Braves Look Ahead to 1928 Boston Baseball Machine
Boston notes a confident 1928 Braves setup under manager Jack Slattery with Hornsby added from the Giants. Veterans like Burrus Moore and Brown mix with new signings Ed Brandt and Art De Vancy, while catching duties shift from Hogan to a seasoned big league catcher. Slattery plans position reshuffles to pair Hornsby with a keystone combination and hopes a 300-plus hitter lineup tops a second-division past.
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Boston
UPI
Emil E. Fuchs
Boston Braves
Jack Slattery
Rogers Hornsby
Giants
Jette Nander
Johnny Cooney
Ed Brandt
Seattle
Art DeVancy
Oakland
Luke Urban
Boston College
Braves
Dick Burrus
Egsin
Ed Brown
Slattery
Hornsby
Eddie Ferrell
Gadtreen
Little Dee Gautrea
Lady ‘High
Eddie Moore
Lance
Richbourg
Earl Clark
Richmond
Mooré Brown
Burrus
Everages
S.c. Smith
Parrell
Ryappurg
Brown
Moore
Illinois Boxing Bosses Ready to Sanction Scraps
The Illinois Boxing Commission will back elimination bouts to determine contenders for the middleweight and lightweight titles held by Mickey Walker and Sammy Mandell. It approved forfeit checks from Tommy Walsh and Fred Mueller to bind Uhlan vs Walker and Mandell vs Uhlan, while denying Jim Mullen's bid to lift Joey Sagar's suspension as he sought a Sanger matchup.
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Chicago
Mickey Walker
Sammy Mandell
Ilinois Boxing Commission
Tommy Walsh
Red” Uhlan
San Francisco
Fred Mueller
Buffalo
Walsh
Uhlan
Walker
Mueller
Mandell
Jim Mullen
Joey Sagar
Milwaukee
Mullen
Sanger
Bud Taylor
Ames Crippled for Kansas Cage Tilts Tonight
Ames crippled basketball squad guards the train to Manhattan where the Cyclones meet the Kansas Aggies tonight and face Kansas University at Lawrence tomorrow. Right guard Grown has a bruised shoulder and Woods a severe knee injury though he may start. Brown’s status is uncertain.
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Ames
Manhattan
War
Cyclones
Kansas Aggies
Kansas University
Lawrence
Grown
Woods
Chandler
Brown
St Marys Basket Squad Heads to Cedar Rapids for Three Games
Coach Phil Lown leads eight St Marys players to Cedar Rapids for three games against parochial rivals. St Patrick's faces them tonight, St Wenceslaus Thursday, and Immaculate Conception Friday. team stays in Cedar Rapids through the final game.
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Phil Lown
St. Mary's High
Cedar Rapids
St. Patrick’s High
St. Wenceslaus
Immaculate Conception
Rangers Lose to Maple Leafs in NHL Match
New York Rangers were edged by Toronto Maple Leafs 2 to 1 in a late third period rally. Toronto tied Montreal Maroons for second in the International group as New York fell further in the American section standings.
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New York
New York Rangers
Toronto
Mapleleafs
Montreal Maroons
Jewish Boy Aims to Star as Hornsby Successor for Giants
Andy Cohen, a 23 year old Jewish player from Baltimore raised in Texas, emerges as a potential second baseman for the New York Giants to fill Rogers Hornsby’s shoes. A Alabama product with a Texas league stint, Cohen impressed Buffalo pennant winners last season hitting around .340 and excelling in defense. He was purchased by the Giants two years ago for a figure rumored between 20000 and 100000. He stands five feet ten inches tall and weighs about 160 pounds.
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New York
Andy Cohen
Rogers
Hornsbys
New York Giants
University of Alabama
Riggs Blephenson
Joe
Luke Sewell
Ike Boone
Ernie Wingard
Buffalo
Andy
Baltimore
Texas
el Paso
Alabama
Cohen
Ware
del Pratt
Giants
Buffalos
Chicago Bruins Sign Slim Shoun For Rosenblooms Clash
Chicago Illinois January 18 The Chicago Bruins will feature 7 foot 2 inch center Slim Shoun in a professional basketball game against the Cleveland Rosenblooms tomorrow night. Shoun is from Tennessee where he has a 15 year old brother six feet tall and two other siblings aged 17 and 6 feet 10 inches tall.
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Chicago
Chicago Bruins
Cleveland Rosenblooms
Slim Shoun
Tennessee
Crippled Ottawa Puck Team Holds Leaders to Tie
In Montreal the Ottawa club, missing regulars, battled the Maroons to a 1-1 tie at the Forum. Alex Connell, hurt with a broken finger, stood tall in goal through two and a half periods as Frank Nighbor left the ice bleeding from a skate wound. Connell’s grit kept Ottawa alive, with both teams scoring in the opening period and the remainder of regulation and overtime remaining scoreless.
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Montreal
Que
Alex Connell
Ottawa National Hockey League
Horatius
Montreal Maroons
Forum
Frank Nighbor
Ottawa
Connell
Illinois Cards Jap Ball Tecan
The University of Illinois scheduled away baseball games against the University of Tokyo, Japan, with both contests set for May 8 and 9. The council of administration approved the plan today.
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Illinois
Indoor Baseball Scores At Forum Last Night
John Deere topped 3 C Cubs seven to five while Silvers defeated Repass Auto twenty two to seven. Players noted include Clark and Myers for John Deere Anderson and Fager for the Cubs Burger and Geisler for Silvers and Moreum and Clark for Repass.
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John Deere
3. C. Cubs
Silvers
Repass Auto
Forum
Clark and Myers
Anderson and Fagerhad
Cubs
Burger and Geisler
Moreum and Clark
Repass
Fights Last Night Report Mixed with Erratic Names
Fragmented report from Indianapolis and Toledo boxing action lists fighters Tenorio Filipino and Tinrry Tlartwell with unclear results. Several names appear garbled or mis-spelled, including Danotie and Les Martinez, with scattered references to locations Cleveland and Urbana and a late 1940s era telegraphic style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy Uwackley
Ine
Redinsapolis
Jack Ishy
Toledo
Cleveland
Cubs Schedule Two Spring Training Bleachers
Cubs manager Joc McCarthy and hopefuls depart for spring training at Catalina Island February 12. Two additional exhibition games booked, one April 2 in Phoenix against the Pirates, and another April 9 in Terre Haute against the local club.
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Chicago
Joc McCarthy
Cub
Catalina Island
Cal
Cubs
Phoenix
Ariz
Pittsburgh Pirates
Terre Haute
Ind
Canadiens defeat Bruins 3 1 in Boston
Montreal’s Les Canadiens, leading the NHL with 17 victories, downed the Boston Bruins 3 to 1 in Boston. Howie Morenz scored in the first period and added the final goal in the second. Zito added one, and Gagne opened the scoring for Montreal while Connor replied for Boston.
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Boston
Mass
TNS
Les Canadiens
Montreal
Boston Bruins
Zito
Howie Morenz
Gagne
Fishers
Lune
Connor
Hall Extends Lead in 3-Cushion Tournament
New York Dan 18 4ins Altho Allen Hall could gem better than my eve break in his 16 games with Otto Reiselt in Philadelphia yesterday, he still leads Willie Hoppe by one game in the American Three-Cushion Billiard league tournament. After losing to Reiselt 50 to 32 in 54 innings, Hall swamped the world’s champion 30 to 30 in 52 innings. Reiselt had a high run of gilt in the first match and Hall clicked off a seven in the second. Johny Layton clinched third by tuning Harry Wakefield under a 14 to 1 score. While Layton’s highest run was 4, he was in rare form and won in 36 innings.
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Wew
York
Dan
Altho Allen Hall
Myn
Otto Reiselt
Philadelphia
Willie Hoppe
Reiselt
Hall
Johny Layton
Harry Wakefield
Layton
Army Navy tilt may be resumed in 1928
Annapolis and West Point report possible resumption of the Army Navy football game. Navy seeks eligibility concessions and a Philadelphia November 24 matchup if Army refuses, while both sides await a renewal of negotiations and a four year contract.
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Annapolis
Army
Navy
Franklin
Philadelphia
West Point
N. Y
INS
German sprinter defeated by Hables in exhibition race
Berkeley California January 18 German world champion middle distance runner Dr Otto Peltzer was defeated in a special exhibition 220 yard race by Les Hables former Stanford runner on the University of California track Hables completed the distance in 22 seconds beating Peltzer by about nine yards Officials attributed the defeat to Peltzer lack of condition and noted the performance heightened respect for California track talent
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Berkeley
Cal
Otto Peltzer
California
Les Hables
Stanford
Radio makes boxing popular among South Sea Islanders
Radio, ally of the movie, spreads Americanism in French Tahiti and the South Seas. Dempsey Tunney broadcast drew islanders to listen as district champions emerge and inter island fights test skill. A recent archipelago title bout saw the Leeward champion defend his belt against a Tahiti challenger. Elmer Jacobs sold to the San Francisco Seals by the Chicago White Sox.
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Papeete
Tahiti
South Seas
Ach Island
Archipelago
Leeward Islands
Charles City Faces Mason City In Tough Home Test
Mason City coaches believe safety lies in numbers as they travel to Charles City for a key basketball clash. Ken Hunt and Maines are highlighted in boxing notes with Maines set to fight Red Wilson in a 10 round bout, while Arkansas notes and a Searcy incident close with an assault arrest involving Carl Moore over a referee decision.
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Kenneth Hunt
Maines
Red Wilson
Minneapolis
Mes Maines
Hunt
Eat Blue
Waterloo
Arkansas
Searcy
Ark
Carl Moore
Moore
Patore Apeghatars
Radio Programs and Listings Across Nationwide Stations
A dense schedule lists radio programs from stations like WEAF WJZ WGN and WLS with operas, orchestras, news, and dramas. It documents time slots from 3:00 PM through midnight featuring Goodrich Rubber Co NBC Spana Troubadours hotel orchestra piano performances and talk shows across cities including Chicago New York Detroit Cincinnati and Boston.
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Beyt Harness Co
USBCI
Rollins Hosiery Mills
Spana Troubadours
NBC
Goodrich Rubber Co
Weaf Grand Opera Mnkc
Hotel Manger Orchestra
Detroit
WIR
WCX
WSAI
Cincinnati
WENR
Chicago
Orch
WCCO
Mitch
St. Paul
WLS
IWOR
Newark
WJZ
New York
Time
WDAF
Kansas City
School of All
WMAQ
WCFL
Pittsburgh
WCK
Badadlers
Des Moines
ESO
Clarinda
Duncan Sisters
WEAF
WGY
WGR
WCAE
WSB
Atlanta
EYW
WBZ
Boston
Nature League
WGN
Washington
KDRA
WRC
WOC
Hot Springs
WMC
Memphis
Weco
Minn
WBEN
WOR
Corby Hout
Sparkurs
WIBQ
Ratz Boys
Schenectady
WRO
WRAF
Red
Atlante
WOS
Jefferson City
News
HMA
Shenandoah
WLIB
WSM
Nashville
WHAS
Louisville
KOA
Denver
Wjr-Vox
Plonerts
KFI
Los Angeles
Omaha
Foresters
KDERA
K.W
WIBO
Wodayf
Health
Inlk
Wen
KFAB
Lincoln
WMBI
Bible School
Kolster
WMAQI
Waz
ADEA
KYW
WOFL
New ‘York
WIAM
WWJ
Story Hour
New Orleans
Muse
Zippers Orchestra
WAM
Gttartet
WIZ
WHA
KDKA
WBG
Hoston
Behrey
P.martys
Hall
Petrot
AFI
Davenport
Minn St, Paul
Way
Xylophone
Grand Opera
Wir-Wex
HFI
WREM
Dixie Fliers
Walt
Buffalo
Orchestra
Orcheatras
Popular
Chifaxo Lam
Hentz
WSAL
WEAT
WCAL
Pittsburgi
Mc Wee
WHN
Weib
Minnot al
WOAF
Nighthawks
WBBM
Order of
Sapsata
Vice Orchestra
Ss P.M Woco
Minn -St. Paul
Readers
Ramos
Fr. M
Hollywood
KMA
EDEA
Little Symphony
Wow
WWI
Wdir
WRAL
Wenb
Paul
Gancert
WEAP
Hyvn Sing
Hans
Punch and Jude
Ramblers
WHO
Comfort Hour
Wone
WSE
Astronomical Society
EDKA
Bhate Gov't
Weem
Tia
KSO
Teo
Dodge
Giring
KAMA
Shenandoet
Almanac
Mot Springs
Sentinels
Med
Cantor
Ampico Hour
Blue Network
Ames
Plana Company
WOCO
Bminn
Hamline U
Artist Spatial
Allstate Hour
Eskimos
Whe
WMAGQ
U. of Nebraska
Craftamen
Qpern Diacuasion
Rand
U. of G. Cal
San Antonio
Kelvinator Howe
WRBM
Prollc
Proctam
Chole
Pewee Wls
Mackey— P.meths
WUIR
KFT
Nebraska
Ike League
WEBM
Hamiltonians
WJS
Carnival
WGM
Sam ‘N' Henry
WBAI
Radio schedule and concert lineup across cities and networks
A dense, era radio schedule lists morning to evening programs by time, station, and network across Chicago New York Detroit and other cities. It mentions organists orchestras dance bands broadcasts from NBC ABC and Blue networks, plus reader segments and bedtime music, with multiple program names and sponsor names interwoven.
Parkerburg Indees Win Four Straight in One Week
Parkersburg Cyclones, a local independent basketball team, won four games in a week between Jan 16 and Jan 18. They defeated New Hartford 67 to 33, Iowa Falls 33 to 13, Dike 16 to 12, and Clarksville 28 to 24. H. Cramer arranges further games for Jan 20 and other dates.
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Courier Special Service
Parkersburg
Parkersburg Cyclones
Cyclones
New Hartford
Iowa Falls
Dike
Clarksville
H. Cramer
Charles City High Falls to Mason City in Narrow loss
Charles City High’s basketball team lost to Mason City 25 to 22 at home. Mason City center Morgan starred for the visitors while Charles City ace Hahn was held in check. The halftime score stood 6 to 5 in favor of Charles City.
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Charles City
Charles City High
Mason City
Morgan
Mason City Center
Hahn
Tutors Lose To Pencoges 24 20 Fayette
In a hard fought Fayette cage battle, Feacock college defeated the Teachers College five 24 to 23 on Upper Tow floor. Harvey scored from all points as the Peacocks led 16 7 early while Cooper sparked a late Teachers rally before the final whistle.
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Courier
Fayette. I
Fayette
Dorman
Feacock
Teachers College
Tows
Peacocks
Gan
Harvey
Cooper
Sacred Heart Quint Falls to St Mark's 21 18
St Mark's Episcopal basketball team of the Intermediate league beat Sacred Heart high 21 to 18 in a fast game at Sacred Heart gym. The Episcopellans led 14-4 at the half as Busby and Sieg starred for St Mark's while Kress led Sacred Heart. Sacred Heart meets Grundy Center Junior College there Saturday evening.
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St. Mark's Episcopal
Sacred Heart High
Sacred Heart Gym
Kress
Sacred Heart
Busby
Sieg
Episcopellans
Grundy Center Junior College
Everett Scott Signs With Reading Internationals in 1928
Former major league shortstop Everett Scott, noted for 1307 consecutive games, signs with the Reading Internationals. He previously played for Baltimore in the International League and Toledo in the American Association last season.
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Reading. Pa
Everett Scott
Reading Internationals
Baltimore
Toledos
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Kansas
ST. Mary’s
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Rangers
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Insi
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Humbers
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Victor
U. S. Dept. of Agriculture
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bLantheon
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Dodge Bros
NBCI
Boover Sentinels
Maxwell
Coffer
Jones Plano Co
Hotel Pennsylvania Orchestrs
Park Central Orchestra
Smith Brothers
Civic Opera
Schebectady
Balkite Hour
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