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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1910
Page
14
In London on July 28 a group of boxers, led by a four-man faction, discussed forming a labor union to unite fighters across the United Kingdom. They aim to set minimum purses, standardize classes by drawing power, gain boxing recognition as an art, and appoint referees through promoters. The effort is backed by Boxing, the weekly sport journal.
Willie Lewie and Mie side connected boxers travel from ie farm to chase bouts around ten to twelve rounds each night. Rolke Robson plans featherweight title defense against Jem Driscoll, who has agreed though contest may delay into late September. Robson impressed in October with a hard fought bout against Jem.
After a quarrel near Sixteenth street and Carey avenue last night, Frank Lowlem, a race track follower, received two knife wounds to the neck and head. J. P. Pendergrast, a well known jockey, is confined in the city jail charged with inflicting the wounds. Lowlems was taken to St John's hospital, though his injuries are not considered serious.
The piece advises how to use gas ranges, including venting the oven to relieve gas, broiling on top of the grate for efficient cooking, and keeping the range clean by washing with soap and warm water. It suggests using the range for slow cooking like tapioca and Indian puddings.
The crowd of more than fifteen thousand watched George Robertson win on the mile Brighton Beach circuit using the new ninety horsepower Simplex racer. Ralph DePalma relied on the Fiat Cyclone, a fifty horsepower car, but Robertson's machine outpaced him. The victory highlighted machine superiority, with DePalma displaying notable skill yet Robertson pulling away on the stretches.
Windsor Ontario colored colony reports joy over Jack Johnson accepting an invitation to participate in Emancipation Day events on August 1. Johnson wires he will travel from New York to Chicago and stop in Windsor before heading on. Tommy Mowatt is a Democratic candidate for Illinois state representative, active as a fighting conductor.
Property listing on East 18th Street offered at price of 1150 dollars. Contact G. S. Oliver at phone 574 for details and possible purchase.
Billy Delaney and Matt Larkin, allies of Jack Johnson rival Sam Langford, visited Chicago and spoke of Kaufman’s potential. Delaney praised Kaufman as a future force, noting Johnson’s strength and suggesting three years of growth could bring a Johnson rematch. He expressed no personal stake in Kaufman, viewing him as a future asset to the Negro boxing lineage.
At a convention of 117 delegates from 52 counties, Republicans and Democrats endorsed regular tickets. The independence movement formed today and nominated Democrat William H. Berry, a former state treasurer who exposed capital graft, for governor.
A general rain fell over nearly all of Colorado today except the southeast, ending a hot spell. Farmers and stock growers reported notable benefits from the precipitation.
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