American girl fails to swim English Channel
Gertude Ederle, 18, failed to cross the English Channel after eight hours and forty six minutes. She started at Cape Griz Nez and ended near Dover, battling saltwater and a choppy sea before being rescued by Ishak Helmy and trainer Jabs Wolfe.
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Associated Press
Boulogne
France
Gertrude Ederle
English Channel
Dover
Old Channel
Miss Ederle
Cape Griz-Nez
Ishak Helmy
Jabs Wolfe
Horned Frogs Brace for 1925 Football Tough Schedule
Texas Christian University prepares for a hard 1925 season with Matty Bell using inexperienced players but L C Wright arranging a heavy schedule featuring Baylor Texas A M Arkansas Oklahoma A M Missouri Valley foe Simmons and Austin College. Promising 1924 freshmen and players like Herman Clark Donald Frazee Big Tom George Jew Levy and Bear Wolfe expected to star. Schedule includes games against East Texas State Normal Daniel Baker Baylor Simmons Oklahoma A M Abilene Christian Texas A M Arkansas and Austin College.
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Associated Press
Fort Worth
Matty Bell
T. C. U. Horned Toad
L. C. Wright
Texas Christian University
Baylor University
Texas A. & M
Arkansas University
Oklahoma A. & M
Missouri Valley
Simmons and Austin College
Southwest
Oklahoma Aggies
Captain Jack
Tankersley
Big Jim” Cantrell
Homer Adams
Herman Clark
Donald Frazee
Tom” George
Jew" Levy
Bear” Wolfe
East Texas State Normal
Daniel Baker
Dallas
Simmons College
Oklahoma A. M
Stillwater
Okla
Abilene Christian College
Arkansas University At
Austin College
Baseball Scandal Rumor Sparks Southern Association Probe
John D. Martin heads to Nashville to open an investigation into rumors of players being approached to throw games for pennant money. Nashville players and club officials are to testify, with the Nashville newspaper story prompting the executive hearing tomorrow.
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Associated Press
Memphis
John D. Martin
Southern Association
Nashville
Borozone Treatment For Wounds In Home And Stable
An advert claims Borozone heals flesh wounds cuts sores galls burns and scalds in both home and stable. It states liquid and powder forms for humans and animals with fast healing after washing out germs then applying powder. Prices listed for liquid and powder.
Speaker Keeps Up His Pace For Batting Honors
Three AL veterans chase batting titles led by Tris Speaker of the Cleveland Indians at .391 in his sixteenth straight season. Marty Heilmann sits second with .878 and Ty Cobb is two points behind. Other leaders include Johnny Mostil, Ken Williams, Bob Meusel, and a list of top NL hitters led by Rogers Hornsby at .401 with 30 homers. Max Carey and Hazen Cuyler pace base stealing.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Tris Speaker
Gray
Cleveland Indians
Marty Heilmann
Detroit
Ty Cobb
Georgia Peach
Heilmann
Johnny Mostil
Chicago White Sox
Ken Williams
Browns
Bob Meusel
Yankees
St. Louis
H. Rice
Simmons
Philadelphia
Sisler
Lamar
E. Rice
Washington
Wingo
Hale
Manush
J. Sewell
Cleveland
Collins
Rogers Hornsby
Jimmy Bottomly
Cardinals
Milton Stock
Dodgers
Max Carey
Hazen Cuyler
Pirates
Max
Cuyler
Fournier
Brooklyn
Harper
J. Wilson
Bressler
Cincinnati
Barnhart
Pittsburgh
Blades
Buirus
Boston
Wrightstone
Terry
New York
Felix
Twelve Lobos to feature twelve letter men in 1925 squad
Alpine Aug 18. Sul Ross aims for strongest football team in history with 12 letter men returning from 1924. Head coach Bernice C Graves lists players Townsend Kelly Denman Bell Prude Anthony Nelson Smith Younger Weed Williamson and Adams. Eight game schedule includes West Texas Tech at San Angelo Oct 31 and several other contests across Texas and New Mexico.
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Lobos
Sul Ross
Bernice C. Graves
Townsend
Kelly
Denman
Bell
Prude
Anthony
Nelson
Smith
Younger
Weed
Williamson
Adams
West Texas Technological College
West Texas
San Angelo
Sul Ross Normal
Randolph College
Alpine
Daniel Baker
Brownwood
el Paso School of Mines
New Mexico A. & M
Las Cruces
N. M
Schreiner Institute
McMurry College
Abilene
el Paso Junior College
Former gridiron hero of Texas U studies art
Stookie Allen, Corsicana native and Texas University football star famed for a game winning 7 0 TD against Texas A&M, is now studying art in a Chicago academy. He earned a Texas Longhorns baseball letter as a pitcher and played for several seasons with 1924 his only regular year. he was named all Southwestern at season's end.
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Associated Press
Austin
Allen
Corsicana
Texas University
Texas University Longhorns
Texas Aggies
Chicago
Texas
Menon
Bulldog Camp to Enroll Fifty for 1925 Season
Clarendon College football prospects brighten as class A status preserves veterans. Fifty players expected at September camp with Captain Charles Dyer leading a line of letter men, plus a strong new candidate group from West Texas and Panhandle towns. Open date September 1 and season opener September 26 against West Texas State Teachers College in Amarillo with student attendance planned.
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Clarendon
Clarendon College
Panhandle
West Texas
Charles Dyer
Amarillo
Dyer
Jim Crow
Miller
Terrell
Parks
Parker
Stocking
Corbin
Russell
Powell
Burton
Hayden
Wolfman
Farwell
Hawkins
Stearn
Matador
Campbell
Leeds
Shamrock
Bulldogs
West Texas State Teachers College
Rickard and Kearns Post Forfeits For Championship Bout
New York Aug 18 For a time today there was a fight over staging Dempsey’s title defense by July 4 1926. Tex Rickard and Jack Kearns posted 25000 each as good faith guarantees to the New York State athletic commission but Paddy Mullins manager of Harry Wills did not sign and would not commit to the prize. Mullins argued if Dempsey failed to appear Wills should be champion but the commission resisted and Mullins left without papers.
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Associated Press
New York
Tex Rickard
Jack Kearns
Jack Dempsey
Paddy Mullins
Harry Wills
Rickard
Kearns
Dempsey
New York State Athletic Commission
New York State
Farley
Commission
Mullins
Paddy
Waterpower and Lightning and Granite Facts
The text asserts world waterpower totals 25,000,000 horsepower and that twice that power equals a single lightning flash. It also states granite is the Mother Rock as the lowest rock in the crust and notes granite shows no evidence of animal or plant life.
Sixteen Contenders Survive Tests In Tennis Meet
Forest Hills report on the national women's tennis championship where sixteen players remain after second round play at the West Side club. Helen Wills and Elizabeth Ryan lead the Americans with dominant wins. Wills delivers sharp net attack in a 6-1 6-0 victory and later doubles win with Mary Browne. Ryan defeats M Huff 6-2 6-1, then teams with May Sutton Bundy to beat Candee and Weaver 6-1 6-2.
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Presa
England
Miss Wills
Anne Fuller Hubbard
Boston
California
Mary K. Browne
Molla B. Mallory
New York
Marion Williams
Los Angeles
The Bond Of Fear and The Manicure Girl At Local Theatres
Western star Deandi Roy Stewart appears in The Bond Of Fear at the Deandi with a two reel King Cotton comedy. Bebe Daniels stars in The Manicure Girl at Mission Theatre for a two day run, directed by Frank Tuttle with Townsend Martin screenplay and Frederic Hatton story. Tom Mix leads Riders of Purple Sage at local venue for an unusual entertainment close.
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Roy Stewart
Deandi
Lloyd Hamilton
Cotton
Bebe
Bebe Daniels
Paramount
Mission Theatre
Frank Tuttle
Miss Bluebeary
Tuttle
Frederic
Fannie Hatton
Tom Mix
Riders of the Purple Sage Ends Run at Fair Theatre
The Fair Theatre closes its current show today with Riders of the Purple Sage concluding its run. A vaudeville act accompanying the feature is described as very pleasing.
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Fair Theatre
Riders of the Purple Sage
Mason Chosen President of University of Chicago
Max Mason, professor of mathematical physics at the University of Wisconsin, has been elected president of the University of Chicago succeeding the late Dr. Ernest DeWitt Burton. Announcement came at a university meeting tonight.
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Max Mason
Chicago U
Associated Press
Chicago
University of Wisconsin
University of Chicago
Ernest DeWitt Burton
Uni
Mason Set to Begin Administration October First
The University of Chicago faculty and Pres ent Mason will begin his admin istration October 1 at Skates and parts located at 118 West 1th.
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Chicago
Mason
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Tahal
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