Johnson Defies Landis as American League Rifts Grow
The American League confronts a brewing baseball war as Commissioner Landis faces defiance from Johnson and club owners. Johnson vows to stay in place amid calls to resign over charges involving Ty Cobb and Tris Speaker, while secret talks shape the league’s split stance and expulsion decisions.
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Ardis
Ty Cobb
Tris
Landis
Eague
Charles
Comisker
Ormer
Chicago White Sox
Cobb
Speaker
Andis
Sandie
Smoky
Joe Wood
Leonard
Tiger
Col
Jacob Ruppert
New York Yankees
Robert Yaton
Boston Cinch
Barnard
Cleveland Tub
Phil Ball
St. Louis Browns
S Valot
Organized Baseball
Webb
Landi
Oners
Jobson
Croisin
Cobh
Today’s Sport Events
A compact wrap of today’s sports items notes matches and scores across local teams, with brief updates on key players, venues, and outcomes for the day’s schedule.
Howard Ahead As Resume Checks On Play Jumble
New York theater note lists NEA Play Jury selections and reviews of 1920s Broadway works. It highlights Sidney Howard and Ethel Barrimore while noting Holbrook Blinn in The Play’s the Thing and Morgan Farley in An American Tragedy. The piece discusses the era’s mother complex themes and star shifts.
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Howard
New York
NEA
Ned McCobb
Daisy Mayme
Broadway
George White
Toose
Jaumbie
Sidney Wroward
Ethel Barrimore
Holbrook Blinn
Morgan Farley
Clare Eames
Alfred Lunt
Margalo Gilmore
Nedd McCobb
Lee Tracey
Beatrix Thompson
London
Moscow
Maximian
Juarez
June Walker
Lorelei Lee
East
Winthrop Ames
Deen River
Edward Rigby
Pauline Lora
Sandalswood
Jeanne Fagles
Ralo
Chicago
Laurette Taylor
Jane Cowl
Verderille
Alice Brady
Paulite Lord
Sidney Howard
Enzens O'Neil
California
Unclear fragment hints at a theater role and character
Fragmentary OCR mentions Laura Tiepe Crews and a difficult mother role, suggesting a theater production or performance context. Details on date, place, or full names are missing, leaving only hints of cast and character description.
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Laura Tiepe Crews
Moat
Marieta
Orioles Offer Ty Cobb One Year Contract in Baltimore
Ty Cobb received a one year contract offer as manager and player with the Baltimore International League club for 1927, proposed by Orioles president Jack Dunn in Chicago. Dunn said Cobb would be a major drawing card and that Cobb is a free agent with little word on signing. A separate AP report notes $3.707 million in wartime claims awarded by the American German Claims Commission bringing total awards to $142.583 million.
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Baltimore
Ty Cole
Immer Maneger
Detroit
Jack Dunn
Orioles
Cobb
Chicago
Dunn
Baltimore Ciib
Washington
Fragmented OCR tale of a forest’s odd size and forms
A garbled excerpt describes a forest six miles wide on a coastline and a towering figure with punks four feet in diameter. The text seems to merge stray phrases about Africa and a mysterious HMmAtter, yielding no clear event or names.
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Tayiel
Mrica
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