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Newspaper

Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Mar 29, 1928

Page

23

Tunney title bout plans mix with Blunt boxing notes

New York dispatch details Gene Tunney opponents from Johnny Risko to Tom Heeney as the board weighs a September or July title bout. Risko appears the likeliest challenger while Dempsey may return by year end. Sharkey and Delaney seek shot via May fights, with Ebbetts Field bouts floated. Charley Paddock arrives in New York with Olympic hopes and praises Hussey as top 100m contender for Amsterdam.

New York Tes Ackard Johnny Risko Risko Tom Heeney Gene Tunney Rickerd Florida Gov Commission 6 Richard Jack Empsey Dempsey Tex Manasua Sharkey Delase Audiem Rickard Two Jacks Ebbets Field Boston Humbert J Pugazy Fugozy George Godfrey Knute Hansen Padcock Frank Hussey Amsterdam Roland Locke Charley Jimmy Quinn Holy Cross Harry Wildermuth Georgetown Jimmy Daley Jackson

Auto Owners Will Fight Tax Plan

Washington dispatch reports automobile owners plan to oppose amendments to a House tax bill that would restore the motor vehicle excise tax. Thomas Henry blasts the Treasury and Budget bureaus for unsympathetic treatment of 24 million car owners, including 6 million farmers, and warns voters may urge Congress to use its powers to limit such taxation.

Washington Asociated Press Thomas Henry Treasy Department Bureau of Ie Congress

Motorists May Be Finger-Printed In New York

Albany March 28 Hearing that finger printing all motor vehicle operators in New York may be used with license requirements is being studied by the Bureau of Motor Vehicles. Commissioner Charles A. Harnett disclosed the inquiry and states that drastic steps may be needed to tighten laws. The agency is surveying opinions of responsible motorists and the cost of implementing a fingerprint system. The study follows a finding that current checks rely on criminal records only.

Albany New York State Bureau Motor Vehicles Charles A. Harnett Harnett Asareg

Lindbergh Ready Hew Plane For Test Flights

San Diego March 28 A new airplane built for Charles A Lindbergh nears test flights at Mahoney field with expected delivery in a week The craft features cat eyes for flight and landing two large ejectors on the wing structure 360000 candlepower parachute Mares designed to land on 10 square miles It follows the Spirit of St Louis design with cockpit grid periscope glassed cabin and heated accommodations for six The engine is similar but wingspan slightly larger with 7000 gallon fuel capacity Sir Douglas McGarel Hoge appointed Lord Chancellor of the empire replacing the ailing Lord Care

San Diego Cal Charles A Lindbergh Mahoney Field Otne Caple CZ Spirit of St Louis

Bridgeport Opens State Bowling With Two Wins

Bridgeport started the girls state league with two victories in three games at Main Berangalleys. Bridgeport defeated Collinsville 108 to 86 as Fernquist 88 and Kinder 90 led scoring for the winners while Collinsville’ s Johnson 77 and Laran 72 stood out for the losers.

Bridgeport Collinsville Berangalleys Collinsville Retners Fernquist Kinder Johnson Laran ST S M

TIA JUANA RACE MEET RESULTS FOR THREE YEAR OLDS

Race card results list multiple events for three year olds and up including claimers, horses such as Cedar, Genesee Belle, Jackie Beyell, and Home Run. Purses noted like 400 and 800 with varying times and placements, names including Critchfield, Alora n, and Vanderourg among others appear across divisions.

Rafe Tones Trinhic Smat Horse Critchfield Tima Alagrao Kenstar Jagger Genesee Belle Jackie Beyell Dunn Lantes Luck Mies Chatterton Cap and Geen Trene Robi Chanbrram Vlad Boriha Wolf Time Lil Alotan Hiidred Se Mitired Youth la Jolla Vanderourg Sunny Girl James B. Brown Estivte G Jo Gold Carlos Karlyge Buddylark Elfih RA Op Ly Billy Lodd Rachardson Yokohama Uirl Deford Aloran Chiricesa Elia Osite Oud Kinsley Wanda O Gwen Alweren Jack Fullman Firet Darve Raymond Dale Florenda Margieth Lyce

Union Recognizes Dodge One Mile Boat Record

Detroit and Horace E Dodge receive official recognition from the International Motor Yachting Union for a one mile straight away speed record on the Detroit River. Dodge, at the helm of bs tratt, Syndicate, averaged 47.5 knots over a six lap course with three up and three down stream. The mark, first American record accepted by the union, follows his 1927 150 mile sweep and later wins of the Dodge Memorial trophy and the President's Cup on the Potomac.

Detroit Associated Press Horace E Dodge Detroit Yacht Club International Motor Yachting Union of Brussels Dodge Bstratt Potomac River

First Canadian U S Soccer Series Dates Set

Winnipeg dispatch reports the first Canada United States international match will be in Toronto on June 2 with selection by the Dominion Football Association due by late May. A second game is planned in the United States in early November with date and location yet to be fixed.

Winnipeg Man Associated Press United States Canada Toronto 83M Davidson Dominion Football Association Council of the Dominion Association

Harvard Princeton editors meet May 12 in Princeton

Harvard Crimson editors and Daily Princetonian undergraduates will play a baseball game at Princeton on May 12. Last year the two colleges tied 4 to 4 in Cambridge. Separately, Harvard golf players will compete with Princeton, while editors play balls club swingers with Rye, New York.

Cambridge Mass Associated Press Harvard-Princeton Harvard Crimson Princetonian Princeton Harvard Rye

Harvard Gridders Hold Scrimmage In Cambridge

Harvard trains under Head Coach Horween as Army and Navy split squads practice for an hour with 60 players, three lettermen per side, and many sophomores and freshmen. Horween cites benefits for experimentation and conditioning before fall season. Cleveland Indians beat New Orleans Pelicans 4 to 3 in exhibition play as pitch counts and lineups shift.

Army Navy Horween Cambridge Mass Associated Press Harvard Hor- Ten

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