Hollis Sullivan to Fight Jordan Sheppard in Semi Final
Tonight at Spilter's fight emporium in Macon fans will see Hollis Sullivan meet Jordan Sheppard in a ten round semi final part of a crowded program. Hooty Flahive faces Billy Dale in a ten round main event as Battling Benson meets Ray Dowd and Sailor Vinson clashes Kid Carver in eight round prelims.
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Jordan Sheppard
Macon
Battling Benson
Ray Dowd
Vinson
Kid Carver
Hooty Flahive
Billy Dale
Spilter
Ponce de Leon Ball Park
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Klubye
Jendan Sheppard
Bietle
Flahive
Hooty
Sullivan
Atlanta
Sheppard
Harry Alen
Allen
Bensom
Jane
Smlor Vinson
Bat Slump in Cotton Loop
Birmingham Alabama June 25 The Cotton States league closes its ninth week with fewer .800 hitters and the least number since the 1923 pennant chase. Standeart Meridian leads batters at .350 in 23 games, Propst Greenville rises to second, Bourg Laurel moves to third, and Jerry Jackson drops to fourth with .325. Greenville has four of eleven .300 hitters. runs leaders are Layne Greenville and Glasbrenner Clarksdale tied at 87. Peyton Laine Greenwood leads in runs with 34, while Crichlow Vicksburg and Cox Jackson chase stolen bases. Statham Laurel leads wins with 12.
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Standeart
Meridian
Propst
Greenville
Bourg
Laurel
Jerry
Jackson
Clarksdale
Greenwood
Hattiesburg
Cov
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Layne
Cot
Ilasbrenner
Lee
Laine
Crichlow
Vicksburg
Barons Sign Cleo Wilder In Mobile Move
Birmingham looms as Cleo Wilder the left handed pitcher joins the Barons as a free agent after twenty months studying medicine in New York. Wilder who won 13 and lost 3 with Daytona in 1921 is praised for a sharp curve and control and may appear in the New Orleans series. He is viewed as one of four southern lefties in Stewart’s rotation and strengthens the Barons’ pitching staff amid a right handed majority.
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Barons
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Birmingham Baseball Association
Wilder
New York
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Stewart
Brooklyn Dodgers
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Ducky Kerr
Ja Moore
Whitehill
Q A and B in golf rules and casual water in sandtrap
Innis Brown answers golf rule questions raising touchy points. A cannot press grass behind the ball to identify it without consent. a ball in motion striking a person or object outside a match is treated as moved to a stop location. For a ball in casual water in a sandtrap, lifting costs one stroke and may be dropped elsewhere in the trap or back of the trap. Grantland Rice comments on the backswing and head movement.
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Hines to Probe Tuskegee Hospital Controversy
Tuskegee Ala June 25 An air of relief followed Washington announcement that no further negro personnel would be sent to the disabled negro veterans hospital until a personal investigation by Director Hines. He will visit in July to assess the situation and the armed opposition noted since the hospital’s negro control pledge.
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Third Newspaper Man Hart in Auto Accident Is Dead
Denver today reports state historian and nationally known newspaperman Thomas F. Dawson died in a Denver hospital at 4:40 AM, the third victim of Bear Creek Canyon wreck yesterday. Born near Louisville Kentucky, Dawson worked with The Courier Journal and The Denver Tribune before helping form The Denver Times. He joined Harding party in Bear Creek Canyon and is survived by Mrs. Dawson.
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U S Government Seizes Liquor On Incoming Ships
Eight foreign liners arriving in New York harbor faced confiscation orders as U S customs seized thousands of gallons of liquor. Baltic and Berengaria had supplies seized. others face action soon. Some vessels claim liquor for medicinal use. outcome may reach Supreme Court.
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Appeal Denied in Suit Against Georgia Bank
New Orleans cotton brokers Alex Hyman & Company lost their appeal in a $26,001 suit against Bank of Palmetto Georgia. They claimed $25,000 was deposited to their account for a client in February 1920 and that a draft for purchase of cotton was unpaid. The lower court found no deposit to their credit, and the circuit court of appeals affirmed.
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Alex Hyman & Company
New Orleans Company
Body of Burgess Found in Creek. Hunter Arrested
McGassville Georgia June 25 Special The body of Rucker Burgess was recovered from Fightingtown creek two miles west of town and Luther Hunter was arrested in connection with his death authorities fear possible foul play Burgess and Hunter reportedly left boarding house to search for whisky on the creek Burgess died on return trip footprints near the bank sparked the arrest Twenty years earlier Burgess killed Virgil Queen nearby but was freed as a teen.
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Rucker Burgess
Fightingtown Creek
Here
Luther Hunter
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Hunter
Virgil Queen
McTigue Outpointed by Loughran in Title Fight
Philadelphia June 25 Mike McTigue world light heavy champion was out pointed by Tommy Loughran of Philadelphia. Reporters at ringside gave McTigue only two of the eight rounds. Bernstein knocked out Wreddy Jacks of Australia in the fifth round as a prelim to the McTigue Loughran bout.
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Mike McTigue
Tommy Loughran
McTigney
Jack Bernstein
Wreddy Jacks
Australia
L. S. U. Loses Track Stars
Baton Rouge, La. June 23. Nine LSU track squad members earned diplomas as the souths great cinderpath team closed its four year run. LSU scored 1521-12 points in four southern championships, averaging over 29 points per meet, with thirteen dual meets and four nontitles.
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Leathers Held for Kidnapping Own Son in Rome
In Rome Georgia J M Leathers of East Point was bound over to the Superior Court on a $500 bond for allegedly kidnapping his own son on a Rome street. A taxi driver charged in the escape attempt faces a preliminary hearing, while Leathers’ sister-in-law confirms his story.
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Atlanta
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Cartersville
Anti American Propaganda Said To Liquor Trade
Lord Astor told a charity audience in London that British liquor interests have been spreading anti American propaganda since the United States began Prohibition. He condemned efforts to misrepresent anything connected with the United States and lamented British propaganda in the United States had ceased while interference in England continues.
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Associated Press
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Lynchings in U S Fall in First Half of 1623
New York June 25 The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People reports lynchings in the United States fell to 11 in the first six months of 1623 from 83 in the same period in 1922. Reasons include push for a federal anti lynching law, northern migration, and a desire to retain Black labor in the south. Florida tally three. Georgia two. Arkansas Alabama Louisiana Mississippi Missouri and Texas one each.
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National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
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Association Anid
Dempsey and Gibbons Ease Up on Training
Dempsey rests before resuming final training for July 4 title defense against Tommy Gibbons at Shelby Mont. He sparred ten rounds with five partners and plans speed work with lighter opponents. Gibbons, in peak form, praised his wind and fitness after a late afternoon session watched by hundreds.
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Lee Moore
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Two Prisoners Wounded Trying To Make Escape
In Columbia South Carolina on June 25 two prison inmates Harry Gates and Jack Davis were wounded when they tried to overpower a guard and scale the wall after obtaining civilian clothing and a rope during a dine r outdoors period. Davis was hit in the head and chest while Gates was shot in the leg and may lose it. Davis had escaped a month ago and was recaptured. Gates is described as a nationally known crook.
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Predicts Women Will Control All World’s Business
New York, June 25. Census trends cited by Mrs Alice Foote MacDougall suggest women will run all global business within a century. Since 1850 she notes female business participation rose from 14.7 percent to 27.0 while men in gainful work dropped five tenths of a percent.
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Alice Foote May-Dougall
MacDougall
Pennsylvania Railroad defies board after labor panel rebuke
The Pennsylvania Railroad NW region finished electing employee representatives under its representation plan after clashing with the United States railroad labor board over how shopcraft representation was eliminated. Officials note the region completed the election despite the board rebuke.
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United States Railroad Labor Board
Pennsylvania Railroad
Marietta to Meet Calhoun in Calhoun Showdown Today
Calhoun Ga June 25 Special The last Marietta team travels to Calhoun for a single game marking Marietta's first appearance there. A large crowd is expected to watch as Calhoun, 9-5-0 in 14 games, honors a rescheduled clash from Saturday rained out after 2-2 in five innings. McKinney may start for Calhoun with Partridge Davia Knowles Parrish Richards Simpson Wall Blackstock and McKinney or McWhirter in the lineup.
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Ford Keeping Them On Anxious Seat In Ford Letter Fallout
Amid efforts by Parson’s group and others to push Ford as a 1924 candidate, Liebold reports many letters answered and hints at a Savannah letter attributed to E G Liebold. The missive states Ford sees no objection to supporters continuing activity, signed as general secretary.
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Liebold
E. 8. Fuller
Savannah
Diebold
Kate Wiggin Ill in Liverpool Under Nursing Care
Kate Douglas Wiggin American novelist is under treatment in a Liverpool nursing home after a serious illness on her voyage to England. She was to attend the Dickens Fellowship annual conference as a New York delegate.
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Associated Press
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