Southern California Prep for Huskies Clash in Coliseum
Coach Howard Jones drills the Trojans on pass defense and a reinforced line to stop Washington in a key game. Nathan Barrager will press the line, Enoch Bagshaw’s short passes pose a threat, and Arnold Eddy notes near-sellout ticket sales for the Coliseum.
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Howard Jones
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S. C
Knute Rockne
Nathan Barrager
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Carroll
Enoch Bagshaw
Football Coaches To Meet In Illinois To Finalize 1928 Schedule
Western conference football coaches and athletic directors plan a two day meeting in Chicago to finish the 1928 schedule and discuss Big Ten athletic relations. They may propose rule changes including reconsidering the lateral pass with Amos Alonzo Stagg guiding proposals.
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South Carolina
University of Wyoming
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Dartmouth
Evanston
Princeton
Columbus
Ohio State
Michigan
Navy
Annapolis
New York
Amos Alonzo Stagg
University of Chicago
Stagg
Big Ten
Former Ball Star Daniel C. Shay Dies by Suicide
Daniel C. Shay 52, veteran baseball player and former manager of the Kansas City Blues, died in a Kansas City hospital from an apparently self-inflicted wound after a period of illness and despondency. A former Giants shortstop and teammate of John McGraw, Shay had been living alone in a hotel room. He had a stroke about a year earlier and faced ongoing health troubles.
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John McGraw
New York Giants
Giants
Kansas City Blues
Stockton
Cal
Blues
Goodwin Granted New Trial by California Supreme Court
The California Supreme Court granted a new trial to Philip A. Goodwin known as Sam Reader, who awaited execution at San Quentin for the 1926 murder of J. J. Patterson in Orange County. Affidavits, too late for the original trial, were deemed important enough to warrant a retrial.
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Philip A. Goodwin
Elas Sam Reader
San Quentin Penitentiary
J. J. Patterson
Orange County
California
State Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Goodwin
High Court
Albert Dewey Gaines
Montana
Patterson
Los Angeles
San Quentin
Gaines
Boxers signed for 10 round bout at Olympic Auditorium
Sergt. Sammy Baker of New York and Bert Colima of Whittier California agreed to meet in a 10 round bout at the Olympic auditorium in Los Angeles on December 13. They must make a 152 pound limit for the contest based on the arena match maker Hayden Wadhams announcement.
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Sammy Baker
New York
Bert Colima
Whittier
Cal
Olympic Auditorium
Hayden Wadhams
Yale Tops Hypothetical Eastern Big Ten Standings
New York dispatch notes Yale as the only undefeated in a notional eastern Big Ten based on 1927 schedules. Yale would lead with five conference wins over Brown Army Dartmouth Princeton and Harvard, no losses, no ties, followed by Pennsylvania with four wins and one defeat by Navy.
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Washington and Jefferson
West Gets One Star On Rice's Grid Team
Grantland Rice selects the 1927 all-America football team for Collier's Weekly. Eleven colleges are represented in the first string with Oosterbaan Michigan and Nash Georgia at ends, Ras kowski Ohio State, Smith Penn, Crane Illinois guards, Charlesworth Yale center, Drury USC quarterback, Cagle Army, Welch Pittsburgh halfbacks, and Joesting Minnesota fullback.
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Far West
Grantland Rice
Collier’s Weekly
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Michigan
Nash
Georgia
Raskowski
Ohio State
Smith
Pennsylvania
Notre Dame
Crane
Store Manager Quip Sparks Lighthearted Barroom Banter
A store manager remarks that brunettes have sweeter dispositions than blondes. A clerk retorts that his wife has been both, finding no clear difference. The exchange highlights playful gendered humor in a casual setting.
Cuban lightheavy fails to win bout in Chicago show
Roseaux Saguero, Cuba, unable to KO Chuck Burns of San Antonio, Texas, in 10 rounds at Coliseum Chicago. Burns earned a draw by clinching, while crowd booed from round five. Lope Tenerio defeated Frankie Schaeffer in 10 rounds, breaking Schaeffer’s streak with a majority verdict.
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Roseaux
Saguero
Chuck Burns
San Antonio
Texas
Lope Tenerio
Frankie Schaeffer
Schaeffer
Tenerio
Belgium approves new cabinet in confidence vote
Brussels December 1 AP reports the chamber of deputies backed the new Belgian cabinet led by Premier Jaspar with 95 votes in favor and 68 against.
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Canzoneri Beats Fernandez In Ten Round Title Showdown
Tony Canzoneri defeated Ignacio Fernandez in a ten round feature bout at Madison Square Garden, weighing 125 pounds to 124 1 2. The New York crowd witnessed a ferocious rally by Canzoneri in the final rounds as Fernandez pressed early, blood drawn from both fighters, with no knockdowns recorded.
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Tony Canzoneri
Laurels
Ignacio Fernandez
Madison Square Garden
New
Strike ends Berlin cigar workers lockout ends three weeks
In Berlin, an 80,000 worker cigar industry lockout ended with a 2 percent wage raise after three weeks. The report also notes Kid Francis, Italian champion, defeating Archie Bell of Brooklyn in ten rounds, with Bell once leading early on. Bell weighed 117 1/4 pounds and Francis 117 pounds.
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Tony
Kid Francis
Archie Bell
Brooklyn
Bell
Teddy Baldoc
England
Francis
Major Leagues Set Early 1928 Season Dates
Major League and American League reps finished a harmonious schedule meeting in Pittsburgh Dec 1 1927 announcing opening on April 11 and closing September 30 1928. Playing cards to newspapers will be released in January marking a record speed in schedule drafting.
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