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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1927
Page
11
The Kelland interview portrays Jack Dempsey as a focused, stage‑wise fighter with magnetism and ordinary man appeal. He speaks of theater, friends, and a simple life with Mrs Dempsey, while dismissing acting and outlining a planned, powerful come‑back against Sharkey.
John J. McGraw, veteran New York Giants manager, honored in New York as Baseball and Gotham join in tribute. Ban Johnson and Col. Jacob Ruppert attend, 30,000 parade on a showered day, gifts of silver, flowers, and telegrams flood in.
The Associated Press lists National League outcomes: Cincinnati defeated Boston 8 to 2. Chicago beat New York 8 to 5. Pittsburg-Philadelphia and St. Louis-Brooklyn games postponed by rain. American League scores include Cleveland 4 5 Boston 2 6. Washington 4 over Chicago 3. Detroit 10 over Philadelphia New York 6. St. Louis 1. American Association results: Toledo 4 St Paul 0. Kansas City 4 Indianapolis 3. Milwaukee 9 Louisville 1. Minneapolis 9 Columbus 6. Pacific Coast League results show Hollywood 3 Portland 1. Missions 5 Seattle 9. Oakland 4 Los Angeles 3. Sacramento 6 San Francisco 7.
Tacoma and University of Washington star Chuck Hunter won medalist honors at the Western Amateur Golf Tournament in Seattle with a 147. Roy Moe of Portland failed to hold a three stroke lead, tying with Keefe Carter of Oklahoma City for third at 149. Chick Evans posted the day's best round of 71 and finished second overall with 148.
Chicago Cubs beat the New York Giants 8 to 5 to reclaim the National League lead as Hartnett hit his ninth homer and English followed with another long shot. Poor weather kept attendance low at about 380,000 as McGraw’s jubilee was dampened by rain and a sixth inning umpire conference.
Anacondans beat the Powers 6 to 4 at Clark Park in a sunlit game. Elmer Swanson won his fifth decision in seven this year over the Powers with help from Lefty Hartman who saved the win in the sixth.
The Butte Baseball Association moves forward with a third round of games at three city parks. Nine teams compete after Butte Coal and T J Bennetts withdraw. Walkerville leads with 19–3, Dublin Gulch 17–5, with Hebgen Park and others on schedule through the week.
The funeral for Frank Rigler 22 son of Mr and Mrs John Rigler East Helena and worker at A S and R smelters was held at St Cyril and Methodius church in Helena. The East Helena and Helena Prints teams gave honorary pallbearers and a large crowd attended the service. Rigler was a well known amateur ballplayer killed last Friday evening when hit by a pitched ball during a game.
New York July 19 Jack Sharkey completed his final training for the fight with Jack Dempsey set for Thursday night. He weighed 192 pounds and held peak condition after a hard session including sparring rope jumping and shadow boxing. Betting favored Sharkey at 6 to 5 to 13 to 10 with Dempsey at 1 to 3 against a knockout.
In Portland and Seattle teams posted mixed boxscores with Batting and pitching notes for several lineups. Also Sacramento defeated San Francisco in ten innings as Keating and teammates contributed for the visitors. More than 6 million pounds of soaps were sold abroad last year.
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