Gorilla brain mocks human boxing champ Dempsey
Ed Hughes imagines a future heavyweight champ as John Daniel II the Ringling ape. The piece argues Dempsey would defeat the gorilla due to brain size and humanity’s leverage, while noting the ape’s owners plan to teach John Daniel to think and compete.
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Dempsey
John Daniel II
John
John Daniel
Ringling
Congo
Alyce Cunningham
Harold Penny
London
Miss Cunningham
Asamety
Goria Dempsey
T “Sox
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Ruth Growing Up Shows Maturity Says Yankee Manager
New York April 29 Babe Ruth is seen growing up says Miller Huggins Yankee manager noting his seriousness and shape for the 1924 season. Ruth buys a $50 000 life insurance policy after securing batting honors and plans for his wife and Dorothy.
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Miller Huggins
New York Yankees
Babe
Ruth
Land of Plenty
Broadway
Jack Dempsey
Bhelby
Tom Gibbons
Gibbons
Dorothy
Black Giants Face Lubbock Sluggers at Gasser Park
The Amarillo Black Giants travel to meet the Lubbock Black Sluggers at Gasser Park on Sunday. The visitors wear new uniforms as Lub bock’s strong squad is noted and a competitive game is anticipated.
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Lubbock
Amarillo
Gasser
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Ruth homers pace slugfest as New York tops Philadelphia 11 to 6
Babe Ruth hit two homers to push his season total to five in New York’s 11 to 6 win over Philadelphia. Shawkey, Jones, and Hoffman combined for the mound effort as New York debuted a high-scoring game on April 29.
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New York
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Shawkey
Jones
Hoffman
Heimarch
Harris
Bumgartner
Perkins
Stribling to Make New York Debut in Six Round Bout
Young Georgia schoolboy Stribling, who rose to prominence with a victory over light heavyweight champ Mike McTigue, headlines a New York debut opposite Mike Burk in a six round limit set by the boxing commission. Berlenbach, returning to form after a knockout by Jack Delaney, is slated to fight Harold Abbot for ten rounds.
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Berlenbach
Jack Delaney
Will
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