San Antonio talent drives Chicago White Sox signings
Baseball scouts push San Antonio players toward spring camps. Bob Fenner signs with the Chicago White Sox for 350 a month plus a four year Texas A M College course. Arthur Irwin and other city leaguers draw tryouts with Fort Worth and Shreveport while Jake Sherrod and Rusty Gorrell seek league opportunities. Emmett OShaughnessy earns major league offers after amateur success with St. Edwards.
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Bob Fenner
Chicago Whits Sox
Texas. A. & M. College
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Shreveport
Texas
Veague
Dick Harn
Sacred Heart A.C
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Francis Moses
Jets
Sprigg
Fort Worth
Fenner
White Sox
Parsons
Veltmans Brothers
Arthur
Jimmy Arthur
Sox
Western’ League
Waco
Jake Sherrod
San Artonic
Rio Grande
Rusty” Gong
St. Edward's University
Simon Pares Set 10 Fight at Beethoven Hall
Promoter Al Edwards packs Beethoven Hall for a 12 to 13 bout amateur boxing program starting with seventy pounders and extending to light heavies on Saturday night. Winners from last Saturday’s card receive possible rematches, with matchups listed for each weight class and several contenders named.
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Beethoven Hall
al. Edwards
Alletar
Edwards
Ray Neal
Hilwuan Erben
Young Suarez
Leo Lang
Chester Unckley
Eddie Roper
Eddie Waodman
William Geisert
Kid Sade
Battling Mora
Pedro Mo‘rales
Albert Newland
Albert Cain
Tomas Gras
Lonnie Pasmore
Edwart Braunstine
Kenneth Whitlock
George Garza
Joe Bureau
Polo Cazaruz
Randolph Baez
Bernard Dennis
Earl Hig ‘Ginbotham
Charley Battaglia
Walter ‘Mayer
Floyd Forehand
Fred Stapelton
Joe Burton
Canadian Hockey Club Far in Lead
New York December 10 Ottawa Senators extended their National League lead to seven straight with a 6 1 victory over the Detroit Cougars in Windsor. Sixteen penalties marred the game as Ottawa widened the gap. St Patrick's earned their second win of the season by beating the Chicago Black Hawks 5 2 at Toronto. Montreal Canadians defeated Pittsburgh by the same margin in a hard fought clash.
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New York
Ottawa Senators
Detroit Cougars
Windsor
Senators
St. Patrick's
Chicago Black Hawks
Toronto
Montreal
Pittsburgh
Southwest Conference Lines Up Against Pros
The Southwest Conference met in Dallas to discuss the invasion of professional football in the region and the rising costs of college football. President D A Penick stressed amateur sport and adopted rules barring paid officials from Southwest Conference games while calling for cost controls and a two second pause in football shifts.
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Southwest
Southwest Conference
Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Texas ’Conference
Baylor University of Waco
A. & MS. College
Penick
Missouri Valley
Western Conferences
Helen Wills Seeks Meet With Suzanne Lenglen in Tennis Tour
Oakland reports Helen Wills made an informant call to Suzanne Lenglen, the French star visiting America to begin a pro tour. Wills would be glad to play a match if amateur and pro statuses could be reconciled, but both doubt such a match is feasible.
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Oakland
Cal
Helen Wills
Suzanne Lenglen
America
Wach
Argentine heavyweight Pirpo denies US return for Tunney fight
Luis Angel Pirpo of Argentina, busy with business interests, dismissed New York reports that he plans a comeback to challenge Gene Tunney for the heavyweight title. He said he has no time to think about boxing.
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Buenos Aires
Luis Angel Pirpo
New York
United States
Gene Tunney
Pirpo
Britain Depends on Indian Team in Polo Cup Play
NEW YORK December 10. A British team of Indian army officers is forming and practicing outside the British Isles and appears set to meet the United States in 1927 for polo supremacy. A formal challenge to resume the series is expected from Burlingham club. details remain unconfirmed by the United States Polo Association.
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British Isles
United States
Haas
United States Polo Association
Meadowbrook
Westbury
Polo Association
Burlingham Club
Great Britain
Prince of Wales
Yrces
India
England
Poxies
O'Dowd to Fight Pancho Saturday in San Antonio
Midget Mike O'Dowd, a Northern bantamweight, pledges to reach San Antonio Saturday for a Tuesday night bout with Kid Pancho at Fort Sam Houston. Both boxers announced workouts at Continental Club on Sunday and Monday as Promoter H. W. Killpack touts the event. Also set for the card is I. O. Brown versus Bobby Sackson, with Brown clashing against Jack Perry in a repeat bid to stop the hard-hitting opponent.
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Mike O'Dowd
Pancho
Fort Sam Houston
San Antonio
O'Dowd
Continental Club
H. W. Killpack
I €. O. Brown
Tilden's European Trip Likely to Be Blocked by Moguls
New York December 10. Tilden, aiming to rebound at the national indoor championships in New York, probably cannot join Riviera tournaments in France as moguls block the plan. The USTA is expected to set dates for February 1 8 and the week following for the indoor classic, a move that may clash with LaCoste’s Riviera season.
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Tilden
New York
Bigz Bul” Tilden
France
U. S. Lawn Tennis Association
Rene LaCoste
Auto Plow Clears Gridiron of Snow
New York weather delays barely. Giants are booked for a post season game with the Philadelphia Quakers at the Polo Grounds next Sunday. An automobile plow cleared the snow off the Audiron for practice.
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New York
New York Giants
Philadelphia Quakers
Polo Grounds
Two Vets Head TMT Squad For Texas Military Institute
With only two lettermen guiding the team, Coach W T Graham builds a 20 man squad at the First Presbyterian church court. Bleake, captain, leads the quintet with Redman and Bleake forming the nucleus after the San Antonio Academy season. EBlerke's prior leadership remains intact following the merger of North Flores Street institution with West Texas Academy to form the current Texas Military Institute.
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W. T. Graham
Texas Military Institute
First Presbyterian Church
Bleake
Redman
Graham
San Antonio Academy
North Flores ‘Street
West Texas Academy
Eblerke
Prepare to Start Race Track Work at Nuevo Laredo
Laredo Tex December 10 John T F Choate of New York City has returned to Laredo and opened offices for beginning the construction of a large race course and amusement center in Nueva Laredo. Choate is joined by prominent East sport figures including George L. Tex Rickard. George Lambton retires as trainer to Lord Derby and other major owners.
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Laredo
Tex
John TF. Choate
New York City
Nueva Laredo
Choate
George L. Tex" Rickard
George Lambton
Newmarket
Eng
Grorze Lambton
Lord Derby
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