Oberlin Star Giaque to Lead Ohio Track Next Year
C. D. Giaque, a four sport man from Oberlin College, will direct the Ohio track team next year. He will fill the vacancy left by Coach Heidt and coach the freshman football squad while head coaching track. Giaque has extensive athletics and physical education background in China and at Oberlin.
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Oberlin College
Ohio
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Oberlin
China
Far East
Nan King South
Eastern University
Shanghai Public Schools
Strunk Returns to Athletics for Fourth Stint
Veteran outfielder Amos Strunk signs with the Philadelphia Athletics for a fourth major league engagement. Discovered by Connie Mack in 1909, Strunk rose from a Milwaukee stint to multiple returns across Boston Chicago and back to the Athletics. He debuted with a hit on his first appearance and likely ends his career where it began in Philadelphia.
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Connie Mack
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Athletics
Milwaukee Club
American Association
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Boston
Chicago White Sox
Chicago
Philadelphia
Ohio University Faces Tough Next Season Grid Schedule
Ohio University plans a hard football schedule for next fall with six conference games and three nonconference tests against strong opponents. Five games are at home and three away, with Rio Grande Oberlin Kenyon Ohio Northern Denison slated for home, and Wittenberg Marietta and Ohio Wesleyan on the road.
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Ohio
Rio Grande Oberlin
Kenyon
Ohio Northern
Denison
Rio Grande
Wittenberg
Springfield
Oberlin
Open
Marietta
Ohio Wesleyan
Dela
Purdue sophomore Spradling wins three varsity letters
George C. Spradling of Lafayette Indiana, a Purdue University sophomore, earned three major letters in his first year. He played halfback for the 1923 football team, forward for the 1923 24 basketball squad, and is a leading mile runner in the Big Ten, clocking 1 56 to 1 57 for 80 yards and expected to rise as one of the nation's fastest milers.
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Georce C. Spradling
Lafayette
Ind
George C. Spradling
Purdue University
Boilermaker
Chauncey Sinks Little Deeper in Narrow Defeat
Chauncey lost 2 to 1 to New Lexington as Sam Withem pitched a strong game for New Lexington. Orndorff and McGonagle produced two hits for New Lexington, while Grover and Barstow contributed Chauncey’s lone run in the eighth inning. Nutter starved Chauncey’s offense, with seven hits allowed and seven strikeouts.
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Sam Withem
New Lexington
Sam
McGonagle
Turner
Jones
White
Lymon
Orndorff
Grover
Barstow
Rasp
Nutter
Withem
Hartley
Whitlatch
Lexington Stars
New Courses in Physical Education at Ohio for Next Year
Five new courses will be offered toward the degree of physical education. Anatomy diagnosis and anthropometry physical education methods kinesiology and corrective gymnastics. Anatomy will focus on human anatomy for instructors. Instructors named include Professor Rowles Professor Bird and Coach C D Glaque.
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Bird
Ohio
C. D. Glaque
Wills Firpo Bout Set for August 23 in Jersey City
Tex Rickard announces a Wills versus Firpo fight on August 23 at Boyles Thirty Acres Jersey City with 12 no decision rounds. Wills to earn 159000 while Firpo adapts for a 250000 purse. Dempsey not yet involved.
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New York
Tarry
Luis Angel Firpo
Boyles Thirty Acres
Jersey City
Jack Dempser
Rickard
Firpo
Mills-Madden
Albert
Virpo
Richard
Wills
Madden
Nis
Courage and guts define athletic greatness in sport
The author argues courage is the critical asset for champions. Physical courage shows brute strength and will to resist, while mental courage shines in crises, demanding poise and inner strength to meet the big test.
Wingard Stifles Yankees As Sisler Hails Brave Pitcher
Detroit writer notes Bay City’s William Presley Wingard, praised by George Sisler, for shutting down the Yankees in a low scoring game. Wingard retired the side with bases loaded in the first and again with runners on in a key inning, earning win 2 to 1. Presley announced engagement to marry Margaret Woooa of Detroit.
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William ©. Presley
Bay City
Manareer George
New York
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Sister
Sisler
Yankees
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Pipp
Ward
Muth
George Sisler
Courage and risk in rookie majors described in old report
The article recalls how rookie players earn equal credit for courage alongside skill as major league seasons test mental and physical strength. It notes many young talents fail under pressure, and a veteran commendation of courage marks a genuine recruit. The piece then reports four injuries in Cleveland due to a head on transit collision on June 6.
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Shaker Heights
40Th Street
Cleveland
Hagen Expected 10 Repeat Thrillers
Oakland Hills headlines the final round of the American Championship as Walter Hagen pursues a par or better comeback on the last nine holes. Bobby Jones, Bill Mehlhorn, Cyril Walker, Davie Robertson, Bobby Cruickshank, and MacDonald Smith challenge from 147–150 with Sarazen and Evans among the chasing pack at 154.
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Robert EF. Harlow
Oakland Hills Country Club
Mich
Walter Hagen
Oakland Hills
Bobby Jones
Bill Mehlhorn
Hagen
Jones
Gene Sarazen
Inwood
Bobby Cruickshank
Cruickshank
Mehlhorn
Davie Robertson
Cyril Walker
MacDonald Smith
Walter Hager
Chick Evans
Mickie Brady
Joe Kirkwood
Ohio University loses five varsity baseball seniors
Out of 14 men on the 1925 Ohio University baseball squad five players Odaffer Tinker Rush Herron and McGinley will depart at year’s end. Rush and McGinley leave as two of the program’s best catchers and Tinker Herron Ohaffer leave short and center field duties, creating gaps for next season.
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Odaffer
Tinker
Rush
Herron
McGinley
Ohio
White
Ohaffer
Sports and public figures mix in a garbled column
A collage of sports notes and celebrity mentions: Bill Tilden trains Sandy Weiner as a potential successor, Babe Ruth’s military service and salary jokes, Dempsey rival Gibbons considering wrestling, Walter Hagen and golf rumors, and FarI Paddock hailed as the fastest man walking to work.
Clay Workers lead Indy Industrial League after 4 3 loss
Clay Workers stay atop the Industrial League despite a 4 to 3 defeat by the Garage team on Wednesday. Other week games include Clerks versus Marion and Denville versus Owens on Saturday. League standings show Clay Workers 3 1 750, Garage 2 2 500, Owens 2 2 500, Haydenville 1 2 033, Clerks 1 2 333, Marion 1 3 -250.
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Clerks
Marion
Denville
Owens
Saturney
Haydenville
Movement in China Opposes Infant Betrothal Custom
In China a rising generation of girls rejects the practice of infant betrothal, signaling a broader shift in traditional marriage customs and female agency. The campaign highlights cultural tension between modernization and longstanding social norms.
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China
Runners' rights when catcher errs and batter advances
A batter who retreats to the bench area after realizing the catcher has misplayed the ball may start for first base from his new position. The baseline is not considered broken, and the runner is safe at home and reaches first before the throw. A balk cannot occur with no runners on base. an illegal delivery is ruled as a ball.
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