Johnny Risko Advances in Heavyweight Title Quest
Cleveland's Johnny Risko outslugged Paulino Ustodun in a fierce 10 round bout at Madison Square Garden. Risko, bloodless and relentless, earned a shot at the next winner of Heeny Sharkey, with Dempsey as the sole barrier to Tinney-Taney title contention. Walker outpointed Berlenbach in Chicago, while Sullivan fell to Freeman in a welter bout.
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New York
Johnny Risko
Cleveland
Paulino Ustudun
Spain
Savage
Madson Square Garden
Risko
Rioxi Ton
Paulino
Clevelands
Walker
Chicazs
Mickey Walker
Paul Berlenbach
Astoria Nsshiel
Hecht
Bertenbach
Scrienbach
Berlenbech
Sullivan
Berlenbach
Gibbons Boys
St .Paul
Tommy Freeman
Percy Gray to Manage Ottumwa Packers Next Season
Ottumwa Iowa November 26 a Chicago based baseball figure Perc ton Gray signed to manage the Ottumwa club for the 1838 season. Gray formerly led Rock Island in the Mississippi Valley league and has Three-Bye circuit experience. He plans to play outfield and recruit rookies mainly from Chicago semipro teams after meeting local directors.
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Ottumwa
Preston Gray
Chicago
Rock Island Baseball Club
Gray
Traer High Opens Basketball Season After Grads Depart
Traer High School prepares for a basketball season led by captain Ed Kennedy as coach Pryor drills a largely new squad. Assistant Wollo begins with a junior high program, announcing a schedule covering games against Chlorine High, Eldora, Belle Plaine, Tama, and Vinton among others.
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Traer
Traer High Sehoo
Pryor
E&most
Tunn
Ed Kennedy
Wollo
Furniss Aseveral
Dee
Chilwea
Tracs
Elcora
Teachers High
Crifar Falls
Tama
Trae Dan
Toda
Clutier
Sarff Concludes Sixth Year as West Grid Mentor
West High coach Ralph Sarff ends his sixth year with a 23-14-5 career record at the Old Rose school. This season his team went 3-2-2, defeating Charles Grey Mason City and Webster City while Fort Dodge won by one point and Washington High Cedar Rapids by two. Freshmen from Dubuque and Cornell College tied 0-0. Since arriving in 1922 he built a program from a rough start to steady success, emphasizing sportsmanship, teamwork, and fair play alongside wins.
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Ralph Sarff
West High
Old Rose School
Sarff
Charles Grey
Mason City
Webster City
Old Rose
Fort Dodge
West
Washington High
Cedar Rapids
Dubuque
Cornell
Barff
Owatonna
Minn
Seash
Rosemien
Sarnt
Minnesota to play at Owas homecoming in 1928
Minnesota football announces its 1928 schedule with homecoming at the University of Town on October 27 and a Hawkeye appearance for Iowa Day and Dads Day on November 17. The slate includes Chicago, Ohio State, and Michigan as conference foes and three non conference games to be announced.
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Racetay Service
Towa City
Tniver- Puts
Minnesota
University of Town
BK Aelling
Wisconsin
Iowa
Chicago
Ohio State
Michigan
Towa
Hawkeye
Bean
Timoals
Dod
Herry S
Ehleaga
Obso Tate
Columbus
Wingert
Town
Gily
Wagon parts stolen from Hayes shop on Sixth Street
Thieves took three wagon wheels a wagon tongue and bolster from near the blacksmith shop of Jne May on Sixth Street. Hayes report led to police today as the missing wheels and parts were found likely from that shop.
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Teves
Sixth Street
Hayes
Hartsell Improves After Sudden Medical Transfer
Malin Hartsell, residing on Linwood Avenue, was taken suddenly to Presby Hospital by officers Roy Colvin and Warren Buckley yesterday. He was reported improved after arrival at the hospital in the ambulance.
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Hartsell
Malin
Linwood Avenue
Fights Last Night In Boxing Gridiron Gossip
A chaotic recap lists numerous bouts and suspects from various cities. Names like Walker Berlenhaeh Freeman and Kennedy appear among scattered results and knockouts. The fragmented text references venues from Cleveland to New York and mentions several fighters and outcomes in a dense, error-filled summary.
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Asadentted
Gricaio
Mickey Walker
Salddiexrigiit
Channion
Wan
Paul Berlenhaeh
Chagimian
Cleveland
Phuluve Ceendun
Spain
Yaleokun
New York
Hare All Mays
Bayonne
Rosy Bontot
Porthand
Mme Ont Afiire Trstello
Wegel
Milly Kennedy
New Orleans
Jack Crass
Tiladelphia
Sandy Aeifert
Wittahurgh
Minneapolia
Minn
Petersart
Omera
Mike Mandell
Maal
Penken
Hath Renning
Jon Mailing
Minneapolis
al Vayior
Saker
Noom
Miwaukes
Wis
Ottoward
Mile Eekee
Mike Reveall
Omaha
Home Economics Grads Find Jobs Through Ames Service
Sixty three Iowa State College home economics graduates have been placed in jobs during the bureau’s first 14 months, with 20 in universities and colleges from Maine to Southwest Texas, 13 in hospitals from Washington DC to Los Angeles, and others in institutional, commercial, Red Grass nutrition, high school, and social service posts. many placements unreported.
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Courier Special Service
Ames
Iowa State College
Mary Elva Crockett
University of Maine
Texas State
Walter Reed Hospital
Washington, D. C
Lutheran Hospital
Los Angeles
Red Grass Nutrition Service
Vocational Education Department
Drake Bulldogs Rule Favorite in California Game
Drake University entered California as favorites to beat the University of California Bruins in an inter sectional clash at the Coliseum. The Bulldogs, despite a lighter season record, prepared with extensive cross country travel and practice stops, while the Bruins carried an eight game schedule marred only by a loss to Arizona and a conference tie. Separately, over 51,000 people viewed safety films on a Illinois Central system tour, with the programs Gambling with Death and Bounty Pays shown in and out of a mobile theater car.
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Los Angeles
Drake University
Altho
University of California Bruins
Navy
Pittsburgh
Minnesota
Notre Dame
Des Moines
Bruin
Bulldogs
Lync
University of Arizona
Southern California
San Bernardino
Cal
Kane
Osain Salem
Iinois Central System
Milnois Central
Bruce Caldwell on Sun All American Team 1927
The New York Sun named its all American selections for 1927 with Bruce Caldwell of Yale as a halfback despite ineligibility in the last two games. The paper canvassed 129 colleges and awards gold watches to the first eleven.
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New York
New York Sun Today
Bruce Caldwell
Yale
Sun
Sun Reaches These Conclusions: “Bennie Oosterbaan
Michigan
Jess Hibbs
Southern California
Larry Bettencourt
St. Mary’s
Morley Drury
Bill Webster
The
C O Laurie Lands Big Aviation Job
Mr and Mrs John W Laurie announce their son C O Laurie a world war veteran and former aviator is head mechanic for National Air Transport in Chicago Operations moved from the government field to the municipal airport at Cicero and 63rd Streets W Installations include three and a half miles of solid cinder runways and powerful flood lights as part of upgrades nationwide
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John W. Laurie
Oak Lawn Avenue
C. O. Laurie
National Air Transport Company
Chicago
Cicero Avenue
Sixty-third Street
Laume
Newcomer L. W. Carney heads Chicago factory firm
L W Carney, a newcomer from Chicago, leads the Lytle company at 214 Third Street East. The Chicago group formed the business to manufacture house dresses for matrons and younger women. The enterprise aims for wide sale in the United States.
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L. W. Carney
Chicago
Lytle Company
Third Street
Emma
Wild Bear Speaks on Zoo Conditions in City
An imagined interview with European Brown Bear in a city zoo reveals harsh criticism of cage design and cleanliness. The bear condemns dark, confined dens, calls for better cages and treatment, and urges public pressure to reform the facility. The piece ends with the narrator vowing to publish the bear’s complaints.
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Indolntry
Shepwem
Brownie
Tairway
Bear
America
Europe
Tayo
Brown Bear
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Walton League Works to Spare Wilderness Plot
Chicago and Duluth officials push a US Canada treaty to create an international recreation area spanning Queen Elizabeth Park Ontario and the Superior National Forest Minnesota. The plan centers on preserving a vast wilderness corridor as a midcontinent Peace Bridge for millions, amid decades of conservation vs development battles.
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Walton League
Chicago
United States
Canada
Queeo
Ont
Superior National Forest
Minn
Duluth
Izaak Walton League of America
Washington
Charles W. Folds
Seth E. Gordon
Ernest C. Oberholtzer
Atva
Srea
Middle West
Gordon
Superior Forest
Lake Superior
Rainy Lake
Lake of the Woods
Winnipeg River
Hudson’s Bay
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Toledo
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Garkwifenko
Wichita
Kan
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Alexander Garkchenko
Howard Gantonwine
Inwa
Rudy Dusk
Arkansas
Jase Alte
Georgia
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Yrle
University of Georgia
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Johnson
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California
New York Paper
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Oosterbaan
LE Hibbs
Webster
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Perry
Army
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Welch
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Teal Mathews
Texas
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Wright Walenington
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RG Sprott
Augies Reese
Presnell
Nebraska
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Dartmouth
Princetonshire
Carney
William T. Hornaday
Browne
MecNaught Syndicate, Inc. A
International
Superior Forests
Wllife
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Triam Espera
G. Carper
Walerten
View Vinny
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Ticketa Gnod
Bagrage
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