Baseball players and trades sweep through leagues
Toporcer shows speed on baselines while Luby posts 20 straight wins. John McGinnis is released by Wichita Western League club. Langford sold to Cleveland Americans. Archie Campbell sold to New York Yankees. Al Spohrer sold to New York Nationals. Yankees push progress against St Louis and Gaston clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McGinnis
Wichita
Archie Campbell
New York Yankees
al Spohrer
New York Nationals
Wilkesbarre
Yankees
St. Louis
Gaston
Sporting Squibs and Notes on Early 20th Century Athletics
A mosaic of sports snippets mentions Whippet racing origins in Wales, hockey goalkeeper J A Sullivan turning to golf, 2 Cookie Cunningham eyeing pro football in Detroit, Mike Donahue predicting LSU football strength, and Phil McGovern rising in amateur boxing. It also notes Stanislaus Zbyszko’s 25 years on the mat, Frank Kramer refereeing outdoor bike races, and various boxing anecdotes. The piece touches on sports fashion, state rifle captain Percy Wells and son Hansel P Wells, and a prediction about owner changes in the NHL. It references distance travels by the California football team, a boxing bout challenge, and Derby race rule specifics, ending with a quip about John L. and a boxer's nose guard, plus Bennie Touchstone’s orange emblem. It concludes with a Cuny quote on boxing training and a Finnish public track for all classes.
Lott Leaves Chicago to Enter Brown for Tennis Training
George M. Lott Jr a 20 year old Chicago tennis star shifts his university training from the University of Chicago to Brown. Once junior national tennis champion he left Chicago for Florida play where he beat Tilden once though the master has since won twice. A professor notes Lott stands as Vinent Richards did at twenty, but without economic pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middle West
George M. Lott, Jr
Chicago
Brown
George
Lott
University of Chicago
Letics
Florida
Tilden
Vincent Richards
Vinnie
Tris Speaker May Return as Indians Manager in 1928
In the Western League, speculation centers on Tris Speaker possibly replacing Bucky Harris as manager of the Washington club. Friends in Cleveland say Speaker would likely go back to Cleveland to manage the Indians in 1928, now Ban Johnson has stepped down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tris Speaker
Indians
Bucky Harris
Washington
Speaker
Cleveland
Ban Johnson
The
Mighty
Editorial Shorts with Quirky Aims and Ironies
A quirky collection of notes and quips on topics from bee eyes to wedding gifts. It jestingly mentions a pocket size searchlight for Tex Rickard fans and jokes about a New Jersey man who seized a locomotive yet failed to pay a $32 000 damage verdict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tex Rickard
New Jersey
Pennsylvania Railway
Local News From Fostersburg and Nearby Families
Weekend visits and family updates mark the community notes. Ray Gehrig and family hosted in the area, while Blanche Doolen and children visited Uncle Joe Frizzell. Birth announced for Edwin Oertwig’s son born Oct 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanche Doolen
Joe Frizzell
Elston’ Doolen
Decatur
C. C. Doolen
Edwin Oertwig
F. M. Griffin
Centralia
Arnold Chapel
James Walker
Sem Lowe
Bath
Mich
C. W. Lowe
Mary Walker
Lewis Jones
Cecil Lowe
Vernon
Monroe Lansford
Fred Certaing
Edwin Ocertwig
Lemmeader
Local Socials and Neighborly Visits Reported
Sunday and weekend visits fill the community notes. The Gray family hosts and visits relatives in Centralia and with kin across the area. Reports mention engagements, marriages, house construction, and small-town arrivals among neighbors and friends.
NO HUNTING Five Cents Per Name Per Week Elza Sharp
Classified notice listing a no hunting sign with pricing per name per week attributed to Elza Sharp.</analysis>
Public sale on Burge farm near Centralia NL Nov 12 1927
Sale at the T. M. Burge farm two miles east of Centralia NL on Saturday November 12 1927 at 10 o clock features a load of good Gelding mares and mules. See next week's paper for full description and terms. B. A. Burge Jno A. Jennings auctioneers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. M. Burge
Centralia
B. A. Burge
A. Jennings
Auct
Thanking community for sympathy after bereavement
We express appreciation for the kind words of sympathy and deeds of kindness shown during our father's illness and death. Sincerely, Mrs. Nannie E. Oates and family, Ww. E. Oates and family, H. L. Oates and family, T. K. Oates and family, Mrs. Albert Ballance and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nannie E. Oates
Ww. E. Oates
H. L. Oates
T. K. Oates
Albert Ballance
Brief local notices from Alma and area events
Edward Bender Mc Haney made a business trip to Alma Saturday. The infant child of Howard Smith and wife was buried at Kinmundy Friday. Alvin Gray, wife and Robert Col by, Mrs Flora Dorris, Elsworth Chandler and Miss Alpha Gray were business visitors at Mt Vernon Saturday. Herb Stone our milkman has a new truck. Abner Greenwalt has been hauling his winter coal from Odin. Lionel Leon and wife of St. Louis visited relatives in this vicinity Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. W. Gray
Alpha Gray
Alvin, Gray
Robert Colby
Otto Maulding
Centralia
Ellen Gray
J. T. Dorris
Salem
Wm. Shuler
Fred Young
Scott Caldwell
Greenwalt
W. Gray
Edward Bender
Alma
Howard Smith
Kinmundy
Alvin Gray
Flora. Dorris
Elsworth Chandler
Mt. Vernon
Herb Stone
Abner Greenwalt
Odin
Lionel Leon
St. Louis
Blue Blood Sets 182 to 1 Record at Homewood Track
Four people known to have bet on Kentucky thoroughbred Blue Blood at Homewood near Chicago saw a long shot win a five furlong race. Owner Carter Everett stood alone with a $20 nose bet and won $3,651. Others with $2 wagers yielded $610.20 and $303.10, while the stable boy also bet $2. The winner finished two lengths ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homewood Track
Chicago
Springs
Blue Blood
Tlinois
Carter Everett
Ray Kremer Reaches Peak of Hurling Career
Ray Kremer at thirty one has reached peak form in hurling. He leads last year in National League twirlers and starts this season strongly. Once ruined by illness he pitched seven years with Oakland in the Pacific Coast league before joining the Pirates in 1924. In Pittsburgh he now has 58 major league wins and 24 losses for a .700% mark, topping the mound last season with 20 victories and 6 defeats. Earlier health issues kept him from a New York Giants trial via John McGraw in 1915.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Kremer
Oakland
Pirates
Pittsburgh
Moundsmen
New York Giants
Pacific Northwest
John McGraw
For Sale Bird Dogs and Farm Equipment
FOR SALE 3 bird dogs. F. L. Cox Vernon Illinois. FOR SALE Pitless farm scales eight dollars. Also 4 gal red barn paint cheap. Dessie Lucas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. L. Cox
Vernon, Ill
Dessie Lucas
Mail order prices smashed at Patoka Hardware ad
The Patoka Hardware and Furniture Co lists bargain prices for mail order items including shotgun shells 200 units, flashlite batteries 30 cents, No 6 dry cells 30 cents, Winchester model 12 42.06, Remington auto loading 52 dollars, electric irons 2.50, electric corn popper 2.75, cake stove 21 dollars, 45 volt B batteries 2.956.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Remington
Patoka Hdw. & Furn. CO
Dr Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin touted for gentle child laxative
Dr W B Caldwell of Monticello NL promotes Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a gentle laxative that establishes natural bowel regularity in constipated children. It claims the product promotes a normal movement without griping or sickness and avoids harsh purges or calomel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Caldwell
Monticello
Also Mentioned on This Page
United States
William T. Tilden
Big Bill
Germantown Cricket Club
William Johnston
Bill Tilden
R. Norris Williams
Francis ZT. Hunter
Bob Reeves
Kid Hiberfeld
Detroit
Corcoran
Cincinnati
Reeves
Burns
President Coolidge
Luby
Chicago Nationals
Filton Langford
Pes Moines
Cleveland Americans
Runt Carroll
Tyler County
Wales
J. A. Sullivan
University of Toronto
Cookie Cunningham
Ohio State
Mike Donahue
Louisiana State University
Phil McGovern
Terry McGovern
Sportscribe
Stanislaus Zbyszko
Frank Kramer
Saue
Weenie Sweeney
Georgia
Frank Calder
National Hockey League
Pittsburgh Pirates
Percy Wells
Texas
Hansel P. Wells
Howard Maler
Philips-Exeter Academy
Will
Syracuse University
University of California
George Green
St. Catherines
Ontario
John L
Bennie Touchstone
Miami
Fla
Fernand Cuny
Sporting
Club de France
Paris
Fostersburg
Ray Gehrig
Champaign
Robert Arnold and
Elza Sharp
MC Haney
Auto Insurance
Helen Chandler Mac Eagan
Illinois Motor Casualty CO
R. C. McGuire
Hoffman Building
Illinois
Earl Graham
Lucas Crawford
J. M. Smith
Patoka
Caldwell
Pepsin
W. H. Cain
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