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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1926
Page
11
Ty Cobb recalls coaching Heinie Manush to embrace natural hitting over science. Manush rose from slump to win the American League batting title in 1926 with a .377 average, proving a natural swing can triumph over mechanical changes.
Snowstorms speed up planning for the 1927 Eastern International Dog Sled Derby set for February 21 to 23. Six entries are listed: HH Chevrolet for Paquet Co Ltd Ontario Paper Co entry. H I Sutton of Chicago. two Price Brothers entries. and P J Molloy of Berlin New Hampshire, with more expected.
In New York Jack Delaney light heavyweight champion will stage boxing exhibitions in the West to prove fitness for a Tunney title run. Manager Pete Reilly travels to Chicago arranging winter fights and has declined offers for New Year’s Day bouts in Chicago or Cleveland. Reilly earned 17 500 from Hum bert Fugazy as Delaney’s share after a second round knockout of Gorman in Jersey City last week.
Fragmentary notes show basketball references with names Warren Genical and Xavier Atoreritay plus schools and places like Hammond Froebel Washington Cedar Hapids and Montmorenci. Details are garbled and cannot confirm teams, scores, or outcomes.
Readers are asked to respond to two questions about Ty Cobb and Tris Speaker. Should they be guilty of scandal charges and should they be excluded from baseball. Include name city and street address for The Indianapolis Times sports department.
Ty Cobb and Tris Speaker departed Washington for Cleveland after meetings on their dispute with baseball commissioner Landis. Speaker’s attorney W. H. Boyd said affairs are in his hands. Lawmakers consider a congressional or damages inquiry as Senate and House digest the Landis disclosures and player earnings during the 1919 scandal.
The Times reports a public straw poll on the Cobb Speaker Landis baseball controversy drew fans backing Cobb and Speaker by noon. Readers urged to mail ballots to the sports department while the paper remains neutral on the issue.
Paul W. White reports from New York on the upcoming meetings of the American Football Coaches Association and the NCAA. Discussion centers on rule changes like limiting the forward pass, shift formations, point after touch down, and the huddle, with leaders weighing national adoption and an Eastern conference idea from NCAA president Brig Gen Palmer B Pierce.
Boston reports the Braves have signed former Brooklyn first baseman Jacques Fournier at a reputed salary of 12000 dollars. The press notes the deal as a key acquisition for the club this season.
The Manual Training High School basketball squad, led by guard George Havian and center William Britton, practices for looming city series games with Shortridge Tech and Broad Ripple. Once city champions, they were upset by Shortridge last season. Rubush is the sole returning varsity. They meet the Alumni at Manual gym on Wednesday night.
Tex Rickard, New York promoter, writes a 1927 forecast naming five champions to be crowned. He predicts changes among Mickey Walker Pete Latzo Sammy Mandell and Charley Rosenberg with Kaplan’s featherweight title to be decided. Tunney is seen as likely to face the best challenger and prove himself superior in the ring.
In Cleveland on December 28, Talks with attorneys surfaced on libel and slander suits worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. Speaker and Ty Cobb arrived from Washington with attorney William H. Boyd to pursue separate actions, while Cobb has yet to hire counsel.
Eugene Homans of Englewood New Jersey led the Pinehurst midwinter tournament qualifying with a 74. The event took place in Pinehurst North Carolina.
New York featherweight Andre Routis defeated Anderson of Wyoming by decision after ten rounds. Miller of Chicago beat Dick Chapin of Scranton in nine rounds by technical knockout. Tony Zil Foledo lost on points to McLaughlin in Milwaukee over eight rounds. Pat Mowra defeated en route to a twelve round decision in Columbus. Joe amoe won on to Smith in Atlantic City. Blas Rodriguez of Mex defeated Tommy Dundlee in eight rounds in Trenton New Jersey.
The National Amateur Athletic Federation voted to withdraw from the American Olympic Association over what it calls high handed control by the AAU. President Henry S. Breckenridge warned that if the federation does not secure a voice in Olympic planning, its athletes will skip Amsterdam 1928 under AAU control.
Steve Harter unveiled six bout card for Washington D C New Year afternoon show at Tomlinson Hall with 242 minute rounds to speed action. May feature star matchups including Babe Ruth of Louisville facing Johnny Murphy of Indianapolis and several regional contenders in featherweight lightweight and middleweight bouts. First bout set for 2 30 pm.
Portland swimmer Martha Yeager joins Catalina Channel Sea Derby entrants vowing not to wear any clothing. The newly announced participant states she plans to race in nothing but grease, highlighting controversy over attire in the $40,000 event.
Robert Arthur O'Farrell, once a second-string catcher for the Cubs, is appointed manager of the St. Louis Cardinals for 1929. A standout with the Cardinals through 1928, he batted .292 last season and played every inning of the 1998 World Series. Born in Waukegan, Ill in 1896, O'Farrell earned the nickname popular favorite and was praised by Rogers Hornsby as “the most valuable man” on any team.
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