License board head declines rule on Tunney Dempsey bid
Colonel John Jo Phelan head of the New York State Athletic Commission license committee says no decision on Gene Tunney's license to fight Jack Dempsey will be made until he returns to New York. He notes the matter concerns Tunney, Dempsey, Tex Rickard, and the heavyweight title fight setup at Yankee Stadium while praising Tunney's character and stressing a fair process. The committee will review upon his return from encampment.
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New York
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Colonet Phelin
Clehting State
Tex Rickard
Thelan
Gene Tunner
Oxers
Tunney
Harry Wills
Jim Farley
Ceonze Brewero
Bill Waldoon
Jim
Brower
Muldoon
Otter
Brower Hastmg
Richa
Chicago
Vanes
Hinds
Robbins Takes Tourney Medal at Orvis Cup Qualifiers
Robbins of the Merion Cricket Club Philadelphia amateur champion of Pennsylvania won medal honors in the qualifying round of the 7th annual Orvis Cup tournament at the Ekuanak Congo Club course. Weather was unfavorable. Qualifiers included Leonard Martin of Connecticut among others with first and second round matches set for tomorrow.
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J .Me Robbins
Merion Cricket Club
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Robbins
Ekuanak Congo
Leeonard Martin
Conn
Parsonage Fire Triggers Pottsville District Probe
In Pottsville area, unrest over roadhouses grows after a June 15 rectory fire and a new murder. Vincent Larosa, 24, owner of an Eagle Road roadhouse, was shot dead by gunmen who fled without taking money. Witnesses Dominick Rao and Frank Madasser deny knowledge. police vow full investigation into both the murder and roadhouse activity.
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Patrick Fleming
Ise] Abrahams
Jacob Solomon
Rao
Madasser
Larosa
Milk output in New England shows higher per cow yield
The New England Crop Reporting Service reports July 1 milk production roughly equal to last year, but with a 24 percent rise in yield per cow. Cooler weather boosted flow while later pastures delayed peak. Vermont and Connecticut gained in daily production, Rhode Island fell, and Maine declined slightly.
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Mays
New England
Vermont
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Maine
Banker Aged 78 Seeks Bar Membership in St Paul
Knute Moat, a 78 year old banker and merchant, passed the state bar exam to qualify as a lawyer. He is the oldest applicant to seek a certificate in alluesutas.
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BAR
ST Paul
Knute Mo
Borg Sets World Record in 880 Yard Swim at Sesqui Centennial
Arne Borg of Ilinoia AC powered to a world record in the 880 yard freestyle at the National AAU championships in Philadelphia. The Swede’s 10:38.5 beat his Honolulu mark by over five seconds as Borg led a strong BTN event, with Johnny Weiscmaller and Walter Laufer contesting the 440 yard freestyle and 220 yard backstroke titles amid a controversial finish involving fellow competitor Welemtuler. Official actions considered future rules to curb deliberate holding back for teammates.
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Arne Borg
Walter Laufer
Cincinnati
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Borg
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Weissmuller
Glancy
Walter Spece
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Charles Radecki
Gardner
Mass
Wratt-Laufer
Laufer
Warren Kealoha
Honolulu
Wratt
Seattle
Wash
Anhl Wyatt
Welemtuler
Jaikely
Bore
Dempsey Last Of Modern Long Term Boxing Champions
New York July 29 The era of long term heavyweight champions ends as Jack Dempsey nears a crucial test with Gene Tunney on September 16 After seven years as champion Dempsey remains the last of a line marked by Leonard Herman Kilbane and others Shifts in rules and weight limits hasten shorter title reigns across divisions and signal a new boxing era.
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New York
Jack Dempsey
Benny Leonard
Pete Herman
Johnny Kilbane
Associated Press
Dempsey
Gene Tunney
Himm
Paul Berlenpach
Rocky Kansas
Harry Greb
Mickey Walker
New York State Athletic Commission
Championg
Johnny Dundee
Battling Levinsky
Pele Latan
Walker
Dave Shade
Barry Greb
Tier Flowers
Greb
Johnny Dundes
Louis
Kid) Kaplan
Paul Berlenbach
Stamford Closes In On City Title In Wild Double
Stamford drops a 7 5 decision to Cove after a tense nine inning battle that went to darkness in the eighth. The game featured wild pitching by Joe Ator and Cove hitters timing the Stamford curves, with Paul Kuevo late relief for Cove. The result ties the Stamford nine in the city league race as both teams chase the championship.
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Stamford
Spee
Stamfords
Joe Atoriio
Mieng
FBI records show fingerprints exceed one percent nation
More than 1000 900 fingerprints are on record at the Federal Bureau of Identification in Washington. A midnight burglar stole fourteen pies from a Long Beach California bakeshop while Coca-Cola gum in the USA brand was left untouched.
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Federal Bureau of Identification
Washington
Long Beach
Cai Hake
USA
Head-On Crash Injures Three in Connecticut
In Columbia Connecticut a head-on collision between cars driven by Mrs Therese Gardella of Brooklyn and Willam Galonski of Woodstock Valley injured three people. Genevieve Scanlon age 17 from Taunton Massachusetts John Scanlon 21 also from Taunton suffered scalp wounds, and Gladys Gardella 4 had a fractured jaw. Galonski was arrested, pleaded guilty, and fined 25 dollars. The injured were treated at St Josephs hospital Middletown.
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Conn
Theresz Gardella
Brooklyn
Willam
Galonski
Woodstock Valley
Genevieve Scanlon
Taunton
Mass
John Scanlon
Gladys Gardella
Oliver
Henry, Reinold
Stafford Springs Barracks
Justice of the Peace
Hubert P. Collins
Mexico Ships Gold to New York Banks for Exchange Stability
The Mexican government has sent about 17 million pesos in gold to American banks, mainly New York, over the past two months to stabilize the peso exchange and bolster the external debt payments. Officials say the gold movement began before the current religious crisis, countering rumors of a slump tied to religious tensions.
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CITPY
New York
United States
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