Walter Johnson and Cy Youngs Enduring Pitching Legacies
Walter Johnsons passing leaves Cy Young as the premier and most durable pitcher. Young pitched 22 seasons with 505 wins while Johnson earned 414 wins in 21 seasons. Johnsons average near 20 wins per year would require five more seasons to surpass Young and the Railsplitter record.
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King Features Syndicate, Inc
Walter Johnson
Big Time Sunlight and Shadows
Cy Young
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Johnson
Walter
Young
Two Historic Pitchers Face Off Across Baseball Eras
The article compares career seasons of Cy Young and a modern era star, noting Young’s early 30s wins and peak counts, Johnson’s 32 and 86 win totals, and a later return by Cy Young at age 34 with strong seasons. It frames their figures as durable benchmarks in baseball history.
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Young
Johnson
Braves
Major Leagues Set 1928 Start Date April 11
National and American league officials concluded schedules in Pittsburgh naming April 11 as opening day and September 30 as closing for 1928. Committee members included John Heydler, Barney Dreyfuss, E S Barnard, William Harridge, and Harvey Trayband. Opening games listed for both leagues.
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Pittsburgh
John
Heydler
National League
Barney Dreyfuss
Pittsburgh Pirates
E. S. Barnard
American League
William Harridge
Harvey Trayband
St. Louis
Chicago
Cincinnati
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Cleveland
Detroit
Washington
Yale would have led eastern big ten conference
Yale would have topped a notional eastern big ten in 1927 with five conference wins over Brown Army Dartmouth Princeton Harvard, leaving Pennsylvnia second with one defeat to Navy. Dartmouth would rank third with wins over Harvard Brown and Cornell and one Yale loss.
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Associated Press
New York
Yale
Pennsylvania
Dartmouth
Princeton
Army
Navy
Harvard
Columbia
Cornell
Brown
Pittsburgh
Washington
Jefferson
L. Yale
Harvard Arenes
Georgia Director Attacks Christmas Charity Football Game
Los Angeles readers learn that Herman Stegeman of the University of Georgia criticizes a charity Christmas Day game between southern and western all star teams. Publishers defend the event as a senior showcase with proceeds to charities and no Rose Bowl interference.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
South
West
Herman Stegeman
University of Georgia
Dena
Pasadena
All-State football picks clash between Bastrop and New Orleans
Louisiana high school football season wraps with two all-state selections. Harry O Martinez favors a New Orleans lineup while Bastrop's Morehouse Enterprise favors northern notes. Disputes center on tackle and backfield choices, with editors debating final rosters.
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Harry O. Martinez
New Orleans
Morehouse Enterprise of
Bastrop
North
Louisiana
Alexandria
Garrison
Tinnelle
Iarrigan
Smith
John
Red” McCormick
Moreheus
Roberts
Harrison
Womack
Keller
Pelican
Harry OD. Martinez
Montgomery
Holton
Zaffeta
Shreveport
Foremost Gridiron Games For The Day
Saturday December 3 1927 college football matchups listed include Alabama at Birmingham Vanderbilt Morehouse at Nashville Florida at Jacksonville Little Rock Ozarks Loyola at Marquette Miami at Miami Tuskegee vs Alabama Normal at Montgomery U So Cal vs Washington in Los Angeles. A cherry wine gift is presented to the St Paul’s Cathedral preacher as an ancient City of London custom.
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Alabama
Vanderbilt
Birmingham
Fiska
Morehouse
Nashville
Florida
Maryland
Jacksonville
Little Rock
Coll
Ozarks
Loyola
Quant, Mar
New Orleans
Miami
Oglethorpe
St Paul’s Cathedral
London
Erection of Airplane Hangar at Selman Field Bid Notice
Sealed bids for an airplane hangar at Selman Field Ouachita Parish will be received until 10 a m on December 14 1927. Proposal sheets and specs are available from the Parish Engineer in Monroe Louisiana. Bids addressed to Theo F
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Selman Field
Ouachita Parish
Parish Court House
Monroe
Theo. F
Ouachita Parish Police Jury bids announced by Terzia
Theo F Terzia president of the Ouachita Parish Police Jury announces bid requirements including a 2 percent certified check. Bids accepted with conditions in proposal sheets. Dates listed Nov 23 26 80 Dec 3 7 10 13.
Finest selection of flowering shrubs and plants for sale
Government inspected shrubs priced from 10 to 60 cents per plant and evergreens 25 cents to 5 dollars. Roses 35 to 60 cents and pansy plants 1.25 per 100. Guaranteed to live and grow. E M Anderson offers free landscape estimates at 107 Spruce, phone 2507-3.
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E. M. Anderson
Professional Cards listing physicians and surgeons in Ouachita area
A dense directory-style listing of doctors and dentists with office and residence phones. It names Dr L Poole Portis, Dr J F Brown, Dr Graves and Dr Young, Dr Seymour Soloman, Dr Leu Vanuegaer, Dr Jones, Dr Vaughan, Dr Wright, and others. Includes offices in Ouachita National Bank Building, Chase-Amman Building, and Callens Pharmacy.
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L. Poole Portis
DeSiard St
Ouachita Nat’ Bank
Graves
Young Res
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Drs Graves
Young Physicians and Surgeons
Ouachitsa Bank
Seymouk Suloman
Chase-Amman
LEU Vanuegaer
Unachita Bank
L. Peters
Ouachita National Bank
UR & H Mill
New South
James M Russell
Palmer
Wood Res
A. J Emerson
OD & Emerson Dental Surgeons
Amman
FG Bennett
BE Carney
D. X-Ray
Ouachita Bank
Res
James Edwin Wallworth
Oak St Court House Square
A.D. Tisdale
A. T. Still
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