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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1927
Page
5
Berlin ready for battle with Kenyon odds favor Yanks to win big series. Oberlin coach MacEachron drills a deep squad with Wickeoden Flem Hosfield and Butzbrger among core backs and ends to push for early game dominance against Gambier rivals.
A dense list of college football games scheduled for Saturday October 1 featuring East St Lawrence vs Colgate Bowdoin vs Yale Union vs Columbia Albright vs Brown Niagara vs Cornell Geneva vs Bucknell Hobart vs Dartmouth George Washington vs CCNY Vermont vs Harvard Thiel vs Carnegie Tech St John vs Holy Cross Manhattan vs Rutgers Richmond vs Johns Hopkins West Maryland vs Washington University Muhlenberg vs Lafayette William and Mary vs Syracuse Ursinus vs Lehigh St Bonaventure vs Allegheny Rhode Island vs Massachusetts Aggies Bates vs West Virginia Wesleyan at New York Alfred at Rochester Gettysburg at Penn State Lebanon Valley at Fordham Swarthmore at Pennsylvania Grove City at Pittsburgh Washington and Lee at West Virginia Mayfield at West Tennessee Southwestern at Bethel Loyola at Howard Davidson at Florida Panhandle Aggies at Amarillo Occidental at Tucson Ozarks at Arkansas Millsaps at Centenary Wyoming at Creighton Canyon at Daniel Baker Colorado College at Denver New Mexico at N M Military Arkansas Poly at Oklahoma Teachers.
Columbus dispatch notes experts on paper favor Minnesota and Ohio State as top Big Ten teams this season. It cautions Ohio State lost seven veterans and three key backs from last year but remains strong yet not guaranteed undefeated.
Amateur Prague and Detroit rosters mix with player club stats and leaders. The text lists players such as Simmons Helma Gehng Feth and Phil, showing ABs runs hits and averages, and notes leaders by year and a Cincinnati reference.
The planned starting lineup for the opening Saturday afternoon includes Fleming at quarterback Wickenden on the left half Hosfield at fullback Morris or Butzberger at right half Hoecker at left end Wilder at left tackle Holter at left guard Doane at center Tenney at right guard Met Noah at right tackle Stocker at right end.
American results show New York 7 Philadelphia 4, Washington Boston postponed due to rain. Schedule lists Cleveland at St Louis, Washington at Boston, Detroit at Chicago. National results have New York 6 Philadelphia 2, St Louis 4 Cincinnati 1, Pittsburgh 2 Chicago 1. games today include St Louis at Cincinnati and New York at Philadelphia.
Speed Holman of St Paul Minnesota piloting a Laird biplane won the Spokane to Portland air race by 27 seconds over FB Ballough of Chicago. Holman’s 310 mile race time was 2 hours 27 minutes 57 seconds though Ballough arrived first in Portland but started two minutes earlier, making Holman the winner on elapsed time.
Racing events begin with the Autumn meeting of the Ontario Jockey Club in Toronto while multiple tracks including Aqueduct Havre de Grace Hawthorne and Churchill Downs host concurrent meetings. The grand circuit trots in Lexington and golf opens with the French Open at St Germain amid varied events.
The article notes Waite Hoyt as a likely key pitcher for the New York Yankees in the upcoming World Series against the National League champion. It discusses betting odds favoring the Yankees, McGraw’s doubt about their smartness, and potential opponents from the Pirates Cardinals or Giants. It mentions Ras Kremer possibly opposing Hoyt if Pittsburgh wins the NL pennant and plans to travel to Pittsburgh for practice.
Wooster meets Ashland on Saturday as the 1927 season opens. Coach Boles will not start a fixed lineup until Friday and several starters may be making their college debut. Ashland arrives with a strong non conference challenge. The Wooster squad features changes due to injuries, including Pierson moving to end.
Elv 71a hoping to adjust lineup as several players on the squad are injured or bruised. Rivers Cook Berger Frederick Boramer George and Grills likely out while Cowie Martin Moody Parton line up to fill wing roles. Oberlin visits Elyfield for a 2:15 clash as Elyria and Lorain lightweights square off at 1:90 pm amid tense drills.
Benni Friedman the Cleveland Bull Dogs quarterback and captain spoke at the Heights temple on fellowship between Jew and Gentile. Western Reserve football team to travel to Alliance College for a game against Mount Union.
A garbled collection mentions a twenty mile relay slated in Los Angeles for October 1, Chicago factory capacity for 360 big grade baseball bats, and Baltimore league season with seventy four teams. Ty Cobb predicts Yankees win the World Series due to experience. Paris debate for Davis Cup victory coverage. Alabama football undefeated, caddie statue at Chicago club fountain. Philadelphia Athletics 102 wins 1910 101 in 1911. Babe Ruth home run record note references Sheck Seybold historical context.
Cleveland readers note Jely Friedman brother of Ben ny18 in Glenville High backfield may grow into a strong passer and drop kicker per coaches. John Carroll faces Marshall College in Huntington W Va with expectations of a solid season. Oberlin College trains hard for Gambier clash with Kenyon College in Ohio.
Washington report by John O Williams of the US Department of Agriculture cautions farmers to resume breeding as the next five years may see a 30 to 40 percent reduction in work horses and mules. He cites a national total around 21 009 000 stock at year start and notes aging herds with fewer young replacements, especially in the northeast and southeast.
In Norwalk Connecticut the oyster industry suffers from ongoing city sewer problems that ruin beds and reduce supply. Oyster men demand compensation for losses and financial relief from the municipal authorities.
Norwalk oyster farmers sue the city for damages and seek an injunction after the state board of health banned the sale of oysters from Norwalk harbor to curb pollution. They accuse the move of harming a once famed local industry and call for remediation of harbor sewage.
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