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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1925
Page
3
Drake stadium will add locker rooms and showers for athletes, a basketball floor and running track, seating for about 2000. Work likely begins soon after the Drake relay meet set for April 24 and 28.
Baltimore January 27 The National Boxing Association of America followed the example of the International Boxing Union in suspending Johnny Dundee former world featherweight champion for failing to honor his agreement to meet Fred Breel French lightweight.
Lew is Mondt, former heavyweight contender, meets the Strangler Lewis in Chicago on February 3. Promoters claim Mondt seeks to regain form after recent losses and to challenge for a title. fans expect a demonstration of new holds to slow the famed headlock.
Washington January 27 Following a line of athletes who combine sport with business Walter Johnson the Washington pitcher may be filmed for moving pictures at a 2000 dollar a week offer Tant Moore a Washington producer made the offer and Johnson tentatively accepted indicating a possible screen appearance.
Henry L. Farrell writes that during the Dolan O Connell base hall scandal players largely sympathized with O Connell. They viewed the former Giants employee as a victim and questioned Landis for banishing him for life over an alleged bribe.
Tex Rickard, promoter, says a new Madison Square Garden will open October 16 on Eighth Avenue and Fifth Street replacing the current site with a steel fireproof two level complex. It aims to seat 23 000 spectators, host conventions and sports, house ice hockey facilities, and include club rooms and dining rooms with a potential 1928 Republican convention bid. Rickard notes 7 000 000 people have been entertained at the old garden in four and a half years.
Preliminary approval by the Amateur Athletic Union was granted to a plan from the United States Army athletic authorities to place army athletics nationwide on an amateur basis under AAU rules and to eliminate cash prizes for soldier events.
Sioux City reports Morningside College plans a North Central Conference basketball game against Creighton University in Omaha tonight. The Maroon squad exudes confidence, predicting a Creighton defeat despite expectations of a tight contest.
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