Fighters Reported In Fine Condition
New York June 23 protracted training marks a new experience for Pant Ascendian the Basque and Max Schmeling as they prepare for their heavyweight clash next Thursday night on the Yankee Stadium card for the milk fund charity. Ascendian is in good shape after a month of daily drills while Schmeling nears fighting trim at Lakewood New Jersey. Betting odds favor Ascendian at 6 to 5 though critics split on the winner with Schmeling’s right hand seen as decisive.
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Ringside scam sold to patrons for fifty dollars
A fragment describes ringside scam tickets priced at fifty dollars each. The event is touted as the first in years to escape radio audience reach and to test how radio influences sales, with no broadcast planned.
P. O. Hart of Wheeling Enters National Open
Pro at Cedar Rocks Country club P O Hart left Wheeling for Mamoroneck New York to compete in the National Open with top pros and amateurs. He faces a qualifying round for match play after poor results in winter Texas Florida and California tournaments.
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Poscover to Return as Terra Alta High Athletics Director
Terra Alta officials announced former Davis-Elkins star N Max Poscover will return as athletics director and coach at Terra Alta High School. No contract has been signed, but a formal agreement is believed reached with school leaders.
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Giants Grimes and Aldridge trade sparks bitter history
The piece recalls Vic Grimes temper and a past swap with Vic Aldridge that still amuses Barney Dreyfuss, while noting the Yankees and Athletics in pennant contention and previewing the World Series by watching the Mackmen. Separate items mention a British officer, a hospital fire rescue, and a golfer's collapse.
Four Grid Contests Carded for Duval 1929 football
Griffithsville June 22 four times on schedule for Duvalighs 1929 football machine per Charles F Bates director of athletics. Games listed September 28 Guyan Valley October 12 Man October 26 Wayne November 9 South Charleston. More games planned before season start. local notices include various households and visitors.
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Charles F Bates
Guyan Valley
Man
Wayne
South Charleston
Beckley News Enjoy Tiente The Haleigh Hard
The Ware company held a picnic on Thursday evening at Grandview with attendees including G. H. Moss, Mr. and Mrs. Hedrick and family, the Suttons, M. F. Barksdale, the Jennings family, Lillian Hunt, Dorcas Ogden, Peggy Bennett, and H. A. Conway. A Heige Party at Crawford street featured bridge with Mrs. H. J. Thorne hosting and guests ending with refreshments.
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C. V. Sutton
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Dorothy Sutton
MF. Barksdale
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H. J. Thorne
Crawford Streets
Fyfthday
Bridge
Local notes mix of personal visits and injuries
Scraps show Virgil Nash recovering after an appendicitis operation at Raleigh General hospital. J C Jackson visits Affinity, C L Phipps released from illness, and George Spaulding family heads east for a Washington trip. A Briton gains five years after a vision, while three Sheffield girls, ages 23, 18 and 16, are killed by a train while picking flowers on a rail line.
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Ee C.L. Phipps
George Spaulding
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D.C
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Seunderson
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Pitchers Uhle and Grimes Shine Early Season
World of Sport profile highlights George Uhle of the Detroit Tigers and Burleigh Grimes of the Pittsburgh Pirates as top nontop contenders. Uhle’s late spring surge kept Detroit in the thick of the pennant race while Grimes’s nine win start in the National League energized Pittsburgh and drew praise from peers. Grimes’s temperamental edge is noted, but his value to his club is emphasized as a key factor in both leagues.
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Vic Aldridge
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Tile and
Grines
George Uhle
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Detroit
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Hornsby
Jonn J. McGraw
Wilbert Robinson
Brooklyn
Donte Bush
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