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Newspaper
Casper Daily Tribune
Location
Casper, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1921
Page
5
Denver took the lead by scoring in the Gret inning and held it to win 8 to 4 over the Irrigators. Scottabinff contributed two runs in the third and fourth before being shut out until the ninth. Batteries Schinkel and Diamond, Hill and Benninghoven.
The article reports Carpentier will remain at his training camp until hours before the July 2 title fight with Dempsey and may travel by motor to the arena. One plan would move him to Jersey City on July 2 with a quiet hotel stay, barred from visitors. Descamps will coach Carpentier with three corner men allowed.
National League action across four games. Philadelphia and Cincinnati split a low scoring affair while Pittsburgh defeated Brooklyn with strong pitching. Chicago and New York combined for another high scoring tilt and Boston shutout St Louis in a pitching duel.
In New York the Yankees and White Sox produced a 7 to 8 finish with strong hitting and pitching, while Philadelphia fell 5 to 10 to Cleveland as both teams split nine innings of action. R. H. E details show varied hits and errors across the matchups.
The schedule lists Midwest of Denver at Scottybluff, Sterling at Laramie, Casper at Greybull with several National League games Brooklyn at Pittsburgh Philadelphia at Cincinnati New York at Chicago Boston at St Louis and American League clashes including St Louis at Washington Cleveland at Philadelphia Chicago at New York and Detroit at Bouton.
A Casper pharmacy ad touts Lavoptik as a quick remedy for tired, red, watery eyes. It mentions a first trial that helped and promotes a copper cup product named PREM as a potential aid for weak or strained eyes.
New York Athletic Club selects a 15 man team to compete at the national A A U track and field championships in Pasadena California starting July 2. Eleven members plan a prior dual meet against Multnomah Athletic Club in Portland Oregon on June 25.
In Greybull Wyoming May 16 Old Jack Halla started on the mound and held Casper to three runs as Greybull piled up 12. Casper collected 12 hits while Greybull scored seven earned runs. R Mapel and Charles Jackson took the losses and contributing players included Hallian, Askland, Bostick, Crawford, Reagan, Hadleman, Donica and Mevideen. The game left Greybull in first place with Denver moving ahead of Scottsbluff for the top spot.
Gibson farm bureau south of Wheatland stages a play "Three of a Kind" by local youth, then auctions supper boxes to raise funds for building a community tennis ground at the school. Once funds are secured, members plan to prepare the grounds together.
Alexa Stirling of Atlanta, the American woman golf champion, was eliminated in the women's French open by English star Misa Joyce Wethered, who won five up with four to play at Fontainebleau France. Also note Pirates second baseman Cutshaw leads the National League in stolen bases.
The bowl shaped wooden arena for the Dempsey Carpentier bout on July 2 will be finished next Tuesday in Jersey City. It will seat 30 000, cost about 250 000, and use more than two million feet of lumber. The facility includes 20 exits hydrants and a portable steel ring with a 13 by 13 foot square, canvas padding and adjustable seating.
The Wimbledon draw opens the British turf lawn tennis championship with many stars, but the 1920 champions William Tilden and Mile. Suzanne Lenglen do not appear in the draw due to the English rule that defending champions meet the winner or runner up in the challenge round.
College crews in Poughkeepsie drew for positions in the June 28 regatta. Results list Vares-1 Cornell Navy Pennsylvania Columbia California Syracuse, with Vares on the nearest west shore.
Former heavyweight champion Jim Corbett sought to regain laurels from James J. Jeffries. The San Francisco bout at Mechanic's Pavilion on August 14, 1903 ended in a tenth round KO as Jeffries overpowered Corbett, who had long been known as Gentleman Jim.
In Tokio on June 16, Japanese alumni of the University of California hosted a dinner for the California baseball team visiting Japan. The Japanese college team defeated Kojo University 6 to 5 in the third game of their series, while Ito Itanshiro of UC urged goodwill and peaceful ties, saying Americans and Japanese can be friendly if they share the apple peacefully.
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