Giants Can Return to Top Despite Slump in 1924 Season
In a baseball column by Babe Ruth the Yankees and Giants arc compared as the season starts. The Giants fell from first to third due to injuries and a pitching slump but are forecast to rebound with McGraw back on the bench and Frankie Frisch and Ross Young leading a strong lineup. The author, a Yankees fan, expects the Giants to reclaim their form and challenge for the pennant, noting past World Series licks and shifts in rosters.
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Ross Young
Barney Google
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George Sister
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College of Clout
Johnny Sheppard Wins Non Title Bantam Bout in Boston
Johnny Sheppard of Woburn defeated Abe Goldstein in a non title bantam clash in Boston as Goldstein's crown was not at stake because Sheppard missed weight for the bout.
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Abe
Associated Press
Boston
Johnny Sheppard
Abe Goldstein
Goldstein
Sheppard
Big field entered in scholastic contests
Seven hundred fifty five athletes will compete in the national interscholastic track and field tournament at the University of Chicago Friday and Saturday. There are 623 men from 154 high schools and 132 academy entrants from eight states. Utah sends 16 men and a relay team, with standout performers W. Johnson, J. Burke, and W. Dern among entrants.
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Forty-Two Nations Enter Olympic Games Field
Paris May 26 Forty two nations have officially entered for the Olympic events from July 5 to 13 the listing confirms nations and athletes expected to compete across disciplines.
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Paris
Ambiguous OCR Item Points to Oil Firms and Cities
Fragmentary text mentions American Association, oils, and cities including St Paul Columbus Louisville Minneapolis. Details are unclear due to garbled OCR, but suggests a league or meeting note involving oil interests across multiple Midwestern cities.
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Anodes and Powers to Clash at Clark Park Tonight
Anodes of Anaconda visit Montana Powers at Clark Park tonight at 6 15. Right-hander Babb from the Powers, sidelined ten days with an ankle injury, is expected to start. Oceschger is the probable Anode pitcher.
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Anodes
Anaconda
Butte
Montana
Girl Sues Kearns Charging Assault
Maryo Co. Tenney of Los Angeles files a 200000 dollar damages suit against Jack Kearns manager for Jack Dempsey alleging criminal assault on May 3. The complaint seeks 100000 for mental anguish and 166000 punitive damages claiming force narcotic drugs were used.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Maryo Co
Tenney
Costello Wins Philadelphia World Rowing Cup Title
Paul Costello won the Philadelphia goldeninge cup, emblematic of the world store championship, by two and a length over Garrett Gilmore. The mile and a quarter course on the Schuylkill River saw Costello finish in 7 minutes 36 seconds with Gilmore at 7 minutes 43.5 seconds. Both rowers are Philadelphians.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Paul Costello
Garrett Gilmore
Schuylkill River
Costello
Gilmore
Boulevard Bobcats Rally Past De Molays 16-9
The Boulevard Bobcats defeated the De Molays 16 to 9 on Sunday after both teams scored three runs in the first inning. The Bobcats pulled ahead in the fourth while the De Molays threatened in the ninth scoring twice. Batteries were Carroll, Jovick and D Graham and Staples. Downing and ee
The Way Up and Power Through Baseball's Big Names
A period voice survey covers Babe Ruth’s powerful swing and body rotation for extra bat speed, Wilbur Henry as a towering tackle, Georges Carpentier’s crowd appeal, young sprinters at Phillips Academy, and the value of Christy Mathewson and Walter Johnson in early 20th century baseball and football lore.
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Ruth
Babe
Joe Jackson
Berlin Ostrich Races Stir City Sports Scene
Berlin officials report a novel entertainment as 40 ostriches with jockeys, largely Italian, are set to race in Berlin. They will compete in events with horses, including a handicap where horses receive a 1000 meter head start on a 3000 meter race, adding an unusual twist to local sport.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Pancho Villa Ash Title Bout to Proceed Despite injunction
In Brooklyn, promoters say an injunction against the boxing club will not endanger the flyweight title match between Pancho Villa and Frankie Ash scheduled for tomorrow night. Nearby property owners had promoter Charles A. Henderson summoned to show cause why a permanent injunction should not be granted over alleged nuisance from the last event with trampling lawns and a reported robbery. Henderson's lawyers seek a four week postponement of the hearing.
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Associated Press
New York
Pancho Villa
Frankie Ash
Brooklyn
Wooden Bowl
Charles A. Henderson
Henderson
Suzanne Lenglen Stricken by Jaundice It Likely Keeps Olympic Tennis Out
Paris May 26 Suzanne Lenglen the women’s tennis champion remains weakened by jaundice from a recent Spain trip. Reports say her illness will probably prevent her from participating in the Olympic tennis events.
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Paris
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New York Americans Triumph in Detroit Series
New York Americans take game to split the four game set with Detroit by a 8 to 2 score. Ernest Johnson homered twice and drove in runs, while Ruth added a homer his eleventh of the year as Bush overpowered Detroit with strikeouts. Batteries Stoner Pillette Johnson and Bassler Bush and Schong.
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New York
New York Americans
Detroit
Ernest Johnson
Ward
Ruth
Bush
Cobb
Heitmann
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Ogden
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Cardinals Beat Reds In First Game Of Doubleheader
The St Louis Cardinals beat Cincinnati 4 to 3 as they scored early off Luque in the first two innings. The second game was rained out. Cincinnati’s Louis Fonseca broke his left arm sliding into second in the seventh and was hospitalized.
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Oldfield Returns to Race as Relief Driver at Indy 500
Indianapolis May 26 Barney Oldfield has returned to automobile racing and will drive as relief for Cliff Durant in the annual 500 mile contest at the Indianapolis motor speedway Friday.
Slattery Beats Clarke In Six Round Fight
Jimmy Slattery the Buffalo middleweight champion defeated Jackie Clarke of Allentown in a six round bout. Slattery weighed 157 pounds and Clarke 160 as the hometown favorite won decisively in Buffalo New York on May 26.
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Clarke
Associated Press
Buffalo
N. Y
Jimmy Slattery
Jackie Clarke
Allentown
Bud Taylor and Conny Conner fight to draw in Chicago boxing show
In Chicago on May 26 Bud Taylor of Terre Haute and Conny Conner of Sioux City drew in a 10 round bout at 118 pounds. Joe O Hara of Fort Dodge defeated Anthony Downey of Columbus at 158 pounds. Prelims featured Ed Garvey over Sergeant Jack Lee in four rounds Willie Ames over Frankie Garcia in eight and Herbie Schaeffer with Billy McCann ending in a six round draw.
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Chicago
Bud Taylor
Terre Haute
Ind
Conny Conner
Sioux City
Iowa
Joe O'Hara
Fort Dodge
Anthony Downey
Columbus
Aurora
Ed Garvey
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Jack Lee
Omaha
Willie Ames
Akron
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Frankie Garcia
Memphis
Herbie Schaeffer
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Cleveland
Tunney to defend title in 15 round Brookly n bout
Gene Tunney, the American light heavyweight champion, will defend his crown against Tommy Loughran in a 15 round title bout at the Nostrand A. C. in Brooklyn on June 24. Loughran comes off a 12 round draw with Ad Stone.
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New York
Gene Tunney
Tommy Loughran
Philadelphia
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Gibbons and Carpentier Begin Final Training in Michigan City
Tommy Gibbons and Georges Carpentier entered final training weeks in Michigan City with public workouts for Gibbons and private sessions for Carpentier. Edmund Dickerson named as third man in the ring as a potential $300,000 gate loomed. Carpentier impressed with knockout of Taylor and varied workouts while Gibbons gave an exhibition in Chicago before returning.
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St. Paul
Georges Carpentier
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Prize for rainbow trout offered by Spillum and O'Brien
Spillum and O'Brien at 4 North Main announce a leather bound fishing basket prize for the first Butte angler to land a large Rainbow trout this season. The winning fish will be displayed in the store window.
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North Main
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