Giants Defeat Pirates Seize Chase With Three to One Win
New York Giants beat league-leading Pittsburgh 3-1 to move within a game and a half of first place as Virgil Barnes allowed four hits in seven innings and Fred Fitzsimmons closed, while Lee Meadows took the loss. The win ends a western trip with a 3-1 series record and tightens the pennant race.
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Yankees Blank Tigers For 106th Victory Of Season
George Pipgras shut out Detroit on three hits as the Yankees beat the Tigers six to zero for their 106th win. Blue of Detroit was ejected in the fourth after disputing a call. Detroit managed three hits while New York produced 11.
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Bobby Jones denies retirement plans in Asheville interview
In Asheville on September 24 Bobby Jones, famed golfer, told reporters he has no intention of quitting competitive golf. He said his love for the sport and the gallery atmosphere keep him engaged, and he believes a golfer’s prime is from age 30 to 35 even as he nears 30.
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Bobby Jones
Atlanta
Jane
Jim Corbett
Minneapolis
Jones
Cubs complete fifth straight win over Phillies
Chicago completed a five game winning streak by sweeping the three game set with Philadelphia, winning the finale 10 to 2. Hack Wilson and Stephenson hit homers, Blake held the Phillies to six hits, Cy Williams homered for Philadelphia, and Bach added 29th four bagger.
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Cincinnati Splits Double Bill With Brooklyn Robins
In Cincinnati Ohio the Reds split a doubleheader with Brooklyn Robins. Opening game ends 1 to 0 after ten innings with Hargrave and Dressen delivering key hits. Vance and Kolp combine on a shutout through nine. Second game Brooklyn scores three in the ninth to win 5 to 3 as McWeeny Clark Henline Pincinich and Jablonowsky pace the scoring, Cincinnati musters six runs in a failed rally.
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LSU Opens Season With 45 Point Win Over Louisiana Tech
Baton Rouge September 24 AP LSU launched a second half surge after a slow first half to defeat Louisiana Tech 45 to 0 in the season opener. The Tigers built momentum after halftime and dominated on offense and defense throughout the game.
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Athletics Split Double Bill With Cleveland in Philadelphia
In Philadelphia, September 24, Athletics and Cleveland split a twin bill, winning 4 3 in game one and losing 4 3 in game two. Joe Boley delivered a clutch RBI single in the eighth to score Dykes and break a 3 3 tie.
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Shaute
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Myatt
Cantre
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Red Sox Shut Out Cubs to Split Season Series
Boston blanked Chicago 3 to 0 in the season finale as Todt and Rothrock sparkled defensively. Rothrock Regan and Carlyle produced key hits for Boston while Lyons Schalk Crouse Russell and Moore worked for Chicago in a game that left the year series at 11-11 between the clubs.
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Washington Wins Fifth Straight Over Browns
Washington defeated St Louis 6 to 2 as Hadley held the Browns to five hits. The Senators scored all six of their runs the second inning off Gaston Count and Schang, while Tate caught for Washington and Hadley pitched.
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Georgetown Routs Lenoir-Rhyne 80 With Dominant Offense
Georgetown defeated Lenoir-Rhyne College 80 to 0 in Washington. Georgetown overwhelmed the North Carolina team with speed and aggression, adding three touchdowns in the third period and five in the final quarter after a stubborn first half. Lenoir-Rhyne managed only one first down.
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Virginia Tech opens season with win over Roanoke Maroons
Blacksburg Va Sept 24 AP The light last eleven from Virginia Polytechnic Institute defeated Roanoke College Maroons 21 to 2 in the season opener. Techmen backfield made sensational gains in the later quarters. PT backs Peake Looney and Rule starred for VPI while a bad center pass allowed Roanoke their only score in the second period.
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Virginia Military Institute defeats Richmond University 22 to 0
VMI opened the season with a strong defensive and punctual attack at Lexington Virginia defeating Richmond University 22 to 0. Frank Nabors scored two second quarter touchdowns and Albert Barnes added a third quarter tally as the Cadets dominated the line and special teams.
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Tennis Stars to Play Game Soon
Chicago hosts the United States intersectional team tennis final with William Tilden II and George Lott Jr. leading the east and west clash on turf at the Chicago Town and Tennis Club. Luke Williams or Johnny Hennessey may meet Wallace Johnston in singles, while a doubles finale caps the program. Hennessey reported ill and may miss the final.
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Indianapolis
Wallace Johnston
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Hennessey
Alabama Opens Season With 46 0 Victory Over Millsaps
The University of Alabama routed the Millsaps Majors 46 to 0 at Denny Field in Tuscaloosa to start its fourth season as Southern Conference champions. Millsaps showed a passing threat in the third quarter but stalled at the Alabama three yard line.
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Brown Opens Season With 27 0 Victory Over Rhode Island
Providence Sept 24 Brown opened the 1927 football season with a 27 to 0 win against Rhode Island State College. The game featured frequent fumbles and loose ball handling with a failed lateral pass as a ground gain.
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R. I
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Rhode Island State College
Hatch buys NYSE seat back after golf bid
Three months after selling his New York Stock Exchange seat to pursue golf, L. Stanford Hatch reversed course, buying the seat again for $34,000 more than the sale price, as markets proved more engaging than sport.
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New York Stock Exchange
Tunney Made a Church Attendant Out of Man
In New Britain Connecticut the betting between Rev Samuel Sutcliffe and Harry Blews ended with a vow. If Dempsey won Blews would spend five cents daily in a bar for a year. If Tunney won Blews will attend Sutcliffe’s St Mark’s Episcopal Church every Sunday for 52 weeks. Blews will begin paying tomorrow morning.
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Gene Tunney
Jack Dempsey
Samuel Sutcliffe
St. Mark's Episcopal Church
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Dempsey
Tunney
Blews
Football Finals and Scores Across Multiple Campuses
A sweeping roundup lists football results from Wake Forest to Washington University with numerous shutouts. Highlights include Dartmouth beating Norwich 47 to 0, Maryland 79 over Washington College, Stanford 33 over Fresno State, Penn State 22 over Lebanon Valley, and Tennessee 33 over Carson-Newman, among many other scorelines across universities and colleges.
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College Football Scores Across Three States
In Carbondale Illinois Union University defeated Arkansas A and M 14 6 at Jackson Tennessee. At Birmingham Birmingham Southern 14 Marion Institute 0.
Spudders Blank Pelicans to Take Dixie Series Lead
Wichita Falls pounded New Orleans for a 9 to 0 victory in the third straight Dixie series game. George Payne threw four hits allowed while three Wichita Falls pitchers were hit by pitches as the Spudders totaled 18 hits. Payne worked the complete game with Cobb Karr Martina Scott and Anderson behind him.
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Martina
Scott
Anderson
Phelps Wins Tight Pitchers Battle For Tars
Jacksonville Tars edge Greenville Spinners 1 to 0 to even the South title series at one game each. Phelps relived McKinney in the third, allowing three hits while Bayne held Greenville to seven, Bourg scored on a fourth inning sacrifice and Norlesky delivered the run with a single.
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Fla
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Greenville Spinners
Spinners
Phelps
Tars
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Bayne
Bourg
Leonard
Bill Norlesky
Greenville
Freeman's 96-yard fumble return beats Auburn on Drake Field
Chester P. Freeman of Stetson scooped up a fumbled snap at Auburn's four and sprinted 96 yards for the game's only score as Auburn fell 6 to 0 on Drake Field. Fumbles by Auburn aided the Hatters' victory, the Tigers' first campus loss since 1908.
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Ala
Chester P. Freeman
Stetson
Drake
Tigers
Ellis
Freeman
Tunney Leaves Next Fight to Manager
Gene Tunney, dining with Mayor William Hale Thompson, said his promoter will choose his opponents. He indicated he would fight Jack Dempsey again if the promoter selects him, adding that he never selects his own fights.
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Chicago
Gene Tunney
William Hale Thompson
Jack Dempsey
Dempsey
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