Midwestern winter sports draw big crowds and growth
Chicago's winter sports surge draws 6 500 to Patten gym for Northwestern Notre Dame basketball while other cities report packed arenas and rising interest. Pro basketball and a new Hi Li court game attract thousands. crowds in Cleveland and Chicago reflect a broad regional hunger for live events.
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Chicago Blackhawks
Bockam
Patten Gymnasium
Northwestern
Notre Dame
University of Pattsa2
Pilt
Indiana
Chicago Bruins
Cleveland
Theas
Intercollegiate Winter Sports Open in Placid
The annual intercollegiate winter sports meet opened at Placid New York with 12 colleges competing in ski jumping skating and skating disciplines. Wisconsin leads with strong teams and Canadian entrants including McGill and the Canadian contingent. Hans Troye is named as the standout ski jumping point winner in the field.
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MenIn
Placid
N. Y
Consin
McGill
Isconsin
Hans Troye
Reenleaf Leads In Match In New York Handicap
Ralph Kileat, six time pocket billiards world champion, dominates Angig Kieufer in a handicap match. Greenleaf leads most of the way with scores 439 to 61, 320 to 73, and 129 to 4N. In Francisco, Jean Boro Jacques Brougnon and Chris Mousus, French tennis stars, win a series in Australia and New Zealand before heading to South America.
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Reenleaf
York
Ralph Kileat
Pocket Bis
Angig Kieufer
Greenleaf
Steal
Af Wednes
Francisco
Jean Boro- Jacques Brougnon
Chris Mousus
Nner
Australia
Aus‘a
New Zealand
South America
Tunney Joins Madison Square Garden Club as Guest Honor
Gene Tunney is elected member of the Madison Square Garden Club, known as the six hundred millionaires, reflecting his social and financial standing. He will attend a club dinner next week as a guest of honor alongside world champions Bobby Jones and Babe Ruth.
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Tunney
Madison Square Club
New York
Gene Tunney
Madison Square Garden Club
Lex Hickard
Madison Square Garden
James J. Bush
Mquitable Trust Company
Madison Square Garden Clib
Bobby Jones
Babe Ruth
Kentucky Race Tracks May Merge
Kentucky Jockey Club directors approve dissolution paving a merger of major race tracks under a Delaware holding company. Properties including Churchill Downs Latonia Lincoln fields Hawthorne Arlington Park and others would be operated separately by local citizens under new Kentucky and Illinois corporations.
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Louisville
Kentucky Jockey Club
Delaware
Churchill Downstate
Kentucky
Covington
Athell
Jockey Club
Lincoln Fields
Hawthorne
Washington Park
Chicago
Fairmount Park
Collinsville
Mississippi River
St. Louis
Lexington
Ashland and
Dade Park
Aurora
Arlington Park
Illinois
Midwest
Johnson W. Camden
Largest Bus To Shadow New York Run Across U S
More than 200 runners from around the world have entered C. Pyle’s Los Angeles to New York foot race which starts March 3. Pyle’s plan includes a world’s largest bus with showers, a cobbler’s shop, kitchen and infirmary that will follow the participants. Notable entrants are Finish runner Kolehamainen holder of the Olympic 24-meter record, Lossman of England, Tosca of Italy and Jamon, a Zuni Indian.
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San Francisco
Hall bars changes in college football rules for 1928
B K Hall of Dartmouth, head of the rules committee, defended the 1927 playing rules at the NCAA convention in New York. He declared there would be no changes for 1928, saying the committee would focus on stabilizing the existing code and clarifying where needed. Officials, critics, and spectators had anticipated sweeping changes at the gathering.
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New York
B. Kk. Hall
Dartmouth
E. K K. Hall
Nattional Collegiate Athletic Association
Hotel Astor
Hall
Minors to Meet January 9 Amid Draft Clash
Presidents of the Minor Leagues meet in Chicago on January 9 to discuss revising the draft agreement and to consult Baseball Commissioner K M Landis. The meeting could extend the current pact through Landis’s term. Also in Chicago, Montreal Maroons beat the Blackhawks 4 3 in a National Hockey League game.
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Chicago
West Baden
Ind
Mike Sexton
National Association of Minor Leagues
K. M. Landis
Sexton
Thomas
Hickey
Association
Dallas
New York
Lberty
Judge Landis
Montreal Maroons
Chicago Blackhawks
Dick Irvin
Blackrawks
Stewart
Maroons
Last Night Promos Ignite Industrial League Basketball
A large crowd watched Industrial League play last night. Western Automatic M. S. Co. beat American Lace 17-14 as Guiselman starred for the winners and George Smith led the losers. Fox Furnace crushed Falcon Knight 34-12, with Nelf contributing for the losers. Columbia Steel defeated Elyria 5. & T. 27-17, Knott and Dickson pacing the winners. Fey, Fitch, Gehl scored for the Bankers. Perry-Fay edged Colson Co. 24-21 after a 12-12 halftime tie, and Peerless Oil Co. handed O. P. S. their first loss 31-14 led by Ted Penfound’s 12 points.
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Western Automatic M. S. Co
American Lace
Guiselman
George Smith
Fox Furnace
Falcon Knight
Paul Kirby
Columbia Steel
Elyria
Knott
Dickson
Fey
Fitch
Gehl
Perry
Perry-Fay
Baldwin
Colson Co
Peerless Oil Co
Ted” Penfound
Knapp
Schrock
O. P
Pos Lippay
Buchholz
R .F. Raeslar
Saas
Ryan
Edwards
R. G Tisza
L. G
Pos . Smith
R. F
Rose
L. F
Dicken
C Ween iKuss
R. G
Sree ‘Leimbach
Flood
Pos
Istes Fitch
Seaae Gehl
Lord
C. Lautenschleger
Wilson, R
G. Pane Guaky
Colson
F. of Myers
Hankinson
C. ° Thompson
C. Clven Garrias
R. G. Pees Hopkine
Golf Bag to Start Soon By Local Businessmen
Publication of The Golf Bag by several Columbus area business men and sportsmen will begin soon. George Sargent, golf pro at Scioto Country Club, named editor in chief. New Year’s boxing card in Columbus features Low Bloom vs Johnny Datto for featherweight title in 12 rounds. Yale beats Holy Cross 39 to 27 to open Yale Basketball tournament in New Haven. George Dunlap to face Phillips Finlay in mid winters intercollegiate golf semi finals at Pinehurst.
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Columbus
George Sargent
Scioto Country Club
Harry Sully
Low Bloom
Johnny Datto
New Haven
Conn
New York University
Holy Cross
Pinehurst
N. C
George Dunlap
Phillips Finlay
Shinnecock Hills
L. L
Elyria Club and Society Notes at Year End Banquet
Residents and visitors attend a Christmas season banquet at the Y M C A in Elyria with Rev Eastman R K Tisdale and others listed. Social activities include 500 and 600 card games, Friendship club gatherings, Security Benefit Association meeting with new candidates initiated, and Christian Endeavor events at First Evangelical and Brownhelm Congregational churches. Willam Garthe returns to Elyria work after an injury, with supper guests noted at Jackson Street.
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Amherst
Young Men’s Christian Association
Elyria
Eastman
R. K. Tisdale
Robert Zilch
Eugene Eastman
William Tisdale
James Ehrman
Hugh McGarvey
Earl Gillman
Lauria Miler
Donald Ludwig
Herbert
William Edwards
Leroy Rahl
Frank Rockwood
Paul Braun
Wilmont Baker
600
Eoward Schroeder
Elyria Avenue
Peter Wohlerer
Geo. Schroeder
Don Rockwood
George Schroeder
Jackson Street
First Evangelical Church
Security Benefit Association
I. C. O. F. Hall
Edward Moebius
Friendship Club
West Street
Frank Barck
Philip Schmauch
Charles Bkendeigh
Albert Kreeger
Wade Wetzel
Ron Rockwood
Schroeder
Christian Endeavor Society
Brownhelm Congregational Church
Farmers’ Institute of
Brownhelm
Parent- Teacher Association
Willam Garthe
Hazel Street
A. G. Menz
Carone Kelch
Marcella
Arlene
Joseph
P. Frongs
Birthday party honors Irvin Fitch in Cleveland area
Caroline New York and John Muzaros among guests at the Irvin Fitch birthday gathering. Separately Mrs Raymond Baumhardt hosted visitors on South Main Street Cleveland. others discharged from hospital and planning extended Florida trip. Community notices include residents from Elyria Lakewood Shaker Heights Norton Lorain and a note on British House of Commons maiden speech rules.
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Caroline
New York
John Muzaros
Parmadale
Katherine Kolbe
Oliver
Carl
Audrey
Mildred Ruth
Nadine Kolbe
Rose Marguth
Irvin Fitch
Cleveland
Raymond Baumhardt
South Main Street
Louise Reisland
L. Vaderie
John Cox
Pauline
George
Florence Garver
Henrietta
Calvin Ludwig
Forest Street
Fred McQueen
Brownhelm
N. P. Foster
Harris Street
Anna Judson
Shaker Heights
Hindenton
Fla
J Swithley
Cleveland Avenue
Memoral Hospital
Elyria
Henry Carthe
Lucille Lowe
Lakewood
Zetta Garthe
Hazel Street
G. B. Egeland
Fred Reid
John Egeland
Metta. Norton
Spring Street
Willam Futh
Rosemary
O. B. Bauer
Lorain
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Deco
Middlewest
Istributars
Mose Wilder
Middle Ave
Bill Bartlett
Cleveland Street
University of Chicago
Depauw
Greencastle
Pittsburgh
Princeton
Harvard
Yule
Rutgers
Weerless
Keme Pos
G Snyder
Crooks
F. T. Penfound
J. Penfound
R. G. Vorman
Q Dunetan
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F. A Schrock
LF. Ryan
Hivans
Basso
Wagner
Seorer—Cook
E. F. Whitney & Son
House of Commons
Nade Thomas
Elyria Block
Chronicle-Telegram
Abe Martin
Henry Ford
Abe
Pooley
Pooley Cabinet
Atwater Kent
Philco
Philadelphia Battery
St. St
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