Tex Rickard tale of Tunney kickback controversy surfaces
Bill McCabe voices alleged charges that Tex Rickard and Madison Square Garden directors colluded to short Tunney on a title bout contract. McCabe says Tunney would have earned about 315000 if Rickard had executed the contract terms, instead of a 200000 guarantee.
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Boorte
New York
Tex Rickard
Gene Tunney
Dempsey
Philadelphia
Bill McCabe
Tunney
Hickard
Ufe
Rickard
MrCnabe
McCabe
Madison Square Gardens Corporation
Saya McCabe
Humbert Fugazy
Richard
Chicago
Jacob
Canzoneri Fernandez Fight Sparks Fast Madison Square Bout
New York reports a ten round bantamweight bout tonight between Tony Canzoneri and Ignacio Fernandez at Madison Square Garden with high pace expected. In the arena wings 300 carpenters prepare a quick ring dash after the fight and a separate Saturday event features a lumber and nails setup for a track stunt.
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Tony Canzoneri
Ignacio Fernandez
Ati Madison Square Garden
New Indoor Baseball League Opens Season Monday
A new four second indoor baseball league named the American league is organized by Victor Tead playground director. It will open its schedule at the Forum building next Monday with teams Campbell Bakery Evening Courier Repass Auto Company Booster Seconds Powler Company Smith Lichty Hillman and Co B of the National Guard. An eighth team will join soon. Opening game features Campbell Bakery versus Repass.
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Evening Courier
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Fights Last Night Oncards From Philadelphia to San Francisco
Boxing results list multiple technical knockouts and decisions across cities. Homer SmithKi Kalamazoo loses to Joe Lil U in five, Tour Youkonis stops in Allentown, Seltzer beats Jimmy McDonough in Vineland, and more bouts feature Johnny Ryan, Danny McAleer, Billy Adams, and Frank Murry among others with wins and stoppages across Detroit to Manila.
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Jack Gross
Salem
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Sored
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Harry Maretone
Jersey City
Iowa Prep Fives Owing Into Cage Season With Vim
Des Moines reports Iowa high schools have begun basketball ahead of schedule with strong interest. 650 boys teams and 250 girls teams are planned among 852 high schools as the Iowa High School Athletic Association sets regional conferences and an Ames conference date. George E. Marshall of Davenport heads the association, with Brown and Healy as state representatives.
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Grinnell
Hampton High Basketball Team Faces Tough Schedule
Hampton Indiana December practice features four lettermen James Pink Sud duth Rule James Coonley and Bert Miller guiding veterans as coach Kenneth A Starbuck expects the hardest schedule yet with games spanning December through February against teams such as Dumont Sheffield Clear Lake Eldora Webster City Mason City Eagle Grove Hansell Nevada Inna Falls Sheffield Mason City Clear Lake Grundy Center Rowan Algona Humboldt and Iowa Falls with several home and away contests listed.
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Duke Adds South Dakota and Georgetown to 1928 Schedule
Duke University announces 1928 football slate with Boston College and Navy already met this fall and new opponents University of South Dakota and Georgetown added. South Dakota game set for Oct 6 at Durham, with Duke hosting Georgetown and others to be scheduled.
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Duke
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Unconventional Umpire Byron Calls Game Off In Darkness
In Pittsburgh a smoky scene halted play as Umpire Lord Byron announced the game was called due to unnatural darkness, marking a curious moment in a lifetime of sports memories.
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Koe Varsity and Fresh Gridders Awarded by Athletic Council
At a Cedar Rapids meeting the Kohawks awarded varsity letters to 12 football players and numeral sweaters to 21 freshmen for the first semester grades. Names include Capt. Ray Smith and Harold Kruse among others. freshmen recipients list includes Richard Stivers and Theodore Green.
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Charles City
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Waukon
Myron Hunter
West Branch
Richard Jackson
Mechanicsville
Vincent Callaway
Grundy Center
Ed Barrows
Ida Grove
Albert Patschke
Marion
Claude Boles
Wendell Schrader
Readlyn
Ervin Langles
Marengo
Frank Frisbee
Garner
Kenneth Allen
Winterset
Richard Stivers
Glenwood
Theodore Green
Atlantic
Edison Sonft
Shellsburg
Howard Burgett
Clyde Jons
Toledo
Willard Brumgartner
Robert Rogers
Hawkeye
Ralph Clymer
Merle Steward
Ivan Hannard
Newton
Don Markham
Vinton
Harold Kruse
Eugene Arnett
Jackson
Minn
Theron Steulke
Nashua
Charles Butler
George Ervin
Virgil Sherwand
Hartwick
Wayne Kennan
Edward Hines
Robert Gerd
Thomas Kelsey
Dougherty
Football Scouting and 1928 Schedules in Big Six Talks
Kansas City December report outlines football scouting and 1924 schedules as key questions for Missouri Valley conference Big Six representatives. Coaches opposed to non securing pact discuss test effects while athletic directors clash over long standing issues.
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Missouri Valley Conference
Big Six
Great Lakes Navy Faces San Diego In Sunday Football Clash
The champion football team of the Great Lakes training station arrived in San Diego today to prepare for a Sunday game against the San Diego naval training station team in Cal.
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Cal
Great Lakes Training Station
San Diego Naval Training Station
Iowa Wrestling Outlook for 1927 Team Formed at Iowa City
Iowa City November 30. Three Big Ten champions return for the University of Iowa wrestling squad. Royal A. Weir and Griswold move from 115 to 125 pounds, Robert Michael recalls top form at 135, Leslie B. Beers moves to 158 and dominates dual meets. Yegge the only other letter man, as the team braces for tough dual meets against Wisconsin Minnesota Chicago and Illinois with final standings likely decided by heavyweight bouts.
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University of Iowa
Royal A. Weir
Griswold
Robert Michael
Beers
Leslie B. Beers
Donahue
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Michael
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Yegge
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Chicago
Illinois
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Towans Hope Fading As Conference Title Eludes Them
Coach Mike Howard led Towans from 1922 to 1927 through 32 dual meets with 28 wins against conference foes and Nebraska. His program produced six Big Ten individual champions during those years.
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Mike Howard
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Howard
Washington Huskies Headed to Los Angeles Clash
Thirty three Washington Huskies football players departed Seattle for Los Angeles to face the Southern California Trojans on Saturday.
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Los Angeles
Southern California
Hawkeyes plan two month rest for Kenneth Hunt
Kenneth Hunt of Des Moines Night heavyweight will take a two months rest before likely matchups with Earl Blue Joe Lohman and Mike Mandell. Waterloo may see him in action before spring, per his managers.
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Joe Lohman
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Noted Horse to Try for New Mark Today
Phoenix Arizona track action features Guy McKinney the fastest living trotting stallion attempting an all age all time record on the fair grounds track today. The Hanover Shoe Farms wonder horse lowered the 4 year old stallion mark last Thursday to 1 58 3 4, surpassing the earlier record set by Mr McElwyn in December 1926. Lee Axworthy, now dead, held the world trotting stallion record at 1 58 1 4.
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Ariz
Ari Guy McKinney
Fair Ground
Hanover Shoe Farms
Hanover
Mr. McElwyn
Lee Axworthy
Cyclone Basket Coach Attends Rules Meeting
Ames Iowa Dec 1 Bill Chandler ISU basketball coach left for Kansas City to attend a Missouri Valley conference rules interpretation meeting Hugo Otopalik ISU wrestling coach travels to Chicago tonight for unspecified duties
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Bill Chandler
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Kansas City
Hugo Otopalik
Chicago
Town State Grappling Team Seeks Western Conference Meets
A two day meeting of athletic directors and coaches in the western conference aimed to secure one or two wrestling meets for the Town State grappling team.
Danny Shea Found Dead in Kansas City Hotel
Daniel C. Shay, known as Danny Shea, former Kansas City American Association league manager and major league scout, was found shot in a hotel room in Kansas City Missouri. Police say the wounds could indicate suicide or possible murder.
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Shay
Kansas City
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Fifteen West High Players Receive Football Letters
Fifteen members of the West High 1937 football squad were awarded letters by Coach Ralph Sarff at a regular assembly. Honorees include captains Eugene Hardinger Pixley Burbank Rust Rohlf Graham Tarpy Stetzel Kreger and juniors Tom Moore Miller Walker Smith Watson Makinster. Returning players Watson Moore and Walker are noted as improving prospects for 1928 and a captain may emerge from this group.
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West High
Ralph Sarft
Eugene Hardinger
Pixley
Burbank
Rust Rohlf
Graham
Tarpy
Stetzel
Kreger
Tom Moore
Miller
Walker
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Ralph Sarff
Mike Martins Liniment Promises Fast Pain Relief
An advertisement touts Mike Martins Liniment for quick relief from rheumatism lameness neuritis and neuralgia. It claims study by a trainer and guarantees complete relief or money back with a folder explaining usage. Bottles sold nationwide through drug stores with a low price.
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Washington Baseball Club
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