltimore visits Buffalo in the International League.
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