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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1927
Page
7
Chicago buzzes over Gene Tunney and Jack Dempsey as talk grows about their heavyweight clash. rumours claim massive bets and ticket sales near the million-dollar mark while public letters from last year’s Philadelphia bout resurface amid heated exchanges and speculation over condition and odds.
American results Washington defeated Cleveland 4 to 1 while St Louis played Philadelphia in rain and Boston faced Detroit in rain. National results New York beat Cincinnati 6 to 2 and Brooklyn won 3 to 0 over Pittsburgh. Philadelphia visits St Louis and Brooklyn plays Pittsburgh while Boston goes to Chicago.
Sport events today include Queens County Jockey Club opening at Aqueduct with continue meetings at Sawthorne and Fairmount. Trotting features Grand Circuit at Lexington. United States women's golf championship at Garden City. Boxing match Jack Britton vs Ray Mitchell ten rounds in New York.
Gene Tunney completes training for the Dempsey fight in peak condition after a yearlong buildup. He wrapped up three weeks of easy work with two days of flashy boxing and impressed reporters with his speed and a new right hand combination. Eddie Eagan has been around the camp for reasons other than friendship.
Ridgeville Highiders start their football schedule with a home game against Lorain Lightweights at Ridgeville Saturday afternoon at two. Despite losing six lettermen, 45 players practiced this week, signaling a strong county championship bid.
New York sports column ponders the rise of a killer instinct across sports. It cites Bobby Jones and Helen Wills as examples, notes rivals and peers like Dempsey and Tunney, and discusses how fierce focus and timing shape defining performances.
Chicago dispatch cites Leo Flynn predicting Dempsey will beat Tunney with a late surge or decisive knockout. Flynn notes large bets on Dempsey and reports confidence across the Dempsey camp, though Tunney’s side remains quietly supportive. Dempsey trains harder, appears sharper, and aims for a high-stakes comeback.
After three years of attempts and multiple schemes, the English Channel tunnel project appears abandoned. Initial plans began in 1884 with two miles bored near Saugalie on the French side. opposition in Britain and from investors hindered progress. Now Sangatte works are to be razed and the tunnel entrance sealed. Edinburg reports 227 ice cream parlors in season, five more than last year.
Fremont high school prepares for the Ely stadium game Saturday at 2:00 p.m. Coach Huw Suffer plans to release four or five standard plays. Captain Cook and Berger anchor the backfield with Myke Grills Cowie Dillman and Tichenor as candidates. Archambeau’s punting will be missed as no one yet can spiral long. The line centers around Ryan and Bollmer with Worthington Herekes Banbridge as hopefuls. Akron West brings last year’s players but game unknown. local enthusiasm remains high.
Chicago reports an ongoing legal battle surrounding the Dempsey Tunney heavyweight title fight. Federal Judge George A. Carpenter dismissed an injunction bid by Rev Elmer Williams to bar the bout at Soldiers Field, while hearings in Chicago sought to block the match and enforce a Coliseum Club contract forcing a Wills bout. Attorneys for Dempsey and Rickard remained ready for continuances as proceedings continued.
The document records transfers involving Tunney who was not involved, listing sublots 130 150 on Tenth Ave allotment and parcels in Ambherat village with prices of 1 to 10 dollars, noting names M C Reid Pan J Gredish and others.
Real estate transfers show numerous deeds: John Ashman to Frank Hackathorn forty acres in orig lot 28 Columbia two. Ely Realty Co to Esther G Dibble several lots in West Avenue allotment 3 Rhy tia valued at ten dollars. Garfield to Mike Koker sublots 205 6 Liberty sub Sheffeld two for ten dollars. Eastern Heights Land Co to J J Mosher lots 372 5 in Eastern Heights sub nine Elyria for ten. Fred McKinney to Catherine Sturgis sublot 6 block 14 Garden Acres Elyria for ten. Vasile Eremie to Andy Szaho lot 1464 Lorain Sheffield Land Co ad. Anna Brock to Esther G Dibble sublot 19 Cleveland Beach Sheffield Lake Village for ten. Fidgar Yeckley trustee to Mary Bartlebaugh sublot 216 West Erie Park Lorain. George M Green to John Yascovich lot 17 part of 18 section BE Ridgeville two for nineteen. Carrie F Gillette to J B Gil- ...
The French mint has issued 10,000 silver and bronze medals honoring the American Legion's arrival in France. The front shows a winged victory holding a laurel crown and palm, while the back bears the inscription American Legion 1927.
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