Red Sox promise to climb from cellar with new lineup
Boston. December 23. Manager Bill Carrigan reshapes the 1928 Red Sox by dropping the Glee Club and introducing an infield of Todt, Rogell, Myer and Ganellias. additions include Jack Rethrook as utility, Ken Williams and Taitt infield/outfield options, Ira Flagstead in center and Danny Williams in left. Five veteran pitchers return led by Wiltse Ruffing Russell and McFayden. rookies Wilson and Bradley show promise. Merle Settlemire and Ed Morris provide southland depth.
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Bill Carrigan
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Maine
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Phil Todt
Billy Regan
Buddy Myer
Billy Rogell
Todt
Jack Rethrook
Jack
Red Rollings
Ira Flagstead
Ken Willams
Browns
Danny Williams
Danny
Johnny Tobin
Bunter
Tarbert
Ohio State
Doug Taitt
Ken Williams
Taitt
Fred Hoffman
Johnny Heving
Floward Berry
Hoffman
Heving
Berry
Lafayette College
Texas
Slim Harriss
Hal Wiltse
Charlie Ruffing
Jack Russell
Panny McFayden
Wilson
Bradley
Merle Settlemire
Ed Morris
National Guards Face Ruston in Holiday Football Game
National Guards from Monroe and Ruston meet at Forsythe Park the day after Christmas in a guards versus guards charity clash. Monroe’s G company blends Tigers alumni against Ruston’s L company featuring Louisiana Tech Bulldogs players and standout Keith Toombs despite ineligibility.
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Monroe
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National Guard
Forsythe Park
Monroe Tigers
High School Eleven
Tigers
Louisiana Tech Bulldogs
Ouachita
Company G
Keith “Taff” Toombs
Toombs
Amon
Red” Clark
The
North Fourth and
Olive Streets
Minden
LSU Captain to Be Elected After Holidays
Baton Rouge December 23 The election for LSU football captain for 1928 has been postponed until after Christmas holidays due to final exams. Varsity letters were awarded to a list of players including Lola T. Godfrey Everett Haynes Iva Swanson Jess Tinsley Norvene Wilson Alva Huffman and others. Scrub letters tied to three years of service were granted to A. Urg and E. T. Monsour along with letters to Cecil Bley student manager Cheer H. A. Taylor and Miss Eileen
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Associated Press
Baton Rouge
Louisiana State University
Tigers
Lola T. Godfrey
Everett Haynes
Iva Swanson
Jess Tinsley
Norvene Wilson
Alva Huffman
Herschel Vineyard
Reggie Jones
John Renfree
Charlie Mason
Joe Grevemburg
Bert Babers
Brown
Hefley Stovall
J. R. Phelps
Paul Morgan
Bert Durrett
Maurice McCann
Cleburn Stump
Guy Nesom
Frank Fils
George Hatcher
Francis Alston
Weismuller Sets 12 New Swimming Records in 1927
Johnny Weismuller of the Illinois Athletic Club closes 1927 with twelve new American and world records. The marks span 100 yds, 220 yds, 500 yds, 300 meters, 100 meters, 200 meters, and longer distances in short and long course pools, with several records set in Chicago Ann Arbor and Honolulu. The Amateur Athletic Union has accepted the marks.
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Chicago
Johnny Weismuller
Illinois Athletic Club
Amateur Athletic Union
International Swimming Association
Weismuller
Ann Arbor
Mich
Battle Creek
Honolulu
Babe Ruth learns saxophone with Yankee pals
Babe Ruth announces he is learning to play the saxophone and hopes to perform jazzy tunes by spring. He says he can play two pieces now and envisions a real concert, while Ed Barrow jokes about losing wind. The story places Ruth after a hunting trip with the Yankees in New York.
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Associated S’ress
New York
Babe Ruth
Paul Whiteman
Yankees
George Herman
Yanks
Long Island
Ed Barrow
The
Boxing Showdown at MSG Sid Terris vs Phil Mc Graw
Today’s calendar includes boxing at Madison Square Garden a 15 round bout between Sid Terris and Phil Mc Graw. Continuations of racing meetings also listed in New Orleans Havana and Tijuana.
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New Orleans
Havana
Tijuana
Sid Terris
Phil McGraw
Madison Square Garden
Bohemian Rudy Dusek Agrees to Meet Velcoff
Rudy Dusek agrees to meet Nick Velcoff in a two out of three falls wrestling match set for January second at the pavilion. Promoter Billy Avery coordinated the agreement in a late night contact.
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Nick Velcoff
Billy Avery
Rudy
Bradley aims to end rough riding with rule on apprentices
New Orleans reports Colonel E. R. Bradley urges a 1928 Fair Grounds rule banning whip use by apprentices to foster finished riders and reduce spills. He cites past legends, argues for discipline, cleaner racing, and horsemen who shape young riders into true sportsmen.
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E. R. Bradley
Louisiana Jockey Club
Bradley Long
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Baggenbagger
Boo
Lexington
Johnnie Hoffman
Chief Johnson
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Johnson
Southwestern Missouri Teachers Defeat Arkansas 45 31
Springfield Missouri Dec 23 Southwestern Missouri Teachers defeated the University of Arkansas in a basketball game 45 to 31 last night.
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Springfield
Southwestern Missouri Teachers
University of Arkansas
Tug Wilson and the Sullivan Clash That Shaped a Career
English fighter Tug Wilson rose from Leicester to fame after a famed four round bout with John L. Sullivan. He earned over twenty thousand dollars in one win, aided by celebrity patrons including Lord Aylsford and the Marquis of Queensberry. His life intertwined drama and boxing lore from his teens to the private estate bout.
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Mr. Menke
Tug Wilson
John L. Sullivan
England
Joe Collins
Kingdom
Wilson
America
Tug
John L
Sullivan
Leicester
Mickey Bent
Bent
Kenney
Lord Aylsford
Marquis of
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Alf Greenfield
Prince of Wales
Edward of England
Duke of Beaufort
Lord Lonsdale
Wyndham
England Heavyweight Contender Declares Title Claim
After 28 rounds a one hour forty five minute bout ended in a draw with both boxers earning 250 dollars. Wilson asserts he is champion and sails to the United States seeking recognition of the title amid the Sullivan era. The final chapter tomorrow.
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England
Greenfield
Wilson
Great Britain
John L. Sullivan
America
Two Teams to Attend SIAA Tournament in Chattanooga
Alexandria dispatch notes that two 8 I A A basketball teams from the Louisiana Mississippi district will qualify by percentage under the new SIAA selection system. Teams must play at least eight S N A A games, counting only games against association members, with five Louisiana institutions and two Mississippi ones named as district members.
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Alexandria
Louisiana-Mississippi
Chattanooga
H. E. Walden
Louisiana College
Louisiana
Mississippi
Novice decade ago succeeds as coach at Emporia
Harold Grant at the College of Emporia rises from a high school substitute to college coach and athletics director over ten years. His teams posted strong records, winning 3 wins over 5 games, with eight losses and four ties in Kansas conference play, and frequently finished champion or runner up.
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Eas
Harold Grant
College of Emporia
Grant
Presbyterian College
Gwina Henry
University of Missouri
Kansas
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