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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1925
Page
8
The Bell Syndicate prints Ring Lardner writing from Chicago about being called ahead by Collins and a talk with Comiskey. He jokes about past mistakes and notes a celebratory blowout and a new outfit planned by his wife.
A long shot greyhound Sunny Concern, owned by Frank C. Lawman, won at Erlanger Park Latonia track night amid heavy rain and muddy conditions. Other top payouts included Clippers 26 for 2, John D. 22.20, and Big Bob 27, as the Harlin Hotel Stake feature nears with a strong field.
Results from Erlanger Park include eight races with dogs and titles like Futurity and hurdle events. Notable finishes feature Buzz Around, Mark O’Lene, Jack Autumn, Ned Satan, Sunny Concern, and Omnay Did across varied distances and payouts.
Erlanger entries list dog races with six heats featuring dogs like Hawke Mission and Red Reckless Buck. Attendance notes show Des Moines 2 and other games postponed due to rain, with a brief roundup of standings and outcomes.
Race by race results show purses of 600 dollars for each event, with 5 furlongs, 6 furlongs, and 1 mile distances. Jockeys listed include Jack Straight Evening Star Fleer Corbett and others, with placings and times noted for each race and several horses scratched. Weather reported as cloudy with a fast track.
Horse racing card reports purse values, weights, and finishing orders for six races at Hawthorne. Notable outcomes include Lorena Marc’a winning the first race with Mary Dear close behind. Pocket use and False Face among top finishers in the second. See Lou’s Rubens and Adolphus leading third as three starters remain. Rothermel and Kentucky Cardinal among two starters in the fourth. Neat Girl and Battleman headlining the fifth with Sincere in close pursuit. Tickler and Tanson contest the sixth with Zanzibar and War Winner among runners. Weather cloudy with a heavy track.
Results from Saratoga show maiden three year olds and up racing six furlongs with Rudolf ridden by Sande winning the opening race at 11-5. Zeebrugge and Forwa Pass placed second and third as time nears 1:18. Also Ran lists several others.
Havre Aug 12 Gus Wilson French trainer of boxers who conditioned Georges Carpentier for Dempsey Tunney and Gibbons sailed for New York today on the Rochambeau to take a trainer position with Dempsey.
In San Francisco on August 12 an offer for a fall bout between Georges Carpentier and Sailor Eddie Huffman was cabled by Kid Herman, matchmaker of the North End Athletic Club, to Francois Descamps, Carpentier’s manager.
Six races at Fort Erie feature claiming events from 1 000 to 2 000 purses. Notable finishes include Kicksy Wicksy edging War Tank in race one with El Canoe third. Helen Buck leads race two before Revolt and Pyx place. Florence Deen tops Mintstick in race three. Leger and Sweep Net earn pays in the Iroquois Handicap. Arno and Dolly Dunbar headline the late races, with Warfare and Yakima among the top bids. Weather clear, track fast.
Race by race entry list for a Fort Erie program at Beulah Park with six events including first race claiming purse 600 for two year olds at five furlongs and horses such as War Franc, Margaret Murnan, Pearl Madelaine, Uncle Abe, Virginia Goodwin, Kuklux, Dade Parke, Solomon Kilts, Yanca, and Super Ladyv.
Dick Evans of Youngstown welterweight defeated Johnny Gill of York Pa in a twelve round final at the Eagles convention boxing show in Toledo Ohio. Gill fought a purely defensive bout and Evans won every round per ring side reporters. In the eight round semi final Tommy Milton defeated Joe Ivers.
In Boulogne on August 12 Gertrude Ederle resumes training for the English Channel attempt amid speculation by a physician noting her extraordinary chest expansion and endurance. Argentine swimmer Lillian Harrison plans another try within about fifteen days.
In Paris Kentucky a barn at Clayborne Stud owned by A B Hancock burned after a lightning strike killing four horses including Bonnie Mary famous Louisiana Derby winner. Other victims were Gold Finch Rahu and Bonnie Omar. Gold Finch a full sister to Star Hawk was a noted brood mare.
John W. Ramsey aged 55 driving down Mountsey Hill near Newport loses braking power. His truck leaves the road and plunges down an embankment injuring him slightly and wrecking the vehicle. Mary C. Madden leaps from an auto on Vine street as brakes fail, car rolls back downhill and falls over a forty foot railroad embankment. A work train was halted pending wreck clearance.
In Lexington Kentucky E Cebrains Fair Vision won the feature race defeating Becky Thatcher by three lengths with J Piccirillo aboard. Jockey Bert Harvey also scored on Uncle Bob and Intake while Harvey rode Becky Thatcher. Tomorrow the Colored Fair Derby with six entries will award a trophy to the winner.
On August 12 a series of attacks hit five Chicago tailor shops, three with acid and two with bombs, in what authorities call an organized destruction tied to labor trouble. Six assailants armed with acid dispersed it in Rudolph Cosentino and Mario Bruno's open shop, threatening Cosentino who claimed union hostility. Police later raided Amalgamated Clothing Workers headquarters and arrested sixty two members.
Manuel Gota of Prescott was exonerated by a coroner's jury in the death of Frank Lewis known as Indian Mike. Lewis died from an internal hemorrhage believed caused by a blow during a Jerome boxing match last Saturday.
Word reaches George A. McGinniss and sister Ida McGinniss of 638 Maple Ave about the death of their nephew Harley P. Brown age 30 from Union County Alabama after an accident. Survived by widow Maria Brown formerly Wortha McGinniss of Newport and two sons and two daughters. Body to be brought to the home of his parents James W. and Mrs Brown at 316 Oak Street Cincinnati.
Results from the Lexington Colored Fair show multiple races with purses around 300 to 400 dollars. Notable entries include Blue Bird Taxi Company and St Augustine, with Jockeys Piccirillo and Williams placing, while Daisy Carter and St Faust earned top two spots in the late events. Time records around 1:03 and 1:02 are noted alongside other listed horses and contingents.
Rain forced the postponement of the 138 pound match at Jefferson Barracks between Sammy Mandell of Rockford and Bobby Ward of St Paul. Officials rescheduled the bout for August 31.
Tiffin Ohio August 12 Failure to stop at a Main street intersection cost Robert Donahey 22 the son of Governor Donahey a $1 fine. He paid the fine to the Chief of Police and was permitted to continue on his way to Cleveland.
David J Klausing of Newport was fined ten dollars and ten days in jail for breach of the peace after his wife Helen Klausing swore out a warrant. He admitted drinking and slapping her. James Wright faces shooting to kill charges. case continued. John Wesley wounded in a shooting at 421 West Fifth Street. Wesley in Speers Hospital. Ben Martin bound to grand jury on assault and battery. Will Saunders dismissed for lack of involvement in a fight. Claude and Robert Wilson beaten by eight men. defendants unnamed. Miss Leonora Weddell named in two suits for injuries from a Central Bridge collision July 15 affecting Joseph Adams and Clarence Forsee. John Schnelle recovering from appendicitis at Speers Hospital.
Oscar Estrada, outfielder for the Tampa Club in the Florida State League, has been sold to the Boston Nationals and will report after the local season ends around September 5. Estrada, a Cuba native, had no prior pro experience before joining Tampa last spring and is left handed.
Entries from Lexington Kentucky show multiple races at the Colored Fair with purses totaling several thousand dollars. Notable names include Bunburry Destiny Uncle Bob Mabel Curtis and Mary Williams among others in the five mile and four mile events, with horses and exhibitors tied to the fair's derby and handicap stakes.
The Wadsworth Electric Manufacturing Company of West Eleventh Street filed an answer in U S District Court denying use of Westinghouse patents. The suit by Westinghouse of Pittsburgh seeks an injunction and royalties for alleged patent use. The company states a contract existed on July 1 1921 but disputes the patent scope.
A sequence of historic property transfers listed with buyers and sellers. Easton W Foertmeyer to J T Murphy funds a Bellevue lot for 6000 in stamps. Anthony J Dietrich to William F Clark covers a Southgate lot for 8600. Gertrude Bahlman to Joseph Ridder concerns a lot in ee Baby vara japomes for 500. Char Moilessax to Steinkamp a Sevan lot with 500. W Southgate to Sam Klatch for a Thomas lot valued at 2500. Stanley Glaser to Jot mps Anthony J Dietrich HR covers a Southgate lot for 10000.
The Campbell County Republican outing at Coney Island on Friday will feature a baby show for 1 to 2 year olds a bathing beauty contest stout women and men races and a watermelon eating contest. Ice cream candy and free amusement rides will be provided to children. Mrs Anna McGee heads the reception committee with Mrs Irvin Zitt as assistant.
The recount of the August 1 state senator primary votes began before Judge Harbeson in Kenton Circuit Court. A. E. Stricklett filed the contest asserting he beat Samuel W. Adams. Adams led by 226 of 13,194 votes. Recount in 103 precincts, including Covington and Ludlow, is expected to take three days.
Alma R. Young of Cincinnati files in United States District Court against physician Nicholas J. Georgen of Newport alleging May 20 1924 X ray caused excessive burns. She claims $ ten thousand nine hundred fifty in damages after paying $450 and $500 to other doctors for treatment.
Prohibition agents arrested John Wilson and Harvey Kendall on Twelfth street ridge for carrying five gallons of moonshine in an automobile and jailed them in Newport. Dolan Connelly was seized near Columbia street with three pints of whisky on a horse boat and released on a $500 bond. Other arrests include Corine ns and Charles Kelly, linked to a still, and Fred and Edward Bittlinger held for whisky with bonds set at $500 and $1,000 respectively. Joseph Mohr paid a $10 fine for plumbing code violations after a dispute with Plumbing Inspector Walter Hardebeck, who testified Mohr removed the inspector’s glasses and struck at him.
A garbled OCR list shows names linked to Cincinnati Covington Akron and Newport areas. Individuals named include Jess Williams Caroline Lucas Louis Kupper Matilda Bare Harold Johnson Ferdinand Wagner Agnes Riesenbeck and others, with city markers in Ohio and Kentucky. The fragmentary text lacks context for a full event or notice.
A brief note extols a well balanced easily assimilated powder diet usable at meals or between meals and at night. It claims physicians endorse it for over 40 years and suggests preparing at home in a minute by briskly stirring the powder into hot dry water with no cooking required.
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