United States Maintains Sports Leadership Amid Rising Opposition
A year in review shows the United States leading in global sports with strong showings in golf tennis and track. France and Germany emerged as new threats with wins over the US in several events including Davis Cup tennis and international track. France dominated indoor and outdoor tennis while Germany rose in swimming billiards and mid distance running, challenging US supremacy.
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Rival promoters seek to line Gene up for bout
New York promoters Tex Rickard and Humbert J. Fugazy push for a million dollar heavyweight title showdown with Gene Tunney. Rickard cites a September pledge to defend under his banner while Fugazy touts a 95 000 seat Polo Grounds plan for a Delaney bout. Tunney will tour the West and may discuss a Soldiers Field fight under Jin Mullen.
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Gene Tunney
Tex Rickard
Rickard
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Tunney
Humbert J. Fugazy
Delaware River swim recalls Washington crossing in ice
Mrs Schoemmel swam 1200 feet across the Delaware in 10 minutes 12 seconds amid 33 degree water and floating ice. A pageant reenactment featured Continental uniforms as a boat crossed the river, tied to the sesquicentennial celebration in Trenton.
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Dee
George Washington
Lottie Moore Schoemmel
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Washington
Govoe
Record of National League Pitchers 1926 Leader Kremer
Kremer of Pittsburgh led the 1926 NL pitching with a 2.61 earned run average and 20 wins against 6 losses. Remy Kremer tops lists for fewest earned runs per nine innings and win percentage, while Peter Donohue, Charles Rhein, and Lee Meadows also won 20 games. The report ranks pitchers by complete games, innings, hits allowed, walks, strikeouts, and other metrics across three groups.
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Pittsburgh
Kremer
Peter Donohue
Cincinnati
Charles Rhein
St. Louis
Lee Meadows
John Scott
New York
Carl Mays
Cincinati
Lloyd Davies
Fred Blake
Chicago
Grover Alexander
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Bush
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Claude W. Willoughby
Philadelphia
Don Sanger
Wayland Dean
Jess Petty
Brooklyn
Tire sale sparks after 1904 DeSiard fire
Water-damaged tires totaling 310000 are set for clearance at giveaway prices following a 1904 DeSiard fire. The incident prompted immediate disposal of affected stock.
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Tech Bullpups See Strong Reserve Ahead for 1927 Season
The Bullpups at Louisiana Tech show depth with five standout players Roberts Durbin Riser Burnham Crane and sweep with Smith at guard and backfield. Coach Fox praises the frosh squad under Gob Wilson and expects guard Thomp son and Captain Willis to lead a deeper Bulldog unit next year.
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Connie Durbin
Crane
Fox
Louisiana Tech
Burnham
Wilson
Frank Frickie
Long
Cameron
Simmons
Savoy
Wise
Peel
Jim Yeldell
Yeldell
Bulldog
Risberg drags baseball into new probe of crookedness
Former White Sox shortstop Charles Swede Risberg says he can provide information implicating twenty big leaguers in long-standing baseball crookedness. Commissioner Landis says he would welcome hearing Risberg’s story, while Risberg challenges the game’s top officials to act.
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Charles “Swede
Risberg
Chicago White Sox
Tisberg
Chicago Tribune
Minnesota
Landis
the Tribune
Ty Cobb-Tris
Cobb Returns to Detroit as Baseball Scandal Unfolds
Ty Cobb revisits Detroit to explore legal avenues for exoneration amid major developments in baseballs latest scandal. The scene recalls his past diamond triumphs as officials assess potential measures and outcomes.
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Ty Cobb
Legel
Rose Bowl Duel Looms Between Stanford and Alabama
Pasadena reports forecast an aerial showdown as Stanford’s Biff Hoffman faces Alabama ends Hoyt Winslett and Raymond Pepper in the Rose Bowl on New Year’s Day. Both teams push for practice focus with two days left before kickoff and a crowded travel lineup arriving from the East.
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Alabama
Crimson Tide
Hoyt Winslett
Raymond Pepper
Biff” Hoffman
California
Harold ‘Brick’ Muller
Ohio State
Rose Bowl Field
Pepper
Winslett
Hoffman
Cobb arrives in Detroit amid game fixing scandal
Cobb travels to Detroit with Joe Wood to face charges of fixing a game from 1919. Fred C. West claims money was bet on a horse race, not the game, while attorney James A. Murfin bans further comment and a petition drive seeks a public hearing.
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Dutch Leonard
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Joe Wood
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Wood
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Dutch” Leonard
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