National Guard Football Clash At Forsythe Park
Monroe and Ruston units meet in a 2:30 PM kickoff at Forsythe Park. Teams feature seven Louisiana Tech lettermen and notable players from Monroe and Ruston with high expectations and strong fan enthusiasm. Officials to be named. Ruston arrives tomorrow. probable lineups listed.
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Holly” Hollingsworth
Forsythe Park
National Guards of Men
Ruston
Louisiana Tech
Boston
Bear Cats
Monroe
Fox
National Guard
Mon
North Louisiana
Rustore
Agai
Ruston Elever
Jack Platt
Packfield
Tocal
Moore
Clark
Marks
Young
Godwin
Hinkle
Maroney
Smelser
Blanchard
Toombs
Maryioneaux
Brown
William Guy
Fred Godwin
Red Butler
Henderson
Sehon
Guerrier
The Six Day Bike Trade Is Not Velvet for Riders
A 1927 analysis by King Features outlines the harsh economics of six day bike racing. Top stars may earn about 500 a day, but most riders average around 260, with yearly gross near 7 500 after prize money. Expenses for travel, staff, tires, upkeep, and meals push net income toward about 4 000, while injuries and hospital costs reduce it further.
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King Features Syndicate, Inc
Carless
Johnny Chapman
New York
Chicago
Detroit
U. A
Rider earns about three thousand yearly from biking
The piece questions why some men choose bicycle riding as a living despite many safer and more lucrative job options. It notes the rider’s net income around $3,000 annually and asks who will explain the mental process behind this occupation choice.
Tar Heels Beat Tulane 23 to 21 to Open Season
The University of North Carolina defeated Tulane 23 to 21 in New Orleans last night, opening a three game series and inaugurating the basketball season in the Southern Conference.
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TAR Heels
Tulane
Associated Press
New Orleans
University of North Carolina
Canzoneri Favored To Beat Bud Taylor In 10 Round Featherweight Match
Tony Canzoneri of New York is listed as a seven to five favorite to win tonight in a 10 round featherweight bout against Bud Taylor of Terre Haute Indiana. Canzoneri weighed about 125 pounds for the bout while Taylor tipped the scales at 122 pounds. No title is at stake as both boxers compete above their normal weights in an international contest. Canzoneri hopes to reaffirm his featherweight status and seek recognition similar to Benny Bass of Philadelphia.
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New York
Tony Cazoneri
Bud Taylor
Terre Haute
Ind
Cazoneri
Val
Taylor
National Boxing 4Sion
Canzoneri
New Yorker
Benny Bass
Philadelphia
Also Eligible List Abolished at Louisiana Fair Grounds
New Orleans racing chiefs scrap the also eligible list for January 2 opening races. Start fields will be twelve, with walk overs allowed if only one horse remains to race. Notable events include the New Orleans Handicap with a $50,000 purse and a February 4 date.
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New Orleans
Fair Grounds
Louisiana Jockey Club
Pennsylvania and California Prepare for Rose Bowl
Light workouts dominated the day as the University of Pennsylvania and California football squads fine tuned before their Memorial Stadium game tomorrow. Pennsylvania watched California defeat Waseda University at a basketball game and received a hearty fan reception. California’s Memorial Field remains in first class condition despite two days of heavy rain.
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Associated Press
Berkeley
Cal
Dee
Universities of Pennsylvania
California
Memorial Stadium
Pennsylvania
Waseda University
Japan
California Memorial Field
Schedulers May Decide on 1928 World Heavyweight Title Fight
New York City December 80 The American league schedule makers hold the key to Tex Rickard plans for staging the world heavyweight title bout in September 1928 at Yankee Stadium. Rickard aims for a 100000 seat arena but must wait on whether the Yankees play home games during that period. He will convert the park with temporary steel girders to block seats for boxing. Tunney would accept two fights only on a flat percentage basis, while Rickard keeps exclusive rights for the champion.
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Associated Press
New York
Gene Tunney
Jack Dempsey
Jack Sharkey
Tom Heeney
Tex Rickard
Tex
Yankee Stadium
Yankees
Rickard
American
Tunney
Winter Sport Jots at Chapel Hill Track Meet May 12
R A Fetzer of the University of North Carolina announced plans for the second annual scholastic track and field meet to be held May 12 at Chapel Hill. Discussions within the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association about rescinding its blacklisting of the University of Mississippi have not been publicly disclosed. Conference decisions are expected to influence basketball and baseball scheduling for several member institutions.
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Chapel Hill
Iirec
R. A. Fetzer
University of North Carolina
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Southern Conference
University of Mississippi
Lexington
Alekhine Faces Soviet Citizenship Hurdle
Moscow reports world chess champion Alekhine seeks Soviet citizenship but must explain his 1924 New York championship participation for the czarist era. Attorney General Krilenko demands assurance Alekhine holds no non-Communist sympathies before any return or citizenship.
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Moscow
N Kulai V. Kri‘enko
National Council of Physical Culture
New York
Alekhine
M. Krilenko
Russia
Capablanca
Buenos Aires
National Athletic Council
Velcoff Versus Dusek Top Monroe Wrestling Card
Promoter Billy Avery brings Nick Velcoff and Rudy Dusek to Monroe for a Monday night bout at the pavilion. Velcoff is tipped to trap Dusek with a crab hold and back-breaker, aiming for a first defeat here. Dawkins versus Jing Kelly opens the show in a time limit affair as the undercard. Tickets were released tonight at the Stag Smoke House with phone reservations available.
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Holly” Hollingsworth
Nick Velcoff
Monroe
Billy Avery
Rudy Dusek
Velcoff
George Vassel
Avery
Chuck” Dawkins
Shagilor
Jing Kelly Dawkins
Jim Kelly
Dawkins
Kelly
U. S. Navy
Dusek-Velcoff
Meter Avery
Joel Toots Mondt
Pat McGill
Howard Cantora Wine
Dusek
Mond
Stag Smoke House
Houdini Widow Plans Ice-Cake Stage Act
Mrs. Harry Houdini, widow of the magician, will perform on stage in New York. Her act features freezing an Indian figure inside a cake of ice in a tank as part of a mystifying illusion.
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New York
Harry Houdini
Heart disease top killer in 1926 deaths
United States registered 1,285,927 deaths in 1926 with heart disease causing 209,370 deaths and pneumonia 107,797. The figures illustrate heart disease as the leading cause of death ahead of pneumonia.
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Associated Press
Washington
Sports Calendar Countdown of Winter Events and Fights
Racing meetings continue in New Orleans Havana and Tijuana. Golf Midwinter tournament ends at Pinehurst North Carolina. Intercollegiate AA AA A convention closes. National junior and boys indoor championships in New York. Intercollegiate winter carnival at Lake Placid. Boxing cards feature Bud Taylor versus Tony Canzoneri 15 rounds Madison Square Garden Dominick Petrone versus Sam Dorfman Pat McCarthy versus Henry Ross all at MSG and Buffalo.
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New Orleans
Havana
Tijuana
Pinehurst
N. C
New York
Lake Placid
N. Y
Bud Taylor
Tony Canzoneri
Madison Square Garden
Dominick Petrone
Sam Dorfman
Pat McCarthy
Henry Ross
At Buffalo
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