Johnson Leaves as American League Boss on Leave
Chicago dispatch reports veteran leader Ban Johnson granted an indefinite leave of absence due to illness. Frank Navin named acting president as Landis and league officials limit Johnson’s role while Cobb and Speaker depart Chicago hopeful for vindication.
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Frank J. Navin
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Landig
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Supvert
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White Sox
Emy
Ooppear
Spec. Qmeeting
Henry J. Kilifiea
William Harridge
Robert B. Drury
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Speaker
Clarke Griffith
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Ty Cobb
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Balldom
Kenesaw Landis
Tuaper three-marter-mils meet features Nwunkaideer trace
The article notes the Tuaper event in New York on March Lieyd Hirin with Manhattan College. Middle distance star won two legs on the trophy and aims for a Citr a win to secure possession at the coming meet. Jim Corbett is mentioned among few prominent American boxers of modern times. George Grantham of the Pittsburgh Pirates tops as doorkeeper of the Arizona Studio senate.
Junior League Basketball Scores From Last Saturday
Lix games were played in the Junior Church basketball league last Saturday afternoon with twelve teams competing. Notable results include St Marys 27 over Brat Brith 3 and Sacred Eleare 21 over Pilgrim Community 16. other scores show St Agnes 7, Methodist 19, Baptist 8, and more in a busy afternoon of church league play.
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St. Mary’s
Brat Brith
Llungarian
Lud Cong
St. Agnes
Pilgrim Community
Cobb Offered 25000 By Orioles For 1927 Season
Cobb, former manager of the Ye voit Tigers, was offered 25000 to play for the Baltimore Orioles in 1927. Jack Dunn, Orioles manager, announced the potential signing. If accepted, Cobb would receive the highest salary ever paid to a Minor League player, though the recent scandal involving Cobb and Speaker might not be held against him.
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Baltimore
Cobb
Yevoit Tigers
Baltimore Orioles
Jack Dunn
Ohd
Oriole
Speaker
Balti’ Pure
Sportsmen convention to discuss fish and game measures
The League of Ohio Sportsmen meets January 28 at the Elks Home in Columbus to discuss bills on reorganization of the state fish and game department, season limits, and protections. Secretary Charles Cranston urges all hunters and fishermen to attend and reserve seats, noting a push for a separate department and broader propagation efforts.
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Keifer Bil
Fish and Gans
Fish and Game Department
League of Ohio Sportsmen
Elks
Columbus
League of Oho Sportsmen
Weifar
League
Department For Fish and Game
Charles B. Cranston
Ubers
Izaak Waltongue
Cranston
Ohio
Notes of Sport Highlights and Events Across 1920s Athletics
The article surveys diverse sports topics from boxing to sprinting and handball. It notes 1163 boxing shows in California last year under the athletic commission and mentions Europe’s 1926 sprinting title as a lead into Olympic Winter Games bids. It also references the Pacific Coast amateur boxing championships set for February in Los Angeles.
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California
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Lave Veen Neur
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New Orleans
Fuivan
Walter Hagen
Tene Sarazen
Keene Fitzpatrick
Keene
Princetown
Anee Li
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Europe
Alron Pure
One-Eyed Connelly Retires From Strategy Entertains in Vaudeville
One-Eyed Act "One-Eyed" Connelly, world champion gate crasher, retires temporarily from cheating strategies to enter prize fights and other events and performs in a vaudeville turn.
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Connelly
Sporting Events and Tournaments Around the Nation
Racing continues in New Orleans Miami Havana and Tijuana. Golf opens the Lake Worth tournament in Palm Beach Florida and the January women’s tournament in Belleair Indiana. The Glenn Curtis Cup begins in Miami Florida. Trapshooting’s midwinter event starts in Pinehurst North Carolina. The Pekingese Club Show occurs in New York and the Central States Amateur Field Trial in Land Junction Tennessee.
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Miami
Havana
Tijuana
Lake Worth
Palm Beach
Fla
Wotien
Belleair
Antal Glenn
Pla
Pinehurst
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Pekingese Club of America
New York
Central States Amateur
Iand Junction
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Hugh Gray to lead Wesleyan gym team in Ohio meet
Hugh Gray of Elyria will captain Wesleyan gymnastics as the team opens its season against Otterbein here Saturday. Wesleyan and Ohio State are noted early in-state programs. The schedule includes Jan next with Chicago and Penn, wrapping Feb 19 at Columbus against Ohio State.
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Wesleyan
Hugh Beverly Cout
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Ohio
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Chicago
University of Pennsylvania
Ohio State
Columbus
Rickard ranks Tunney Dempsey Sharkey among top heavies
In New York Tex Rickard releases his 1927 boxer rankings based on potentialities. He places Tunney Dempsey and Sharkey as the leading heavies with Delaney and Maloney in the next tier, and lists other divisions with Lomski Graham and Canzoneri among leaders.
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New York
Jock Yelaney
Jim Maloney
Do Doe Anderson
Cincinnati
Leo Lomski
Portland
Ore
Bushy Graham
Utica
N.Y
Tex Rickard
Court of the Ring
Mr. Rickard
Delaney
Maloney
Graham
Charley Phil Sto~senberg
Fickard
Jene Tunney
Jack Dempse
Jack Sharkey
Harry Wills
Mooney
Rickard
Paul Berlenbach
Pauling
Young Stribling
Monte Mung
Jack Henanule
Marty Person
Knute Hanson
Velamny
Werlenbach
Tommy Loughran
Tiger Flowery
Mickey Walker
Viger
Chicago
Pete Latuko
Tubs
K. O
Phil Kaplan
Maxey Rosenbloom
Dave Shade
Lomaki
Andersoff
Latzko
Joe Dugundee
Eddie Roberts
Sammy Mandell
Sid Terris
Billy Wallace
Phil Mer Graw
Ted Morgan
Jack Bernstein
Babe Herman
Benny Bass
Honeyboy Flanegan
Red Chapman
Tony Canzoneri
Bishy
Rosenberg
New York Commission
Etky Clark
Fidel LaBarha
Frankin Genare
Newsboy Brown
Michigan Tops Big Ten Race With Indiana Win
Michigan moves into sole first place in the Big Ten after beating Indiana on Saturday night. Both Michigan and Indiana had been tied atop the standings with no losses in conference play.
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Chicago
Indiana
Wolverines
Yoosiers
Instaeason
Jis. Get. Wilds
University
Wis
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