Reviewing the Sport Events of 1927
Henry L. Farrell surveys 1927 sports prowess across boxing, football, baseball, tennis, golf, rowing, swimming, and track. He highlights Dempsey Tunney bouts, Notre Dame versus Southern California, Yankees Pirates World Series, Ruth Gehrig home run duel, and top stars like Jones, Wills, Dempsey, Hitchcock, Caldwell, Quinter, and Weismuller, noting record attendances and prizes.
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Henry L. Farrell
Tex Hickard
Rickard
Dempsey
Philadelphia
Tunney
Chicago
Notra Dame
Southern California
Notre Dame
New York Yankees
Pittsburgh Pirates
Yankees
Chicago Cubs
Babe Ruth
Lou Gehrig
Department of Sports and Athletics
Bobby Jones
Minneapolis
St Andrews
Victcries
Columbia
Washington
Poughkeepsie
Sabin
Yale Star
Johny Weismaller
Martha Noretlus
Fanken
Pauly Waner
Pittsburgh
Charley Borah
Sharkey and Heeney Bout Training Underway
New York Boxing scene stirs as Jack Sharkey and Tom Heeney begin active training for the Madison Square Garden bout slated for January 18. Sharkey’s manager Johnny Buckley reports a knockdown session with Heston heavyweight Rocky Stone and notes the left hand is mending. Buckley also mentions Tommy Loughran training for a separate heavyweight clash with Leo Lomski at the garden in January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jack Sharkey
Fon
Tom Heeney
Madison Square Garden
Tex Rickard
Johney Buckley
Sharkey
Heston
Rocky Stone
Buckley Saga
Tommy Loughran
Worklight
Lisle
Leo Lomski
Aberteet
Wash
the Garden
Fewer Rules for Gridiron at New York Conference
Football officials coaches and managers from across the country gather in New York for a two day conference to discuss simplifications in rules. Delegates hear reports and will defer final action to the winter session with aims including a lateral pass rule change and moving goal nests ten yards behind the goal line. The meeting opens with the Eastern Association of Intercollegiate Football Officials at the Bosot Astor with a series of sessions tomorrow among committees and the 22nd annual convention of the National Collegiate Athletic Association tabletop discussion.
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New York
Manegere
Eastern Association of Intercollegiate
Botsl Astor
National Collegiats Athlatte Assortation
Wildcats defeat Clearspring Independents 6 to 1 in protest urged
Clearspring Independents protest concerns an incomplete Clear Spring lineup when they lost 6 to 1 to Williamsport Wildcats Monday. Braley cited late substitution with three or four regulars unavailable, forcing use of substitutes as Hagerstown sought a late replacement. Remaining games include Clearspring vs Williamsport and Wildcats vs Boonsboro's Boone A. C. on the coming weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Braley
Bly Boutere
Hagerstown Independents
Also Mentioned on This Page
Helen Wills
Jack Dempsey
Tommy Hitchcock
Hogland
Bruce Caldwell
Yale
Denny Qonterpaan
Michigan
Weismuller
Gehrig
Borth
Ruth
Heilmann
Carr
Hitchcock
Michaels-Stern
Leiter
UBE
Colonial Theatre
Harry S. Myers
University Clothes
Ing
South Potomac Street
Clearapring Independents
Williamepott’ Wildcats
Hagerstown
William Spert
Mr. Braley
Gozls
G. Coakley
2! Traver
Neal Trans
Tatlan
Ianonae
Chevrolet
General Motors
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