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September 22, 1927

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TUNNEY WILL DEFEND HIS CROWN TONIGHT; BETTING NOW EVEN; Whole World to Follow Drama of Dempsey's Fight to Regain Title. $2,500,000 GATE IN SIGHT Will Surpass Any in Ring History -- Millions to Hear Description Over Radio. FORTUNES FOR PRINCIPALS Champion to Get Million and Dempsey $450,000 -- 150,000 to See Fight, $10,000,000 Wagered. Greatest Crowd in History of Boxing Will View Tunney-Dempsey Bout Tonight

By James R. Harrison.special To the New York Times.by James R. Harrison

Will meet Tunney tonight; betting is even

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HOLMAN AND MEYERS WIN NEW YORK-SPOKANE DERBY; 2 NON-STOP PLANES START; VAST CROWD THRILLED Victors in Classes A and B Arrive From the East Close Together. HOLMAN LOSES A TIRE Racing Pilots Tell of Battle With Elements and Flying Crippled Planes. WESTERN FLIERS ALSO IN Stinson and Schiller Take Off From Roosevelt Field for a Direct Flight. OFF ON NON-STOP FLIGHT TO SPOKANE.

By Russell D. Owen.special To the New York Times

G Towner's plane damaged in stunt flying at Natl Air Derby events, slightly injuring A C Yoder, bystander

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Notable Births

1927Gordon Astall, English footballer and coach (died 2020)[†]

Gordon Astall was an English professional footballer. He played as an outside right, and represented the Football League, the England B team and the full England side. At club level he made 456 appearances in the Football League and scored 112 goals.

Tommy Lasorda

1927Tommy Lasorda, American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 2021)[†]

Thomas Charles Lasorda was an American professional baseball pitcher and manager. He managed the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1976 through 1996. He was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame as a manager in 1997.