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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1925
Page
2
Los Angeles reports quote champion Dempsey saying he will not fight Renault or any foe in June and plans a bout before September. Promoters, led by Tom Kennedy, proposed a Dempsey Renault title defense in June during Shrine Conclave, but Dempsey cites weight, conditioning, and ring readiness as reasons to delay.
Jack Gorman of Plainview announces a forthcoming match between Tony Padrone of Milwaukee and Billy Londos, set for Plainview next Saturday after Amarillo’s stir over Cal Farley and Jack Fisher. Londos, known for aggressive style, is eager to prove himself against Padrone, who cites past foes like Matty Siatsuda and Kalla.
Twenty five nations entered the Davis cup this year, two more than 1924, with sixteen in the European zone and nine in the American zone. Inter zone finals will be at Longwood Cricket Club Boston September 3 4 and 5, followed by the challenge round at Germantown Cricket Club Philadelphia September 10 11 and 12. Drawings for opening round matches in the two zones will be held in Washington March 17 with Vice President Dawes presiding.
Drake University from Des Moines announces its entry in the southwest relay carnival at Rice Field on March 28. Coach K L Wilson plans to send a pole vault, javelin thrower, and likely a relay squad. Louis A Clark, Johns Hopkins alumnus and former world indoor 106 yard record holder, is highlighted among the invitation 100 yard entrants and was part of the Olympic team that set a world record in the 400 meter.
Dom inic de Vito of Chicago wins the individual event with 702 pins after games of 214 278 and 210 at the American Bowling Congress meet in Buffalo New York. A new doubles high score is set by Al and Louis Fischer of Chicago totaling 1 244.
In Shreveport on March 14 Chicago White Sox beat the local Texas League club 1 to 0 in the season opener exhibition. The game featured many Sox rookies and listed players including Collins Howard Bonnar Benn Pitzpatrick Andrews McColl Zeigler Hungling Wheat Fidler Dobbs McCall Graham Burns Ash Connally Davenport Schaik Grabowski Jameson Fullerton Fuhr Stokes Reka Worth Thomas Brown Haworth Lingle Owens Smith Wolgame Bolt Tenny Dae Moines Worth etc.
Arthur Saxon and Roy Beckwith of Amarillo will clash in a strong arm and mighty man match at the Pair Theater next Thursday night. Saxon, famed as the world’s strongest entertainer, returns to Amarillo, while Beckwith seeks opponents in wrestling. Referee hoped to be Cal Farley. crowd anticipates mighty hugs and squeezes.
Walter Camp founder of modern inter collegiate football died in his hotel room in New York at age 65. He collapsed from a heart attack after returning from the rules committee session and was found by Princeton coach William Roper and Trinity official W. D. Laingford. Camp’s body will be taken to New Haven tomorrow. tributes flowed from coaches and players nationwide as the meeting adjourned.
New York March 14 The Intercollegiate Football Rules Committee adopted major changes including returning the kickoff to the forty yard line and a new vertical line as the line of scrimmage. They clarified the handling of blocked kicks and added field doctor and trainer reporting rules. The toss winner’s captain may now choose to receive or kick and the clipping penalty was increased to twenty four yards. Walter Camp, Yale authority, died today.
Randal Jug Co at 422 Taylor Bt announces a shipment of imported German Roller Canaries. These singers are specially selected musical comedy leaders from noted German bird raisers, with a complete stock of bird cages and accessories available. Ady
Jack Fisher, a light weight from St Louis, suffered two broken ribs after a Friday wrestling match with Cal Farley. Doctors say the injuries will disable him for two to three weeks. Fisher told a reporter he regretted continuing after the third bout and feared not drawing a crowd if he had won. Farley offered consolation and noted the public reaction to a loss versus a win.
Miss Glenna Collett of Providence Rhode Island defeats Miss Frances Hadfield of Milwaukee three and two to win the Florida east coast golf championship on a new course for women in St Augustine Florida. The article notes a wall from a British house being removed for an interior project.
Paymond Bressler a Cincinnati Reds first baseman born in Brookville on June 22, 1894, pursued a varied major league career. Sold to the Athletics in 1918 by the Harrisburg club of the Tri State League, he moved through Newark of the International League and New Haven of the Eastern League, was recalled to Atlanta in the Southern Association, and finished the season with Cincinnati under a special agreement. He started as pitcher and outfielder and posted a .206 batting average in 1921 with a fielding mark of .089 last season.
In spring baseball work across Florida and California, Giants and Braves battled to a 4-4 tie after 12 innings in Sarasota. Boston’s young Red Sox pitchers faced New Orleans, while Union camps in Clearwater, St Petersburg, and Tarpon Springs staged trials among major league hopefuls, with Hartnett and Gabby Hartnett driving Chicago to a 10-0 win. Managers Conte and Rickey praised young arms as teams test lineups and prepare for the season.
An advertisement claims a facial treatment under Mrs Scott’s instruction, described as the originator of Mineral Lava, will erase wrinkles and erase worry about aging. The copy markets a single facial as a guaranteed solution.
Dr. R Newman of 286 Fifth Avenue New York claims a method that sheds up to a pound of fat daily without diet or exercise. He says thousands have slimmed down safely and that those with rheumatism gout asthma or high blood pressure felt relief from weight loss. He offers a free trial and a pay when reduced plan by mail.
Douglas, Ariz March 14 President Calles supports forming a Mexican National league per Hal Chase former major league star who would serve as national administrator Chase has taken over management of Las Douglas Club in the Mexican border league The Illinois track team will compete in Texas relay games March 27 featuring world record holders Dane Kinsey Dean Brownell and Bud Evans among others with fifty high school junior college and academy teams in the meet at the new memorial stadium
In Elizabethan times a statute prohibited any new construction within three miles of Lon on, enforcing a broad urban radius limitation on growth and landmark development for that period.
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