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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1928
Page
2
Illinois lawmakers wrap a busy special session with a refund measure for gasoline taxes under scrutiny in state and federal courts. Governor Small weighs approval as speakers and officials report progress on tax relief for counties, university funds, and dairy barn construction amid broader fiscal moves and political chatter of upcoming votes and permits.
John McGraw resumes wearing a uniform but refuses to coach from the baseline. He directs from the bench to oversee the whole field, signaling base coaches, a method touted by Bozeman Bulger as the best way to run a game. The Farm Journal notes growing bench leadership across majors with few playing managers left.
Ossie Orwell, hailed by Connie Mack for speed grace and natural ability, joins the Philadelphia club, seen as a top sensation of the American League this season. Barry Bajo retires, leaving questions about team alliances and upcoming seasons.
Spor ting Sauibs and Harvards racing staff announce four fresh launches for coaching duties. The piece notes long careers and current roles of figures like Alfred de Orostil, Earle Sandelas, and Tom Shathes as they navigate postwar athletics and university plans.
The note lists multiple baseball items see players such as Lloyd Waner Paul Waner Derren Anderson Whitey Witt and Brick Eldred. It mentions executives John Heydler Al Landry Sonny Kremb Joe Dens and Leo Dike Strain. Teams include Pittsburgh Pirates Boston Red Sox New York Yankees Shreveport Wichita Falls Kansas City Blues and the Memphis club.
Former welterweight world champion Joe Walcott now works as a porter at the Imperial theater on West Forty fifth Street in New York. Once a fortune holder and boxing star, Walcott, fifty seven, wrestles with lumbago and family troubles while reconnecting with vaudeville ally Billy B. Van, now a wealthy actor and Newport mayor.
President E S Barnard issues new rules barring American League players from throwing the last ball into crowds at the end of games. Violations will lead to discipline to prevent injuries to boys or spectators observing the conclusion.
Under Richard Tex Rich ards guidance Jack Dempsey drew gates totaling millions. Dempsey earned about 2 510 500 in earnings with a peak 711 000 in his first Tunney bout at the Sesquicentennial Stadium in Philadelphia. The second Chicago bout set a top gate of 2 800 000.
W D Ireland of Portland registers at the Waldorf Astoria New York followed by Mrs WV Eng land of Logan West Virginia and B 8 Scotland Joliet US. A fourth guest requests a room and the clerk notes missing reservations as Wales and wife are also checked in. The doorman raises the Union Jack over Capper’s Weekly.
A nostalgic recall from the Ohio State Journal mentions an eminent scientist and a pituitary gland reference, noting caution about accuracy and the habit of checking a dictionary to confirm locations and terms from memory.
A Washington quotation notes that the area you most improve will cost you the least. The insight stresses personal growth yielding the greatest efficiency over time.
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