Trojan Notre Dame clash headlines season's classic
Notre Dame and Southern California renew a famed rivalry at Soldiers Field on November 26 after Notre Dame crushed the Navy earlier and USC built a powerful offense led by Mokey Drury and Don Williams. The 100000-seat stadium is sold out.
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Chicago
Jones
Drary
Star
Trojan
Mokey Drury
Jong
Harry Edelson
Don Williams
Drury
Howard Elliott
Jess Hibbs
Niemiec
Jonn
Bellaire
Smn
Notre Dame
Los Angeles Coliseum
Christy Flanagan
Port
Arthur
Tex
Fred Cole
Seattle
Miemiec
Mlanagan
Navy
Collins
Georgia Tech
Flanagan
Hiley
Signel
Notre -Dame
Southern California
Cartoon Follies of 1927 Banquets Honor Select Guests
A fragmented note laments season banquet pageantry choosing guests of honor. It questions why figures who have achieved real distinction are overlooked in favor of others who lack deserving merit.
Upper Iowa beats Luther 40 to 13 in Iowa clash
Decorah Iowa reports Luther College suffering a seventh straight football defeat as Upper Iowa wins 40 13. Moore blocks a Luther punt on the 15 yard line setting up Dooley's score. Dooley stands out for the Peacocks with Harvey Gutches Whupeclowe Olson and Kvammen among the Luther players noted for effort.
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Decorah
Luther College
Upper Iowa
Peacocks
Moore
Luther
Dooley
Harvey
Gutches
Whuppeclowe Secomda
Panthreaon
Qlson
Nyobe
Olson
Kvammen
Freshman Hoops Begin Practice at Iowa as Season Opens
Iowa freshman basketball team under coach Sam Barry starts official practice Monday with yearlings set to scrimmage the varsity to prepare for the December 5 opener against Knox. Several varsity prospects may join the squad including guards Charles Lauer from Wilmette and George Johnstone of Boone, with Leland Shelley also possible.
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Charles Lauer
Wilmette
George Johnstone
Boone
Leland Shelley
Greene 7 Teachers 0 in Cedar Falls football clash
Greene High School defeated Teachers High 7 to 0 at Cedar Falls on Friday with a late fourth quarter touchdown pass from Kingery to Chuckker. Little Tutor defense held Greene near the end, stopping a drive at the 15 yard line.
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Greene
Little Tutors
Cedar Falls
Teachers High
Kingery
Chuckker
Thomas
Relly
TRAER
Traer High School
Eldora
Hoeppner
Kennedy
Waterloo Hotel Students Run New York Hostelry for a Day
Cornell University hotel administration students managed the Roosevelt hotel in New York for one day led by Paul McGinn and William Garrell both first year students. The program showcases a five year course sponsored by the American Hotel association to train future hotel executives with hands on experience in major East Coast hotels and extended to a dormitory motel setup at graduation.
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J. Cox
Penn State
van Cortlandt Park
New York
Bowerr
Altho
Waterloo
Cornell U
Roosevelt Hotel
College of Hotel Administration
Cornell University
Paul McGinn
S. F. McGinn
Hotel
Russell-Lamson
William Garrell
Bell
The
American Hotel Association
East
Biltmore
Ritz-Carlton
Copley
Plaza
McAlpin
Vermont
Maine
Atlantic City
Ezra Cornell
Carroll
East High School
Iowa State Teachers College
McGinn
Trinity College
Sioux City
Harvard Yale Classic Faces Bitter Rivalry On Thanksgiving
Thousands of Yale men travel to Harvard Stadium for the 46th Harvard Yale football game seen as a major social event. Yale, a 4 to 1 favorite, seeks a decisive win to offset old big scoring margins by Percy Haughton's Harvard teams. Harvard hopes for a moral victory through psychology and a possible upset.
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Harvard
Yale
Boston
Charles River
Percy Haughton
Harevard
Hudson Cagers Triumph Over Finchford In Fast Game
Hudson high basketball team defeated Finchford 21 to 12 in a rapid Thursday evening contest. Hudson girls lost both volleyball matches to the Finchford iris in the same program.
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Nudson Cagers
Finchford
Hudson High
Hudson Girls
Finchford Iris
Sumner High Opens Cage Drill After Successful Grid Season
Sumner Ia November 19 1927 Sumner high school closes football season with 20 6 win over Calmar to finish seven wins one loss. Basketball schedule for 1927 28 lists games and tournaments through February with both boys and girls teams noted.
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Cauriar Special Service
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Winthrop
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Gudner
New Tampton
Cedar Faille
Maynard
Arlington
Calmar
Fredericksburg
New Hampton
Frederika
Terea
Tripoli
Prederike
Iiene
Pino Beats Jap in Davenport Ring Mix
Cuban bantamweight Pino defeats Kid Jap Chicago Oriental in a swift 10 round bout in Davenport. Pino dominates from the start and leaves Jap with a badly cut left eye. Davenport’s Young Terry beats Nate Powell in the 10 round semi windup.
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Davenport
General Pino
Kid Jap
Chicago Oriental
Ping
Young Terry
Nate Powell
Rock Island
Frederika Quint Wins Narrowly in Iowas Game
Frederika high school basketball team defeated Oran 40 14 at home. Frederika built a strong 19 3 halftime lead while eleven players saw action and eight scored.
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Frederika Quint
Frederica
Frederika High School
Oran
Frederika
Fountains of Ross Water Among Roman Luxuries
Roman luxury included fountains that sprayed Ross water, illustrating the era’s interest in ornate public water displays and engineering.
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Ross
Telegraph printing by Simplex to link distant offices
Western Union showcases the Simplex printing telegraph a faster typewriter like system linking New York and Chicago and other cities. It permits near instant long distance typing with paper tape records and aims to speed up business, banking and public safety communications.
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New York
Chicago
San Francisco
Western Union Telegraph Company
Western Union
Financial District
Morse operator endures amid automatic telegram service
Despite Western Union moving to automated transmission and reception for most messages more than 70 percent, the Morse operator remains indispensable for certain specialized work. The old-time skill persists even as automation handles the majority of the 200 million messages annually.
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Western Union
Lorimer Captain Scores 11 Touchdowns in 104-0 Win
Nov 19 1927 Iowa high school gridiron record likely set as Captain Stephenson of Lorimer scored 11 touchdowns and three conversions while Lorimer routed Prescott 104 to 0. The dominant performance marks a historic scoring rush by the Lorimer team.
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Lorimer
Iowa
Stephenson
Prescott High
President of Town Visits Carpenters Union Meeting
The president of Carpenters in Town State surprised the local carpenters during their regular monthly meeting at Carpenters Hall last night. He spoke informally urging cooperation between rank and file and union officers with the state council on welfare matters for union men.
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Carpenters
Carpenters’ Union
Roberts
Uniohomen
State Council
Williams
Iowa corn crop rivals Oklahoma oil in value
W. G. Skelly of Skelly Oil told civic groups in Town City that Iowa will market about 400,000,000 bushels of corn this year, nearly equal in dollars to Oklahoma's oil output and far more promising in lasting value. He urged Iowa residents to feel confident about their permanent wealth in farm land.
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Town City
Iowa
Oklahoma
W. G. Skelly
Skelly Oil Company
Skelly
Towa
Washburn Halfback Silent After Losses
Topeka Kansas November 19 Washburn football star Fred Lyons endures season of silence after a string of losses. He refuses talk to anyone until after he must face professors on Monday following defeats. Lyons is a regular tackle on the Irish gridder squad.
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Topeka
Kan
Washburn
Fred Lyons
Lyons
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