All Southern eleven honors go to Georgia Tech and Florida stars
AP sports writers name the first and second all southern teams for 1928. Georgia Tech dominant with Mizell Van Sickel Crabtree and Drennon among picks. Florida also strong with Abernathy and Snyder earning top spots. Tinsley repeats for LSU, Vaughan tops NC State guards, Punch named center with wide representation across six states.
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Atlanta
Associated Press
Georgia Tech
Golden Tornado
Florida
Punch
Harry Schwartz
North Carolina Next
O. K. Pressley
Clemson
Pund
Vaughan
Snyder
Adred
Vansickle
Speer
North Carolina State
Drennon
Tinsley
Louisiana State
College Football as a Gigantic Profits Machine
A 1928 King Features Syndicate critique argues college football is the richest sport, with estimated receipts over 130 million and net profits around 70 million after expenses, comparing it unfavorably with professional sports and noting rising admission prices and stadium growth.
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Watson
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Malcewicz Defeats Plestina After Injury In Wrestling
Joe Malcewicz of Utica New York defeated Marion Plestina of Chicago in a wrestling match in Los Angeles on Wednesday night after Plestina was injured and unable to continue. Malcewicz won the second fall with a body slam after Plestina took the first.
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Los Angeles
Joe Malcewicz
Utica
N. Y
Marion Plestina
Chicago
Plestia
Malcewicz
Plestina
College Football Players List by School Across Regions
A compiled roster style note lists players by school and position. Halfbacks and fullbacks feature names from Mississippi Alabama Florida Georgia Tech Georgia Southern Virginia and other programs. The fragment cites numerous athletes including Buie Hicks Walker Covington Dun lap and Lumpkin with various affiliations.
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Lumpkin
Georgia Tech
McCrary
Georgia
White
Washington and Lee
Cawthon
Florida
Georgia Tech Vim Faces Georgia Grid Clash Tomorrow
The Georgia Georgia Tech football showdown in Atlanta is billed as a top Southern rivalry with national implications. Tech enters as the rising favorite after a Notre Dame victory while Georgia seeks revenge for last year’s 12 0 upset.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Georgia Tech
Pacific Coast
Notre Dame
Bobby Jones
Yale
Tulane
Alabama
Florida
Bulldogs
Tech
Vanderbilt
Western Amateur Golf Championship Set for 1929 in Kansas City
The Western Golf Association awarded the 1929 Western Amateur to Kansas City’s Mission Hill Country Club links. The event is tentatively scheduled July and 13 with dates to be confirmed. Robert M. Cutting of Chicago led the association as officers were reelected. In an adjacent note, four pallbearers for Emma K. Lundy and her husband will each receive $200 under the will.
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Chicago
Mission Hill Country Club
Kansas City
Western Golf Association
Robert M. Cutting
Columbia,pa
Emma K. Lundy
Urania Foresters Beat Georgetown 14-11 In Buzzer-Lite Victory
Urania Foresters win 14 to 11 over Georgetown Hornets in a low scoring basketball game at Urania. Coleman led Urania with 10 points while Barton, W Bradford and Corley stood out for their teams. Foresters coach Fletcher notes a promising season after a second win, 24 to 18 over Tioga.
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Urania
Urania Foresters
Georgetown Hornets
Foresters
Barton
Coleman
W. Braford
Corley
W. Bradford
Urania Boys
Sessions
Russell
Thompson
Fletcher
Tioga
Georgetown
H. Bradford
Jackson
Cashier
M. Ruesgell
H. Coleman
Clarks Town Team Drops Narrow Loss to Urania
In Monroe, Clarks town team Featuring second rate players fell 17 to 18 to Urania in a Twin City Basketball league game. The score was tied 16 to 16 at the end of regulation and the contest went to an extra period.
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Clarks
Monroe
Urania Town
Red Herring to Fight Joe Kirk in 15-Round Bout
Red Herring faces St. Louis welterweight Joe Kirk in a scheduled 15 round distance showdown at Flournoy hall tonight at 8 30. The bout features two seasoned fighters in a high stakes exchange.
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Red” Herring
Joe Kirk
St. Louis
Flournoy Hall
Urania Defeats Lares in Season Opener as Brooks Leaves Injured
In a five minute overtime to decide the winner, Brooks of Clarks was forced out with an ankle injury in the third quarter. Farrel and Stone fought hard but Urania secured its first win of the season, defeating Lares with Brooks sidelined.
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Brooks
Farrel
Stone
Trojans
Clarks
Urania
Lares
Marvelous counting machines shown at mechanical expo
Associated Press reports in New York that a mechanical engineering exposition displays inventive counting machines. One counts drops of water, another tallies finger points, a third could run 19 years before resetting. Also machines count paper money and printed lines.
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New York
Rochester Red Wings move spring training to Plant City Florida
The Rochester of the International league will not train in Monroe next spring and will relocate to Plant City Florida for easier exhibition games. Shreveport and Monroe lose spring visitors leaving Louisiana with two northern teams. The Kansas City Blues go to Lake Charles and the Cleveland Indians train in New Orleans. Another team may train at Forsythe park, while Monroe could host two football teams if the Louisiana High School Athletic association acts.
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International League
St. Louisa Cardinal
Monroe
Toronto
Red Wings
Plant City
Florida
Shreveport
Louisiana
Kansas City Blues
Lake Charles
Cleveland Indians
New Orleans
Louisiana High School Athletic Association
Michigan dark horse opener in Big Ten clash with Michigan State
Chicago Dec 7 Michigan enters the Big Ten season as a dark horse facing Michigan State in the opening game. The Maize and Blue rebuild under coach George Veenker with new stars and veterans Chapman Mc Coy Orwig and Rose anchoring the lineup as six other conference games loom.
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Michigan State
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Wisconsin
Illinois
Ohio Wesleyan
Ohio State
Washington University
Indiana
South Dakota
Towa
North Dakota
Minnesota
Wabash
Northwestern
Monmouth
George Veenker
Oosterbaan
Harrigan
Chapman
McCoy
Orwig
Rose
Leonard Grant Declines Title Defense in Boxing
Leonard Grant the intercollegiate heavyweight champion will not defend his title this year. He is captain-elect of New York University’s 1929 football squad and says he dislikes boxing. Al Lassman may coach George Sargisson to keep the Violet heavyweight title. Grant’s victory is linked to Lassman’s coaching. In other news Wylie Burnett of Charleston was elected captain of Mississippi’s 1929 football team.
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New York
Leonard Grant
Grant
New York University
al Lassman
Violet
George Sargisson
Violets
Lassman
Oxford Miss
Wylie Burnett
Charleston
Miss
University of Mississippi
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