Leonard Denies Sale of Cobb and Speaker Letters to a League
A 1919 baseball scandal saga unfolds as Ty Cobb and Tris Speaker deny selling letters tied to a fixed game on September 25, 1919. Attorneys William H. Boyd and James C. Martin push for Cobb and Speaker to present their side, while Dutch Leonard rejects selling the letters to the American League. Senate inquiry looms as Commissioner Landis maintains charges and Capper hints at further investigation.
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Ty Cobb
Tris Speaker
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Ban Johnson
Frank Navin
Detroit Tigers
Vox Populi
Speaker
William H. Boyd
Cleveland
James C. Martin
Detroit
Fresno
Calif
Joe Wood
United States Senate
Capper
Kansas
Entry List Opened for Fifteenth Indianapolis 500 in May
Entries for the Fifteenth Annual Indianapolis 500 are being mailed from the speedway office. The May 30, 1927 race date is a Monday with entry doors closing May 29. European drivers are invited under AA A European clubs cooperation. Prize money totals fifty thousand dollars with twenty thousand to the winner and prizes down to fourteen hundred for the tenth place, plus consolation awards for starters who do not win. The field aims for about a hundred mph average, following last year’s winner Frank Lockhart and the 1925 track record set by Pete De Paolo.
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Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Speedway
American Automobile Association
United States
Europe
Automobile Clubs
Indianapolis Speedway
Frank Lockhart
Pete DePaolo
Australian system of race track judges adopted by Louisiana Jockey Club
The Louisiana Jockey Club announced the adoption of the Australian patrol judge system for its 51 day winter meet at the Fair Grounds. Four lookout towers will enable observers around the mile oval with a three member stewards board to rule on offenses. This aims to ensure clean racing and safer, fairer track conduct.
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New Orleans
Col
E. R. Bradley
Fair Grounds
Mile Oval
James McLaughlin
John Carey
John Doyle
Richard Leigh
Joseph A. Murphy
T. Ireland
Cincinnati
Australia
Something new Frozen Fruit Cake Ice Cream at your drug store
A drug store promotes a new frozen fruit cake ice cream flavor. The item is highlighted as a fresh offering for shoppers seeking a dessert novelty.
Successful Cage Season Predicted For 27 Louisiana College Team
H. E. Walden director of athletics at Louisiana College predicts the 1927 basketball team will have the greatest season yet. The schedule lists 18 games with 12 at home starting January 7 against Rusk College, plus clashes with La Tech, La State Univ, and Mississippi College.
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H. E. Walden
Pineville Institution of Learning
Louise Benoit
H. H. Benoit
Jackson Street
Walden
Louisiana State University
Louisiana College
State University
Pineville
Rusk College
la. Tech
State Univ
la. Normal
Mississippi College
Louisiana Southwestern
Lafayette
Southwestern
Stanford Favored To Beat Alabama In Rose Bowl Clash
Stanford and Alabama prepare for the New Year’s Day Rose Bowl with Western bias favoring the Cardinal and Southern supporters noting Alabama speed and pep. Captain Sherlock Holmes, delayed by appendicitis, rejoined practice and expected to play.
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Cal
Alabama
Stanford
Cardinals
Pop” Warner
Crimson Tide
Sherlock” Holmes
el Paso
Texas
Yale Keeps Lead In Intercollegiate Athletics In year
Yale ends year with seven championships across polo swimming water polo fencing golf and more. Varsity crew finishes unbeaten for a third straight season sharing national honors with Washington. Navy claims boxing and contends for swimming with Yale. Harvard and Columbia post notable comebacks as hockey and track titles go to Crimson and league titles to Columbia and Dartmouth.
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Middies
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Crimson
Dartmouth
Gar Wood to race Gar Jr II on Miami Bay regatta course
Gar Wood plans to test his new Gar Jr II speed craft on the Bay Biscayne regatta course in Miami during the winter season. The hull features twin-screw 500 horsepower Wood marine engines and he may enter Miss America IV and Miss America V hydroplanes aiming to set a salt water world record.
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Fla
Gar Wood
Bay Biscayne
Gar, Jr
Wood
Wrestling Match Set in Monroe Vasell Dusek Readied for Best of Three
Greek heavyweight Vasell and Little Rock’s Dusek meet in a two out of three no time limit bout at the Monroe arena with both confident of victory. Dusek weighs 209 pounds and vows to prove the “punk” tag wrong while Vasell, at 204 pounds, predicts a repeat of a previous win and criticizes his rival. A strong crowd is expected amid interest in a preliminary match between Dawkins and Johnson, with Reid or Oakland as potential referees.
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Monroe
Wrestling
George Vasell
Little Rock
Rudy Dusek
Young Dusek
Chuck Dawkins
Texas
Red Johnson
Bastrop
Louisiana
Dawkins
Paul Nola
United States Coast Artillery
Alf Reid
Barney Oakland
Tunney Denies Signing Terms With Delaney For Bout
Gene Tunney, returning from a Maine vacation, denies accepting terms from promoter Humbert Fugazy to defend his heavyweight title against Jack Delaney in New York next September. He says he will wait for terms from other promoters and let the public decide the top challenger.
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New York
Gene Tunney
Maine
Humbert J. Fugazy
Jack Delaney
Tunney
Tunney Delaney Heavyweight Match Report Emerges
Boxing promoter Hiumbert Fugazy says Gene Tunney accepted terms to defend his world heavyweight title against Jack Delaney at the Polo Grounds next summer. Fugazy cites a Newark conference. Billy Gibson disputes Tunney’s involvement, saying he knows nothing of the plan.
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New York
New York Telegram
Hiumbert Fugazy
Gene Tunney
Jack Delaney
Polo Grounds
Newark
Fugazy
Tunney
Delaney
Billy Gibson
Silk pants to debut in football gear next season
Football coaches and manufacturers discussed silk football pants at the American Football Coaches association meeting in New York. The three to four ounce pants fashion aims to reduce equipment weight, with harness protection and lighter shoulder pads and headgear, cutting overall load from about 15 pounds to eight plus. Coaches also backed a two second halt on line and huddle shifts to be potentially set by the rules committee.
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New York
American Football Coaches Association
Board of Directors
Fight decisions shift to Illinois judges in 193? rules
Chicago December 29 Illinois rings will switch from referee to judges for decisions starting January 1. The state boxing commission debates two or three judges and whether the referee should break ties. The change follows the recent Walker Flowers dispute and aims to place rulings in the hands of two or more judges.
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Illinois
Midget Smith
New York
Ra Rychell
State Boxing Commission
Benny Yanger
Mickey Walker
Tiger Flowers
Boxing Commission
Tires Sold At Give Away Prices Flooded By Water
Ten thousand dollars worth of tires were damaged by water at 190 DeLiard, with most items sold at giveaway prices.
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DeLiard
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