Confessions in 1919 World Series Scandal Highlight Court
The grand jury testimony on baseball's 1919 scandal unfolds as Cicotte Jackson and others allegedly received 5000 to 10000 dollars to throw games. The defense argues confessions voluntary while Judge MacDonald weighs admissibility. Evidence on immunity waivers and alleged paper losses dominates the session as witnesses testify. Peter Herman arrives in New York ahead of a bantam title bid in Brooklyn.
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Honors Divided In Long Sessions
Baseball results show the home team winning 2 1 in 10 innings and losing 4 3 in 13 innings in a doubleheader. Key plays include Hamilton drawing a bases loaded walk, Bigbee delivering a go-ahead single, and Carey adding a timely hit in the second game as Pittsburg and Boston split. Cincinnati pummeled New York 11 2 with Luque limited, while Brooklyn edged St Louis 6 5 in a see-saw affair. Chicago routed Philadelphia 26 1 behind Grimes and Deal homers.
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Tilden and Johnston Dominate Tennis Scene in 1920s Era
The piece weighs the case for William Tilden II as the era’s supreme athlete amid tennis triumphs. It charts his Wimbledon and Davis Cup campaigns with Johnstone of California, detailing weariness yet resolve. It also notes football and baseball salvos, civic bets, and local sports interest shifts in Missoula and Edmonton while highlighting harsh heat at games.
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Tennis finals set for Sunday at Columbia gardens
Butte Tennis club finals progress in women’s singles with Jessie Roscow to meet Anne Moore at noon Sunday. Men’s semifinals scheduled for the afternoon feature Neil Wisconsin State University rival Gio Hanmer. A Sunday morning meeting at the gardens will arrange the annual city tournament ahead of the state event.
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Butte
Hattie
Kipp
Lewistown
Kalamazoo Grand Circuit Meet Highlights and Track Notes
AP reports at Kalamazoo the Grand Circuit meeting featured a fourth heat to decide the 213 trotting title with Seve Brooke favored over Great Miss Morris as heat winners. Lillian Slixwood won the 2 10 pace, Abbe Hal took the 2:08 pace, and Roy Grattan placed second in trotting heats. The column also notes cooler weather returning and a British versus American track clash at Harvard stadium with Oxford Cambridge teams facing Harvard Yale. In Little Rock a Memphis squad posted 29 runs on 30 hits, a Southern Association record surpassing Atlanta’s 24 against Birmingham.
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Clarks Triumph Over Cole-Pitts In High-Scoring Tilt
The Clarks, sporting navy uniforms and new players Bunny Warren and a Seattle-bound Dillon boy, defeated the Cole-Pitts 16 to 8. Key plays featured a wild moment over a crowded ground-rule dispute, a rough surge toward the umpire, and a barrage led by McGeehan, Weir, and Warren as Clark hitters rammed 14 safeties including a homer and a triple.
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Von Elm Sets Sights On Portland Tournament
A garbled report notes Von Elm plans to compete in a tournament in Portland. It mentions Franke of Salt Lake City, a youth prodigy, and speculation about overcoming veterans. Disqualification risks arise due to club affiliations, while wagers and pool dealings color the tale.
Fight Pictures and Legal Status
BW York July 22 The belief that the federal government has no right to prevent the exhibition of motion pictures of the Dempsey Carpentier fight outside New Jersey was exposed today by John F Joyce Assistant United States attorney Here He said government could only use such exhibition as evidence of interstate transportation of the films in violation of a federal law This evidence could be used only against the person who did the transporting not against the one displaying the picture David Horsley an independent motion picture producer said he had filed an affidavit with Mr Joyce asking action against persons responsible for bringing the pictures into the state
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Gibbons Brothers Train For Fights In New York
Mike and Tom Gibbons brothers from St Paul begin training together in New York for upcoming bouts. Mike faces Augie Ratner on August 1 and Tom plans to fight Georges Carpentier in October. The brief notes include a baseball micro-score and misc. game details from the AP dispatch.
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