Cubs Rally Past Giants For Sixth Inning Win At Wrigley
In front of 44,000 at Wrigley Field Chicago, the Cubs defeated the New York Giants 7 to 5 behind Harold Carlson who earned the win after five straight losses. Virgil Barnes took the loss as the Cubs exploded for six runs in the sixth, trimming the gap on the Pirates to two and a half games while remaining a half game behind New York.
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Bass and Chapman Featherweight Title Bout Tonight in Philly
Benny Bass meets Red Chapman in Philadelphia at the Sesqui Stadium to decide the featherweight world champion. The Pennsylvania State Athletic Commission says the winner will be recognized as champion. Bass, a top contender for the throne left vacant by Kaplan, hopes to win as the local favorite.
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Billy Penn
Red Chapman
Boston
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Pennsylvania State Athletic Commission
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Jong
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Major League Leaders Revealed by Associated Press
National league leaders include P Waner Pirates top in batting 333 runs 118 and triples 18. Hite and Williams lead homers while Stehenson Frisch excel in doubles with 40 and 37. American league tops feature Simmons Athletics 330 batting Ruth Yankees 139 runs and homers 26. Hoyt Yankees leads pitching with 20 wins.
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Hawks Player Joins Bulls as Halfback This Season
The Hawks Nest Red Strader resigns to join the Chicago Bulls football team as a halfback this year after a partial season with Cedar Rapids. Iowa schools cited for honors while Drake and Iowa U win track, swimming, and cross country bids. Tulsa Oilers top Western league at season end. Danville wins Three-Eye pennant in a tense final series. Langford sale boosts Cleveland Indians connected finance.
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Waterloo Cubs Win 1907 Iowa League Pennant in Waterloo
The 1907 Waterloo Cubs led by Frank Boyle clinched the Iowa State League pennant after sweeping a crucial three game series against Burlington at the Waterloo park. The series featured strong defense and Waterloo hitting with Burlington shut out in all three games. Subsequent notes recount where the 1907 players are now, including Lizette, Clark, Magee, Wilkes, Pennington, and Gaspar among others.
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Cincinnati
Ira Harmon
William Eminent
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Third Street West
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St. Paul
George Clark
Internal Revenue Department
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Joe Wilkes
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Antlers
Davenport
Shour
Gene Shour
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Clyde Curtis
Belvidere
A. L. Cruikshank
Bellingham
Wash
George Zackert
Abrehpore Qurus
Magee
Abrhpore Daley
Rose
Berg
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Clark
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Lizette
Towne
McMillan
Wilkes
Eckman
Hoffman
Tunney Faces Suit Over Breach of Contract
Chicago Herald Examiner reports Gene Tunney faces a $25 000 breach of contract suit from Thomas M. McHale a New York social secretary and adviser who earned 15000 annually last year. McHale says he was discharged after Eddie Eagan joined the Tunney camp a Yale athlete and Rhodes scholar with east connections.
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Chicago Herald-Examiner
Gene Tunney
Thomas M. McHale
Park Avenue
New York
Tunney
McHale
Eddie Eagan
Eagan
Yale
Golf bunker play and forward shot rule debate
The article argues against hitting backward from a trap and urges players to strike the ball forward for better distance. It notes that playing out of the side may be practical in some cases but emphasizes that backward play is not golf in spirit, even if allowed by rules.
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Agees
Davis Bulwark of Line at Grinnell
Wendell Sonny Davis of Cromwell heads Grinnell football and basketball as a two sport veteran and captain. A three sport man, he anchors the forward wall and roams both sides of the line for the grid squad. Davis has two basketball letters and one in track, and will captain the Grinnell cage team after football. He earned all Iowa and all Missouri Valley honors last season. Davis trained at Greenfield High under Mike Augustine.
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Sonny) Davis
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Grinnell Cage
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Mike Augustine
Walsh Sees Net Cup In Strange Land Until 1990
Davis Walsh reports that American chances to reclaim the Davis Cup look dim with France's 1922 style dominance. He cites Bill Tilden as likely sole veteran next year, joined by promising youths Doeg Chandler and Lott, as U.S. tennis weighs a future dynasty over revival of the past.
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Norman Brookes
Billy Johnston
Dick Williams
Francis T. Hunter
Tilden
Germantown Cricket
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E. G. Chandler
George M. Lott
Chicago
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Johnston
America
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Henri Cochet
Jean Borotra
Lacoste
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Doeg
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Chandler
Cornell College Grid Team Faces Tough Schedule
Mount Vernon Iowa September 12 A strong team must be developed at Cornell college by coaches Barker and Dean with eight consecutive games against strong opponents. Openers with Wisconsin at Madison October 1 followed by seven Saturdays facing Michigan State Coe Beloit Monmouth Ripon Knox and Carel?n in the Midwest conference.
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Texas League Closes as Wichita Falls Spudders clinch race
Fort Worth reports the 1927 Texas league season ended with yesterday's final games played to little drama since the Wichita Falls Spudders had already secured the championship weeks earlier.
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French Look Like Single Finalists in National Meet
In Forest Hills this week an all French final is seen as likely in the national tennis championship. Rene Lacoste, Davis Cup winner and defending champion, is the favorite to meet Henri Cochet, with Tilden and Johnston on the American side. If France wins, they hold every major men’s title for 1927.
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William T. Tilden
William M. Johnston
Philadelphia
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Tilden
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Lacoste
British Polo Team Alters Lineup for Second Match
New York reports drastic changes in the British polo team for the rematch with America's Big Four at Meadow Brook Westbury. Capt Richard George moves to No 1 and Capt J P Denning to No 2 replacing Capt Claude E Pert and Major Austin H Williams who were dropped to improve the lineup.
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Westbury
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Austin H. Willams
Richard George
Pert
J. P. Denning
Major Williams
Capt. Pert
Invaders
Trapshooting Day At Byrnes Park Yields High Scores
At Byrnes Park and Waterloo Gun Club ideal weather produced strong scores. High gun was Harry Chapman with 100 targets and 96 score. Harry Limbert second with 95, Maunie and Dewey tied at 94. Prize cakes awarded by Engineer Ed White went to Mayne Limbert and Chapman across three 25 target events. total scores listed.
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Mellano Secures Third Base Try After Shortstop Setback
Wilson Virginia league player Joe Mellano sought a third base chance after not clinching the shortstop job. He impressed enough to be sold for 7500 to the Philadelphia Athletics and will report to their spring training. Mellano is quick on his feet and active at the hot corner with solid batting progress.
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Joe Mellano
Philadelphia Athletics
Mellano
Keep Out Sign Confronts Fans at Gene's Plant
Chicago dispatch reports Gene Tunney's training camp at his country estate has a keep out sign to bar public view. Tunney explains intensive training would be disrupted if fans and newspapermen watched five or six rounds. Still, a last demonstration drew Jack Williams and Billy Vidabeck for five rounds with limited contact. Gate estimates hint at a possible record fight gate, with Tex Rickard's Soldiers Field Sept 22 tickets starting at $5.
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Dave Shade
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