Most Active Week of Southern Football Opens
Atlanta reports the Southern conference enters its busiest week with twenty teams in action. Old Miss and Tennessee sit out but Alabama's Crimson Tide faces new challengers as Washington and Lee Sewanee and Vanderbilt enter the race for leadership.
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Old Miss
Tennssee
Alabama
Crimson Tide
Washington and Lee
Sewanee
Vanderbilt
Maryland
Barnes Star
Virginians
Wondrack
Mners
Roberts
S. A
Tinsley
Weaver
Mississippi Aggies
Aggies
Tulane
Pappenheimer
South Carolina
Virginia
North Carolina
Clemson
Wingfield
Gamecocks
Tar Heels
Whisnant
Ward
Gresham
Georgia Tech
Crowley
Waddell
Speer
Tackle
Stars
Parham
Stumpy
Thomason
Columbus
Georgia
Auburn
Boozer
Pitts
Shoots
Nash
Shiver
White
Washington
Lees
Davidson Eyes Wake Forest Challenge After Elon Win
Davidson hosts Wake Forest at Memorial Stadium in Greensboro after a easy win over Elon last Saturday. The 1927 slate mirrors the 1926 five championship form as the Wildcats prepare for the upcoming game.
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Davidson
Wake Forest
Memorial Stadium
Greensboro
Elon
Brassy Band Boosts Cougars at Conference Games
Washington State College athletics chief Doc Bohler says inspiration from music has value for football players but must be balanced. He favors a good old fashioned brass band to mobilize spirit at conference games.
Jud Timm Emerges as Ilinois Backfield Hope
Illinois coach Bob Zuppke bets on Jud Timm a Twin Falls Idaho halfback. After an arm injury sidelined him last fall Timm returns huskier and stronger and is expected to challenge for the varsity in Big Ten play.
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Red Grange
University of Illinois
Grange
Illinois
Bob Zuppke
Ilinois
Jud Timm
Timm
Twin Falls
Idaho
Zuppke
Illini
Duke Leads NC College Football Scoring Race
Duke's Kankaski tops the North Carolina scores with 55 points this season. Adams and Grey of Davidson trail, followed by Warren and others. Duke has 111 points for and 25 against after Saturday's 72 point win over Richmond. state totals 87 to 33 against.
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Raleigh
Kankaski
Duke
North Carolina
Adams
Grey
Davidson
Warren
State College
Alpers
High Point
Heath
Ciref
Richmond
State
David
Tunney Prefers Open-Season Training For Next Title Fight
Gene Tunney keeps in fighting shape while avoiding spotlight and woods life. He plans next title defense in London or New York against Dempsey Sharkey or Uzcudun. Tunney says he trains year round, not by short prefight programs, and emphasizes natural stamina.
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New York
Gene Tunney
London
Jack Dempsey
Jack Sharkey
Paulino Uzcudun
Dempsey
Tunney
Chicago
Gene
All American Hopes Rise as 1927 Stars Face 1928 Race
Elevated by Herb Joesting and a host of college backs led by Myles Lane Datmouth and Christy Flanagan, 1927 prospects sharpen for 1928 honors. Princeton, Yale, Pittsburgh and Northwestern field top ball carriers while recent pro moves reshape Brooklyn’s pennant bid with Bancroft and Cuyler as key additions.
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Herb Joesting
Minnesota
Myles Lane Datmouth
Christy Flanagan
Notre Dame
Baker
Northwestern
Kareer
Southern California
Friedman
Michigan
Brooklyn
Robins
Dave Bancroft
Boston Braves
Kiki Cuyler
Vance, Petty
Doak
McWeeny
Giants
Desert in Kashgar yawns with no reptiles or flies
In the cold Kashgar desert the landscape features an absence of reptiles and even a single fly.
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Kashgar
State College Prepares for Tampa Trip to Face Florida
State College football began preparations for a trip to Tampa to meet Florida in a Saturday clash. Florida holds a three win no defeat record in the Southern Conference, while State College has just one conference game on the schedule.
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Raleigh
State College
Tampa
Wolfpack
Florida
Duke Blue Devils Prep for Navy After Big Richmond Win
Duke University’s Blue Devils, fresh from a 72 to 0 win over Richmond University, focus on the Navy game at Annapolis. The squad held spirited signal practice ahead of a busy weekend that includes a visit to Washington.
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Durham
Duke University
Blue Devils
Richmond University Spiders
Navy
Annapolis
Washington
Daily U S gasoline use hits twenty five million gallons
The article notes that Americans consume roughly 25 million gallons of gasoline each day, reflecting high energy demand across the nation.
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United States
The Modern Defensive Back in Football Strategy
The article details the duties of defensive backs emphasizing reading plays, passing threat awareness, and precise positioning. It describes ideal heights, tackling and interception skills, and the need to track receivers while staying aligned with the backfield. It also outlines typical defensive depths for positions like fullback, halfbacks, and safeties.
Unclear scoring clash cited in OCR fragment
A damaged OCR snippet shows scores with a team leading 56 to 2 over opponents and a larger total 52 to 23 in another contest, plus 21 to 55 for Carolina. Entities incomplete. no clear event, date, or names provided.
Hardwood Region to Have Service of Forest Experts
The Appalachian Hardwood Region will host a Chicago meeting November 16 and 17 to launch a national campaign for commercial forestry as a permanent wood supply. Business leaders, forest owners, foresters, bankers, and officials will discuss fire protection, taxation, insurance, and research to promote private forestry as a sustained enterprise.
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Washington
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Chicago
Virginia
West Virginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
H. B. Kyle
Western Carolina Lumber and Timber Association
W. J. Damtoft
North Carolina Forestry Association
Department of National Resources
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Edwin B. Parker
The
National Chamber
Maine
Pacific Coast
Gulf
Lindbergh Flies Spirit of St. Louis to Washington
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh starts from Richmond at 10 30 am in the Spirit of St Louis bound for Washington after a two day visit to Virginia's capital He leaves the executive mansion a guest of Governor Byrd and is joined by officials at Richard Byrd Field amid wary crowds at the airport The trans Atlantic flyer expects the one hour flight to the capital and cheers from onlookers follow his departure
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Richmond
Charles A. Lindbergh
Washington
St. Louis
Virginia Capitol
Washngton
Executive Mansion
Byrd
Richard Byrd Field
Tar Heels prep for Georgia Tech showdown in ACC clash
Chapel Hill Oct 17 AP North Carolina seeks improvement before facing Georgia Tech leader of the Southern Conference with three wins and no losses. The Tar Heels were defeated by South Carolina 14 6 at Columbia last Saturday.
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Tackle Tech
Chapel Hill
Tar Heels
Georgia Tech
North Carolina
South Carolina
Columbia
Wake Forest Beats Davidson Tie Stays After NC State Defeat
Wake Forest Deacons, after a 30-7 loss to NC State last Thursday, toppled Davidson in a bid to break a three-game series tie. The result leaves Wake Forest and Davidson in a tight sequence for leadership in the standings.
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Wake Forest
Big Five
N. C. State
Davidson
Pirates clowns spark the league in comic chase
The piece mocks the Pirates and players like Lee and Carmen as rose colored vision follows Nick Altrock’s antics. It notes the National League has the best clowns and that the Pirates have convinced observers with outlandish stunts.
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IlVel Leo Shi
Pirates
Enterprise
Absence of Witnesses Delays Alabama Kidnap Trial
The Julius Lumpkin kidnaping trial, first of eleven charged in flogging of two white men and a negro, was postponed to tomorrow due to missing witnesses. Attorney General Charlie C. McCall requested the delay noting the Luverne Crenshaw County flogging probe hindered state lawyers’ preparation.
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Birmingham
Julius Lumpkin
Charlie C. McCall
Alabama
Watts shoots self in personal crisis after wife’s death
Charlotte reports S R Watts 50 shot himself in what police call a suicide attempt. Brooding over his wife's death a year ago, Mrs Watts killed herself by gas. Watts wounded through the right lung and found by S B Bennett in the Watts home, hospitalized.
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Charlotte
R. Watts
Storm Warning Issued Over Tropical Disturbance Near Cuba
The weather bureau issued an advisory at 10:30 am noting a tropical disturbance centered near latitude 18 and longitude 85 moving northeast slowly. The steam ship Tela reported rain 42 miles west at 9 pm yesterday while off Cuba, with caution urged in Cuban waters, especially off the coast and in the Florida Straits and South Bahamas for the next 24 hours.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Tela
Florida Straits
Bahamas
Master mechanics to meet in Spartanburg November
The master mechanics division of the Southern Textile Association will meet in Spartanburg South Carolina on November 16, announced today by J M Gregg secretary.
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Spartanburg
Charlotte
Master Mechanics
Southern Textile Association
S. C
J. M. Gregg
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