Verdicts Split On Mantle Fields Boxing Bout
Sammy Mantle, Meltweight world champion, and Jackie Fields, Pacific coast flash, fought 12 rounds in Los Angeles. The session ended without a decision as ring insiders offered varying verdicts. Mantell drew blood when he tapped Fields’ nose early in the bout.
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Associated Presa
Los Angeles
Sammy Mantle
Jackie Fields
Ringsiders
Mandell
Jackie
Sammy Mandell
Amarillo Baseball Plans Face Opening Day Frenzy
Amarillo Western league talks 4 pm weekday and 8 pm Sunday games at home with opening day fanfare. J D McClaren appeals for 4:30 starts to miss boat schedules. Izaak Walton league looming as city commission review. Tulsa Oilers beat Kansas City Blues 2 to 1 in exhibition. six rookies assigned to Muskokee club include Ratliff.
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Tracy
Amarillo Western League Baseball Club
J. D. McClaren
Amarillo
Tulsa Oilers
Kansas City Blues
Muskowee Club
Western Association
Ratliff
Rickes
Gullie
Oglesby
Hubbell
Everett
Quakers Champ City Series In Icy Weather
In Philadelphia on April 5 the Quakers and Athletics face a pre season city league series under rain and ice. The Athletics seek their third win in as many games after a 2 to 1 extra innings victory yesterday.
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Quakers
Associated Press
Philadelphia
Hillies and Athletics
Athletics
Bruins Gain Playoff Spot In Hockey Semi Final
Boston Kins clinch American section championship and the right to face Ottawa in the inter-group series for the Stanley Cup by defeating New York Rangers 3 to 1 in the final game of the semi final series. The first game ended in a tie in Boston last Saturday night.
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Associated Press
New York
Boston Kins
Ottawa Sears
New York Agers
Boston
Carpenter Floors Man In Waco Glove Event
In Waco on April 5 AP reports a boxing card headlined by Maco Carpenter defeating Booger Red Lewis in a seven round bout. Lewis fought valiantly before a knockout in the seventh, while Dunn-Ray McFadden secured a fifth round knockout on the same program.
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Carpenter
Associated Press
Waco
Maco Carpenter
Red Lewis
Carnter
Battling Arpenter
Dunn-Ray McFadden
Dunn
Jewelers supply high English provincial society with festive rent
A fragment notes upper crust society in provincial English town renting jewelry from jewelers for festive occasions. The text mentions amen in high English circles and formal attire, hinting at a ceremonial economy surrounding rental gems.
Grace And Rhythm By Feg Murray
Graceful diver Peter Desjardins, a brown skinned 17 year old nicknamed Pete, astonished crowds at the 1924 national indoor swimming championships in Chicago with flawless springboard dives. The Florida visitant from a 1923 era, Desjardins later won Olympic and national titles, including the 1924 Paris games springboard second place and a double victory at the Sesqui meet last summer in both plain and fancy diving and springboard events.
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United States
Florida
Miami
Kipling
Challong
Pete
Steve Brodie
Willnois Athletic Club
Chicago
Middle West
Johnnie Weissmulter
Peter Desjardins
Grozen Northwest
Desjardins
Desjardiens
Paris
Clarence Pinkston
al White
Murrays Denial Ties Nickname to Playoffs
Bill Cook's younger brother of the New York Rangers denies that proximity to the playoffs earned him the nickname Hot Cross Run. The text notes climbers near Everest suffer sunstroke even when air is freezing.
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Feg Murray
Bill Cook
New York Rangers
National Hockey League
Mount
Everest
Chicago to Host Two World Title Bouts This Summer
Promoter Jim Mullen plans two world championship boxing matches in Chicago. Mushy Callahan and Soug Myers duel for the junior welter crown likely in June, while Bud Taylor meets Tony Canzoneri for bantam honors the next month.
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Chicago
Jim Mullen
Mushy Callahan
Junior Welter King
Soug Myers
Pocatello
Idaho
Bud Taylor
Tony Canzoneri
Callahan
Myers
Taylor
Canzoneri
Nebraska dominates New Mexico in dual meet
In Albuquerque on April 6 the University of Nebraska routed the University of New Mexico 104 to 22 on the cinder path and in the field. Durisch set a Nebraska discus record at 134 feet 4 inches, surpassing Bud Weller’s previous mark. Roland Locke, noted for 220 yards, appeared in exhibition runs of 2 minutes 6 seconds for the 800 and 7.8 seconds for the 70 yard dash. The article also notes the term staterooms on boats stems from Mississippi steamer practices naming rooms for states.
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Albuquerque
University of Nebraska
University of New Mexico
New Mexico
Durisch
Nebraska
Bud Weller
Roland Locke
Shoeless Joe Keeps Autonomy After Ban from Baseball
Savannah report profiles Joe Jackson, owner of the Savannah Valet Service, three-branch dry cleaning business valued at 15000 dollars. He criticizes Judge Landis, says he will not return to baseball, and notes the business will earn about 8600 dollars this year despite the ban.
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Savannah
Black Sox
Joe Jackson
Savannah Valet Service
Jackson
Georgia City
Judge Landis
White Sox
Landis
Joe
Sox
Hallas V Mantell Set For Friday Night Wrestling Show
Elmer Guthrie announced a heavyweight Dallas wrestling bout between Billy Hallas and Dutch Mantell for next Friday night. Mantell appears recovered from a recent blockade and the promoter says he is ready. Hallas, a Dallas idol, faces a tough challenge as rough handling and potential police action loom if fouls escalate.
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Dutch Mantell
Elmer Guthrie
Remalta
Billy Hallas
Guthrie
Joe Kopecky
Hilly Hallas
Hallas
Dallas Wrestling
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