Pitchers Pick Batters Weaknesses in Major League Talk
In a field of Yankees pitchers and baseball writers, three argue batters Cobb Hornsby Ruth Speaker and others have no weaknesses while one notes a style that unsettles them Ruth adjusts against slow pitches by choking up and narrowing stance. The dialogue includes Collins Cobb Grove Zachary and Bentley comparing southpaws and other pitchers.
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Yankees
Ty Cobb
Rogers Hornsby
Babe Ruth
Tris Speaker
Ed Roush
Harry Heilmann
Eddie Collins
Heinie Manush
Cobb
Hornsby
Ruth
New York Baseball Writers
Collins
Grove
Jack Bentley
Giants
Tom Zachary
Tom
Michigan Clinches Big Ten Title Hopes With Final Games
Michigan stands on the brink of sole possession of the 1927 Big Ten basketball title after a 34-15 victory over Chicago as Iowa fell to Ohio State 30-28. Purdue travels to Evanston to face Northwestern while Indiana meets Ohio State in a key midweek clash. Wisconsin and Iowa end the season Friday night, with Chicago and Purdue closing the conference schedule Saturday in Lafayette. A potential triple tie among Michigan Indiana and Purdue hinges on tonight results and Northwestern’s upset.
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Gophers
De Pauw Names 33 Letters and Numerals Recipients
Athletic Director W. L. Hughes announced De Pauw University will award varsity D letters in basketball to Captain Ward Puckett Steward Byram Messersmith Sturtridge Anderson Costello and Raiser with Harry Scott receiving the manager’s D. Nine freshmen earn numerals for the freshman team and Hull Hauck receive numerals as assistant managers. Eight swimming team members to get minor D numerals and four class numerals are listed including Doolittle Hawkins Murdock McCarty V. Scott Hershberger Kendall Folls Mallott Fowle Hammond and others.
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Saturday Basketball Scores From Various Colleges
The report lists numerous game results across multiple colleges. Notable scores include Purdue 29 over Minnesota 28 and Syracuse 48 over Penn State 21 with overtime noted for Citadel 42 Mercer 41. Other results feature Illinois 13 over Wisconsin 39 and Ohio State 36 over Iowa 28.
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Stum Gullion Set for Thriller With Marmons at the Y
Here Thursday Jackson pro net five come to town for a game with the Marmons at the Y. center Stum Gullion former Purdue captain will face Marmons star Jack Winston in a sought after matchup. Bobby Wakefield and Red Robinson play forward for the locals as Michigan entries provide pro talent.
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Changes in grid rules will increase interest
New football rules Aim to speed play reduce timeouts limit huddling and enforce stricter motion penalties. A key change allows a recovering fumbled punt to be advanced by the opponent to the goal line, while dead balls on accidental ball touches cannot be advanced.
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Basketball Notes and League Play Calls
Basketball notes list three teams aged 1 to 20 years seeking games call Bel mont 1175 after 7 pm Turner Bars seek fast opponent for Turner Hall game next Sunday call Drexel 6169 after 6 pm Wagaman All-Stars beat Blaine Avenue Blue Devils 58 to 27 Johnson starred with eleven field goals Tonight the All-Stars face Westview fence five at Rhodius Park community use.
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Bancroft Says Braves Had Spring Complex
Boston Braves suffered a spring complex, says manager Date Bancroft, explaining last season’s slump to seventh place. Umpire Billy Evans notes Braves excelled in Florida workouts but faltered at season start, despite eight wins, three losses, and one tie in spring training.
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Indiana State basketball championship preview and regional outlook
Norman Isaacs reports on the sixteen regionals with 64 initial entrants. The field narrows to sixteen to meet in Indianapolis for the state tournament March 18 and 19. Regional results include Seymour, Rock Creek, Waldron, and Shelbyville advancing amid notable upsets and close finishes.
City Bowling Gossip Preview of upcoming league and match outcomes
The piece notes a tight City Championship race between Century Alley Five and Em-Rees, with Em-Rees up by fourteen pins at 5894 to 5880. It forecasts close finishes, lists teams entering big events at Peoria, and highlights top individual averages led by Al Striebeck at Capitol No. 1 with a 200 average over 75 games.
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Larry Fox
E. Zwiesler
Frank Argus
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Roberson Coal
Shell Gas
al Striebeck
Nan” Schott
Leon Duray Wins 250 Mile Culver City Auto Classic
Leon Duray of France won the 250 mile Culver City race at an average speed of 124.7 mph in Los Angeles. Harry Hartz finished second and Pete De Paolo third. An accident halted Cliff Woodbury at the 75 mile mark when he struck a fence after leading earlier.
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Indians Reach Sanford for Spring Training Amid Player Shortage
Bruno Betzel, newly named Indians manager, arrives with a limited squad in Sanford Florida for spring workouts. Regulars are scarce as rookies and fringe players fill the first sessions with one daily practice slated 10 am to 1 pm. Betzel plans a team meeting Tuesday to demand strict training discipline ahead of the March 14 exhibition with the Cincinnati Reds in Orlando.
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Regional Officials Named for Indiana High School Tournaments
A. L. Trester, secretary of the Indiana State High School Athletic Association, announced thirty-two officials assigned to sixteen regional tournaments next Saturday. Afternoon games at 2 and 3 p m lead to a regional winner’s 8 p m test, with all sixteen regional victors advancing to Indianapolis March 18–19 for the final round of the 1927 state championship. Officials listed include Anderson J Hendrickson Tay Mowe and many others across Indiana cities from Auburn to Vincennes.
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F. A. Bills
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Fans Pay Tribute to Delaney
Eight thousand spectators paid tribute to local fighter Jimmy Delaney who died in a Minneapolis hospital from blood poisoning. Mayor Hodgson praised him as one of the cleanest fighters St. Paul has produced as the crowd paused for the ten count at the final bout.
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Six Day Bicycle Race Opens With Major Spill
The forty second six day bicycle race began in New York as Emil Rohrbach collided with Edward Raffo and was hurled into a rail and into spectator boxes injuring Rohrbach and narrowly missing Frank and Mrs Walker of Detroit. By hour eleven the McNamara and Georgett team held the lead.
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Rohrbach
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Ketchikan Invited to Chicago National Scholastic Tourney
Chicago March 7. Ketchikan Alaska, three year champion of the southeastern northern territory, has been invited to compete in the University of Chicago national inter scholastic basketball tournament.
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