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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1925
Page
4
Yesterday's results show Wichita 14 Des Moines 9 and Lincoln 1 Oklahoma 6. Denver 4 Tulsa 2 St Joseph 10 Omaha as the American and National Leagues draft standings and scores.
Jack Kearns, manager of champion Mickey Walker, plans to meet the New York boxing commission today to resolve his suspensions. The move comes as Walker, the welterweight champ, could be matched in a major bout here this summer or fall.
Fort D. A. Russell of Wyoming defeated the Boise National Guard to win the Ninth Corps area polo championship for army teams in Boise Idaho. The victory gave Fort Russell a perfect record and secured the Northwest championship in a slow contest that Monday.
Ferdinand J. Wellman of Fort Recovery Ohio, a three year football and basketball star at Purdue University, received the Western Conference Medal the highest honor given each year by Big Ten schools to a graduating athlete in Lafayette Indiana.
New York June 9 A heavy weight championship plan for next fall centers on Jack Dempsey defending his title. Gene Tunney has knocked out a St Paul contender and Harry Willis is to face Charley Weinert on June 19. A Dempsey defense could feature Tunney or Wills after elimination of Tom Gibbons. Billy Gibson plans to force Dempsey to decide if he is a fighter or an actor and to pursue a Wills bout if feasible.
Jim Swick led the Des Moines city golf tournament qualifying with a 70 under strong wind at Hyperion course, nine strokes ahead in the 199-player field. J Earle Chambers was four back in second, with Rob ert McKee and B G Guinand close behind. several others tied for further honors as the round concluded.
Diamond Dust II highlighted western teams sweeping eastern rivals as Chicago Cubs toppled the New York Giants 10 to 4. Rogers Hornsby delivered the decisive hit for St. Louis in the ninth inning to beat Brooklyn. Pittsburgh defeated Boston 8 to 4, Cincinnati surged with four runs in the first, Detroit upset Philadelphia 7 to 6, New York edged St. Louis 6 to 5 after ten innings, and Boston salvaged an 8 to something win as the standings shifted.
New York notes the Giants look set for a fifth pennant as McGraw rebuilds with young pitchers and fielding strength. The piece contrasts other NL clubs and cites Yankees and Athletics as patterns, highlighting Meusel Snyder Gowdy and a young infield as key assets for the Giants future.
Chicago June 9 The national intercollegiate track meet will be held at the University of Chicago with teams and athletes from various colleges preparing for the eliminations on May 13 at Chicago venues.
A fragmentary OCR passage mentions teams, universities, and prospects of a complete entry, with garbled names and place references. The readable bits reference Avoca and a Sunday event, but concrete details are missing, leaving an incomplete summary of an entry process and participants.
Brussels observers report anxiety over the safety of four of eighteen balloons in the Gordon Bennett cup race. The Belgian Aero Club seeks traces as the balloons may have drifted at sea toward a suspected northward Atlantic course. Pilots include Ernest De Muyter among two Belgians and two French crews, with risk of crossing to England if currents prevail.
Opening game of a Montgomery county horseshoe pitching series at Red Oak was won by Red Oak Township on Saturday night. Grant Township team played but the match wasn’t official as readiness was incomplete. next game scheduled for Saturday. About one hundred spectators watched the event on Red Street lot in the county capital. Red Oak pitchers David Jones and Elmer McLain faced Grant’s Dave Falk and Mr Lungren.
Storm forced cancellation of Bear Grove versus Cumberland game in the fifth inning on Sunday. The contest, 8 to percent incomplete, will be replayed at a later date on the Bear Grove diamond.
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