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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Dec 31, 1927

Page

3

Ablis Prexy Seeks Campsite for Training Plans

Harry Ablis of the San Antonio Baseball Club plans a training camp in Fredericksburg ahead of the season to keep the Bear team away from home and test a new training setup. The idea is to avoid distractions, with William Howertr and the Detox Disers of the America League considering a two million daily camp cost and trips to Gar gett Field in North Five Street for spring drills.

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Hitting Sports High Spots in 27 Season

A sweeping year in baseball highlights Yankees dominance and pennant rivals with key players Lat Senge and Paul Waser, plus Mikey Ty Cobb and others receiving awards. The season sees Dempsey in a famed Chicago bout, a booming gate, and top stars across football golf polo and rowing achieving record feats.

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Pros Play Second 26 Woolf Open Qualifying Lap Report

Los Angeles coverage describes the second qualifying lap at a Palos Verdes open tournament. Weather was favorable, aiding play while early starters hindered late entrants. Notables Watrous and Morrison led, with others like Mortison Von Elm and MacDonald-Hmith among the national figures finishing near the top of their divisions.

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Intermediates to Start Over League Schedule Leaks

chaotic OCR fragment mentions intermediate league games and a schedule with multiple teams. references Fort Sam Houston and various nicknames. struggle to extract clear dates or outcomes. notes futured games Tuesday and Saturday nights and league leadership, with unclear team names and venues.

Sunday Schoolers 79 Reopens In League Action

Sunday Schoolers 79 reopen play as they face Trinity Methodists in the opener while Central City meets St John’s Tub in the nightcap. Travis Park and Bt. Movies battle. Presisterians and Park clash as the league schedule moves forward with probable lineups listed for the featured games.

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Jones Again Golfdom's Outstanding Performer

New York reports Ishes a veteran of the season with two titles in three events, while Tommy Armour succeeds as Open champion and Miriam Burns Horm wins the national women's title west of the Mississippi for the first time. Hagen leads amateur and professional fields, with notable scores and ties shaping the year in golf.

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Canzoneri Defeats Taylor in Gotham Featherweight Bout

Toni Cententert of Brooklyn earns recognition as New York Shire featherweight champion after a hard ten round fight in Madison Square Garden against Hud Weyler. Canzoneri edges Taylor overall, with scores seven rounds to one in experts’ view, setting up a title dispute with Benpy Baga and Red Chapman in a likely future match. Receipts totalled 46490 with a crowded Madison Square Garden showing.

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Dramatic 1927 Tennis Season and Lacoste Triumph

A review of 1927 tennis year highlighting Lacoste's Davis Cup win over America, Helen Wills dominance, Tilden and Hunter doubles success, and rising stars like George Lott and John Doe shaping a new era amid Forest Hills and Southampton venues.

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Illinois Unaffected By Racing Shakeup

Chicago reports the propaked dissolution of a racing club may have limited cross state impact. Officials say Kentucky tracks and Windle Turf association operations will continue under separate management, with no immediate effect on Illinois racing venues or schedules.

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Baseball's Colors Fly After Troublous Year

A tangled chronicle of scandals and transfers marks 1927 in baseball as the New York Yankees dominate the Nationals era. Names like Cobb Speaker Collins Hornsby and others swirl through world series plots, player trades, and managerial upheavals amid a sport reeling from controversy.

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New Golf Association Elects Officers in Los Angeles

Bredemus named officer as the New Golf Association forms to cooperate with cities on tournaments. Tommy Armour elected president. other officers include Hat Harker treasurer and manager, with regional vice presidents named for California and the West. Invitations extended to notable players from New York and Michigan as the group plans exhibitions and year-start activities.

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Elks Prepare to Face Texas Steers in Exhibition Battle

Elks, a strong local market team, meet Texas University Longhorns in Austin on Saturday night at 8 as coach Virgil Winters leads a youthful squad into the arena. Key players include Dwyer, Riginger, McCarley, Lymins, Flores, Ham Dwyer, Minnsall, Sherrod, Jorustic, and Meyar. The team plans five solid games ahead, with a schedule including a game against the Hoyaten Sentretn in Tan 21 and trips to Galveston for two contests after meeting Armington in Houston.

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Manager restrained as Flowers trustee named atunaea

In a court action the manager Wilker Miler was restrained from acting as trustee of a 540,000 trust fund left by a migrant to Bla daughter Verna Tae Flowern. Two temporary trustees were appointed to act pending further hearing. The order was issued today with the injunction effective immediately.

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