Firpo Knocks Out Joe Burke in Second Round
Grand Rapids Mich July 37 Luis Angel Firpo heavyweight from Argentina stops Joe Burke of Detroit in the second round of a 10 round bout after a first round rabbit punch. Firpo towers over Burke with a 26 pound weight advantage to claim a decisive knockout.
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Anaconda Standard
Grand Rapids
Mich
Luis Angel Firpo
Argentina
Joe Burke
Detroit
Burke
Firpo
Langford Quits After Narrow Loss to Clem Johnson
Clem Johnson of New York stopped Sam Langford, Mexico’s heavyweight champion, in the thirteenth round of a slow fifteen round bout in Juarez Mexico. Langford quit after both eyes were closed and he had lost every round to the formidable challenger, who used a sharp left effectively.
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Sam Langford
Associated Press
EL Paso
Texas
Clem Johnson
New York City
Mexico
Jaurez
Langford
Wells Wins Technical Knockout in Milwaukee Bout
Billy Wells the welterweight champion of England defeated Roy Conley of Green Bay Wisconsin by technical knockout in Milwaukee. The referee stopped the fight at the end of the fourth round to protect Conley from further punishment.
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Wells
Associated Press
Milwaukee
Wis
Billy Wells
England
Roy Conley
Green Bay
Conley
Shade Ya Bout Surfaces In Boston Bout
Jimeny Jones of Tommons earned a decision over Dave Shafie of New York after ten rounds, in a boxing event billed by Associated Press from Boston. Shafie, a Californian, faced Jones in a closely contested ten round bout with a narrow outcome.
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Shade
Associated Boston
Jimeny Jones
Tommons
Dave Shafie
New York
California
Genaro Defeats Daly For Fryweight Title Decision
Frankie Genaro the American fryweight champion wins on a referee's decision over Frankie Daly of Staten Island in a 12 round bout held in New Haven Connecticut.
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Frankie Genaro
Frankie Daly
Associated Press
New Haven
Conn
Staten
Firpo to Meet Weinert in Eight Round Title Prep Bout
Luis Firpo will box Charley Weinert of Newark in an eight round no decision bout set for August 13 in Philadelphia. Promoters plan the National League ballpark as the venue as Firpo's team closes the match with Philadelphia promoters.
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Firpo
Associated Press
New York
Luis
O Sn
Jack Dempsey
Chariey Weinert
Newark
N. J
Philadelphia
National League
Smith Loses On Foul In Bout In New Orleans
New York featherweight Midget Smith lost to Young Barrere of New Orleans on a foul in the second round of an 11 round scheduled bout in New Orleans on July 27.
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Smith
Associated Press
New Orleans
Midget Smith
New York
Young Barrere
New Orieans
Delaney Beats Guckner In 19-Round Decision
St. Paul light heavyweight Jimmy Delaney defeated Glen Guckner of Racine Wisconsin after 19 rounds in Oklahoma City to win the referee's decision.
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Delaney
Associated Press
Oklahoma City
Okla
Jimmy Delaney
St. Paul
Glen Guckner
Racine
Wis
Coast Title Bouts Decide Pacific Coast Weights
Bobby Harper of Portland defeated Johnny Reisiner of New York in four rounds to claim the junior lightweight crown. Frankie Grandetta of Spokane won a close decision over Irving Glasser of Los Angeles in four rounds for the coast flyweight title.
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Fasy
Harper
Associated Press
Los Angeles
Bobby Harper
Portland
Ore
Pacific Coast
Johnny Reisiner
New York
Frankie Grandetta
Spokane
Irving Glasser
Tendler's Share of Purse Tied Up
New York July 27 An attachment against Lew Tendler's share of the receipts from his fight with Benny Leonard last Monday for the light weight title was issued today in supreme court to Daniel Ryweck of Oaklyn who has sued to recover $7,500 from the pugilist Ryweck's suit stems from the first Tendler Leonard bout a year ago at Boyles Thirty Acres He paid Phil Glassman Tendler's manager $7,500 for a share in profits of the motion pictures but profits failed to materialize</s>
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Associated Press
New York
Lew Tendler
Benny Leonard
Sureme
Daniel Ryweck
Oaklyn
Ryweck
Tendler-Leonard
Boyles Thirty Acres
Phil Glassman
Tendler
Wythe Wins Rough Riding Title at Frontier Days
Cheyenne rider Dave Wythe claimed the rough riding championship at the Frontier Days finale in Cheyenne Wyoming. Premiers awards honored included steer roping to Ben Johnson of Foraker Oklahoma in 47 6 10 seconds, bull dogging to Perch Porter Clayton New Mexico in 37 1 10, calf roping to George Cline Roosevelt Arizona in 42 4 10, with Buck Stewart Fort Worth Texas in cowboy fancy and Chester A Beyers Fort Worth Texas in cowgirl fancy and roping.
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Associated Press
Cheyenne
Wyo
Dave Wythe
Ben Johnson
Foraker
Okleahoma
Perch Porter
Clayton
N. M
George Cline
Roosevelt
Arizona
Buck Stewart
Fort Worth
Texas
Chester A. Beyers
Sweetser Loses Western Amateur Semifinal After Missed Put
In Cleveland on July 27 Jess Sweetser, national champion, misses an 18 inch putt on the 38th hole to lose to Chick Evans who advances to the final at the Mayfield club. Evans, who beat Joe Wells 4 and 3 in the other semifinal, will meet Hamilton Gardner in the final.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
Ohio
Jess Sweetser
Chick Evans
Mayfield Club
Evans
Sweetser
Chick
Brookline
Yale
Hamilton Gardner
Buffalo
New Yorker
Joe Wells
East Liverpool
Women to Enter Into Racing Game in New York
Mrs. William E. Vanderbilt TL and Mrs. Henry Carnegie Phipps near completing plans to assemble large racing stables for American turf. Vanderbilt, formerly Virginia Fair, daughter of Senator Jim Fair of California, previously raced Thoroughbreds on the Pacific coast.
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Associated Press
New York
William E. Vanderbilt
Debs Speech Meetings barred in Oregon Armories
Adjutant General George A. White cites Debs war record in a letter to Portland armory control board refusing use of any Oregon armory for meetings where Debs is the chief speaker.
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Associated Press
Balem
Ore
Eugene V. Debs
George A. White
Oregon
Armory Control Board of
Portland
Socialist Party
Debs
Blast kills boy in Carrington factory shack
An explosion at a Carrington factory shack connected to a fireworks maker killed one unidentified boy and lightly injured four youths. Property loss was small.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
United States
Carrington
Boxers Prepare For Monday Open Air Card At Clark Park
Boxers in training for Monday night’s open air show under the American Legion at Clark Park. Main bout features Herman and McCarthy with high tempo workouts and weigh ins around 118 pounds. Hart and Lahood train hard for their rematch while Fontana and Coady promise a thriller in the preliminary. Seat sales exceed expectations as arc lights are set for Monday.
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Clark Park
American Legion
Jack McCarthy
Walt Hart
Dick Coady
Bill Bate
Herman and Company
Dixie Lahood
Fontana
Kid Wildfire
Legion
Lahood
Salt
Butte
Herman
Omaha
Jack Lewis
Marine Renieri
McCarthy
Farmer Lodge
Giant Mauler
Coady
la Hood
Hart
Downing
Firpo Says He Is Ready to Meet Dempsey
Grand Rapids July 27. No date for the Dempsey Firpo bout has been fixed. Firpo, via interpreter, said he is ready to meet Dempsey, but nothing definite was agreed.
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Associated Press
Grand Rapids
Ack Dempsey
Luis Firpo
Firpo
Dempsey
Babe Ruth Homer Powers Phillies in Early Lead
Babe Ruth hit his twenty fourth homer of the season in the first inning of the Philadelphia versus New York American League game today with Naylor pitching and one man on base.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Babe Ruth
Naylor
Clarks and Pitts Reschedule League Game at 2:30 Today
The Mines league game between Clarks and Cole-Pitts, postponed from last night, will be played this afternoon at 2:30 in Clark park. Coleman steps in for Jimmy Carleton's team while Adams starts for Pitts. Pitts seek win after two straight, Clarks aim to climb toward the league lead.
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Mines
Clarks
Cole-Pitts
Clark Park
Coleman
Jimmy Carleton
Adams
Pitts
Rnodes
Baseball Schedule for Today Across Leagues
National League features Philadelphia at St Louis New York at Chicago Boston at Pittsburg Brooklyn at Cincinnati American League shows Louis at Philadelphia Washington hosts Cleveland at Boston Chicago visits New York Longstanding rivalries and city matchups headline the slate with multiple city venues hosting daytime games.
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Brookly Eer Eeeare
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New York
Meveland
St. Louis
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Boston Escesiasess
American
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Pat. Paul
Kansas City
Louisville
Columbus
Milwaukee
Indianapolis
Aeae
Minneapolis
Toledo
Pacific Coast League
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Portland
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Los Angeles
Salt Lake
Vernon
Seattle
Oakland
National League
Philadelphia
Chicago
Boston
Pittsburg
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Louis
Washington
Cleveland
Meaderville Shuts Out Williamsburg In Offense Rally
Meaderville defeated Williamsburg in a decisive game as Cleaves pitched and contributed a two run homer. Smith allowed only five hits and struck out eight for Meaderville while Jackson yielded 12 runs in seven innings. East Side was blanked 12 to 0 with Meaderville piling up 13 hits and multiple runners on base.
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Meaderville
Williamsburg
Boulevard Boys
Smith
Wearaberg
Jackson
Cleaves
East Side
Meadervile
R. Hw. B
Ucsness
T Meaderville
Smith and Rivetts
Jackson and Stodden
Rotarians
Furman
Fee
Csi
Frink
Davis
Perham
Ibereee Mevett Efp
Roberts
van House
Salisbury
Cou Hian
Burke
Ersiaticns
Venable
Kiwa
Niang
PO Wenkle
Halloran
Ingram
N ‘ Markham
Sieecit
Taylor
Sweet
Dee
Stowe
Murray
Wiehees
Keld
Clevett
Reid
O Burke
Reitd
Urman
Itowe
Rman
Revenue agents eye boxing goings on in Chicago
Federal inquiry into boxing bouts staged as charity in Chicago opened with internal revenue agent L. L. Daily arriving to audit gate receipts. He cited $22,000 in taxes on the Dempsey Gibbons fight at Shelby Montana and noted Mayor Johnson of Shelby faced $5,900 more in taxes with a lien filed against his property.
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Chicago
Benny Leonard
Pinky Mitchell
L. L. Daily
Internal Revenue
Shelby
Mont
Johnson
Daily Said
Kid Hurler to Get Try with Senators
Clark Griffith of the Washington club offered Elmer Rising a chance with the Senators. The Rockland high school left hander struck out 23 in nine innings and 26 in 13 innings this season.
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Associated Press
Rockland
Maine
Clark Griffith
Washington American Baseball Club
Elmer Rising
Rockland High School
Senators
Rising
Butte Girls to Play Ball Tuesday Evening
The Butte girls baseball team will meet the Postoffice nine next Tuesday at 6 30 PM at Lake Avoca grounds. Managers and players have been practicing after the game was arranged, with a male battery possible against the Postoffice club.
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Butte
Lake Avoca
Sammy Kinville
Detective Held For Nebraska Return In Bank Robbery Case
Peoria Ill July 27 Endorsement of requisition papers on the governor of Nebraska for the return of A B Page detective charged with attempted bank robbery at Low Point has been obtained from Governor Small by Sheriff B F Brubaker of Woodford county who has gone to Omaha to return Page.
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Associated Press
Peoria
Ill
Nebraska
A. BE. Page
Low Point
Small
B. F. Brubaker
Woodford County
Omaha
Page
Cincinnati Wins In Twelfth On Caveny Single
Cincinnati Reds edge Brooklyn 4 to 3 in the 12th inning as Caveny singles Har ris sacrifice and Bohne liner with two out bring in the decisive run. Grimes and Taylor vs Rixey Harris and Wingo. Also Ring shuts out Cardinals 8 to 2 as Ring allows four hits for Philadelphia. Braves rally falls short in 8 to 5 loss to Boston in Pittsburg.
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Associated Press
Cincinnati
Ohio
Caveny
Harris
Bohne
Reds
Brooklyn
Grimes
Taylor
Rixey
Wingo
New York Sweeps Phillies 7 to 3 in Final Game
New York defeated Philadelphia 7 to 3 to close the series. Ruth belted his 24th homer of the season in the first inning as the Yankees built an early lead. Batteries Pennock Sehang for New York and Naylor Heirnach Perkins for Philadelphia.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
New York
Ruth
R.H. E
Pennock
Sehang
Naylor
Heirnach
Perkins
Washington Defeats Boston 10 7 in Baseball Tilt
Washington beat Boston 10 to 7 with six runs in the first inning off Ehmke and another in the second to seize an early lead that held. Batteries Zahnier Mitchell Ruel and Ehmke O Doul Picinich.
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Associated Press
Boston
Washington
Ehmke
R. H. B. Washington
Zahnier
Mitchell
Ruel
O’doul
Picinich
Dundee Is Second One To Come Back
Johnny Dundee, the new featherweight champion, becomes the second fighter recently to lose a title and regain one of greater value. The first was Pancho Villa, who moved from American flyweight champion to the world title by defeating Jimmy Wilde after a tenure as flyweight king. Villa first beat Johnny Buff, then lost the belt to Frankie Genaro before seizing the world crown.
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Associated Press
New York
Johnny Dundee
Pancho Villa
Villa
Johnny Buff
Frankie Genaro
Jimmy Wilde
England
Tennis star Richards Fails to Begin Singles Match
Vincent Richards, injured in a taxi crash, defaults his singles in the fifth round of the metropolitan tennis tournament. Dee Walsh of San Francisco fined 25 dollars by league president McCarthy for throwing dust at umpire Joe Becker during a San Francisco versus Vernon game. Redwood City hires William L. Kelley as football coach, succeeding Rabbit Bradshaw.
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Associated Press
New York
Vincent Richards
San Francisco
Dee Walsh
McCarthy
Joe Becker
Vernon
Redwood City
William L
Red) Kelley
Wisconsin University
Redwood City High School
Richards and Waverton Join San Francisco Club
Ban Francisco reports Pete Richards former Seattle Pacific Coast catcher and manager Harry Waverton were released by their former league club and signed by the San Francisco team in a crossover deal.
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Ban Francisco
Pete Richards
Seattle
Pacific Coast Baseball League
Harry Waverton
San Francisco
Clarence Hackney Wins Pennsylvania Open at Pine Valley
Pine Valley New Jersey hosted the 72 hole Pennsylvania Open where Clarence W Hackney of Atlantic City emerged champion with a 298 total. The professional golfer secured victory over the Pine Valley course and claimed the title.
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Pine Valley, N. J
Clarence W Hackney
Atlantic City
Pennsylvania
Pine Valley
Coast League Results from San Francisco and Los Angeles
Coast League results list San Francisco game details with Foster Murphy Shea Yelle on defense and Oakland Dodgers at Los Angeles with Colwell Wells Read Crandall Byler sharing battery duties.
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San Francisco
R. H. E. Aeeees
Ccaeueheaaee
Foster
Murphy
Shea
Yelle
Los Angeles
R.H. E. Oakland
Colwell
Wells
Read
Crandall
Byler
R.H.E
Oakland
Sewer
Murchio
Matis
Baker
Lyons
Thomas
Baldwin
Salt Teakees
Sacramento
Salt Lake
Koehler Meyers
Crumpler
F Petershaere
Portland
O Rourke Suspended Over Weighing Scales Clash
New York boxing officials suspend Tom O Rourke, Polo Grounds club matchmaker, after a confrontation with Walter Hooke during the weigh in for the Criqui Dundee featherweight title bout. Scales tested and deemed accurate after initial objection.
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Associated Press
New York
New York State Boxing Commission Today
Tom O'Rourke
Polo Grounds Athletic Club
Eugene Criqui
Johnny Dundee
Dundee
O'Rourke
Walter Hooke
Criqui
Hooke
Fpadeline
McKee Printing Team Beats Mail Carriers 6 to 6
The McKee Printing baseball team yesterday defeated the Mail Carriers 6 to 6 at the Cinders. Lyons and Deschane pitched for McKee while Peterson and Abraham worked for the Mail Carriers. Manager Benson says the team accepts challenges and can be reached by telephone at Butte 26.
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McKee Printing Company
Cinders
McKee
Lyons and Deschane
Peterson
Abraham
Benson
Telephone Butte
Finals Set in Southern California Tennis Championship
William T. Tilden II and Manuel Alonzo advanced to the singles final at the Los Angeles Tennis Club after decisive semi final wins. Tilden defeated Tom Ferrandini 6-1 6-3, while Alonzo prevailed in his match as the rival city contender Ray Casey of San Francisco awaits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Los Angeles
William T. Tilden
Manuel Alonzo
Southern California
Tom Ferrandini
Alonzo
Ray Casey
San Francisco
Rotarians Rout Kiwanians 16 12 In Benefit Game
The Rotarians defeated the Kiwanians 16 to 12 in seven innings for the Silver Bow American Legion post. Both teams used multiple pitchers with each inning featuring a new hurler as the Rotarians pulled away in the fifth, then secure victory in the seventh.
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Rotarians
Diamond
Silver Bow Post
American Legion
Reid
Stowe
Kiwanians
Sports Scores From Cities Across The Midwest
Minneapolis 6 Columbus 3 Milwaukee 4 Louisville Kansas City 13 Indianapolis 2 St Paul Toledo rain reports.
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Minneapolis
Columbus
Milwaukee
Louisville
Kansas City
Indianapolis
St. Paul-Toledo
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